Prabhu Azhagapillai

About

Dr. Prabhu Azhagapillai is a researcher in technology development with over 15 years of international experience in adsorbents, catalysis, porous materials, gas processing, and clean energy technologies. He is currently a Research Engineer at ADNOC Technology, where he leads and contributes to projects focused on adsorbents selection, materials blueprinting, hydrogen production, storage, and utilization, as well as carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).
His expertise centers on the design and development of advanced adsorbents, catalysts, and hybrid porous materials to improve the efficiency, performance, and sustainability of energy and decarbonization processes. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, contributed patents, and delivered technical reports on materials innovation for energy transition.
Throughout his career, Dr. Prabhu has collaborated with global academic and industrial partners, bridging fundamental research with large-scale applications in the oil and gas sector and emerging clean energy fields. He is equally committed to mentoring early-career researchers and sharing scientific knowledge to support the global transition toward a low-carbon economy.

Employment

• Abu Dhabi National Oil (United Arab Emirates) Researcher
  2023 - Present
• Khalifa University Research Scientist
  2020 - 2023
• Khalifa University of Science Technology Postdoctoral fellow
  2012 - 2020

Education

• Anna University, Chennai Ph.D
  2006 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (30)

• Photocatalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol over eco-friendly NixCuxFe2O4 without an additional reducing agent in water
  Materials Science for Energy Technologies 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.mset.2023.10.004
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• Tailoring the pore structure of amine-functionalized KCC fibrous nanosilica for efficient CO2 adsorption
  Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2023.110350
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• Synthesis of Mesoporous Carbon Adsorbents Using Biowaste Crude Glycerol as a Carbon Source via a Hard Template Method for Efficient CO2 Capture
  ACS Omega 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01083
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• Carbon dioxide adsorbents from flame-made diesel soot nanoparticles
  Science of The Total Environment 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160140
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• Surface engineered active Co3+ species in alkali doped Co3O4 spinel catalyst with superior O2 activation for efficient CO oxidation
  Surfaces and Interfaces 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2022.102537
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• Role of oxygenated surface functional groups on the reactivity of soot particles: An experimental study
  Combustion and Flame 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112436
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• Fuel oxygenation as a novel method to reduce sooting propensity of fuels: An investigation with gasoline surrogate fuels
  Fuel 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124562
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• Variation in sooting characteristics and cetane number of diesel with the addition of a monoterpene biofuel, α-pinene
  Fuel 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.123082
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• Water Vapor Adsorption Capacity Loss of Molecular Sieves 4A, 5A, and 13X Resulting from Methanol and Heptane Exposure
  ACS Omega 2022 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03370
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• Ultrasonic Synthesis of Al‐SBA‐15 Nanoporous Catalyst for t-Butylation of Ethylbenzene
  Journal of Nanomaterials 2022 DOI: 10.1155/2022/2512223
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