Current Address

Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Hofmann

Technical University Darmstadt
Department of Materials and Earth Sciences

Otto-Berndt-Str. 3
64287 Darmstadt, Germany

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From 2010 to 2011, Jan Philipp Hofmann was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, advised by Prof. Dr. Herbert Over. He worked in a joint BMBF project with Bayer MaterialScience: “Resource Efficiency in Chlorine Production”, performing model catalysis and atmospheric pressure reaction experiments on HCl oxidation (Deacon Process) over RuO2 (model, technical) catalysts.

Current Address

Prof. Dr. Roland Marschall

University of Bayreuth
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Universitätsstraße 30
95447 Bayreuth, Germany

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From 2013 to 2018, Roland Marschall was Emmy Noether junior research group leader at the Institute of Physical Chemistry (associated to the research group of Prof. Smarsly).

Modern chemical synthesis techniques provided the platform to prepare new nanostructured materials with tailored properties, optimized surface area and light absorption, and tuned particle size and shape. The Marschall group investigated the catalytic properties of their new materials in photocatalytic and photoelectrochemcial reactions, including wastewater treatment, hydrogen generation and water splitting, or used them as building blocks to prepare composite materials. Moreover, they prepared mesoporous solid proton conductors, and utilized them for proton conducting membranes and catalysis.

Current Address

Dr. Daniel Schröder

Technical University of Braunschweig
Institute of Energy and Process Systems Engineering

Langer Kamp 19B
D-38106 Braunschweig

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Between 2015 and 2021, Daniel Schröder was a junior research group leader at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, dedicated to the subject "Combined operando and model-based analysis of electrochemical energy storage devices" (associated to the research group of Prof. Janek). The main focus was on operando and model-based investigation of electrochemical energy storage devices (currently: non-aqueous Na-O₂, Li-O₂; aqueous Zn-O₂; and organic redox flow batteries) to gain in depth knowledge about ongoing reaction and transport processes, and about degradation of the batteries. Within the RG, suitable operando cells were designed and operated (e.g. for XRD or tomography), and simple mathematical models and simulations of the electrochemical systems were conducted. In the end, a combination of both methods enabled to show trends for the practical application of the investigated electrochemical systems and materials.

Current Address

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zeier

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie

Correnstraße 30
48149 Münster, Germany

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From 2015 to 2020, Wolfgang Zeier was the leader of the Emmy Noether junior research group "Materials by Design" at the Institute of Physical Chemistry (associated to the research group of Prof. Janek). He and his co-workers investigated structure-property relationships in inorganic solids for the development of clean-energy storage and harvesting technologies. Specifically, they focused on thermoelectric and all-solid-state-battery applications. The core of their research approach employed materials synthesis and structural characterization which were complemented with measurement and modeling of ionic, electronic and thermal transport properties.