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Dr. Muhammad Amtiaz Nadeem
Assistant Professor
Environmental Sciences
 Postdoctoral Research: University of Auckland,
Newzealand.
 PhD: University of Auckland, New Zealand
 M.Phil: Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakidtan
 M.Sc: The university of Punjab Lahore, Pakistan
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Email:
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+92-051 9064-4161
amtiaznadeem@yahoo.co.uk
IPFP
Research Interests
1- Preparation and development of transition metal doped (Au, Pt,
Pd, Ru, Cu) TiO2 photcatalysts by using Sol-gel and deposition
precipitation methods and their characterization using X-ray
Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS), Transmission Electron
Microscopy (TEM), UV-VIS Spectroscopy, Surface area
measurement
Instrument
(BET),
Atomic
Absorption
Spectrophotometer (AAS) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD).
Photoreactions studies of ethanol and water on these powders
using Temperature Programmed Desorption Spectroscopy (TPD),
Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectroscopy (FTIR) and online Gas
Chromatography (GC) with an emphasis on hydrogen production
from renewable such as Bio-ethanol and water.
2- Deposition of noble metals (Ru, Au) on single crystal surface by
using Metallo-organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) and
Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) and ethanol photoreactions
studies under UHV conditions using X-ray Photoemission
Spectroscopy (XPS), Temperature Programmed Desorption
Spectroscopy (TPD) and online Mass Spectrometry.
3- Preparation of Nobel metal supported CeO2 catalyst for
hydrogen production by steam reforming of ethanol. Catalytic
studies and their characterization using above mentioned
techniques.
4- Fabrication of TiO2-CdS core shell structures. This structure will
be loaded with Noble metals like Au and test for their activity for
ethanol reforming and water splitting reaction under sunlight.
5- Development of cheap Titania based photocatalyst for
Publications
photodegradation of commercial dyes.
1- Nadeem, M.A., Waterhouse, G.I.N., Idriss, H., “The reactions of
ethanol on TiO2 and Au/TiO2 anatase catalysts (2012).”The
reactions of ethanol on TiO2 and Au/TiO2 anatase catalysts."
Catalysis Today 182(1): 16-24. (I.F =3.476)
2- Nadeem, A.M., Muir, J. M. R., Connelly, K. A., Adamson, B. T.,
Metson, J.B., and Idriss, H., “Ethanol photo-oxidation on rutile
TiO2 (110) surface.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2011,
13(17): 7637-7643. (I.F = 4.141)
3- Murdoch, M., Waterhouse, G.I.N., Nadeem, M.A., Metson, J.B.,
Keane, M.A., Howe, R.F., Llorca, J., Idriss, H., “The effect of gold
loading and particle size on photocatalytic hydrogen production
from ethanol over Au/TiO2 nanoparticles.” Nature, Chemistry:
3(6): 489-492 also highlighted in "ScienceDaily, on 26 May 2011
as "Scientists generates hydrogen as an energy source from
ethanol
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sunlight.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526102350.
htm. (I.F = 20.927)
Nadeem, M.A., Connelly, K.A., and Idriss, H., “The photoreaction
of TiO2 and Au/TiO2 single crystal and powder surfaces with
organic adsorbates.” International Journal of Nanotechnology,
9(1): 121-162. (I.F = 1.335)
A. M. Nadeem, J. M. R. Muir, G. W. N. Waterhouse and H. Idriss,
"Hydrogen photo-production from ethanol on TiO2: a surface
science and catalysis study", Proc. SPIE 8109, 81090K
(2011);http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.895450.
M. Scott, A.M. Nadeem, G.I.W. Waterhouse and H. Idriss (2011).
“Hydrogen Production from Ethanol. Comparing Thermal
Catalytic Reactions to Photo-catalytic Reactions.” MRS
Proceedings,
1326
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mrss11-1326-f07-07
doi:10.1557/opl.2011.1118.
Nadeem, Amtiaz; Waterhouse, Geoffrey; Llorca, Jordi; Muir, Josh
M.; Idriss, Hicham. “Ethanol photoreaction to Hydrogen over
Au/TiO2 catalysts: Effect of Au particle size and TiO2 bulk
structure.” Abstracts of Papers, 241st ACS National Meeting &
Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, March 27-31 (2011)
FUEL-285.
Nadeem, M.A.; Murdoch, M.; Waterhouse, G.I.N.; Llorca, J.;
Idriss, H., ”Ethanol photoreaction to hydrogen over Au/TiO2
catalysts. Effect of particle size of TiO2 and its bulk structure.”
Preprints of Symposia - American Chemical Society, Division of
Fuel Chemistry (2011), 56(1), 432-433. CODEN: PSADFZ
ISSN:1521-4648.
Nadeem, M.A., Murdoch, M., Waterhouse, G.I.N., Metson, J.B.,
Keane, M.A., Llorca, J., Idriss, H., "Photoreaction of ethanol on
Au/TiO2 anatase: Comparing the micro to nanoparticle size
activities of the support for hydrogen production." Journal of
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Conferences presentations
Ongoing Research
Projects
Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 216(2-3): 250255, (2010). (I.F = 2.517)
Nadeem, A.M., Waterhouse, G.I.N., Metson, J.B., Idriss, H.,
“Hydrogen production by photoreaction of ethanol over Au/TiO2
anatase: the effect of TiO2 particle size.” Solar Hydrogen and
Nanotechnology V. Edited by Idriss, Hicham; Wang, Heli.
Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7770, pp. 777016-777016-10
(2010).
Murdoch, M.; Waterhouse, G.I.N.; Nadeem, M.A.; Keane, M.A.;
Howe, R. F.; Llorca, J.; Idriss, Hicham. “Photocatalytic hydrogen
production from ethanol over Au/TiO2 anatase and rutile
nanoparticles: Effect of Au particle size.” Abstracts of Papers,
239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States,
March 21-25 (2010) PETR-3.
Murdoch, M.; Waterhouse, G.I.N.; Nadeem, M.A.; Metson, J.B.;
Keane, M.A.; Howe, R.F.; Llorca, J.; Idriss, H., “Photocatalytic
hydrogen production from ethanol over Au/TiO2 anatase and
rutile nanoparticles. Effect of Au loading and particle size.”
Preprints-American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum
Chemistry (2010), 55(1), 61-62.
Scott, M.; Waterhouse, G.I.N.; Nadeem, A.M.; Dissanayake, K.;
Abdelkader, A.; Alamgir, F.M.; Senanayake, S.D.; Llorca, J.; Idriss,
H. “Hydrogen production by ethanol reforming. The role of Rh-Pd
nanoclusters anchored to Ceria for the unusual catalytic
stability*.” VIII International Conference “Mechanisms of
Catalytic Reactions” Novosibirsk, Russia (2009) OP20-II-10 and
Europa Cat IX, Salamanca, Spain (2009).
Kundu, Shankhamala; Vidal, Alba; Nadeem, Amtiaz; Senanayake,
Sanjaya; Idriss, Hicham; Liu, Ping; Rodriguez, Jose; Stacchiola,
Dario “Ethanol Photo Reaction on RuOx/Ru Modified TiO2(110)"
The journal of physical chemistry C, Under review for publication.
Manuscript ID: jp-2013-015367. (I.F = 4.805)
Nadeem, M.A., Waterhouse, G.I.N., Metson, J.B., Llorca, J., Idriss,
H., “The reactions of ethanol on TiO2 and Au/TiO2 anatase
catalysts: Effect of Au loading.” in preparation
1- Nadeem, M. A., Idriss, H., “Hydrogen production by ethanol
reforming. The role of Rh-Pd nanoclusters anchored to ceria for
the unusual catalytic stability.” SURCAT Ecosse meeting on 19th
May 2009, University of Glasgow, UK.
2- Nadeem, M. A., Idriss, H., “Ethanol photoreactions on rutile TiO2
(110) single crystal surface.” SURCAT Ecosse meeting on 28th
April 2010, Heriot-Watt University, UK.
1- Development of visible light active photocatalysts for hydrogen
production from renewable
2- Development of Titania based photocatalyst for
photodegradation of commercial dyes.
Research Collaborations
1- University of Auckland New Zealand
2- SABIC, Saudi Arabia
3- Lahore University of Managment Sciences (LUMS) Lahore,
Pakistan