Education

PhD.: Chemistry; Hanbat National University, South Korea.

MSc.: Applied Chemistry; Hanbat National University, South Korea.

BSc.: Chemistry; University of Ghana. 

Research Interest

• Zinc-ion batteries
• Lithium-ion batteries
• Supercapacitor materials and electrolytes
• Water purification
• Biofuel production and catalysis
• Dye-sensitized solar cells
• Computational studies of electrochemical and surface reactions

Publications

• Louis Hamenu, Latifatu Mohammed, Juliet Attah, Rafia Abdul-Samii, Eric Nyarko, Anna Monney Hammond……LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2/graphite cells adopting polyolefin and non-polyolefin separators for potential application in industrial manufacturing of energy storage devices. Electrochemistry Communications. Vol. 158. 2024.
• Emmanuel Adu Fosu, Collins Obuah, Louis Hamenu, Albert Aniagyei, Anita Oppong, Michael Kojo Ainooson and Alfred Muller. Theoretical studies on the reaction mechanisms of the oxidation of tetramethylethylene using MO3Cl (M=Mn, Tc and Re). Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 2023
• Emmanuel Adu Fosu, Collins Obuah, Louis Hamenu, Albert Aniagyei, Anita Oppong, Michael Kojo Ainooson, and Alfred Muller. A DFT study on the reaction mechanisms of the oxidation of ethylene mediated by technetium and manganese oxo complexes Volume 28, article number 94, 2022
• Emmanuel Adu Fosu, Collins Obuah, Louis Hamenu, Albert Aniagyei, Michael Kojo Ainooson, and Krishna K. Govender. Quantum Mechanistic studies of the oxidation of ethylene by Rhenium Oxocomplexes. Journal of Chemistry. Volume 2021 
• Vera Afumaa Afrifah, Isheunesu Phiri, Louis Hamenu, Alfred Madzvamuse, Kwang Se Lee, Jang Myong Ko. Electrochemical properties of poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid) polyelectrolyte containing zwitterionic silica sulfobetaine for supercapacitors. Journal of Power Sources. Volume 479, 15 December 2020, 228657.
• Alfred Madzvamuse, Louis Hamenu, Latifatu Mohammed and Jang Myoun Ko, Effect of Morphologically Different Conductive Agents on the Performance of Silicon Anode in Lithium-Ion Batteries, Energy Technology and Environmental Science. Chemistry select, 2018, 3, 10805– 10810.
• Alfred Alfred Madzvamuse, Louis Hamenu, Latifatu Mohammed, Chris Yeajoon Bon, Sang Jun Kim, Jeong Ho Park, and Jang Myoun Ko. Lithium Bis(oxalate)borate as an Electrolyte Salt for Supercapacitors in Elevated Temperature Applications, Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology 2017, 8(4), 314-322.
• Louis Hamenu, Alfred Madzvamuse, Mengyang Hu, Latifatu Mohammed, Chris Yeajoon Bon, Sang Jun Kim, Won Il Cho, Jongwook Park, Jang Myoun Ko, Pushing the limits of lithium bis (oxalate) borate/acetonitrile using 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium tetrafluoroborate for supercapacitors. Current Applied Physics 17 (2017) 1639-1645.
• Louis Hamenu, Alfred Madzvamuse, Latifatu Mohammed, Jongwook Park, Myung-Hyun Ryou, Yong Min Lee, Jang Myoun Ko, Highly Stable 2,3,5,6-Tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone Electrodes for Supercapacitors, Synthetic Metals, September 2017, Pages 25-33.
• Louis Hamenu, Alfred Madzvamuse, Latifatu Mohammed, Yong Min Lee, Jang Myoun Ko, Chris Yeajoon Bon, Sang Jun Kim, Won Il Cho, Yong Gu Baek, Jongwook Park, Benzotriazole as an electrolyte additive on lithium-ion battery performance, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (jiec), 2017.04.031.
• Louis Hamenu, Hae Soo Lee, Mohammed Latifatu, Kwang Man Kim, Jongwook Park, Yong Gu Baek, Jang Myoun Ko, Richard B. Kaner. Lithium-silica nanosalt as a low-temperature electrolyte additive for lithium-ion batteries, Current Applied Physics 16 (2016) 611-617.
• Jung Ha Won, Hae Soo Lee, Louis Hamenu, Mohammed Latifatu, Yong Min Lee, Kwang Man Kim, Jemyung Oh, Won Il Cho, Jang Myoun Ko, Improvement of low-temperature performance by adopting polydimethylsiloxane-g-polyacrylate and lithium-modified silica nanosalt as electrolyte additives in lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 37 (2016) 325–329.
• Ha Won Jung, Louis Hamenu, Hae Soo Lee, Mohammed Latifatu, Kwang Man Kim,Jang Myoun Ko, Supercapacitive Properties of Activated Carbon Electrode in Electrolyte Solution with a Lithium-modified Silica Nanosalt, Current Applied Physics 15 (2015) 567-570.
• Louis Hamenu, Young-Gi Lee, Kwang Man Kim, Won Il Cho, and Jang Myoun Ko, Suppression of Aluminum Corrosion in Lithium Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide Based Electrolyte by Addition of Fumed Silica, Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 2013, Vol. 34, No. 6 1795.