Metal-free Photosensitizers and Their Application as Molecular Chromophore-Catalyst Systems (A03)

• Subject Area: Organic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation ; Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 364549901

A03 focuses on the synthesis, functionalization, and photophysical tuning of organic photosensitizers with a focus on perylenes, BODIPYs, and naphthalene dyes. The project will study photosensitizer integration into PS-CAT dyads and soft matter matrices using covalent and supramolecular approaches. Automated screening and optimization of light-driven catalysis experiments will be established to enable fast analysis of photosensitizer performance in model light-driven catalytic reactions. Photophysical and catalytic analyses of selected PS in solution and when integrated in matrices will be performed.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 234: Light-driven Molecular Catalysts in Hierarchically Structured Materials – Synthesis and Mechanistic Studies
• Major Instrumentation: High-throughput screening setup
• Instrumentation Group: 5042 Mikroskope für Hochdurchsatz und Screening
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
• Project Heads: Professorin Kalina Peneva, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Sven Rau, since 7/2022