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Yakubu Adekunle Alli

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Adekunle Ajasin University

Research areas: Energy · Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment · Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques · Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal · Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

ORCID iD 0000-0001-8109-7569
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Dr. Yakubu Adekunle Alli is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. At Cambridge, under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Wheatley, he works on stabilizing S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts for CO₂ valorisation, while at Nelson Mandela University, under Associate Prof. Adeniyi Sunday Ogunlaja, he focuses on developing SnO₂@ZnIn₂S₄ step-scheme photocatalysts for efficient CO₂ conversion and sustainable ammonia production.
He obtained his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry/Nanotechnology with distinction (2021) and MSc in Inorganic Chemistry (2017) from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, with advanced nanoscience and nanotechnology training at the International and Inter-University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. His research expertise encompasses functional nanomaterials, semiconductor heterojunctions, metal nanoparticles, metal–organic frameworks, and polymer nanocomposites for photocatalysis, carbon capture and utilization, renewable energy, energy storage, environmental remediation, biosensing, and biomedical applications.
Dr. Alli has held prestigious international research positions, including Postdoctoral Fellowships at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Toulouse, France, under Prof. Karine Philippot, and the International Islamic University Malaysia, where he contributed to CO₂ conversion technologies and machine learning-assisted smart 4D printing. He is also a Senior Lecturer at Ahman Pategi University, Nigeria, with extensive teaching experience in chemistry and related disciplines.
As an emerging global researcher, Dr. Alli has published extensively in high-impact international journals, with a current h-index of 23 and i10-index of 38. He has received numerous competitive awards and fellowships, including the African–Cambridge University Alborada Research Grant (£20,000), Association of Commonwealth Universities Early Career Conference Grant, National Research Foundation South Africa funding, Nelson Mandela Postdoctoral Fellowship, Coimbra Group Scholarship, AOARD-sponsored Postdoctoral Fellowship, and other international research awards.
He has demonstrated academic leadership through postgraduate supervision, editorial board memberships, peer-review activities for leading journals including Nature Communications, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of CO₂ Utilization, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and ACS Applied Nano Materials. He has delivered invited lectures and presented his research at major international conferences across Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America.
Dr. Alli is a member of several professional organizations, including the Royal Society of Chemistry, Association of Commonwealth Universities, African Materials Research Society, Nigerian Young Academy, Chemical Society of Nigeria, and International Younger Chemists Network. His research contributes to the development of sustainable nanotechnology solutions for carbon neutrality, renewable energy conversion, and next-generation catalytic systems.

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