Professur für Physikalische Chemie/Elektrochemie

Message to international students, summer interns and prospective Ph.D.-students ("Promotionsstudenten", "Doktoranden")

The electrochemistry group ("AG Elektrochemie") welcomes everybody with an excellent education in chemistry, physics or closely related subjects to spend his/her summer internship with us or to pursue a Ph.D. (Dr.rer.nat.) in our group at our university.
Experience in experimental electrochemistry is of course welcome and helpful, but even without this know-how we will consider applications.
Students without any background in physical chemistry or closely related areas will most likely find the offered topics too demanding. We have no "PhD-programs", thus there are basically no openings into such programs. Infrequently salaried positions for researchers providing the possibility to pursue a Ph.D. are offered, for details consult here.
According to the list below there are various areas pursued in our group which might be of interest. There is also sufficient space and equipment for work.
Unfortunately this cannot be said with respect to finances. Thus we will certainly consider any reasonable possibility for obtaining the necessary funds, but the primary activity: suggesting suitable funding organizations etc. is up to the applicant. It seems to be reasonable to inquire with the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (www.daad.de) or to contact the German Embassy of your home country.

Areas of Scientific Interest

-Spectroelectrochemistry

-Vibrational Spectroscopy at Surfaces

Investigation of adsorptive interactions between physi- and chemisorbed ions and molecules on electrode surfaces with in situ Raman and infrared spectroscopies (Identification of adsorbate structure and orientation, investigation of adsorption-induced changes of intramolecular bonding).

Identification of reactive intermediates and reaction products of electrochemical reaction products (Oxidation of hetero-atom containing aromatic compounds, oxidation of CHO-compounds).

-UV-vis-Spectroscopy

Investigation of electrochromic films of intrinsically conducting polymers with optically transparent electrodes.

-Surface chemistry, Material Science and Energy Technology

-Corrosion of metallic multinary materials (dental amalgams and alloys)

-Porous electrodes for electrochemical systems in energy storageand conversion

-Intrinsically conducting Polymers: Formation and Characterization

-Electrochemical Sensors

-Elektrochemical Kinetics

Investigation of the kinetic of CHO-oxidation reactions at smooth and porous electrodes with the electrochemical impedance method.

-Kinetics of fast redox reactions

-Adsorption at Electrodes

Determination of thermodynamic data for the adsorption of organic molecules at electrode surfaces (combined with in situ spectroscopies)