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Ing. Karel Frolich, Ph.D.

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  • karel.frolich@upce.cz
  • 466 037 261
  • Faculty of Chemical Technology

    Department of Physical Chemistry (30340)

    assistant professor
  • Teaching
  • Professional profile
  • Publications
  • Projects

Teaching

KFCH/C014 (2023) - - - SE
KFCH/C063 (2023) G - - -
KFCH/C063 (2023) - - CV -
KFCH/C066 (2023) - - CV -
KFCH/C077A (2023) - PR - -
KFCH/C591 (2023) - - CV -
KFCH/C714 (2023) - - CV -
KFCH/C727 (2023) G PR - -
KFCH/C833 (2023) G PR - SE

Timetable

06. 05. 2024
14:00-16:00 HB / S18 KFCHC833 1
07. 05. 2024
14:00-16:00 HA / S6 KFCHC077A 2

Dates

06. 05. 2024
14:00 - 16:00 HC / L23 KFCH C833 1

Education and academic qualifications

Rok
2005
Obor
Physical chemistry
Škola
University of Pardubice
Název práce
The study of CO interaction with alkali metals in high-silica zeolites using FTIR spectroscopy
Rok
2009
Obor
Physical chemistry
Škola
University of Pardubice
Název práce
The study of alkali-metal localization in zeolite matrix using CO as probe molecule

Job overview

Od (rok)
2009
Zastávaná pozice
Senior researcher
Zaměstnavatel
University of Pardubice

Study and work stay

Země
Italy
Město
Bologna
Instituce
Universitá di Bologna
Rok
2004
Délka pobytu
3,0 months
Účel pobytu
Program Erasmus-Sokrates

Publications

HÁJEK, M. - HÁJEK, T. - KOCIÁN, D. - FROLICH, K. - PELLER, A. Epoxidation of Methyl Esters as Valuable Biomolecules: Monitoring of Reaction Molecules, 2023, vol. 28, no. 6, s. "2819-1"-"2819-15". ISSN: 1420-3049.
MÜCK, J. - KOCIK, J. - FROLICH, K. - SIMEK, J. - MICHALKOVA, M. - HÁJEK, M. Transition Metal-Promoted Mg-Fe Mixed Oxides for Conversion of Ethanol to Valuable Products ACS Omega, 2023, vol. 8, no. 22, s. 19374-19384. ISSN: 2470-1343.
FROLICH, K. - KOCÍK, J. - MÜCK, J. - KOLENA, J. - SKUHROVCOVÁ, L. The role of Zn in the Cu-Zn-Al mixed oxide catalyst and its effect on glycerol hydrogenolysis Molecular Catalysis, 2022, vol. 533, no. December, s. "112796-1"-"112796-8". ISSN: 2468-8231.
KOCIÁN, D. - HÁJEK, M. - VÁVRA, A. - FROLICH, K. - KOCIK, J. The influence of residue sodium ions in mixed oxide on catalytic activity in transesterification of vegetable oil Molecular Catalysis, 2022, vol. 517, no. January, s. "112017-1"-"112017-10". ISSN: 2468-8231.
MÜCK, J. - KOCÍK, J. - HÁJEK, M. - TIŠLER, Z. - FROLICH, K. - KAŠPÁREK, A. Transition metals promoting Mg-Al mixed oxides for conversion of ethanol to butanol and other valuable products: Reaction pathways Applied catalysis A: General, 2021, vol. 626, no. September, s. "118380-1"-"118380-8". ISSN: 0926-860X.
MALISOVA, M. - HORNAVEK, M. - MIKULEC, J. - HUDEC, P. - HÁJEK, M. - PELLER, A. - JORIK, V. - FROLICH, K. - HADVINOVA, M. - HAJEKOVA, E. Transesterification of Camelina sativa Oil Catalyzed by Mg/Al Mixed Oxides with Added Divalent Metals ACS Omega, 2020, vol. 5, no. 49, s. 32040-32050. ISSN: 2470-1343.
FROLICH, K. - VÁVRA, A. - KOCÍK, J. - HÁJEK, M. - JÍLKOVÁ, A. The long-term catalytic performance of mixed oxides in fixed-bed reactors in transesterification Renewable Energy, 2019, vol. 143, no. December, s. 1259-1267. ISSN: 0960-1481.
KOCÍK, J. - FROLICH, K. - PERKOVÁ, I. - HORACEK, J. Pyroaurite-based Mg-Fe mixed oxides and their activity in aldol condensation of furfural with acetone: effect of oxide composition Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2019, vol. 94, no. 2, s. 435-445. ISSN: 0268-2575.
GANJKHANLOU, Y. - TIŠLER, Z. - HIDALGO, J. - FROLICH, K. - KOTERA, J. - ČIČMANEC, P. - BULÁNEK, R. VOx/Zr-SBA-15 catalysts for selective oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde Chemical Papers, 2018, vol. 72, no. 4, s. 937-946. ISSN: 0366-6352.
GANJKHANLOU, Y. - BULÁNEK, R. - KIKHTYANIN, O. - FROLICH, K. Study on thermal stabilities and symmetries of chemisorbed species formed on K-zeolites upon CO2 adsorption by TPD and in situ IR spectroscopy Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2018, vol. 133, no. 1, s. 355-364. ISSN: 1388-6150.
HÁJEK, M. - VÁVRA, A. - JÍLKOVÁ, A. - FROLICH, K. - KOCÍK, J. The influence of various precursors on properties of Mg-Fe hydrotalcites and mixed oxides. In 50. Symposium on Catalysis : book of abstracts. Praha: Ústav fyzikální chemie Jaroslava Heyrovského AV ČR, 2018. s. Po11 s. ISBN 978-80-87351-53-6.
VÁVRA, A. - HÁJEK, M. - JÍLKOVÁ, A. - FROLICH, K. - KOCÍK, J. Using of Mg-Al and Mg-Fe mixed oxides in transesterification in fixed-bed reactor. In 50. Symposium on Catalysis : book of abstracts. Praha: Ústav fyzikální chemie Jaroslava Heyrovského AV ČR, 2018. s. Po49 s. ISBN 978-80-87351-53-6.
VÁVRA, A. - HÁJEK, M. - FROLICH, K. - KOCÍK, J. - JÍLKOVÁ, A. The cataytic performance of Mg/Al and Mg/Fe mixed oxides in transesterification in flow reactor. In 13th conference on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems : book of abstracts. Zagreb: University of Zagreb, 2018. s. 286-286 s.
SMOLÁKOVÁ, L. - FROLICH, K. - KOCÍK, J. - KIKHTYANIN, O. - ČAPEK, L. Surface Properties of Hydrotalcite-Based Zn(Mg)Al Oxides and Their Catalytic Activity in Aldol Condensation of Furfural with Acetone Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Reseach, 2017, vol. 56, no. 16, s. 4638-4648. ISSN: 0888-5885.
HÁJEK, M. - KOCÍK, J. - FROLICH, K. - VÁVRA, A. Mg-Fe mixed oxides and their rehydrated mixed oxides as catalysts for transesterification Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, vol. 161, no. September, s. 1423-1431. ISSN: 0959-6526.
SMOLÁKOVÁ, L. - FROLICH, K. - TROPPOVÁ, I. - KUTÁLEK, P. - KROFT, E. - ČAPEK, L. Determination of basic sites in Mg-Al mixed oxides by combination of TPD-CO2 and CO2 adsorption calorimetry Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2017, vol. 127, no. 3, s. 1921-1929. ISSN: 1388-6150.
FROLICH, K. - KOCÍK, J. - HÁJEK, M. - VÁVRA, A. Hydrotalcite based Mg/Fe oxides with varying acido-basic properties. In 7th Czech-Italian-Spanish Symposium on Catalysis : program and abstracts. Praha: Ústav fyzikální chemie Jaroslava Heyrovského AV ČR, 2017. s. PO13 s. ISBN 978-80-87351-42-0.
KOTERA, J. - BULÁNEK, R. - ČIČMANEC, P. - GANJKHANLOU, Y. - FROLICH, K. VOx/Zr-SBA-15 katalyzátory pro selektivní oxidaci ethanolu na acetaldehyd. In Studentská vědecká odborná činnost 2016/2017 : sborník příspěvků. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2017. s. 89-94 s. ISBN 978-80-7560-084-4.
HÁJEK, M. - KOCÍK, J. - FROLICH, K. - VÁVRA, A. Mg-Fe mixed oxides and their rehydrated mixed oxides as catalysts for transesterification. In 49th Symposium on Catalysis : book of abstracts. Praha: Ústav fyzikální chemie Jaroslava Heyrovského AV ČR, 2017. s. PO09 s. ISBN 978-80-87351-47-5.
PERKOVÁ, I. - FROLICH, K. - HÁJEK, M. - VÁVRA, A. - KOCÍK, J. Mixed Mg/Fe oxides from hydrotalcites as catalysts for aldol condensation: Effect of Mg/Fe ratio. In 49th Symposium on Catalysis : book of abstracts. Praha: Ústav fyzikální chemie Jaroslava Heyrovského AV ČR, 2017. s. PO27 s. ISBN 978-80-87351-47-5.
KIKHTYANIN, O. - BULÁNEK, R. - FROLICH, K. - ČEJKA, J. - KUBIČKA, D. Aldol condensation of furfural with acetone over ion-exchanged and impregnated potassium BEA zeolites Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2016, vol. 424, no. December, s. 358-368. ISSN: 1381-1169.
TCHANG, H. - FROLICH, K. - SHAMZHY, M. - ELIASOVA, P. - RUBES, M. - CEJKA, J. - BULÁNEK, R. - NACHTIGALL, P. The effect of the zeolite pore size on the Lewis acid strength of extra-framework cations Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016, vol. 18, no. 27, s. 18063-18073. ISSN: 1463-9076.
FROLICH, K. - BULÁNEK, R. - FRÝDOVÁ, E. Interaction of CO probe molecules with Cu(+) in MCM-22 zeolite Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2014, vol. 186, no. March, s. 37-45. ISSN: 1387-1811.
AREAN, C. - DELGADO, M. - BULÁNEK, R. - FROLICH, K. Combined microcalorimetric and IR spectroscopic study on carbon dioxide adsorption in H-MCM-22 Applied Surface Science, 2014, vol. 316, no. October, s. 532-536. ISSN: 0169-4332.
FROLICH, K. - BULÁNEK, R. - FRÝDOVÁ, E. Energetic heterogeneity of Cu+-carbonyl complexes in Y zeolites: Kinetics of CO desorption studied by FTIR combined with CO adsorption microcalorimetry Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2013, vol. 171, no. N, s. 185-195. ISSN: 1387-1811.
FROLICH, K. - KOUDELKOVÁ, E. - FRÝDOVÁ, E. - BULÁNEK, R. The quantity of Cu+ ions forming isolated and bridged carbonyl complexes in FER zeolites determined by IR spectroscopy Vibrational Spectroscopy, 2012, vol. 58, no. January, s. 146-152. ISSN: 0924-2031.
BULÁNEK, R. - FROLICH, K. - FRÝDOVÁ, E. - ČIČMANEC, P. Study of adsorption sites heterogeneity in zeolites by means of coupled microcalorimetry with volumetry Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2011, vol. 105, no. 2, s. 443-449. ISSN: 1388-6150.
BULÁNEK, R. - FROLICH, K. - ČIČMANEC, P. - NACHTIGALLOVA, D. - PULIDO, A. - NACHTIGALL, P. Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Heterogeneous Dual Cation Sites in Cu,M-FER Zeolites Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011, vol. 115, no. 27, s. 13312-13321. ISSN: 1932-7447.
ČIČMANEC, P. - BULÁNEK, R. - FROLICH, K. Thermodynamics of CO probe molecule adsorption on Cu-FER-zeolite comparison of TPD, FTIR, and microcalorimetry results Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2011, vol. 105, no. 3, s. 837-844. ISSN: 1388-6150.
BULÁNEK, R. - FROLICH, K. - FRÝDOVÁ, E. - ČIČMANEC, P. Microcalorimetric and FTIR study of the adsorption of carbon dioxide on alkali-metal exchanged FER zeolites Topics in Catalysis, 2010, vol. 53, no. 19-20, s. 1349-1360. ISSN: 1022-5528.
AREÁN, C. - DELGADO, M. - FROLICH, K. - BULÁNEK, R. - PULIDO, A. - BIBILONI, G. - NACHTIGALL, P. Computational and FTIR Spectroscopic Studies on CO Adsorption on the Zeolites Na-ZSM-5 and K-ZSM-5: Evidence of Dual-cation Sites Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008, vol. 112, no. 12, s. 4658-4666. ISSN: 1932-7447.
NACHTIGALL, P. - PULIDO, A. - FROLICH, K. - BULÁNEK, R. Evidence of Heterogeneous Dual Cation Sites in Zeolites by Combined IR and DFT Investigation Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 2008, vol. 174, no. N, s. 1005-1008. ISSN: 0167-2991.
BULÁNEK, R. - FROLICH, K. - AREÁN, C. - NACHTIGALLOVÁ, D. - NACHTIGALL, P. Vibrational Dynamics of Small Molecules Adsorbed on Cation Sites in Zeolite Channel Systems: IR and DFT Investigation Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 2008, vol. 174, no. N, s. 869-872. ISSN: 0167-2991.
FROLICH, K. - BULÁNEK, R. - NACHTIGALL, P. Li+-carbonyl Spectra: Distribution of Cation Sites in FER. In Proceedings of 9th Pannonian International Symposium on Catalysis. Bratislava: Slovenská technická univezita v Bratislave, 2008. s. 62-68 s. ISBN 978-80-227-2923-9.
NACHTIGALL, P. - DELGADO, R. - FROLICH, K. - BULÁNEK, R. - PALOMINO, G. - BAUCA, L. - AREAN, C. Periodic Density Functional and FTIR Spectroscopic Studies on CO Adsorption on the Zeolite Na-FER Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2007, vol. 106, no. 1-3, s. 162-173. ISSN: 1387-1811.
NACHTIGALL, P. - FROLICH, K. - DROBNÁ, H. - BLUDSKÝ, O. - NACHTIGALLOVÁ, D. - BULÁNEK, R. FTIR and Theoretical Study of CO Interactions with Li+ Ions in Micro- and Mesoporous Matrices: Coordination and Localization of Li+ ions Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007, vol. 111, no. N, s. 11353-11362. ISSN: 1932-7447.

Projects

Study of new materials for chemical and pharmaceutical technologies and other applications
01.01.21 - 31.12.21
Programme: Student Grant Competition
Funded by:
Position on the project: Co-Investigator

The relations between activity and structure of Mg-Al/Fe mixed oxides including post-treatment for transesterification and Guerbet reaction
01.01.19 - 31.12.21
Programme: Standard projects
Funded by:
Position on the project: Co-Investigator

Special materials for chemical and pharmaceutical technology and other applications
01.01.19 - 31.12.19
Programme: Student Grant Competition
Funded by:
Position on the project: Co-Investigator

Study of advanced materials for chemical technology and other applications
01.01.18 - 31.12.18
Programme: Student Grant Competition
Funded by:
Position on the project: Co-Investigator

The investigation of the active sites in supported vanadia catalysts for the selective oxidation of ethanol
01.01.15 - 31.12.17
Programme: Standard projects
Funded by:
Position on the project: Co-Investigator

The innovation and modernization of educational practices in physical chemistry at the University of Pardubice
01.03.12 - 28.02.15
Programme: Operational Programme Education for Competitiveness
Funded by:
Position on the project: Co-Investigator

Methodology of Cu-zeolitic systems preparation - the study of copper ions distribution using indirect experimental techniques and probe molecules
01.01.11 - 31.12.13
Programme: Post-graduate (doctorate) grants
Funded by:
Position on the project: Principal Investigator


01.01.11 - 31.12.11
Programme: Student Grant Competition
Funded by:
Position on the project: Co-Investigator


01.01.10 - 31.12.10
Programme: Student Grant Competition
Funded by:
Position on the project: Co-Investigator