In Operando Multi-spectroscopic Correlation Analysis of Electronic and Structural Changes During Homogenous and Heterogeneous Catalytic Activity (C02)

• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry ; Analytical Chemistry ; Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 364549901

C02 develops continuously operated photo-flowreactors equipped with operando online spectroscopic methods to explore mechanisms influencing light-driven catalysis using mainly vibrational and fluorescence (micro)spectroscopic approaches. Degradation processes and the effect of local heterogeneities will be studied at a molecular level during dynamic operation. Complex spectroscopic data will be correlated and fused via innovative artificial intelligence-based methods for characterizing homogeneous and heterogeneous photocatalytic systems on a broad dimensional scale (micro/nano/molecular).

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 234: Light-driven Molecular Catalysts in Hierarchically Structured Materials – Synthesis and Mechanistic Studies
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Boris Mizaikoff; Professor Dr. Jürgen Popp; Professor Dr. Dirk Ziegenbalg, since 7/2022