Atomic Scale Mechanisms of the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction (C04)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics ; Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry ; Theoretical Chemistry: Electronic Structure, Dynamics, Simulation
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 510228793

The project aims at unravelling the mechanism of electro-/photochemically driven water oxidation with (doped) ZnO catalsts and developing predictors and tuning strategies for catalytic activity/selectivity. Environmental transmission electron microscopy (E-TEM) will deliver information on the active states and surface dynamics, while time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy will give access to the interfacial electron dynamics. Quantitative analysis of the PCET mechanisms will be constructed quantum-chemically with high-dimensional neural network potentials. C04 collaborates with A02/A03/C03 (X-ray spectroscopy), C02 (adsorption energies), C03 (theory), C03/C05 (photo/electrocatalysis), C05 (sample preparation), and Ö01 (public outreach).

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1633: Pushing Electrons with Protons – Unifying Multi-Electron Redox Catalysis by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
• Major Instrumentation: OneView Camera
• Instrumentation Group: 5230 Densitometer, Mikrophotometer, Fluoreszenz-, Lumineszenz-Imagingsysteme
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Jörg Behler; Professor Dr. Christian Jooss; Professorin Dr. Simone Techert