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  • 1998 - Polish Academy of Science

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Andrzej Kotarba is affiliated with Jagiellonian University in Poland. Their research primarily spans materials science, engineering, and chemical engineering with a focus on several interrelated subfields. These include materials chemistry, catalysis, renewable energy and environmental sustainability, biomedical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and oxidation reactions, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalysts for methane reforming, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, as well as graphene and nanomaterials applications.

Key recent papers by Andrzej Kotarba include:

  • Demonstration of the Influence of Specific Surface Area on Reaction Rate in Heterogeneous Catalysis, 2021, Journal of Chemical Education
  • Facile synthesis of birnessite-type K2Mn4O8 and cryptomelane-type K2-xMn8O16 catalysts and their excellent catalytic performance for soot combustion with high resistance to H2O and SO2, 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Hierarchical Porous K-OMS-2/3DOM-m Ti0.7Si0.3O2 Catalysts for Soot Combustion: Easy Preparation, High Catalytic Activity, and Good Resistance to H2O and SO2, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Catalytic Soot CombustionGeneral Concepts and Alkali Promotion, 2023, ACS Catalysis
  • Carbon-Based Composites as Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media, 2021, Materials

Frequent coauthors associated with Andrzej Kotarba include:

  • Paweł Stelmachowski
  • Gabriela Grzybek
  • Monika Gołda-Cępa
  • Zbigniew Sojka
  • Zhen Zhao

The scientist has contributed regularly to various publication venues. The most frequent include:

  • Catalysts
  • Applied Catalysis A General
  • Applied Surface Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Andrzej Kotarba received recognition from the Polish Academy of Science in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Attachment efficiency of gold nanoparticles by Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains governed by surface charges

    Wojciech Pajerski;Dorota Ochonska;Monika Brzychczy-Wloch;Paulina Indyka

  • Strong electronic promotion of Co3O4 towards N2O decomposition by surface alkali dopants

    Paweł Stelmachowski;Gabriela Maniak;Andrzej Kotarba;Zbigniew Sojka

  • Recent progress on parylene C polymer for biomedical applications : a review

    Monika Golda-Cepa;Klas Engvall;Minna Hakkarainen;Andrzej Kotarba

  • Silane-parylene coating for improving corrosion resistance of stainless steel 316L implant material

    Monika Cieślik;Klas Engvall;Jinshan Pan;Andrzej Kotarba

  • Preparation, characterization and photocatalytic properties of cerium doped TiO2: On the effect of Ce loading on the photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide

    Lenka Matějová;Kamila Kočí;Martin Reli;Libor Čapek

  • Thermodynamic Stability, Redox Properties, and Reactivity of Mn3O4, Fe3O4, and Co3O4 Model Catalysts for N2O Decomposition: Resolving the Origins of Steady Turnover

    Jan Kaczmarczyk;Filip Zasada;Janusz Janas;Paulina Indyka

  • Mg and Al substituted cobalt spinels as catalysts for low temperature deN2O—Evidence for octahedral cobalt active sites

    P. Stelmachowski;G. Maniak;J. Kaczmarczyk;F. Zasada

  • Optimization of Pd catalysts supported on Co3O4 for low-temperature lean combustion of residual methane

    Giuliana Ercolino;Paweł Stelmachowski;Paweł Stelmachowski;Gabriela Grzybek;Andrzej Kotarba

  • Strong dispersion effect of cobalt spinel active phase spread over ceria for catalytic N2O decomposition: The role of the interface periphery

    G. Grzybek;P. Stelmachowski;S. Gudyka;P. Indyka

  • Potassium Promotion of Cobalt Spinel Catalyst for N2O Decomposition—Accounted by Work Function Measurements and DFT Modelling

    Filip Zasada;Pawel Stelmachowski;Gabriela Maniak;Jean-Francois Paul

  • Effect of potassium addition on catalytic activity of SrTiO3 catalyst for diesel soot combustion

    B. Ura;J. Trawczyński;A. Kotarba;W. Bieniasz

  • Demonstration of the Influence of Specific Surface Area on Reaction Rate in Heterogeneous Catalysis

    Paweł Bernard;Paweł Stelmachowski;Paweł Broś;Wacław Makowski

  • Decomposition of N2O over the surface of cobalt spinel: A DFT account of reactivity experiments

    Witold Piskorz;Filip Zasada;Paweł Stelmachowski;Andrzej Kotarba

  • Periodic Density Functional Theory and Atomistic Thermodynamic Studies of Cobalt Spinel Nanocrystals in Wet Environment: Molecular Interpretation of Water Adsorption Equilibria

    Filip Zasada;Witold Piskorz;Sylvain Cristol;Jean-François Paul

  • Influence of the surface potassium species in Fe–K/Al2O3 catalysts on the soot oxidation activity in the presence of NOx

    M.E. Gálvez;S. Ascaso;P. Stelmachowski;P. Legutko

  • Oxygen plasma functionalization of parylene C coating for implants surface : Nanotopography and active sites for drug anchoring

    M. Gołda;M. Brzychczy-Włoch;M. Faryna;Klas Engvall

  • Novel cerium doped titania catalysts for photocatalytic decomposition of ammonia

    Martin Reli;Nela Ambrožová;Marcel Šihor;Lenka Matějová

  • Rationales for the selection of the best precursor for potassium doping of cobalt spinel based deN2O catalyst

    G. Maniak;P. Stelmachowski;A. Kotarba;Z. Sojka

  • Periodic DFT and HR-STEM Studies of Surface Structure and Morphology of Cobalt Spinel Nanocrystals. Retrieving 3D Shapes from 2D Images

    Filip Zasada;Witold Piskorz;Paweł Stelmachowski;Andrzej Kotarba

  • Facile synthesis of birnessite-type K2Mn4O8 and cryptomelane-type K2-xMn8O16 catalysts and their excellent catalytic performance for soot combustion with high resistance to H2O and SO2

    Di Yu;Yu Ren;Xuehua Yu;Xiaoqiang Fan

  • Stability and excitation of potassium promoter in iron catalysts - the role of KFeO2 and KAlO2 phases

    Andrzej Kotarba;Andrzej Barański;Stanisław Hodorowicz;Jerzy Sokołowski

  • Soot oxidation over K-doped manganese and iron spinels — How potassium precursor nature and doping level change the catalyst activity

    Piotr Legutko;Tomasz Jakubek;Wojciech Kaspera;Paweł Stelmachowski

  • Studies of potassium-promoted nickel catalysts for methane steam reforming: Effect of surface potassium location

    Tadeusz Borowiecki;Andrzej D. Denis;Michał Rawski;Andrzej Gołębiowski

  • Quenching of potassium loss from styrene catalyst: Effect of Cr doping on stabilization of the K2Fe22O34 active phase

    Irmina Serafin;Andrzej Kotarba;Maciej Grzywa;Zbigniew Sojka

Frequent Co-Authors

Zbigniew Sojka
Zbigniew Sojka Jagiellonian University
Stefania Specchia
Stefania Specchia Polytechnic University of Turin
Minna Hakkarainen
Minna Hakkarainen Royal Institute of Technology
Agustín Bueno-López
Agustín Bueno-López University of Alicante
Zhen Zhao
Zhen Zhao China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Gérald Djéga-Mariadassou
Gérald Djéga-Mariadassou Sorbonne University
Bert M. Weckhuysen
Bert M. Weckhuysen Utrecht University
Bruce C. Gates
Bruce C. Gates University of California, Davis
Jinshan Pan
Jinshan Pan Royal Institute of Technology
Cynthia M. Friend
Cynthia M. Friend Harvard University

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