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Miroslaw

Miroslaw A. Derewinski

Heterogeneous Catalysis Team
Joint Appointment

Research Interests

  • Fundamental studies of the formation and stability of ordered microporous materials and related solids to design complex catalysts.

Education and Credentials

  • 2002 D.Sc. Chemistry Institute of Catalysts and Surface Chemistry, PAS, Krakow, Poland
  • 1991-1992 Research Fellow, Zeolite Chemistry CNRS, UA 1106 Paris, France
  • 1988-1989 Research Fellow, Zeolite Chemistry CNRS, UA 418 Montpellier, France
  • 1981 PhD Chemical Sciences Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
  • 1974 M.Sc. Organic Technology Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Affiliations and Professional Service

  • 2013-present Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 2011-2012 Visiting Professor, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
  • 2011 Visiting Professor, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, Tsukuba,Ibaraki, Japan
  • 2010 Professor, Institute of Catalysts and Surface Chemistry, PAS, Krakow, Poland
  • 2006 Visiting Professor, Laboratoire SIEN, CNRS 7142, Universite P. et M. Curie, Paris
  • 1993-2002 Deputy Director, Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, PAS, Krakow
  • 1979-2013 Head of Research Group, Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, PAS, Krakow

Awards and Recognitions

  • Member of Council, International Zeolite Association, IZA, 2010-2016
  • Member of Editorial Board, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, since 2010
  • President, European Federation of Zeolite Associations, FEZA, 2003-2006
  • Member of FEZA Council, 1997-2006
  • President, Polish Zeolite Association, 1997-2000
  • Representative of Poland in the Intern. Org. Committee, Pannonian Symposium on Catalysis, 1995-2013

PNNL Publications

2024

  • Khivantsev K., M.A. Derewinski, L. Kovarik, M.E. Bowden, X.S. Li, N.R. Jaegers, and D. Boglaienko, et al. 2024. "Increasing Al-pair abundance in SSZ-13 zeolite via zeolite synthesis in the presence of alkaline earth metal hydroxide produces hydrothermally stable Co- and Pd-SSZ-13 materials." Catalysts 14, no. 1:Art. No. 56. PNNL-SA-161285. doi:10.3390/catal14010056
  • Kim S., F. Chen, D.M. Camaioni, M.A. Derewinski, O.Y. Gutierrez Tinoco, Y. Liu, and J.A. Lercher. 2024. "Confined Ionic environments tailoring the reactivity of molecules in the micropores of BEA-type zeolite." Journal of the American Chemical Society 146, no. 26:17847-17853. PNNL-SA-197914. doi:10.1021/jacs.4c03405

2023

  • Wu Y., W. Zhao, S. Ahn, Y. Wang, E.D. Walter, Y. Chen, and M.A. Derewinski, et al. 2023. "Interplay between copper redox and transfer and support acidity and topology in low temperature NH3-SCR." Nature Communications 14. PNNL-SA-178314. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38309-8

2022

  • Khivantsev K., J. Kwak, N.R. Jaegers, I.Z. Koleva, G. Vayssilov, M.A. Derewinski, and Y. Wang, et al. 2022. "Identification of the mechanism of NO reduction with ammonia (SCR) on zeolite catalysts." Chemical Science 13, no. 35:10383-10394. PNNL-SA-175846. doi:10.1039/D2SC00350C
  • Khivantsev K., N.R. Jaegers, L. Kovarik, M.A. Derewinski, J. Kwak, and J. Szanyi. 2022. "On the Nature of Extra-Framework Aluminum Species and Improved Catalytic Properties in Steamed Zeolites." Molecules 27, no. 7:Art. No. 2352. PNNL-SA-174113. doi:10.3390/molecules27072352

2021

  • Khivantsev K., N.R. Jaegers, H.A. Aleksandrov, L. Kovarik, M.A. Derewinski, Y. Wang, and G. Vayssilov, et al. 2021. "Biomimetic CO oxidation below-100 °C by a nitrate-containing metal-free microporous system." Nature Communications 12. PNNL-SA-192740. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26157-3
  • Khivantsev K., N.R. Jaegers, L. Kovarik, M. Wang, J.Z. Hu, Y. Wang, and M.A. Derewinski, et al. 2021. "The Superior Hydrothermal Stability of Pd/SSZ-39 in Low Temperature Passive NOx Adsorption (PNA) and Methane Combustion." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 280. PNNL-SA-151139. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119449

2020

  • Andrews E.M., J.A. Lopez-Ruiz, J.D. Egbert, K. Koh, U. Sanyal, M. Song, and D. Li, et al. 2020. "Performance of base and noble metals for electrocatalytic hydrogenation of bio-oil-derived oxygenated compounds." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8, no. 11:4407-4418. PNNL-SA-149793. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07041
  • Koh K., U. Sanyal, M. Lee, G. Cheng, M. Song, V. Glezakou, and Y. Liu, et al. 2020. "Electrochemically tunable proton-coupled electron transfer in Pd-catalyzed benzaldehyde hydrogenation." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59, no. 4:1501-1505. PNNL-SA-144918. doi:10.1002/anie.201912241
  • Prodinger S., and M.A. Derewinski. 2020. "Recent Progress to Understand and Improve Zeolite Stability in the Aqueous Medium." Petroleum Chemistry 60, no. 4:420-436. PNNL-SA-166924. doi:10.1134/S0965544121090176

2019

  • Khivantsev K., N.R. Jaegers, L. Kovarik, S. Prodinger, M.A. Derewinski, Y. Wang, and F. Gao, et al. 2019. "Palladium/Beta Zeolite Passive NOx Adsorbers (PNA): Clarification of PNA Chemistry and the Effects of CO and Zeolite Crystallite Size on PNA Performance." Applied Catalysis A: General 569. PNNL-SA-137831. doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2018.10.021
  • Lopez-Ruiz J.A., E.M. Andrews, S.A. Akhade, M. Lee, K. Koh, U. Sanyal, and S.F. Yuk, et al. 2019. "Understanding the role of metal and molecular structure on the electrocatalytic hydrogenation of oxygenated organic compounds." ACS Catalysis 9, no. 11:9964-9972. PNNL-SA-145115. doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b02921
  • Parruzot B., J.V. Ryan, J.L. George, R.K. Motkuri, J.F. Bonnett, L.M. Seymour, and M.A. Derewinski. 2019. "Multi-glass investigation of Stage III glass dissolution behavior from 22 to 90 °C triggered by the addition of zeolite phases." Journal of Nuclear Materials 523. PNNL-SA-138413. doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.05.050

2018

  • Bower J.K., D. Barpaga, S. Prodinger, R. Krishna, H.T. Schaef, B.P. McGrail, and M.A. Derewinski, et al. 2018. "Dynamic adsorption of CO2/N2 on cation-exchanged chabazite SSZ-13: A breakthrough analysis." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10, no. 17:14287-14291. PNNL-SA-133039. doi:10.1021/acsami.8b03848
  • Liu J., J. Zheng, D. Barpaga, S.R. Sabale, B.W. Arey, M.A. Derewinski, and B.P. McGrail, et al. 2018. "A Tunable Bimetallic MOF-74 for Adsorption Chiller Applications." European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2018, no. 7:885-889. PNNL-SA-129916. doi:10.1002/ejic.201800042
  • Onik K., M. Gackowski, M.A. Derewinski, and B. Sulikowski. 2018. "Mesoporous layered aluminosilicates prepared from protozeolitic nanoclusters: Synthesis, physicochemical and catalytic properties." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122, no. 45:25983-25991. PNNL-SA-136327. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07748
  • Prodinger S., A. Vjunov, J.Z. Hu, J.L. Fulton, D.M. Camaioni, M.A. Derewinski, and J.A. Lercher. 2018. "Elementary Steps of Faujasite Formation Followed by in situ Spectroscopy." Chemistry of Materials 30, no. 3:888-897. PNNL-SA-130041. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04554
  • Prodinger S., H. Shi, H. Wang, M.A. Derewinski, and J.A. Lercher. 2018. "Impact of Structural Defects and Hydronium Ion Concentration on the Stability of Zeolite BEA in Aqueous Phase." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 237. PNNL-SA-133584. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.06.065

2017

  • Devaraj A., V. Murugesan, J. Bao, M.F. Guo, M.A. Derewinski, Z. Xu, and M.J. Gray, et al. 2017. "Nanoscale Compositional Mapping of Spent HZSM-5: An Atom Probe Tomography Study." In Proceedings of the North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM25), June 4-9, 2017, Denver, CO. PNNL-SA-122368.
  • Prodinger S., H. Shi, S. Eckstein, J.Z. Hu, M.V. Olarte, D.M. Camaioni, and M.A. Derewinski, et al. 2017. "Stability of Zeolites in Aqueous Phase Reactions." Chemistry of Materials 29, no. 17:7255-7262. PNNL-SA-123271. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b01847
  • Prodinger S., M.A. Derewinski, Y. Wang, N.M. Washton, E.D. Walter, J. Szanyi, and F. Gao, et al. 2017. "Sub-micron Cu/SSZ-13: synthesis and application as selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 201. PNNL-SA-117975. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.08.053

2016

  • Devaraj A., V. Murugesan, J. Bao, M.F. Guo, M.A. Derewinski, Z. Xu, and M.J. Gray, et al. 2016. "Discerning the Location and Nature of Coke Deposition from Surface to Bulk of Spent Zeolite Catalysts." Scientific Reports 6. PNNL-SA-113562. doi:10.1038/srep37586
  • Gackowski M., E. Bielanska, K. Szczepanowicz, P. Warszynski, and M.A. Derewinski. 2016. "Deposition of zeolite nanoparticles onto porous silica monolith." Surface Innovations 4, no. 2:88-101. PNNL-SA-115505. doi:10.1680/jsuin.15.00023
  • Prodinger S., M.A. Derewinski, A. Vjunov, S.D. Burton, I. Arslan, and J.A. Lercher. 2016. "Improving Stability of Zeolites in Aqueous Phase via Selective Removal of Structural Defects." Journal of the American Chemical Society 138, no. 13:4408-4415. PNNL-SA-113662. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b12785
  • Prodinger S., V.S. Vemuri, T. Varga, B.P. McGrail, R.K. Motkuri, and M.A. Derewinski. 2016. "Impact of chabazite SSZ-13 textural properties and chemical composition on CO2 adsorption applications." New Journal of Chemistry 40, no. 5:4375-4385. PNNL-SA-114645. doi:10.1039/C5NJ03205A

2015

  • Vjunov A., M.A. Derewinski, J.L. Fulton, D.M. Camaioni, and J.A. Lercher. 2015. "Impact of zeolite aging in hot liquid water on activity for acid-catalyzed dehydration of alcohols." Journal of the American Chemical Society 137, no. 32:10374-10382. PNNL-SA-107507. doi:10.1021/jacs.5b06169

Selected Publications

2014

2011

  • Martinez A, E Peris, M Derewinski, and A Burkat-Dulak. 2011. "Improvement of catalyst stability during methane dehydroaromatization (MDA) on Mo/HZSM-5 comprising intracrystalline mesopores." Catalysis Today 169(1):75-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2010.11.063

2010

  • Martinez A, MA Arribas, M Derewinski, and A Burkat-Dulak. 2010. "Enhanced sulfur resistance of bifunctional Pd/HZSM-5 catalyst comprising hierarchical carbon-templated zeolite." Applied Catalysis A-General 379(1-2):188-197. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2010.03.023

2009

  • Pashkova V, E Wloch, A Mikolajczyk, M Laniecki, B Sulikowski, and M Derewinski. 2009. "Composite SBA-15/MFI type materials: Preparation, characterization and catalytic performance." Catalysis Letters 128(1-2):64-71. DOI: 10.1007/s10562-008-9713-0

2008

  • Burkat-Dulak A, V Pashkova, W Pudlo, E Wloch, A Jarzebski, and M Derewinski. 2008. "Nanomaterials with a multimodal pore structure based on the MFI-type zeolite." Polish Journal of Chemistry 82(9):1809-1822.

  • Pashkova V, K Gora-Marek, P Sarv, and M Derewinski. 2008. "Formation and nature of active sites in the FAU-and BEA-composites." Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 174:845-848. DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2991(08)80020-1

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