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Dr OLUWAFUNMILOLA OLA's Outputs (6)

Porous ceramics: Light in weight but heavy in energy and environment technologies (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, Y., Wang, N., Ola, O., Xia, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2021). Porous ceramics: Light in weight but heavy in energy and environment technologies. Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 143, Article 100589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mser.2020.100589

Benefitting from the combined properties of intrinsic ceramic materials and advanced porous configuration, lightweight porous ceramics with porosity ranging from 2.3 to 99% and pore size distribution within 3 nm - 3 mm exhibit low density, large spec... Read More about Porous ceramics: Light in weight but heavy in energy and environment technologies.

Two-Dimensional WS2/g-C3N4 Layered Heterostructures With Enhanced Pseudocapacitive and Electrocatalytic Properties (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ola, O., & Zhu, Y. (2020, November). Two-Dimensional WS2/g-C3N4 Layered Heterostructures With Enhanced Pseudocapacitive and Electrocatalytic Properties. Presented at ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Virtual, Online

In this work, tungsten-based hybrid nanocomposites were grown on interconnected, macroscopic graphitic carbon nitride scaffold after solvothermal treatment followed by sulfidation to attain multifunctional composite electrocatalysts. The physicochemi... Read More about Two-Dimensional WS2/g-C3N4 Layered Heterostructures With Enhanced Pseudocapacitive and Electrocatalytic Properties.

In situ fabrication of dendritic tin-based carbon nanostructures for hydrogen evolution reaction (2020)
Journal Article
Ola, O., Chen, Y., Thummavichai, K., & Zhu, Y. (2020). In situ fabrication of dendritic tin-based carbon nanostructures for hydrogen evolution reaction. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 4(10), 5223-5228. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0se00812e

In this work, dendritic tin-based carbon (Sn/C) nanostructures with four different morphologies were synthesized by a facile two-step carbonization and chemical vapor deposition method and were then evaluated for their performance in hydrogen evoluti... Read More about In situ fabrication of dendritic tin-based carbon nanostructures for hydrogen evolution reaction.

Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Anchored N, S Co-doped Porous Carbon Nanofibers as Highly Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction/Evolution Reactions (2020)
Journal Article
Niu, Q., Ola, O., Chen, B., Zhu, Y., Xia, Y., & Ma, G. (2020). Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Anchored N, S Co-doped Porous Carbon Nanofibers as Highly Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction/Evolution Reactions. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 15, 4869-4883. https://doi.org/10.20964/2020.06.28

Developing multi-functional electrocatalysts is a key for new energy techniques, such as fuel cells, metal-air batteries, and water splitting. In this paper, a bifunctional (ORR/OER) electrocatalysts, metal sulfide nanoparticles anchored N, S co-dope... Read More about Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles Anchored N, S Co-doped Porous Carbon Nanofibers as Highly Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction/Evolution Reactions.

Carbon Encapsulated WS<inf>2</inf> Nanocomposites Derived from ZIF-67@WS<inf>2</inf> Core-Shell Nanoparticles and their electrocatalytic applications (2020)
Journal Article
Niu, Q., Ola, O., Wang, N., Chen, B., Zhu, Y., & Xia, Y. (2020). Carbon Encapsulated WS2 Nanocomposites Derived from ZIF-67@WS2 Core-Shell Nanoparticles and their electrocatalytic applications. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 15, 12370-12379. https://doi.org/10.20964/2020.12.85

In this work, Co9S8 and N,S co-dopped carbon encapsulated WS2 nanocomposites (Co9S8-N,S-C@WS2) has been successfully prepared through a high-temperature carbonization of the precursor ZIF-67@WS2 nanoparticles. The obtained Co9S8-N,S-C@WS2 nanoparticl... Read More about Carbon Encapsulated WS<inf>2</inf> Nanocomposites Derived from ZIF-67@WS<inf>2</inf> Core-Shell Nanoparticles and their electrocatalytic applications.