Abdullah Mohammed AlMayouf

Abdullah Mohammed Al-Mayouf
Department of Chemistry,                  Phone: +966 (1) 4675959;   mobile: 0504449597
College of Science,                             Fax: +966 (1) 4675992,
King Saud University,                        e-mail: amayouf@ksu.edu.sa
P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh-11451,  
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

• Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research
  Editor-in-Chief of the journal of Saudi Chemical Society
• Head of Electrochemistry Research Group (ERG) http://sciences.ksu.edu.sa/en/node/1774
• Member of ethics committee of scientific research (7-2016- present)
• Head of sub-committee of violation of the ethics of scientific research(7-2016- present)
• Council of the master of renewable energy program (12-2014- present)

Employment and Education
2006       Professor of physical chemistry, KSU
1998       Associate professor of physical chemistry, KSU
1990       Assistant Professor of physical chemistry, KSU
1985       Postgraduate Student (University of Manchester, UK)
1984       Teaching assistance                                           
 
 
Current Research Interests
Electrochemical behaviour of metal oxides, preparation of nano alloys, preparation and electrochemical characterization of novel nano-electrodes, photocatalysis for energy conversion.
Publications
  35- M.N. Shaddad, A.M. Al-Mayouf, M.A. Ghanem, M.S. AlHoshan, J.P. Singh, A.A Al-Suhybani, Chemical Deposition and Electrocatalytic Activity of Platinum Nanoparticles Supported on TiO2 Nanotubes, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci.,  8 (2013) 2468 – 2478.
36- Mohamed A. Ghanem, Jai P. Singh, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Maged N. Shaddad ,Mansour Al-Hoshan, Abdulaziz Al-Suhybani, Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Pure Pt,Au, and Pt–Au Alloy Catalysts on Titanium Oxide Nanotubes (TONs), 2013, 4(3) 134-143.
37- Izzet Kocak, Mohamed A. Ghanem, Abdullah Al-Mayouf , Mansour Alhoshan, Philip N. Bartlett, A study of the modification of glassy carbon and edge and basal plane
highly oriented pyrolytic graphite electrodes modified with anthraquinone using diazonium coupling and solid phase synthesis and their use for oxygen reduction, J. Electroanal. Chem. 706 (2013) 25–32.
38- Mohamed A. Ghanem , Izzet Kocak, Abdullah Al-Mayouf , Philip N. Bartlett, Solid phase modification of carbon nanotubes with anthraquinone and nitrobenzene functional groups, Electrochem. Communications 34 (2013) 258–262.
39- A.A. Al-Suhybani, A.M. Al-Mayouf, M.S.A. Saleh, A. Aouissi,  Development of a 12-Tungstosilicate-Modified Carbon Electrode for Cyclohexane Electrocatalytic Oxidation,
 Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 9 (2014) 1547 – 1556.
40-  A. Aouissi, A.A. Al-Suhybani, A.M. Al-Mayouf, M.S.A. Saleh, Preparation and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes-Supported Pt–SiW12O40 Catalyst for Electrooxidation of Cyclohexane to Cyclohexanone/Cyclohexanol,  Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 9 (2014) 2762 – 2774.
41-  Hamad Zaid Alkhathlan, Merajuddin Khan, Mahmood Mohammed Saeed Abdullah, Abdullah, Mohammed Al-Mayouf, Ahmad Amine Mousa, Zeid Abdullah Mohammad Al-Othman,  Launaea nudicaulis as a Source of New and Efficient Green Corrosion Inhibitor for Mild Steel in Acidic Medium: A Comparative Study of Two Solvent Extracts,  Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 9 (2014) 870 – 889.
42- A. Aouissi, A.A. Al-Suhybani, A.M. Al-Mayouf, M.S.A. Saleh, Fabrication of Carbon Graphite-supported Pt–SiW12O40 Catalysts. Effect of the Pt Loading on the Electrooxidation of Cyclohexane, Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems,  17(2)2014, 49-54. 
43-Mohamed A. Ghanem, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Jai P. Singh, Twaha Abiti and Frank Marken, Mesoporous Nickel/Nickel Hydroxide Catalyst Using Liquid Crystal Template for Ethanol Oxidation in Alkaline Solution, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162 (7) H453-H459 (2015).
44. H. Z. Alkhathlan,   M. Khan,   M. M. S. Abdullah,   A. M. AlMayouf,   A. Yacine Badjah-Hadj-Ahmed,   Z. A. AlOthman,   A. A. Mousa, Anticorrosive assay-guided isolation of active phytoconstituents from Anthemis pseudocotula extracts and a detailed study of their effects on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic media, RSC Adv., 2015,5, 54283-54292.
45. Mohamed A. Ghanem , Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Maged N. Shaddad, Frank Marken, Selective formation of hydrogen peroxide by oxygen reduction on TiO2 nanotubes in alkaline media, Electrochimica Acta 174 (2015) 557–562
46- Mohamed A. Ghanem, Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Abdullah Almayouf, and Mark T. Weller, Efficient Bi-Functional Electrocatalysts of Strontium Iron Oxy-Halides for Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Reactions in Alkaline Media, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 163 (6) H450-H458 (2016).
47- Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Abdullah Al-Mayouf, Mohamed A. Ghanem, Maged N. Shaddad,  Mark T. Weller, Photoelectrochemical oxidation of water using La(Ta,Nb)O2N modified electrodes, Inter. J. Hydrogen Energy,  41(27) 2016, 11644-11652.
48. Mohamed A. Ghanem,  Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf,  Jai P. Singh, Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Concurrent Deposition and Exfoliation of Nickel Hydroxide Nanoflakes Using Liquid Crystal Template and Their Activity for Urea Electrooxidation in Alkaline Medium, Electrocatalysis, 8,2017,16–26, DOI: 10.1007/s12678-016-0336-8
49. Mohamed A. Ghanem, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Twaha Abiti, Mesoporous cobalt hydroxide prepared using liquid crystal template for efficient oxygen evolution in alkaline media, Electrochimica Acta 207 (2016) 177–186.
50. Maged N. Shaddad, Mohamed A. Ghanem,  Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf,  Sixto Gimenez, Juan Bisquert, Isaac Herraiz-Cardona, Cooperative Catalytic Effect of ZrO2 and α-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles on BiVO4 Photoanodes for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, ChemSusChem 2016, 9, 277.
51. Mohamed A. Ghanem, Nezar H. Khdary, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf and  Mabrook A. Salah Synthesis and Characterizations of Titanium Tungstophosphate Nanoparticles for Heavy Metal Ions Removal, Solid State Phenomena, Vol. 257, pp 187-192, 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.257.187.
 52. Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Mohamed A Ghanem, Abdullah M Al-Mayouf, Matar Al-shalwi
and Omar Hamed Abd-Elkader, Microwave assisted synthesis and characterization of Ni/NiO
nanoparticles as electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation in alkaline solution, Mater. Res. Express 4 (2017) 025035. https://doi.org/10.1088/ 2053-1591/aa5ed8
 53. Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Mohamed A. Ghanem, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Matar Al-shalwi, Enhanced electrocatalytic performance of mesoporous nickel-cobalt oxide electrode for methanol oxidation in alkaline solution, Materials Letters, 196 (2017) 365–368 2017,  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.03.080
 54. Prabhakarn Arunachalam , Mabrook S. Amer , Mohamed A. Ghanem , Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf , Dongyuan Zhao, Activation effect of silver nanoparticles on the photoelectrochemical performance of mesoporous TiO2 nanospheres photoanodes for water oxidation reaction, , Inter. J. Hydrogen Energy,  42 (2017) 11346-11355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.03.020
 55. A. Malathi, Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Andrews Nirmala Grace, J. Madhavan, A.M. Al-Mayouf, A robust visible-light driven BiFeWO6/BiOI nanohybrid with efficient photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical performance, Appl. Surf. Sci., 412 (2017) 85–95, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.03.199
 56. Jothi Ramalingam Rajabathar , Judith J. Vijaya, Arunachalam Prabakaran, Zuheir A. Issa, Ayman M. Atta, A.O. Ezzat, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Hamad A. Al-Lohedan, Synthesis, characterization and catalytic sorption activity of various method prepared magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticle deposition on porous BiMnOx nanotubes, J. Alloys and Compounds 698 (2017) 1077-1085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.12.192
 57. J. Theerthagiri, R. Sudha, K. Premnath, Prabhakarn Arunachalam,J. Madhavan, Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf, Growth of iron diselenide nanorods on graphene oxide nanosheets as advanced electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction, Inter. J. Hydrogen Energy, 4 2 (2017) 13020-130202.
 
Participation in Research Projects
1.   Co-investigator of a project entitled “Prefeasibility study and literature survey on corrosion inhibitors” funded by Saudi Basic Industries Cooperation (SABIC), 1997.
2.   Principle Investigator of a one year project entitled "Dissolution of iron oxides formed on iron” funded by Saudi Basic Industries Cooperation (SABIC), 2001.
3.    Investigator of a one year project entitled "Electrochemical behavior of oxidized iron in presence of complexing agents” funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), 2001.
4.   Co-investigator of a three years project entitled "Increased quantities of Al, Cr and Ni from cookware in Saudi Arabia” funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), 2004.
5.   Investigator of a one year project entitled "A probe for monitoring iron corrosion during iron oxide removal) funded by Research Center at College of Science, KSU, 2006.
6.  Co-investigator in a joint project between KSU and CEA/France entitled “PEM fuel cell using nanotechnology”, 2008.
7.  Principle Investigator of a two years project entitled "Electroless/ electrodeposition plating of  nano size ternary alloys", 2009. National Plan for Science & Technology.
8.  Principle Investigator of a two years project entitled " Covalent Modification of Carbon Nanotubes with functional groups for Biosensors Applications ", 2011. National Plan for Science & Technology.
9. Co- investigator of a two years project entitled “Development of a heteropolyanion-modified carbon electrode for cyclohexane electrocatalytic oxidation ", 2011. National Plan for Science & Technology.
10. Co- investigator of a two years project entitled "Search For Novel Eco-friendly Corrosion Inhibitors From Saudi Arabian Plants “A Proposal In Green Chemistry” ", 2011, National Plan for Science & Technology.
11. Co- investigator of a two years project entitled “Screening and characterizations of new photo-catalytic materials for solar water-splitting hydrogen production”, 2014, National Plan for Science & Technology.
12. Co- investigator of a two years project entitled “Synthesis and characterization of novel multifunctional mesoporous nanocatalysts for improved hydrocarbon oxidation and fuel-cell applications”, 2014, National Plan for Science & Technology.
13. Co- investigator of a two years project entitled “Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured mesoporous transition metal oxides and their application for water treatment”, 2014, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).