Hristo Kolev Associate Professor, PhD Chairman of Colloquium (+359 2) 9796638 email: hgkolev@ic.bas.bg

Main fields of research

• Photoemission of oxide systems used in catalysis
• Quantitative XPS and AES analysis of surfaces and interfaces
• Growth of thin films, nanostructures, half metals and their application in spin and magneto electronics
• Sensor control and data acquisition and analysis

Publications:

1. H. Kolev, G. Tyuliev, C. Christov, K. L. Kostov, “Experimental study of the surface chemical composition of sea salt crystallized during evaporation of seawater under natural conditions”, Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 45 (4), 584-591 (2013).
2. E. D. Lefterova, A. E. Stoyanova, H. Kolev, G. Tyuliev, D. Paneva, G. R. Borisov, I. Dragieva, “Effect of DC magnetic field on some physical and catalytic properties of Fe- and Fe/Pt- nanoparticles synthesized by BH method”, Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 47 (4), 1014-1021 (2015).
3. S. Todorova, H. Kolev, J. P. Holgado, G. Kadinov, Ch. Bonev, R. Pereñíguez, A. Caballero, “Complete n-hexane oxidation over supported Mn-Co catalysts”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 94 (1-2), 46-54 (2010).
4. J. Hu, D. A. Koleva, J. H. W. De Wit, H. Kolev, K. Van Breugel, “Corrosion performance of carbon steel in simulated pore solution in the presence of micelles”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 158 (3), C76-C87 (2011).
5. S. Todorova, A. Naydenov, H. Kolev, J. P. Holgado, G. Ivanov, G. Kadinov, A. Caballero, “Mechanism of complete n-hexane oxidation on silica supported cobalt and manganese catalysts”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 413-414, 43-51 (2012).
6. H. Kolev, S. Todorova, A. Naydenov, R. Ene, G. Ivanov, V. Parvulescu and G. Kadinov, “Catalytic activity of mesoporous SBA-15 modified with Pt and Ti in a deep methane, n-hexane and CO oxidation”, Athens Journal of Natural & Formal Sciences, 1(1) 9-19 (2014).
7. P. Stefanov, S Todorova, A Naydenov, B Tzaneva, H Kolev, G Atanasova, D Stoyanova, Y Karakirova, K Alexieva,“On the development of active and stable Pd-Co/γ-Al2O3 catalyst for complete oxidation of methane”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 266 pp. 329 - 338 (2015).
8. K. Ojha, S. Saha, H. Kolev, B. Kumar, A. K. Ganguli, “Composites of graphene-Mo2C rods: Highly active and stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction”, Electrochimica Acta 193, 268-274 (2016).
9. H. Kolev, G. Tyuliev, C. Christov, K. L. Kostov, “Experimental study of the surface chemical composition of sea salt crystallized during evaporation of seawater under natural conditions”, Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 45 (4), 584-591 (2013).