Mohamed Barakat Zakaria
Also known as: Mohamed B. Zakaria, Mohamed Barakat Zakaria, Mohamed Barakat Hegazy, Mohamed Barakat Zakaria Mohamed, Mohamed Barakat Zakaria Hegazy
Tanta University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Waseda University, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Ruhr University Bochum
Research areas: Energy · Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment · Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion · Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications · Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
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About
Mohamed Barakat Zakaria, an associate professor of physical chemistry at Tanta University, earned his PhD in engineering from Waseda University in Japan in 2016 under the supervision of Professor Yusuke Yamauchi. He then did his postdoctoral research at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan; the University of Queensland, Australia; Ruhr University of Bochum (RUB), Germany; and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), USA. Mohamed is a recipient of many prestigious awards, such as the JSPS Fellowship-16F16371/Japan (2016), the postdoctoral exchange program-2019M652339/China (2018), the IAAM Young Scientist Prestigious Medal/Stockholm (2018), the Humboldt Research Fellowship-1211515/Germany (2020), and the Irish Postdoctoral Fellowship Award/Ireland (GOIPD/2020/283). His research mainly focuses on functional heterogeneous catalysis, porous materials, and semiconductor film engineering and chemistry for water electrolysis, ORR, CO₂RR, N₂RR, and capacitors. Additionally, he is interested in the rational design of 2D (Hofmann-type) and 3D porous coordination polymers (PCPs/MOFs) in nanoscale precursors for nanostructured functional inorganic materials for electrocatalysis.
Employment
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Illinois Institute of Technology Senior Research Associate2024 - 2025
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Tanta University Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry2022 - Present
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Ruhr University Bochum Humboldt Research Fellow2020 - 2023
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University of Queensland Visiting academic2018 - 2020
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Faculty of Science, Tanta University Lecturer of Physical Chemistry2016 - 2022
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National Institute for Materials Science JSPS Fellow2016 - 2018
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Faculty of Science, Tanta University Assistant Lecturer2011 - 2016
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Faculty of Science, Tanta University Demonstrator2008 - 2011
Education
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Waseda Daigaku PhD in Engineering2012 - 2016
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Faculty of Science, Tanta University M.SC in Physical Chemistry2009 - 2011
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Faculty of Science, Tanta University Graduate studies2007 - 2009
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Faculty of Science, Tanta University B.SC in Chemistry2003 - 2007
Projects & Funding
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Non-aqueous Solutions-driven Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction Reaction for Green Ammonia Production Alexander von Humboldt Foundation2023 - 2024
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material doping and their electrochemical OER, ORR and HER properties Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung2020 - 2022
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Developing Novel 2D and 3D Defect-Free Cyano-Bridged Coordination Polymers-based Carbon/MXene Materials for Next-Generation Sodium-Ion Batteries and Electrochemical Applications Irish Research Council2020 - Present
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Developing Efficient Cathodes for Next Generation of Sodium-ion Batteries Using Defect-Free Prussian Blue and its Analogues China Postdoctoral Science Foundation2018 - 2020
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New functional materials design by mesoporous materials and its application to nano device Japan Society for the Promotion of Science2016 - 2018
Publications (85)
- Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheet-Wrapped Heterotrimetallic Sulfide Nanoparticles for Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Save
- Anomalous HER and OER through creating selective metal centers in heterometallic MOF-74 for large-scale alkaline water electrolysis Save
- Modulating carbon quantum dots using multi-heteroatom doping as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions in alkaline electrolytes Save
- Enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen generation on TiO2 using thermally derived nickel-based cocatalysts from Hofmann-type cyanide coordination polymer flakes Save
- FeNi2S4-A Potent Bifunctional Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Overall Electrochemical Water Splitting in Alkaline Electrolyte Save
- Giant piezoresponse in nanoporous (Ba,Ca)(Ti,Zr)O3 thin film Save
- Hofmann-Type Cyanide Bridged Coordination Polymers for Advanced Functional Nanomaterials Save
- Interconnected CoNi-Se Hollow Flakes through Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets as a Cathode Material for Hybrid Supercapacitors Save
- Layered construction of integrated sulfur-bridged CoNi-S/rGO architecture for enhanced electrochemical energy storage Save
- Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets decorated with Au, Pd and Au-Pd bimetallic nanoparticles as highly efficient catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen generation Save
- Silicon Atom Doping in Heterotrimetallic Sulfides for Non-noble Metal Alkaline Water Electrolysis Save
- Silicon atom doping in heterotrimetallic sulfides for non-noble metal alkaline water electrolysis Save
- Synergistic nanostructuring of CoNi-carbide/reduced graphene oxide derived from porous coordination polymers for high-performance hybrid supercapacitors Save
- The Non-Innocent Role of Cobalt in Manipulating the Magnetic and Electric Properties of Mesoporous Silica Thin Films Save
- The non-innocent role of cobalt in manipulating the magnetic and electric properties of mesoporous silica thin films Save
- Two-dimensional nickel cyano-bridged coordination polymer thermally derived potent electrocatalysts for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction Save
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- Boosting the overall electrochemical water splitting performance of pentlandites through non-metallic heteroatom incorporation Save
- Fabrication and Characterization of Prussian Blue-Derived Iron Carbide-Iron Oxide Hybrid on Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Save
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