Nikola Drenchеv

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Nikola Drenchеv is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikola Drenchеv has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Materials Chemistry, 24 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 20 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Nikola Drenchеv's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (21 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (16 papers). Nikola Drenchеv is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (21 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (16 papers) and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (16 papers). Nikola Drenchеv collaborates with scholars based in Bulgaria, Italy and Czechia. Nikola Drenchеv's co-authors include Konstantin Hadjiivanov, Mihail Mihaylov, Kristina Chakarova, Elena Ivanova, Stanislava Andonova, D. Panayotov, Ina Strauß, Peter A. Georgiev, Anahid Sabetghadam and Beatriz Seoane and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nikola Drenchеv

41 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Power of Infrared and Raman Spectroscopies to Characterize Metal-Organic Frameworks and Investigate Their Interaction with Guest Molecules

2020 738 citations Konstantin Hadjiivanov, D. Panayotov et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikola Drenchеv Bulgaria	14	819	727	237	220	213	42	1.4k
Christopher J. Karwacki United States	22	911 1.1×	558 0.8×	297 1.3×	183 0.8×	109 0.5×	46	1.5k
Matthew R. DeStefano United States	11	960 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	127 0.5×	155 0.7×	193 0.9×	17	1.5k
Yujuan Zhang China	21	669 0.8×	551 0.8×	291 1.2×	137 0.6×	114 0.5×	69	1.3k
Nadeen Al‐Janabi United Kingdom	11	604 0.7×	656 0.9×	149 0.6×	268 1.2×	132 0.6×	12	1.1k
Jennifer A. Schott United States	16	843 1.0×	519 0.7×	149 0.6×	539 2.5×	211 1.0×	20	1.4k
Luis Garzón‐Tovar Saudi Arabia	19	805 1.0×	843 1.2×	171 0.7×	262 1.2×	94 0.4×	36	1.3k
Simon Smolders Belgium	20	1.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	208 0.9×	320 1.5×	112 0.5×	37	1.8k
Stanislava Andonova Bulgaria	17	1.1k 1.3×	514 0.7×	251 1.1×	428 1.9×	517 2.4×	28	1.6k
Monica McEntee United States	17	799 1.0×	397 0.5×	163 0.7×	118 0.5×	192 0.9×	30	1.2k
Wen‐Jie Chen China	22	774 0.9×	556 0.8×	270 1.1×	130 0.6×	141 0.7×	86	1.5k

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Chakarova, Kristina, Nikola Drenchеv, Elena Ivanova, et al.. (2025). FTIR study of low-temperature CO adsorption on reduced ceria nanoparticles with different morphology: A comparison with oxidized samples. Journal of Catalysis. 443. 115986–115986. 6 indexed citations

Butova, Vera V., et al.. (2025). Probing Acidic and Defective Sites in Sulfated UiO-66 and ZrO2 via Adsorptive FTIR Spectroscopy. Nanomaterials. 15(11). 779–779. 1 indexed citations

Georgiev, Peter A. & Nikola Drenchеv. (2025). Binding and activation of dihydrogen and other small molecules in a dirhodium paddle wheel unit based three-dimensional porous coordination polymer: FTIR and computational studies. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 586. 122778–122778.

Chakarova, Kristina, Mihail Mihaylov, Nikola Drenchеv, et al.. (2025). FTIR Detection of Ce3+ Sites on Shape-Controlled Ceria Nanoparticles Using Adsorbed 15N2 as a Probe Molecule. Molecules. 30(15). 3100–3100. 1 indexed citations

Chakarova, Kristina, Nikola Drenchеv, Mihail Mihaylov, & Konstantin Hadjiivanov. (2024). Interaction of O2 with Reduced Ceria Nanoparticles at 100–400 K: Fast Oxidation of Ce3+ Ions and Dissolved H2. Catalysts. 14(1). 45–45. 9 indexed citations

Slavov, D., et al.. (2024). FTIR spectroscopy revealed nonplanar conformers, chain order, and packaging density in diOctadecylamine- and octadecylamine-passivated gold nanoparticles. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1314. 138827–138827. 11 indexed citations

Panayotov, D., Stanislava Andonova, Ivanka Spassova, et al.. (2023). Capturing CO₂ by ceria and ceria–zirconia nanomaterials of different origin. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(26). 17154–17175. 12 indexed citations

Drenchеv, Nikola, Elena Ivanova, Mihail Mihaylov, et al.. (2023). One Ca²⁺ Site in CaNaY Zeolite Can Attach Three CO₂ Molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 14(6). 1564–1569. 9 indexed citations

Georgiev, Peter A., Nikola Drenchеv, Konstantin Hadjiivanov, et al.. (2021). Dynamics of bound states of dihydrogen at Cu(I) and Cu(II) species coordinated near one and two zeolite framework aluminium atoms: A combined sorption, INS, IR and DFT study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46(53). 26897–26914. 11 indexed citations

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Drenchеv, Nikola, Kristina Chakarova, Mihail Mihaylov, et al.. (2020). <em>In situ</em> FTIR Spectroscopy as a Tool for Investigation of Gas/Solid Interaction: Water-Enhanced CO<sub>2</sub> Adsorption in UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 12 indexed citations

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Drenchеv, Nikola, et al.. (2020). Characterization of vanadium sites on vanadium-containing mesoporous silica catalysts and their catalytic behaviour in propane ODH. Digitální knihovna Univerzity Pardubice (Univerzity Pardubice). 1 indexed citations

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Mihaylov, Mihail, Kristina Chakarova, Stanislava Andonova, et al.. (2016). Adsorption Forms of CO₂ on MIL-53(Al) and NH₂-MIL-53(Al) As Revealed by FTIR Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 120(41). 23584–23595. 58 indexed citations

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Mihaylov, Mihail, Stanislava Andonova, Kristina Chakarova, et al.. (2015). An advanced approach for measuring acidity of hydroxyls in confined space: a FTIR study of low-temperature CO and¹⁵N₂adsorption on MOF samples from the MIL-53(Al) series. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(37). 24304–24314. 27 indexed citations

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Drenchеv, Nikola, et al.. (2015). Surprising Coordination Chemistry of Cu⁺Cations in Zeolites: FTIR Study of Adsorption and Coadsorption of CO, NO, N₂, and H₂O on Cu–ZSM-5. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(27). 15292–15302. 23 indexed citations

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Drenchеv, Nikola, et al.. (2014). Remarkable acid strength of ammonium ions in zeolites: FTIR study of low-temperature CO adsorption on NH₄FER. RSC Advances. 4(99). 56183–56187. 25 indexed citations

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Drenchеv, Nikola & Konstantin Hadjiivanov. (2014). Interaction of H₂ (D₂) with OH (OD) Groups in a ZSM-5 Zeolite: FTIR Study of the Isotopic Effects. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(43). 25118–25123. 11 indexed citations

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Chakarova, Kristina, Nikola Drenchеv, & Konstantin Hadjiivanov. (2012). FTIR Evidence of Different Bonding of Methane to OH Groups on H–ZSM-5, HY, and SiO₂. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116(32). 17101–17109. 13 indexed citations

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Hadjiivanov, Konstantin, Kristina Chakarova, Nikola Drenchеv, & Mihail Mihaylov. (2012). Characterisation of Porous Materials by FTIR Spectroscopy of Isotopically Labelled Probe Molecules. Current Physical Chemistry. 2(2). 151–161. 1 indexed citations

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Drenchеv, Nikola, Elena Ivanova, Mihail Mihaylov, & Konstantin Hadjiivanov. (2010). CO as an IR probe molecule for characterization of copper ions in a basolite C300 MOF sample. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 12(24). 6423–6423. 47 indexed citations

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Drenchеv, Nikola, et al.. (2007). Еlectrochemical hydriding/dehydriding of nanocrystalline Mg2−x Sn x Ni (x = 0, 0.1, 0.3). Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 38(2). 197–202. 2 indexed citations

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