Gerischer Symposium

5^th Gerischer Symposium

Berlin, June 22 – 24, 2011

Preliminary Program
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
10:00 – 13:45 h		Registration
13:45 – 14:00 h	Dieter M. Kolb	Welcome
Session 1 Charge Transfer
14:00 – 14:25 h	Helmut Tributsch	Semiconductors, Dyes and Solar Cells
14:25 – 14:50 h	Arthur Nozik	Third Generation Photovoltaics and Solar Fuels: Multiple Exciton Generation in Colloidal Quantum Dots; Singlet Fission in Molecules; Quantum Dot Arrays; Quantum Dot Solar Cells; and Effects of Solar Concentration
14:50 – 15:20 h	Jens Ulstrup	Single-Molecule Conductivity of Non-Redox and Redox Molecules at Pure and Gold-Mined Au(111)-Electrode Surfaces
15:20 – 15:40 h	Frank Willig	Dynamics of Photo-Induced Electron Transfer from Dye Molecules to a Semicondutor
15:40 – 16:00 h	David J. Fermin	Charge Transfer Mediated by Two-Dimensional Assemblies of Quantum Dots and Insulating Particles
Session 2 General Photoelectrochemistry
16:35 – 17:15 h	Laurie Peter	Towards Sustainable Photovoltaics – Electrochemical Routes to New Absorber Materials
17:15 – 17:55 h	Franco Decker	Ageing in Photoelectrochemical and in Dye-Sensitized Cells for Solar Energy
17:45 – 18:15 h	Zulfiqar A. Umrani	Detailed-Balance Efficiency Calculation for Intermediate-Bandgaps Solar Cells (IBSC) based on Ti Oxo-polymer
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Session 3 Interfaces
08:30 – 09:10 h	Nathan Lewis	Sunlight-Driven Hydrogen Formation by Membrane-Supported Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
09:10 – 09:40 h	Wolfram Jägermann	Light Induced H₂O Splitting: Need for a Genesis of Knowledge Combining Concepts of Phtovoltaic Converters, Marcus-Gerischer Theory, and Electrocatalysis
09:40 – 10:00 h	Artur Braun	Evolution of an Oxygen NEXAFS Transition in the Upper Hubbard Band in α-Fe₂O₃upon electrochemical oxidation
Session 4 Materials
10:35 – 11:15 h	Bruce Parkinson	New Phenomena and Materials for Photoelectrochemical Solar Energy Conversion
11:15 – 11:50 h	Daniel G. Nocera	The Artificial Leaf
11:50 – 12:20 h	Achim Hassel	High Throughput Characterisation of Semiconducting Oxide Films on Alloys
12:20 – 12:40 h	Sebastian Fiechter	Corrosion Stable Pnictides and Chalcogenides as Catalytically Active Electrode Layers for the Photolysis of Water
Session 5 Photoelectrochemistry: Catalysis
14:00 – 14:40 h	Krishnan Rajeshwar	Using Interfacial Reactivity for the Electro- and Photosynthesis of Thin Film Materials
14:40 – 15:10 h	Akira Fujishima	TiO₂ Photocatalysis and Related Surface Phenomena
15:10 – 15:40 h	Mark Spitler	Fundamentals of Research in Chemical Means of Solar Energy Conversion in the United States
15:40 – 16:00 h	Ricardo Schrebler	Photoelectrochemical Properties of Hematite (α-Fe₂O₃) Nanotube Arrays Modified by Co(II) Species
Session 6 continued
16:25 – 16:55 h	John A. Turner	Hydrogen Production from Photoelectrochemical Cells: Theoretical considerations and experimental results
16:55 – 17:15 h	Radim Beranek	TiO₂-Polyheptazine Hybrid Materials for Photoelectrochemical Solar Energy Conversation
17:15 – 19:00 h		Poster session
Friday, June 24, 2011
Session 7 Photoelectrochemistry: Photovoltaic
08:30 – 09:10 h	Michael Grätzel	Charge Carrier Generation and Collection in Mesoscopic Solar Energy Conversation Systems
09:10 – 09:40 h	Simone Mastroianni	Accelerated Testing and Stability of Dye Solar Cells under Reverse Bias Conditions
09:40 – 10:10 h	Derck Schlettwein	Photoelectrochemistry goes Textile: Fundamental Considerations and Materials Aspects to Realize Solar Cells on Textile Electrodes
Session 8 Bioinspired Systems
10:45 – 11:25 h	Thomas Meyer	Interfacial Dynamics and Solar Fuels Formation in Dye Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cells
11:25 – 11:55 h	David Schiffrin	Can we fix CO₂ without using Photons?
11:55 – 12:15 h	Roberto Gómez	Tailoring the Photoelectrochemical Properties of Nanoporous TiO₂ Electrodes through Control of their Structure
12:15 – 12:35 h	Katharina Krischer	Self-Organized Formation of Cluster Patterns during the Photoelectrochemical Dissolution of n-Si
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