News from the Water Splitting Group
Artistic depiction of sun and water
Illustration: Hrishi Olickel
Alex, Kristína and Jacob participated in the SOLCHEM 2026 Symposium in Ulm (15–17 June 2026), where they presented ongoing project results and took part in scientific discussions across photocatalysis and solar chemistry research.
The INDICO2 project officially kicked off, bringing together partners from academia and industry to launch their collaboration.
Ebrahim Abedini and Jacob Schneidewind participated in the first SINATRA Travelling Conference 2026 across Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam.
Shodhan and Atharva joined the group in April as student assistants—welcome!
Homa has started her PostDoc in April, we wish you all the best!
Vitaliy has started his PostDoc in April, we wish you all the best!
Participation in the event “Scaling Renewable Fuels and Chemicals for a Resilient European Industry” organized by the European Innovation Council
March 18–20, 2026, presents on “Kinetically guided exploration of photocatalytic reactions by combining automation with in situ measurements”.
At the beginning of March, the third funding period of CRC/TRR 234 “CataLight” was defended after months of preparation. Many thanks to all CataLightees and everyone involved in the preparation and discussions. We now look forward to the next phase and await the final decision!
Together with Alexander Eith, he worked on implementing pulsed irradiation into our automated setup to advance efficient WOC screening.
“Insights Into Overall Photocatalytic Water Splitting Through Simultaneous In Situ H₂ and O₂ Measurements”
Akbar has started his PostDoc in February, we wish you all the best!
