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Robert Mokaya is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering, Materials Science, and Chemistry, with significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics covered in their work focus on several critical areas in material sciences and energy storage, including:

  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • Hydrogen Storage and Materials

Robert Mokaya has contributed to several recent publications notable for their relevance in energy materials and environmental applications. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Predictable and targeted activation of biomass to carbons with high surface area density and enhanced methane storage capacity, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Modulating the porosity of carbons for improved adsorption of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane: a review, 2022, Materials Advances
  • Experimental Demonstration of Dynamic Temperature-Dependent Behavior of UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework: Compaction of Hydroxylated and Dehydroxylated Forms of UiO-66 for High-Pressure Hydrogen Storage, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Potential of Bioenergy in Rural Ghana, 2021, Sustainability
  • Porous carbons from sustainable sources and mild activation for targeted high-performance CO2 capture and storage, 2020, Materials Advances

The venues where Robert Mokaya frequently publishes reflect specialization in materials and energy sciences. These include:

  • Materials Advances
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • RSC Advances

Collaborative research is an important aspect of Mokaya's scientific output, as reflected by frequent co-authors who have jointly contributed to multiple publications. Notable co-authors include:

  • L. Scott Blankenship
  • Adedibu C. Tella
  • Victoria T. Olayemi
  • Adetola C. Oladipo
  • Adeniyi S. Ogunlaja

Best Publications

  • Energy storage applications of activated carbons: supercapacitors and hydrogen storage

    Marta Sevilla;Robert Mokaya

  • Hydrothermal Carbonization of Abundant Renewable Natural Organic Chemicals for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes

    Lu Wei;Lu Wei;Marta Sevilla;Marta Sevilla;Antonio B. Fuertes;Robert Mokaya

  • Enhanced Hydrogen Storage Capacity of High Surface Area Zeolite-like Carbon Materials

    Zhuxian Yang;Yongde Xia;Robert Mokaya

  • High density hydrogen storage in superactivated carbons from hydrothermally carbonized renewable organic materials

    M. Sevilla;M. Sevilla;A. B. Fuertes;R. Mokaya

  • Polypyrrole-Derived Activated Carbons for High-Performance Electrical Double-Layer Capacitors with Ionic Liquid Electrolyte

    Lu Wei;Lu Wei;Marta Sevilla;Marta Sevilla;Antonio B. Fuertes;Robert Mokaya

  • Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Carbon and Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Materials with Graphitic Pore Walls via a Simple Chemical Vapor Deposition Method

    Yongde Xia;Robert Mokaya

  • Superior CO2 Adsorption Capacity on N‐doped, High‐Surface‐Area, Microporous Carbons Templated from Zeolite

    Yongde Xia;Robert Mokaya;Gavin S. Walker;Yanqiu Zhu

  • Zeolite ZSM‐5 with Unique Supermicropores Synthesized Using Mesoporous Carbon as a Template

    Zhuxian Yang;Yongde Xia;Robert Mokaya

  • Templated nanoscale porous carbons

    Yongde Xia;Zhuxian Yang;Robert Mokaya

  • A Porous Framework Polymer Based on a Zinc(II) 4,4‘-Bipyridine-2,6,2‘,6‘-tetracarboxylate: Synthesis, Structure, and “Zeolite-Like” Behaviors

    Xiang Lin;Alexander J. Blake;Claire Wilson;Xue Zhong Sun

  • Oxygen-rich microporous carbons with exceptional hydrogen storage capacity.

    Troy Scott Blankenship;Norah Balahmar;Robert Mokaya

  • Biomass-derived activated carbon with simultaneously enhanced CO2 uptake for both pre and post combustion capture applications

    Helena Matabosch Coromina;Darren A. Walsh;Robert Mokaya

  • Preparation and hydrogen storage properties of zeolite-templated carbon materials nanocast via chemical vapor deposition: effect of the zeolite template and nitrogen doping.

    Zhuxian Yang;Yongde Xia;Xuezhong Sun;Robert Mokaya

  • Cigarette butt-derived carbons have ultra-high surface area and unprecedented hydrogen storage capacity

    Troy Scott Blankenship;Robert Mokaya

  • Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Hollow Spheres Nanocast Using Mesoporous Silica via Chemical Vapor Deposition

    Yongde Xia;Robert Mokaya

  • Generalized and Facile Synthesis Approach to N-Doped Highly Graphitic Mesoporous Carbon Materials

    Yongde Xia;Robert Mokaya

  • Preparation and hydrogen storage capacity of templated and activated carbons nanocast from commercially available zeolitic imidazolate framework

    A. Almasoudi;R. Mokaya

  • Carbon nanotube/titanium dioxide (CNT/TiO2) core–shell nanocomposites with tailored shell thickness, CNT content and photocatalytic/photoelectrocatalytic properties

    Ziyan Li;Bin Gao;George Zheng Chen;Robert Mokaya

  • Valorization of Lignin Waste: Carbons from Hydrothermal Carbonization of Renewable Lignin as Superior Sorbents for CO2 and Hydrogen Storage

    Wantana Sangchoom;Robert Mokaya

  • Pillared clays and pillared acid-activated clays: A comparative study of physical, acidic, and catalytic properties

    R. Mokaya;W. Jones

  • Acidity and catalytic activity of the mesoporous aluminosilicate molecular sieve MCM-41

    Robert Mokaya;William Jones;Zhaohua Luan;Maria D. Alba

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongde Xia
Yongde Xia University of Exeter
William Jones
William Jones University of Cambridge
Marta Sevilla
Marta Sevilla Spanish National Research Council
Antonio B. Fuertes
Antonio B. Fuertes Spanish National Research Council
Wuzong Zhou
Wuzong Zhou University of St Andrews
Martyn Poliakoff
Martyn Poliakoff University of Nottingham
Gleb Yushin
Gleb Yushin Georgia Institute of Technology
Wenxin Wang
Wenxin Wang University College Dublin
Gavin S. Walker
Gavin S. Walker University of Nottingham
Gianluca Li Puma
Gianluca Li Puma Loughborough University

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