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Younes Abghoui - Research Scholar
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Younes Abghoui
Íslenska
Research Scholar
Expert in the field of environment, climate and energy. Electrocatalysis, renewable energy, sputtering and thin film growth, experiments and computations, DFT
Location
Tæknigarður / Tg-316
Phone
525 - 4721
Email
younes [at] hi.is
Unit
The Institute of Physical Sciences, Chemistry Division
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5116-6666
Research portal – Younes Abghoui
Collaboration
,
,
,
,
Education
2017
,
Ph.D.
,
University of Iceland
,
PhD student
2012
,
MSc
,
Linnaeus University
,
MSc Chemistry
Professional Experience
2023 -
,
Research Associate Professor,
University of Iceland
2020 -
2022,
Research Assistant Professor,
University of Iceland
2019 -
2020,
Visiting scholar,
Imperial College London
2017 -
2018,
Postdoctoral research fellow,
University of Iceland
2015 -
2016,
Research assistant,
Technical University of Denmark
Published works
2024
Incorporating perovskites in photovoltaic-powered electrochemical cells for a sustainable future
Solar Energy
Understanding the Mechanistic Pathways of N
2
Reduction to Ammonia on (110) Facets of Transition Metal Carbides
Crystals
Are (100) facets of transition metal carbonitrides suitable as electrocatalysts for nitrogen reduction to ammonia at ambient conditions?
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia at Ambient Condition on the (111) Facets of Transition Metal Carbonitrides
ChemPhysChem
Catalytic Nitrogen Reduction on the Transition Metal Carbonitride (110) Facet
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Exploring reaction mechanisms for CO
2
reduction on carbides
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
In Pursuit of Novel Material for Providing Renewable and Sustainable Energy via Green Hydrogen Production
AIP Conference Proceedings
2023
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Fræðitímarit)
The role of overlayered nitride electro-materials for N2 reduction to ammonia
Frontiers in Catalysis
Nitrogen Reduction Reaction to Ammonia on Transition Metal Carbide Catalysts
ChemSusChem
Borophene Potential for Developing Next-Generation Battery Applications
Energy and Fuels
Catalysts (Fræðitímarit)
2022
Superiority of the (100) Over the (111) Facets of the Nitrides for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Topics in Catalysis
Operando quantification of ammonia produced from computationally-derived transition metal nitride electro-catalysts
Journal of Catalysis
ACS Catalysis (Fræðitímarit)
Carbon Energy (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Fræðitímarit)
Process for electrolytic production of ammonia from nitrogen using metal sulfide catalytic surface
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Fræðitímarit)
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Fræðitímarit)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Fræðitímarit)
2021
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Fræðitímarit)
Sustainable Energy and Fuels (Fræðitímarit)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Fræðitímarit)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Fræðitímarit)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Fræðitímarit)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Fræðitímarit)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Fræðitímarit)
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Fræðitímarit)
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Cell Reports Physical Science (Fræðitímarit)
Applied Surface Science (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Applied Surface Science (Fræðitímarit)
Optimizing Nitrogen Reduction Reaction on Nitrides
Topics in Catalysis
Correction to “Computational Screening of Rutile Oxides for Electrochemical Ammonia Formation”
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
2020
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Fræðitímarit)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Fræðitímarit)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Materials Today Energy (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
2019
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Biomimetic Nitrogen Fixation Catalyzed by Transition Metal Sulfide Surfaces in an Electrolytic Cell
ChemSusChem
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
Elucidating the Mechanism of Electrochemical N
2
Reduction at the Ru(0001) Electrode
ACS Catalysis
2018
Journal of Catalysis (Fræðitímarit)
Applications of Transition Metal Nitrides as Electrocatalysts
Trends of Electrochemical CO
2
Reduction Reaction on Transition Metal Oxide Catalysts
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Electroreduction of CO on Polycrystalline Copper at Low Overpotentials
ACS Energy Letters
ACS Catalysis (Fræðitímarit)
Chemical Communications (Fræðitímarit)
2017
Onset potentials for different reaction mechanisms of nitrogen activation to ammonia on transition metal nitride electro-catalysts
Catalysis Today
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Fræðitímarit)
Novel electrocatalysts for sustainable ammonia production at ambient conditions
Electrochemical synthesis of ammonia via Mars-van Krevelen mechanism on the (111) facets of group III–VII transition metal mononitrides
Catalysis Today
Quantification of liquid products from the electroreduction of CO
2
and CO using static headspace-gas chromatography and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Catalysis Today
Computational Screening of Rutile Oxides for Electrochemical Ammonia Formation
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
Computational Predictions of Catalytic Activity of Zincblende (110) Surfaces of Metal Nitrides for Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Hydrogen evolution reaction catalyzed by transition-metal nitrides
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by Transition-Metal Nitrides
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2016
Electroreduction of N
2
to Ammonia at Ambient Conditions on Mononitrides of Zr, Nb, Cr, and V
ACS Catalysis
In silico screening of molecular imprinting prepolymerization systems
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
2015
Transition metal nitrides as promising electro-catalysts for either reduction of nitrogen to ammonia or hydrogen evolution reaction
Nitrogen activation to ammonia via a mars-van krevelen mechanism on nitride electro-catalysts
Transition metal nitride catalysts for electrochemical reduction of nitrogen to ammonia at ambient conditions
Procedia Computer Science
Enabling electrochemical reduction of nitrogen to ammonia at ambient conditions through rational catalyst design
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2012
Computational design, synthesis, and characterization of oseltamivir molecularly imprinted polymers
Keywords for Specialisation:
Renewable energy
Ammonia Synthesis
CO2 Reduction
Modeling Electro-catalytic Reactions
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Electrochemistry
Catalysis
Surface Physics and catalysis
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Density Functional Theory
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