Welcome!

Welcome to the website of the junior research group “Hybrid Catalysts” headed by Dr. Lars Mohrhusen at the Institute of Chemistry at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.

Our research focuses on the development of hybrid material combinations of readily available elements for thermal and photochemical catalysts. We combine oxidic semiconductors, such as titanium dioxide, with inorganic or organic nanostructures. Using microscopic and spectroscopic techniques, we establish structure-property relationships, identify important reaction intermediates and possible deactivation mechanisms. These findings enable us to optimize the hybrid materials for technical scaling.