Dr. Abdul Malek

About

Dr. Abdul Malek is a postdoctoral researcher at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. He has a Dual degree (MSc and PhD) in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India.

He has seven years of experience in green energy technology, primarily focusing on (i) Electrochemical, chemical, and photochemical hydrogen production techniques from water, and (ii) high-precision industrial pollutant (e.g. heavy transition metals) sensing and detection.

At KAUST, he currently focuses on (i) a pilot-scale direct integration of PV panels and water electrolyzers for green hydrogen production (kW-scale PEM and AEM water electrolyzers coupled directly to PV panels), and (ii) reactor & electrocatalysts design for freshwater/seawater splitting (OER and HER).

His research work in industrial and engineering chemistry has resulted in two granted patents. His inter-disciplinary research on ‘on-demand green hydrogen production from seawater, and reactor design’ has been covered by 20+ national and international media publishing houses (one link: https://bit.ly/2UezOp3).

He is a published author of an English novel. He secured an All India Rank 41 in CSIR-NET 2014 in Chemical Sciences and an All India Rank 52 in GATE 2015 in Chemistry. He is highly motivated to translate his research into industrially viable products.

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Publications (14)

• Transient‐Promoter‐Stabilized NiFe Oxyhydroxide Enables Durable kW‐Scale Water Splitting Under Fluctuating Power
  Angewandte Chemie 2026 DOI: 10.1002/ange.202520825
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• Dynamically Restructuring NixCryO Electrocatalyst for Stable Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Real Seawater
  Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309854
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• Stabilizing Ruthenium Dioxide with Cation-Anchored Sulfate for Durable Oxygen Evolution in PEMWE
  2023 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4406469
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• Stabilizing ruthenium dioxide with cation-anchored sulfate for durable oxygen evolution in proton-exchange membrane water electrolyzers
  Nature Communications 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43977-7
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• Strategic comparison of membrane-assisted and membrane-less water electrolyzers and their potential application in direct seawater splitting (DSS)
  Green Energy & Environment 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.gee.2022.06.006
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• Hydrogen production from human and cow urine using in situ synthesized aluminium nanoparticles
  Abdul Malek, Anusha Ganta, Govindaraj Divyapriya +2 more
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.06.024
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• Waste-to-wealth approach in water economy: The case of beneficiation of mercury-contaminated water in hydrogen production
  Abdul Malek, Ranga Rao Gangavarapu, Tiju Thomas
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.05.133
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• Synthesis of Stable Al(0) Nanoparticles in Water in the form of Al(0)@Cu and Sequestration of Cu2+(aq) with Simultaneous H2 Production
  Abdul Malek, Edamana Prasad, Tiju Thomas
  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2019 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00340
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• Development of a next-generation fluorescent turn-on sensor to simultaneously detect and detoxify mercury in living samples
  Abdul Malek, Kallol Bera, Shrutidhara Biswas +5 more
  Analytical Chemistry 2019 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05268
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• Method and apparatus for producing hydrogen gas from water (WO2018029706A1)
  WIPO (PCT) 2018
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• Evidence of nano-galvanic couple formation on in-situ formed nano-aluminum amalgam surfaces for passivation-bypassed water splitting
  Abdul Malek, Tiju Thomas, Edamana Prasad
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.04.204
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• Chimie douce hydrogen production from Hg contaminated water, with desirable throughput, and simultaneous Hg-removal
  Abdul Malek, Edamana Prasad, Subrahmanyam Aryasomayajula +1 more
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.05.082
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• Visual and Optical Sensing of Hg2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, and Pb2+in Water and Its Beneficiation via Gettering in Nanoamalgam Form
  Abdul Malek, Tiju Thomas, Edamana Prasad
  ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 2016 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00543
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• Method and apparatus design for hydrogen production from seawater using a green route (Application file no: 201941032341)
  Indian Patent Office
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