Dr. Eng. Magdalena Diak
Research interests:
- Functional semiconductor materials: characteristics and application
- Photocatalytic degradation of phenol in the presence of TiO2 suspension under UV-vis and visible light irradiation
- Synthesis of anatase TiO2 with exposed highly reactive (001) facets
- Semiconductor surface modification with monometallic and bimetallic noble metal nanoparticles
- TiO2 doping with metal ion
- Determination of photocatalytic degradation pathway of phenol-1-13C
Selected publications:
- P. Mazierski, A. Malankowska, M. Kobylański, M. Diak, M. Kozak, M. J. Winiarski, T. Klimczuk, W. Lisowski, G. Nowaczyk, A. Zaleska-Medynska, Photocatalytically Active TiO2/Ag2O Nanotube Arrays Interlaced with Silver Nanoparticles Obtained from the One-Step Anodic Oxidation of Ti–Ag Alloys, ACS Catalysis 7.4 (2017): 2753-2764
- E. Grabowska, M. Diak, T. Klimczuk, W. Lisowski, A. Zaleska-Medynska, Novel decahedral TiO2 photocatalysts loaded with Ru or Rh NPs: Insight into the mechanism, Journal of Molecular Catalysis: A, 434 (2017),154-166
- M. Diak, M. Klein, T. Klimczuk, W. Lisowski, H. Remita, A. Zaleska-Medynska, E. Grabowska, Photoactivity of decahedral TiO2 loaded with bimetallic nanoparticles: Degradation pathway of phenol-1-13C and hydroxyl radical formation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 200 (2017): 56-71
- A. Zaleska-Medynska, M. Marchelek, M. Diak, E. Grabowska, Noble metal-based bimetallic nanoparticles: the effect of the structure on the optical, catalytic and photocatalytic properties, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 229 (2016): 80-107
