By Dr Rahman Daiyan

Journal articles

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

Tran-Phu T; Daiyan R; Leverett J; Fusco Z; Tadich A; Di Bernardo I; Kiy A; Truong TN; Zhang Q; Chen H; Kluth P; Amal R; Tricoli A, 2022, 'Understanding the activity and stability of flame-made Co3O4 spinels: A route towards the scalable production of highly performing OER electrocatalysts', Chemical Engineering Journal, 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.132180

Dong ZY; Yang J; Yu L; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2022, 'A green hydrogen credit framework for international green hydrogen trading towards a carbon neutral future', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47, pp. 728 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.084

Tran-Phu T; Chen H; Daiyan R; Chatti M; Liu B; Amal R; Liu Y; Macfarlane DR; Simonov AN; Tricoli A, 2022, 'Nanoscale TiO2 Coatings Improve the Stability of an Earth-Abundant Cobalt Oxide Catalyst during Acidic Water Oxidation', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14, pp. 33130 - 33140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c05849

Chai M; Razavi Bazaz S; Daiyan R; Razmjou A; Ebrahimi Warkiani M; Amal R; Chen V, 2021, 'Biocatalytic micromixer coated with enzyme-MOF thin film for CO2 conversion to formic acid', Chemical Engineering Journal, 426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.130856

Kim S; Singh G; Sathish CI; Panigrahi P; Daiyan R; Lu X; Sugi Y; Kim IY; Vinu A, 2021, 'Tailoring the Pore Size, Basicity, and Binding Energy of Mesoporous C3N5 for CO2 Capture and Conversion', Chemistry an Asian Journal, 16, pp. 3999 - 4005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asia.202101069

Zhang Q; Zhe Ru ZL; Daiyan R; Kumar P; Pan J; Lu X; Amal R, 2021, 'Surface reconstruction enabled efficient hydrogen generation on a cobalt-iron phosphate electrocatalyst in neutral water', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, pp. 53798 - 53809, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c14588

Zheng X; Mofarah SS; Cazorla C; Daiyan R; Esmailpour AA; Scott J; Yao Y; Lim S; Wong V; Chen EY; Arandiyan H; Koshy P; Sorrell CC, 2021, 'Decoupling the Impacts of Engineering Defects and Band Gap Alignment Mechanism on the Catalytic Performance of Holey 2D CeO2−x-Based Heterojunctions', Advanced Functional Materials, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202103171

Fetanat M; Keshtiara M; Keyikoglu R; Khataee A; Daiyan R; Razmjou A, 2021, 'Machine learning for design of thin-film nanocomposite membranes', Separation and Purification Technology, 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118383

Foller T; Daiyan R; Jin X; Leverett J; Kim H; Webster R; Yap JE; Wen X; Rawal A; DeSilva KKH; Yoshimura M; Bustamante H; Chang SLY; Kumar P; You Y; Lee GH; Amal R; Joshi R, 2021, 'Enhanced graphitic domains of unreduced graphene oxide and the interplay of hydration behaviour and catalytic activity', Materials Today

Leverett J; Daiyan R; Gong L; Iputera K; Tong Z; Qu J; Ma Z; Zhang Q; Cheong S; Cairney J; Liu RS; Lu X; Xia Z; Dai L; Amal R, 2021, 'Designing Undercoordinated Ni-Nxand Fe-Nxon Holey Graphene for Electrochemical CO2Conversion to Syngas', ACS Nano, 15, pp. 12006 - 12018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c03293

Gurieff N; Moghtaderi B; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2021, 'Gas transition: Renewable hydrogen’s future in eastern Australia’s energy networks', Energies, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14133968

Ali Khan MH; Daiyan R; Neal P; Haque N; MacGill I; Amal R, 2021, 'A framework for assessing economics of blue hydrogen production from steam methane reforming using carbon capture storage & utilisation', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46, pp. 22685 - 22706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.04.104

Ali Khan MH; Daiyan R; Han Z; Hablutzel M; Haque N; Amal R; MacGill I, 2021, 'Designing optimal integrated electricity supply configurations for renewable hydrogen generation in Australia', Iscience, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102539

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

Saputera WH; Amri AF; Daiyan R; Sasongko D, 2021, 'Photocatalytic Technology for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Wastewater Treatment: Current Progress and Future Perspective.', Materials (Basel), 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14112846

Tran-Phu T; Fusco Z; Di Bernardo I; Lipton-Duffin J; Toe CY; Daiyan R; Gengenbach T; Lin CH; Bo R; Nguyen HT; Barca GMJ; Wu T; Chen H; Amal R; Tricoli A, 2021, 'Understanding the Role of Vanadium Vacancies in BiVO4for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation', Chemistry of Materials, 33, pp. 3553 - 3565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04866

Zhang Q; Kumar P; Zhu X; Daiyan R; Bedford NM; Wu KH; Han Z; Zhang T; Amal R; Lu X, 2021, 'Electronically Modified Atomic Sites Within a Multicomponent Co/Cu Composite for Efficient Oxygen Electroreduction', Advanced Energy Materials, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202100303

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

Zhang Q; Kumar P; Zhu X; Daiyan R; Bedford NM; Wu K; Han Z; Zhang T; Amal R; Lu X, 2021, 'Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Electronically Modified Atomic Sites Within a Multicomponent Co/Cu Composite for Efficient Oxygen Electroreduction (Adv. Energy Mater. 17/2021)', Advanced Energy Materials, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202170067

Daiyan R; Macgill I; Amal R, 2020, 'Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable Power-to-X', ACS Energy Letters, 5, pp. 3843 - 3847, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02249

Daiyan R; Zhu X; Tong Z; Gong L; Razmjou A; Liu RS; Xia Z; Lu X; Dai L; Amal R, 2020, 'Transforming active sites in nickel–nitrogen–carbon catalysts for efficient electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO', Nano Energy, 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105213

Yates J; Daiyan R; Patterson R; Egan R; Amal R; Ho-Baille A; Chang NL, 2020, 'Techno-economic Analysis of Hydrogen Electrolysis from Off-Grid Stand-Alone Photovoltaics Incorporating Uncertainty Analysis', Cell Reports Physical Science, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100209

Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Huang B; Zubair M; Leverett J; Zhang Q; Lim S; Horlyck J; Tang J; Lu X; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Hart JN; Bedford NM; Amal R, 2020, 'Uncovering Atomic-Scale Stability and Reactivity in Engineered Zinc Oxide Electrocatalysts for Controllable Syngas Production', Advanced Energy Materials, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202001381

Tran-Phu T; Daiyan R; Fusco Z; Ma Z; Rahim LRA; Kiy A; Kluth P; Guo X; Zhu Y; Chen H; Amal R; Tricoli A, 2020, 'Multifunctional nanostructures of Au-Bi2O3fractals for CO2reduction and optical sensing', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8, pp. 11233 - 11245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ta01723j

Allioux FM; Merhebi S; Ghasemian MB; Tang J; Merenda A; Abbasi R; Mayyas M; Daeneke T; O'Mullane AP; Daiyan R; Amal R; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Bi-Sn Catalytic Foam Governed by Nanometallurgy of Liquid Metals', Nano Letters, 20, pp. 4403 - 4409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01170

Daiyan R; Saputera WH; Masood H; Leverett J; Lu X; Amal R, 2020, 'A Disquisition on the Active Sites of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Value-Added Chemicals and Fuel', Advanced Energy Materials, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201902106

Daiyan R; Chen R; Kumar P; Bedford NM; Qu J; Cairney JM; Lu X; Amal R, 2020, 'Tunable Syngas Production through CO2 Electroreduction on Cobalt-Carbon Composite Electrocatalyst', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12, pp. 9307 - 9315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b21216

Allioux FM; Merhebi S; Tang J; Idrus-Saidi SA; Abbasi R; Saborio MG; Ghasemian MB; Han J; Namivandi-Zangeneh R; O'Mullane AP; Koshy P; Daiyan R; Amal R; Boyer C; Kalantar-Zadeh K, 2020, 'Catalytic Metal Foam by Chemical Melting and Sintering of Liquid Metal Nanoparticles', Advanced Functional Materials, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201907879

Tran-Phu T; Daiyan R; Fusco Z; Ma Z; Amal R; Tricoli A, 2020, 'Nanostructured β-Bi2O3 Fractals on Carbon Fibers for Highly Selective CO2 Electroreduction to Formate', Advanced Functional Materials, 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201906478

Tang J; Daiyan R; Ghasemian MB; Idrus-Saidi SA; Zavabeti A; Daeneke T; Yang J; Koshy P; Cheong S; Tilley RD; Kaner RB; Amal R; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Idrus Saidi SA, 2019, 'Advantages of eutectic alloys for creating catalysts in the realm of nanotechnology-enabled metallurgy', Nature Communications, 10, pp. 4645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12615-6

Daiyan R; Lu X; Tan X; Zhu X; Chen R; Smith SC; Amal R, 2019, 'Antipoisoning nickel-carbon electrocatalyst for practical electrochemical co2 reduction to CO', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2, pp. 8002 - 8009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b01470

Daiyan R; Lovell EC; Bedford NM; Saputera WH; Wu KH; Lim S; Horlyck J; Ng YH; Lu X; Amal R, 2019, 'Modulating Activity through Defect Engineering of Tin Oxides for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction', Advanced Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201900678

Daiyan R; Saputera WH; Zhang Q; Lovell E; Lim S; Ng YH; Lu X; Amal R, 2019, '3D Heterostructured Copper Electrode for Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Alcohols at Low Overpotentials', Advanced Sustainable Systems, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsu.201800064

Horlyck J; Nashira A; Lovell E; Daiyan R; Bedford N; Wei Y; Amal R; Scott J, 2019, 'Plasma treating mixed metal oxides to improve oxidative performance via defect generation', Materials, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12172756

Lu X; Tan X; Zhang Q; Daiyan R; Pan J; Chen R; Tahini HA; Wang DW; Smith SC; Amal R, 2019, 'Versatile electrocatalytic processes realized by Ni, Co and Fe alloyed core coordinated carbon shells', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7, pp. 12154 - 12165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ta01723b

Daiyan R; Tan X; Chen R; Saputera WH; Tahini HA; Lovell E; Ng YH; Smith SC; Dai L; Lu X; Amal R, 2018, 'Electroreduction of CO2 to CO on a Mesoporous Carbon Catalyst with Progressively Removed Nitrogen Moieties', ACS Energy Letters, 3, pp. 2292 - 2298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01409

Daiyan R; Lu X; Saputera WH; Ng YH; Amal R, 2018, 'Highly Selective Reduction of CO2 to Formate at Low Overpotentials Achieved by a Mesoporous Tin Oxide Electrocatalyst', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 6, pp. 1670 - 1679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02913

Daiyan R; Lu X; Ng YH; Amal R, 2017, 'Liquid Hydrocarbon Production from CO2: Recent Development in Metal-Based Electrocatalysis', Chemsuschem, 10, pp. 4342 - 4358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201701631

Daiyan R; Lu X; Ng YH; Amal R, 2017, 'Highly Selective Conversion of CO2 to CO Achieved by a Three-Dimensional Porous Silver Electrocatalyst', Chemistryselect, 2, pp. 879 - 884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/slct.201601980

Daiyan R; Lu X; Ng YH; Amal R, 2017, 'Surface engineered tin foil for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to formate', Catalysis Science and Technology, 7, pp. 2542 - 2550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7cy00246g

Khan MHA; Daiyan R; Han Z; Hablutzel M; Haque N; Amal R; MacGill I, 'Designing Optimal Integrated Electricity Supply Configurations for Renewable Hydrogen Generation in Australia', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3784951

Conference Papers

Ellersdorfer P; Omar A; Taylor R; Daiyan R; Leslie G, 2022, 'Could Multi effect Distillation be the Key to Unlock Large scale Solar Driven Green Hydrogen Production', in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2022, Australian PV Institute, Newcastle, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference 2022, Newcastle, Australia, 29 November 2022 - 01 December 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28578

Reports

Gunawan D; Gao T; Christian J; Samsudeen A; Amal R; Daiyan R, 2025, Opportunity for Developing an e-SAF Value Chain in NSW, https://www.decarbhub.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/NSW-SAF-Industry-Pre-Feasibility-Study_WEB.pdf

Gunawan D; Daiyan R; Gao T; Amal R; Holley C, 2025, A Critical Study on Waste to Low Carbon (CCS-abated) Hydrogen, IEAGHG, http://dx.doi.org/10.62849/2025-02

Leslie G; Moody C; He X; Holden J; Baird A; Liu Z; Yan S; Xie J; Daiyan R; Ellersdorfer P, 2024, WATER FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION: ESTIMATING THE GLOBAL FRESHWATER REQUIREMENTS OF CLIMATE MITIGATION MEASURES, Published by UN-Water Expert Group on Water and Climate Change, and UNSW Sydney on behalf of the International Universities Climate Alliance (IUCA), http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30417, https://universitiesforclimate.org/news/water-climate-mitigation

Daiyan R; Amal R; Gao T; Macgill I; Gunawan D, 2024, NSW Power-to-X Industry Feasibility Study, https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/news/nsw-power-to-x-industry-feasibility-study-released

Daiyan R, 2024, The Case for Green Hydrogen in the Pacific, https://pacifich2strategy.com/publications_/

Daiyan R; Hermawan M; Amal R, 2022, P2X-Enabling Indirect Electrification, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/p9qs-kj38

Daiyan R; Macgill I; Amal R; Pollepalle K; Khan MH; Gao T; Hermawan M, 2021, NSW Power-to-X (P2X) Industry Pre-Feasibility Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/wnd0-c020, https://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au/rdnsw/future-industries-reports/nsw-power-to-x-industry-pre-feasibility-study

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