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Prof. David Dodoo-Arhin (PhD - Mat. Eng., UniTrento- Italy)

Prof. David Dodoo-Arhin (PhD - Mat. Eng., UniTrento- Italy)
Professor & Director, Institute of Applied Science and Technology
ddodoo-arhin@ug.edu.gh / ddarhin@yahoo.com
+233-277-115450 / +233-243423837

About Lecturer
Prof. David Dodoo-Arhin is currently a Professor (Full) of Materials Science and Engineering and the Director of the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST): An Institute in the University of Ghana which serves as a platform for the transfer of knowledge, technology and innovation developed at the University to industry and communities.
Prof. David Dodoo-Arhin had his secondary school education at the St. Augustine’s College, Cape Coast, Ghana in 1994 and had his professional Teacher training at the Foso Training College (Foso College of Education) at Assin Foso, Ghana in 1998. He Holds a BSc degree in Physics and post-graduate Diploma in Science Education (PGDE) from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana (2004, & 2010). He then worked at the Department of Physics, University of Cape Coast as a Teaching assistant and chief research assistant.
He obtained his PhD degree in Materials Engineering from the Department of Materials Engineering and Industrial Technologies, University of Trento-Italy in 2010 with particular focus on nanostructured Oxides for energy and Environmental applications under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Scardi and Matteo Leoni.
He was appointed a lecturer in 2011, Senior Lecturer (2014), Associate Professor (2018), and Professor [Full] (2021). He was the Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (2014 to 2016), the Ag. Director of the Institute of Applied Science and Technology from 1st August 2016-31st December 2016.and currently the Director of the Institute of Applied Science and Technology of the University of Ghana from 1st August 2022.
In 2011, he undertook a postdoctoral research fellowship in Graphene for Photovoltaic applications at the Institute of Applied Materials in the Department of Physics at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. In 2013, Prof. Dodoo-Arhin was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research in Graphene based dye sensitized solar cells with the Nanomaterials and Spectroscopy group (Cambridge Graphene Centre) at the University of Cambridge- UK in collaboration with Dr. Tawfique Hasan under the Cambridge Africa Partnership for Research Excellence (CAPREx) programme. In 2014 he continued his research collaboration at the Nanoscience Centre of the Cambridge University, UK. In 2016, he undertook a research visit to the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde under the royal society organic photovoltaics capacity building programme. He has been a visiting academic at the University of Strathclyde (UK), University of Cambridge (UK), Université de Poitiers (France) and the RAPSODEE centre- Ecole des Mines d’Albi-Carmaux (France) working on plastic waste processing to fuels.
In February 2017, he was awarded a fellow of the Africa Science Leadership programme: a new initiative of the University of Pretoria and the Global Young Academy, with the aim of growing mid-career African academics in the areas of thought leadership, team management and research development, with the intention of enabling them to contribute to the development of a new paradigm for science in Africa, focused on its contribution to solving the complex issues facing both Africa and the global community. He was also awarded the InterAcademy Partnership Science Advice for policy fellowship  at the International Science Council Regional office for Africa (2019). He was the Programs coordinator of the 2019 joint Pan African Conference on Crystallography (PCCr2) and African Light Source conference.
He is also the University of Ghana Node Coordinator for the RISE-SIG African Materials Science and Engineering Network (RISE-AMSEN). He is a member of several professional bodies, editorial board member of the Elsevier journal of Progress in Natural Science: Materials International (PNS:MI), reviewer of several local and international journals, MSc and PhD external examiner for Universities in Ghana and South Africa, MSc and PhD supervisor.
Research Areas/Interest

  • Nanostructured Materials
  • Materials for Energy Generation & Storage
  • Ceramics and Semiconducting Ceramic Oxides
  • Recycle of Solid waste/ Waste Valorization
  • Microscopy
  • Solid State physics & applications
  • Carbon Materials and Technology (Graphene, nanocarbon, etc)
  • Synchrotron radiation/X-ray diffraction

Research Works and Publications

  1. Dodoo-Arhin, D., Howe, R.C., Hu, G., Zhang, Y., Hiralal, P., Bello, A., Amaratunga, G. and Hasan, T., (2016). “Inkjet-printed graphene electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells”. Carbon, 105, 33–41. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622316302731
  2. LS Kuburi, M Dauda, DO Obada, S Umaru, D Dodoo-Arhin, I Iliyasu, MB Balogun, S Mustapha; (2016). Effects of Coir Fibber Loading on the Physio-mechanical and Morphological Properties of Coconut Shell Powder Filled Low Density Polyethylene Composites. Procedia Manufacturing. 7 138–144. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351978916301998
  3. D. O. Obada, D. Dodoo-Arhin, M. Dauda, F. O. Anafi, A. S. Ahmed & O. A.Ajayi. Potentials of fabricating porous ceramic bodies from kaolin for catalytic substrate applications, Appl.Clay Sci. (2016), 132, 194-204. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169131716302423
  4. David O Obada, D. Dodoo-Arhin, Muhammad Dauda, Fatai O Anafi, Abdulkarim S Ahmed, Olusegun A Ajayi, Ibraheem A Samotu, (2016). Physical and Mechanical Properties of Porous Kaolin Based Ceramics at Different Sintering Temperatures. The West Indian Journal of Engineering, Vol.39, No.1, pp.72-80. https://sta.uwi.edu/eng/wije/vol3901_jul2016/documents/M09_v39n1p72-80DO...
  5. D. O. Obada, D. Dodoo-Arhin, M. Dauda, F. O. Anafi, A. S. Ahmed, Olusegun A.Ajayi & Ibraheem A. Samotu (2016). Effect of Mechanical Activation on Mullite Formation in an Alumina-Silica Ceramics System at Lower Temperature. World Journal of Engineering, 13/4, 288–293. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/WJE-08-2016-039
  6. DO Obada, D Dodoo-Arhin, M Dauda, FO Anafi, AS Ahmed, OA Ajayi, IA Samotu (2016). Fabrication of Mullite-Cordierite Based Composite Powders from A Secondary Silica Source, Annals of the Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara, 14 (2), 203. https://sta.uwi.edu/eng/wije/documents/WIJE_v39n1_July2016Completed..pdf
  7. D.O. Obada, M. Dauda and D. Dodoo-Arhin (2016) Flame Temperature Characteristics and Flue Gas Analysis of an Improvised Biogas Burner, The West Indian Journal of Engineering Vol.39, No.1, pp.4-8. https://sta.uwi.edu/eng/wije/vol3901_jul2016/documents/M01_v39n1p4-8Obad...
  8. D.O Obada, M. Dauda, F. O Anafi, S. Umaru, A.S Ahmed, O. A Ajayi, D.Dodoo-Arhin, A.Y Atta 2016. Characterization of Zeolites as Environmental Washcoat Materials on Cordierite Ceramics. The 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. ISOPE-I-16-283 http://en.ahau.findplus.cn/?h=articles&db=edselc&an=edselc.2-52.0-849879...
  9. Dodoo-Arhin, D., Mensah, S.A, Abu Yaya, A., and Agyei-Tuffour, B., “Application of Discarded Rubber Car Tyres as Synthetic Coarse Aggregates in Light Weight Pavement Concretes”, American Journal of Materials Science, 2015, 5(4), 75-83. http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.materials.20150504.01.html
  10. B. Abdulhakeem, M. Fabiane, D. Dodoo-Arhin, K. I Ozoemena and N. Manyala. (2014) “Silver nanoparticles decorated on a three-dimensional graphene scaffold for electrochemical applications”. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 75, 109–114. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022369713003168#
  11. B. Agyei-Tuffour, Y. D. Bensah, L. N. W. Damoah, D. Dodoo-Arhin, E. Annan, J. K. Efavi, E. Sarkodee. (2014) “Synthesis and microstructural characterization of kaolin – polyethylene composites”. Polymer Composites, 35, 1507–1515. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pc.22804/pdf
  12. A. Bello, D. Dodoo-Arhin, M. Fabiane, N. Manyala, (2014) “Surfactant Assisted Synthesis of Copper Oxide (CuO) leaf-like nanostructures for Electrochemical Applications”. American Journal of Materials Science, 4 [2] 64-73. DOI:10.5923/j.materials.20140402.03. http://article.sapub.org/pdf/10.5923.j.materials.20140402.03.pdf
  13. A.Yaya, E.K. Tiburu, B. Onwona-Agyeman, D. Dodoo-Arhin, J.K. Efavi.(2014) “A Comparative study of DFT/LDA with higher levels of theory on pi-pi interactions: A typical case for the benzene dimer”. Journal of Computations and Modelling, 4 [3] 27-42. http://www.scienpress.com/Upload/JCM/Vol%204_3_2.pdf
  14. A. Yaya, D. Dodoo-Arhin, B. Onwona-Agyeman, D.S Konadu, H. Mensah Brown and E. Sinayobye, (2013). “Effects of Purity on the Mechanical Properties of Single - Walled Carbon Nanotubes-Polymer Nanocomposites”. British Journal of Applied Science & Technology 3 [4] 884-897. http://www.sciencedomain.org/issue.php?iid=226&id=5
  15. A. Bello, K Makgopa, M. Fabiane, D. Dodoo-Arhin, K. I. Ozoemena and N. Manyala. (2013). “Chemical adsorption of NiO nanostructures on nickel foam -graphene for supercapacitor applications”. Journal of Materials Science, 48 [19] 6707-6712.  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10853 -013-7471-x
  16. D. Dodoo-Arhin, D. S Konadu, E. Annan, B. Agyei-Tuffour, F. P Buabeng, A. Yaya. (2013) “Fabrication and Characterisation of Ghanaian Bauxite Red Mud-Clay Composite Bricks for Construction Applications”. American Journal of Materials Science, 3[5] 110-119. doi:10.5923/j.materials.20130305.02. http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.materials.20130305.02.html
  17. D. Dodoo-Arhin, M. Fabiane, B. Abdulhakeem, N. Manyala, (2013). “Graphene: Synthesis, and Characterisation for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Applications”. ACS Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 52 [39] 14160–14168. DOI: 10.1021/ie4017489. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie4017489
  18. E. Nyankson, B. Agyei-Tuffour, E. Annan, D. Dodoo-Arhin, A. Yaya, L. D. Brefo, E. S. Okpoti, E. Odai, (2013). “Characteristics of stabilized shrink-swell clay deposits using eggshell powder”. Global Journal of Engineering, Design & Technology. 2 [3] 1-7. http://www.gifre.org/admin/papers/gjedt/CHARACTERISTICS.pdf
  19. A. Bello, O O. Fashedemi, JN. Lekitima, M. Fabiane, D. Dodoo-Arhin, K I. Ozoemena, Y. Gogotsi, A T. Charlie Johnson & N. Manyala, (2013). “High-performance symmetric electrochemical capacitor based on graphene foam and nanostructured manganese oxide”. AIP Advances 3, 082118; doi: 10.1063/1.4819270. http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/adva/3/8/10.1063/1.4819270
  20. E. Nyankson, B. Agyei-Tuffour, J. Asare, E. Annan, E. R. Rwenyagila, D. S. Konadu, A. Yaya & D. Dodoo-Arhin. (2013) “Nanostructured TiO2 and their energy Applications-a review”. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 8 [10] 871-886. http://www.arpnjournals.com/jeas/research_papers/rp_2013/jeas_1013_966.pdf
  21. D. Dodoo-Arhin, M. Leoni, P. Scardi, (2012). “Microemulsion Synthesis of CuO nano rod- like structures”, Molecular Crystals-Liquid crystals Journal, 555:1, 17-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2012.634357
  22. J K. Efavi, L. Damoah, D Y. Bensah, D. Dodoo-Arhin, D. Tetteh. (2012) “Development of porous ceramic bodies from kaolin deposits for industrial applications”, Applied Clay Science 65–66, 31–36. doi:10.1016/j.clay.2012.04.010.
  23. A. Yaya, D. Dodoo-Arhin, J. K Efavi, D. S Konadu. (2012) “The Effect of Decahydronaphthalin on the mechanical properties of Montmorillonite reinforced Polypropylene nanocomposites”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 7, 10. http://www.arpnjournals.com/jeas/research_papers/rp_2012/jeas_1012_799.pdf
  24. A. Yaya, D. Dodoo-Arhin. (2012) “The influence of Bi2O3 and Sb2O3 doping on the microstructure and electrical properties of sintered Zinc Oxide”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 7, 7, 834-842. http://www.arpnjournals.com/jeas/research_papers/rp_2012/jeas_0712_729.pdf .
  25. A. Yaya, B. Agyei-Tuffour,  D. Dodoo-Arhin, E. Nyankson, E. Annan, D. S. Konadu, E. Sinayobye, E. A. Baryeh and C. P. Ewels. (2012). “Layered Nanomaterials - A Review”. Global Journal of Engineering, Design & Technology, 1[1] 32-41.  http://www.gifre.org/admin/papers/gjedt/1222 -32-41.pdf
  26. D. Dodoo-Arhin, G. Vettori, M. D’Incau, M. Leoni, P. Scardi, (2011). “High energy milling of Cu2O powders”, Z. Kristallogr. Proc. 1, 75-80.  DOI 10.1524/zkpr.2011.0011.
  27. D. Dodoo-Arhin, M. Leoni, P. Scardi, E. Garnier, A. Mittiga, M.  Falconieri, (2010) “Synthesis, Characterisation and Stability of Cu2O nanoparticles produced via microemulsion”, Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics, 122, 602–608. (doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2010.03.053.)
  28. P. Scardi, M. Leoni, D.  Dodoo-Arhin (2010) “On the modelling of diffraction line profiles from nanocrystalline materials”, Solid State Phenomena, 163, 19-26. (doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.163.19.).
  29. D. Dodoo-Arhin, M. Leoni, and P. Scardi, (2013). “Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Copper Oxide”, in Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology VII John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. (Book Chapter) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118807828.ch3/summary_

Updated List of Publications:
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