By Scientia Professor Rose Amal

Journal articles

Gunawan D; Stern T; Zhang J; Yuwono JA; Pan J; Li Q; Yu H; Gunawan M; Hocking RK; Toe CY; Scott J; Amal R, 2025, 'Scalable solar-driven reforming of alcohol feedstock to H2 using Ni/Zn3In2S6 photocatalyst', Chemical Engineering Journal, 513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.162965

Leverett J; Lie WH; Khan MHA; Ma Z; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2025, 'Navigating the challenges of global NOx emissions throughout the energy transition: state of play and outlook', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 9, pp. 3780 - 3790, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4se01806k

Zhou S; Sun K; Satriyatama A; Facchinetti I; Toe CY; Hao X; Amal R, 2025, 'Nanoengineered Kesterite Photocathodes: Enhancing Photoelectrochemical Performance for Water Splitting and Beyond', ACS Nano, 19, pp. 17041 - 17061, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c01821

Leverett J; Baghestani G; Tran-Phu T; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Johannessen B; Simondson D; Wen H; Chang SLY; Tricoli A; Simonov AN; Dai L; Amal R; Daiyan R; Hocking RK, 2025, 'Direct Observation of Electron Donation onto the Reactants and a Transient Poisoning Mechanism During CO2 Electroreduction on Ni Single Atom Catalysts', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202424087

Leverett J; Baghestani G; Tran‐Phu T; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Johannessen B; Simondson D; Wen H; Chang SLY; Tricoli A; Simonov AN; Dai L; Amal R; Daiyan R; Hocking RK, 2025, 'Direct Observation of Electron Donation onto the Reactants and a Transient Poisoning Mechanism During CO2 Electroreduction on Ni Single Atom Catalysts', Angewandte Chemie, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202424087

Gunawan M; Bowdler O; Zhou S; Fang X; Zhang Q; Sakamoto Y; Sun K; Gunawan D; Chang SLY; Amal R; Valanoor N; Scott J; Hart JN; Toe CY, 2025, 'Ferroelectric Polarization-Induced Performance Enhancements in BiFeO3/BiVO4 Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting', Advanced Functional Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202417651

Zhang Q; Shan Y; Pan J; Kumar P; Keevers MJ; Lasich J; Kour G; Daiyan R; Perez-Wurf I; Thomsen L; Cheong S; Jiang J; Wu KH; Chiang CL; Grayson K; Green MA; Amal R; Lu X, 2025, 'A photovoltaic-electrolysis system with high solar-to-hydrogen efficiency under practical current densities', Science Advances, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ads0836

Lee CW; Cazorla C; Zhou S; Zhang D; Xu H; Zhong W; Zhang M; Chu D; Han Z; Amal R, 2025, 'Facet Engineering of Cobalt Manganese Oxide for Highly Stable Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction', Advanced Energy Materials, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202402786

Li Q; Gunawan D; Jiang L; Gunawan R; Gunasekara G; Sarmin S; Doyle R; Lai Q; Amal R; Scott J, 2025, 'Recent Advances in Electrochemical Organic Waste Reforming: Highlights on Anodic Chemistry, Materials Design, and System Integration', ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 3, pp. 21 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.4c00705

Gunawan M; Jin Y; Leung TC; Bowdler O; Zhou S; Gunawan D; Zhang M; Fang X; Zhang Q; Valanoor N; Amal R; Hart JN; Scott J; Toe CY, 2025, 'Inducing n-type photoanodic behavior in p-type bismuth ferrite via ferroelectric polarization', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5ta04859a

Gunawan M; Priest M; Gunawan D; Nie S; Satriyatama A; Vongsvivut J; Hameiri Z; Zhang Q; Zhou S; Amal R, 2025, 'Differentiating the role of Ni and Fe in NiFeOx co-catalyzed BiVO4 photoanode for water oxidation', Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 1, pp. 100019 - 100019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eesus.2025.100019

Chung HY; Wong RJ; Wu H; Gunawan D; Amal R; Ng YH, 2025, 'Scalable and Integrated Photocatalytic Reactor Systems for Solar‐to‐Fuel Production: Photoredox and Photoreforming Processes (Adv. Energy Mater. 28/2025)', Advanced Energy Materials, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202570122

Leverett J; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Tran-Phu T; Qu J; Cairney J; Wang X; Simonov AN; Hocking RK; Johannessen B; Dai L; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2024, 'Correction to “Impurity Tolerance of Unsaturated Ni-N‑C Active Sites for Practical Electrochemical CO2 Reduction”', ACS Energy Letters, 9, pp. 6084 - 6084, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c03153

Zhong W; Chi Y; Yu R; Kong C; Zhou S; Han C; Vongsvivut J; Mao G; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Amal R; Tang J; Lu X, 2024, 'Liquid Metal-Enabled Tunable Synthesis of Nanoporous Polycrystalline Copper for Selective CO2-to-Formate Electrochemical Conversion', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202403939

Gunawan M; Zhou S; Gunawan D; Zhang Q; Hart JN; Amal R; Scott J; Valanoor N; Toe CY, 2024, 'Ferroelectric materials as photoelectrocatalysts: photoelectrode design rationale and strategies', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13, pp. 1612 - 1640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4ta07812h

Haghshenas Y; Wong WP; Gunawan D; Khataee A; Keyikoğlu R; Razmjou A; Kumar PV; Toe CY; Masood H; Amal R; Sethu V; Teoh WY, 2024, 'Predicting the rates of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over cocatalyst-deposited TiO2 using machine learning with active photon flux as a unifying feature', Ees Catalysis, 2, pp. 612 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ey00246b

Bui TS; Ma Z; Yuwono JA; Kumar PV; O'Connell GEP; Peng L; Yang Y; Lim M; Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Amal R, 2024, 'Enhanced Nitrate-to-Ammonia Activity on Fe/ZnO Nanoparticles via Tuning Intermediate Adsorption in Alkaline Electrolyte', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202408704

Alvand M; Ma Z; Kokate R; Kumar PV; Pan J; Amal R; Lovell EC; Jalili AR, 2024, 'Uncovering the role of vanadium doped Ni2P for low concentration urea oxidation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.157130

Gunawan D; Zhang J; Li Q; Toe CY; Scott J; Antonietti M; Guo J; Amal R, 2024, 'Materials Advances in Photocatalytic Solar Hydrogen Production: Integrating Systems and Economics for a Sustainable Future', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404618

Dai L; Amal R; Mao G; Gooding J, 2024, 'Materials Research at the University of New South Wales Over the Last 75 Years', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202415007

Dai L; Amal R; Mao G, 2024, 'The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation at University of New South Wales, Sydney', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202413894

O'Connell GEP; Webster RF; Elkington E; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Shining a light on methane dry reforming - exploring the impact of visible light on carbon formation over Co/xCeO2-Al2O3', Catalysis Science and Technology, 14, pp. 6790 - 6807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4cy00925h

Zhang D; Tsounis C; Peng L; Yin H; Hussain F; Carnell M; Macmillan A; Chu D; Amal R; Han Z, 2024, 'Nitrogen-doped vertical graphene for highly efficient hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis in acidic environment', Chemical Engineering Journal, 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.154221

Morel J; Grundy S; Brown T; Amal R; Scott J, 2024, 'Enhancing Corrosion Resistance of Titanium Alloys via Hydrothermal Etching: Nanostructure Formation under Varied Temperature Conditions', ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2, pp. 2080 - 2094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.4c00250

Ramadhany P; Trần-Phú T; Yuwono JA; Ma Z; Han C; Nguyen TKA; Leverett J; Kumar P; Hocking RK; Tricoli A; Simonov AN; Amal R; Daiyan R, 2024, 'Triggering C‒N Coupling on Metal Oxide Nanocomposite for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 and NOx⁻ to Formamide', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202401786

Lim M; Ma Z; O'Connell G; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Jalili R; Amal R; Daiyan R; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Ru-Induced Defect Engineering in Co3O4 Lattice for High Performance Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonium', Small, 20, pp. e2401333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202401333

Anh Nguyen TK; Trần-Phú T; Daiyan R; Minh Chau Ta X; Amal R; Tricoli A, 2024, 'From Plastic Waste to Green Hydrogen and Valuable Chemicals Using Sunlight and Water', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202401746

Nguyen TKA; Trần‐Phú T; Daiyan R; Ta XMC; Amal R; Tricoli A, 2024, 'From Plastic Waste to Green Hydrogen and Valuable Chemicals Using Sunlight and Water', Angewandte Chemie, 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202401746

Haghshenas Y; Wong WP; Sethu V; Amal R; Kumar PV; Teoh WY, 2024, 'Full prediction of band potentials in semiconductor materials', Materials Today Physics, 46, pp. 101519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2024.101519

Li Y; Verma V; Su H; Zhang X; Zhou S; Lawson T; Li J; Amal R; Hou Y; Dai L, 2024, 'Rationally Designed Carbon-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical C-N Coupling', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202401341

Zhang M; Ma Z; Zhou S; Han C; Kundi V; Kumar PV; Thomsen L; Johannessen B; Peng L; Shan Y; Tsounis C; Yang Y; Pan J; Amal R, 2024, 'Surface Engineering on Ag-Decorated Co3O4 Electrocatalysts for Boosting Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia', ACS Catalysis, 14, pp. 11231 - 11242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c01510

Zhou S; Sun K; Toe CY; Huang J; Wang A; Yuwono J; Kumar P; Wan T; Zhang D; Ma Z; Vongsvivut J; Chu D; Hao X; Amal R, 2024, 'Solar driven ammonia synthesis with Co-TiOx and Ag nanowires enhanced Cu2ZnSnS4 photocathodes', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.123836

Han C; Li C; Yuwono JA; Liu Z; Sun K; Wang K; He G; Huang J; Kumar PV; Vongsvivut J; Cong J; Mehrvarz H; Han Z; Lu X; Pan J; Hao X; Amal R, 2024, 'Nanostructured hybrid catalysts empower the artificial leaf for solar-driven ammonia production from nitrate', Energy and Environmental Science, 17, pp. 5653 - 5665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ee03836j

Shi L; Liu D; Lin X; Cheng R; Liu F; Kim C; Hu C; Qiu J; Amal R; Dai L, 2024, 'Stable and High-performance Flow H2-O2 Fuel Cells with Coupled Acidic Oxygen Reduction and Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Reactions', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202314077

Gunawan D; Lau LY; Yuwono JA; Kumar PV; Oppong-Antwi L; Kuschnerus I; Chang SLY; Hocking RK; Amal R; Scott J; Toe CY, 2024, 'Revealing the activity and selectivity of atomically dispersed Ni in Zn3In2S6 for benzyl alcohol photoreforming', Chemical Engineering Journal, 486, pp. 150215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.150215

Khan MHA; Sitaraman T; Haque N; Leslie G; Saydam S; Daiyan R; Amal R; Kara S, 2024, 'Strategies for life cycle impact reduction of green hydrogen production – Influence of electrolyser value chain design', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 62, pp. 769 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.01.081

Amal R; Belver C; Wang Y, 2024, 'Enriched Horizon of Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123593

O'Connell GEP; Tan TH; Yuwono JA; Wang Y; Kheradmand A; Jiang Y; Kumar PV; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Seeing the light: The role of cobalt in light-assisted CO2 methanation', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123507

Zhang H; Ge A; Wang Y; Xia B; Wang X; Zheng Z; Wei C; Ma B; Zhu L; Amal R; Yun SLJ; Gu Z, 2024, 'Intracellular Delivery of Therapeutic Protein via Ultrathin Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets', Pharmaceutics, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16030422

Gunawan C; Fleming C; Irga PJ; Jien Wong R; Amal R; Torpy FR; Mojtaba Golzan S; McGrath KC, 2024, 'Neurodegenerative effects of air pollutant Particles: Biological mechanisms implicated for Early-Onset Alzheimer's disease', Environment International, 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108512

Sun J; Zhou R; Hong J; Gao Y; Qu Z; Liu Z; Liu D; Zhang T; Zhou R; Ostrikov K; Cullen P; Lovell EC; Amal R; Jalili AR, 2024, 'Sustainable ammonia production via nanosecond-pulsed plasma oxidation and electrocatalytic reduction', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123426

Xie B; Hu D; Kumar P; Ordomsky VV; Khodakov AY; Amal R, 2024, 'Heterogeneous catalysis via light-heat dual activation: A path to the breakthrough in C1 chemistry', Joule, 8, pp. 312 - 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.12.013

Nguyen TKA; Trần-Phú T; Ta XMC; Truong TN; Leverett J; Daiyan R; Amal R; Tricoli A, 2024, 'Understanding Structure-Activity Relationship in Pt-loaded g-C3N4 for Efficient Solar- Photoreforming of Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic and Hydrogen Production', Small Methods, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202300427

Zhu YF; Xie B; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Sharma AS; Nielsen MP; Bendavid A; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Making light work: designing plasmonic structures for the selective photothermal methanation of carbon dioxide', Ees Catalysis, 2, pp. 834 - 849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ey00315a

Zhong W; Chi Y; Yu R; Kong C; Zhou S; Han C; Vongsvivut J; Mao G; Kalantar‐Zadeh K; Amal R; Tang J; Lu X, 2024, 'Liquid Metal‐Enabled Tunable Synthesis of Nanoporous Polycrystalline Copper for Selective CO2‐to‐Formate Electrochemical Conversion (Small 49/2024)', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202470361

Hoang MT; Han C; Ma Z; Mao X; Yang Y; Madani SS; Shaw P; Yang Y; Peng L; Toe CY; Pan J; Amal R; Du A; Tesfamichael T; Han Z; Wang H, 2023, 'Efficient CO2 Reduction to Formate on CsPbI3 Nanocrystals Wrapped with Reduced Graphene Oxide', Nano Micro Letters, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01132-3

Peng L; Zhang D; Ma Z; Chu D; Cazorla C; Amal R; Han Z, 2023, 'Enhanced pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Reactions on the Ru/a–Ni–MoO3 Electrocatalysts', Small Structures, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202300194

Zhang D; Tsounis C; Ma Z; Peng L; Lin Z; Yin H; Hussain F; Cazorla C; Chu D; Amal R; Han Z, 2023, 'Enhancing hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis by manipulating the three-phase interface microenvironment', Cell Reports Physical Science, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101643

Zheng Z; Zhang K; Toe CY; Amal R; Deletic A, 2023, 'Photo-electrochemical oxidation flow system for stormwater herbicides removal: Operational conditions and energy consumption analysis', Science of the Total Environment, 898, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166375

Gunawan D; Yuwono JA; Kumar PV; Kaleem A; Nielsen MP; Tayebjee MJY; Oppong-Antwi L; Wen H; Kuschnerus I; Chang SLY; Wang Y; Hocking RK; Chan TS; Toe CY; Scott J; Amal R, 2023, 'Unraveling the structure-activity-selectivity relationships in furfuryl alcohol photoreforming to H2 and hydrofuroin over ZnxIn2S3+x photocatalysts', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122880

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