Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISIDr. Henning Döscher is a project manager and senior researcher at the Emerging Technologies department of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe, Germany, since 2017. His work at Fraunhofer ISI focuses on innovation systems investigations on novel materials and technologies. Through his participation in several national and international research projects, he gained insight into innovation and diffusion of Industrial Technologies. Henning published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals on diverse topics in materials science, semiconductor physics, surface science, solar energy, and (photo-)electrochemistry. Among other projects, Henning currently contributes to the Graphene Flagship Project, where he coordinates the Technology and Innovation Roadmap process. He studied Physics (and Physical Technologies) as well as Business Information Systems at TU Clausthal, including research visits to UW Madison (WI, USA), to NCSU Raleigh (NC, USA), and to Cairo University (Egypt). In 2006, he joined Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (former Hahn-Meitner-Institut) and received his doctorate from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2010 based on a thesis on III-V heteroepitaxy on silicon substrates. Based at TU Ilmenau, he received a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship from the European Union, which enabled him to research the generation of solar fuels at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (CO, USA) and to return to Philipps-Universität Marburg.
Dr. Henning Döscher
Work focus
Innovation system investigations regarding key enabling technologies and novel materials
Scientific and technological progress, potential analysis, market and future studies utilizing techniques such as roadmapping, monitoring, benchmarking, modelling, expert workshops and surveys, etc.
Innovation Interface Investigations (3I) exploring the formation and transformation of future value chains in the light of novel materials and technology innovation
Further Research Areas
- Surface and Materials Physics: in situ analysis, photoelectron spectroscopy, structural characterization
- Materials Science: Chemical Vapor Deposition, Compound Semiconductors, Heterostructures
- Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels, High-efficiency Photovoltaics, Photoelectrochemistry
Memberships
- Program Committee Member: 19th International Conference on Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy
Projects
- Graphene Flagship
- WiSKoS – Wirtschaftsspionage und Konkurrenzausspähung in Deutschland und Europa
Publications
- Döscher, H.; Hens, P.; Beyer, A.; Tapfer, L.; Volz, K.; Stolz, W. (2017): GaP-interlayer formation on epitaxial GaAs(100) surfaces in MOVPE ambient. In: Journal of Crystal Growth, 464, pp. 2-7.
- Young, J.; Steiner, M.; Döscher, H.; France, R.; Turner, J.; Deutsch, T. (2017): Direct solar-to-hydrogen conversion via inverted metamorphic multi-junction semiconductor architectures. In: Nature Energy, 2, 17028.
- Döscher, H.; Young, J.; Geisz, J.; Turner, J.; Deutsch, T. (2016): Solar-to-hydrogen efficiency: shining light on photoelectrochemical device performance. In: Energy & Environmental Science, 9, pp. 74-80.
- Döscher, H.; Geisz, J.; Deutsch, T.; Turner, J. (2014): Sunlight absorption in water – efficiency and design implication for photoelectrochemical devices. In: Energy & Environmental Science, 7, pp. 2951-2956.
- Döscher, H. (2013): GaP Heteroepitaxy on Si(100). Benchmarking Surface Signals when Growing GaP on Si in CVD Ambients. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.
- Döscher, H.; Supplie, O.; May, M.; Sippel, P.; Heine, C.; Munoz, A.; Eichberger, R.; Lewerenz, H.; Hannappel, T. (2012): Epitaxial III-V films and surfaces for photoelectrocatalysis. In: ChemPhysChem, 13, pp. 2899-2909.
- Döscher, H.; Borkenhagen, B.; Lilienkamp, G.; Daum, W.; Hannappel, T. (2011): Observation of Gallium Phosphide Anti-Phase Disorder by Low Energy Electron Microscopy. In: Surface Science, 605, pp. L38-L41.
- Wolters, J.; Schell, A.; Kewes, G.; Nüsse, N.; Schoengen, M.; Döscher, H.; Hannappel, T.; Löchel, B.; Barth, M.; Benson, O. (2010): Enhancement of the zero phonon line emission from a single nitrogen vacancy center in a nanodiamond via coupling to a photonic crystal cavity. In: Applied Physics Letters, 97, 141108.
- Nosek, A.; Conzen, J.; Döscher, H.; Martin, C.; Blanchard, J. (2007): Thermomechanics of candidate coatings for advanced gas reactor fuels. In: Journal of Nuclear Materials, 371 (1-3), pp. 288-303.
- more publications can be found in the database Fraunhofer-Publica (publica.fraunhofer.de)