SPP 1613: Fuels Produced Regeneratively Through Light-Driven Water Splitting: Clarification of the Elemental Processes Involved and Prospects for Implementation in Technological Concepts

Type of Funding: DFG Programmes, Priority Programmes

Abstract:

The Priority Program (PP) 1613 “Fuels Produced Regeneratively Through Light-Driven Water Splitting: Clarification of the Elemental Processes Involved and Prospects for Implementation in Technological Concepts” (Short title: SolarH2) was established by the DFG (German Research Foundation) in 2011, following the proposal of the TU Darmstadt and other German research institutions.

In this context, sixteen research projects are being funded by the DFG, as well as a coordinator project, that aims to integrate the individual projects and thereby organize potential implementation efforts. The program is now in its second funding period which lasts from October 2015 till September 2018.

The priority program SolarH2 is targeted on a merging of distinct research approaches and their results involving different disciplines and expertise as

  • the preparation of photoactive semiconductors and adapted device structures
  • synthesis and characterization of electro catalysts
  • the fundamental analysis of the involved elementary processes and their theoretical simulation

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    UA Ruhr Researchers:
    Prof. Dr. Malte Behrens, University of Duisburg-Essen
    Prof. Dr. Anjana Devi, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    Prof. Dr. Dina Fattakhova-Rohlfing, University of Duisburg-Essen/Forschungszentrum Jülich
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alfred Ludwig, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    Prof. Dr. Martin Muhler, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
    Prof. Dr. Rossitza Pentcheva, University of Duisburg-Essen
    Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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