Francois Aguey-Zinsou is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, where he leads the MERLin (Materials Energy Research Laboratory in nanoscale) group– School of Chemistry and with 20 years experience, he is one of the leading experts in hydrogen technologies,advising many key stakeholders.

Research interests

His group has been working for many years on the properties of light metals for hydrogen storage application. He is also developing novel technologies for enabling novel fuel cells and electrolyser architectures and advanced catalysts for hydrogen combustion.

His broad expertise is also applied toward the use of hydride materials for a range of applications including Fuel cells, Batteries, Smart windows and Catalysis for the conversion of small molecules such as carbon dioxide into synthetic fuels.

Teaching and supervision

His group is made of national and international researchers including Honours, PhD and Postdocs as well as researchers from international exchanges and visiting fellow form international collaborating labs.

Current projects

Our research group is focusing on enabling the use of hydrogen as a clean energy vector in our daily life and across society.

Associations

Director of the Australian Association for Hydrogen Energy

Vice-President of the Australian French Association for Research and Innovation

Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, RACI

Member of the American Chemical Society

Member of The Royal Society of Chemistry

Awards and honours

2021 NSW Science & Research Breakfast Seminar

2018 Australia’s Most Innovative Engineers

2017 Make the Planet Great Again-Among the outstanding 60 selected (out of > 1500 international applicants)

2017 Finalist Australian Museum Eureka Prizes- Excellence in research innovation

2015 Finalist Australian Museum Eureka Prizes- Excellence in research innovation

2014 ICheme ChemEng365 award

2014 UNSW Blue Skies Research Award

2013 UNSW Innovation Award Finalist

2012 UNSW Research Excellence Award

2010 Australia Singapore Emerging Research Leader Exchange Award

Current research students

Project title	Research student
High power density fuel cells	Srivarshini RUKMANI KRISHNAN
Bi-functional catalyst synthesis and water management system in unitised regenerative fuel cells (URFCs)	Asim SHAHZAD
Techno-economic modelling and assessment of hydrogen energy systems to achieve viability for various stationary applications.	Joe TUPE

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Journals

Sapkota, P., Brockbank, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2024). 3D Printing to Enable Self-Breathing Fuel Cells. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 11(1), 68-77. [More Information]
Jason J, I., Pal, Y., Lee, H., Kaewmaraya, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Hussain, T., Panigrahi, P. (2024). Enhanced hydrogen storage properties of light metals dispersed boron hydride monolayer. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 92, 1389-1400. [More Information]
Luo, X., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2024). Evidence of Superionic Na+ Conductivity in Partially Hydrolyzed NaBH4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. [More Information]
Salman, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2024). Nickel Decoration Promotes Pure Hydrogen Release from Sodium Zinc Borohydride. Energy Technology. [More Information]
Salman, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2024). Reversible Hydrogen Storage in Solid-State Reaction Derived Core-Shell NaBH4@Ni Nanocubes. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 5(3). [More Information]
Salman, M., Zubair, M., Yang, Y., Bedford, N., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2023). Doping and Structure-Promoted Destabilization of NaBH4 Nanocubes for Hydrogen Storage. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(6), 4178-4189. [More Information]
Balcerzak, M., Felderhoff, M., Ponsoni, J., Petersen, H., Menendez Muniz, C., Ternieden, J., Zhang, L., Winkelmann, F., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Hirscher, M. (2023). Hydrogen-Stabilized ScYNdGd Medium-Entropy Alloy for Hydrogen Storage. Journal of the American Chemical Society. [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2023). Iron and tin phosphide as polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell cathode catalysts. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(1), 257-267. [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Lim, S., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2023). Platinum-tin as a superior catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. RSC Sustainability, 1(2), 368-377. [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Lim, S., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2023). Tin-nitrogen/carbon for superior oxygen reduction reaction at fuel cell cathode. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(33), 12433-12443. [More Information]
Pratthana, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2023). Tuning the hydrogen thermodynamics of NaAlH4 by encapsulation within a titanium shell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(75), 29240-29255. [More Information]
Kaewmaraya, T., Thatsami, N., Tangpakonsab, P., Kinkla, R., Kotmool, K., Menendez Muniz, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Hussain, T. (2023). Ultrahigh hydrogen storage using metal-decorated defected biphenylene. Applied Surface Science, 629. [More Information]
Salman, M., Pratthana, C., Lai, Q., Wang, T., Rambhujun, N., Srivastava, K., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Catalysis in Solid Hydrogen Storage: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives. Energy Technology, 10(9). [More Information]
Luo, X., Rawal, A., Salman, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Core–Shell NaBH4@Na2B12H12 Nanoparticles as Fast Ionic Conductors for Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(1), 373-379. [More Information]
Salman, M., Yang, Y., Zubair, M., Bedford, N., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Core–shell NaBH4@Ni Nanoarchitectures: A Platform for Tunable Hydrogen Storage. ChemSusChem, 15(17). [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Brockbank, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Development of self-breathing polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stack with cylindrical cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(56), 23833-23844. [More Information]
Modi, P., Liu, W., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Effect of chromium addition on the reactivation of the titanium-iron-manganese (TiFe0.85Mn0.15) alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 891, 161943. [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Boyer, C., Lim, S., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). High performing platinum—copper catalyst for self—breathing polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. Research on Chemical Intermediates, 48(7), 3019-3037. [More Information]
Pratthana, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). LiAlH4Nanoparticles Encapsulated within Metallic Titanium Shells for Enhanced Hydrogen Storage. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(11), 16413-16422. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Zhang, X., Chen, W., Ye, J., Ju, S., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Xia, G., Sun, D., Yu, X. (2022). Light-Driven Reversible Hydrogen Storage in Light-Weight Metal Hydrides Enabled by Photothermal Effect. Small, 18(35). [More Information]
Saputera, W., Tan, T., Lovell, E., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Friedmann, D., Amal, R., Scott, J. (2022). Modulating catalytic oxygen activation over Pt-TiO2/SiO2 catalysts by defect engineering of a TiO2/SiO2 support. Catalysis Science and Technology, 12(4), 1049-1059. [More Information]
Pratthana, C., Yang, Y., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Nanoconfinement of lithium alanate for hydrogen storage. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 926. [More Information]
Pratthana, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Solvation and Stabilization of Superior Alanate Nanostructures. Energy Technology, 10(12). [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Lim, S., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Superior Performance of an Iron-Platinum/Vulcan Carbon Fuel Cell Catalyst. Catalysts, 12(11). [More Information]
Pratthana, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Surfactant Induced Synthesis of LiAlH4 and NaAlH4 Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Storage. Applied Sciences, 12(9). [More Information]
Woods, P., Bustamante, H., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). The hydrogen economy - Where is the water? Energy Nexus, 7. [More Information]
Salman, M., Lai, Q., Luo, X., Pratthana, C., Rambhujun, N., Costalin, M., Wang, T., Sapkota, P., Liu, W., Grahame, A., Tupe, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). The power of multifunctional metal hydrides: A key enabler beyond hydrogen storage. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 920. [More Information]
Shen, C., Xu, H., Liu, L., Hu, H., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Wang, L. (2021). A one-step dynamic hydrothermal method for the synthesis of orthorhombic LiMnO2/CNTs nanocomposites networks for Li-ion batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 859, 157834. [More Information]
Salman, M., Rambhujun, N., Pratthana, C., Srivastava, K., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Catalysis in Liquid Organic Hydrogen Storage: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. [More Information]
Xie, B., Kumar, P., Tan, T., Esmailpour, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Scott, J., Amal, R. (2021). Doping-Mediated Metal-Support Interaction Promotion toward Light-Assisted Methanol Production over Cu/ZnO/Al2O3. ACS Catalysis, 11(9), 5818-5828. [More Information]
Tran, V., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Encapsulation of silicotungstic acid into chromium (III) terephthalate metal-organic framework for high proton conductivity membranes. Research on Chemical Intermediates, 47(1), 61-76. [More Information]
Rambhujun, N., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Halide-free Grignard reagents for the synthesis of superior MgH2 nanostructures. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(56), 28675-28685. [More Information]
Griffond, A., Sofianos, M., Sheppard, D., Humphries, T., Sargent, A., Dornheim, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Buckley, C. (2021). High-temperature thermochemical energy storage using metal hydrides: Destabilisation of calcium hydride with silicon. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 858, 158229. [More Information]
Luo, X., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Investigating the factors affecting the ionic conduction in nanoconfined nabh4. Inorganics, 9(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Pratthana, C., Yang, Y., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Nanoconfinement of Complex Borohydrides for Hydrogen Storage. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(2), 973-978. [More Information]
Modi, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Room Temperature Metal Hydrides for Stationary and Heat Storage Applications: A Review. Frontiers in Energy Research, 9, 616115. [More Information]
Wang, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Synthesis of borohydride nanoparticles at room temperature by precipitation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(47), 24286-24292. [More Information]
Salman, M., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Tunable NaBH4 Nanostructures Revealing Structure-Dependent Hydrogen Release. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2(9). [More Information]
Aguey-Zinsou, K., Wang, T. (2020). "Surfactant-free" sodium borohydride nanoparticles with enhanced hydrogen desorption properties. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(10), 9940-9949. [More Information]
Baharudin, L., Yip, A., Golovko, V., Polson, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Watson, M. (2020). CO oxidation and the inhibition effects of carboxyl-modification and copper clusters on multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 262, 118265. [More Information]
Luo, X., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2020). Correlations between the ionic conductivity and cation size in complex borohydrides. Ionics: international journal of ionics, 26(10), 5287-5291. [More Information]
Sofianos, M., Randall, S., Paskevicius, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Rowles, M., Humphries, T., Buckley, C. (2020). Exploring halide destabilised calcium hydride as a high-temperature thermal battery. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 819, 153340. [More Information]
Luo, X., Rawal, A., Cazorla, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2020). Facile Self-Forming Superionic Conductors Based on Complex Borohydride Surface Oxidation. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 4(3), 1900113. [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Boyer, C., Dutta, R., Cazorla, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2020). Planar polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Powering portable devices from hydrogen. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4(2), 439-468. [More Information]
Bhattacharjee, S., MacIntyre, C., Bahl, P., Kumar, U., Wen, X., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Chughtai, A., Joshi, R. (2020). Reduced Graphene Oxide and Nanoparticles Incorporated Durable Electroconductive Silk Fabrics. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7(20), 2000814. [More Information]
Rambhujun, N., Salman, M., Wang, T., Pratthana, C., Sapkota, P., Costalin, M., Lai, Q., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2020). Renewable hydrogen for the chemical industry. MRS Energy & Sustainability, 7(1). [More Information]
Xie, B., Wong, R., Tan, T., Higham, M., Gibson, E., Decarolis, D., Callison, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Bowker, M., Catlow, C., et al (2020). Synergistic ultraviolet and visible light photo-activation enables intensified low-temperature methanol synthesis over copper/zinc oxide/alumina. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1615. [More Information]
Tan, T., Xie, B., Ng, Y., Abdullah, S., Tang, H., Bedford, N., Taylor, R., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R., Scott, J. (2020). Unlocking the potential of the formate pathway in the photo-assisted Sabatier reaction. Nature Catalysis, 3(12), 1034-1043. [More Information]
Valero-Pedraza, M., Cot, D., Petit, E., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Alauzun, J., Demirci, U. (2019). Ammonia Borane Nanospheres for Hydrogen Storage. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2(2), 1129-1138. [More Information]
Wang, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Controlling the Growth of LiBH4 Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Storage. Energy Technology, 7(6), 1801159. [More Information]
Wang, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Controlling the growth of NaBH4 nanoparticles for hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(3), 2054-2067. [More Information]
Saputera, W., Tahini, H., Lovell, E., Tan, T., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Friedmann, D., Smith, S., Amal, R., Scott, J. (2019). Cooperative defect-enriched SiO2 for oxygen activation and organic dehydrogenation. Journal of Catalysis, 376, 168-179. [More Information]
Wang, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Direct Synthesis of NaBH4 Nanoparticles from NaOCH3 for Hydrogen Storage. Energies, 12(23), 4428. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Sun, Y., Wang, T., Modi, P., Cazorla, C., Demirci, U., Ares, J., Leardini, F., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). How to Design Hydrogen Storage Materials? Fundamentals, Synthesis, and Storage Tanks. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 3(9), 1900043. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Alligier, D., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Demirci, U. (2019). Hydrogen generation from a sodium borohydride-nickel core@shell structure under hydrolytic conditions. Nanoscale Advances, 1(7), 2707-2717. [More Information]
Wang, L., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Hydrogen storage properties of nanoconfined aluminium hydride (AlH3). Chemical Engineering Science, , 64-70. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Yang, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Nanoconfinement of borohydrides in hollow carbon spheres: Melt infiltration versus solvent impregnation for enhanced hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(41), 23225-23238. [More Information]
Ng, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Photocatalytic generation of hydrogen coupled with in-situ hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(53), 28521-28526. [More Information]
Modi, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Titanium-iron-manganese (TiFe0.85Mn0.15) alloy for hydrogen storage: Reactivation upon oxidation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(31), 16757-16764. [More Information]
Ares, J., Nevshupa, R., Munoz-Cortes, E., Sanchez, C., Leardini, F., Ferrer, I., Minh Huy Tran, V., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Fernández, J. (2019). Unconventional Approaches to Hydrogen Sorption Reactions: Non-Thermal and Non-Straightforward Thermally Driven Methods. ChemPhysChem, 20(10), 1248-1260. [More Information]
Wei, R., Yang, H., Scott, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Zhang, D. (2018). 2D versus 3D MFI zeolite: The effect of Si/Al ratio on the accessibility of acid sites and catalytic performance. Materials Today Chemistry, 8, 1-12. [More Information]
Liu, W., Setijadi, E., Crema, L., Bartali, R., Laidani, N., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Speranza, G. (2018). Carbon nanostructures/Mg hybrid materials for hydrogen storage. Diamond and Related Materials, 82, 19-24. [More Information]
Humphries, T., Sheppard, D., Li, G., Rowles, M., Paskevicius, M., Matsuo, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Sofianos, M., Orimo, S., Buckley, C. (2018). Complex hydrides as thermal energy storage materials: characterisation and thermal decomposition of Na2Mg2NiH6. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(19), 9099-9108. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Dual-tuning the thermodynamics and kinetics: Magnesium-naphthalocyanine nanocomposite for low temperature hydrogen cycling. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(10), 5089-5097. [More Information]
Bartali, R., Speranza, G., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Testi, M., Micheli, V., Canteri, R., Fedrizzi, M., Gottardi, G., Coser, G., Crema, L., et al (2018). Efficient hydrogen generation from water using nanocomposite flakes based on graphene and magnesium. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2(11), 2516-2525. [More Information]
Shen, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Electrochemical deposited Mg-PPy multilayered film to store hydrogen. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(49), 22385-22390. [More Information]
Wang, L., Rawal, A., Quadir, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Formation of aluminium hydride (AlH3) via the decomposition of organoaluminium and hydrogen storage properties. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(34), 16749-16757. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Quadir, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). LiBH4 Electronic Destabilization with Nickel(II) Phthalocyanine - Leading to a Reversible Hydrogen Storage System. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(12), 6824-6832. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Light-Activated Hydrogen Storage in Mg, LiH and NaAlH4. ChemPlusChem, 83(10), 904-908. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Ma, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Magnesium Supported on Nickel Nanobelts for Hydrogen Storage: Coupling Nanosizing and Catalysis. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1(3), 1272-1279. [More Information]
Tan, T., Wong, R., Scott, J., Ng, Y., Taylor, R., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2018). Multipronged Validation of Oxalate C-C Bond Cleavage Driven by Au-TiO2 Interfacial Charge Transfer Using Operando DRIFTS. ACS Catalysis, 8(8), 7158-7163. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Demirci, U. (2018). Nanosizing ammonia borane with nickel - An all-solid and all-in-one approach for H2 generation by hydrolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(31), 14498-14506. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Rawal, A., Quadir, M., Cazorla, C., Demirci, U., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Nanosizing Ammonia Borane with Nickel: A Path toward the Direct Hydrogen Release and Uptake of B-N-H Systems. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2(4), 1700122. [More Information]
Zlotea, C., Oumellal, Y., Berru, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). On the feasibility of the bottom-up synthesis of Mg2CoH5 nanoparticles supported on a porous carbon and their hydrogen desorption behaviour. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 16, 144-150. [More Information]
Minati, L., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Micheli, V., Speranza, G. (2018). Palladium nanoparticle functionalized graphene xerogel for catalytic dye reduction. Dalton Transactions, 47(41), 14573-14579. [More Information]
Grahame, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Properties and Applications of Metal (M) dodecahydro-closo-dodecaborates (Mn=1,2B12H12) and Their Implications for Reversible Hydrogen Storage in the Borohydrides. Inorganics, 6(4), 106. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Wang, T., Sun, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Rational Design of Nanosized Light Elements for Hydrogen Storage: Classes, Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties. Advanced Materials Technologies, 3(9), 1700298. [More Information]
Wang, Y., Arandiyan, H., Scott, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2018). Single atom and nanoclustered Pt catalysts for selective CO2 reduction. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(12), 6781-6789. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Milanese, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Stabilization of Nanosized Borohydrides for Hydrogen Storage: Suppressing the Melting with TiCl3Doping. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(2), 421-430. [More Information]
Wei, R., Yang, H., Scott, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Zhang, D. (2018). Synthesis of 2D MFI zeolites in the form of self-interlocked nanosheet stacks with tuneable structural and chemical properties for catalysis. Applied Materials Today, 11, 22-33. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Shen, C., Lai, Q., Liu, W., Wang, D., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Tailoring magnesium based materials for hydrogen storage through synthesis: Current state of the art. Energy Storage Materials, 10, 168-198. [More Information]
Tortoza, M., Humphries, T., Sheppard, D., Paskevicius, M., Rowles, M., Sofianos, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Buckley, C. (2018). Thermodynamics and performance of the Mg-H-F system for thermochemical energy storage applications. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(4), 2274-2283. [More Information]
Shen, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Can ?-MgH2 improve the hydrogen storage properties of magnesium? Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(18), 8644-8652. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Destabilisation of Ca(BH4)2 and Mg(BH4)2via confinement in nanoporous Cu2S hollow spheres. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 1(6), 1308-1319. [More Information]
Wang, P., Iles, G., Mole, R., Yu, D., Wen, X., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Shrestha, S., Conibeer, G. (2017). Hot carrier transfer processes in nonstoichiometric titanium hydride. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 56(8), 08MA10. [More Information]
Wang, L., Rawal, A., Quadir, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Nanoconfined lithium aluminium hydride (LiAlH4) and hydrogen reversibility. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(20), 14144-14153. [More Information]
Shen, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Nanosized magnesium electrochemically deposited on a carbon nanotubes suspension: Synthesis and hydrogen storage. Frontiers in Energy Research, 5(OCT), 27. [More Information]
Tan, T., Scott, J., Ng, Y., Taylor, R., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2017). Plasmon enhanced selective electronic pathways in TiO2 supported atomically ordered bimetallic Au-Cu alloys. Journal of Catalysis, 352, 638-648. [More Information]
Wang, L., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Synthesis of LiAlH4 nanoparticles leading to a single hydrogen release step upon Ti coating. Inorganics, 5(2), 38. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Synthesis of Magnesium Nanofibers by Electroless Reduction and their Hydrogen Interaction Properties. Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 34(4), 1600276. [More Information]
Rivero-Mendoza, D., Stanley, J., Scott, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). An alumina-supported ni-la-based catalyst for producing synthetic natural gas. Catalysts, 6(11), 170. [More Information]
Tan, T., Scott, J., Ng, Y., Taylor, R., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2016). C-C Cleavage by Au/TiO2 during Ethanol Oxidation: Understanding Bandgap Photoexcitation and Plasmonically Mediated Charge Transfer via Quantitative in Situ DRIFTS. ACS Catalysis, 6(12), 8021-8029. [More Information]
Setijadi, E., Li, X., Masters, A., Maschmeyer, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Delaminated MoS2 as a structural and functional modifier for MgH2 - Better hydrogen desorption kinetics through induced worm-like morphologies. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(5), 3551-3560. [More Information]
Wang, L., Quadir, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Direct and reversible hydrogen storage of lithium hydride (LiH) nanoconfined in high surface area graphite. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(40), 18088-18094. [More Information]
Shen, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Electrodeposited magnesium nanoparticles linking particle size to activation energy. Energies, 9(12), 1073. [More Information]
Wang, Y., Arandiyan, H., Scott, J., Akia, M., Dai, H., Deng, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2016). High performance Au-Pd supported on 3D hybrid strontium-substituted lanthanum manganite perovskite catalyst for methane combustion. ACS Catalysis, 6(10), 6935-6947. [More Information]
Liu, W., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Low temperature synthesis of LaNi5 nanoparticles for hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(3), 1679-1687. [More Information]
Callini, E., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Ahuja, R., Ares, J., Bals, S., Biliskov, N., Chakraborty, S., Charalambopoulou, G., Chaudhary, A., Cuevas, F., et al (2016). Nanostructured materials for solid-state hydrogen storage: A review of the achievement of COST Action MP1103. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(32), 14404-14428. [More Information]
Wang, L., Quadir, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Ni coated LiH nanoparticles for reversible hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(15), 6376-6386. [More Information]
Jugder, B., Lebhar, H., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Marquis, C. (2016). Production and purification of a soluble hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 for potential hydrogen fuel cell applications. MethodsX, 3, 242-250. [More Information]
Xu, J., Shanmugam, S., Fu, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Boyer, C. (2016). Selective Photoactivation: From a Single Unit Monomer Insertion Reaction to Controlled Polymer Architectures. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(9), 3094-3106. [More Information]
Liu, W., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Synthesis of highly dispersed nanosized LaNi5 on carbon: Revisiting particle size effects on hydrogen storage properties. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(32), 14429-14436. [More Information]
Tan, T., Scott, J., Ng, Y., Taylor, R., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2016). Understanding Plasmon and Band Gap Photoexcitation Effects on the Thermal-Catalytic Oxidation of Ethanol by TiO2-Supported Gold. ACS Catalysis, 6(3), 1870-1879. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Paskevicius, M., Sheppard, D., Buckley, C., Thornton, A., Hill, M., Gu, Q., Mao, J., Huang, Z., Liu, H., et al (2015). Hydrogen Storage Materials for Mobile and Stationary Applications: Current State of the Art. ChemSusChem, 8(17), 2789-2825. [More Information]
Liu, W., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2015). Hydrogen storage properties of in-situ stabilised magnesium nanoparticles generated by electroless reduction with alkali metals. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40(47), 16948-16960. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Christian, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2014). Nanoconfinement of borohydrides in CuS hollow nanospheres: A new strategy compared to carbon nanotubes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(17), 9339-9349. [More Information]
Liu, W., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2014). Size effects and hydrogen storage properties of Mg nanoparticles synthesised by an electroless reduction method. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(25), 9718-9726. [More Information]
Setijadi, E., Boyer, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2014). Switching the thermodynamics of MgH2nanoparticles through polystyrene stabilisation and oxidation. RSC Advances, 4(75), 39934-39940. [More Information]
Liu, W., Setijadi, E., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2014). Tuning the thermodynamic properties of MgH2 at the nanoscale via a catalyst or destabilizing element coating strategy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(48), 27781-27792. [More Information]
Jugder, B., Welch, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Marquis, C. (2013). Fundamentals and electrochemical applications of [Ni-Fe]-uptake hydrogenases. RSC Advances, 3(22), 8142-8159. [More Information]
Setijadi, E., Boyer, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2013). MgH2 with different morphologies synthesized by thermal hydrogenolysis method for enhanced hydrogen sorption. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(14), 5746-5757. [More Information]
Yao, J., Jia, Z., Zhang, P., Shen, C., Wang, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Ma, C., Wang, L. (2013). Microwave assisted sol-gel synthesis of chlorine doped lithium vanadium phosphate. Ceramics International, 39(2), 2165-2170. [More Information]
Yao, J., Lv, L., Shen, C., Zhang, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Wang, L. (2013). Nano-sized spinel LiMn2O4 powder fabricated via modified dynamic hydrothermal synthesis. Ceramics International, 39(3), 3359-3364. [More Information]
Yao, J., Jia, Z., Zhang, P., Shen, C., Wang, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Wang, L. (2013). Preparation of Si-PPy-Ag composites and their electrochemical performance as anode for lithium-ion batteries. Ionics: international journal of ionics, 19(3), 401-407. [More Information]
Christian, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2013). Synthesis of core–shell NaBH4@M (M = Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, Sn) nanoparticles leading to various morphologies and hydrogen storage properties. Chemical Communications, 49(60), 6794-6796. [More Information]
Yao, J., Zhang, P., Shen, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Wang, L. (2013). Three-dimensional macroporous Sn-Ag thin film anode prepared by electro-less reduction method: Effect of micro-structure. Ionics: international journal of ionics, 19(2), 295-300. [More Information]

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Conferences

Wang, P., Wen, X., Shrestha, S., Conibeer, G., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Metal Hydrides as hot carrier cell absorber materials. Next Generation Technologies for Solar Energy Conversion VII, United States: SPIE. [More Information]

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2024

Sapkota, P., Brockbank, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2024). 3D Printing to Enable Self-Breathing Fuel Cells. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 11(1), 68-77. [More Information]
Jason J, I., Pal, Y., Lee, H., Kaewmaraya, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Hussain, T., Panigrahi, P. (2024). Enhanced hydrogen storage properties of light metals dispersed boron hydride monolayer. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 92, 1389-1400. [More Information]
Luo, X., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2024). Evidence of Superionic Na+ Conductivity in Partially Hydrolyzed NaBH4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. [More Information]
Salman, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2024). Nickel Decoration Promotes Pure Hydrogen Release from Sodium Zinc Borohydride. Energy Technology. [More Information]
Salman, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2024). Reversible Hydrogen Storage in Solid-State Reaction Derived Core-Shell NaBH4@Ni Nanocubes. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 5(3). [More Information]

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2023

Salman, M., Zubair, M., Yang, Y., Bedford, N., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2023). Doping and Structure-Promoted Destabilization of NaBH4 Nanocubes for Hydrogen Storage. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(6), 4178-4189. [More Information]
Balcerzak, M., Felderhoff, M., Ponsoni, J., Petersen, H., Menendez Muniz, C., Ternieden, J., Zhang, L., Winkelmann, F., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Hirscher, M. (2023). Hydrogen-Stabilized ScYNdGd Medium-Entropy Alloy for Hydrogen Storage. Journal of the American Chemical Society. [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2023). Iron and tin phosphide as polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell cathode catalysts. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(1), 257-267. [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Lim, S., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2023). Platinum-tin as a superior catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. RSC Sustainability, 1(2), 368-377. [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Lim, S., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2023). Tin-nitrogen/carbon for superior oxygen reduction reaction at fuel cell cathode. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(33), 12433-12443. [More Information]
Pratthana, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2023). Tuning the hydrogen thermodynamics of NaAlH4 by encapsulation within a titanium shell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(75), 29240-29255. [More Information]
Kaewmaraya, T., Thatsami, N., Tangpakonsab, P., Kinkla, R., Kotmool, K., Menendez Muniz, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Hussain, T. (2023). Ultrahigh hydrogen storage using metal-decorated defected biphenylene. Applied Surface Science, 629. [More Information]

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2022

Salman, M., Pratthana, C., Lai, Q., Wang, T., Rambhujun, N., Srivastava, K., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Catalysis in Solid Hydrogen Storage: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives. Energy Technology, 10(9). [More Information]
Luo, X., Rawal, A., Salman, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Core–Shell NaBH4@Na2B12H12 Nanoparticles as Fast Ionic Conductors for Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(1), 373-379. [More Information]
Salman, M., Yang, Y., Zubair, M., Bedford, N., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Core–shell NaBH4@Ni Nanoarchitectures: A Platform for Tunable Hydrogen Storage. ChemSusChem, 15(17). [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Brockbank, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Development of self-breathing polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stack with cylindrical cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(56), 23833-23844. [More Information]
Modi, P., Liu, W., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Effect of chromium addition on the reactivation of the titanium-iron-manganese (TiFe0.85Mn0.15) alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 891, 161943. [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Boyer, C., Lim, S., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). High performing platinum—copper catalyst for self—breathing polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. Research on Chemical Intermediates, 48(7), 3019-3037. [More Information]
Pratthana, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). LiAlH4Nanoparticles Encapsulated within Metallic Titanium Shells for Enhanced Hydrogen Storage. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(11), 16413-16422. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Zhang, X., Chen, W., Ye, J., Ju, S., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Xia, G., Sun, D., Yu, X. (2022). Light-Driven Reversible Hydrogen Storage in Light-Weight Metal Hydrides Enabled by Photothermal Effect. Small, 18(35). [More Information]
Saputera, W., Tan, T., Lovell, E., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Friedmann, D., Amal, R., Scott, J. (2022). Modulating catalytic oxygen activation over Pt-TiO2/SiO2 catalysts by defect engineering of a TiO2/SiO2 support. Catalysis Science and Technology, 12(4), 1049-1059. [More Information]
Pratthana, C., Yang, Y., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Nanoconfinement of lithium alanate for hydrogen storage. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 926. [More Information]
Pratthana, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Solvation and Stabilization of Superior Alanate Nanostructures. Energy Technology, 10(12). [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Lim, S., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Superior Performance of an Iron-Platinum/Vulcan Carbon Fuel Cell Catalyst. Catalysts, 12(11). [More Information]
Pratthana, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). Surfactant Induced Synthesis of LiAlH4 and NaAlH4 Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Storage. Applied Sciences, 12(9). [More Information]
Woods, P., Bustamante, H., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). The hydrogen economy - Where is the water? Energy Nexus, 7. [More Information]
Salman, M., Lai, Q., Luo, X., Pratthana, C., Rambhujun, N., Costalin, M., Wang, T., Sapkota, P., Liu, W., Grahame, A., Tupe, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2022). The power of multifunctional metal hydrides: A key enabler beyond hydrogen storage. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 920. [More Information]

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2021

Shen, C., Xu, H., Liu, L., Hu, H., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Wang, L. (2021). A one-step dynamic hydrothermal method for the synthesis of orthorhombic LiMnO2/CNTs nanocomposites networks for Li-ion batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 859, 157834. [More Information]
Salman, M., Rambhujun, N., Pratthana, C., Srivastava, K., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Catalysis in Liquid Organic Hydrogen Storage: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. [More Information]
Xie, B., Kumar, P., Tan, T., Esmailpour, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Scott, J., Amal, R. (2021). Doping-Mediated Metal-Support Interaction Promotion toward Light-Assisted Methanol Production over Cu/ZnO/Al2O3. ACS Catalysis, 11(9), 5818-5828. [More Information]
Tran, V., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Encapsulation of silicotungstic acid into chromium (III) terephthalate metal-organic framework for high proton conductivity membranes. Research on Chemical Intermediates, 47(1), 61-76. [More Information]
Rambhujun, N., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Halide-free Grignard reagents for the synthesis of superior MgH2 nanostructures. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(56), 28675-28685. [More Information]
Griffond, A., Sofianos, M., Sheppard, D., Humphries, T., Sargent, A., Dornheim, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Buckley, C. (2021). High-temperature thermochemical energy storage using metal hydrides: Destabilisation of calcium hydride with silicon. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 858, 158229. [More Information]
Luo, X., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Investigating the factors affecting the ionic conduction in nanoconfined nabh4. Inorganics, 9(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Pratthana, C., Yang, Y., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Nanoconfinement of Complex Borohydrides for Hydrogen Storage. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(2), 973-978. [More Information]
Modi, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Room Temperature Metal Hydrides for Stationary and Heat Storage Applications: A Review. Frontiers in Energy Research, 9, 616115. [More Information]
Wang, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Synthesis of borohydride nanoparticles at room temperature by precipitation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(47), 24286-24292. [More Information]
Salman, M., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2021). Tunable NaBH4 Nanostructures Revealing Structure-Dependent Hydrogen Release. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2(9). [More Information]

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2020

Aguey-Zinsou, K., Wang, T. (2020). "Surfactant-free" sodium borohydride nanoparticles with enhanced hydrogen desorption properties. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(10), 9940-9949. [More Information]
Baharudin, L., Yip, A., Golovko, V., Polson, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Watson, M. (2020). CO oxidation and the inhibition effects of carboxyl-modification and copper clusters on multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 262, 118265. [More Information]
Luo, X., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2020). Correlations between the ionic conductivity and cation size in complex borohydrides. Ionics: international journal of ionics, 26(10), 5287-5291. [More Information]
Sofianos, M., Randall, S., Paskevicius, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Rowles, M., Humphries, T., Buckley, C. (2020). Exploring halide destabilised calcium hydride as a high-temperature thermal battery. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 819, 153340. [More Information]
Luo, X., Rawal, A., Cazorla, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2020). Facile Self-Forming Superionic Conductors Based on Complex Borohydride Surface Oxidation. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 4(3), 1900113. [More Information]
Sapkota, P., Boyer, C., Dutta, R., Cazorla, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2020). Planar polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Powering portable devices from hydrogen. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4(2), 439-468. [More Information]
Bhattacharjee, S., MacIntyre, C., Bahl, P., Kumar, U., Wen, X., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Chughtai, A., Joshi, R. (2020). Reduced Graphene Oxide and Nanoparticles Incorporated Durable Electroconductive Silk Fabrics. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7(20), 2000814. [More Information]
Rambhujun, N., Salman, M., Wang, T., Pratthana, C., Sapkota, P., Costalin, M., Lai, Q., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2020). Renewable hydrogen for the chemical industry. MRS Energy & Sustainability, 7(1). [More Information]
Xie, B., Wong, R., Tan, T., Higham, M., Gibson, E., Decarolis, D., Callison, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Bowker, M., Catlow, C., et al (2020). Synergistic ultraviolet and visible light photo-activation enables intensified low-temperature methanol synthesis over copper/zinc oxide/alumina. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1615. [More Information]
Tan, T., Xie, B., Ng, Y., Abdullah, S., Tang, H., Bedford, N., Taylor, R., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R., Scott, J. (2020). Unlocking the potential of the formate pathway in the photo-assisted Sabatier reaction. Nature Catalysis, 3(12), 1034-1043. [More Information]

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2019

Valero-Pedraza, M., Cot, D., Petit, E., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Alauzun, J., Demirci, U. (2019). Ammonia Borane Nanospheres for Hydrogen Storage. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2(2), 1129-1138. [More Information]
Wang, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Controlling the Growth of LiBH4 Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Storage. Energy Technology, 7(6), 1801159. [More Information]
Wang, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Controlling the growth of NaBH4 nanoparticles for hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(3), 2054-2067. [More Information]
Saputera, W., Tahini, H., Lovell, E., Tan, T., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Friedmann, D., Smith, S., Amal, R., Scott, J. (2019). Cooperative defect-enriched SiO2 for oxygen activation and organic dehydrogenation. Journal of Catalysis, 376, 168-179. [More Information]
Wang, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Direct Synthesis of NaBH4 Nanoparticles from NaOCH3 for Hydrogen Storage. Energies, 12(23), 4428. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Sun, Y., Wang, T., Modi, P., Cazorla, C., Demirci, U., Ares, J., Leardini, F., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). How to Design Hydrogen Storage Materials? Fundamentals, Synthesis, and Storage Tanks. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 3(9), 1900043. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Alligier, D., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Demirci, U. (2019). Hydrogen generation from a sodium borohydride-nickel core@shell structure under hydrolytic conditions. Nanoscale Advances, 1(7), 2707-2717. [More Information]
Wang, L., Rawal, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Hydrogen storage properties of nanoconfined aluminium hydride (AlH3). Chemical Engineering Science, , 64-70. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Yang, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Nanoconfinement of borohydrides in hollow carbon spheres: Melt infiltration versus solvent impregnation for enhanced hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(41), 23225-23238. [More Information]
Ng, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Photocatalytic generation of hydrogen coupled with in-situ hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(53), 28521-28526. [More Information]
Modi, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2019). Titanium-iron-manganese (TiFe0.85Mn0.15) alloy for hydrogen storage: Reactivation upon oxidation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(31), 16757-16764. [More Information]
Ares, J., Nevshupa, R., Munoz-Cortes, E., Sanchez, C., Leardini, F., Ferrer, I., Minh Huy Tran, V., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Fernández, J. (2019). Unconventional Approaches to Hydrogen Sorption Reactions: Non-Thermal and Non-Straightforward Thermally Driven Methods. ChemPhysChem, 20(10), 1248-1260. [More Information]

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2018

Wei, R., Yang, H., Scott, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Zhang, D. (2018). 2D versus 3D MFI zeolite: The effect of Si/Al ratio on the accessibility of acid sites and catalytic performance. Materials Today Chemistry, 8, 1-12. [More Information]
Liu, W., Setijadi, E., Crema, L., Bartali, R., Laidani, N., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Speranza, G. (2018). Carbon nanostructures/Mg hybrid materials for hydrogen storage. Diamond and Related Materials, 82, 19-24. [More Information]
Humphries, T., Sheppard, D., Li, G., Rowles, M., Paskevicius, M., Matsuo, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Sofianos, M., Orimo, S., Buckley, C. (2018). Complex hydrides as thermal energy storage materials: characterisation and thermal decomposition of Na2Mg2NiH6. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(19), 9099-9108. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Dual-tuning the thermodynamics and kinetics: Magnesium-naphthalocyanine nanocomposite for low temperature hydrogen cycling. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(10), 5089-5097. [More Information]
Bartali, R., Speranza, G., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Testi, M., Micheli, V., Canteri, R., Fedrizzi, M., Gottardi, G., Coser, G., Crema, L., et al (2018). Efficient hydrogen generation from water using nanocomposite flakes based on graphene and magnesium. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2(11), 2516-2525. [More Information]
Shen, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Electrochemical deposited Mg-PPy multilayered film to store hydrogen. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(49), 22385-22390. [More Information]
Wang, L., Rawal, A., Quadir, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Formation of aluminium hydride (AlH3) via the decomposition of organoaluminium and hydrogen storage properties. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(34), 16749-16757. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Quadir, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). LiBH4 Electronic Destabilization with Nickel(II) Phthalocyanine - Leading to a Reversible Hydrogen Storage System. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(12), 6824-6832. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Light-Activated Hydrogen Storage in Mg, LiH and NaAlH4. ChemPlusChem, 83(10), 904-908. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Ma, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Magnesium Supported on Nickel Nanobelts for Hydrogen Storage: Coupling Nanosizing and Catalysis. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1(3), 1272-1279. [More Information]
Tan, T., Wong, R., Scott, J., Ng, Y., Taylor, R., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2018). Multipronged Validation of Oxalate C-C Bond Cleavage Driven by Au-TiO2 Interfacial Charge Transfer Using Operando DRIFTS. ACS Catalysis, 8(8), 7158-7163. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Demirci, U. (2018). Nanosizing ammonia borane with nickel - An all-solid and all-in-one approach for H2 generation by hydrolysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(31), 14498-14506. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Rawal, A., Quadir, M., Cazorla, C., Demirci, U., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Nanosizing Ammonia Borane with Nickel: A Path toward the Direct Hydrogen Release and Uptake of B-N-H Systems. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2(4), 1700122. [More Information]
Zlotea, C., Oumellal, Y., Berru, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). On the feasibility of the bottom-up synthesis of Mg2CoH5 nanoparticles supported on a porous carbon and their hydrogen desorption behaviour. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 16, 144-150. [More Information]
Minati, L., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Micheli, V., Speranza, G. (2018). Palladium nanoparticle functionalized graphene xerogel for catalytic dye reduction. Dalton Transactions, 47(41), 14573-14579. [More Information]
Grahame, A., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Properties and Applications of Metal (M) dodecahydro-closo-dodecaborates (Mn=1,2B12H12) and Their Implications for Reversible Hydrogen Storage in the Borohydrides. Inorganics, 6(4), 106. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Wang, T., Sun, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Rational Design of Nanosized Light Elements for Hydrogen Storage: Classes, Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties. Advanced Materials Technologies, 3(9), 1700298. [More Information]
Wang, Y., Arandiyan, H., Scott, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2018). Single atom and nanoclustered Pt catalysts for selective CO2 reduction. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(12), 6781-6789. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Milanese, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Stabilization of Nanosized Borohydrides for Hydrogen Storage: Suppressing the Melting with TiCl3Doping. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(2), 421-430. [More Information]
Wei, R., Yang, H., Scott, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Zhang, D. (2018). Synthesis of 2D MFI zeolites in the form of self-interlocked nanosheet stacks with tuneable structural and chemical properties for catalysis. Applied Materials Today, 11, 22-33. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Shen, C., Lai, Q., Liu, W., Wang, D., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2018). Tailoring magnesium based materials for hydrogen storage through synthesis: Current state of the art. Energy Storage Materials, 10, 168-198. [More Information]
Tortoza, M., Humphries, T., Sheppard, D., Paskevicius, M., Rowles, M., Sofianos, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Buckley, C. (2018). Thermodynamics and performance of the Mg-H-F system for thermochemical energy storage applications. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(4), 2274-2283. [More Information]

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2017

Shen, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Can ?-MgH2 improve the hydrogen storage properties of magnesium? Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(18), 8644-8652. [More Information]
Lai, Q., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Destabilisation of Ca(BH4)2 and Mg(BH4)2via confinement in nanoporous Cu2S hollow spheres. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 1(6), 1308-1319. [More Information]
Wang, P., Iles, G., Mole, R., Yu, D., Wen, X., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Shrestha, S., Conibeer, G. (2017). Hot carrier transfer processes in nonstoichiometric titanium hydride. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 56(8), 08MA10. [More Information]
Wang, L., Rawal, A., Quadir, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Nanoconfined lithium aluminium hydride (LiAlH4) and hydrogen reversibility. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(20), 14144-14153. [More Information]
Shen, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Nanosized magnesium electrochemically deposited on a carbon nanotubes suspension: Synthesis and hydrogen storage. Frontiers in Energy Research, 5(OCT), 27. [More Information]
Tan, T., Scott, J., Ng, Y., Taylor, R., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2017). Plasmon enhanced selective electronic pathways in TiO2 supported atomically ordered bimetallic Au-Cu alloys. Journal of Catalysis, 352, 638-648. [More Information]
Wang, L., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Synthesis of LiAlH4 nanoparticles leading to a single hydrogen release step upon Ti coating. Inorganics, 5(2), 38. [More Information]
Sun, Y., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2017). Synthesis of Magnesium Nanofibers by Electroless Reduction and their Hydrogen Interaction Properties. Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 34(4), 1600276. [More Information]

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2016

Rivero-Mendoza, D., Stanley, J., Scott, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). An alumina-supported ni-la-based catalyst for producing synthetic natural gas. Catalysts, 6(11), 170. [More Information]
Tan, T., Scott, J., Ng, Y., Taylor, R., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2016). C-C Cleavage by Au/TiO2 during Ethanol Oxidation: Understanding Bandgap Photoexcitation and Plasmonically Mediated Charge Transfer via Quantitative in Situ DRIFTS. ACS Catalysis, 6(12), 8021-8029. [More Information]
Setijadi, E., Li, X., Masters, A., Maschmeyer, T., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Delaminated MoS2 as a structural and functional modifier for MgH2 - Better hydrogen desorption kinetics through induced worm-like morphologies. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(5), 3551-3560. [More Information]
Wang, L., Quadir, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Direct and reversible hydrogen storage of lithium hydride (LiH) nanoconfined in high surface area graphite. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(40), 18088-18094. [More Information]
Shen, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Electrodeposited magnesium nanoparticles linking particle size to activation energy. Energies, 9(12), 1073. [More Information]
Wang, Y., Arandiyan, H., Scott, J., Akia, M., Dai, H., Deng, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2016). High performance Au-Pd supported on 3D hybrid strontium-substituted lanthanum manganite perovskite catalyst for methane combustion. ACS Catalysis, 6(10), 6935-6947. [More Information]
Liu, W., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Low temperature synthesis of LaNi5 nanoparticles for hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(3), 1679-1687. [More Information]
Wang, P., Wen, X., Shrestha, S., Conibeer, G., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Metal Hydrides as hot carrier cell absorber materials. Next Generation Technologies for Solar Energy Conversion VII, United States: SPIE. [More Information]
Callini, E., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Ahuja, R., Ares, J., Bals, S., Biliskov, N., Chakraborty, S., Charalambopoulou, G., Chaudhary, A., Cuevas, F., et al (2016). Nanostructured materials for solid-state hydrogen storage: A review of the achievement of COST Action MP1103. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(32), 14404-14428. [More Information]
Wang, L., Quadir, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Ni coated LiH nanoparticles for reversible hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(15), 6376-6386. [More Information]
Jugder, B., Lebhar, H., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Marquis, C. (2016). Production and purification of a soluble hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 for potential hydrogen fuel cell applications. MethodsX, 3, 242-250. [More Information]
Xu, J., Shanmugam, S., Fu, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Boyer, C. (2016). Selective Photoactivation: From a Single Unit Monomer Insertion Reaction to Controlled Polymer Architectures. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(9), 3094-3106. [More Information]
Liu, W., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2016). Synthesis of highly dispersed nanosized LaNi5 on carbon: Revisiting particle size effects on hydrogen storage properties. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(32), 14429-14436. [More Information]
Tan, T., Scott, J., Ng, Y., Taylor, R., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Amal, R. (2016). Understanding Plasmon and Band Gap Photoexcitation Effects on the Thermal-Catalytic Oxidation of Ethanol by TiO2-Supported Gold. ACS Catalysis, 6(3), 1870-1879. [More Information]

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2015

Lai, Q., Paskevicius, M., Sheppard, D., Buckley, C., Thornton, A., Hill, M., Gu, Q., Mao, J., Huang, Z., Liu, H., et al (2015). Hydrogen Storage Materials for Mobile and Stationary Applications: Current State of the Art. ChemSusChem, 8(17), 2789-2825. [More Information]
Liu, W., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2015). Hydrogen storage properties of in-situ stabilised magnesium nanoparticles generated by electroless reduction with alkali metals. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40(47), 16948-16960. [More Information]

2014

Lai, Q., Christian, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2014). Nanoconfinement of borohydrides in CuS hollow nanospheres: A new strategy compared to carbon nanotubes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(17), 9339-9349. [More Information]
Liu, W., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2014). Size effects and hydrogen storage properties of Mg nanoparticles synthesised by an electroless reduction method. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(25), 9718-9726. [More Information]
Setijadi, E., Boyer, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2014). Switching the thermodynamics of MgH2nanoparticles through polystyrene stabilisation and oxidation. RSC Advances, 4(75), 39934-39940. [More Information]
Liu, W., Setijadi, E., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2014). Tuning the thermodynamic properties of MgH2 at the nanoscale via a catalyst or destabilizing element coating strategy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(48), 27781-27792. [More Information]

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2013

Jugder, B., Welch, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Marquis, C. (2013). Fundamentals and electrochemical applications of [Ni-Fe]-uptake hydrogenases. RSC Advances, 3(22), 8142-8159. [More Information]
Setijadi, E., Boyer, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2013). MgH2 with different morphologies synthesized by thermal hydrogenolysis method for enhanced hydrogen sorption. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(14), 5746-5757. [More Information]
Yao, J., Jia, Z., Zhang, P., Shen, C., Wang, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Ma, C., Wang, L. (2013). Microwave assisted sol-gel synthesis of chlorine doped lithium vanadium phosphate. Ceramics International, 39(2), 2165-2170. [More Information]
Yao, J., Lv, L., Shen, C., Zhang, P., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Wang, L. (2013). Nano-sized spinel LiMn2O4 powder fabricated via modified dynamic hydrothermal synthesis. Ceramics International, 39(3), 3359-3364. [More Information]
Yao, J., Jia, Z., Zhang, P., Shen, C., Wang, J., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Wang, L. (2013). Preparation of Si-PPy-Ag composites and their electrochemical performance as anode for lithium-ion batteries. Ionics: international journal of ionics, 19(3), 401-407. [More Information]
Christian, M., Aguey-Zinsou, K. (2013). Synthesis of core–shell NaBH4@M (M = Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, Sn) nanoparticles leading to various morphologies and hydrogen storage properties. Chemical Communications, 49(60), 6794-6796. [More Information]
Yao, J., Zhang, P., Shen, C., Aguey-Zinsou, K., Wang, L. (2013). Three-dimensional macroporous Sn-Ag thin film anode prepared by electro-less reduction method: Effect of micro-structure. Ionics: international journal of ionics, 19(2), 295-300. [More Information]

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Selected Grants

2024

Highly efficient and simplified hydrogen compression with metal hydrides, Aguey-Zinsou K, Department of Education and Training (Federal)/Australias Economic Accelerator Seed Program
Australias fuel cells and electrolysers prototyping and testing facility, Aguey-Zinsou K, Verstraete D, Chen Y, Zhu J, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF)

2023

Responsible Energy Science, Aguey-Zinsou K, Nano Institute/Kickstarter
Boron-doped diamond based electrolysis: Giving a second life to industrial waste water, Tricoli A, Ramanujan K, Aguey-Zinsou K, Rao M, Liu W, Das G, Liu B, Office of Global Engagement/Partnership Collaboration Awards

2022

Hydrogen alloys: Bridging the gap from laboratory to semi-pilot scale manufacturing, Aguey-Zinsou K, Investment NSW/Boosting Business Innovation Program

2021

Kondo-Francois Aguey Zinsou - SRRRP, Aguey-Zinsou K, DVC Research/Strategic Research Recruitment and Retention Program (SRRRP)
ARC Training Centre for The Global Hydrogen Economy, Qiu J, Aguey-Zinsou K, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Industrial Transformation Training Centres (ITTC)

2018

ARC Research Hub for Integrated Energy Storage Solutions, Dong Z, Qiu J, Meng K, Wang G, Aguey-Zinsou K, Amal R, Aguey-Zinsou K, Bao J, Wang C, Skyllas- Kazacos M, Menictas C, Howlett P, Dai L, Wang D, Scott J, Chen V, Tong Z, Bruce A, Sproul A, MacGill I, Rider A, Qiu J, Kulkarni A, Giddey S, Yang H, Chen S, Li Y, Leckenby M, Tan T, Jansen M, Lockett V, Olek P, Catovic E, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Industrial Transformation Research Hubs (ITRH)

In the media

2021

3-11-2021

https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2021/11/conroy-represents-region-at-climate-meeting/

11-05-2021

https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2021/05/11/australian-hydrogen-expert-launches-advisory-firm-to-accelerate-hydrogen-economy/

21 01-2021

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/world-s-first-domestic-hydrogen-battery-developed-by-australian-firm-20210120-p56vkd.html

2020

20-10-2020

https://www.ecogeneration.com.au/the-40kwh-34750-196kg-hydrogen-battery-for-the-home/

06-07-2020

https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2020/07/06/australias-metal-gurus-engineer-two-energy-storage-breakthroughs/

03-07-2020

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/alchemy-of-energy-breakthrough-offers-mass-hydrogen-storage-options-20200702-p558dj.html

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