CataLight welcomes you to the 2nd Ulm Symposium on Solar-Driven Chemistry SOLCHEM 2026!

In the legacy of the thriving first Ulm Symposium on Solar-Driven Chemistry in 2017, the CataLight Symposium SOLCHEM 2026 aims to gather and connect again world-leading experts in (solar) light-driven chemistry.

To boost world-wide networking and provide a long-term plattform, SOLCHEM 2026 aims for a high degree of interdisciplanrity:

• Photochemistry and Photocatalysis

• Organic Photovoltaics and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

• Light-driven Mechanisms, Spectroscopy and Photophysics

• Photoelectrochemistry and Photochemical Devices

• Photochemical Reaction Engineering

CataLight is a transregional collaborative research center, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), hosted by the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Ulm University. CataLight's members include:

•  the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Jena (IPHT), 

• the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz,

• the University of Vienna, 

• the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Mainz, 

• the University of Oldenburg 

Inspired by the chloroplasts of natural photosynthesis, the vision of CataLight is to develop coupled photocatalytic systems in which light-driven multielectron oxidations and reductions lead to productive chemical reactivity.

VISIT us at https://www.catalight.uni-jena.de/ 

CONTACT us at catalight(at)uni-jena.de