Electrochemistry Research Group

Research Fields

• Electrochemical water treatment:    
  elimination of micro-pollutants, disinfection, desalination
• Molecular electrochemistry:
  electrochemical synthesis of organic compounds, microbial electrosynthesis
• Electrochemical energy storage and transformation:                                 
  redox-flow batteries
  
  

Contract Ressearch

The scientific knowledge and equipment of the group is available for fundamental and applied research on industrial request. Further information about contract research.

Methods

• Conventional electrochemical techniques, e.g.:
  Stationary current-potential curves, Cyclic voltammetry, Impedance spectroscopy, Rotating disc and ring-disc electrodes
• In situ combination methods:
  Spectroelectrochemistry (UV-Vis-NIR), Fluorescence microscopy with spatially-resolved Vis-spectroscopy, Electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance

• ex situ methods:
  FT-IR-spectroscopy, Atomic absorption spectroscopy, Ion chromatography,
  Gas chromatography, High-performance liquid chromatography,
  Contact angle measurement, Scanning electron microscope