Professor Ireneusz Kownacki (0000-0002-5445-760X) is affiliated with Faculty of Chemistry Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, one of the largest university faculties of this kind in Poland and a well-known and dynamically developing European research and teaching center. However, scientifically he is closely associated with the Center for Advanced Technologies at Adam Mickiewicz University, a multidisciplinary research and technology center, bringing together the best specialists in natural and technical sciences, whose scientific activity is focused on developing new materials, biomaterials and nanomaterials with multifaceted applications, where he conducts research work and carries out scientific projects together with his team.
The scientific activity of Prof. Ireneusz Kownacki, aligns with the widely accepted European model of research, which assumes the integration of academic fundamental research with R&D activities.
His interests include obtaining new coordination compounds of transition metals (Pt, Co, Rh, Fe, Ru) and their use in various catalytic processes, especially in the transformation of silicon compounds. The aim is to develop efficient protocols leading to new molecular and macromolecular materials with tailored, unique physicochemical properties and reactivity. These materials are intended for use as active components in coating compositions, additives for rubber compounds designed for car tire production, or modifiers of inorganic fillers also used in tire manufacturing. In this area, Prof. Kownacki collaborates with Synthos, a European leader in the production of butadiene and styrene copolymers for car tire manufacturing (R&D activities).
Simultaneously, Prof. Kownacki and his team conduct intensive fundamental research with an application-oriented focus on materials with optoelectronic properties. In particular, these works include the design and synthesis of new cyclometalated Ir(III) complexes as phosphorescent emitters dedicated to OLED diodes, as well as perylene diimide (PDI) derivatives, materials dedicated for use as cathode interlayers in BHJ organic solar cells or additives to the active layer with acceptor properties in such cells. In this area, two research projects are currently being carried out under his supervision, namely Preludium Bis 1 and Opus 19, the leader of the latter being the Lodz University of Technology. The effect of the work is to be substances, the introduction of which to the configuration of organic photovoltaic cells (OPV) will enable the improvement of their photoconversion efficiency (PCE). The subject matter undertaken fits perfectly into the global trend of research on obtaining electrical energy from natural renewable sources.
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Cracow University of Technology
Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology
Laboratory of Photochemistry and Optical Spectroscopy
Warszawska 24
31-155 Cracow
Poland
Joanna Ortyl, Prof., Ph.D., DSc.
tel.: +48 (12) 628 31 36
e-mail: jortyl@pk.edu.pl
Awarded for scientific and research activities that resulted in numerous publications, patents, utility models, invention projects and practical applications and industrial implementations, especially in the field of photochemistry – including photopolymerization processes in polymer systems and photochemical processes taking place in organic molecules. The award is a direct result of the TEAM TECH project co-financed by the Foundation for Polish Science.
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