Greta Patzke
Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Date
26 September 2018
Host
Christof Aegerter
Title
Light-Driven Water Splitting: Between Bio-Inspiration and Solar Power
Abstract
The vision of hydrogen “for free” from solar light and water unifies chemistry, physics and engineering, such as in the UZH Program “Solar Light to Chemical Energy Conversion”. I will present our journey into the eye of the needle of artificial photosynthesis: water oxidation catalysis. My stations evolve from nature to applications: starting with soft bio-inspired approaches, leading to solid state design, and proceeding to solar thermochemistry.
Greta Patzke (left) with Christof Aegerter