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Zbigniew Sojka is affiliated with Jagiellonian University in Poland and has a research profile focused primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering. Their scholarly contributions emphasize areas such as Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their work frequently addresses topics within Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion. Additional topics of exploration include Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors, Industrial Gas Emission Control, and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Joanna Gryboś, Zhen Zhao, Andrzej Kotarba, Filip Zasada, and Xuehua Yu. These collaborations appear across various studies and fields.

They have published in several scientific journals, with multiple contributions to the following venues: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, ACS Catalysis, Catalysis Science & Technology, Journal of Catalysis, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Characterisation and reactivity of oxygen species at the surface of metal oxides, 2020, Journal of Catalysis
  • Green synthesis, structure, cations distribution and bonding characteristics of superparamagnetic cobalt-zinc ferrites nanoparticles for Pb(II) adsorption and magnetic hyperthermia applications, 2021, Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • 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

Best Publications

  • Application of the genetic algorithm joint with the Powell method to nonlinear least-squares fitting of powder EPR spectra.

    Tomasz Spałek;Piotr Pietrzyk;Zbigniew Sojka

  • 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

  • Total Oxidation of Lean Methane over Cobalt Spinel Nanocubes Controlled by the Self-Adjusted Redox State of the Catalyst: Experimental and Theoretical Account for Interplay between the Langmuir–Hinshelwood and Mars–Van Krevelen Mechanisms

    Filip Zasada;Janusz Janas;Witold Piskorz;Magdalena Gorczyńska

  • Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species via Electroprotic Interaction of H2O2 with ZrO2 Gel: Ionic Sponge Effect and pH-Switchable Peroxidase- and Catalase-Like Activity

    Kamila Sobańska;Piotr Pietrzyk;Zbigniew Sojka

  • 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

  • Spectroscopic study of superoxide species formed by low-temperature adsorption of oxygen onto cobalt oxide (CoO)-magnesium oxide solid solutions: an example of synthetic heterogeneous oxygen carriers

    E. Giamello;Z. Sojka;M. Che;A. Zecchina

  • 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

  • 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

  • Green synthesis, structure, cations distribution and bonding characteristics of superparamagnetic cobalt-zinc ferrites nanoparticles for Pb(II) adsorption and magnetic hyperthermia applications

    Tetiana Tatarchuk;Alexander Shyichuk;Zbigniew Sojka;Joanna Gryboś

  • 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

  • Characterisation and reactivity of oxygen species at the surface of metal oxides

    M. Anpo;M. Anpo;G. Costentin;E. Giamello;H. Lauron-Pernot

  • Surface Structure and Morphology of M[CoM′]O4 (M = Mg, Zn, Fe, Co and M′ = Ni, Al, Mn, Co) Spinel Nanocrystals—DFT+U and TEM Screening Investigations

    Filip Zasada;Joanna Gryboś;Paulina Indyka;Witold Piskorz

  • 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

  • Search for reactive intermediates in catalytic oxidation with hydrogen peroxide over amorphous niobium(V) and tantalum(V) oxides

    Maria Ziolek;Izabela Sobczak;Piotr Decyk;Kamila Sobańska

  • Continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance investigation of the hyperfine structure of 17O2− adsorbed on the MgO surface

    Mario Chiesa;Elio Giamello;M. Cristina Paganini;Zbigniew Sojka

  • Nature of the chemical bond between metal atoms and oxide surfaces: new evidences from spin density studies of K atoms on alkaline earth oxides.

    Mario Chiesa;Elio Giamello;Cristiana Di Valentin;Gianfranco Pacchioni

  • 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

  • Enhanced activity and sulfur resistance for soot combustion on three-dimensionally ordered macroporous-mesoporous MnxCe1-xOδ/SiO2 catalysts

    Xuehua Yu;Lanyi Wang;Lanyi Wang;Maozhong Chen;Xiaoqiang Fan

  • EPR Investigation of the Electronic Structure of Mononuclear Copper(I) Nitric Oxide Adduct Formed upon Low-Pressure Adsorption of NO onto Cu/ZSM-5 Zeolite

    Zbigniew Sojka;Michel Che;Elio Giamello

  • Metallosalen complexes immobilized in zeolite NaX as catalysts of aerobic oxidation of cyclooctane

    J. Połtowicz;K. Pamin;E. Tabor;J. Haber

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrzej Kotarba
Andrzej Kotarba Jagiellonian University
Elio Giamello
Elio Giamello University of Turin
Michel Che
Michel Che Sorbonne University
Zhen Zhao
Zhen Zhao China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Gérald Djéga-Mariadassou
Gérald Djéga-Mariadassou Sorbonne University
Barbara Gil
Barbara Gil Jagiellonian University
Janusz Lewiński
Janusz Lewiński Warsaw University of Technology
Adriano Zecchina
Adriano Zecchina University of Turin
Agustín Bueno-López
Agustín Bueno-López University of Alicante
Jerzy Datka
Jerzy Datka Polish Academy of Sciences

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