Karl Striegler investigates novel materials for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water. Graphitic Carbon Nitrides are an interesting class of materials with a structure close to graphite. For overcoming certain limitations, the author used different approaches to functionalize the basic material. He deposited nanoparticles to enhance the catalytic activity and used copolymerization as well as sensitizing to increase the amount of harvested light.

Publication in the field of natural sciences Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Karl Striegler is a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Chemical Technology, research group Heterogeneous Catalysis of Prof. Dr. Roger Gläser, at the University of Leipzig.

Inhalt
Water Splitting.- Graphitic Carbon Nitrides.- Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water.- Material Characterization and Improvement.- Sensitizing.- Nanoparticle Deposition.