Group trip
To activate not only small molecules, but also minds and bodies, on April 11-12th we enjoyed a trip to Pieniny mountains. We spent two nice days hiking in this beautiful area. (Everybody reached Trzy Korony.)
New equipement!
Our group has got a new equipment for advanced photoelectrochemical measurements. The specially designed set-up enables measurements of photocurrents as a function of the electrode potential and wavelength of incident light. In addition, the Kelvin probe can be used to characterize redox properties of studied semiconductors in the dark and upon irradiation with monochromatic light.
New group member
Dr. Kezhen Qi joined our group. Welcome to Kraków!
Invited lecture
Prof. Paweł Kulesza from University of Warsaw was our guest today.
SEM purchase
Our group has received a scanning electron microscope TESCAN VEGA3 LMU. The microscope is equipped with LaB6 cathode, SE, BSE and EDX detectors and enables measurements in a low vacuum mode (up to 500 Pa). The analyzed samples can be gold-coated in a high quality desk-top coater.
Conferences
In September and October our results were presented at several conferences in Poland and abroad:
Second recruitment for TEAM
The second recruitment procedure has been finished and the new TEAM members have been selected: Dr. Kezhen Qi (post-doc) Kacper Pilarczyk (student) Małgorzata Kubiak (student) Michał Kawa (student) We would like to acknowledge everybody who applied. The last recruitment will be announced in spring 2014.
Welcome back!
Dr. Joanna Kuncewicz came back after a long (30 months) post-doctoral leave to Sapporo, Hokkaido University (group of Prof. Bunsho Ohtani).
Thesis defended
Marta Buchalska has got her PhD degree. Congratulation! Processes of Photoinduced Charge and Energy Transfer in Presence of Nanocrystaline TiO2 Photosensitized with TiIV Complexes High photocatalytic activity upon irradiation with UV light is one of major advantage of TiO2. This material can also be easily modified and sensitized to be active in visible light range. Especially modification [...]