Cooperation
The scientific cooperation with Prof. Radim Beranek and his group reaches a new level – Paweł Mikrut spent three months in the Institute of Electrochemistry – Ulm University.
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Group members
Conference
Our results were presented at the 7th International Conference on Semiconductor Photochemistry, held in Milano, Italy, on 11-14 September 2019. We have presented both lectures and posters that provoked fruitful discussions.
General
We are glad to inform that we are looking for people to work within the TEAM project “In quest of a more efficient quantum solar energy exploitation in energy downhill and uphill photocatalytic processes (INGENIOUS)”
More detailed offer can be downloaded from following link:
General
We are glad to inform that we are looking for PhD students to work within the SHENG-1 project “Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide based on p-type semiconductors “.
More detailed offer can be downloaded from the following link:
General
We are looking for postdoctoral fellow to work within the TEAM project “In quest of a more efficient quantum solar energy exploitation in energy downhill and uphill photocatalytic processes (INGENIOUS)”
More info can be found here and here.
Group members
Mateusz Trochowski has got his PhD degree. Congratulations!
Diversity of the photosensitization mechanisms of surface-functionalized oxide semiconductors.
The doctoral thesis is focused on verification of four hypotheses related to the photosensitization mechanisms of titanium(IV) oxide and zinc oxide. The first hypothesis concerned the possibility of protection of photosensitizers bound to the TiO2 surface by covering them with a thin layer of titanium(IV) oxide to improve the photostability. The strategy worked only for a minority of the tested samples. The second hypothesis was the higher stability of dihydroxy derivatives of anthraquinone comparised to catechol adsorbed at TiO2. Long-term photocatalytic tests have shown that all obtained materials are more photostable than the reference catechol/TiO2 system and some of them are also more active. The third problem concerned investigation how insignificant modifications of photocatalysts can significantly change their photocatalytic activity. A significant effect on photocatalytic activity, of the studied materials, in particular upon visible light irradiation, was observed, although changes in the phase composition, spectroscopic properties and morphology of the samples tested were negligible. The fourth hypothesis concerned determining of the mechanisms of localized surface plasmon resonance interaction with ZnO modified with Au nanoparticles. The analysis of emission spectra has shown that photosensitization of ZnO occurs most probably via the transfer of “hot” electrons.
General
We are glad to inform that we are looking for PhD student to work within the OPUS 14 project “Remotely light-controlled activity in dyes, proteins, catalysts: imaging, sensing, energy conversion“.
More detailed offer can be downloaded from following link:
General
The cooperation with Prof. Janusz Nowotny and Prof. Tad Bak reaches new level – Marcin Kobielusz spends two month as a visiting reasercher in School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University.
Conference
Our results were presented at the 8th Czech – Polish Catalytic Symposium, held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on February 15th 2019. We have presented 5 lectures. Symposium as always was packed with many interesting presentations but we also had time for discussions.
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