Andrzej Wieckowski Explained

Andrzej Wieckowski
Birth Date:February 22, 1945
Birth Place:Łódź, Poland
Death Place:Eugene, Oregon, United States
Nationality:Polish, American (naturalized)
Field:Chemistry
Work Institutions:University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
University of California at Santa Barbara
Alma Mater:University of Warsaw (D.Sc.) (1981)
University of Warsaw (Ph.D.) (1973)
University of Warsaw (M.S.) (1968)
Doctoral Advisor:Jerzy Sobkowski
Known For:Electrochemistry
Surface science
Spectroscopy
Electrocatalysis
Fuel cells

Andrzej Wieckowski (Polish: Andrzej Więckowski, February 22, 1945 – January 31, 2019) was an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the North American Editor of Electrochimica Acta. He is known for his spectroscopic investigations of electrocatalysis in fuel cells and co-inventing of the direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC).[1] He authored more than 300 publications, has been cited over 13,000 times and has an h-index 60.[2] He was appointed fellow of the Electrochemical Society in 2007 and fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry in 2009. He was awarded the US Department of Energy Prize for outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Materials Chemistry in 1992, the ISE Jacques Tacussel Prize in 1998, the ECS David. C. Graham Award in 2003, and the ISE Gold Medal in 2007.

Career

Andrzej Wieckowski earned his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1973 and his D.Sc. (habilitation) in 1981 from the University of Warsaw, Poland. Over that time, he published over thirty publications mostly focusing on electrochemical and radiochemical investigations of the structure and reactivity of small molecules, such as carbon dioxide, formic acid or methanol, at metal surfaces.[3] [4] [5] [6] From 1981 to 1982, Andrzej Wieckowski was a visiting professor at Laval University in Quebec, Canada.[7] [8] In 1982–1985, he was a Visiting Postdoctoral Scientist in Arthur Hubbard's laboratory at the University of California at Santa Barbara, studying new characterization methods of surface science.[9] [10] In 1985, Andrzej Wieckowski joined the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign as an assistant professor and became a full professor in the department of chemistry in 1996 until his retirement in 2012. From 1990 to 2005, he was also a principal investigator at the Frederic Seitz Materials Research Laboratory at UIUC.In 2002, he became the North American editor of Electrochimica Acta.[11]

Research

Andrzej Wieckowski's research was focused on the development and use of spectroscopic methods to characterize the surface structure of electrocatalysts, including fuel cell catalysts, and on the understanding surface oxidation and reduction processes at a molecular level.In collaboration with Eric Oldfield, Wieckowski pioneered the development of electrochemical NMR spectroscopy (EC-NMR), combining metal/surface NMR and electrochemistry to study electrochemical interfaces.[12] [13] [14] Other notable spectroscopic methods developed and used in his research group included BB-SFG (broad band-sum-frequency generation), CL-EELS (cathodoluminescence – electron energy loss spectroscopy) in UHV (ultra-high vacuum) for electrochemistry and EC-XPS (electrochemical X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy).[15] Andrzej Wieckowski was also the co-inventor of the direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC).[16]

Personal life

In 1980, Andrzej Wieckowski assumed a leadership role in Solidarity at the University of Warsaw, a Polish non-governmental trade union, which over time evolved to become non-violent anti-communist social movement, generally viewed today as having greatly contributed to the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe in 1989–1990.[17] He died on January 31, 2019, in Oregon, where he had retired.[18]

Major publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrzej Wieckowski . Andrzej Wieckowski / Faculty / Chemistry at Illinois . Chemistry.illinois.edu . 2015-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151228194508/http://www.chemistry.illinois.edu/faculty/Andrzej_Wieckowski.html . 2015-12-28 . dead .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-03-01 . 2015-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154807/http://www.scs.illinois.edu/wieckowski/people/wieckowski/Vitae_Wieckowski.pdf . dead .
  3. J. Sobkowski and A. Wieckowski, "New approach to the radiometric study of methanol adsorption on platinum", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry, 1972, 34 (1),185–189.
  4. A. Wieckowski and J. Sobkowski, Study of adsorption and oxidation of formic acid on a platinum electrode by a radiochemical method, Roczniki Chemii, 1974. 48 (7-8),1351–1360.
  5. A. Wieckowski and J. Sobkowski, "Comparative study of adsorption and oxidation of formic acid and methanol on platinized electrodes in acidic solution", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry, 1975, 63 (3), 365–377.
  6. A. Wieckowski, Direct radiometric study of electrosorption of tritium labeled compounds. Adsorption of methanol on gold electrodes, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 1975, 122 (2), 252–254.
  7. A. Wieckowski, E. Ghali and H.H. Le, "Cyclic voltammetric studies and caustic cracking of steel at various temperatures", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 1984, 131 (9), 2024–2027.
  8. A. Wieckowski and E. Ghali, "On the interpretation of cyclic voltammograms of iron electrode in alkaline solution at elevated temperatures", Electrochimica Acta, 1985, 30 (11), 1423–1431.
  9. A. Wieckowski, B.C. Schardt, S.D. Rosasco, J.L. Stickney, A.T. Hubbard, "Preparation of well-defined surfaces at atmospheric pressure: studies of structural transformations of iodine, silver-adlattices on platinum (111) by LEED and electrochemistry", Surface Science, 1984, 146 (1), 115–134.
  10. B. C. Schardt, J. L. Stickney, D. A. Stern, A. Wieckowski, D. C Zapien, A. T. Hubbard, "Electrodeposition of lead on platinum(111) in aqueous chloride solutions. Studies by LEED and Auger spectroscopy", Surface Science, 1986, 175 (3), 520–534
  11. Web site: Electrochimica Acta Editorial Board . Journals.elsevier.com . 2015-01-01 . 2015-12-09.
  12. Y. Tong, C. Belrose, A. Wieckowski, E. Oldfield, "First observation of platinum-195 nuclear magnetic resonance in commercial graphite-supported platinum electrodes in an electrochemical environment". Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1997. 119 (48): p. 11709–11710.
  13. Y. Tong, C. Rice, A. Wieckowski, E. Oldfield, "A Detailed NMR-Based Model for CO on Pt Catalysts in an Electrochemical Environment: Shifts, Relaxation, Back-Bonding, and the Fermi-Level Local Density of States". Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000. 122 (6): p. 1123–1129
  14. Y. Tong, H. S. Kim, P. K. Babu, P. Waszczuk, A. Wieckowski, E. Oldfield, "An NMR investigation of CO tolerance in a Pt/Ru fuel cell catalyst". Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002. 124 (3): p. 468–473.
  15. Web site: The Wieckowski Research Group . https://web.archive.org/web/20100214043506/http://www.scs.illinois.edu/wieckowski/index.html . 2010-02-14 . 2015-12-09 . University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  16. C. Rice, S. Ha, R. Masel, P. Waszczuk, A. Wieckowski, T. Barnard, "Direct formic acid fuel cells". Journal of Power Sources, 2002. 111 (1): p. 83–89.
  17. http://faulknerchem.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Tribute_to_Andrzej_Wieckowski_5-12-14.135144604.pdf Tribute to Andrzej Wieckowski
  18. Web site: 2019-02-09 . Andrzej Wieckowski . https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044451/https://cgsentinel.com/article/andrzej-wieckowski . 2019-02-10 . 2019-02-09 . Cottage Grove Sentinel.

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