Candidate of Chemical Sciences (Ph.D.), Research Scientist

Department of Photochemistry

Nauky Ave. 31, 03028, Kyiv-28, Ukraine
Telephone: 38 (044) 525 67 12
Email: ovcharovml@gmail.com

Research interests

Photocatalytic processes of small molecules activation with the participation of semiconductor nanophotocatalysts and composites based on them, photoelectrochemical properties of semiconductor heterostructures.

 Professional experience

2010–2013 – Postgraduate

2013–2017 – 1st degree Engineer

2017–2019 –  Junior Research Scientist

2020–по сьогодні –  Research Scientist

Education

– National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute", department of technology of inorganic substances, water treatment and general chemical technology (2010);
– Postgraduate study with a break from production (Physical Chemistry) at L.V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry of NASU (2013);
– Candidate of Chemical Sciences (Ph.D.) in the specialty 02.00.04 – physical chemistry, Ph.D. thesis «Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide on metal (Cu, Au, Ag) – containing nanostructures based on TiO2 and C3N4», supervisor – Doctor of Chemical Sciences (habilitat), Senior Research Scientist Vasyl’ M. Granchak (2017).

Total number of publications:: articles – 12, patents – 1.
Identification codes in scientometric databases: Scopus – 56132367300, ResearcherID – A-1396-2019, ORCID – 0000-0002-4717-613X.

List of selected publications

1. 1. Ovcharov, M., Shcherban, N., Filonenko, S., Mishura, A., Skoryk, M., Shvalagin, V., & Granchak, V. (2015). Hard template synthesis of porous carbon nitride materials with improved efficiency for photocatalytic CO2 utilization. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 202, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2015.08.003
2. 2. Shcherban, N. D., Filonenko, S. M., Ovcharov, M. L., Mishura, A. M., Skoryk, M. A., Aho, A., & Murzin, D. Y. (2016). Simple method for preparing of sulfur–doped graphitic carbon nitride with superior activity in CO2 photoreduction. ChemistrySelect, 1(15), 4987-4993. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201601283
3. 3. Ovcharov, M. L., Mishura, A. M., Shcherban, N. D., Filonenko, S. M., & Granchak, V. M. (2016). Photocatalytic reduction of CO2 using nanostructured Cu2O with foam-like structure. Solar Energy, 139, 452-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.10.010
4. 4. Ovcharov, M. L., Mishura, A. M., Shvalagin, V. V., & Granchak, V. M. (2019). Semiconductor Nanocatalysts for CO2 Photoconversion Giving Organic Compounds: Design and Physicochemical Characteristics: A Review. Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry, 55(1), 2-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11237-019-09591-9
5. 5. Ovcharov, M. L., Granchak, V. M., Mishura, A. M., & Mikhalyova, E. A. (2020). Photochemical formation of bimetallic composite meso-TiO2/Ag/Cu with superb photocatalytic activity in CO oxidation reaction. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 111, 104985-104985. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.mssp.2020.104985
6. 6. Romanovska, N. I., Ovcharov, M. L., Mishura, A. M., Granchak, V. M., & Manoryk, P. A. (2020). Photocatalytic Activity of TiО2 Nanostructures Formed by Sol–Gel Method in the Presence of Hydrofluoric Acid in the Transformation of Carbon Oxides. Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry, 55(6), 407-413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11237-020-09633-7
7. 7. Ovcharov, M. L., & Granchak, V. M. (2021). Photocatalytic Conversion of Nitrogen Oxides: Current State and Perspectives: a Review. Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry, 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11237-021-09674-6