Research Interests
- Photoelectrochemistry, Photocatalysis, Solar energy conversion and storage
- Artificial photosynthesis, Solar fuels, Water splitting
- Photocatalytic degradation of harmful pollutants
- Light-driven selective synthesis of high-value chemicals from low-cost feedstock
- Photoelectrochemical sensors
- Materials synthesis (semiconductors, hybrid materials, functional micro- and nanostructures)
- Custom-made irradiation system for wavelength-resolved photocurrent measurements (IPCE) (Instytut Fotonowy)
- Potentiostat SP-300; incl. FRA + low-current option (BioLogic)
- 2 x 150 W Xenon lamps (L.O.T.-Oriel) + cut-off filters
- 2 x Home-made set-up for photocatalytic activity measurements under simulated sunlight
- Chamber furnace (Carbolite, ELF 11/23/E301) and tube furnace (carbolite, MTF 12/38/400/E301)
- UV-Vis spectrophotometer incl. diffuse refelectance accssory for solid samples (Shimadzu UV-2600)
- UV-Vis spectrophotometer incl. fiber optic probe (Agilent Cary 60)
- Fluorescence spectrophotometer (Shimadzu RF-6000)
- FTIR spectrometer incl. DRIFTS (Shimadzu IRTracer-100, Harrick)
- HPLC (Shimadzu Prominence)
- Gas chromatograph (Shimadzu Tracera)
- Oxygen meters (Inolab Oxi 740 SET; OxySense 325i)
- Further spectroscopic, microscopic and surface science techniques available within the Ulm University
