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CARGEN™ Technology available for Licensing by Qatar Foundation
UPDATE: The novel CARGEN™ technology developed by our research group is available for licensing from the Qatar Foundation. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.carefuel-lab.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/QT-2017-017_QF-0062-LST_EnhancedCO2-Final-Version.pdf"...
3rd Natural Gas Utilization Workshop 2021 Wraps up!
The workshop brought together leaders in downstream natural gas conversion across the industry, academia, and government to discuss various perspectives on hurdles to technology implementation. This global workshop highlighted advancement in natural gas processing...
Paper published in ChemCatChem on unexpected deactivation phenomenon in ALD coated reforming catalyst
Our group recently published a research article titled "Catalyst Deactivation by Carbon Deposition: The Remarkable Case of Nickel Confined by Atomic Layer Deposition" in ChemCatChem (Wiley. The observations arose from a project focused on synthesizing new catalysts...
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