ProfessorHelena Wachowska

Professor emeritus
  • 1963: M.Sc.
  • 1970: Ph.D.
  • 1981: Habilitation
  • 1996: Professor
  • Head of the Department of Coal Chemistry and Technology (since 2003)
  • Member of Scientific Council of The Institute of Coal Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (1984 - 2002)
  • Member of Committee on Coal Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (1987 - 1991)
  • Chemistry of coal, carbon and carbonaceous materials.
  • Studies of preparation of activated carbon and carbonaceous adsorbents.
  • Modification of activated carbon and carbon nanotubes.
  • Oxidation of coal and activated carbon.
  • Studies of chemical species of sulfur and nitrogen in coal and activated carbon.
  • The application of activated carbons and carbonaceous materials to adsorption processes (removal of SO2, H2S, CO2, etc).
  1. K. Jurewicz, R. Pietrzak, P. Nowicki, H. Wachowska, Capacitance behaviour of brown coal based active carbon modified through chemical reaction with urea. Electrochimica Acta, 53 (2008) 5469-5475.
  2. P. Nowicki, R. Pietrzak, H. Wachowska, Siberian anthracite as a precursor material for microporous activated carbons. Fuel, 87 (2008) 2037-2040.
  3. R. Pietrzak, T. Grzybek, H. Wachowska, XPS study of pyrite-free coals subjected to different oxidising agents. Fuel, 86 (2007) 2616-2624.
  4. R. Pietrzak, H. Wachowska, P. Nowicki, K. Babeł, Preparation of modified active carbon from brown coal by ammoxidation. Fuel Processing Technology, 88 (2007) 409-415.
  5. R. Pietrzak, K. Jurewicz, P. Nowicki, K. Babeł, H. Wachowska, Microporous activated carbons from ammoxidised anthracite and their capacitance behaviours. Fuel, 86 (2007) 1086-1092.
  6. R. Pietrzak, H. Wachowska, The influence of oxidation with HNO3 on the surface composition of high-sulphur coals. XPS study. Fuel Processing Technology, 87 (2006) 1021-1029.
  7. K. Jurewicz, K. Babeł, R. Pietrzak, S. Delpeux, H. Wachowska, Capacitance properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified by activation and ammoxidation. Carbon, 44 (2006) 2368-2375.
  8. R. Pietrzak, H. Wachowska, P. Nowicki, Preparation of nitrogen-enriched activated carbons from brown coal. Energy & Fuels, 20 (2006) 1275-1280.