Education

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

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

BSc.: Chemistry; 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

• 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.
• 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
• 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
• Quantum Mechanistic studies of the oxidation of ethylene by Rhenium Oxocomplexes. Journal of Chemistry. Volume 2021 
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Highly Stable 2,3,5,6-Tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone Electrodes for Supercapacitors, Synthetic Metals, September 2017, Pages 25-33.
• Benzotriazole as an electrolyte additive on lithium-ion battery performance, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (jiec), 2017.04.031.
• Lithium-silica nanosalt as a low-temperature electrolyte additive for lithium-ion batteries, Current Applied Physics 16 (2016) 611-617.
• 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.
• Supercapacitive Properties of Activated Carbon Electrode in Electrolyte Solution with a Lithium-modified Silica Nanosalt, Current Applied Physics 15 (2015) 567-570.
• 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.