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Dr Rasoul Khayyam Nekouei
Research Associate

Dr Rasoul Khayyam Nekouei

Science
Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMaRT)

Rasoul completed his Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Materials Science and Engineering. To improve his skills, he finished his second Master in MBA in 2013. He joined SMaRT Centre at UNSW in 2016 for PhD to work on a project with the aim of having a greener environment, under the title of “Zero-Waste Approaches in Valorisation of Electronic waste (e-waste) Materials”. For part of his PhD, he worked at MIT (US) and University of Edinburg (UK) as a visiting researcher to develop a sustainable nanoscale material from e-waste. He graduated in 2020 from UNSW and is supporting SMaRT Centre as a Research Associate with the focus on the valorisation of waste materials for development of advanced and functional materials applied in energy storage applications, i.e., batteries, pseudocapacitors, and supercapacitor. The record of his publications, achievements, and CV are available in his Google Scholar and LinkedIn profiles.
E-mail
r.nekouei@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Assefi M; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Wang W; Kert E; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Regeneration of hydrogen through thermal micronisation of end-of-life polymers for sustainable reduction of iron oxide', Fuel Processing Technology, 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2021.107038
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Al Mahmood A; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Value-added fabrication of NiO-doped CuO nanoflakes from waste flexible printed circuit board for advanced photocatalytic application', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16614-4
    Journal articles | 2022
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Mofarah S; Hossein R; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Roles of experimental variables in optimised fabrication of microrecycled CuO-based photoelectrodes', Materials Today Sustainability, 18, pp. 100111 - 100111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100111
    Journal articles | 2022
    Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Tudela I; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Determination of the optimum potential window for super- and pseudocapacitance electrodes via in-depth electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis', Journal of Energy Storage, 56, pp. 106137 - 106137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.106137
    Journal articles | 2022
    Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Wang W; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Unraveling the Role of Oxides in Electrochemical Performance of Activated Carbons for High Voltage Symmetric Electric Double-Layer Capacitors', Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202100130
    Journal articles | 2022
    Maroufi S; Mofarah SS; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2022, 'Tailoring of a highly stable Mn1−x−y(CexLay)O2−δ pseudocapacitor thin-film and rare earth oxide nanospheres through selective purification of rare earth oxides derived from Ni-MH batteries', Green Chemistry, 24, pp. 1659 - 1672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1gc02802b
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'In-situ O/N-heteroatom enriched activated carbon by sustainable thermal transformation of waste coffee grounds for supercapacitor material', Journal of Energy Storage, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.102113
    Journal articles | 2021
    Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; Maroufi S; Cazorla C; O'Mullane AP; Yao Y; Lim S; Tricoli A; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Self-adhesive flexible patches of oxide heterojunctions with tailored band alignments for electrocatalytic H2O2generation', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, pp. 26727 - 26740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ta06473h
    Journal articles | 2021
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Tudela I; Mofarah SS; Vahidi E; Maroufi S; Wang K; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Dual functionality of mixed Cu-based two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures derived from electronic waste', Green Chemistry, 23, pp. 5511 - 5523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00354b
    Journal articles | 2021
    Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; S. Mofarah S; O'Mullane AP; Yao Y; Lim S; Cazorla C; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Transparent and Flexible Mn1−x−y(CexLay)O2−δ Ultrathin-Film Device for Highly-Stable Pseudocapacitance Application', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202100880
    Journal articles | 2021
    Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Mofarah SS; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Nanoscale design of 1D metal oxides derived from mixed Ni-MH battery/transition metal dust', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125645
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mofarah SS; Khayyam Nekouei R; Maroufi S; Biswal S; Lim S; Yao Y; Sahajwalla V, 2021, 'Controllable design of defect-rich hybrid iron oxide nanostructures on mesoporous carbon-based scaffold for pseudocapacitive applications', Nanoscale, 13, pp. 3662 - 3672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0nr06880b
    Journal articles | 2020
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Tudela I; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Current trends in direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) into value-added materials and products', Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 24, pp. 14 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.01.003
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kumar R; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'In-situ carbon-coated tin oxide (ISCC-SnO2) for micro-supercapacitor applications', Carbon Letters, 30, pp. 699 - 707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42823-020-00142-0
    Journal articles | 2020
    Maroufi S; Assefi M; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Recovery of lithium and cobalt from waste lithium-ion batteries through a selective isolation-suspension approach', Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2019.e00139
    Journal articles | 2020
    Nekouei RK; Maroufi S; Assefi M; Pahlevani F; Sahajwalla V, 2020, 'Thermal isolation of a clean alloy from waste slag and polymeric residue of electronic waste', Processes, 8, pp. 53 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr8010053
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hossain R; Nekouei RK; Mansuri I; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Sustainable Recovery of Cu and Sn from Problematic Global Waste: Exploring Value from Waste Printed Circuit Boards', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7, pp. 1006 - 1017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b04657
    Journal articles | 2019
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Golmohammadzadeh R; Assefi M; Rajarao R; Chen YH; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Recovery of heavy metals from waste printed circuit boards: statistical optimization of leaching and residue characterization', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26, pp. 24417 - 24429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05596-y
    Journal articles | 2019
    Khayyam Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Mayyas M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards into high surface area t-SnO2 for photocatalytic dye degradation', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2019.103133
    Journal articles | 2019
    Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'An electrochemical strategy to fabricate MnOx thin film from spent batteries for pseudocapacitive applications', Electrochimica Acta, 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135061
    Journal articles | 2019
    Mayyas M; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Valorization of lignin biomass as a carbon feedstock in steel industry: Iron oxide reduction, steel carburizing and slag foaming', Journal of Cleaner Production, 219, pp. 971 - 980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.114
    Journal articles | 2019
    Nekouei RK; Pahlevani F; Assefi M; Maroufi S; Sahajwalla V, 2019, 'Selective isolation of heavy metals from spent electronic waste solution by macroporous ion-exchange resins', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 371, pp. 389 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.03.013
    Journal articles | 2019
    S. Mofarah S; Adabifiroozjaei E; Yao Y; Koshy P; Lim S; Webster R; Liu X; Khayyam Nekouei R; Cazorla C; Liu Z; Wang Y; Lambropoulos N; Sorrell CC, 2019, 'Proton-assisted creation of controllable volumetric oxygen vacancies in ultrathin CeO2−x for pseudocapacitive energy storage applications', Nature Communications, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10621-2
    Journal articles | 2018
    Assefi M; Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Selective recovery of indium from scrap LCD panels using macroporous resins', Journal of Cleaner Production, 180, pp. 814 - 822, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.165
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'A Green Route to Synthesize Pr3+/Dy3+-Doped Nd2O3 Nanoreplicas from Nd-Fe-B Magnets', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 3402 - 3410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03585
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Mayyas M; Nekouei RK; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Thermal Nanowiring of E-Waste: A Sustainable Route for Synthesizing Green Si3N4 Nanowires', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 3765 - 3772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b04139
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Waste-cleaning waste: synthesis of ZnO porous nano-sheets from batteries for dye degradation', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, pp. 28594 - 28600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2850-0
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Hassan K; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Thermal Transformation of Mixed E-Waste Materials into Clean SiMn/FeMn Alloys', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 13296 - 13301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02884
    Journal articles | 2018
    Maroufi S; Nekouei RK; Hossain R; Assefi M; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Recovery of Rare Earth (i.e., La, Ce, Nd, and Pr) Oxides from End-of-Life Ni-MH Battery via Thermal Isolation', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 11811 - 11818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02097
    Journal articles | 2018
    Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Rajarao R; Golmohammadzadeh R; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Two-step pre-processing enrichment of waste printed circuit boards: Mechanical milling and physical separation', Journal of Cleaner Production, 184, pp. 1113 - 1124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.250
    Journal articles | 2018
    Nekouei R; Pahlevani F; Rajarao R; Gomohammadzadeh R; Sahajwalla V, 2018, 'Direct transformation of waste printed circuit boards to nano-structured powders through mechanical alloying', Materials and Design, 141, pp. 26 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2017.12.032
    Journal articles | 2017
    Maroufi S; Khayyam Nekouei R; Sahajwalla V, 2017, 'Thermal Isolation of Rare Earth Oxides from Nd-Fe-B Magnets Using Carbon from Waste Tyres', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 6201 - 6208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01133
    Journal articles | 2016
    Nekouei RK; Akhaghi R; Ravanbakhsh A; Tahmasebi R; Moghaddam AJ; Mahrouei M, 2016, 'A study of the effect of two-stage tempering on mechanical properties of steel 30CrMnSi using analysis on response surface in design of experiment', Metal Science and Heat Treatment, 57, pp. 694 - 701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11041-016-9945-3
    Journal articles | 2016
    Nekouei RK; Akhaghi R; Tahmasebi R; Ravanbakhsh A; Moghaddam AJ, 2016, 'Two-stage heat treatment of steel 30CrMnSi and its optimization', Metal Science and Heat Treatment, 58, pp. 362 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11041-016-0018-4
    Journal articles | 2015
    Dezfoolian M; Rashchi F; Nekouei RK, 2015, 'Synthesis of copper and zinc oxides nanostructures by brass anodization in alkaline media', Surface and Coatings Technology, 275, pp. 245 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.05.011
    Journal articles | 2014
    Mortazavi SMR; Rashchi F; Nekouei RK, 2014, 'Characterization of nano-structured tin oxide film prepared by anodic oxidation process', Advanced Materials Research, 829, pp. 366 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.829.366
    Journal articles | 2014
    Ravanbakhsh A; Rashchi F; Sohi MH; Nekouei RK, 2014, 'Synthesis of nanostructured zinc oxide thin films by anodic oxidation method', Advanced Materials Research, 829, pp. 347 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.829.347
    Journal articles | 2013
    Nekouei RK; Rashchi F; Amadeh AA, 2013, 'Using design of experiments in synthesis of ultra-fine copper particles by electrolysis', Powder Technology, 237, pp. 165 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2013.01.032
    Journal articles | 2013
    Nekouei RK; Rashchi F; Ravanbakhsh A, 2013, 'Copper nanopowder synthesis by electrolysis method in nitrate and sulfate solutions', Powder Technology, 250, pp. 91 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2013.10.012
    Journal articles | 2013
    Nekouei SRK; Soleymani AP; Panjepour M, 2013, 'Thermodynamic study of cementite formation in Fe-C-O-H system', Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 34, pp. 176 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08827508.2012.656774
    Journal articles | 2013
    Nekouie RK; Rashchi F; Joda NN, 2013, 'Effect of organic additives on synthesis of copper nano powders by pulsing electrolysis', Powder Technology, 237, pp. 554 - 561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2012.12.046
    Journal articles | 2013
    Valighazvini F; Rashchi F; Khayyam Nekouei R, 2013, 'Recovery of titanium from blast furnace slag', Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 52, pp. 1723 - 1730, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie301837m