Latest group news
Prof. Elbashir delivers Al-Maerifa series lecture on “Industry-Academia Collaboration in Advancing Qatar’s Gas Processing Research”
[Video of the lecture linked below] The Al Maerifa (translated 'knowledge') Public Seminar Series hosts scholars who present community seminars to promote knowledge on topics central to Qatar’s pursuit of a knowledge-based economy. These seminars are centered around...
The Elbashir team awarded “Distinguished Inventor of the Year 2020” at Qatar Foundation Research and Innovation Showcase! Whoop!
Yesterday at the QF's Virtual Awards Ceremony and Innovation Showcase, our team received the prestigious "Distinguished Inventor of the Year 2020" ! Description of the award states: "The Distinguished Inventor of the Year Award goes to the most prolific inventor of...
Paper on effect of cation–anion pairs on CO2 reduction on bismuth electrocatalysts published in Applied Surface Science!
Our team has published an article titled "Theoretical insight into effect of cation–anion pairs on CO2reduction on bismuth electrocatalysts" Applied Surface Science. Read it here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169433220322169
Congratulations to our newest batch of graduating students!
Congratulations to our outgoing team members Aya Absrafa (MS), Nosaiba Mohammad (MS), and Shaik Afzal (Ph.D.) for successfully defending their thesis last semester and graduating with flying colors. You make us proud! Wish you all the best in every future endeavor!
Article on Density Functional Theory mechanism of DRM on Ni-Cu bimetallic catalyst published!
Our group recently published an article titled, : Mechanistic Insights for Dry Reforming of Methane on Cu/Ni Bimetallic Catalysts: DFT-Assisted Microkinetic Analysis for Coke Resistance: in the journal MDPI catalysts. This work is part of lead author Ahmed Omran's MS...
Shaik Afzal joins UCLA (Dr. Dante Dante Simonetti’s group) as a postdoctoral researcher. Congratulations!
After successfully defending this doctoral thesis with flying colors, our very own Dr. Shaik Afzal has now joined the prestigious UCLA Chemical and Biomolecular department as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Dante Simonetti.
Article on controlling Nickel dispersion with ALD coating published in Intl. J. Hydrogen Energy!
Our group published an article in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy titled "Controlling the rate of change of Ni dispersion in commercial catalyst by ALD overcoat during dry reforming of methane." Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.03.008
Article on bi-metallic Nickel Copper catalyst for Methane CO2 reforming published in Applied Catalysis A journal!
Our group published a new paper on an experimental and computational chemistry investigation into the effect of Cu addition on the performance of a Nickel DRM catalyst. Check out the paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2020.117699. Open Access funding provided by...
Catalysis Today: ‘Prof. Dragomir Bukur’ Special issue, edited by prof. Elbashir is published!
Elsevier has published a special issue of Catalysis Today, in honor of Prof. Dragomir Bukur, a globally renowned expert in Fischer-Tropsch (Gas-To-Liquids, GTL) catalysis. The issue is part of the 2018 Bukur Symposium held in Qatar. Prof. Nimir Elbashir (Texas A&M...