Polymer and Color Chemistry Program

North Carolina State University, USA

Assistant Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1998-2002  Co-Major Ph.D., Chemistry and Fiber and Polymer Science Program, North Carolina State University, USA

1991-2013  M.Sc., Department of Chemistry, Mansoura University, Egypt

1985-1989  B.Sc., Department of Chemistry, Mansoura University, Egypt

Publications (selected)

1. Mandal, S., Hudson, S. M., El-Shafei, A., et al. (2025). Diffusion of reactive dyes through cationized cellophane films. CELLULOSE, 32(17), 10237–10253.
2. Abdellah, I. M., & El-Shafei, A. (2024). A machine learning approach for in silico prediction of the photovoltaic properties of perovskite solar cells based on dopant-free hole-transport materials. NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 48(44), 18666–18682.
3. El-Khouly, M. E., El-Said, W. A., Yildirim, E., et al. (2024). Influence of cationic dimeric and trimeric-type surfactants on the aggregation behavior of water-soluble phthalocyanine: A combined experimental and computational study. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS, 400, Article 124581.
4. Kobaisy, A. M., Elkady, M. F., Abdel-Moneim, A. A., et al. (2024). Optical Properties of Cationic Perylenediimide Nanowires in Aqueous Medium: Experimental and Computational Studies. JOURNAL OF FLUORESCENCE, 34(1), 411–424.
5. El-Shafei, A. (2023). Nomination and commentary on 'Smart textiles: an overview of recent progress on chromic textiles, by Ramlow H., Andrade K. L. & Immich A. P. S., Journal of the Textile Institute, 112:1, 152-171, 2021, and published online 29 Jun 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405000.2020.1785071'. JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE, 114(6), 895–895.
6. Zafar, S., Ashraf, S., Iqbal, U., et al. (2023). Synthesis of new benzimidazole based ruthenium (II) dyes for application in dye-sensitized solar cells with detailed spectroscopic and theoretical evaluation. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, 1289, Article 135860.
7. Abdellah, I. M., Eletmany, M. R., & El-Shafei, A. (2023). Exploring the impact of electron acceptor tuning in D-π-A′-π-A photosensitizers on the photovoltaic performance of acridine-based DSSCs: A DFT/TDDFT perspective. MATERIALS TODAY COMMUNICATIONS, 35, Article 106170.
8. Abdellah, I. M., Yildirim, E., & El-Shafei, A. (2023). Low-cost novel X-shaped hole transport materials for efficient perovskite solar cells: Molecular modelling of the core and schiff base effects on photovoltaic and photophysical properties. MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 296, Article 127188.
9. Lyu, L. P., Su, R., & El-Shafei, A. (2022). Highly Efficient Rigidified Quinoxaline-based Co-Sensitizers Carrying Long Alkyl Chains for Ruthenium-Complex-Sensitized DSSCs. CHEMISTRYSELECT, 7(33), Article e202202183.
10. Altay, P., Yildirim, E., Gürsoy, N. Ç., et al. (2022). Synthesis of a Novel and More Sustainable Cationic Bleach Activator,N-[4-(N,N,N)-Triethylammoniumchloride-butanoyl] Butyrolactam, for Cotton: Optimization and Theoretical Limitations. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 10(14), 4415–4424.
11. Ashraf, S., Su, R., Akhtar, J., et al. (2022). Molecular engineering of ruthenium-based photosensitizers with superior photovoltaic performance in DSSCs: novel N-alkyl 2-phenylindole-based ancillary ligands. NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 46(6), 2739–2746.
12. Badawy, S. A., Su, R., Fadda, A. A., et al. (2022). Highly efficient (N-benzothiazolyl)-cyanoacetamide based co-sensitizers for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells. OPTIK, 249, Article 168274.
13. Ding, Y., Szymczyk, M., Mehraban, N., et al. (2022). Molecular and excited state properties of photostable anthraquinone red and violet dyes for hydrophobic fibers. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, 1248, Article 131349.
14. Abdellah, I. M., Chowdhury, TH., Lee, J. J., et al. (2021). Facile and low-cost synthesis of a novel dopant-free hole transporting material that rivals Spiro-OMeTAD for high efficiency perovskite solar cells. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY & FUELS, 5(1), 199–211.
15. Kim, B. H., Danilov, E., Yoon, S. J., et al. (2021). Characterization of the photophysics of a mixed system of red disperse dyes using experimental and theoretical methods. DYES AND PIGMENTS, 184, Article 108745.
16. Keremane, KS., Abdellah, I. M., Naik, P., et al. (2020). Simple thiophene-bridged D-π-A type chromophores for DSSCs: a comprehensive study of their sensitization and co-sensitization properties. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 22(40), 23169–23184.
17. Abdellah, I. M., Chowdhury, TH., Lee, J. J., et al. (2020). Novel dopant-free hole-transporting materials for efficient perovskite solar cells. SOLAR ENERGY, 206, 279–286.
18. Su, R., Ashraf, S., Lyu, L. P., et al. (2020). Tailoring dual-channel anchorable organic sensitizers with indolo[2,3-b] quinoxaline moieties: Correlation between structure and DSSC performance. SOLAR ENERGY, 206, 443–454.
19. Ahmad, Y. H., Mohamed, A. T., El-Shafei, A., et al. (2020). Facile one-step synthesis of supportless porous AuPtPd nanocrystals as high performance electrocatalyst for glucose oxidation reaction. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 45(38), 19163–19173.
20. Abdellah, I. M., & El-Shafei, A. (2020). Efficiency enhancement of ruthenium-based DSSCs employing A-π-D-π-A organic Co-sensitizers. RSC ADVANCES, 10(47), 27940–27953.

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