Nikolay Velinov Associate Professor, PhD Секретар на научния съвет (+359 2) 9792593 email: nikivelinov@ic.bas.bg

Main fields of research

• Solid State Chemistry;
• Ferrites;
• Mixed valence compounds;
• Nano-structured materials;
• Moessbauer spectroscopy;
• XRD;
• Nano-dimensional effects;
• Heterogeneous catalysis;
• In situ investigations.

Publications:

1. T. Tsoncheva, E. Manova, N. Velinov, D. Paneva, M. Popova, B. Kunev, K. Tenchev, I. Mitov “Thermally synthesized nanosized copper ferrites as catalysts for environment protection”, Catalysis Communications, 12, 105-109, 2010.
2. N. Velinov, E. Manova, T. Tsoncheva, Cl. Estournès, D. Paneva, K. Tenchev, V. Petkova, K. Koleva, B. Kunev, I. Mitov “Spark plasma sintering synthesis of Ni1−xZnxFe2O4 ferrites: Mössbauer and catalytic study”, Solid State Sciences, 14, 1092-1099, 2012.
3. N. Velinov, K. Koleva, T. Tsoncheva, E. Manova, D. Paneva, K. Tenchev, B. Kunev, I. Mitov “Nanosized Cu0.5Co0.5Fe2O4 ferrite as catalyst for methanol decomposition: Effect of preparation procedure“, Catalysis Communications, 32, 41-46, 2013.
4. N. Velinov, K. Koleva, T. Tsoncheva, D. Paneva, E. Manova, K. Tenchev, B. Kunev, I. Genova, I. Mitov “Copper-cobalt ferrites as catalysts for methanol decomposition”, Central European Journal of Chemistry, 12 250-259, 2014.
5. K. Koleva, N. Velinov, T. Tsoncheva, I. Mitov “Mössbauer study of Cu1-xZnxFe2O4 catalytic materials”, Hyperfine Interactions, 226, 89-97, 2014.
6. N. Velinov, D. Dimitrov, K. Koleva, K. Ivanov, I. Mitov “Mechanochemical Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Copper–Cobalt Ferrites”, Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 28, 367-372, 2015.
7. L. Ilieva, G. Pantaleo, N. Velinov, T. Tabakova, P. Petrova, I. Ivanov, G. Avdeev, D. Paneva, A.M. Venezia “NO reduction by CO over gold catalysts supported on Fe-loaded ceria”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 174-175, 176-184, 2015.
8. T. Tsoncheva, N. Velinov, R. Ivanova, I. Stoycheva, B. Tsyntsarski, I. Spassova, D. Paneva, G. Issa, D. Kovacheva, I. Genova, I. Mitov, N. Petrov “Formation of catalytic active sites in iron modified activated carbons from agriculture residues”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 217, 87–95, 2015.
9. N. Velinov, T. Petrova, T. Tsoncheva, I. Genova, K. Koleva, D. Kovacheva, I. Mitov “Auto-Combustion Synthesis, Mössbauer Study and Catalytic Properties of Copper-Manganese Ferrites”, Hyperfine Interactions, 237, art. no. 24, pp. 1-11, 2016.
10. T. Tsoncheva, R. Ivanova, J. Henych, N. Velinov, M. Kormunda, M. Dimitrov, D. Paneva, M. Slušná, I. Mitov, V. Štengl “Iron modified titanium-hafnium binary oxides as catalysts in total oxidation of ethyl acetate”, Catalysis Communications, 81, 14-19, 2016.