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Mohammad Afzaal

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Chemistry

D-Index
41
Citations
5102
World Ranking
17810
National Ranking
16

Mohammad Afzaal publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mohammad Afzaal sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 111 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Mohammad Afzaal D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mohammad Afzaal sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mohammad Afzaal is affiliated with the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Engineering, Materials Science, and Energy, with particular focus on several subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics reflecting a strong emphasis on advanced materials and energy solutions. These topics include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • ZnO Doping and Properties
  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems

Mohammad Afzaal has contributed to a range of publications in various scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • Effects of carbon-based fillers on thermal properties of fatty acids and their eutectics as phase change materials used for thermal energy storage: A Review, 2021, Journal of Energy Storage
  • Aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposited vanadium oxide thin films on nickel foam with auspicious electrochemical water oxidation properties, 2023, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • ZnFe2O4 spinel oxide incorporated photoanodes as light-absorbing layers for dye-sensitized solar cells, 2022, Optical Materials
  • A Novel Layered Double Hydroxide and Dodecyl Alcohol Assisted PCM Composite with High Latent Heat Storage Capacity and Thermal Conductivity, 2022, Journal of Thermal Science
  • The Synergy of Lead Chalcogenide Nanocrystals in Polymeric Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, 2022, ACS Omega

The venues where Mohammad Afzaal frequently publishes reflect their multidisciplinary approach, including:

  • Optical Materials
  • Journal of Energy Storage
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Journal of Thermal Science
  • ACS Omega

Collaboration forms a substantial part of their research output. Frequent co-authors working alongside Mohammad Afzaal include:

  • Amir Al-Ahmed
  • Firoz Khan
  • Billel Salhi
  • Umesh Fegade
  • Thamraa Alshahrani

The research concentration on phase change materials, photocatalysis, and advanced semiconductor materials indicates involvement in ongoing scientific challenges related to sustainability, energy storage, and novel material applications in renewable energy technologies.

Best Publications

  • Precursor Chemistry for Main Group Elements in Semiconducting Materials

    Mohammad Azad Malik;Mohammad Afzaal;Paul O’Brien

  • Recent developments in II–VI and III–VI semiconductors and their applications in solar cells

    Mohammad Afzaal;Paul O'Brien

  • The chemical vapor deposition of nickel phosphide or selenide thin films from a single precursor

    Arunkumar Panneerselvam;Mohammad A. Malik;Mohammad Afzaal;Paul O'Brien

  • Using coordination chemistry to develop new routes to semiconductor and other materials

    Dongbo Fan;Mohammad Afzaal;M. Azad Mallik;Chinh Q. Nguyen

  • A new route to antimony telluride nanoplates from a single-source precursor.

    Shivram S Garje;Dana J Eisler;Jamie S Ritch;Mohammad Afzaal

  • The synthesis of amine-capped magnetic (Fe, Mn, Co, Ni) oxide nanocrystals and their surface modification for aqueous dispersibility

    Yang Li;Mohammad Afzaal;Paul O'Brien

  • Transient optical studies of interfacial charge transfer at nanostructured metal oxide/PbS quantum dot/organic hole conductor heterojunctions.

    Henry C. Leventis;Flannan O’Mahony;Javeed Akhtar;Mohammad Afzaal

  • The N-alkyldithiocarbamato complexes [M(S2CNHR)2] (M = Cd(II) Zn(II); R = C2H5, C4H9, C6H13, C12H25); their synthesis, thermal decomposition and use to prepare of nanoparticles and nanorods of CdS

    Ashfaq A. Memon;Mohammad Afzaal;Mohammad A. Malik;Chinh Q. Nguyen

  • Remarkable Magneto-Optical Properties of Europium Selenide Nanoparticles with Wide Energy Gaps

    Yasuchika Hasegawa;Taka Aki Adachi;Atsushi Tanaka;Mohammad Afzaal

  • Growth of lead chalcogenide thin films using single-source precursors

    Mohammad Afzaal;Katie Ellwood;Nigel L. Pickett;Paul O'Brien

  • Novel bimetallic thiocarboxylate compounds as single-source precursors to binary and ternary metal sulfide materials

    Theivanayagam C. Deivaraj;‡ Jin-Ho Park;Mohammad Afzaal;Paul O'Brien, ,‡ and

  • Selective excitation of Eu3+ in the core of small β-NaGdF4 nanocrystals

    Mateusz Banski;Artur Podhorodecki;Jan Misiewicz;Mohammad Afzaal

  • Indium sulfide nanorods from single-source precursor

    Mohammmad Afzaal;Mohammad A. Malik;Paul O'Brien

  • Synthesis, structures, and multinuclear NMR spectra of tin(II) and lead(II) complexes of tellurium-containing imidodiphosphinate ligands: preparation of two morphologies of phase-pure PbTe from a single-source precursor.

    Jamie S. Ritch;Tristram Chivers;Kibriya Ahmad;Mohammad Afzaal

  • Metal complexes of selenophosphinates from reactions with (R2PSe)2Se: [M(R2PSe2)n] (M = ZnII, CdII, PbII, InIII, GaIII, CuI, BiIII, NiII; R = iPr, Ph) and [MoV2O2Se2(Se2PiPr2)2]

    Chinh Q. Nguyen;Adekunle Adeogun;Mohammad Afzaal;Mohammad A. Malik

  • Solid state synthesis of tin-doped ZnO at room temperature: characterization and its enhanced gas sensing and photocatalytic properties.

    Xiaohua Jia;Huiqing Fan;Mohammad Afzaal;Mohammad Afzaal;Xiangyang Wu

  • Chemical routes to chalcogenide materials as thin films or particles with critical dimensions with the order of nanometres

    Mohammad Afzaal;Mohammad Azad Malik;Paul O'Brien

  • Deposition of CdSe thin films using a novel single-source precursor; [MeCd{(SePiPr2)2N}]2

    Mohammmad Afzaal;David Crouch;Mohammad A. Malik;Majid Motevalli

  • The single molecular precursor approach to metal telluride thin films: imino-bis(diisopropylphosphine tellurides) as examples

    Jamie S. Ritch;Tristram Chivers;Mohammad Afzaal;Paul O'Brien

  • Chemical vapor deposition of indium selenide and gallium selenide thin films from mixed alkyl/dialkylselenophosphorylamides

    Jin-Ho Park;Mohammad Afzaal;Madeleine Helliwell;Mohmmad A. Malik

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul O'Brien
Paul O'Brien University of Manchester
Mohammad Azad Malik
Mohammad Azad Malik University of Manchester
Tristram Chivers
Tristram Chivers University of Calgary
James Raftery
James Raftery University of Manchester
Jagadese J. Vittal
Jagadese J. Vittal National University of Singapore
Steven M. Howdle
Steven M. Howdle University of Nottingham
Sylvain Nicolay
Sylvain Nicolay Université de Sherbrooke
Yasuchika Hasegawa
Yasuchika Hasegawa Hokkaido University
Anthony C. Jones
Anthony C. Jones University of Liverpool
Fahad A. Al-Sulaiman
Fahad A. Al-Sulaiman King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

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