Biography

Dr. Ahmed El-Shafei

Polymer and Color Chemistry Program

North Carolina State University, USA

Professor


Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

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

1991-1993  M.Sc., Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt

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

Publications (selected)


  1. 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. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4nj03777d
  2. 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, 106170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.106170
  3. 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.127188
  4. El-Shafei, A. (2023, June 3). 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, Vol. 114, pp. 895–895. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405000.2023.2207343
  5. Kobaisy, A. M. M., Elkady, M. F. F., Abdel-Moneim, A. A. A., Yildirim, E., El-Shafei, A., & El-Khouly, M. E. E. (2023, June 6). Optical Properties of Cationic Perylenediimide Nanowires in Aqueous Medium: Experimental and Computational Studies. JOURNAL OF FLUORESCENCE. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-023-03253-9
  6. Zafar, S., Ashraf, S., Iqbal, U., Yousuf, S., Siddiqi, H. M., Liaqat, F., … Shahzad, N. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135860
  7. Lyu, L., 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). https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202202183
  8. Badawy, S. A., Su, R., Fadda, A. A., Abdel-Latif, E., El-Shafei, A., & Elmorsy, M. R. (2022). Highly efficient (N-benzothiazolyl)-cyanoacetamide based co-sensitizers for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells. OPTIK, 249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2021.168274
  9. Ding, Y., Szymczyk, M., Mehraban, N., Lim, J., Parrillo-Chapman, L., El-Shafei, A., & Freeman, H. S. (2022). Molecular and excited state properties of photostable anthraquinone red and violet dyes for hydrophobic fibers. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, 1248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131349
  10. Wang, Z., Hamedi, H., Zhang, F., El-Shafei, A., Brown, A. C., Gluck, J. M., & King, M. W. (2022). Plasma-Induced Diallyldimethylammonium Chloride Antibacterial Hernia Mesh. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 5(12), 5645–5656. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00695
  11. Altay, P., Yildirim, E., Gursoy, N. C., Hauser, P. J., & El-Shafei, A. (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 br. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 10(14), 4415–4424. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c07233
  12. Kim, B. H., Danilov, E., Yoon, S. J., El-Shafei, A., & Freeman, H. (2021). Characterization of the photophysics of a mixed system of red disperse dyes using experimental and theoretical methods. DYES AND PIGMENTS, 184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.108745
  13. Abdellah, I. M., Chowdhury, T. H., Lee, J.-J., Islam, A., Nazeeruddin, M. K., Graetzel, M., & El-Shafei, A. (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. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0se01323d
  14. Ashraf, S., Su, R., Akhtar, J., Shuja, A., Siddiqi, H. M., & El-Shafei, A. (2021, December 29). Molecular engineering of ruthenium-based photosensitizers with superior photovoltaic performance in DSSCs: novel N-alkyl 2-phenylindole-based ancillary ligands. NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nj04362e
  15. Arangdad, K., Yildirim, E., Detwiler, A., Cleven, C. D., Burk, C., Shamey, R., … El-Shafei, A. (2021). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study on the photodegradation of copolyester model compounds. JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, 138(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/app.49661
  16. Elmorsy, M. R., Lyu, L., Su, R., Abdel-Latif, E., Badawy, S. A., El-Shafei, A., & Fadda, A. A. (2020). Co-sensitization of the HD-2 complex with low-cost cyanoacetanilides for highly efficient DSSCs. PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 19(2), 281–288. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9pp00381a
  17. Ashraf, S., Su, R., Akhtar, J., Siddiqi, H. M., Shuja, A., & El-Shafei, A. (2020). Effect of fluoro-substituted acceptor-based ancillary ligands on the photocurrent and photovoltage in dye-sensitized solar cells. Solar Energy, 199, 74–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.02.016
  18. 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. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra03916k
  19. Ahmad, Y. H., Mohamed, A. T., El-Shafei, A., Al-Qaradawi, S. Y., & Aljaber, A. S. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.05.020
  20. Ahmad, Y. H., Mohamed, A. T., Alashraf, A., Matalqeh, M., El-Shafei, A., Al-Qaradawi, S. Y., & Aljaber, A. S. (2020). Highly porous PtPd nanoclusters synthesized via selective chemical etching as efficient catalyst for ethanol electro-oxidation. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.145222


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