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urska.lavrencic.stangar@fkkt.uni-lj.si |
| Last update: 21/02/2025 | |
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Surname: |
Lavrencic Stangar |
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Institution: |
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology |
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Type of Institution: |
University |
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ORCID number: |
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9652-2257
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Publons: |
https://publons.com/researcher/1241383/urska-lavre
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Country: |
Slovenia
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WEB address: |
https://www.fkkt.uni-lj.si |
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Working groups of interest |
| - | WG1 - Advances in Porous Materials and Technologies | | - | WG3 - Energy | | - | WG4 - Environment |
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| Keywords |
| - | | Environment | | - | | Oxides | | - | | Porous Semiconductors | | - | | Smart Functional Surfaces | | - | | Technology |
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Research field (Free keywords) |
Photocatalysis, water treatment, air cleaning, degradation of organic contaminants in water and air, (photo)reactors, catalysis for environmental application, catalysts in thin film form, immobilization of nanomaterials, nanotoxicity, inorganic synthesis by soft chemical methods, CO2 transformation, functional coatings, materials characterization |
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| Materials/technologies |
| - | | Inorganic Porous Materials (Porous Alumina, TiO2, ZnO) | | - | | Mesoporous silicas |
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Scientific expertise |
- inorganic chemistry: synthesis of materials in thin film and powder form, their application in environmental technologies
- leading national research programme "Chemistry for Sustainable Development"
- running projects as principal investigator and member of the project teams
- published work: >170 original scientific articles, over 4000 citations, h-index 36 (February 2025)
- as employed at the university, pedagogic work is of high importance and priority |
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Capabilities |
- leading own research group
- applying for projects and leading them (PI of 9 national and 13 international/ bilateral projects, national coordinator of 3 EU projects)
- supervisor of 7 postdocs and 10 PhD theses
- mentor of over 40 undergraduate (BSc) and graduate (MSc) students
- main organizer of the 3rd European Symposium on Photocatalysis
- teaching general and inorganic chemistry, chemistry for sustainable development at undergraduate study programmes
- vice dean for undergraduate and master´s study (mandate 2021-2025) |
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Relevant publications
(6 max.) |
| A. Suligoj, I. Arcon, M. Mazaj, G. Drazic, D. Arcon, P. Cool, U. Lavrencic Stangar, N. Novak Tusar, J. Mater. Chem. A: Materials for energy and sustainability 6 (2018) 9882-9892 |
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| A. Suligoj, N. Povirk, K. Maver, A. Mavric, U. Lavrencic Stangar, A. K. Surca. Transparent vanadium doped titania-silica films : structural characterization and self-cleaning properties. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 2024, vol. 12, [article no.] 113904, DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.113904. |
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| P. Kumar, R. Cerc Korošec, U. Lavrencic Stangar. J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 585 (2021) 549-559 |
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| M. Ravbar, K. Maver, T. Knaflic, I. Arcon, N. Novak Tusar, U. Lavrencic Stangar, A. Suligoj. Nickel-decorated ZnO nanoparticles for effective solar reduction of hexavalent chromium and removal of selected pharmaceuticals. Applied Surface Science. 2025, vol. 681, art. 161463, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.161463. |
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| P. Kumar, R. Kaur, S. Verma, S. Singh, U. Lavrencic Stangar. Tuning the catalytic active sites of TiO2/CeO2 interactions to improve oxygen vacancy and lattice parameters for CO2 conversion to green fuel additive. Catalysis today. 2024, vol. 433, [article no.] 114652, DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114652. |
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| T. V. Sagar, P. Kumar, M. F. Edelmannova, R. Ricka, M. Reli, K. Koci, P. Nadrah, S. Emin, A. Sever Skapin, U. Lavrencic Stangar. Synergistic effect of manganese on zirconia and ceria supports for improving photoreduction of CO2. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 2024, vol. 12, [article no.] 112072, DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.112072. |
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Projects
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| CEUS project N2-0188: “CO2 transformation to valuable chemicals by catalytic and photocatalytic ways over highly active materials (2021-2024) |
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| WEAVE joint Slovenian-Croatian project J2-4444 “Solar-assisted photocatalytic degradation of perfluorinated compounds in water (SoAPperF)” (2022-2025) |
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| National applied project L7-1848: “Photocatalytic water treatment - development of immobilized catalysts and compact reactor systems” (2019-2022) |
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