Dominik Wierzbicki
TES Beamline Scientist, Spectroscopy Program, National Synchrotron Light Source II
Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 743, Room 138
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-5169
dwierzbic2@bnl.gov
Research Interests:
Synthesis of catalysts, including zeolites and hydrotalcites, and evaluation of their catalytic activity in reactions such as CO2 hydrogenation and high-pressure CH4 valorization. I try to gain a deeper understanding of active sites and reaction mechanisms using in situ and operando characterization techniques, such as XAS, XES, IR or XRD.
Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights
Education
2019 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, cotutelle program - Sorbonne University and AGH University of Science and Technology
Professional Appointments
2023 - till now Assistant Physicist, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2022 - 2023 Research Associate, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2019 - 2022 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Paul Scherrer Institute
2016 - 2019 Researching and Teaching Assistant, AGH University of Science and Technology
Selected Publications
- Lee J, Zhou S, Ferrari VC, et al (2025) Halide segregation to boost all-solid-state lithium-chalcogen batteries. Science 388:724–729. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adt1882
- Wang D, Gwalani B, Wierzbicki D, et al (2025) Overcoming the conversion reaction limitation at three-phase interfaces using mixed conductors towards energy-dense solid-state Li–S batteries. Nature Materials 24:243–251. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-024-02057-x
- Liu S, Dun C, Xiong L, et al (2025) Entropy-Driven Structural Evolution in Ceramic Oxides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c06254
- Hu J, Pincus LN, Wierzbicki D, et al (2025) Carbon Mineralization of Sulfate Wastes Containing Pb: Synchrotron Pb M3-Edge XANES Analysis of Simultaneous Heavy Metal and Carbon Sequestration. Environmental Science & Technology 59:7366–7376. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c01640
- Truszkiewicz E, Klimaszewska K, Gauze E, et al (2025) Catalytic CO2 Methanation Over Modified Carbon-Supported Ruthenium: The Influence of the Support Type on the Properties and Activity of the Catalyst. Topics in Catalysis. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-025-02144-6
- Liu S, Dun C, Yang F, et al (2024) A general flame aerosol route to kinetically stabilized metal-organic frameworks. Nature Communications 15:. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53678-4
- Tayal A, Coburn DS, Abel D, et al (2024) Five-analyzer Johann spectrometer for hard X-ray photon-in/photon-out spectroscopy at the Inner Shell Spectroscopy beamline at NSLS-II: design, alignment and data acquisition. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 31:1609–1621. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600577524009342
- Jiménez JD, Lustemberg PG, Danielis M, et al (2024) From Methane to Methanol: Pd-iC-CeO2 Catalysts Engineered for High Selectivity via Mechanochemical Synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146:25986–25999. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04815
- Barba-Nieto I, Müller AV, Titus CJ, et al (2024) Formal Oxidation States and Coordination Environments in the Catalytic Reduction of CO to Methanol. ACS Energy Letters 9:3815–3817. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01269
- Ji T, Tu Q, Zhao Y, et al (2024) Three-step thermodynamic vs. two-step kinetics-limited sulfur reactions in all-solid-state sodium batteries. Energy & Environmental Science 17:9255–9267. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ee03160a
Research Highlights
"Renewable Catalysts for the Reduction of CO to Methanol" -
"Catalyst for 'One-Step' Conversion of Methane to Methanol" and 2
"A New Route to Highly Complex, Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks"
Brookhaven National Laboratory
National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 743, Room 138
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-5169
dwierzbic2@bnl.gov
