Laboratory of Photochemical Reaction Engineering
Research Focus and Overview
The research group "Photochemical Reaction Engineering" was established in April 2018 as a part of the Institute of Chemical Engineering and works on fundamental investigations, optimization and design of photoreactors as well as photochemical processes. Optimization and design is based on fundamental knowledge of the photon fluxes in the reactors. For this, micro- and millistructured reactors, online-analytical methods, additive manufacturing and numerical simulations are applied as tools. Another topical focus lies on the application of light as tool for investigations in terms of reaction engineering.
An overview can be found here.
Head of Laboratory: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dirk Ziegenbalg
New Publication online
June 2022
Another new CataLight publication is now published by Angewandte Chemie. Read our scientific perspective on comparability of light-driven catalysis here: 10.1002/anie.202114106
The DFG granted two new projects within the Priority Program 2370 on photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic nitrogen conversion. Read more here.
May 2022
Two new CataLight publications were accepted recently and are online now.
We present a modular open-source photoreactor in ChemPhotoChem. Read the full story here: 10.1002/cptc.202200044
We could boost the efficiency of light-driven water splitting by dynamic irradiation. The publication is out now in ChemSusChem: 10.1002/cssc.202200708
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We are always looking for motivated student assistants. If you are interessted in contributing to our research, do not hesitate to contact Prof. Ziegenbalg.
Theses
We work on various interesting topics that can also be investigated within research internships and Bachelor's or Master's theses. To take a look on our currently open topics, click here.