Modulating the Photocatalytic Properties of Molecularly Functionalized Carbon Nitride Polymers by Nanoconfinement and Pore Structure Engineering (B10*)

• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation ; Theoretical Chemistry: Molecules, Materials, Surfaces
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 364549901

B10 explores the design of polymeric carbon nitrides with high specific surface area. Functionalization of their surface with molecular PS and CATs (focus: HER and WOC) will be explored and the photophysical properties as well as reactivity in light-driven catalysis will be studied. In particular, the focus will be on the investigation of the interplay between the photophysical properties and the structure of the formed catalyst-solution interfaces. The impact of surface-deposited molecular species on the carbon nitride properties will be studied. Experimental and theoretical approaches including high-level modelling of the molecular species and the surrounding carbon nitride environment will be used to understand mechanistic details and to rationalize observed changes in reactivity.

• 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. Timo Jacob; Professor Martin Oschatz, Ph.D.