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Using the Sunlight for Biocyatalysis – Development of Photo-Bioelectrode-Structures for Synthesis Isolation, Stabilization, Modification and Assembly of Photosystems and Its Components in Hybrid-Assemblies for Photo-Biocatalysis

Zouni, Athina, PD Dr. (Honorary Chairs / Professors by Special Appointment / Part-Time Lecturers)

Duration of Project: 08/2013 - 10/2017

The aim of the Tamdem-project is to develop light-activated electrode devices for biocatalytical purposes. Therefore photosystems or components should be combined with electrodes for an efficient photo-electron transfer. By coupling various enzyme sy ...

Usage of Solar Energy for the Bioelectrocatalysis – Photobiohybrid Eletrodes for the Light-Driven Synthesis of Valuable Substances (II, SP B)

Zouni, Athina, PD Dr. (Honorary Chairs / Professors by Special Appointment / Part-Time Lecturers)

Duration of Project: 02/2018 - 01/2021

The aims of the Tandem-project are light-triggered electrodes for efficient energy conversion. In the frame of the prolonged period of work it is planned to increase the efficiency of photobio-electrodes and also to couple them with enzymatic convers ...

Taking snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation: simultaneous X-ray spectroscopy and crystallography

Zouni, Athina, Dr. (Experimental Biophysics)

Duration of Project: 11/2013 - 10/2016

The objective of this project is to study the overall protein structure and dynamics, as well as the chemical structure and dynamics of the oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of the Photosystem II membrane bound protein, that catalyses the light-driven wa ...

New oligonuclear metal catalysts for the light-driven activation of water and the reduction of CO2 (II)

Schwalbe, Matthias, (Inorganic and General Chemistry I)

Duration of Project: 08/2013 - 12/2017

First hetero-oligonuclear metal-organic compounds for the activation of water and carbon monoxide have been prepared. Their (photo)catalytic properties are currently investigated and reaction conditions are optimized. With the experiences gained new ...

New oligonuclear metal catalysts for the light-driven activation of water and the reduction of CO2

Schwalbe, Matthias, Dr. (Inorganic and General Chemistry I)

Duration of Project: 06/2010 - 06/2014

The interaction of light and matter has an important role in the enlivened nature. Following the structural characteristics of active centres in biological systems new molecular compounds shall be synthesised that, with the aid of light activation, w ...

Mechanistic insight into molecular catalysts during electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen and carbon dioxide

Schwalbe, Matthias, (Inorganic and General Chemistry I)

Duration of Project: 01/2019 - 12/2021

The central aim of the project is the development of electrocatalysts for the reduction of oxygen and carbon dioxide and to study their structure function relationship under in-operando conditions via spectro-electrochemical methods. The catalytic sy ...

Elucidation of the self-repair mechanism of the light-driven water oxidation in photosystem II (PSII): Crystallization of the Mn-depleted PSII and its structural/functional analysis

Zouni, Athina, PD Dr. (Honorary Chairs / Professors by Special Appointment / Part-Time Lecturers)

Duration of Project: 11/2012 - 10/2017

Photosystem II (PSII) of oxygenic photosynthesis has the unique capability of utilizing visible light to oxidize water at the Mn4CaO5-cluster (the water oxidizing complex, WOC). Important progress in elucidating the molecular structure of the WOC has ...

Zouni, Athina, PD Dr. (Honorary Chairs / Professors by Special Appointment / Part-Time Lecturers)

Duration of Project: 01/2019 - 12/2022

Oxygen photosynthesis in green plants, algae and cyanobacteria is catalyzed by two large membrane protein complexes Photosystem I (PSI) and Photosystem II (PSII). Both complexes contain a reaction center (RC) that conducts a light-driven charge trans ...

Elucidation of the photo-assembly mechanism of the light-driven water oxidizing complex in photosystem II

Zouni, Athina, PD Dr. (Honorary Chairs / Professors by Special Appointment / Part-Time Lecturers)

Duration of Project: 11/2017 - 12/2018

Oxygen photosynthesis in green plants, algae and cyanobacteria is catalyzed by the two large membrane protein complexes Photosystem I (PSI) and Photosystem II (PSII). Both complexes contain a reaction center (RC) that conducts a light-driven charge t ...

CRC 1109 / 1 : Understanding of Metal Oxide/Water Systems at the Molecular Scale. Structural Evolution, Interfaces, and Dissolutions

Limberg, Christian, Prof. Dr. (Inorganic and General Chemistry I)

Duration of Project: 04/2014 - 12/2017

The Collaborative Research Centre 1109 is an interdisciplinary research platform bringing together scientists from four universities and three non-university institutions. It comprises 18 research projects led by 23 principal investigators (PIs) with ...