Ph. D. Ance Pļavniece

Scientific interests and competences

Biomass processing and carbonization (thermal-pyrolysis, hydrothermal). Extraction of activated carbon and analysis of the structure and morphology of the obtained material.

Additional information

In 2017, together with the team of authors, the LZA award "Achievement of Latvian science of the year in 2016 in practical applications" was won for the work "Developed concept for complex processing of commercial birch bark with high added value". In 2018, Ance received the Latvian Academy of Sciences Award in Science for her work titled “Innovative Process for Obtaining Multifunctional Nanoporous Carbon.”

The most important projects

The most important publications

  • Plavniece A.; Kaare K.; Simkunaitė D.; Balciunaite A.; Jasulaitiene V.; Niaura G.; Volperts A.; Dobele G.; Colmenares-Rausseo L.C.; Kruusenberg I.; Tamasauskaite-Tamasiunaite L.; Norkus E.
    Manganese- and Nitrogen-Doped Biomass-Based Carbons as Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Catalysts, 2024, 14(2), 92, doi: 10.3390/catal14020092

  • Plavniece A.; Dobele G.; Djachkovs D.; Jashina L.; Bikovens O.; Volperts A.; Zhurinsh A.
    “Sweetwoods” Lignin as Promising Raw Material to Obtain Micro-Mesoporous Carbon Materials

    Materials, 2023, 16(17), 6024, doi: 10.3390/ma16176024

  • Dobele G.; Plavniece A.; Volperts A.; Zhurinsh A.; Upskuviene D.; Balciunaite A.; Jasulaitiene V.; Niaura G.; Talaikis M.; Tamasauskaite-Tamasiunaite L.; Norkus E.; Kvello J.; Colmenares-Rausseo L.C.
    Effect of Pretreatment on the Nitrogen Doped Activated Carbon Materials Activity towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Materials, 2023, 16(17), 6005, doi: 10.3390/ma16176005

Ance Pļavniece
Ph. D. Ance Pļavniece
Biorefinery Laboratory
Researcher
ance.plavniece@kki.lv
ORCID: 0000-0003-0031-2250
Scopus Author ID: 57192917346
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Education
2021 - Doctoral degree in engineering science (Ph. D.), Riga Technical University
2017. - Engineering science Master's degree in material nanotechnologies, Riga Technical University