SFB/TRR 234 CataLight
SFB/TRR 234 CataLight
PI: Wilke
Funding phases: 2021 - 2022 and 2022 - 2026
Funded by the DFG
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Sub-project Ö01: Shedding Light on Chemistry Education: Didactic reconstruction of current research for school and extracurricular education
In sub-project Ö01, we scientifically and significantly support the public and scientific outreach of Transregio 234 and promote the transfer of findings into chemistry education and society. To this end, we reconstruct specialised results on the central questions and objectives of CataLight. We then arrange the developed working materials and (model) experiments for schools, student laboratories, teacher training and public events.
The most important teaching materials from this project can be found on our website here.
Publications & magazine articles
- Dietel, E., Wolken, P., Sladitschek, P., Johannesen, O., Wilke, T., Petersen, M., (2026). From Blue to Green: Demonstration of a pH-Dependent Fluorescence Shift of Carbon Quantum Dots. J. Chem. Educ., submitted.
- Petersen, M., Bauschulte, J., Lange, A., Beranek, R., Wilke T., (2026). Nanomaterials from the espresso maker: Polymeric carbon nitrides for photocatalytic wastewater treatment with visible light. CHEMKON 33(2), 36-42. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ckon.70006
- Petersen, M., Talledo, S., Bürger H., Bernhard, S., Wilke, T. (2026). Sample without bang: A reusable hydrogen detection foil for school lessons. CHEMKON 33(1), 11-16. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ckon.202500029
- Petersen, M., Bauschulte, J., Talledo, S., Hotzel, K., Wark, M., Peneva, K., Bernhard, S., Wilke, T. (2025). Synthesis of Polymeric Carbon Nitrides in a Low-Cost Moka Furnace for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation with Visible Light. J. Chem. Educ, 102 (7), 2912-2919. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00114
- Wilke, T., Petersen, M., Fruntke, A. (2024). Preparing knowledge from the laboratory for teaching. Nachr. Chem. 72/2, 8-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/nadc.20244139387
- Petersen, M., Nau, R. E. P., Pannwitz, A., Wilke, T. (2023). Less is more: a powerful photoreactor on the nanometre scale. CHEMKON 30(6), 260-266. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ckon.202300018
- Wejner, M., Wilke, T. (2022). "LabPi: A digital measuring station for STEM Education 4.0", J. Chem. Educ 2, 819-827. link
- Petersen, M., Worliczek, P., Max, J. B., Nabiyan, A., Wejner, M., Eichhorn, J., Streb, C., H. Schacher, F., Wilke, T. (2021). Hydrogen Evolution Reaction with Sunlight for School Chemistry Education. WJCE 9/4, 190-196. link
- Wejner, M., Wilke, T. (2019). Low Cost - High Tech: The digital measuring station LabPi, CHEMKON, 7 (26), pp. 294-300. link
Conference papers (reviewed)
- Bauschulte, J., Petersen, M., Wilke, T. (2025). Photocatalytic Synthesis of Benzaldehydes in Schools. In: International Conference Proceedings. New Perspectives in Science Education 14th Edition. Pixel (ed.). Filodiritto Publisher, Bologna. Link
- Petersen, M., Wilke, T. (2024). Variation of the Synthesis for Influencing the Optical Properties of Carbon Quantum Dots. In: International Conference Proceedings. New Perspectives in Science Education 13th Edition. Pixel (ed.). Filodiritto Publisher, Bologna, 115-118. link
- Petersen, M., Nau, R. E. P., Andrea Pannwitz, Wilke, T. (2023). Low-Cost Tracking of a Nanoscopically Compartmentalised Photocatalytic System - an Experiment for High School Students. In: International Conference Proceedings. New Perspectives in Science Education 12th Edition. Hybrid Event, 16-17 March 2023. pixel (ed.). Filodiritto Publisher, Bologna, 48-52. link
- Petersen, M., Eichhorn, J., Schacher, F. H., Wilke, T. (2022). Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Optimising a Didactically Reconstructed System with Variable Control Strategies. In: International Conference Proceedings. New Perspectives in Science Education 11th Edition. Hybrid Event, 17-18 March 2022. pixel (ed.). Filodiritto Publisher, Bologna, 73-79. link
- Petersen, M., Müller, C., Wejner, M., Rau, S., Dietzek-Ivanšić, B., Wilke, T. (2022). Photoprocesses in Chemistry Education - Tracing Photochemical Reactions with a Digital Low-Cost Photometer. In: International Conference Proceedings. New Perspectives in Science Education 11th Edition. Hybrid Event, 17-18 March 2022. pixel (ed.). Filodiritto Publisher, Bologna, 110-115. link
- Aljets, H., Petersen, M., Irmer, E., Waitz, T. (2022). Visualisation of an Electrolysis Process Using Augmented Reality. In: International Conference Proceedings. New Perspectives in Science Education 11th Edition. Hybrid Event, 17-18 March 2022. pixel (ed.). Filodiritto Publisher, Bologna, 80-85. link
Lectures
- Malte Petersen: Nanomaterials in the classroom: Green hydrogen through light and a new hydrogen detection, 116th MNU Federal Congress, Saarbrücken 2026.
- Elisabeth Dietel & Malte Petersen: Zukunft Verstehen - Chemisches Wissen hinter Energiewende und Medizin, The Smart House Oldenburg, Oldenburg 2026.
- Malte Petersen: Probe ohne Knall: Eine wiederverwendbare qualitative und semi-quantitative Wasserstoff-Nachweisfolie für den Schulunterricht, 71st Bremerhavener MNU-Tagung, Bremerhaven 2025.
- Elisabeth Dietel & Malte Petersen: Chemistry in modern contexts - from medicine to green hydrogen, 21 MNU-Landestagung Berlin, Berlin 2025.
- Malte Petersen & Timm Wilke: Green hydrogen through sunlight: Synthesis of organic nanomaterials and a new low-cost H2 detection, experimental lecture, 41st advanced training and lecture conference of the chemistry education group, Erlangen 2025.
- Malte Petersen: The Potential of Organic Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Hydrogen Production in Schools, New Perspectives in Science Education14th Edition, Florence 2025.
- Malte Petersen, Shedding Light on Chemistry Education: Educational reconstruction of current research for formal and non-formal education, Research Talk, CMU Mellon College of Science 2024.
- Malte Petersen, Shedding Light on Chemistry Education: Educational reconstruction of current research for formal and non-formal education, lecture tour CataLight, Yale University and University of Pennsylvania 2024.
- Malte Petersen & Timm Wilke: Insights into the fundamentals of photochemical reactions and their potential for hydrogen production, 114th MNU Federal Congress, Jena 2024.
- Malte Petersen: Carbon Quantum Dots - a new Material for Education? - Variation of the Synthesis for Influencing the Optical Properties of Carbon Quantum Dots, New Perspectives in Science Education 13th Edition, Florence 2024.
- Malte Petersen: Model of Educational Transfer Research - Transfer of Current Scientific Topics into the School, Young Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Ulm 2023.
- Malte Petersen: Low-Cost Tracking of a Nanoscopically Compartmentalised Photocatalytic System - an Experiment for High School Students, New Perspectives in Science Education 12th Edition, Florence 2023.
Poster
- Jonathan Bauschulte, Malte Petersen, Timm Wilke: Photocatalytische Oxidation von Anisalkohol im Schulunterricht, 41st Advanced Training and Lecture Conference of the Chemistry Education Group, Erlangen 2025.
- Jonathan Bauschulte, Malte Petersen, Timm Wilke: Photocatalytic Synthesis of Benzaldehydes in Schools, New Perspectives in Science Education 2025, Florence/Italy.
- Malte Petersen, Elisabeth Dietel, Pasquale Sladitschek, Timm Wilke: Wound monetoring in schools - pH sensitive carbon quantum dots integrated in hydrogels as a model for sensor plasters. 40th advanced training and lecture conference of the chemistry education group, Regensburg 2024.
- Malte Petersen: Shedding Light on Chemistry Education - Educational reconstruction of current research for formal and non-formal education, lecture tour CataLight 2024, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Malte Petersen, Roland E. P. Nau, Andrea Pannwitz, Timm Wilke: Liposome nanoreactors: Increasing the efficiency of a photochemical system through locally high concentrations, 39th Advanced Training and Lecture Conference of the Chemistry Education Group, Leipzig 2023.
- Malte Petersen, Timm Wilke: Transfer from science to school: Didactic reconstruction of a liposome photoreactor, 25th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds 2023, Ulm. [PDF]
- Malte Petersen, Timm Wilke: Quantitative Tracing of Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production by Sunlight, 38th Advanced Training and Lecture Conference of the Division of Chemistry Education, Osnabrück 2022. [PDF]
- Malte Petersen, Manuel Wejner, Timm Wilke: Shedding Light on Chemistry Education, CataLysis Conference 2022, Kassel. [PDF]
- Malte Petersen & Jonas Eichhorn et al: Hydrogen evolution reaction: Optimising a didactically reconstructed system with variable control strategies, New Perspectives in Science Education 2022. [PDF]
- Malte Petersen & Carolin Müller et al: "Photoprocesses in chemistry education - Tracing photochemical reactions with a digital low-cost photometer", New Perspectives in Science Education 2022 [PDF].