Dr. Asad Ali

Email: asad.ali(at)liu.se | jceeditorial@gmail.com
Current Address: Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Norrköping 60174, Sweden
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3012-9978

Brief Biography

Dr. Asad Ali is a distinguished researcher specializing in chemical engineering, electrocatalysis, and sustainable energy materials. He is currently a Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Sweden.

Dr. Ali earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering and Technology from Guangxi University, China. His doctoral research focused on the development of in-situ generated electrocatalysts for water splitting, oxygen reduction, and methanol oxidation reactions. His work demonstrated innovative approaches for designing non-precious metal-based catalysts to advance renewable energy applications.

Following his PhD, he served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, where his research expanded into lignin depolymerization, ionic liquids synthesis, hydrogen generation strategies, CO₂ reduction, and biomass valorization.

Dr. Ali’s multidisciplinary research integrates electrocatalysis, sustainable hydrogen energy, biomass utilization, ionic liquids, and environmental remediation, with applications in fuel cells, energy storage, and wastewater treatment. He has authored numerous publications in high-impact journals, including Electrochemical Energy Reviews, Advanced Energy Materials, Nano Research, and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

His contributions to science have been recognized internationally, earning him prestigious honors such as inclusion in the Stanford/Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientist List (2024), multiple Best Researcher Awards (2021–2022), and the Outstanding Student Award (2019) from Guangxi University.

In addition to research, Dr. Ali is actively engaged in the scientific community as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chemistry and Environment, editor of Sustainable Chemistry for Biodiversity, and reviewer for leading journals including Advanced Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, and Carbon Energy.

SELECTED KEY PUBLICATIONS

  1. Ali, A., Huang, G., Zhu, J., Laaksonen, A. & Ji, X. Selective Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Phenol to Benzoquinone via Water Splitting Using a Nonprecious Metal‐Based Electrocatalyst. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2500108 (2025). (Impact Factor: 5.7)
  2. Ali, A.; Laaksonen, A.; Huang, G.; Hussain, S.; Luo, S.; Chen, W.; Shen, P. K.; Zhu, J.; Ji, X. Emerging strategies and developments in oxygen reduction reaction using high-performance platinum-based electrocatalysts. Nano Research, 2024. (Impact Factor: 9.5)
  3. Ali, A.; Long, F.; Shen, P. K. Innovative Strategies for Overall Water Splitting Using Nanostructured Transition Metal Electrocatalysts. Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2023. (Impact Factor: 36.3)
  4. Ali, A.; Liang, F.; Feng, H.; Tang, M.; Shah, S. J.; Ahmad, F.; Ji, X.; Zhu, J.; Shen, P. K. Gram-scale production of in-situ generated iron carbide nanoparticles encapsulated via nitrogen and phosphorous co-doped bamboo-like carbon nanotubes for oxygen evolution reaction. Materials Science for Energy Technologies, 2023. (Cite Score: 13.7)
  5. Ali, A.; Liang, F.; Zhu, J.; Shen, P. K. The Role of Graphene in Rechargeable Lithium Batteries: Synthesis, Functionalisation, and Perspectives. Nano Materials Science, 2022. (Impact Factor: 17.9)
  6. Ali, A.; Chen, P.; Khan, Q. U.; Shen, P. K. A novel in-situ strategy develops for Mo₂C nanoparticles incorporated on N, P co-doped stereotaxically carbon as efficient electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022, 47 (36), 15969. (Impact Factor: 8.3)
  7. Ali, A.; Huang, Y. Q.; Chen, P.; Khan, Q. U.; Zhu, J.; Shen, P. K. Nitrogen and Phosphorous co-doped carbon nanotubes embedded via active Ni₂P nanoparticles as an advanced in-situ generated electrocatalyst for water oxidation. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2022, 920, 116619. (Impact Factor: 4.1)
  8. Huang, G.†; Ali, A.†; He, S.; Luo, S.; Shen, P. K.; Zhu, J. Celery-like nitrogen and phosphorous co-doped carbon nanofiber frameworks supporting oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation electrocatalysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022. (Impact Factor: 8.3) (†These authors contributed equally)
  9. Ali, A.; Shen, P. K. Recent Progress in Graphene-Based Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting. Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2020, 3 (2), 370. (Impact Factor: 36.3)
  10. Ali, A.; Shen, P. K. Nonprecious metal’s graphene-supported electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction: Fundamentals to applications. Carbon Energy, 2020, 2 (1), 99. (Impact Factor: 24.2)
  11. Ali, A.; Liu, Y.; Mo, R.; Chen, P.; Shen, P. K. Facile one-step in-situ encapsulation of non-noble metal Co₂P nanoparticles embedded into B, N, P tri-doped carbon nanotubes for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2020, 45 (46), 24312. (Impact Factor: 8.3)
  12. Ali, A.; Shen, P. K. Recent advances in graphene-based platinum and palladium electrocatalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 22189–22217. (Impact Factor: 9.5)
  13. Huang, G.; Huang, Y.; Ali, A.; Chen, Z.; Shen, P. K.; Ni, B. J.; Zhu, J. Phase-controllable cobalt phosphide heterostructure for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution in water and seawater. Electron, 2024. (Cite Score: 3.7)
  14. Nawaz, S.; Salman, S. M.; Ali*, A.; Ali, B.; Shah, S. N.; Rahman, L. U. Kinetics and thermodynamics investigations of efficient and eco-friendly removal of Alizarin Red S from water via acid-activated Dalbergia Sissoo leaves powder and its magnetic iron-oxide nanocomposite. Frontiers in Chemistry, 2024. (Impact Factor: 4.2) (*Corresponding Author)
  15. Yousaf, S.; Ahmad, I.; Warsi, M.; Ali*, A. Engineering strategies in rational design of Cu-based catalysts for electrochemical CO₂ reduction: From doping of elements to defects. Materials Advances, 2024. (Impact Factor: 4.7) (*Corresponding Author)
  16. Ahmad, F.; Ali*, A.; Qin, J. Synergistically boosting the Oxygen Evolution Reaction activity of NiOOH nanosheets by Fe Doping. Results in Chemistry, 2023. (Impact Factor: 4.2) (*Corresponding Author)
  17. Lyu, D.; Yao, S.; Ali, A.; Tian, Z. Q.; Tsiakaras, P.; Shen, P. K. N, S co-doped carbon matrix‐encapsulated Co₉S₈ nanoparticles as a highly efficient and durable bifunctional oxygen redox electrocatalyst for rechargeable Zn–Air batteries. Advanced Energy Materials, 2021, 11 (28), 2101249. (Impact Factor: 26)
  18. Jiang, E.; Li, J.; Li, X.; Ali, A.; Wang, G.; Ma, S.; Shen, P. K.; Zhu, J. MoP-Mo₂C quantum dot heterostructures uniformly hosted on a heteroatom-doped 3D porous carbon sheet network as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 133719. (Impact Factor: 13.2)
  19. Huang, L.; Wei, M.; Zaman, S.; Ali, A.; Xia, B. Y. Well-connection of micro-platinum and cobalt oxide flower array with optimized water dissociation and hydrogen recombination for efficient overall water splitting. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 398, 125669. (Impact Factor: 13.2)
  20. Salman, S. M.; Ali, A.; Khan, B.; Iqbal, M.; Alamzeb, M. Thermodynamic and kinetic insights into plant-mediated detoxification of lead, cadmium, and chromium from aqueous solutions by chemically modified Salvia moorcroftiana leaves. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019, 26 (14), 14339. (Impact Factor: 5.8)