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Journal articles

Zheng Z; Xie W; Li M; Ng YH; Wang DW; Dai Y; Huang B; Amal R, 2017, 'Platinum electrocatalysts with plasmonic nano-cores for photo-enhanced oxygen-reduction', Nano Energy, 41, pp. 233 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.09.040

Lou SN; Sharma N; Goonetilleke D; Saputera WH; Leoni TM; Brockbank P; Lim S; Wang DW; Scott J; Amal R; Ng YH, 2017, 'An Operando Mechanistic Evaluation of a Solar-Rechargeable Sodium-Ion Intercalation Battery', Advanced Energy Materials, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700545

Aguey-Zinsou KF; Wang DW; Amal R, 2017, 'Energy future', Energy Storage Materials, 9, pp. 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2017.07.007

Wang F; Wong RJ; Ho JH; Jiang Y; Amal R, 2017, 'Sensitization of Pt/TiO2 Using Plasmonic Au Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Evolution under Visible-Light Irradiation', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9, pp. 30575 - 30582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b06265

Lu X; Tan X; Wang DW; Ng YH; Tahini HA; Tan H; Yan W; Smith SC; Amal R, 2017, 'Nitrogen Doped Carbon Nanosheets Coupled Nickel–Carbon Pyramid Arrays Toward Efficient Evolution of Hydrogen', Advanced Sustainable Systems, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsu.201700032

Kho ET; Tan TH; Lovell E; Wong RJ; Scott J; Amal R, 2017, 'A review on photo-thermal catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide', Green Energy and Environment, 2, pp. 204 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2017.06.003

Moradi S; Liu S; Chow CWK; van Leeuwen J; Cook D; Drikas M; Amal R, 2017, 'Chloramine demand estimation using surrogate chemical and microbiological parameters', Journal of Environmental Sciences (China), 57, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2017.01.010

Moradi S; Liu S; Chow CWK; van Leeuwen J; Cook D; Drikas M; Amal R, 2017, 'Developing a chloramine decay index to understand nitrification: A case study of two chloraminated drinking water distribution systems', Journal of Environmental Sciences (China), 57, pp. 170 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2016.11.007

Moradi S; Chow CWK; Cook D; Newcombe G; Amal ROSE, 2017, 'Estimating NDMA Formation in a Distribution System Using a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm', Journal - American Water Works Association, 109, pp. 265 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.5942/jawwa.2017.109.0071

Kho ET; Jantarang S; Zheng Z; Scott J; Amal R, 2017, 'Harnessing the Beneficial Attributes of Ceria and Titania in a Mixed-Oxide Support for Nickel-Catalyzed Photothermal CO2 Methanation', Engineering, 3, pp. 393 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.ENG.2017.03.016

Wang Y; Arandiyan HR; Tahini H; Scott J; Tan X; Dai H; Gale J; Rohl A; Smith S; Amal R, 2017, 'The controlled disassembly of mesostructured perovskites as an avenue to fabricating high performance nanohybrid catalysts', Nature Communications, 8, pp. 15553 - 15559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15553

Ouyang Z; Lou SN; Lau D; Chen J; Lim S; Hsiao PC; Wang DW; Amal R; Ng YH; Lennon A, 2017, 'Monolithic Integration of Anodic Molybdenum Oxide Pseudocapacitive Electrodes on Screen-Printed Silicon Solar Cells for Hybrid Energy Harvesting-Storage Systems', Advanced Energy Materials, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201602325

Saputera WH; Scott J; Tahini H; Low GKC; Tan X; Smith S; Wang DW; Amal R, 2017, 'Light, Catalyst, Activation: Boosting Catalytic Oxygen Activation Using a Light Pretreatment Approach', ACS Catalysis, 7, pp. 3644 - 3653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b00700

Kokorin AI; Amal R; Teoh WY; Kulak AI, 2017, 'Studies of Nanosized Iron-Doped TiO2 Photocatalysts by Spectroscopic Methods', Applied Magnetic Resonance, 48, pp. 447 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00723-017-0873-1

Gunawan C; Marquis CP; Amal R; Sotiriou GA; Rice SA; Harry EJ, 2017, 'Widespread and Indiscriminate Nanosilver Use: Genuine Potential for Microbial Resistance', ACS Nano, 11, pp. 3438 - 3445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b01166

Wang Y; Arandiyan HR; Scott J; Bagheri A; Dai H; Amal R, 2017, 'Recent advances in ordered meso/macroporous metal oxides for heterogeneous catalysis: a review', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6TA10896B

Tan HL; Suyanto A; De Denko AT; Saputera WH; Amal R; Osterloh FE; Ng YH, 2017, 'Enhancing the Photoactivity of Faceted BiVO4 via Annealing in Oxygen-Deficient Condition', Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201600290

Ng YH; Amal R, 2017, 'Tiny Particles with Big Impacts on Clean Future Energy', Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201700102

Tan HL; Denny F; Hermawan M; Wong RJ; Amal R; Ng YH, 2017, 'Reduced graphene oxide is not a universal promoter for photocatalytic activities of TiO2', Journal of Materiomics, 3, pp. 51 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2016.12.002

Liana AE; Marquis CP; Gunawan C; Gooding JJ; Amal R, 2017, 'T4 bacteriophage conjugated magnetic particles for E. coli capturing: Influence of bacteriophage loading, temperature and tryptone', Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 151, pp. 47 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.12.009

Kho ET; Lovell E; Wong RJ; Scott J; Amal R, 2017, 'Manipulating ceria-titania binary oxide features and their impact as nickel catalyst supports for low temperature steam reforming of methane', Applied Catalysis A: General, 530, pp. 111 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2016.11.019

Daiyan R; Lu X; Ng YH; Amal R, 2017, 'Highly Selective Conversion of CO2 to CO Achieved by a Three-Dimensional Porous Silver Electrocatalyst', ChemistrySelect, 2, pp. 879 - 884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/slct.201601980

Tan HL; Amal R; Ng YH, 2017, 'Alternative strategies in improving the photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical activities of visible light-driven BiVO4: A review', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, pp. 16498 - 16521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ta04441k

Wong RJ; Scott J; Kappen P; Low GKC; Hart JN; Amal R, 2017, 'Enhancing bimetallic synergy with light: The effect of UV light pre-treatment on catalytic oxygen activation by bimetallic Au-Pt nanoparticles on a TiO2 support', Catalysis Science and Technology, 7, pp. 4792 - 4805, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7cy01326d

Lovell EC; Horlyck J; Scott J; Amal R, 2017, 'Flame spray pyrolysis-designed silica/ceria-zirconia supports for the carbon dioxide reforming of methane', Applied Catalysis A: General, 546, pp. 47 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2017.08.002

Wu X; Ng YH; Wang L; Du Y; Dou SX; Amal R; Scott J, 2017, 'Improving the photo-oxidative capability of BiOBr: Via crystal facet engineering', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, pp. 8117 - 8124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ta10964k

Toe CY; Tan HL; Boyer C; Rawal A; Thickett SC; Scott J; Amal R; Ng YH, 2017, 'Photo-driven synthesis of polymer-coated platinized ZnO nanoparticles with enhanced photoelectrochemical charge transportation', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, pp. 4568 - 4575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ta10665j

Tan TH; Scott JA; Ng YH; Taylor RA; Aguey-Zinsou KF; Amal R, 2017, 'Plasmon enhanced selective electronic pathways in TiO2 supported atomically ordered bimetallic Au-Cu alloys', Journal of Catalysis, 352, pp. 638 - 648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2017.06.034

Daiyan R; Lu X; Ng YH; Amal R, 2017, 'Surface engineered tin foil for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to formate', Catalysis Science and Technology, 7, pp. 2542 - 2550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7cy00246g

Lou SN; Sharma N; Goonetilleke D; Saputera WH; Leoni TM; Brockbank P; Lim S; Wang D; Scott J; Amal R; Ng YH, 2017, 'Batteries: An Operando Mechanistic Evaluation of a Solar‐Rechargeable Sodium‐Ion Intercalation Battery (Adv. Energy Mater. 19/2017)', Advanced Energy Materials, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201770108

Lovell EC; Fuller A; Scott J; Amal R, 2016, 'Enhancing Ni-SiO2 catalysts for the carbon dioxide reforming of methane: Reduction-oxidation-reduction pre-treatment', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 199, pp. 155 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.05.080

Lovell EC; Fuller A; Scott J; Amal R, 2016, 'Enhancing Ni-SiO2 catalysts for the carbon dioxide reforming of methane: Reduction-oxidation-reduction pre-treatment', APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 199, pp. 155 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.05.080

Wang F; Jin Z; Jiang Y; Backus EHG; Bonn M; Lou SN; Turchinovich D; Amal R, 2016, 'Probing the charge separation process on In2S3/Pt-TiO2 nanocomposites for boosted visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 198, pp. 25 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.05.048

Tan TH; Scott J; Ng YH; Taylor RA; Aguey-Zinsou KF; 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, pp. 8021 - 8029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b01833

Zheng Z; Ng YH; Wang DW; Amal R, 2016, 'Epitaxial Growth of Au–Pt–Ni Nanorods for Direct High Selectivity H2O2Production', Advanced Materials, 28, pp. 9949 - 9955, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201603662

Yun JH; Wang L; Amal R; Ng YH, 2016, 'One-dimensional TiO2 nanostructured photoanodes: From dye-sensitised solar cells to perovskite solar cells', Energies, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en9121030

Wonoputri V; Gunawan C; Liu S; Barraud N; Yee LH; Lim M; Amal R, 2016, 'Iron Complex Facilitated Copper Redox Cycling for Nitric Oxide Generation as Nontoxic Nitrifying Biofilm Inhibitor', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, pp. 30502 - 30510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b10357

Tan HL; Amal R; Ng YH, 2016, 'Exploring the Different Roles of Particle Size in Photoelectrochemical and Photocatalytic Water Oxidation on BiVO4', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, pp. 28607 - 28614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b09076

Tan HL; Tahini HA; Wen X; Wong RJ; Tan X; Iwase A; Kudo A; Amal R; Smith SC; Ng YH, 2016, 'Interfacing BiVO4 with Reduced Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Photoactivity: A Tale of Facet Dependence of Electron Shuttling', Small, pp. 5295 - 5302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201601536

Wang Y; Arandiyan HR; Scott J; Akia, M ; Dai, H ; Deng, J ; Aguey-Zinsou KF; Amal R, 2016, 'High Performance Au-Pd Supported on 3D Hybrid Strontium-Substituted Lanthanum Manganite Perovskite Catalyst for Methane Combustion', ACS Catalysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b01685

Liu S; Gunawan C; Barraud N; Rice SA; Harry EJ; Amal R, 2016, 'Understanding, monitoring, and controlling biofilm growth in drinking water distribution systems', Environmental Science and Technology, 50, pp. 8954 - 8976, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00835

Ng YH; Amal R, 2016, '(Invited) Engineering Bismuth-Based Ternary Oxide Thin Films for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2016-02, pp. 3606 - 3606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2016-02/49/3606

Iwase A; Yoshino S; Takayama T; Ng YH; Amal R; Kudo A, 2016, 'Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction under Visible Light Irradiation Using Z-Scheme Systems Consisting of Metal Sulfides, CoOx-Loaded BiVO4, and a Reduced Graphene Oxide Electron Mediator', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138, pp. 10260 - 10264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b05304

Lu X; Tan TH; Ng YH; Amal R, 2016, 'Back Cover: Highly Selective and Stable Reduction of CO2 to CO by a Graphitic Carbon Nitride/Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrocatalyst (Chem. Eur. J. 34/2016)', Chemistry - A European Journal, 22, pp. 12200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201602994

Lu X; Tan TH; Ng YH; Amal R, 2016, 'Highly Selective and Stable Reduction of CO2to CO by a Graphitic Carbon Nitride/Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrocatalyst', Chemistry - A European Journal, 22, pp. 11991 - 11996, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201601674

Kurnia F; Ng YH; Amal R; Valanoor N; Hart JN, 2016, 'Defect engineering of ZnS thin films for photoelectrochemical water-splitting under visible light', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 153, pp. 179 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.04.021

Lu X; Xiao B; Liu L; Fu Y, 2016, 'Formation of C(sp(3))-C(sp(3)) Bonds through Nickel-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Olefin Hydroalkylation Reactions', CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 22, pp. 11161 - 11164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201602486

Jung M; Hart JN; Scott J; Ng YH; Jiang Y; Amal R, 2016, 'Exploring Cu oxidation state on TiO2 and its transformation during photocatalytic hydrogen evolution', Applied Catalysis A: General, 521, pp. 190 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.11.013

Jung M; Hart JN; Boensch D; Scott J; Ng YH; Amal R, 2016, 'Hydrogen evolution via glycerol photoreforming over Cu-Pt nanoalloys on TiO2', Applied Catalysis A: General, 518, pp. 221 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.10.040

Tahini HA; Tan X; Lou SN; Scott J; Amal R; Ng YH; Smith SC, 2016, 'Mobile Polaronic States in α-MoO3: An ab Initio Investigation of the Role of Oxygen Vacancies and Alkali Ions', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, pp. 10911 - 10917, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b00287


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