People of the group

Jiří Čejka
prof. Ing., DrSc.

Professor

Maksym Opanasenko
Doc. Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Mariya Shamzhy
Doc., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Pavla Eliášová
Mgr. Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Michal Mazur
Mgr. Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Jan Přech
Ing., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Luis A.M. Carrascosa
Ph. D.

Researcher

Paul Diddams
Ph.D.

Researcher

Nam Sun Kim
Dr.

Researcher

Martin Kubů
Ing., Ph.D.

Researcher

Mariyamuthu M
Ph. D.

Researcher

Subhajyoti Samanta
Ph.D.

Researcher

Monika Remzová
Ph.D.

Researcher

Ondřej Veselý
Ph.D.

Researcher

Milan Eliáš
Mgr.

Technician

Fateme Poorsharbaf Ghavi
MSc.

Doctoral student

Anastasia Kurbanova
MSc.

Doctoral student

Emadeldin Hussein Shamma
MSc.

Doctoral student

Daria Sudakova
MSc.

Doctoral student

Talat Zakeri
MSc.

Doctoral student

Yuqi Zhang
MSc.

Doctoral student

Jun Xie
MSc.

Doctoral student

Anna Laštovičková
MSc.

Doctoral student

František Krakl
MSc.

Doctoral student

Adéla Olšovská
MSc.

Doctoral student

Klára Veselá
MSc.

Doctoral student

Marek Živný
MSc.

Doctoral student

Samuel Kolesár

Undergraduate student

Vojtech Pribyl

Undergraduate student

Patrick Byrtus

Undergraduate student

Aksel Vartazaryan

Undergraduate student

Research topics

Photo-electrocatalysts for hydrogen production

HYDRAGON is an interdisciplinary research project focused on developing advanced materials for efficient solar-to-hydrogen conversion. The advanced materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), lead-free perovskites, metal oxides and carbides, all ...

Selectivity driving parameters in redox reactions catalyzed by Lewis acid zeolites.

Project supervisor Ing. Jan Přech, Ph.D. 

Zeolites are robust and environmentally friendly heterogeneous catalysts. They contain framework metal ions, which act as Bronsted or Lewis acid sites. In particular ...

Hydrogenation catalysts made by reductive demetalation of zeolites

Metal nanoparticles on a support are typical hydrogenation catalysts. Zeolite-like(molecular sieve) supports introduce shape selectivity, stabilize metal nanoparticles and provide additional catalytic function. Bimetallic catalysts may be more advantageous ...

Metal nanoparticles supported at zeolitic materials

We explore the interactions of metal nanoparticles with zeolitic support. These insights allow us to prepare well-distributed, stable subnanometric metal particles immobilized at zeolites, with special interests in novel, layered-based ...

Engineering key features of zeolite active sites

Around 200 of 850 industrial catalytic processes utilize zeolites. Although traditional synthetic approaches are excellent tools for tuning the chemical composition of zeolite catalysts, they are still unable to control ...

Novel materials for photo(electro)catalytic conversion of CO2

Development of novel photo(electro)catalysts for conversion of green-house gas CO2 is crucial to reach sustainable approach in carbon economy. Our work is focused on synthesis of advanced hybrid ...

Open positions

PhD fellow in "Stabilization of metal clusters on the zeolite supports and their assessment by in-situ electron microscopy methods"

Mgr. Ph.D., Michal Mazur

Project summary:

Metal nanoparticles immobilized at zeolite supports are important class of heterogenous catalysts for hydrogenation and dehydrogenation, reforming, and water-gas shift reactions. Zeolites, porous elementosilicates, are used to encapsulate metal nanoparticles to improve their stability. Currently, in-situ encapsulation and post-synthesis functionalization are two main synthesis strategies for metal incorporation ... more

Published on 16 Jan 2023

PhD fellow in "Synthesis of novel zeolites and their structure determination by advanced electron diffraction"

Mgr. Ph.D., Michal Mazur

Zeolites are porous elementosilicates with vast applications in the fields of catalysis, sorption, and ion-exchange. Their advantage lies in properties, such as high adsorption capacity, defined microporosity (resulting in molecular sieving effect), adjustable chemical composition, and possibility for post-synthesis modifications. Conventional synthesis of zeolites uses solvothermal methods that are limited ... more

Published on 16 Jan 2023

Bachelor projects

Topics available for bachelor studies

  1. Crystal Structure from 3D electron diffraction (Supervisor: Dr. Michal Mazur)
  2. Immobilization of metal clusters at the surface of zeolite nanosheets (Supervisor: Dr. Michal Mazur)
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Published on 10 Jan 2023

Selected Publications

Y. Wang C. Dong M. Shamzhy M. Marinova Z. Guo Y. G. Kolyagin J. Zaffran A. Khodakov et al.
Stoichiometric Selective Carbonylation of Methane to Acetic Acid by Chemical Looping
ACS Catalysis, 15(4), 2025

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J. Rubel, X. Guo, D. Madhav, S. Verslype, J. Zhang, Y. Ji, P. Eliášová, and V. Vandeginste,
Modified porous carbon from waste printed circuit boards for enhanced adsorption of carbon dioxide in abandoned mines
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13(2), 2025

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Q. Wang, M. Shamzhy, E. Heuson, M. Trentesaux, M. Marinova, A. Addad, F. Su, and V. V. Ordomsky,
Isomerization of dihydroxybenzenes over metal-zeolite catalysts through the carbonaceous deposits
Chemical Engineering Journal, 491, 2024

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Y. Zhou S. Santos M. Shamzhy M. Marinova A.-M. Blanchenet Y. G. Kolyagin P. Simon M. Trentesaux et al.
Liquid metals for boosting stability of zeolite catalysts in the conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons
Nature Communications, 15(1), 2024

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P. Rani, J. Zhang, Y. Zhang, M. Opanasenko, and M. Shamzhy,
Zeolite-catalyzed one-pot sucrose-to-HMF transformation: Ge outperforms Sn, Zr, and Al sites
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 378, 2024

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R. Barakov, N. Shcherban, O. Petrov, D. N. Rainer, M. Kubů, J. Čejka, M. Shamzhy, and M. Opanasenko,
Optimization of Zr-Al-USY and Zr-Al-Beta zeolites catalysts for a one-pot cascade transformation of furfural to γ-valerolactone
Catalysis Today, 426, 2024

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J. Zhang Q. Yue E. Shamma S. Abdi O. Petrov J. Čejka S. Mintova M. Opanasenko et al.
Balancing Ge de-intercalation and Si re-insertion rates stabilizes hydrolytically labile germanosilicate zeolites
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12(45), 2024

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Q. Yue V. Kasneryk M. Mazur S. Abdi Y. Zhou P. S. Wheatley R. E. Morris J. Čejka et al.
ADOR zeolite with 12 × 8 × 8-ring pores derived from IWR germanosilicate
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12(2), 2024

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J. Zhang, T. Zakeri, Q. Yue, M. Kubů, R. Barakov, J. Přech, M. Opanasenko, and M. Shamzhy,
Lewis acid zeolite catalysts via chemical modification of extra-large pore germanosilicates
Catalysis Today, 440, 2024

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H. Fuxová M. Labíková A. Ivanovská P. Eliášová M. Kubů Š. Hovorka M. Přibyl J. Čížek et al.
Zeolite-based chiral ion-exchangers for chromatographic enantioseparations and potential applications in membrane separation processes
Talanta, 278, 2024

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S. Abdi, D. N. Rainer, M. Kubů, C. J. Heard, J. Čejka, and M. Shamzhy,
iADOR yields diverse shape-selective solid Lewis acid catalysts
Applied Materials Today, 38, 2024

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F. P. Ghavi, P. Golis, M. Kubů, J. Přech, and M. Opanasenko,
Acidity and porosity properties of zeolites affect their catalytic performance in thymol synthesis
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 376, 2024

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P. Eliášová B. Šmíd J. Vejpravová S. Li F. Brivio M. Mazur D. N. Rainer M. I. H. Mohideen et al.
The preparation route and final form of V-MXenes override the effect of the O/F ratio on their magnetic properties
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12(15), 2024

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A. Kurbanova D. Zákutná K. Gołąbek J. Hraníček A. I. Dugulan P. Diddams M.-F. Hsieh N. Bats et al.
Fe-ZSM-5 outperforms Al-ZSM-5 in paraffin cracking by increasing the olefinicity of C3-C4 products
Chemical Engineering Journal, 499, 2024

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M. Žula, Ž. Kovačič, V. Bačar, M. Mazur, M. Huš, and B. Likozar,
Linking Ab initio density functional theory with modelling reaction microkinetics to understand catalytic fatty acids hydro-deoxygenation intermediate species selectivity
Chemical Engineering Journal, 499, 2024

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W. J. Roth, M. Opanasenko, M. Mazur, B. Gil, J. Čejka, and T. Sasaki,
Current State and Perspectives of Exfoliated Zeolites
Advanced Materials, 36(4), 2023

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S. Lu, M. Mazur, K. Guo, D. C. Stoian, M. Gu, W. M. Tucho, and Z. Yu,
Breaking Scaling Relations for Highly Efficient Electroreduction of CO2 to CO on Atomically Dispersed Heteronuclear Dual‐Atom Catalyst
Small, 20(13), 2023

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S. L. Suib, J. Přech, E. Szaniawska, and J. Čejka,
Recent Advances in Tetra- (Ti, Sn, Zr, Hf) and Pentavalent (Nb, V, Ta) Metal-Substituted Molecular Sieve Catalysis
Chemical Reviews (PMID: 36547404), 0

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A. Li, Y. Zhang, C. J. Heard, K. Golabek, X. Ju, J. Cejka, and M. Mazur,
Encapsulating Metal Nanoparticles into a Layered Zeolite Precursor with Surface Silanol Nests Enhances Sintering Resistance
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(1), 2023
layered materials mesoporous materials metal-support interaction rhodium zeolites

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O. Vesely, M. Mazur, J. Prech, and J. Cejka,
Modified reverse ADOR assembles Al-rich UTL zeolite from IPC-1P layers
Inorg. Chem. Front., 9, 2022

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K. Golabek, M. Shamzhy, M. Kubu, T. Sotak, Z. Magyarova, M. Hronec, and J. Cejka,
Adsorption and catalytic study of cyclopentyl methyl ether formation: structure-activity interplay in medium-pore zeolites
Applied Materials Today, 28, 2022
cyclopentanol etherification methanol mfi nanosponge nanolayer imf tun

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R. Barakov, N. Shcherban, O. Petrov, J. Lang, M. Shamzhy, M. Opanasenko, and J. Cejka,
MWW-type zeolite nanostructures for a one-pot three-component Prins–Friedel–Crafts reaction
Inorg. Chem. Front., 9, 2022

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Q. Yue, J. Halamek, D. N. Rainer, J. Zhang, R. Bulanek, R. E. Morris, J. Cejka, and M. Opanasenko,
Tuning the CHA framework composition by isomorphous substitution for CO2/CH4 separation
Chemical Engineering Journal, 429, 2022
chabazite isomorphous substitution framework composition adsorbate-adsorbent interaction co/ch separation

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M. Shamzhy, B. Gil, M. Opanasenko, W. J. Roth, and J. Cejka,
MWW and MFI Frameworks as Model Layered Zeolites: Structures, Transformations, Properties, and Activity
ACS CATALYSIS, 11(4), 2021

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W. J. Roth T. Sasaki K. Wolski Y. Ebina D.-M. Tang Y. Michiue N. Sakai R. Ma et al.
Exfoliated Ferrierite-Related Unilamellar Nanosheets in Solution and Their Use for Preparation of Mixed Zeolite Hierarchical Structures
Journal of The American Chemical Society, 143(29), 2021

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F. P. Ghavi, M. Kubů, O. Petrov, M. Remzová, S. Samanta, J. Přech, and M. Opanasenko,
The support affects the catalytic conversion in thymol hydrogenation reaction
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 387, 2025

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S. Gutierrez-Rubio, M. Shamzhy, J. Cejka, D. P. Serrano, I. Moreno, and J. M. Coronado,
Vapor phase acylation of guaiacol with acetic acid over micro, nano and hierarchical MFI and BEA zeolites
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, 285, 2021

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J. Prech, J. Kim, M. Mazur, R. Ryoo, and J. Cejka,
Nanosponge TS-1: A Fully Crystalline Hierarchical Epoxidation Catalyst
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 8(4), 2021

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M. Opanasenko, M. Shamzhy, Y. Wang, W. Yan, P. Nachtigall, and J. Cejka,
Synthesis and Post-Synthesis Transformation of Germanosilicate Zeolites
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(44), 2020

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S. L. Suib, J. Prech, J. Cejka, Y. Kuwahara, K. Mori, and H. Yamashita,
Some novel porous materials for selective catalytic oxidations
Materials Today, 32, 2020

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R. Barakov, N. Shcherban, P. Yaremov, I. Bezverkhyy, J. Cejka, and M. Opanasenko,
Hierarchical Beta zeolites as catalysts in a one-pot three-component cascade Prins-Friedel-Crafts reaction
Green Chemistry, 22(20), 2020

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C. J. Heard, L. Grajciar, F. Uhlik, M. Shamzhy, M. Opanasenko, J. Cejka, and P. Nachtigall,
Zeolite (In)Stability under Aqueous or Steaming Conditions
Advanced Materials, 32(44), 2020

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W. J. Roth T. Sasaki K. Wolski Y. Song D.-M. Tang Y. Ebina R. Ma J. Grzybek et al.
Liquid dispersions of zeolite monolayers with high catalytic activity prepared by soft-chemical exfoliation
Science Advances, 6(12), 2020

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V. Kasneryk M. Shamzhy J. Zhou Q. Yue M. Mazur A. Mayoral Z. Luo R. E. Morris et al.
Vapour-phase-transport rearrangement technique for the synthesis of new zeolites
Nature Communications, 10, 2019

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