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Karolina Kordek-Khalil

Young Researchers and Innovators (YRI) Coordinator

Assistant professor, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Politechnika Wroclawska
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Research/Professional Focus: Electrocatalytic properties of carbon (nano)materials, noble metal-free electrocatalytic films
Interests/Keywords: Electrocatalysis, carbon nanofibers, carbon nanotubes, OER, ORR, HER, electrocatalytic films, transient properties
Collaboration Areas: Water splitting, zinc-air batteries, operando studies of electrocatalysts
Highlights: Kordek K., et al., Two‐step activated carbon cloth with oxygen‐rich functional groups as a high‐performance additive‐free air electrode for flexible zinc–air batteries. Advanced Energy Materials (2019), 9(4), 1802936.
Posadzy M. et al. High-performance transition metal nitride/carbon nanofiber composites as positive electrode in rechargeable Zn-air batteries. Carbon (2025), 239, 120308.
Kordek-Khalil K. et al., "Revealing the effect of electrocatalytic performance boost during hydrogen evolution reaction on free-standing SWCNT film electrode." Scientific reports 11.1 (2021): 19981.
Kordek-Khalil K. et al., "Low-overpotential full water splitting with metal-free self-supported electrodes obtained by amination of oxidised carbon cloth." Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 53 (2022): 102569.
Walendzik I. et al., Quick-to-synthesize hybrid electrodes composed of activated carbon cloth with Co/Fe-based films as bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2023), 48(66), 25741-25754.
Kordek K. et al. "Cobalt-based composite films on electrochemically activated carbon cloth as high performance overall water splitting electrodes." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44.1 (2019): 23-33.
Kordek-Khalil K. et al. "Nanocomposite use in MFCs: a state of the art review." Sustainable Energy & Fuels 7.24 (2023): 5608-5624.
Feel free to connect regarding collaborations in electrocatalytic materials testing, carbon nanofiber/nanotube synthesis, transition metal-based film deposition, and operando electrochemical Raman studies.