Ivan Ivanov Assistant Professor, PhD (+359 2) 9792528 email: bogoev@ic.bas.bg

Main fields of research

Heterogeneous catalysis, especially nanosized gold catalysts and their application in processes for new energy sources as well as for environmental protection. The important part of the research is the synthesis of mixed metal oxides as supports and study of the gold catalysts based on them - the catalytic activity, selectivity and stability in water-gas shift reaction (WGS), NO oxidation by CO and preferential oxidation of CO in H2 - rich gases (PROX).

Publications:

1. D. Andreeva, I. Ivanov, L. Ilieva, M.V. Abrashev “Gold catalysts supported on ceria and ceria–alumina for water-gas shift reaction”, Appl. Catal. A, 302, 127, 2006.
2. D. Andreeva, I. Ivanov, L. Ilieva, J.W. Sobczak, G. Avdeev, T. Tabakova “Nanosized gold catalysts supported on ceria and ceria-alumina for WGS reaction: Influence of the preparation method”, Appl. Catal. A, 333, 153, 2007.
3. D. Andreeva, I. Ivanov, L. Ilieva, M.V. Abrashev, R. Zanella, J.W. Sobczak, W. Lisowski, M. Kantcheva, G. Avdeev, K. Petrov “Gold catalysts supported on ceria doped by rare earth metals for water gas shift reaction: Influence of the preparation method”, Appl. Catal. A, 357, 159, 2009.
4. L. Ilieva, G. Pantaleo, I. Ivanov, R. Zanella, A.M. Venezia, D. Andreeva “A comparative study of differently prepared rare earths-modified ceria-supported gold catalysts for preferential oxidation of CO”, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 34, 6505, 2009.
5. L. Ilieva, G. Pantaleo, I. Ivanov, A. Maximova, R. Zanella, Z. Kaszkur, A.M. Venezia, D. Andreeva “Preferential oxidation of CO in H2 rich stream (PROX) over gold catalysts supported on doped ceria: Effect of preparation method and nature of dopant”, Catal. Today, 158, 44, 2010.
6. D. Andreeva, M. Kantcheva, I. Ivanov, L. Ilieva, J.W. Sobczak, W. Lisowski “Gold supported on ceria doped by Me3+ (Me = Al and Sm) for water gas shift reaction: Influence of dopant and preparation method”, Catal. Today, 158, 69, 2010.
7. L. Ilieva, G. Pantaleo, I. Ivanov, R. Zanella, J.W. Sobczak, W. Lisowski, A.M. Venezia, D. Andreeva “Preferential oxidation of CO in H2 rich stream (PROX) over gold catalysts supported on doped ceria: Effect of water and CO2”, Catal. Today, 175, 411, 2011.
8. T. Tabakova, L. Ilieva, I. Ivanov, R. Zanella, J.W. Sobczak, W. Lisowski, Z. Kaszkur, D. Andreeva “Influence of the preparation method and dopants nature on the WGS activity of gold catalysts supported on doped by transition metals ceria”, Appl. Catal. B, 136-137, 70, 2013.
9. I. Ivanov, P. Petrova, V. Georgiev, T. Batakliev, Y. Karakirova, V. Serga, L. Kulikova, A. Eliyas, S. Rakovsky “Comparative Study of Ceria Supported Nano-sized Platinum Catalysts Synthesized by Extractive-Pyrolytic Method for Low-Temperature WGS Reaction”, Catal. Lett., 143, 942, 2013.
10. L. Ilieva, P. Petrova, I. Ivanov, G. Munteanu, M. Boutonnet, J.W. Sobczak, W. Lisowski, Z. Kaszkur, P. Markov, A.M. Venezia, T. Tabakova “Nanosized gold catalysts on Pr-modified ceria for pure hydrogen production via WGS reaction”, Mater. Chem. Phys., 157, 138, 2015.