Dr. Verena Streibel
BMBF Junior Research Group
Coupling of Novel Photoelectrode Materials to Selective Catalyst Systems for Artificial Photosynthesis
Chair of Experimental Semiconductor Physics
Academic Career and Research Areas
Dr. Streibel studied Materials Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt (2007-2013). She completed her doctoral studies at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, focusing on in situ X-ray spectroscopy during electrochemical water splitting (2016). For her postdoctoral studies, she joined the SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis at Stanford University (2018-2020), specializing in density functional theory-based microkinetic modeling of heterogeneous catalysis. In 2021, she joined the Walter Schottky Institute of TUM, where she has been leading a BMBF Junior Research Group on artificial photosynthesis since 2024.
Dr. Streibel's (*1987) research focuses on surface and interface investigations to elucidate dynamic material changes during (photo)electrochemical processes for energy conversion. To this end, she combines (X-ray) spectroscopy methods under reaction conditions with theoretical modeling. With her research group, she develops thin-film photoelectrode materials and couples them to catalyst systems for solar fuels synthesis.
Awards
- BMBF Junior Research Group (2024)
- Scholarship in the Young Academy of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2023)
- Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2018)
- MaWi Prize of the Technical University of Darmstadt (2013)
- Scholarship of the German Academic Foundation (2007)
Key Publications (all publications)
Wagner LI, Sirotti E, Brune O, Grötzner G, Eichhorn J, Santra S, Munnik F, Olivi L, Pollastri S, Streibel V, Sharp ID: "Defect Engineering of Ta3N5 Photoanodes: Enhancing Charge Transport and Photoconversion Efficiencies via Ti Doping". Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023; 2306539.
AbstractStreibel V, Velasco-Vélez JJ, Teschner D, Carbonio EA, Knop-Gericke A, Schlögl R, Jones TE: "Merging Operando and Computational X-ray Spectroscopies to Study the Oxygen Evolution Reaction". Curr. Op. Electrochem., 2022; 35: 101039.
AbstractStreibel V, Aljama HA, Yang A-C, Choksi TS, Sánchez-Carrera RS, Schäfer A, Li Y, Cargnello M, Abild-Pedersen F: "Microkinetic Modeling of Propene Combustion on a Stepped, Metallic Palladium Surface and the Importance of Oxygen Coverage". ACS Catal. 2022; 12 (3): 1742–1757.
AbstractPfeifer V, Jones TE, Velasco Vélez JJ, Arrigo R, Piccinin S, Hävecker M, Knop-Gericke A, Schlögl R: "In Situ Observation of Reactive Oxygen Species Forming on Oxygen-Evolving Iridium Surfaces". Chem. Sci. 2017; 8 (3): 2143–2149.
AbstractPfeifer V, Erhart P, Li S, Rachut K, Morasch J, Brötz J, Reckers P, Mayer T, Rühle, S, Zaban A, Mora Seró I, Bisquert J, Jaegermann W, Klein A: "Energy Band Alignment between Anatase and Rutile TiO2". J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013; 4 (23): 4182–4187.
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