Katarina Aleksić

Fields of research

P 400 Physical chemistry

P 401 Electrochemistry

T 150 Material technology

T 151 Optical materials

T 152 Composite materials

Biography and education

Born in 1996, in Užice

• PhD thesis: 2025, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Physical Chemistry
  Title: Investigation of the influence of crystal structure and optical properties of ZnO/RuO₂ composites on photoelectrocatalytic activity for hydrogen and oxygen evolution

• MSc thesis: 2020, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Physical Chemistry
  Title: Electrochemical preparation of Cu/CuO and Zn/ZnO nanoparticles on a carbon substrate

• BSc thesis: 2019, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Physical Chemistry
  Graduation thesis: Electrochemical Capacitors Based on Carbonated Carbons

Research and academic titles

2025 - Research Associate

2023-2025 - Research Assistant

2021 - Junior Research Assistant

She has been employed at the institute since 18 February 2021.

Research areas

Katarina's research is focused on the synthesis and physicochemical characterization of optically active and semiconductor materials.

Keywords: electrochemical properties, photocatalytic properties, semiconductors, perovskite materials, perovskite solar cells

Selected publications

Aleksić K, Janošević Ležaić A, Gavrilov N. Izračunavanje udela pseudo-kapaciteta i dvojnog električnog sloja kod elektrohemijskih kondenzatora na bazi karbonizovanih ugljenika, Tehnika, (2020), 29(2): 135-140.

Aleksić, K. M.; Marković, S. B. Perovskite Solar Cells: Recent Development and Perspectives. Tehnika 2022, 77 (6), 667–679. https://doi.org/10.5937/tehnika2206667A.

Aleksić, K.; Stojković Simatović, I.; Stanković, A.; Veselinović, L.; Stojadinović, S.; Rac, V.; Radmilović, N.; Rajić, V.; Škapin, S. D.; Mančić, L.; Marković, S. Enhancement of ZnO@RuO2 Bifunctional Photo-Electro Catalytic Activity toward Water Splitting. Front. Chem. 2023, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2023.1173910.

Aleksić, K.; Stojković Simatović, I.; Popović, M.; Belošević-Čavor, J. N.; Mančić, L.; Marković, S. Photoelectrocatalytic Activity of ZnO/RuO2 Composites Toward HER and OER Reactions: The Importance of Surface and Bulk Oxygen Vacancies. Processes 2025, 13 (9), 2943. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13092943.