Scientific interests and competences
- Wood chemistry, physical-chemical characterization of wood and its components
- Fast and slow pyrolysis
- Analytical pyrolysis
- Liquid and solid products of the thermodegradation process of lignocellulose, as well as their chemical composition and properties
- Theoretical and practical aspects for obtaining sorbents, porous structure
The most important projects
The most important publications
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Thermochemical Activation of Wood with NaOH, KOH and H3PO4 for the Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Nanoporous Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Molecules, 2024, 29(10), 2238, doi: 10.3390/molecules29102238
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Effect of Pretreatment on the Nitrogen Doped Activated Carbon Materials Activity towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Materials, 2023, 16(17), 6005, doi: 10.3390/ma16176005
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Lignocellulose pyrolysis by-products as an underestimated source of chemicals: separation and characterisation
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2023, 13(7), 5709-5720, doi: 10.1007/s13399-021-01540-8
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Synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon catalyst from hydrothermally carbonized wood chips for oxygen reduction
Catalysis Communications, 2023, 184, 106797, doi: 10.1016/j.catcom.2023.106797
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Study of levoglucosenone obtained in analytical pyrolysis and screw-type reactor, separation and distillation
Wood Science and Technology, 2020, 54(2), 383-400, doi: 10.1007/s00226-020-01164-7
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Analytical pyrolysis as an instrument to study the chemical transformations of hydrothermally modified wood
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2013, 103, 36-41, doi: 10.1016/j.jaap.2012.10.016
Dr. habil. chem., Gaļina Dobele
Leading Researcher
Education
1998 - obtained the Habilitation Doctor in Chemistry (Dr.Habil.chem.) for the work "Thermocatalytic processes of processing lignocellulosic waste products with the acquisition of monomers and activated carbon"