• Photoactive and photocatalytic systems for CO₂ conversion and solar fuel production, including, as active materials, porphyrins and metal complexes. Study of electron transfer dynamics with ultrafast spectroscopic techniques (fs-ns).

NICOLA ARMAROLI – ELISA BANDINI – ANDREA BASCHIERI – BEJOYMOHANDAS KOCHAN S.- FILIPPO MONTI – BARBARA VENTURA

• Design and synthesis of conjugated organic materials, including thiophene, selenophene based oligomers, also processable in water. Development of sustainable organic solar cells or luminescent solar concentrators, study of the dynamics of charge generation, transport, trapping, and recombination.

NADIA CAMAIONI – FRANCESCA TINTI –MASSIMO COCCHI – FRANCESCA DI MARIA – MATTIA ZANGOLI – MANUELA MELUCCI – ARMIDA TORREGGIANI – ALBERTO ZANELLI

• Synthesis of wide-medium bandgap semiconductor materials for photoelectrodes, such as TiO2, SnO2, WO3, Fe2O3, BiVO4. Study of the kinetics of interfacial charge separation and recombination processes in photoelectrodes and dye-sensitized semiconductors.

ROBERTO ARGAZZI – ANDREA BARBIERI – BARBARA VENTURA