Site-specific Kinetics and Dynamics of Surface PCET Reactions (C02)

The project utilizes molecular beam surface scattering methods to determine the mechanisms and adsorption energies of reaction intermediates in PCET processes on (doped) ZnO relevant to water splitting in the electronic ground and excited state. It aims at disentangling the kinetics and dynamics at specific surface sites by application of velocity resolved kinetics to develop structural predictors for interfacial PCET reactivity. Project C02 collaborates with C01/C05 (sample preparation), C03 (identification of active sites), and C04 (adsorption energies).

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 Single Photon Counting Optical Detector

Instrumentation Group 5800 Photodetektoren, -zellen, -widerstände für UV-VIS

Applicant Institution Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Project Heads Privatdozent Dr. Tim Schäfer; Professor Dr. Alec Michael Wodtke