The European Society for Quantum Solar Energy Conversion announces the winner of the
2008 RESEARCH AWARD FOR YOUNG EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS
For the best PhD thesis in the field of quantum solar energy conversion, i.e. the conversion of (visible) light
into electrical or chemical energy (e.g. solid state devices based on photovoltaics, photoelectrochemistry
or photochemical systems such as artificial photosynthesis) the 2008 prize is be awarded to:
Dr. Radim Beranek
from the Department of Chemistry & Pharmacy, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Egerlandstr. 1, Erlangen D-91058, Germany
From Photocatalysis to Optoelectronic Switches:
Studies of Visible Light Active Photoelectrodes Based on
Surface-Modified Titanium Dioxide
Dr. Beranek will give his award lecture at the Quantsol 2009 Winterworkshop.
A summary of the PhD thesis can be downloaded here.
The full thesis is available at the following to sites:
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
or
Uni Erlangen
- Prize committee:
- Gion Calzaferri, Chairman, Switzerland
- Christian Königstein, Austria
- Laurie Peter, UK
- Ingo Riedel, Germany
- Daniel Vanmaekelbergh, Netherlands
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