By Dr Rasoul Khayyam Nekouei

Journal articles

Ghasemian MB; Zavabeti A; Allioux FM; Sharma P; Mousavi M; Rahim MA; Khayyam Nekouei R; Tang J; Christofferson AJ; Meftahi N; Rafiezadeh S; Cheong S; Koshy P; Tilley RD; McConville CF; Russo SP; Ton-That C; Seidel J; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2024, 'Liquid Metal Doping Induced Asymmetry in Two-Dimensional Metal Oxides', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202309924

Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; Salehi H; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Chemical isolation of rare earth elements (as pure rare earth oxides) from Nd-Fe-B magnets and Ni-MH batteries', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112596

Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Innovative hydrothermal technique in efficient disengagement of waste solar panels', Waste Management, 177, pp. 196 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.01.045

Wang F; Wen X; Mittal U; Nekouei RK; Foller T; Shang Y; Bhadra A; Chu D; Sharma N; Kundu D; Joshi R, 2024, 'Structure-dependent lithium storage characteristics of Fe3O4/rGO aerogels', Carbon, 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119003

Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; S. Mofarah S; Sahajwalla V, 2024, 'Regeneration of waste Zn-MnO2 batteries: Value-added transformation to regenerate essential materials for sustainable battery manufacturing', Journal of Energy Storage, 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.110159

Fahimi A; Solorio H; Nekouei RK; Vahidi E, 2023, 'Analyzing the environmental impact of recovering critical materials from spent lithium-ion batteries through statistical optimization', Journal of Power Sources, 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233425

Salehi H; Maroufi S; Mofarah SS; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2023, 'Recovery of rare earth metals from Ni-MH batteries: A comprehensive review', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113248

Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Tudela I; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Determination of the optimum potential window for super- and pseudocapacitance electrodes via in-depth electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis', Journal of Energy Storage, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.106137

Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Al Mahmood A; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Value-added fabrication of NiO-doped CuO nanoflakes from waste flexible printed circuit board for advanced photocatalytic application', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16614-4

Khayyam Nekouei R; Mofarah S; Hossein R; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Roles of experimental variables in optimised fabrication of microrecycled CuO-based photoelectrodes', Materials Today Sustainability, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100111

Maroufi S; Mofarah SS; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Tailoring of a highly stable Mn1−x−y(CexLay)O2−δ pseudocapacitor thin-film and rare earth oxide nanospheres through selective purification of rare earth oxides derived from Ni-MH batteries', Green Chemistry, 24, pp. 1659 - 1672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1gc02802b

Assefi M; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Wang W; Kert E; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Regeneration of hydrogen through thermal micronisation of end-of-life polymers for sustainable reduction of iron oxide', Fuel Processing Technology, 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2021.107038

Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Wang W; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Unraveling the Role of Oxides in Electrochemical Performance of Activated Carbons for High Voltage Symmetric Electric Double-Layer Capacitors', Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202100130

Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Cazorla C; O'Mullane AP; Yao Y; Lim S; Tricoli A; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Self-adhesive flexible patches of oxide heterojunctions with tailored band alignments for electrocatalytic H2O2generation', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, pp. 26727 - 26740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ta06473h

Khayyam Nekouei R; Tudela I; Mofarah SS; Vahidi E; Maroufi S; Wang K; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Dual functionality of mixed Cu-based two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures derived from electronic waste', Green Chemistry, 23, pp. 5511 - 5523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00354b

Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Mofarah SS; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Nanoscale design of 1D metal oxides derived from mixed Ni-MH battery/transition metal dust', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125645

Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; O'Mullane AP; Yao Y; Lim S; Cazorla C; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Transparent and Flexible Mn1−x−y(CexLay)O2−δ Ultrathin-Film Device for Highly-Stable Pseudocapacitance Application', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202100880

Mofarah SS; Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; Biswal S; Lim S; Yao Y; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Controllable design of defect-rich hybrid iron oxide nanostructures on mesoporous carbon-based scaffold for pseudocapacitive applications', Nanoscale, 13, pp. 3662 - 3672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0nr06880b

Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'In-situ O/N-heteroatom enriched activated carbon by sustainable thermal transformation of waste coffee grounds for supercapacitor material', Journal of Energy Storage, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.102113

Kumar R; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'In-situ carbon-coated tin oxide (ISCC-SnO2) for micro-supercapacitor applications', Carbon Letters, 30, pp. 699 - 707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42823-020-00142-0

Khayyam Nekouei R; Tudela I; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Current trends in direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) into value-added materials and products', Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 24, pp. 14 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.01.003

Maroufi S; Assefi M; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Recovery of lithium and cobalt from waste lithium-ion batteries through a selective isolation-suspension approach', Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2019.e00139

Nekouei RK; Maroufi S; Assefi M; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Thermal isolation of a clean alloy from waste slag and polymeric residue of electronic waste', Processes, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr8010053

Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'An electrochemical strategy to fabricate MnOx thin film from spent batteries for pseudocapacitive applications', Electrochimica Acta, 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135061

S. Mofarah S; Adabifiroozjaei E; Yao Y; Koshy P; Lim S; Webster R; Liu X; Khayyam Nekouei R; Cazorla C; Liu Z; Wang Y; Lambropoulos N; Sorrell CC, 2019, 'Proton-assisted creation of controllable volumetric oxygen vacancies in ultrathin CeO2−x for pseudocapacitive energy storage applications', Nature Communications, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10621-2

Khayyam Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Golmohammadzadeh R; Assefi M; Rajarao R; Chen YH; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Recovery of heavy metals from waste printed circuit boards: statistical optimization of leaching and residue characterization', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26, pp. 24417 - 24429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05596-y

Nekouei RK; Pahlevani F; Assefi M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Selective isolation of heavy metals from spent electronic waste solution by macroporous ion-exchange resins', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 371, pp. 389 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.03.013

Khayyam Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Mayyas M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards into high surface area t-SnO2 for photocatalytic dye degradation', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2019.103133

Mayyas M; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Valorization of lignin biomass as a carbon feedstock in steel industry: Iron oxide reduction, steel carburizing and slag foaming', Journal of Cleaner Production, 219, pp. 971 - 980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.114

Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V; Khayyam Nekouei R, 2019, 'Sustainable Recovery of Cu and Sn from Problematic Global Waste: Exploring Value from Waste Printed Circuit Boards', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7, pp. 1006 - 1017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b04657

Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Hassan K; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Thermal Transformation of Mixed E-Waste Materials into Clean SiMn/FeMn Alloys', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 13296 - 13301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02884

Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Waste-cleaning waste: synthesis of ZnO porous nano-sheets from batteries for dye degradation', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, pp. 28594 - 28600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2850-0

Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Hossain R; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Recovery of Rare Earth (i.e., La, Ce, Nd, and Pr) Oxides from End-of-Life Ni-MH Battery via Thermal Isolation', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 11811 - 11818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02097

Assefi M; Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Selective recovery of indium from scrap LCD panels using macroporous resins', Journal of Cleaner Production, 180, pp. 814 - 822, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.165

Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Rajarao R; Golmohammadzadeh R; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Two-step pre-processing enrichment of waste printed circuit boards: Mechanical milling and physical separation', Journal of Cleaner Production, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.250

Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'A Green Route to Synthesize Pr³⁺/Dy³⁺-Doped Nd2O3 Nanoreplicas from Nd-Fe-B Magnets', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 3402 - 3410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03585

Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Rajarao R; Gomohammadzadeh R; Sahajwalla V; Khayyam Nekouei R, 2018, 'Direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards to nano-structured powders through mechanical alloying', Materials and Design, 141, pp. 26 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.12.032

Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Nekouei RK; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Thermal Nanowiring of E-Waste: A Sustainable Route for Synthesizing Green Si3N4 Nanowires', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 3765 - 3772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b04139

Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermal Isolation of Rare Earth Oxides from Nd-Fe-B Magnets Using Carbon from Waste Tyres', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 6201 - 6208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01133

Nekouei RK; Akhaghi R; Tahmasebi R; Ravanbakhsh A; Moghaddam AJ, 2016, 'Two-stage heat treatment of steel 30CrMnSi and its optimization', Metal Science and Heat Treatment, 58, pp. 362 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11041-016-0018-4

Nekouei RK; Akhaghi R; Ravanbakhsh A; Tahmasebi R; Moghaddam AJ; Mahrouei M, 2016, 'A study of the effect of two-stage tempering on mechanical properties of steel 30CrMnSi using analysis on response surface in design of experiment', Metal Science and Heat Treatment, 57, pp. 694 - 701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11041-016-9945-3

Dezfoolian M; Rashchi F; Nekouei RK, 2015, 'Synthesis of copper and zinc oxides nanostructures by brass anodization in alkaline media', Surface and Coatings Technology, 275, pp. 245 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.05.011

Mortazavi SMR; Rashchi F; Nekouei RK, 2014, 'Characterization of nano-structured tin oxide film prepared by anodic oxidation process', Advanced Materials Research, 829, pp. 366 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.829.366

Ravanbakhsh A; Rashchi F; Sohi MH; Nekouei RK, 2014, 'Synthesis of nanostructured zinc oxide thin films by anodic oxidation method', Advanced Materials Research, 829, pp. 347 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.829.347

Nekouei RK; Rashchi F; Ravanbakhsh A, 2013, 'Copper nanopowder synthesis by electrolysis method in nitrate and sulfate solutions', Powder Technology, 250, pp. 91 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2013.10.012

Nekouie RK; Rashchi F; Joda NN, 2013, 'Effect of organic additives on synthesis of copper nano powders by pulsing electrolysis', Powder Technology, 237, pp. 554 - 561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2012.12.046

Valighazvini F; Rashchi F; Khayyam Nekouei R, 2013, 'Recovery of titanium from blast furnace slag', Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 52, pp. 1723 - 1730, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie301837m

Nekouei SRK; Soleymani AP; Panjepour M, 2013, 'Thermodynamic study of cementite formation in Fe-C-O-H system', Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 34, pp. 176 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08827508.2012.656774

Nekouei RK; Rashchi F; Amadeh AA, 2013, 'Using design of experiments in synthesis of ultra-fine copper particles by electrolysis', Powder Technology, 237, pp. 165 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2013.01.032

Conference Papers

Salehi H; Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V; Khayyam Nekouei R, 2023, 'Reclamation of Rare Earth Metals from Spent Ni-MH Batteries', in Proceedings - European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2023, Duesseldorf, Germany, pp. 877 - 903, presented at European Metallurgical Conference 2023 (EMC 2023), Duesseldorf, Germany, 11 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30298

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