Research and Publications

of Prof. Dr. Maria Wächtler

Research foci

  • Design and functional characterization of hybrid materials based on colloidal semiconductor nanostructures and molecular redox-active systems
  • Exciton and charge carrier-dynamics in colloidal semiconductor nanostructures
  • Processes in thin films of assembles and oriented colloidal semiconductor nanostructures
  • (Time-resolved) spectroscopy

Ongoing projects

„Bioinspired Photoactive Janus-Membranes for Solar to Fuel Conversion“

 

SFB/TRR 234 CataLight

Teilprojekt B04

 

Finished projects

„High order harmonic generation in nanodimensional solids“

 

SFB 1275 NOA

Teilprojekt C04

“Ternary nanoscale hybrid systems for solar-driven overall water splitting”

 

The German Israeli Foundation

FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Publication list

Selected publications

19. R. Baruah, M. Dilshad, M. Diegel, J. Dellith, J. Plentz, A. Undisz, A. Szeghalmi, M. Wächtler, Deposition of CdSe Nanocrystals in Highly Porous SiO2 Matrices—In Situ Growth vs. Infiltration Methods. Materials 2024, 17, (17), 4379, DOI:10.3390/ma17174379

18. M. Boecker, S. Lander, R. Müller, A.-L. Gaus, C. Neumann, J. Moser, M. Micheel, A. Turchanin, M. von Delius, C.V. Synatschke, K. Leopold, K.; M. Wächtler, T. Weil, Screening Cobalt-based Catalysts on Multicomponent CdSe@CdS Nanorods for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Aqueous Media, ACS Applied Nano Materials 2024, 7, 14146-14153, DOI:10.1021/acsanm.4c01645

17. C. Kasahara, K. Rediger, M. Micheel, P. Liebing, S. Gräfe, S. Kupfer*, M. Wächtler*, Wolfgang Weigand*, Molecular Dyad vs Multi-component Approach – Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Combining Oligothiophene Photosensitizers with [FeFe]-hydrogenase Mimics, ChemCatChem 2024, 16, e202400247, DOI:10.1002/cctc.202400247

16.  G. Knorr*, K. Hotzel, A. Chettri, A. Skabeev, M. Wächtler, B. Dietzek-Ivanšić and K. Peneva*, Unlocking the potential of ketocoumarins: efficient photosensitizers for sustainable light driven hydrogen evolution, J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11, 23260-23269, DOI:10.1039/D3TA04450E

15.  K. Kumar*, M. Wächtler*, Unravelling Dynamics Involving Multiple Charge Carriers in Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 1579, DOI:10.3390/nano13091579, Open-Access.

14.   M. Micheel, K. Dong, L. Amirav*, M. Wächtler*, Lateral Charge Migration in 1D Semiconductor-Metal Hybrid Photocatalytic Systems, J. Chem. Phys. (2023), 158, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0144785, Open-Access.

13.   D. Costabel, A. Nabiyan, A. Chettri, F. Jacobi, M. Heiland, J. Guthmuller, S. Kupfer, M. Wächtler, Benjamin Dietzek-Ivanšić, Carsten Streb, Felix H. Schacher and Kalina Peneva, Diiodo-BODIPY sensitizing of [Mo3S13]2- cluster for noble metal-free visible light-driven hydrogen evolution within a polyampholytic matrix, ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces (2023), 5, 20833-20842, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c18529.

12.   S. Benndorf, A. Schleusener, R. Müller, M. Micheel, R. Baruah, J. Dellith, A. Undisz, C. Neumann, A. Turchanin, K. Leopold, W. Weigand*, M. Wächtler*, Covalent Functionalization of CdSe Quantum Dot Films with Molecular [FeFe] Hydrogenase Mimics for Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution, ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces (2023), 15, 18889-18897, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c00184.

11.   H. N. Gopalakrishna, R. Baruah, C. Hünecke, V. Korolev, M. Thümmler, A. Croy, M. Richter, F. Yahyaei, R. Hollinger, V. Shumakova, I. Uschmann, H. Marschner, M. Zürch, C. Reichardt, A. Undisz, J. Dellith, A. Pugžlys, A. Baltuška, C. Spielmann, U. Peschel, S. Gräfe, M. Wächtler, and D. Kartashov, Tracing spatial confinement in semiconductor quantum dots by high-order harmonic generation, Phys. Rev. Research 5 (2023), 013128, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013128, Open-Access.

10. L. Amirav*, M. Wächtler*, Nano Schottky? Nano Lett. (2022), Nano Lett. 22 (2022), 9783–9785, DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04150, Open-Access.

9. T. Rosner, N.G. Pavlopoulos, H. Shoyhet, M. Micheel, M. Wächtler*, N. Adir*, L. Amirav*, The Other Dimension - Tuning Hole Extraction via Nanorod Width, Nanomaterials, 12 (2022), 3343, DOI:10.3390/nano12193343, Open-Access.

8. M. Micheel, R. Baruah, K. Kumar, M. Wächtler*, Assembly, Properties, and Application of Ordered Group II–VI and IV–VI Colloidal Semiconductor Nanoparticle Films, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9 (2022), 2201039, DOI:10.1002/admi.202201039, Open-Access.

7. K. Dong, T.-A. Le, Y. Nakibli, A. Schleusener, M. Wächtler, L. Amirav, Molecular Metallocorrole–Nanorod Photocatalytic System for Sustainable Hydrogen Production, ChemSusChem, 15 (2022), e202200804, DOI:10.1002/cssc.202200804, Open-Access.

6. A. Schleusener, M. Micheel, S. Benndorf, M. Rettenmayr, W. Weigand, M. Wächtler*, Ultrafast Electron Transfer from CdSe Quantum Dots to a [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Mimic, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 12 (2021), 4385–4391, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01028.

5. C. Kranz, M. Wächtler*, Characterizing photocatalysts for water splitting: from atoms to bulk and from slow to ultrafast processes, Chem. Soc. Rev., 50 (2021), 1407-1437, DOI:10.1039/D0CS00526F, Open-Access.

4. M. Boecker, M. Micheel, A. K. Mengele, C. Neumann, T. Herberger, T. Marchesi D’Alvise, B. Liu, A. Undisz, S. Rau, A. Turchanin, C. V. Synatschke, M. Wächtler*, T. Weil*, Rhodium-Complex-Functionalized and Polydopamine-Coated CdSe@CdS Nanorods for Photocatalytic NAD+ Reduction, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4 (2021), 12913-12919, DOI:10.1021/acsanm.1c02994, Open-Access.

3. M. Micheel, B. Liu, M. Wächtler*, Influence of Surface Ligands on Charge-Carrier Trapping and Relaxation in Water-Soluble CdSe@CdS Nanorods, Catalysts, 10 (2020), 1143, DOI:10.3390/catal10101143, Open-Access.

2. Y. Nakibli, Y. Mazal, Y. Dubi, M. Wächtler*, L. Amirav*, Size Matters: Cocatalyst Size Effect on Charge Transfer and Photocatalytic Activity, Nano Lett., 18 (2018), 357-364, DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04210.

1. M. Wächtler*, P. Kalisman, L. Amirav*, Charge-Transfer Dynamics in Nanorod Photocatalysts with Bimetallic Metal Tips, J. Phys. Chem. C, 120 (2016), 24491-24497, DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09265.

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