Tadeusz Bak

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Selected Publications
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Biography

1992-1995: Research Associate, Institute of Materials Science and Ceramics, University of Science and Technology (AGH), Cracow, Poland

1995-2008: Research Fellow, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

From 2008: Associate Professor, School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Australia

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Materials Science, Solid State Chemistry and Electrochemistry

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Selected Publications

J Molenda, A Stoklosa, T Bak, Modification in the electronic structure of cobalt bronze LixCoO2 and the resulting electrochemical properties, Solid State Ionics, 36 (1989) 53-58

J Molenda, A Stoklosa, T Bak, Transport properties of YBa2Cu3O7-y at hightemperatures, Physica C, 175 (1991) 555-565

J Molenda, T Bak, Effect of tungsten on the electrical and electrochemicalproperties of LiyWxVO2 cathode, Physica Status Solidi A, 135 (1993) 263-271

T Bak, J Nowotny, CC Sorrell, Electrical properties of metal oxides atelevated temperatures, in: Electrical Properties of Oxide Materials, Eds.J Nowotny and CC Sorrell, Trans Tech Publications, 1997, p.1-79

TBak, J Nowotny, M Rekas, CC Sorrell, Diffusion-controlled work functionchanges of (La,Sr)MnO3, Solid State Ionics 117 (1999) 157-160

T Bak, J Nowotny, M Rekas, CC Sorrell, S Sugihara, Properties of theelectrode material LixCoO2, Ionics, 6 (2000) 92-106

T Bak, J Nowotny, K Prince, M Rekas, CC Sorrell, Bulk and grain boundary diffusion of Mg in yttria-stabilized zirconia, J Am Ceram Soc, 85 (2002) 2244–2250

M-F Zhou, T Bak, J Nowotny, M Rekas, CC Sorrell, Defect chemistry and semiconducting properties of calcium titanate, J Mater Sci, Materials in Electronics, 13 (2002) 697–704

T Bak, J Nowotny, M Rekas, CC Sorrell, Photo-electrochemical hydrogen generation from water using solar energy. Materials-related aspects, Int J Hydrogen Energy, 27 (2002) 991–1022

T Bak, J Nowotny, M Rekas, CC Sorrell, Defect chemistry and semiconducting properties of titanium dioxide: II. Defect diagrams, J Phys Chem Solids, 64 (2003) 1057-1067 

J Nowotny, CC Sorrell, LR Sheppard, T Bak, Solar-hydrogen: Environmentally safe fuel for the future, Int J Hydrogen Energy, 30 (2005) 521-544 

MK Nowotny, T Bak, J Nowotny, CC Sorrell, Titanium vacancies in nonstoichiometric TiO2 single crystal, Phys Stat Solidi B, 242 (2005) R88-R90

J Nowotny, CC Sorrell, T Bak, LR Sheppard, Solar-hydrogen: Unresolved problems in solid-state science, Solar Energy, 78 (2005) 593-602 

T Bak, J Nowotny, MK Nowotny, Defect disorder of TiO2, J Phys Chem B, 110 (2006) 21560–21567

J Nowotny, T Bak, MK Nowotny, LR Sheppard, Surface active sites for water splitting, J Chem Phys B, 110 (2006) 18492–18495

MK Nowotny, T Bak, J Nowotny, Electrical properties and defect chemistry of TiO2 single crystal. I. Electrical conductivity, J Phys Chem B, 110 (2006) 16270-16282

J Nowotny, T Bak, MK Nowotny, LR Sheppard, Effect of grain boundaries on semiconducting properties of TiO2 at elevated temperatures, J Phys Chem C, 111 (2007) 9769–9778.

J Nowotny, T Bak, MK Nowotny, LR Sheppard, Titanium dioxide for solar-hydrogen I. Functional properties, Int J Hydrogen Energy, 32 (2007) 2609-2629

J Nowotny, T Bak, LR Sheppard, Reactivity of titanium dioxide with oxygen and the related charge transfer, J Amer Chem Soc, 130 (2008) 9984–9993

MK Nowotny, LR Sheppard, T Bak, J Nowotny, Defect chemistry of TiO2. Application of defect engineering in processing of TiO2 photocatalysts, J Phys Chem C 112 (2008) 5275–5300