Name

Surname

Peter

Baláž

Institution name and department

Institute of Geotechnics of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Department of Mechanochemistry

Position held

Research professor

Address/Country

Ústav geotechniky SAV, Watsonova 45, 04353 Košice, Slovakia

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http://ugt.saske.sk

Key words 

mechanochemistry

sulphides

milling

thermoelectricity

Areas of Research/Expertise 

Application of mechanochemistry in broad spectrum of disciplines as mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, chemical engineering, materials science, medicine and waste treatment. Recently activities are focusing on solid state syntheses of energy-related materials suitable for solar cells and thermoelectrics.

5 Most representative publications related to mechanochemistry 

1.     Baláž P. Mechanochemistry in Nanoscience and Minerals Engineering. Berlin Heidelberg, Springer 2008. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74855-7.

2.     Baláž P, Achimovičová M, Baláž M, Billik P, Cherkezova-Zeleva Z, Criado J M, Delogu F, Dutkova E, Gaffet E, Gotor F J, Kumar R, Mitov I, Rojac T, Senna M, Streletskii A, Wieczorek-Ciurowa K. Hallmarks of mechanochemistry: from nanoparticles to technology. Chem Soc Rev. 2013;42(18):7571-7637 https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cs35468g

3.     Baláž P, Baláž M ,Achimovičová M , Bujňáková Z , Dutková E. Chalcogenide mechanochemistry in materials science: insight into synthesis and applications (a review). J Mater Sci. 2017;52(20):11851–11890.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1174-7

4.     Baláž P, Hegedus M, Achimovičová M, Baláž M, Tešinský M, Dutková E, Kaňuchová M, Briančin J. Semi-industrial green mechanochemical syntheses of solar cell absorbers based on quaternary sulfides. ACS Sustainable Chem Eng. 2018;6:2132–2141.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03563

       5. Baláž,P., Hegedus,M., Baláž,M., Daneu,N., Siffalovic,P., Bujňáková,Z., Tóthová,E.,

           Tešínsky,M., Achimovičová,M., Briančin,J., Dutková,E., Kaňuchová,M., Fabián,M.,

           Kitazono,S.,Dobrozhan,O.: Photovoltaic materials : Cu₂ZnSnS₄(CZTS) nanocrystals

           Synthesized via industrially scalable, green, one-step mechanochemical process.

           Progress in Photovoltaics : Research and Applications  27(2019)798-811.

           https://doi.org/10.1002/pip3152

5 Most representative publications non-related to Mechanochemistry 

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0000-0002-7089-7437

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