School of Natural Sciences
Faculty Inayat Ali Khan

Inayat Ali Khan

Assistant Professor
Summary

Dr Inayat Ali Khan, PhD graduated from Quaid-i-Azam University in 2017 with doctorate in Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry. From February 2018 to May 2019, he served International Islamic University Islamabad as an Assistant Professor under the IPFP contract program of HEC Pakistan. From June 2019 to September 2021, he engaged in postdoctoral research to design halogen free ionic liquids for green energy application at the Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Sweden. In October 2022, he started another postdoc project on PEM water electrolyzers to produce protype and industrial scale quality electrocatalysts at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark. He joined NUST in November 2023 and is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology. Mainly engaged in scientific research in the field of electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices such as supercapacitors, batteries, PEM fuel cells and PEM electrolyzers. In 2022, he was awarded the best research award by ScienceFather in NESIN 2022 awards competition. In Feb 2024, he got the world prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF-2023) under the Horizon-Europe 2021-2027 framework program.

Academic Background
PhD (Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry) Quaid-i-Azam University September 19, 2012 - September 12, 2017
Honours and Awards
Publications
Microwaves assisted synthesis of IrRu alloy nanoparticles for acidic oxygen evolution reaction: A balance between activity and stability September 15, 2025 Applied Surface Science - Volume:703, Article Number 163405
Tuning on Highly Dispersed Iridium on Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide with Strong Metal–Support Interaction for Oxygen Evolution ReactionArticle link copied! December 23, 2024 ACS Applied Energy Materials - Volume: 07, Issue: 24, Pages: 11977-11987
Removal of arsenic and fluoride ions from aqueous solutions using electronic waste-derived a adsorbent November 01, 2024 Materials Chemistry and Physics - Volume 327, Article Number 129889
In vivo effects of a selected thiourea derivative 1-(2-chlorobenzoyl)-3-(2,3-dichlorophenyl) against nociception, inflammation and gastric ulcerogenicity: Biochemical, histopathological and in silico approaches May 01, 2024 Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy - Volume 174, Article Number 116544
Reduced valence state of iridium supported on antimony doped tin oxide as a highly active and robust oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalyst for proton exchange membrane-based electrolysis February 15, 2024 Applied Surface Science - Volume 646, Article Number 158924
Limitations of Chronopotentiometry Test Protocols for Stability Study on Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts and Recommendations February 12, 2024 Journal of Physical Chemistry C - Volume 128, Issue 7, Pages 2828-2833
Selection on antimony-doped tin oxide (ATO) as an efficient support for iridium-based oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst in acidic media October 15, 2023 Materials Chemistry and Physics - Volume 308, Article Number 128192
Physical and electrochemical properties of new structurally flexible imidazolium phosphate ionic liquids October 14, 2022 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics - Volume 24, Pages 23289-23300
Nanoporous carbons and their potential energy storage applications July 11, 2022 Book on Nanoscience - Volume 8, Pages 81-105
Effect of structural variation in biomass-derived nonfluorinated ionic liquids electrolytes on the performance of supercapacitors June 01, 2022 Journal of Energy Chemistry - Volume 69, Pages 174-184
Translational and reorientational dynamics of ionic liquid-based fluorine-free lithium-ion battery electrolytes January 05, 2022 Journal of Molecular Liquids - Volume 345, Article Number 117001
ZIF-12/Fe-Cu LDH Composite as a High Performance Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation June 24, 2021 Frontiers in Chemistry - Volume 9, Article Number 686968
Ion Transport and Electrochemical Properties of Fluorine-Free Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes Derived from Biomass June 01, 2021 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering - Volume 9, Issue 23, Pages 7769-7780
Mononuclear copper(i) complexes of triphenylphosphine and: N, N ′-disubstituted thioureas as potential DNA binding chemotherapeutics May 28, 2021 New Journal of Chemistry - Volume 45, Issue 20, Pages 8925-8935
Zinc-Coordination Polymer-Derived Porous Carbon-Supported Stable PtM Electrocatalysts for Methanol Oxidation Reaction March 02, 2021 ACS Omega - Volume 6, Issue 10, Pages 6780-6790
Effect of Aromaticity in Anion on the Cation-Anion Interactions and Ionic Mobility in Fluorine-Free Ionic Liquids December 21, 2020 Journal of Physical Chemistry B - Volume:124, Issue:52, Page:11962-11973
Structural and ion dynamics in fluorine-free oligoether carboxylate ionic liquid-based electrolytes October 20, 2020 Journal of Physical Chemistry B - Volume 124, Issue 43, Pages 9690-9700
Shape-control synthesis of PdCu nanoparticles with excellent catalytic activities for direct alcohol fuel cells application July 20, 2020 Electrochimica Acta - Volume 349, Article Number 136381
Fluorine-Free Ionic Liquid-Based Electrolyte for Supercapacitors Operating at Elevated Temperatures June 11, 2020 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering - Volume 8, Issue 27, Pages 10212-10221
Comparing the thermal and electrochemical stabilities of two structurally similar ionic liquids June 01, 2020 Molecules - Volume 25, Issue 10, Article Number 2388
Pt and Co3O4 supported on ceria and zirconia for the catalytic reduction of N2O in the presence of CO December 01, 2019 Solid State Sciences - Volume 98, Article Number 106035
Mononuclear copper(I) complexes with triphenylphosphine and N,N′-disubstituted thioureas: Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation December 17, 2018 Journal of Coordination Chemistry - Volume: 71 Issue: 24 Pages: 4086-4108
Soft-template carbonization approach of MOF-5 to mesoporous carbon nanospheres as excellent electrode materials for supercapacitor November 15, 2017 Microporous and Mesoporous Materials - Volume 253, Pages 169-176
Electrocatalysts Derived from Metal–Organic Frameworks for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions in Aqueous Media October 04, 2017 Small - Volume 13, Issue 37, Article Number 1701143
Single step pyrolytic conversion of zeolitic imidazolate to CoO encapsulated N-doped carbon nanotubes as an efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalyst August 01, 2017 Catalysis Communications - Volume 99, Pages 10-14
Fe/Fe3C/N-Doped Carbon Materials from Metal–Organic Framework Composites as Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts August 01, 2016 ChemPlusChem - Volume 81, Issue 8, Pages 718-723
Highly Porous Carbon Derived from MOF-5 as a Support of ORR Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells June 21, 2016 ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces - Volume 8, Issue 27, Pages 17268-17275
Cr2O3-carbon composite as a new support material for efficient methanol electrooxidation May 01, 2016 Materials Research Bulletin - Volume 77, Pages 221-227
Cobalt oxide nanoparticle embedded N-CNTs: Lithium ion battery applications January 01, 2016 RSC Advances - Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 1129-1135
Supercapacitive behavior of microporous carbon derived from zinc based metal-organic framework and furfuryl alcohol October 23, 2015 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy - Volume 40, Issue 39, Pages 13344-13356
A novel Cr2O3-carbon composite as a high performance pseudo-capacitor electrode material July 20, 2015 Electrochimica Acta - Volume 171, Pages 142-149
CO oxidation catalyzed by Ag nanoparticles supported on SnO/CeO2 April 01, 2015 Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society - Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 695-704
Acid base co-crystal converted into porous carbon material for energy storage devices January 01, 2015 RSC Advances - Volume 5, Issue 12, Pages 9110-9115
A copper based metal-organic framework as single source for the synthesis of electrode materials for high-performance super capacitors and glucose sensing applications November 20, 2014 International Journal of Hydrogen Energy - Volume 39, Issue 34, Pages 19609-19620
Porous carbon as electrode material in direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs) synthesized by the direct carbonization of MOF-5 June 01, 2014 Journal of solid state electrochemistry - Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 1545-1555
Synthesis, chemical characterisation, and DNA binding studies of ferrocene-incorporated selenoureas March 12, 2013 Australian Journal of Chemistry - Volume 66, Issue 6, Pages 626-634
Conferences
Methanol electroxidation by Pt-Fe nanocatalyst support on porous carbon July 09, 2012 - July 11, 2012 Inayat Ali Khan, Amin Badshah, Muhammad Arif Nadeem, Symposium on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Postdoc University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark October 01, 2022 - October 01, 2023
Postdoctoral Research Associate Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Sweden June 01, 2019 - October 01, 2021
Assistant Professor (IPFP-Contract) International Islamic University (IIU), Islamabad, Pakistan February 27, 2018 - June 01, 2019
Visiting Scholar (IRSIP-HEC) National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore September 02, 2015 - April 28, 2016
Research Associate Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad, Pakistan April 09, 2012 - June 30, 2014