University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

Goran Branković

PhD in Technical Sciences – Chemical Technology

Research Professor

Address: Volgina 15, 11030 Belgrade, Serbia

Telephone: (+381) 11 2085 043

Research area

Electroceramics (Sensors, Varistors, Ferroelectrics, Magnetic Materials, Multiferroics), Materials for Energy Applications (Materials for SOFC, Photovoltaics, Thermoelectrics), Photocatalysis, Nanostructured Materials, Ceramics Synthesis and Processing, Thin/Thick Films Deposition, Biopolymers

Skills

SEM, TEM, AFM, DTA, DSC, TG, dc electrical characterizations, impedance spectroscopy

  • Biography
  • Projects
  • Selected publications

1.Work experience:

  • 2007-present: Research Professor, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • 2009-2020 Head of Materials science department, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research University of Belgrade, Serbia
  • 2014 (Jan. – June) Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States
  • 2011 (May-Sep) Visiting Researcher, Departamento de Fisico-Quimica, Instituto de Quimica, UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
  • 2007 (June-Dec) Postdoctoral position at the Department for Nanostructured Materials, “Jožef Štefan” Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • 2003-2007 Research Associate Professor, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
  • 2002-2003 Postdoctoral position, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos – UFSCar, Sao Carlos, Brasil.
  • 1999-2002 PD. student at Departamento de Fisico-Quimica, Instituto de Quimica, UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brasil.
  • 1997-1999 Teaching Assistant, Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
  • 1992-1997 Research Trainee and Research Assistant, Center for Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Belgrade, Serbia.

2.Education:

  • 2002 D.  in physical chemistry, Instituto de Quimica, UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brasil
  • 1999 Sc.  (Magister of Sciences) in Materials Science, University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia)
  • 1993 Sc. in Physics, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia)

3.Awards and certificates:

  • Award for the exceptional research results, Ministry of Science and Environment Protection, Serbia (2003)

4.Other professional activities

  • 2003 – present: Member of the Scientific Board, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia)
  • 2011 – present: A member of the Organizing and Program Committees for biannual Conference of the Serbian Society for Ceramic Materials
  • 2016 – 2018: Member of the Steering Board of the Serbian Society for Ceramic Materials

Courses taught:

  • “Materials for Electronics” (graduate course), Multidisciplinary Graduate School of University of Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (2006 – 2008)

Memberships:

  • European Ceramic Society (ECERS)
  • Serbian Society for Ceramic Materials

Current: 

  • „Photoreactor based on electrospun nanofibers of samarium-doped titanium dioxide“, participant, Proof of Concept, Innovation Fund, Republic of Serbia, 2020 – 2021.
  • „Nanostructured semiconducting metal-oxides as gas sensors for medical diagnostics by breath analysis”, participant, bilateral cooperation Serbia-Germany, 2020 -2021.
  • “Aluminum brise-soleils with photovoltaic characteristics”, participant, Proof of Concept, Innovation Fund, Republic of Serbia, 2020 – 2021.

Past:

  • “Investigation of materials for plastification of Al-panels to be upgraded toward realization of photovoltaic coating”, Innovation Vouchers, Innovation Fund of Republic of Serbia (RS), 2019
  • “Stability via Doping: Experimental and Theoretical Design of Functional Oxide Ceramics”, bilateral cooperation with Institute “Jožef Stefan”, Slovenia, financed through Serbian-Slovenian bilateral cooperation, (2018-2019)
  • “Zero– to Three-Dimensional Nanostructures for Application in Electronics and Renewable Energy Sources: Synthesis, Characterisation and Processing”, III45007, Project Leader (PI), financed by Ministry of Science of RS, (2011-2019)
  • “Active packaging: Biodegradable coatings/films from agricultural byproducts”, project financed by Innovation Fund of RS, (2018)
  • “Synthesis and photocatalytic properties of nanostructured TiO2-based materials”, bilateral cooperation with University of Zagreb, Croatia, financed through Serbian-Croatian bilateral cooperation, (2016-2017)
  • “Magneto-electric behaviour of the transition metal oxides nanostructured multiferroic ceramics”, Project Leader (PI), bilateral cooperation with University of Zagreb, Croatia, financed through Serbian-Croatian bilateral cooperation, (2016-2017)
  • 0D–3D ZnO Nanostructures for Applications in Optics, Electronics and Energetics”, bilateral cooperation with University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, financed through Serbian-Slovenian bilateral cooperation (2016-2017)
  • “Perovskite-type transition metal oxides with multiferroic properties”, bilateral cooperation with University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, financed through Serbian-Slovenian bilateral cooperation, (2012-2013)
  • “Minerals as Precursors for Modern Technologies”, bilateral cooperation with University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, financed through Serbian-Slovenian bilateral cooperation, (2012-2013)
  • “Advanced Metal Oxide Electroceramics and Thin Films”, ОN142040, Project Leader (PI), financed by Ministry of Science of RS, 2005-2010
  • “ZnO-Nanostructures for Novel Applications”, bilateral cooperation with Institute “Jožef Stefan”, Slovenia, financed through Serbian-Slovenian bilateral cooperation, (2008-2009).
  • “Development of the Varistors with Reduced Chemical Composition and Improved Microstructural and Electrical Properties”, Project Leader (PI), bilateral cooperation with Institute “Jožef Stefan”, Slovenia, financed through Serbian-Slovenian bilateral cooperation, (2005-2006)
  1. Vukašinović, J., Počuča-Nešić, M., Golić, D.L., Ribić, V., Branković, Z., Savić, S.M., Dapčević, A., Bernik, S., Podlogar, M., Kocen, M., Rapljenović, Ž., Ivek, T., Lazović, V., Dojčinović, B., Branković, G.,The structural, electrical and optical properties of spark plasma sintered BaSn1-xSbxO3 ceramics, Journal of the European Ceramic Society,40(15) (2020),pp.5566-5575.
  2. Ribic Vesna, Recnik Aleksander, Komelj Matej, Kokalj Anton, Brankovic Zorica, Zlatovic Mario, Brankovic Goran, “New inversion boundary structure in Sb-doped ZnO predicted by DFT calculations and confirmed by experimental HRTEM”, Acta Materialia 199, 633-648 (2020).
  3. Jovanovic Jelena, Krnjajic Slobodan, Cirkovic Jovana, Radojkovic Aleksandar, Popovic Tatjana, Brankovic Goran, Brankovic Zorica, “Effect of encapsulated lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus L.) essential oil against potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella” Crop Protection, 132, 105109 (2020).
  4. Danijela Luković Golić, Aleksandar Radojković,AleksandraDapčević, DamirPajić, Jure Dragović, Filip Torić, Jovana Ćirković, Goran Branković, Zorica Branković, “Change in structural, ferroelectric, and magnetic properties of bismuth ferrite induced by doping with gadolinium”, Ceramics International, 45, 19158-19165 (2019).
  5. Simovic B., Dapcevic A., Zdravkovic J., Tasic N., Kovac S., Krstic J., Brankovic G., From titania to titanates: Phase and morphological transition in less alkaline medium under mild conditions, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 781, (2019) pp. 810-819.
  6. Radojković A., Žunić M., Savić S.M., Perać S., Lukovic Golić D., Branković Z., Branković G., Co-doping as a strategy for tailoring the electrolyte properties of BaCe 0.9 Y 0.1 O 3–δ, Ceramics International, 45 (7), (2019) pp. 8279-8285.
  7. Radojkovic A. M., Lukovic Golic D. T., Cirkovic J., Marinkovic Stanojevic Z. V., Pajic D., Toric F., Dapcevic A., Vulic P. J., Brankovic Z., Brankovic G. O., Tuning of BiFeO3 multiferroic properties by light doping with Nb, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, 44, (2018) pp. 16739-16744.
  8. Golić, D.L., Radojković, A., Ćirković, J., Dapčević, A., Pajić, D., Tasić, N., Savić, S.M., Počuča-Nešić, M., Marković, S., Branković, G., Stanojević, Z.M., Branković, Z. “Structural, ferroelectric and magnetic properties of BiFeO3 synthesized by sonochemically assisted hydrothermal and hydro-evaporation chemical methods”, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 36 (7), (2016) 1623-1631.
  9. Tasić, N., Marinković Stanojević, Z., Branković, Z., Lačnjevac, U., Ribić, V., Žunić, M., Novaković, T., Podlogar, M., Branković, G. “Mesoporous films prepared from synthesized TiO2 nanoparticles and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)”, Electrochimica Acta, 210, 606-614 (2016).
  10. Lukovic-Golic D., Brankovic G., Pocuca-Nesic M., Vojisavljevic K., Recnik A., Daneu N., Bernik S., Scepanovic M., Poleti D., Brankovic Z. „Structural characterization of self-assembled ZnO nanoparticles obtained by the sol-gel method from Zn(CH3COO)22H2O“, Nanotechnology 22: 395603 (9pp) (2011).