Mr Mohammad Ziaur Rahman

Mr Mohammad Ziaur Rahman

  • Qualifications

    PhD in Engineering

    School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Australia.

     

  • Awards & Achievements
    1. Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellwoship, 2021.
    2. Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence 2018, The University of Adelaide.

     

  • Research Interests

    Functional nanomaterial synthesis and characterization, Semiconductor physics, Materials chemistry, Physical chemistry, Material science, Solar energy conversion, Photocatalysts, Optoelectronics, and Electronic devices etc.

  • Publications

    Book Chapter

    Rahman M., Edvinsson T., X-Ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy for lead halide perovskites:Characterization Techniques for Perovskite Solar Cell Materials, 2019 (Elsevier).

     

    Selected Journal Publications

    2020

    Rahman M. and Edvinsson T., Rational synthesis and resolution to the mystery of chemical structure of solid state cyclo[n]carbon (Submitted).

    Rahman M., Edvinsson T., and Dai L. Rehabilitation of wasted holes in solar fuel production (Submitted).

    Rahman M., Boschloo G., Hagfeldt A., and Edvinsson T., Mechanistic understanding of low photovoltage in pyrite absorber for extermely thin-film solar cells applications (Submitted).

    Rahman M., Kibria G., and Mullins C., Metal-free Photocatalysts for Solar Fuel Production (Submitted).

    Rahman M., Edvinsson T., and Philip K. Biochar for electrochemical energy conversion and stoarge (invited).

    Guerrera J., Burrow J., Eichler J., Rahman M., Namireddy M., Friedman K, Coffman S., Calabro D. and Mullins C., Evaluation of two Potassium-based Activation Agents for the Production of Oxygen- and Nitrogen-doped Porous Carbon (Submitted).

     

    2019

    Rahman M., Mullins C., Undertsanding Charge Transport in Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Photocatalytic Solar Fuel Production, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2019, 52, 248.

    Rahman M., Edvinsson T., What is limiting the FeS2 solar cells performance?, Joule, 2019, 3, 2290.

    Joshua P. Pender,  Joseph V. Guerrera,  Bryan R. Wygant,  Jason A. Weeks, Ryan A. Ciufo, James N. Burrow,Mitchell F. Walk, Mohammad Z. Rahman,  Adam Heller  and C. Buddie Mullins, Carbon Nitride Transforms into a High-Capacity Li+ Storing N-doped Carbon Without Graphitization, ACS Nano, 2019, 13, 9279.

    Rahman M., Edvinsson T., How to make a most stable perovskite solar cell?, Matter, 2019, 1, 562.

    Rahman M., Thyer  J.,  and Edvinsson T., Surface polarity, water adhesion and wettability behaviors of iron pyrite, Materials Today (Proc.) 2019 (accepted).

     

    2018

    Rahman M., Moffatt J., Spooner J., Topological Carbon Nitride: Localized Photon Absoprtion and delocalized Charge Separation at Intertwined Photocatalyst Interface, Materials Horizon, 2018, 5, 553.

    Rahman M., Davey K., Mullins C., Tuning the Intrinsic Properties of Carbon Nitride for High Quantum Yield Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production, Advanced Science, 2018, 5, 1800820 [Invited article].

    Rahman M., Kwong P., Tang Y., Reduced Recombination and Low-Resistive Transport of Electrons for Photo-Redox Reactions in Metal-Free Hybrid Photocatalyst, Applied Physics Letters, 2018, 112, 253902.

    Rahman M. and Davey K., Enabling Pt-free photocatalytic hydrogen evolution on polymeric melon:Role of amorphization for overcoming the limiting factors, Physical Review Materials, 2018, 2, 125402.

    Rahman M., Davey K., Qiao S.Z., Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorous Containing Metal-Free Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production: Progress and Challenges. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 1305 [Hot paper] [Invited article]

    Rahman M., Batmunkh M., Baterdene M., Shapter J., and Mullins C.,  p-Type BP Nanosheet Photocatalyst with AQE of 3.9% in the Absence of a Noble Metal Cocatalyst: Investigation and Elucidation of Photophysical Properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018,6, 18403.

     

    2017

    Rahman M., Tapping C. P., Kee T, Smernik R, Spooner N, Moffatt J, Tang Y, Davey K.R., Qiao S.Z., A Benchmark Quantum Yield for Waterphotoreduction on Amorphous Carbon Nitride, Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27, 1702384.

    Rahman M., Davey K.R., Qiao S.Z., Advent of 2D Rhenium Disulfide (ReS2):Fundamentals to Applications, Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27, 1606129.

    Rahman M., Davey K.R., Qiao S.Z., Counteracting Blue-shift Optical Absorption and Maximizing Photon-Harvest in Carbon Nitride Nanosheets Photocatalyst, Small, 2017, 13, 1700376.

    Rahman M., Zhang J., Tang Y.H., Davey K., Qiao S.Z., Graphene Oxide Coupled Carbon Nitride Homo-Heterojuction Photocatalyst for Enhanced Hydrogen Production, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2017, 1, 562. [Hot paper]

     

    2016

    Rahman M., Kwong C.W., Davey K., Qiao S.Z., 2D Phosphorene as a Water Splitting Photocatalyst: Fundamentals to Applications. Energy & Environmental Science, 2016, 9, 709. (IF ~ 33.25)

    Rahman M., Ran J.R., Tang Y.H., Jaroniec M., Qiao S.Z., Surface Activated Carbon Nitride Nanosheets with Optimized Electro-optical Properties for Highly Efficient Photocayalytic Hydrogen Production, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4, 2445 [Hot paper].

     

     

    Selected Conference Proceedings (out of PhD research only)

    Rahman M. and Qiao S.Z.,'Enhancing Visible-Light Photocatalysis on Melem', International Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials (ISECSM 2017), Brisbane, Australia.

    Rahman M. and Qiao S.Z.,'Thermally Exfoliated 2D Nanosheets of Amorphous Carbon Nitride (ACN) ', 8th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry (GSC8 2017), Melbourne, Australia.

    Rahman M., Davey K.R., Qiao S.Z.,'Recombination Suppressed Amorphous Carbon Nitride (ACN) Nanosheets Photocatalyst for Co-Catalyst Free Solar Hydrogen Production', 9th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2017), Singapore.

    Rahman M., Davey K.R., Qiao S.Z.,'Caramelin as an Infra-Red Light Absorber and Charge-Separation Enhancer for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production', 9th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2017), Singapore.

     

  • Professional Associations

The information in this directory is provided to support the academic, administrative and business activities of the University of Adelaide. To facilitate these activities, entries in the University Phone Directory are not limited to University employees. The use of information provided here for any other purpose, including the sending of unsolicited commercial material via email or any other electronic format, is strictly prohibited. The University reserves the right to recover all costs incurred in the event of breach of this policy.

Entry last updated: Thursday, 16 Dec 2021