Key areas of work
The field represented by the GDCh Division of Photochemistry is interdisciplinary and encompasses subfields of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. In addition to these classic topics, there are overarching areas of focus:
Fundamental Photophysics
emission behaviour, excited-state characterisation, charge & energy transfer, intersystem crossing, solvation dynamics, singlet fission, photon up-conversion and other multiexcitonic processes, ...
New Frontiers in Ultrafast Photochemistry, Liquid & Solid-State
femto- & nanosecond time-resolved spectroscopy, laser spectroscopy, X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy, multidimensional spectroscopy, …
Molecular Photoactive Materials
properties & functions, design of photosensitisers, transition-metal complexes, organic dyes, dyads, multichromophoric systems, structure–property relationships, ...
Photocatalysis & Photoredoxcatalysis
light-driven (organic) transformations, synthetic organic photochemistry, photoisomerisation, singlet oxygen production, investigation of catalytic intermediates and mechanisms, substrate screening, photopolymerisation, ...
Artificial Molecular Switches & Motors
photoresponsive molecular machines, photochemical switches, self-assembly, principles and applications, ...
Solar Fuels
artificial photosynthesis, H2 production, water splitting, CO2 activation, N2 reduction, solar-energy conversion and storage, sustainable photochemistry, LOHCs, …
Solar Cells
photovoltaics, dye-sensitised solar cells, perovskite-based cells, tandem cells, nanoporous films, multijunction devices, artificial leaves, ...
New Concepts & Methods in Theoretical Photochemistry
computational photochemistry, (TD)DFT calculations, non-adiabatic dynamics, surface & environment effects, non-linear spectroscopy, extended systems, …
Photochemistry & Plasmonics
SERS, nanophotonics, plasmonic nanostructures, plasmon–exciton coupling, plasmon propagation, plasmon-mediated reactions, metamaterials, …
Inorganic & Heterogenous Materials
semiconductor development & characterisation (incl. charge-carrier mobility, absorption coefficient, diffusion length,…), immobilisation and doping, nanostructuring, carbon nitrides, hybrid/composite materials, quantum dots, preparation of photoelectrodes, co-catalysts, photomechanical materials ...
Photoelectrochemistry
photocathodes & photoanodes, co-catalysts, hybrid/nanostructured electrodes, tandem cells, IPCE, IMPS/IMVS, …
Biophotonics, Photobiology & Sensing
labels, DNA interactions and detection, fluorescent proteins, natural photoactive chromophores, natural photosynthesis, bioluminescence, molecular probes for sensing und imaging, caged compounds,...
Spectroscopy of Single Molecules
sub-diffraction microscopy, single-molecule reactivity, …
Photopharmacology & Photomedicine
photodiagnostics, photodynamic therapy, photochemotherapy, phototoxicity, ...
Atmospheric & Environmental Photochemistry
build-up of oxidants, ozone depletion, ...
Technologically & Industrially Relevant Processes
photolithography, wastewater treatment, optical information recording and processing, 3D printing, photoreactor engineering, production of fine chemicals and drugs, LEDs and OLEDs, ...