Overview | Prof. Dr. Katja Heinze

Our group engages heavily in designing, synthesizing and characterizing luminescent and photoactive transition metal complex chromophores for diverse applications (photocatalysis, sensing, upconversion, light-emitting electrochemical cells, dye-sensitized solar cells) preferably using Earth-abundant sustainable elements, unusual oxidation states, fundamentals of electron/proton transfer reactions, photosynthesis and bioinorganic/biomimetic chemistry.
Look here why we need to replace critical elements such as iridium by more abundant ones.

This movie shows a large-amplitude Jahn-Teller motion after light excitation of a chromium(III) complex.
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Please see our recent review articles for more information:
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The Photophysics and Applications of Molecular Rubies

Charge-Transfer and Spin-Flip States

Bimolecular Reactivity of 3d Metal-Centered Excited States

The excited state landscape of the Molecular Ruby

Spin-flip luminescence

d-d and Charge Transfer Photochemistry of 3d Metal Complexes

Photophysics and photochemistry with Earth-abundant metals

Mononuclear Gold(II) Complexes

Biomimetic Chemistry of Molybdenum

For more details please check our recent publications and join our group meetings.

Some recent results of our group have been highlighted at JGU press releases:
A novel path for sustainable photon upconversion with non-precious metals
Highly sensitive molecular optical pressure sensor
Molecular optical thermometer
Gold in the very rare oxidation state +II