Photo-/electrochemical Water Oxidation Using Metal-doped Nanoscale ZnO (C03)

• Subject Area: Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis ; Experimental Condensed Matter Physics ; Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 510228793

C03 will synthesize (doped) zinc oxide-based nanomaterials and develops operando methods (lateral- and time-resolved IR-spectroscopy) to study the site-specific photo- and electrocatalytic water oxidation. The project examines the catalytic activity and 2H+/2e– vs 4H+/4e– PCET selectivity of amorphous and crystalline ZnO particles as dependent on external electric fields, ZnO faceting, and transition metal doping. C03 collaborates with A02/A05 (spectroscopy), A06 (device development), B05 (spectroscopy), C04 (theory, photo/electrocatalysis), and C01/C02/C05 (sample exchange).

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1633: Pushing Electrons with Protons – Unifying Multi-Electron Redox Catalysis by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Carsten Streb; Professor Dr. R. Thomas Weitz