Spatially and Temporally Resolved Spectroelectrochemistry (C01)

• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation ; Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
• Term: from 2018 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 364549901

The project will develop nanoscale and ultrafast time-resolved spectroelectrochemistry to study soft matter integrated molecular catalysts. Environmental effects on the structural features and excited-state properties of reduced/oxidized molecular species when embedded into a soft matter matrix will be deciphered. The project combines electrochemical methods with (i) tip-enhanced spectroscopies and (ii) ultrafast pump-probe transient absorption spectroscopy to study the reactivity of matrix-embedded photosensitizers and catalysts. Finally, ultrafast near-field transient absorption spectroscopy will be applied to photocatalytically active films.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 234: Light-driven Molecular Catalysts in Hierarchically Structured Materials – Synthesis and Mechanistic Studies
• Applicant Institution: Universität Ulm
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Volker Deckert; Professor Dr. Benjamin Dietzek-Ivansic