Dr Ali Jalili

Dr Ali Jalili

Senior Lecturer
Science
School of Chemistry

Ali Jalili is a Senior Lecturer and Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow at the School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. He earned his PhD from the University of Wollongong in 2013. His research expertise spans plasma gas conversion, additive manufacturing, biomimetic systems, electrochemical device fabrication, and plasma catalysis, strongly focusing on net-zero initiatives via green ammonia production, sustainable fertilizers, scalability of these technologies, and hydrogen transport technologies.

Dr. Jalili has been instrumental in advancing the research of green ammonia via plasma and electrocatalysis from conceptual development to industrial scale-up. His significant research contributions have been supported by prestigious grants, including an ARC DECRA (AUD 450k), an ARC Future Fellowship (FT230100396, AUD 850k), and an ARC Discovery grant (DP230102907), enabling critical advancements in plasma catalysis for sustainable fertilizer production. He recently secured a substantial AUD 1.5 million R&D grant from the NSW Environmental Trust as part of a collaborative effort, leading plasma-related activities at UNSW in partnership with PlasmaLeap Technologies. The project focuses on developing a pilot system for on-demand ammonia synthesis, integrating plasma catalysis, innovative reactor technologies, and comprehensive techno-economic analyses.

Dr. Jalili has published over 65 peer-reviewed manuscripts, achieving an H-index of 45. His research publications have garnered more than 7,500 citations globally, averaging over 100 citations per manuscript, indicating substantial impact and international recognition. Notably, 16 publications have each been cited over 100 times, accounting for more than 25% of his total research output, including eight highly cited papers. Beyond scholarly articles, his research outcomes include four patents and more than twenty invited talks at international conferences and seminars, reflecting his leadership and influence in his field.

Location
Room 130, F12 Dalton Building, UNSW Sydney
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Alvand M; Ma Z; Kokate R; Kumar PV; Pan J; Amal R; Lovell EC; Jalili AR, 2024, 'Uncovering the role of vanadium doped Ni2P for low concentration urea oxidation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.157130
    Journal articles | 2024
    Jalili AR; Wallace G, 2024, 'A reflection on “Formation and processability of liquid crystalline dispersions of graphene oxide”', Materials Horizons, 11, pp. 2999 - 3004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4mh90058h
    Journal articles | 2024
    Lim M; Ma Z; O'Connell G; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Jalili R; Amal R; Daiyan R; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Ru-Induced Defect Engineering in Co3O4 Lattice for High Performance Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonium', Small, 20, pp. e2401333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202401333
    Journal articles | 2024
    Nazari S; Sun J; Baharfar M; Poulin P; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Jalili A; Esrafilzadeh D, 2024, 'High-Throughput Ammonia Production from Nitrate Using Liquid Metal Synthesized Bismuth Nano-Catalyst', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202304287
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lim M; Sun J; Ma Z; Jalili R; Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Amal R, 2023, 'Engineering CuOx Nanoparticles on Cu Foam for Acidic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium', ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6, pp. 4936 - 4945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c00681
    Journal articles | 2023
    Sun J; Zhang T; Hong J; Zhou R; Masood H; Zhou R; Murphy AB; Ostrikov KK; Cullen PJ; Lovell EC; Amal R; Jalili AR, 2023, 'Insights into plasma-catalytic nitrogen fixation from catalyst microanalysis and chemical kinetics modelling', Chemical Engineering Journal, 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.143841
    Journal articles | 2022
    Mayyas M; Khoshmanesh K; Kumar P; Mousavi M; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Yang J; Wang Y; Baharfar M; Rahim MA; Xie W; Allioux FM; Daiyan R; Jalili R; Esrafilzadeh D; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2022, 'Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Reaction Media for Interfacial Precipitation of Bismuth Nanomaterials with Controlled Phases and Morphologies', Advanced Functional Materials, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202108673
    Journal articles | 2022
    Tang J; Tang J; Mayyas M; Ghasemian MB; Sun J; Rahim MA; Yang J; Han J; Lawes DJ; Jalili R; Daeneke T; Saborio MG; Cao Z; Echeverria CA; Allioux FM; Zavabeti A; Hamilton J; Mitchell V; O'Mullane AP; Kaner RB; Esrafilzadeh D; Dickey MD; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2022, 'Liquid-Metal-Enabled Mechanical-Energy-Induced CO2 Conversion', Advanced Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202105789
    Journal articles | 2021
    Baharfar M; Mayyas M; Rahbar M; Allioux FM; Tang J; Wang Y; Cao Z; Centurion F; Jalili R; Liu G; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Exploring Interfacial Graphene Oxide Reduction by Liquid Metals: Application in Selective Biosensing', ACS Nano, 15, pp. 19661 - 19671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c06973
    Journal articles | 2021
    Daiyan R; Tran-Phu T; Kumar P; Iputera K; Tong Z; Leverett J; Khan MHA; Asghar Esmailpour A; Jalili A; Lim M; Tricoli A; Liu RS; Lu X; Lovell E; Amal R, 2021, 'Nitrate reduction to ammonium: From CuO defect engineering to waste NOx-to-NH3 economic feasibility', Energy and Environmental Science, 14, pp. 3588 - 3598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ee00594d
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ghasemian MB; Zavabeti A; Mousavi M; Murdoch BJ; Christofferson AJ; Meftahi N; Tang J; Han J; Jalili R; Allioux FM; Mayyas M; Chen Z; Elbourne A; McConville CF; Russo SP; Ringer S; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Doping Process of 2D Materials Based on the Selective Migration of Dopants to the Interface of Liquid Metals', Advanced Materials, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202104793
    Journal articles | 2021
    Han J; Mayyas M; Tang J; Mousavi M; Idrus-Saidi SA; Cai S; Cao Z; Wang Y; Tang J; Jalili R; O'Mullane AP; Kaner RB; Khoshmanesh K; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2021, 'Liquid metal enabled continuous flow reactor: A proof-of-concept', Matter, 4, pp. 4022 - 4041, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2021.10.022
    Journal articles | 2021
    Jalili AR; Satalov A; Nazari S; Rahmat Suryanto BH; Sun J; Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Kandjani AE; Sabri YM; Mayes E; Bhargava SK; Araki J; Zakri C; Poulin P; Esrafilzadeh D; Amal R, 2021, 'Liquid Crystal-Mediated 3D Printing Process to Fabricate Nano-Ordered Layered Structures', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, pp. 28627 - 28638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c05025
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Wang Y; Abbasi R; Yang J; Tang J; Idrus-Saidi SA; Guan X; Christoe MJ; Merhebi S; Zhang C; Tang J; Jalili R; Daeneke T; Wu T; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mayyas M, 2021, 'Bismuth telluride topological insulator synthesized using liquid metal alloys: Test of NO2 selective sensing', Applied Materials Today, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2021.100954
    Journal articles | 2021
    Rahim MA; Centurion F; Han J; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Sun J; Christoe MJ; Esrafilzadeh D; Allioux FM; Ghasemian MB; Yang J; Tang J; Daeneke T; Mettu S; Zhang J; Uddin MH; Jalili R; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Centurion Rodriguez F, 2021, 'Polyphenol-Induced Adhesive Liquid Metal Inks for Substrate-Independent Direct Pen Writing', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202007336
    Journal articles | 2021
    Sun J; Alam D; Daiyan R; Masood H; Zhang T; Zhou R; Cullen PJ; Lovell EC; Jalili A; Amal R, 2021, 'A hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process for sustainable ammonia production', Energy and Environmental Science, 14, pp. 865 - 872, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ee03769a
    Journal articles | 2020
    Li H; Abbasi R; Wang Y; Allioux FM; Koshy P; Idrus-Saidi SA; Rahim MA; Yang J; Mousavi M; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Jalili R; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mayyas M, 2020, 'Liquid metal-supported synthesis of cupric oxide', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8, pp. 1656 - 1665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9tc06883j
    Journal articles | 2020
    MacFarlane DR; Choi J; Suryanto BHR; Jalili R; Chatti M; Azofra LM; Simonov AN, 2020, 'Liquefied Sunshine: Transforming Renewables into Fertilizers and Energy Carriers with Electromaterials', Advanced Materials, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201904804
    Journal articles | 2020
    Mayyas M; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Mousavi M; Ghasemian MB; Abbasi R; Li H; Christoe MJ; Han J; Wang Y; Zhang C; Rahim MA; Tang J; Yang J; Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Allioux FM; O'Mullane AP, 2020, 'Pulsing liquid alloys for nanomaterials synthesis', ACS Nano, 14, pp. 14070 - 14079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c06724
    Journal articles | 2020
    Mayyas M; Li H; Kumar P; Ghasemian MB; Yang J; Wang Y; Lawes DJ; Han J; Saborio MG; Tang J; Jalili R; Lee SH; Seong WK; Russo SP; Esrafilzadeh D; Daeneke T; Kaner RB; Ruoff RS; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Liquid-Metal-Templated Synthesis of 2D Graphitic Materials at Room Temperature', Advanced Materials, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202001997
    Journal articles | 2020
    Saborio MG; Cai S; Tang J; Ghasemian MB; Mayyas M; Han J; Christoe MJ; Peng S; Koshy P; Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Wang CH; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Liquid Metal Droplet and Graphene Co-Fillers for Electrically Conductive Flexible Composites', Small, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201903753
    Journal articles | 2020
    Tang J; Tang J; Mayyas M; Ghasemian MB; Sun J; Rahim MA; Yang J; Han J; Lawes D; Jalili R; Daeneke T; Saborio M; Cao Z; Allioux F-M; O'Mullane A; Kaner R; Esrafilzadeh D; Dickey M; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Mechanical energy-induced CO2 conversion using liquid metals', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-112257/v1
    Journal articles | 2019
    Chao Y; Wang K; Jalili R; Morlando A; Qin C; Vijayakumar A; Wang C; Wallace GG, 2019, 'Scalable Solution Processing MoS2 Powders with Liquid Crystalline Graphene Oxide for Flexible Freestanding Films with High Areal Lithium Storage Capacity', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11, pp. 46746 - 46755, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b15371
    Journal articles | 2019
    Choi J; Kim J; Wagner P; Gambhir S; Jalili R; Byun S; Sayyar S; Lee YM; MacFarlane DR; Wallace GG; Officer DL, 2019, 'Energy efficient electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to CO using a three-dimensional porphyrin/graphene hydrogel', Energy and Environmental Science, 12, pp. 747 - 755, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ee03403f
    Journal articles | 2019
    Choi J; Wagner P; Gambhir S; Jalili R; Macfarlane DR; Wallace GG; Officer DL, 2019, 'Steric Modification of a Cobalt Phthalocyanine/Graphene Catalyst to Give Enhanced and Stable Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to CO', ACS Energy Letters, 4, pp. 666 - 672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b02355
    Journal articles | 2019
    Esrafilzadeh D; Zavabeti A; Jalili R; Atkin P; Choi J; Carey BJ; Brkljača R; O’Mullane AP; Dickey MD; Officer DL; MacFarlane DR; Daeneke T; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2019, 'Room temperature CO2 reduction to solid carbon species on liquid metals featuring atomically thin ceria interfaces', Nature Communications, 10, pp. 865, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08824-8
    Journal articles | 2019
    Friedmann D; Lee AF; Wilson K; Jalili R; Caruso RA, 2019, 'Printing approaches to inorganic semiconductor photocatalyst fabrication', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7, pp. 10858 - 10878, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ta00888h
    Journal articles | 2019
    Suryanto BHR; Wang D; Azofra LM; Harb M; Cavallo L; Jalili R; Mitchell DRG; Chatti M; MacFarlane DR, 2019, 'MoS 2 Polymorphic Engineering Enhances Selectivity in the Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrogen to Ammonia', ACS Energy Letters, 4, pp. 430 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b02257
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wang K; Frewin CL; Esrafilzadeh D; Yu C; Wang C; Pancrazio JJ; Romero-Ortega M; Jalili R; Wallace G, 2019, 'High-Performance Graphene-Fiber-Based Neural Recording Microelectrodes', Advanced Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201805867
    Journal articles | 2018
    Choi J; Wagner P; Jalili R; Kim J; MacFarlane DR; Wallace GG; Officer DL, 2018, 'A Porphyrin/Graphene Framework: A Highly Efficient and Robust Electrocatalyst for Carbon Dioxide Reduction', Advanced Energy Materials, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201801280
    Journal articles | 2018
    Jalili R; Esrafilzadeh D; Aboutalebi SH; Sabri YM; Kandjani AE; Bhargava SK; Della Gaspera E; Gengenbach TR; Walker A; Chao Y; Wang C; Alimadadi H; Mitchell DRG; Officer DL; MacFarlane DR; Wallace GG, 2018, 'Silicon as a ubiquitous contaminant in graphene derivatives with significant impact on device performance', Nature communications, 9, pp. 5070 - 5070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07396-3
    Journal articles | 2017
    Chao Y; Jalili R; Ge Y; Wang C; Zheng T; Shu K; Wallace GG, 2017, 'Self-Assembly of Flexible Free-Standing 3D Porous MoS2-Reduced Graphene Oxide Structure for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries', Advanced Functional Materials, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201700234
    Journal articles | 2017
    Ge Y; Jalili R; Wang C; Zheng T; Chao Y; Wallace GG, 2017, 'A robust free-standing MoS2/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) film for supercapacitor applications', Electrochimica Acta, 235, pp. 348 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.03.069
    Journal articles | 2017
    Jalili R; Kanneganti A; Romero-Ortega MI; Wallace GG, 2017, 'Implantable electrodes', Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 3, pp. 68 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2017.07.003
    Journal articles | 2017
    Kim H; Jalili R; Spinks GM; Wallace GG; Kim SJ, 2017, 'High-strength graphene and polyacrylonitrile composite fiber enhanced by surface coating with polydopamine', Composites Science and Technology, 149, pp. 280 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2017.05.029
    Journal articles | 2016
    Cabot JM; Duffy E; Currivan S; Ruland A; Jalili R; Mozer AJ; Innis PC; Wallace GG; Breadmore M; Paull B, 2016, 'Characterisation of graphene fibres and graphene coated fibres using capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detector', Analyst, 141, pp. 2774 - 2782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5an02534f
    Journal articles | 2016
    Choi J; Benedetti TM; Jalili R; Walker A; Wallace GG; Officer DL, 2016, 'High Performance Fe Porphyrin/Ionic Liquid Co-catalyst for Electrochemical CO2Reduction', Chemistry - A European Journal, 22, pp. 14158 - 14161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201603359
    Journal articles | 2016
    Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Liu X; Gilmore KJ; Razal JM; Moulton SE; Wallace GG, 2016, 'A novel and facile approach to fabricate a conductive and biomimetic fibrous platform with sub-micron and micron features', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 4, pp. 1056 - 1063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5tb02237a
    Journal articles | 2016
    Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Stewart EM; Aboutalebi SH; Razal JM; Moulton SE; Wallace GG, 2016, 'High-Performance Multifunctional Graphene-PLGA Fibers: Toward Biomimetic and Conducting 3D Scaffolds', Advanced Functional Materials, 26, pp. 3105 - 3117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201505304
    Journal articles | 2016
    Jalili R; Aminorroaya-Yamini S; Benedetti TM; Aboutalebi SH; Chao Y; Wallace GG; Officer DL, 2016, 'Processable 2D materials beyond graphene: MoS2 liquid crystals and fibres', Nanoscale, 8, pp. 16862 - 16867, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6nr03681c
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kim KM; Lee JA; Sim HJ; Kim KA; Jalili R; Spinks GM; Kim SJ, 2016, 'Shape-engineerable composite fibers and their supercapacitor application', Nanoscale, 8, pp. 1910 - 1914, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5nr07147j
    Journal articles | 2016
    Liu Y; Weng B; Xu Q; Hou Y; Zhao C; Beirne S; Shu K; Jalili R; Wallace GG; Razal JM; Chen J, 2016, 'Facile Fabrication of Flexible Microsupercapacitor with High Energy Density', Advanced Materials Technologies, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.201600166
    Journal articles | 2016
    Poulin P; Jalili R; Neri W; Nallet F; Divoux T; Colin A; Aboutalebi SH; Wallace G; Zakri C, 2016, 'Superflexibility of graphene oxide', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, pp. 11088 - 11093, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1605121113
    Journal articles | 2016
    Seyedin S; Razal JM; Innis PC; Jalili R; Wallace GG, 2016, 'Compositional Effects of Large Graphene Oxide Sheets on the Spinnability and Properties of Polyurethane Composite Fibers', Advanced Materials Interfaces, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.201500672
    Journal articles | 2015
    Dyer T; Thamwattana N; Jalili R, 2015, 'Modelling the interaction of graphene oxide using an atomistic-continuum model', RSC Advances, 5, pp. 77062 - 77070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ra13353j
    Journal articles | 2015
    Gambhir S; Jalili R; Officer DL; Wallace GG, 2015, 'Chemically converted graphene: Scalable chemistries to enable processing and fabrication', NPG Asia Materials, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/am.2015.47
    Journal articles | 2015
    Liu Y; Weng B; Razal JM; Xu Q; Zhao C; Hou Y; Seyedin S; Jalili R; Wallace GG; Chen J, 2015, 'High-Performance Flexible All-Solid-State Supercapacitor from Large Free-Standing Graphene-PEDOT/PSS Films', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep17045
    Journal articles | 2015
    Seyedin MZ; Razal JM; Innis PC; Jalili R; Wallace GG, 2015, 'Achieving outstanding mechanical performance in reinforced elastomeric composite fibers using large sheets of graphene oxide', Advanced Functional Materials, 25, pp. 94 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201402167
    Journal articles | 2014
    Aboutalebi SH; Jalili R; Esrafilzadeh D; Salari M; Gholamvand Z; Aminorroaya Yamini S; Konstantinov K; Shepherd RL; Chen J; Moulton SE; Innis PC; Minett AI; Razal JM; Wallace GG, 2014, 'High-performance multifunctional Graphene yarns: Toward wearable all-carbon energy storage textiles', ACS Nano, 8, pp. 2456 - 2466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn406026z
    Journal articles | 2014
    Jalili R; Aboutalebi SH; Esrafilzadeh D; Konstantinov K; Razal JM; Moulton SE; Wallace GG, 2014, 'Formation and processability of liquid crystalline dispersions of graphene oxide', Materials Horizons, 1, pp. 87 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3mh00050h
    Journal articles | 2014
    Kim BC; Cho WJ; Lee WG; Kim SJ; Jalili R; Park SY; Wallace GG; Yu KH; Chang SJ, 2014, 'Capacitive behaviour of thermally reduced graphene oxide in a novel ionic liquid containing di-cationic charge', Synthetic Metals, 193, pp. 110 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2014.04.006
    Journal articles | 2014
    Naficy S; Jalili R; Aboutalebi SH; Gorkin RA; Konstantinov K; Innis PC; Spinks GM; Poulin P; Wallace GG, 2014, 'Graphene oxide dispersions: Tuning rheology to enable fabrication', Materials Horizons, 1, pp. 326 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3mh00144j
    Journal articles | 2013
    Jalili R; Aboutalebi SH; Esrafilzadeh D; Konstantinov K; Moulton SE; Razal JM; Wallace GG, 2013, 'Organic solvent-based graphene oxide liquid crystals: A facile route toward the next generation of self-assembled layer-by-layer multifunctional 3D architectures', ACS Nano, 7, pp. 3981 - 3990, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn305906z
    Journal articles | 2013
    Jalili R; Aboutalebi SH; Esrafilzadeh D; Shepherd RL; Chen J; Aminorroaya-Yamini S; Konstantinov K; Minett AI; Razal JM; Wallace GG, 2013, 'Scalable one-step wet-spinning of graphene fibers and yarns from liquid crystalline dispersions of graphene oxide: Towards multifunctional textiles', Advanced Functional Materials, 23, pp. 5345 - 5354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201300765
    Journal articles | 2013
    Jalili R; Razal JM; Wallace GG, 2013, 'Wet-spinning of PEDOT:PSS/functionalized-SWNTs composite: A facile route toward production of strong and highly conducting multifunctional fibers', Scientific Reports, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03438
    Journal articles | 2013
    Romano MS; Li N; Antiohos D; Razal JM; Nattestad A; Beirne S; Fang S; Chen Y; Jalili R; Wallace GG; Baughman R; Chen J, 2013, 'Carbon nanotube-reduced graphene oxide composites for thermal energy harvesting applications', Advanced Materials, 25, pp. 6602 - 6606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201303295
    Journal articles | 2012
    Jalili R; Razal JM; Wallace GG, 2012, 'Exploiting high quality PEDOT:PSS-SWNT composite formulations for wet-spinning multifunctional fibers', Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, pp. 25174 - 25182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2jm35148j
    Journal articles | 2012
    Quigley AF; Razal JM; Kita M; Jalili R; Gelmi A; Penington A; Ovalle-Robles R; Baughman RH; Clark GM; Wallace GG; Kapsa RMI, 2012, 'Electrical Stimulation of Myoblast Proliferation and Differentiation on Aligned Nanostructured Conductive Polymer Platforms', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 1, pp. 801 - 808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201200102
    Journal articles | 2011
    Jalili R; Razal JM; Innis PC; Wallace GG, 2011, 'One-step wet-spinning process of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrenesulfonate) fibers and the origin of higher electrical conductivity', Advanced Functional Materials, 21, pp. 3363 - 3370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201100785
    Journal articles | 2010
    Moradzadegan A; Ranaei-Siadat SO; Ebrahim-Habibi A; Barshan-Tashnizi M; Jalili R; Torabi SF; Khajeh K, 2010, 'Immobilization of acetylcholinesterase in nanofibrous PVA/BSA membranes by electrospinning', Engineering in Life Sciences, 10, pp. 57 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elsc.200900001
    Journal articles | 2009
    Tavanai H; Jalili R; Morshed M, 2009, 'Effects of fiber diameter and CO2activation temperature on the pore characteristics of polyacrylonitrile based activated carbon nanofibers', Surface and Interface Analysis, 41, pp. 814 - 819, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sia.3104
    Journal articles | 2008
    Esrafilzadeh D; Jalili R; Morshed M, 2008, 'Crystalline order and mechanical properties of as-electrospun and post-treated bundles of uniaxially aligned polyacrylonitrile nanofiber', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 110, pp. 3014 - 3022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.27593
    Journal articles | 2006
    Jalili R; Morshed M; Ravandi SAH, 2006, 'Fundamental parameters affecting electrospinning of PAN nanofibers as uniaxially aligned fibers', Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 101, pp. 4350 - 4357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.24290
    Journal articles | 2005
    Jalili R; Hosseini SA; Morshed M, 2005, 'The effects of operating parameters on the morphology of electrospun polyacrilonitrile nanofibres', Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition), 14, pp. 1074 - 1081

  • 2025: UNSW-SJTU Collaboration Research Program, Hybrid Plasmatic-Electrochemical Reaction for Green Ammonia Synthesis, $10,000
  • 2024: Clean Technology R&D Grants, On-Demand Green Ammonia Production, $1,588,959
  • 2023: ARC Future Fellowship Award, High productivity of hybrid plasma electrocatalytic fertiliser production, $842,080
  • 2022: ARC Discovery, Plasma-driven Electrochemical Synthesis of Urea, $422,103
  • 2019: UNSW Sydney Startup Fund, $215,576
  • 2018: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award,Nature-inspired electrochemical conversion of nitrogen to ammonia, $368,446
  • 2017: Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Award, RMIT University, $326,000
  • 2015: The Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM) Collaborative Grant, $20,000
  • 2014: The Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM) for Gold Grant, $12,000

 

 

ARC Future Fellowship (2023)

ARC DECRA (2017)

Travel award from Australia Academy of Sciences (2016). 

Best poster award from the Fiber Society (2013). 

My research focuses on making a significant societal, scientific, and technological impact by advancing sustainable energy solutions, decarbonisation strategies, and the circular economy. As an ARC Future Fellow at UNSW's School of Chemistry, I bring together academia and industry by scaling up innovative technologies like plasma gas conversion and integrated plasma-electrocatalysis systems. My work addresses critical challenges such as climate change mitigation, carbon removal, emission avoidance, and efficient renewable energy management through interdisciplinary collaborations at both the national and international levels.

My research directly contributes to the development of a sustainable future, with a focus on decarbonised industrial processes, sustainable manufacturing, and technologies that are compatible with renewable energy's intermittent nature. I explore new chemical reactions, green ammonia production methods, hydrogen storage and transportation technologies, and fuels made from renewable sources. My expertise includes advanced materials, additive manufacturing, green chemistry, and nanotechnology, resulting in significant advancements in biomedical devices, 3D-printed electrocatalytic scaffolds, and graphene-based liquid crystalline inks for scalable device production.

With a proven track record of significantly improving the efficiency, productivity, and sustainability of plasma reactors and related technologies, my current focus is on making chemical processes compatible with renewable energy, developing novel energy storage solutions (such as hydrogen, ammonia, and green energy), and lowering inherent emissions in critical chemicals such as fertiliser production. My recent interest in AI-driven modeling and techno-economic analysis can enhance my ability to optimise processes and accelerate the transition from lab-scale innovation to meaningful industrial applications.

My research is focused on providing industry and society with practical solutions to support the transition to a sustainable, decarbonised, circular economy. By assisting partners in incorporating advanced net-zero strategies into research proposals, grant applications, and operational frameworks, I hope to broaden the impact of sustainable technology innovation on science, industry, and the global community.
 

I am deeply committed to bridging academia, industry, government, and the wider community through strategic engagement and collaboration. By combining my experience in technology commercialization, academic leadership, and advanced research, I actively foster partnerships that translate cutting-edge science into real-world impact. My collaborative approach emphasizes shared goals in sustainability, decarbonisation, and circular economy solutions, and includes assisting industry and academic partners in developing competitive grant applications and proposals aligned with global net-zero strategies. Through these engagements, I facilitate the effective integration of renewable energy technologies, plasma gas conversion systems, energy storage solutions, and advanced material innovations into practical applications, ultimately supporting partners and the broader community in achieving their sustainability and emission-reduction targets.