Yuriy Dedkov obtained his PhD and habilitation degrees at RWTH Aachen (2004) and TU Dresden (2013). He worked in several institutions and companies in Germany and China and his research is awarded with the prestigious awards, like Gaede Prize (2014), Shanghai 1000 Talent Professor (2017) and Mercator Visiting Professor (2019). He has profound experience in many experimental surface science methods. Presently he is working on the studies of catalytic properties of different objects, including photovoltaics, photoelectrochemistry and other energy conversion applications.

THE SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH

This group is responsible for leading the materials development in the Centre in the direction of solar energy conversion applications. Recent achievements in solar energy engineering focus on composite and multi-layer materials exhibiting highly optically-nonlinear properties which increase light conversion efficiency. The research goal of the group is development of novel methods for obtaining materials in areas of photovoltaics photoelectrochemistry, and other energy conversion applications. Up to now, we have successfully demonstrated utilization of eutectic composites for generation of hydrogen in water splitting.