Doctoral Researchers

Electrocatalytic thin films
supervised by Dr. Marcel Risch (HZB)

Influence of electrocatalyst structure and cell design on electrochemical CO₂
supervised by Dr. Matthew Mayer (HZB)

Surfaces and interfaces of multinary compound semiconductor thin-film solar cell absorbers
supervised by Prof. Dr. Marcus Bär (HZB/FAU Erlangen) and Dr. Regan Wilks (HZB)

Conceptualisation and realisation of a highly efficient solar water splitting tandem integrated device using wide-bandgap metal oxide and silicon absorbers

supervised by Prof. Dr. Rutger Schlatmann (HZB/HTW Berlin) and Dr. Sonya Calnan (HZB)

Investigations on electron dynamics and energetics of photoelectrode surface for photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation

supervised by Prof. Dr. Roel van de Krol (HZB/TU Berlin) and Dr. Dennis Friedrich (HZB)

Electrochemical synthesis of multicarbon products from carbon monoxide in gas phase reactors
supervised by Dr. Matthew Mayer (HZB)

Charge and Heat Carrier Transfer across Interfaces in Structured Thermoelectric Materials
supervised by PD Dr. Klaus Habicht (HZB/U Potsdam) and Dr. Thommy Hofmann (HZB)

In-operando photoelectron spectroscopy studies of photocatalytic processes relevant for water splitting 
supervised by Dr. Robert Seidel (HZB)

Characterizing the active site in liquid metal catalysts

supervised by Prof. Dr. Markus Bär (HZB & FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

EPR on chip für die in-situ Charakterisierung von Energiematerialien
supervised by Prof. Dr. Klaus Lips (HZB/FU Berlin)

Study of 2D semiconductor lateral multi-junctions for photovoltaic applications
supervised by Prof. Dr. Norbert Nickel (HZB/TU Berlin) and Dr. Yutsung Tsai (HZB)

Strukturelle Trends in Cu-basierten quaternären Verbindungshalbleitern mit großer Bandlücke

supervised by Prof. Dr. Susan Schorr (HZB/FU-Berlin) and Dr. Galina Gurieva (HZB)

Thermodynamics of the oxygen evolution reaction

supervised by Dr. Marcel Risch(HZB) and Prof. Dr. Roel van de Krol (HZB/ TU-Berlin)

Development of heterocontacts for high efficient Silicon solar cells
supervised by Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech (HZB/TU Berlin) and Dr. Lars Korte (HZB)

Nanoporous Photoanodes for Solar Water Oxidation

supervised by Prof. Dr. Roel van de Krol (HZB/TU-Berlin)

Synthesis and characterization of group IV nanomaterials for high temperature thermoelectric applications
supervised by Prof. Dr. Simone Raoux (HZB/HU Berlin) and Dr. Katherine Ann Mazzio (HZB)

Investigation of charge carrier Dynamics of novel multinary compounds by Thz-Spectroscopy
supervised by Prof. Dr. Susan Schorr (HZB/FU Berlin) and Dr. Thomas Unold (HZB)

Pulsed laser deposited high quality photo electrodes
supervised by Prof. Dr. Roel van de Krol (HZB/TU Berlin)

Influence of semiconductor-catalxst interactions on photoelectrochemical CO2 conversion
supervised by  Dr. Matthew Mayer

Hybrid Polymer/naoparticle composites for near room temperature thermoelectric applications
supervised by Prof. Dr. Simone Raoux (HZB/HU Berlin) and Dr. Katherine Ann Mazzio (HZB)

Structure-function correlation in binary and ternary compounds for water splitting
supervised by Dr. Robert Seidel (HZB)

Development of oxide-based tandem device for solar water splitting
supervised by Prof. Dr. Roel van de Krol (HZB/TU Berlin) and Dr. Fatwa Abdi (HZB)

Understanding Carrier Dynamics in Wide-Bandgap Absorbers
supervised by Prof. Dr. Roel van de Krol (HZB/TU Berlin) and Dr. Dennis Friedrich (HZB)

EPR on chip für die in-situ Charakterisierung von Energiematerialien
supervised by Prof. Dr. Klaus Lips(HZB/FU Berlin)

to be handed in later
supervised by Prof. Dr. Klaus Lips (HZB/FU Berlin)

Chemical and physical insight into overcoming barriers in CO₂ conversion
supervised by Dr. Matthew Mayer (HZB)

Electron microscopic investigations of structure-property relationships in (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells

supervised by PD Dr. Daniel Abou-Ras (HZB)

Nanostructured catalysts for electrochemical CO₂ reduction

supervised by Prof. Dr. Roel van de Krol (HZB/TU Berlin) and Dr. Peter Bogdanov (HZB)

Interface analysis of thin-film photovoltaic device structure
supervised by Prof. Dr. Marcus Bär (HZB/FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Characterization of the chemical and electronic structure of OER catalysts under operating conditions
supervised by Prof. Dr. Marcus Bär (HZB/FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg)

Towards optimized interfaces for solar Water Splitting devices

supervised by Prof. Dr. Roel van de Krol (HZB/TU Berlin)

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy on Catalytic Oxides
supervised by Prof. Dr. Roel van de Krol (HZB/TU Berlin) and Dr. Marcel Risch (HZB)

Phase Relations in Zn-Group IV-nitrides wide gap semiconductors
supervised by Prof. Dr. Susan Schorr (HZB/FU Berlin)/ Prof. Dr. Martin Lerch (TU Berlin) and Dr. Joachim Beternitz

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies of the electronic structure at the electrolyte-anode interface of photoelectrochemical cells
supervised by Dr. Robert Seidel (HZB)

Operando spectroscopy of phosphorus species at the Pt electrode/electrolyte interface in HT-PEM fuel cells
supervised by Prof. Dr. Marcus Bär (HZB/FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Soft X-ray spectroscopies for carbon-based nanomaterial in energy storage and conversion

supervised by Dr. Tristan Petit (HZB)