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Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour is affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences in Iran. Their research broadly spans energy, chemistry, and engineering, with significant contributions to renewable energy, sustainability, and electrochemistry.

Najafpour has published extensively on topics related to energy conversion, particularly focusing on electrocatalysts, electrochemical analysis, and advanced battery technologies. Their work also covers areas such as advanced photocatalysis, fuel cells, copper-based nanomaterials, and photosynthetic processes.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Investigation of photo-electrochemical response of iron oxide/mixed-phase titanium oxide heterojunction toward possible solar energy conversion (2021, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy)
  • Oxygen-evolution reaction by nickel/nickel oxide interface in the presence of ferrate(VI) (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Photo-electrochemistry of metallic titanium/mixed phase titanium oxide (2021, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy)
  • Bioprocesses of hydrogen production by cyanobacteria cells and possible ways to increase their productivity (2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
  • Water oxidation by a nickel complex: New challenges and an alternative mechanism (2020, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy)

Najafpour frequently collaborates with certain coauthors, including Subhajit Nandy, Keun Hwa Chae, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, P. Aleshkevych, and Robabeh Bagheri. These repeated collaborations underline an ongoing research network in energy and electrochemistry related fields.

The scientist publishes regularly in several journals, with a notable number of publications in Inorganic Chemistry, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Biofuel Research Journal, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Najafpour's expertise covers multiple subfields such as renewable energy, electrical and electronic engineering, electrochemistry, materials chemistry, and organic chemistry, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to research challenges in energy and material sciences.

Best Publications

  • Manganese Compounds as Water-Oxidizing Catalysts: From the Natural Water-Oxidizing Complex to Nanosized Manganese Oxide Structures

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Gernot Renger;Małgorzata Hołyńska;Atefeh Nemati Moghaddam

  • Calcium manganese(III) oxides (CaMn2O4.xH2O) as biomimetic oxygen-evolving catalysts.

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Till Ehrenberg;Mathias Wiechen;Philipp Kurz

  • Synthetic manganese–calcium oxides mimic the water-oxidizing complex of photosynthesis functionally and structurally

    Ivelina Zaharieva;M. Mahdi Najafpour;M. Mahdi Najafpour;Mathias Wiechen;Michael Haumann

  • Manganese compounds as water oxidizing catalysts for hydrogen production via water splitting: From manganese complexes to nano-sized manganese oxides

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

  • Water oxidation catalysis by manganese oxides: learning from evolution

    Mathias Wiechen;Mohammad Mahdi Ahdi Najafpour;Suleyman I Allakhverdiev;Leone Spiccia

  • Nano-sized manganese oxides as biomimetic catalysts for water oxidation in artificial photosynthesis: a review

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Fahimeh Rahimi;Eva Mari Aro;Choon Hwan Lee

  • Fragments of Layered Manganese Oxide Are the Real Water Oxidation Catalyst after Transformation of Molecular Precursor on Clay

    M M Najafpour;Atefeh N Moghaddam;Holger Dau;Ivelina Zaharieva

  • Energetic basis of catalytic activity of layered nanophase calcium manganese oxides for water oxidation

    Nancy Birkner;Sara Nayeri;Babak Pashaei;Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour

  • Investigation of photo-electrochemical response of iron oxide/mixed-phase titanium oxide heterojunction toward possible solar energy conversion

    Mehdi Khosravi;Hadi Feizi;Behzad Haghighi;Behzad Haghighi;Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

  • Calcium Manganese Oxides as Oxygen Evolution Catalysts: O2 Formation Pathways Indicated by 18O-Labelling Studies

    Dmitriy Shevela;Dmitriy Shevela;Sergey Koroidov;M. Mahdi Najafpour;Johannes Messinger

  • Nano-size amorphous calcium–manganese oxide as an efficient and biomimetic water oxidizing catalyst for artificial photosynthesis: back to manganese

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Sara Nayeri;Babak Pashaei

  • Recent progress in the studies of structure and function of photosystem II.

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

  • Photo-electrochemistry of metallic titanium/mixed phase titanium oxide

    Sara Amouzad;Sara Amouzad;Mehdi Khosravi;Niaz Monadi;Behzad Haghighi

  • Calcium manganese(IV) oxides: biomimetic and efficient catalysts for water oxidation.

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Babak Pashaei;Sara Nayeri

  • Nano-sized manganese oxide: a proposed catalyst for water oxidation in the reaction of some manganese complexes and cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Atefeh Nemati Moghaddam

  • Oxygen-evolution reaction by nickel/nickel oxide interface in the presence of ferrate(VI).

    Mohammad Saleh Ali Akbari;Robabeh Bagheri;Zhenlun Song;Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour

  • Biological water oxidation: lessons from nature.

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Atefeh Nemati Moghaddam;Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Govindjee

  • Oxygen evolving complex in Photosystem II: Better than excellent

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Govindjee

  • Mixed-valence manganese calcium oxides as efficient catalysts for water oxidation.

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour

  • Water oxidation by manganese oxides, a new step towards a complete picture: simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Davood Jafarian Sedigh

  • A very simple method to synthesize nano-sized manganese oxide: an efficient catalyst for water oxidation and epoxidation of olefins

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour;Fahimeh Rahimi;Mojtaba Amini;Sara Nayeri

  • Advances in Photosynthesis - Fundamental Aspects

    Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour

Frequent Co-Authors

Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev Russian Academy of Sciences
Tatsuya Tomo
Tatsuya Tomo Tokyo University of Science
Jian-Ren Shen
Jian-Ren Shen Okayama University
Keun Hwa Chae
Keun Hwa Chae Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Mojtaba Bagherzadeh
Mojtaba Bagherzadeh Sharif University of Technology
Vickie McKee
Vickie McKee Dublin City University
Julian J. Eaton-Rye
Julian J. Eaton-Rye University of Otago
Holger Dau
Holger Dau Freie Universität Berlin
Govindjee
Govindjee University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert Carpentier
Robert Carpentier Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

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