DETLEF BAHNEMANN

Title of presentation:

Catalytic vs. Photocatalytic Processes on TiO₂ Surfaces: An Isotopic and FTIR Study

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. rer. nat. habil. Detlef Bahnemann

Business address: Laboratory “Photoactive Nanocomposite Materials” (Director)
Saint-Petersburg State University, Ulyanovskaya str. 1, Peterhof, Saint-Petersburg, 198504
RUSSIA, e-mail: detlef.bahnemann@spbu.ru,
and "Photocatalysis and Nanotechnology" (Head), Institut fuer Technische Chemie,
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Callinstrasse 3, D-30167
Hannover, GERMANY, Tel.: +49-511-762-5560, Fax: +49-511-762-2774,
e-mail: bahnemann@iftc.uni-hannover.de

Born: April 20th 1953 in Berlin, Germany

Oct. 1972 - July 1977
Study of Chemistry at the Technical University Berlin. Recipient of a scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes.

Oct. 1976 - June 1977
Study of Biochemistry at the Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK

July 1, 1977
Diploma in Chemistry, Technical University Berlin (With Honors), Diploma Thesis: The Oxidation of Cyclic Organic Sulfur Compounds by Hydroxyl Radicals (Supervisor: Prof. K.- D. Asmus)

Nov. 1977 - June 1981
Research Scientist at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin with Prof. K.-D. Asmus, research areas: radiation chemistry, free radical chemistry

July 3, 1981
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Technical University Berlin (With Honors), title of thesis: Formation and Properties of Phenothiazine Radical Cations. A Pulse Radiolysis and Stopped-Flow Study (Supervisor: Prof. K.-D. Asmus)

July - Aug. 1981
Post Doctoral DFG-fellowship at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin

Sept. 1981 – Feb. 1988
Senior Scientist at the Hahn-Meitner-Institute Berlin with Prof. A. Henglein, research areas: particulate photoelectrochemistry and photochemistry, initiating research in photocatalysis employing nano-scale metal and semiconductor particles.

1982 - 1988
Visiting Associate at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (USA) with Prof. M. R. Hoffmann in the Department of Environmental Engineering. Working on free radical processes in the environment and on photocatalysis for pollution control.

March 1988 – Apr. 2002
Department Head of the Photochemistry and Thin Film Technology Department at the Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hannover/Germany. In charge of the Photocatalysis Research Group

since May 2002
Head of Photocatalysis and Nanotechnology Research Unit at the Institute of Technical Chemistry, Leibniz University of Hannover. Supervisor of Ph.D. and master theses.

since April 2002
Honorary Professor at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen/Scotland (United Kingdom).

April 2012
Habilitation in the field of Technical Chemistry at the Leibniz University of Hannover.

since January 2014
Director of Megagrant Laboratory "Photoactive Nanocomposite Materials" at St. Petersburg State University (Russia).

since July 2014
Supernumerary Professor in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Leibniz University of Hannover.

Author of around 380 publications in refereed journals and in books and more than 100 other publications with a current Hirsch-Factor (h-Index) of 68 (papers have been cited more than 31,000 times altogether) according to Web-of-Science. According to Google Scholar Citations the current Hirsch-Factor (h-Index) is 79 and the papers have been cited more than 42,000 times altogether. Presented more than 400 lectures at scientific meetings, in various universities, research institutes and at industrial research and development centres (approx. 50% invited keynote and plenary lectures). Editor of 5 Scientific Books.

Selected Publications:
1. M. R. Hoffmann, S. T. Martin, W. Choi, D. W. Bahnemann, “Environmental Applications of Semiconductor Photocatalysis”, Chem. Rev. 95 (1995) 69-96
2. H. Zhang, G. Chen, D. W. Bahnemann, “Photoelectrocatalytic Materials for Environmental Applications”, J. Mater. Chem. 19 (2009) 5089-5121
3. T. A. Kandiel, A. Feldhoff, L. Robben, R. Dillert, D. W. Bahnemann, “Tailored Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials: Anatase Nanoparticles and Brookite Nanorods as Highly Active Photocatalysts”, Chem. Mater. 22 (2010) 2050-2060
4. L. Zhang, C. Baumanis, L. Robben, T. Kandiel, D. Bahnemann, “Bi₂WO₆ Inverse Opals: Facile Fabrication and Efficient Visible-light-driven Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Water- Splitting Activity”, Small 7 (2011) 2714-2720
5. T. A. Kandiel, A. A. Ismail, D. W. Bahnemann, “Mesoporous TiO₂ Nanostructures: A Route to Minimize Pt Loading on Titania Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13 (2011) 20155-20161
6. J. Schneider, D. W. Bahnemann, “Undesired Role of Sacrificial Reagents in Photocatalysis”, J. Phys. Chem. Letters 4 (2013) 3479-3483
7. J. H. Pan, X. Z. Wang, Q. Huang, C. Shen, Z. Y. Koh, Q. Wang, A. Engel, D. W. Bahnemann, “Large-scale Synthesis of Urchin-like Mesoporous TiO2 Hollow Spheres by Targeted Etching and Their Photoelectrochemical Properties”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 24 (2014) 95-104
8. J. F. Montoya, D. W. Bahnemann, J. Peral, P. Salvador, “Catalytic Role of TiO₂ Terminal Oxygen Atoms in Liquid-Phase Photocatalytic Reactions: Oxidation of Aromatic Compounds in Anhydrous Acetonirile”, ChemPhysChem 15 (2014) 2311-2320
9. T. A. Kandiel, I. Ivanova, D. W. Bahnemann, “Long-term Investigation of the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production on Platinized TiO₂: An Isotpoic Study”, Energy Environ. Sci. 7 (2014) 1420- 1425
10. J. Schneider, M. Matsuoka, M. Takeuchi, J. Zhang, Y. Horiuchi, M. Anpo, D. W. Bahnemann, “Understanding TiO₂ Photocatalysis: Mechanisms and Materials”, Chem. Rev. 114 (2014) 9919- 9986

Honors:

2002 - Honorary Professorship at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen/Scotland (United Kingdom).

2011 - Erudite Professorship, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (India).

2012 - DeTao Master of Photocatalysis, Nanomaterials and Energy Applications (China).

2013 - Guest Professorship at the Tianjin University in Tianjin (China).

2014 - Honorary Professorship at Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (China).

2015 - Visiting Professor under Academic Icon Programme to the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaya in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

2015 - Visiting Research Professor in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queens University Belfast (United Kingdom)

2016 - Visiting Professor in the Chemistry Department, College of Science, University of Dammam (Saudi Arabia)

2017 - Medal "To the Memory of Academician N. M. Emanuel" presented by the Russian Academy of Sciences and M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian Federation)


Amongst various other activities, Dr. Bahnemann has been elected and is currently active as:

• Chairman of the German DIN-Standardisation-Committee „Photocatalysis“ (NMP 293)
• Member of the European CEN-Standardisation-Committee „Photocatalysis“ (CEN/TC 389)
• Member of the International ISO-Standardisation-Committee „Photocatalysis“ (ISO/TC 206)
• Associate Editor of the Journal Catalysis Letters
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, A: Chemistry
• Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Photoenergy
• Member of the International Scientific Committees of the following Conference Series:
   International Conferences on Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment
   International Conferences on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (IPS)
   International Conferences on Semiconductor Photochemistry
   International Conferences on TiO₂ Photocatalytic Purification and Treatment of Water and Air
   European Meetings on Solar-chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications