Publications

1. Shakir, I., 2014. High performance flexible pseudocapacitor based on nano-architectured spinel nickel cobaltite anchored multiwall carbon nanotubes. Electrochimica Acta, 132, pp.490-495.
2. Shakir, I., 2014. High energy density based flexible electrochemical supercapacitors from layer-by-layer assembled multiwall carbon nanotubes and graphene. Electrochimica Acta, 129, pp.396-400.
3. Akram, M., Ahmed, R., Shakir, I., Ibrahim, W.A.W. and Hussain, R., 2014. Extracting hydroxyapatite and its precursors from natural resources. Journal of materials science, 49(4), pp.1461-1475.
4. Shah, A., Mahmood, A., Ali, Z., Ashraf, T., Ahmed, I., Mehmood, M., Rashid, R. and Shakir, I., 2015. Influence of annealing temperature on the magnetic properties of Cr+ implanted AlN thin films. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 379, pp.202-207.
5. Mahmood, A., Aziz, U., Rashid, R., Shah, A., Ali, Z., Raza, Q., Raffi, M. and Shakir, I., 2014. Exploration of optical behavior of Cd1− xNixTe thin films by spectroscopic ellipsometry. Materials Research Express, 1(4), p.046409.
6. Idris, A., Vijayaraghavan, R., Rana, U.A., Patti, A.F. and MacFarlane, D.R., 2014. Dissolution and regeneration of wool keratin in ionic liquids. Green Chemistry, 16(5), pp.2857-2864.
7. Zhu, H., ali Rana, U., Ranganathan, V., Jin, L., O'Dell, L.A., MacFarlane, D.R. and Forsyth, M., 2014. Proton transport behaviour and molecular dynamics in the guanidinium triflate solid and its mixtures with triflic acid. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2(3), pp.681-691.
8. Halima, A.F., Rana, U.A. and MacFarlane, D.R., 2014. Boron-Doped Diamond (BDD) Coatings Protect Underlying Silicon in Aqueous Acidic Media–Application to the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Electrochimica Acta, 115, pp.639-643.
9. Parveen, N., Shah, A., Khan, S.Z., Khan, S.U.D., Rana, U.A., Fathi, F., Shah, A.H., Ashiq, M.N., Rauf, A., Qureshi, R. and Rehman, Z.U., 2015. Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, pH dependent electrochemistry and computational studies of piperazinic compounds. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162(1), pp.H32-H39.
10. Shah, A.H., Zaid, W., Shah, A., Rana, U.A., Hussain, H., Ashiq, M.N., Qureshi, R., Badshah, A., Zia, M.A. and Kraatz, H.B., 2015. pH Dependent electrochemical characterization, computational studies and evaluation of thermodynamic, kinetic and analytical parameters of two phenazines. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162(3), pp.H115-H123.
11. Aboud, M.F.A., ALOthman, Z.A., Habila, M.A., Zlotea, C., Latroche, M. and Cuevas, F., 2015. Hydrogen storage in pristine and d10-block metal-anchored activated carbon made from local wastes. Energies, 8(5), pp.3578-3590.
12. Shakir, I., Shahid, M. and Aboud, M.F., 2015. Synthesis and measurements of the optical bandgap of single crystalline complex metal oxide BaCuV2O7 nanowires by UV–VIS absorption. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 641, pp.201-204.
13. Tahir, M., Mahmood, N., Zhu, J., Mahmood, A., Butt, F.K., Rizwan, S., Aslam, I., Tanveer, M., Idrees, F., Shakir, I. and Cao, C., 2015. One dimensional graphitic carbon nitrides as effective metal-free oxygen reduction catalysts. Scientific reports, 5, p.12389.
14. Akram, M., Ahmed, R., Shakir, I., Ibrahim, W.A.W. and Hussain, R., 2014. Extracting hydroxyapatite and its precursors from natural resources. Journal of materials science, 49(4), pp.1461-1475.
15. Mahmood, A., Aziz, U., Rashid, R., Shah, A., Ali, Z., Raza, Q., Raffi, M. and Shakir, I., 2014. Exploration of optical behavior of Cd1− xNixTe thin films by spectroscopic ellipsometry. Materials Research Express, 1(4), p.046409.
16. Tahir, M., Mahmood, N., Zhang, X., Mahmood, T., Butt, F.K., Aslam, I., Tanveer, M., Idrees, F., Khalid, S., Shakir, I. and Yan, Y., 2015. Bifunctional catalysts of Co 3 O 4@ GCN tubular nanostructured (TNS) hybrids for oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions. Nano Research, 8(11), pp.3725-3736.
17. Raza, R., Ahmed, A., Akram, N., Saleem, M., Niaz Akhtar, M., Sherazi, T.A., Ajmal Khan, M., Abbas, G., Shakir, I., Mohsin, M. and Alvi, F., 2015. Composite electrolyte with proton conductivity for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell. Applied Physics Letters, 107(18), p.183903.
18. Basharat, F., Rana, U.A., Shahid, M. and Serwar, M., 2015. Heat treatment of electrodeposited NiO films for improved catalytic water oxidation. RSC Advances, 5(105), pp.86713-86722.
19. Pillai, A.S., Rajagopalan, R., Amruthalakshmi, A., Joseph, J., Ajay, A., Shakir, I., Nair, S.V. and Balakrishnan, A., 2015. Mesoscopic architectures of Co (OH) 2 spheres with an extended array of microporous threads as pseudocapacitor electrode materials. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 470, pp.280-289.
20. Anjali, P., Sonia, T.S., Shakir, I., Nair, S.V. and Balakrishnan, A., 2015. On the synthesis and electrochemical characterization of ordered hierarchical NiO micro bouquets with trimodal pore size distribution. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 618, pp.396-402.
21. Shah, A.H., Li, J., Yang, H., Rana, U.A., Ranganathan, V., Siddigi, H.M., MacFarlane, D.R., Forsyth, M. and Zhu, H., 2016. Enhancement of ‘dry’proton conductivity by self-assembled nanochannels in all-solid polyelectrolytes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4(20), pp.7615-7623.
22. Abbas, S.M., Ahmad, N., Rana, U.A., Khan, S.U.D., Hussain, S. and Nam, K.W., 2016. High rate capability and long cycle stability of Cr2O3 anode with CNTs for lithium ion batteries. Electrochimica Acta, 212, pp.260-269.
23. Abbas, S.M., Rana, U.A., Khan, S.U.D., Iqbal, Z. and Ahmad, N., 2016. MoN-decorated nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes anode with high lithium storage performance. Electrochimica Acta, 190, pp.988-996.