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Prof. Cafer T. Yavuz moved from KAIST at the end of 2020 and established the lab in KAUST with a core team of 12 scholars. Officially named Oxide and Organic Nanomaterials for Energy and Environment Laboratory (ONE Lab), we focus on nanomaterials design and development for applications that span from gas capture and storage to heterogeneous catalysis, seawater mining to 3D printing.

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LATEST
PUBLICATIONS

An electrocatalytic iodine oxidations-based configuration for hydrogen and I2/I3− co-productions driven by the Zn-air/iodine battery
Energy Storage Materials
Authors : Chang Chen, Libo Zhu, Javeed Mahmood, Zhong-Hua Xue, Xu Yu, Qin Li, Ziwei Chang, Han Tian, Fantao Kong, Haitao Huang, Cafer T. Yavuz, Xiangzhi Cui, Jianlin Shi
Year: 2024
An electrocatalytic iodine oxidations-based configuration for hydrogen and I2/I3− co-productions driven by the Zn-air/iodine battery
DOI :https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103817
Ultrahigh Single Au Atoms Loaded Porous Aromatic Frameworks for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
Advanced Materials,
Authors : Yuting Yang, Yang Xiao, Li Jiang, Jiahui Li, Jialu Li, Jiangtao Jia, Cafer T. Yavuz, Fengchao Cui, Xiaofei Jing*, Guangshan Zhu*
Year: 2024
Ultrahigh Single Au Atoms Loaded Porous Aromatic Frameworks for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
DOI :https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404791
Catalytic enantioselective intramolecular hydroamination of alkenes using chiral aprotic cyclic urea ligand on manganese (II)
Nature Communications, 15, 6647
Authors : Bin Cui, Yuting Zheng, Hui Sun*, Huijian Shang, Man Du, Yuxuan Shang, Cafer T. Yavuz*
Year: 2024
Catalytic enantioselective intramolecular hydroamination of alkenes using chiral aprotic cyclic urea ligand on manganese (II)
DOI :https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50757-4
Sunlight-boosted recovery of precious metal ions from E-waste using tannin-grafted mesoporous silica
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 487, 150529
Authors : Jeonga Kim, Kimoon Lee, Cafer T. Yavuz, Yoon Sung Nam*
Year: 2024
Sunlight-boosted recovery of precious metal ions from E-waste using tannin-grafted mesoporous silica
DOI :https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.150529
Evolution of Oxygen Vacancy Sites in Ceria-Based High-Entropy Oxides and Their Role in N2 Activation
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16, 23038-23053
Authors : Omer Elmutasim, Aseel G. Hussien, Abhishek Sharan, Sara AlKhoori, Michalis A. Vasiliades, Inas Magdy Abdelrahman Taha, Seokjin Kim, Messaoud Harfouche, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Dalaver H. Anjum, Angelos M. Efstathiou, Cafer T. Yavuz, Nirpendra Singh* Kyriaki Po
Year: 2024
Evolution of Oxygen Vacancy Sites in Ceria-Based High-Entropy Oxides and Their Role in N2 Activation
DOI :https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c16521

LATEST
PATENTS

  • Catalysts for dry reforming and methods of producing the same
  • Solvent-linked porous covalent organic polymers and method of preparing the same
  • Electroless plating solution and electroless plating method for recovering precious metal adsorbed on porous porphyrin polymer
  • Catalysts for dry reforming and methods of producing the same

    US20240050933A1
    Inventors:
    Cafer Tayyar Yavuz, Seokjin Kim, Aadesh Harale, Bandar Al-Solami, Aqil Jamal
    Abstract:
    The disclosure relates to catalysts for dry reforming, methods of producing the catalysts, and methods of using the catalysts in dry reforming. The catalysts contain nickel, molybdenum and a metal oxide. The methods of producing the catalysts include adding a solvent to precipitate the catalyst, followed by removing the solvent. The solvent addition and removal steps can be repeated as desired.
    Status:
    Pending
    Year:
    2024
  • Solvent-linked porous covalent organic polymers and method of preparing the same

    US Patent 11,535,701,2022
    Inventors:
    Cafer T Yavuz, Vepa Rozyyev, Joo Sung Lee
    Abstract:
    Solvent-linked porous covalent organic polymers (COPs) and a method of preparing the same are described. The porous covalent organic polymers are linked by a solvent and are thus suitable for the transportation and storage of natural gas. A method of preparing the porous covalent organic polymers by conducting alkylation polymerization between an aromatic monomer and a chlorine-based solvent in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst is described. Porous stretchable covalent organic polymers having pores with various sizes can be synthesized simply and quickly at room temperature and atmospheric pressure without a heating or purification step. The covalent organic polymers have very high natural gas storage capacity due to the flexible porous network structure thereof and thus are suitable for storage and transportation of natural gas and useful as a natural gas adsorbent.
    Status:
    Granted
    Year:
    2022
  • Electroless plating solution and electroless plating method for recovering precious metal adsorbed on porous porphyrin polymer

    US Patent App. 17/413,559, 2022
    Inventors:
    Jong-In Han, SON JiEun, Cafer Yavuz, HONG Youngran
    Abstract:
    The present invention relates to a method for recovering a precious metal selectively adsorbed on a porous porphyrin polymer, and to an electroless plating method capable of recovering a precious metal in a film form by desorbing and leaching the precious metal without an additional oxidizing agent and using same as a plating solution to reduce the precious metal on the surface of a substrate without an additional reducing agent.
    Status:
    Pending
    Year:
    2022
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