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CATRIN-MAT

Functional Materials for Energy Storage and Catalysis

The group designs and studies functional nanomaterials for energy storage and catalysis.
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Aristeidis Bakandritsos, Ph.D.
Group leader
Phone +420585634950
E-mail a.bakandritsos@upol.cz
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About the group

The group’s research centers on the design, synthesis and study of functional nanomaterials, with emphasis on low-dimensional carbon derivatives, hybrid organic–inorganic frameworks, and atomically engineered architectures. Through tailored chemical control of graphene and other two-dimensional systems, exploiting interfacial chemistry, single-atom engineering, and advanced spectroscopy, the group seeks to elucidate structure–property relationships that underpin performance in technological applications such as energy storage and catalysis.

Indicative publications include Nature Nanotechnology; Advanced Materials; Nature Communications (photocatalysis); Nature Communications (catalysis and biofuels); Energy & Environmental Science; Advanced Energy Materials; Energy & Environmental Science (energy storage); Chemical Reviews; Advanced Materials; Chem; and ACS Catalysis (single-atom engineering).

The group has direct access to central facilities, including HR-TEM, HR-XPS, operando electrochemical XRD/Raman, EPR spectroscopy, battery cyclers, precision potentiostats, HPLC/GC chromatographs, NMR and reactors.

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List of Employees

Name Academic title E-mail Phone Position
Aristeidis Bakandritsos Ph.D. a.bakandritsos@upol.cz +420585634950 Group leader
Durairaj Arulappan Ph.D. durairaj.arulappan@upol.cz MSCA-CZ postdoctoral research fellow
Aby Cheruvathoor Poulose Ph.D., MSc. aby.cheruvathoor@upol.cz +420 585 634 544 Senior researcher
Lucie Hrabalíková Mgr. lucie.hrabalikova@upol.cz +420585634951
Mahima Khandelwal Ph.D. mahima.khandelwal@upol.cz +420177165120 Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral researcher
Vít Kvasnička Bc. vit.kvasnicka@upol.cz
Ievgen Obraztsov Ph.D. ievgen.obraztsov@upol.cz
Sharad Kumar Sachan Ph.D. sharadkumar.sachan@upol.cz
Vishal Shrivastav Ph.D. vishal.shrivastav@upol.cz +420704207594 Postdoctoral researcher
Smita Talande Ph.D. smita.talande@upol.cz
Kalyan Vaid Ph.D. kalyan.vaid@upol.cz Postdoctoral researcher
Indresh Verma Ph.D. indresh.verma@upol.cz
Lukáš Zdražil Ing., Ph.D. lukas.zdrazil@upol.cz +420585634479
Giorgio Zoppellaro Dr. giorgio.zoppellaro@upol.cz +420585634950

Group publications

M. G. Sibi, A. M. Parambil, S. Bhattacharjee, K. Keerthi, E. Lohith, S. Vallem, D. Konwar, A. Bathla, A. Panda, S. Madala, N. Jyothi, S. Venkateswarlu, R. V. Jagadeesh, A. Bakandritsos and R. Zboril
"Next gen single atom-based sensors for noxious pesticides: Atomic-level design principles, breakthroughs and future Frontiers",
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS, vol. 570, Part 1, pp. 218537, 2027.
IF = 25.6
CATRIN-MAT
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2026.218537
M. Maruthapandi, A. Durairaj, E. Slavasky, O. Malka, S. Kolusheva, J. H. T. Luong, A. Ben Moshe and A. Gedanken
"Visible-light-activated room-temperature phosphorescent carbon dot films for mechano-optical modulation and real-time biogenic ammonia detection",
CARBON, vol. 262, Part A, pp. 122135, 2027.
IF = 12.7
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DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2026.122135
K. Keerthi, E. Lohith, S. Vallem, K. Praveena, D. Konwar, K. Sivakumar, R. V. Jagadeesh, N. Jyothi, A. Bakandritsos, S. Venkateswarlu, M. Yoon and R. Zboril
"Single-atom coordinated MXenes for organic pollutant detoxification: Mechanistic insights, challenges, and future directions",
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS, vol. 559, pp. 217809, 2026.
IF = 25.6
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2026.217809
V. Shrivastav, M. P. Chavhan, S. Kumar, M. Khandelwal and A. Bakandritsos
"Bimetallic MOFs, their composites, and derivatives: synthesis strategies and structure–property relationships for supercapacitor applications",
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS, vol. 566, Part 1, article no. 218168, 2026.
IF = 25.6
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2026.218168
M. A. Deshmukh, G. Zoppellaro, E. Fonda, L. Zdražil, S. Paul, D. Panáček, H. Thorat, Z. Badura, M. Melchionna, M. Bevilacqua, P. Fornasiero, K. Müllen, R. Zbořil and A. Bakandritsos
"Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts with Trinuclear, Mixed‐Valence Iron Motifs on Electronically Aligned Carbon Dots",
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Article in press, article no. e78919, 2026.
IF = 19.9
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.78919
T. Bui, S. M. H. Hejazi, J. Navrátil, H. Kmentová, P. Bábor, O. Henrotte, L. Mascaretti, M. Bisetto, S. K. Sanders, A. Schirato, M. Otyepka, P. Błoński, T. Montini, R. Zboril, P. Fornasiero, A. Alabastri, A. Naldoni and S. Kment
"Non Thermal‐Driven Photocatalytic Ammonia Decomposition at Near‐Room Temperature on a Plasmonic Nanocone Array",
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, vol. 36, iss. 21, article no. e05216, 2026.
IF = 19.9
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DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202505216
All group publications