1st Gerischer-Kolb Symposium

Electrochemical Surface Science

Berlin, Germany, October 15 - 17, 2014
  Heinz Gerischer Dieter M. Kolb  

Program

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
10:00 - 13:45 Registration
13:45 - 14:00 Welcome
FUNDAMENTALS – EXPLORING SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES (I)
14:00 - 14:30
invited
Karl-Michael Weitzel
Electrochemistry with a single electrode - from the interface to the interphase Preparation and structure of well-defined electrode surfaces (metals, semiconductors, single crystals, shaped nanoparticles and clusters).
14:30 - 14:50 Yvonne Gründer
Probing charge distribution at the electrochemical interface
14:50 - 15:10 Margret Giesen
Atomic scale measurements and quantification of electrode transport phenomena
15:10 - 15:30 Francisco Vicente
Changes of motional resistance during the electrochemical deposition and the anodic dissolution of copper in acid media
15:30 - 16:00
invited
Richard Alkire
Accelerated stochastic simulations of early stages of nucleation and growth
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee and tea break
FUNDAMENTALS – EXPLORING SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES (II)
16:30 - 17:00
invited
Rolf Schuster
Electrochemical microcalorimetry - measuring the heat of electrochemical reactions
17:00 - 17:20
David Soares
Electric-field-induced water density change at the gold/water interface
17:40 - 18:00
Wolfgang Kautek
Nanotribology of the Helmholtz layer
17:40 - 18:00
Mohammed Boujtita
Electrochemical characterization of p-type semi-conductor
18:00 - 18:30
invited
David Schiffrin
Metal nanoparticles as charge carriers for electrochemical transformations


Thursday, October 16, 2014
LIGHT-INDUCED PROCESSES – PHOTOELECTROCHEMISTRY
08:00 - 08:30
invited
Kazunari Domen
Photoelectrochemical water oxidation on some nitride-photoelectrodes
08:30 - 08:50 Achim Walter Hassel
Combinatorial photoelectrochemistry for water splitting on earth abundant oxides
08:50 - 09:10 Artur Braun
Origin and detection of hole states in DC biased photoelectrochemical water splitting with valence band x-ray and electron spectroscopy
09:10 - 09:30
Matthias Richter
Combined operando photoelectron spectroscopy and photoelectrochemistry: Investigation of Titania-stabilized Si photoanodes
09:30 - 10:00
invited
Wolfram Jaegermann
Approaches in photoelectron spectroscopy to study the electronic properties of semiconductor/electrolyte interfaces: case study water splitting
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee and tea break
10:30 - 10:50 Ricardo Schrebler
Study of the oxidation of water and phenol on a photoanode of Fe | alpha-Fe2 O3 nanotubes
10:50 - 11:10 Mauricio Schieda
Model photoelectrodes for the exploration of geometry effects on water splitting performance
EXTRA TOPICS
11:10 - 11:40
invited
Philippe Allongue
Magnetism meets electrochemistry
11:40 - 12:10
invited
Hans-Gerd Boyen
Angle-resolved XPS studies of self-assembled monolayers on metal electrodes
12:10 - 14:00 Lunch break
ELECTROCATALYSIS: STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONS
14:00 - 14:30
invited
Radoslav Adzic
Platinum Monolayer Electrocatalysts: Tuning their Activity for Oxygen Reduction and Ethanol and Methanol Oxidation
14:30 - 14:50 Daniel Scherson
Halide Adsorption Effects on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Aqueous Acidic Electrolytes
14:50 - 15:10 Tamaz Agladze
UPD of the Metal Hydride Phase
15:10 - 15:30 Lin Zhuang
Pt-Ru Catalyzed Hydrogen Oxidation in Alkaline Media: Oxophilic Effect or Electronic Effect?
15:30 - 16:00
invited
Kohei Uosaki
Experimental and Theoretical Study on Electrocatalytic Activity of Boron Nitride for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee tea break
16:30 - 17:00
invited
Masatoshi Osawa
Electrochemical oxidation of CO adsorbed on poly-crystalline Pt in alkaline media studied by surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy
17:00 - 17:30
invited
Juan M. Feliu
Dual role of adatoms: characterization tools and electrocatalytic partners
17:30 - 17:50 Kai Exner
Controlling selectivity in the chlorine evolution reaction over RuO2-based catalysts
17:50 - 18:10 Karolien De Wael
Understanding the (in)stability of semiconducting pigments
18:10 - 19:30 Dinner
19:30 - 20:30 After-Dinner Speech, Richard D. Alkire
20:30 - 22:30 Poster Session


Friday, October 17, 2014
MODERN MATERIALS
08:00 - 08:30
invited
Héctor D. Abruña
Operando methods for characterization of fuel cell & battery materials
08:30 - 08:50 Shalini Menezes
Electrochemical processing and characterization of Cu-In-Se nanostructures
08:50 - 09:10 Florian Hausen
Tracking the interfacial structure of ionic liquids - Impact on electrochemical control of atomic friction
09:10 - 09:30 John Stickney
Investigations into the electrochemical formation of germanene
09:30 - 10:00
invited
Andrea Russell
Effects of the nanoarchitecture of Pt-Sn catalysts on the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee and tea break
NEW DIRECTIONS
10:30 - 11:00
invited
Nenad Markovic
Electrochemistry at metal-oxide interfaces: At the crossroads of activity and stability
11:00 - 11:20 Thomas Mayer
Low pressure synchrotron photoelectron spectroscopy on solid-liquid interfaces using well-defined frozen adsorption models
11:20 - 11:40 Thomas Stempel Pereira
Recent applications and results in near ambient pressure XPS.
In-situ cell designs for liquid environments
11:40 - 12:00 Robert Hillman
Dynamic in situ Neutron Reflectivity as a Probe of Spatial Effects During Electrochemically Controlled Interfacial Processes
12:00 - 12:30
invited
Philip Bartlett
Electrodeposition from supercritical fluids
12:00 Closing words