Key research publications

Key research publications

The Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Laboratory (SHEL) research group publishes research in leading peer-reviewed journals.

The Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Laboratory (SHEL) research group publishes research in leading peer-reviewed journals.

The Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Laboratory (SHEL) research group publishes research in leading peer-reviewed journals.

  • Arandiyan, H. et al., 2021, Cover Feature: Impact of Surface Defects on LaNiO3 Perovskite Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (Chem. Eur. J. 58/2021), Chemistry – A European Journal 27, 14355-14355, doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103535.
  • Mourshid M., Rezaei Niya S.M., Ojha R., Rosengarten G., Andrews J., Shabani B., 2021, Carbon-based slurry electrodes for energy storage and power supply systems, Energy Storage Materials, 40 (2021), 461-489
  • Omrani R., Shabani B., 2021, Hydrogen crossover in proton exchange membrane electrolysers: The effect of current density, pressure, temperature, and compression, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 377 (2021), 138085
  • Bond C., Veitch A., 2020, Lessons learned from major infrastructure upgrades, Future Fuels CRC Publications.
  • Ebtsam K. Alenezy, Ylias M. Sabri, Ahmad E. Kandjani, Dilek Korcoban, Syed Sulthan Alaudeen Abdul Haroon Rashid, Samuel J. Ippolito, Suresh K. Bhargava, 2020, Low-Temperature Hydrogen Sensor: Enhanced Performance Enabled through Photoactive Pd-Decorated TiO2 Colloidal Crystals, 5 (12) 3902–3914.
  • Nguyen H Quoc, Shabani B, Metal hydride thermal management using phase change material in the context of a standalone solar-hydrogen system, Energy conversion and management 224 (2020) 113352.
  • Omrani R., Shabani B., 2020, An analytical model for hydrogen and nitrogen crossover rates in proton exchange membrane fuel cells, International journal of hydrogen energy 45 (55) 31041-31055.
  • Patel S., Kundu S., Halder P., Hedayati M M., Chiang K., Surapaneni A., Shah K., 2020, Production of hydrogen by catalytic methane decomposition using biochar and activated char produced from biosolids pyrolysis, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
  • Assaf J., Shabani B., 2019, A novel hybrid renewable solar energy solution for continuous heat and power supply to standalone-alone applications with ultimate reliability and cost effectiveness, Renewable Energy, 138 (2019), 509-520.
  • Balu, R, Choudhury, N, Mata, J, de Campo, L, Rehm, C, Hill, A, Dutta, N, 2019, Evolution of the Interfacial Structure of a Catalyst Ink with the Quality of the Dispersing Solvent: A Contrast Variation Small-Angle and Ultrasmall-Angle Neutron Scattering,  ACS applied materials & interfaces 2019, 11 (10), 9934-9946.
  • Sajid Hossain M., Shabani B., 2019, Reticulated porous and parallel channel cathode flow fields in real scale polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: A comparative experimental study, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44 (47), 25905-25917.
  • Gutta N., Kumar V. V., Tardio J., Patel J., Satyanarayana L.,V. S. Sarma A., Akula V., 2019, CH4 Cracking over the Cu−Ni/Al-MCM-41 Catalyst for the Simultaneous Production of H2 and Highly Ordered Graphitic Carbon Nanofibers, Energy and Fuels, 33 (12), 12656-12665.
  • Gutta N., Kumar V. V., Chatla A., Boosa V., Tardio J., Patel J., Akula V., 2018, Promotional Effect of Cu and Influence of Surface Ni–Cu Alloy for Enhanced H2 Yields from CH4 Decomposition over Cu-Modified Ni Supported on MCM-41 Catalyst Energy and Fuels, 32 (3), 4008-4015.
  • Sang Tran, T, Dutta, NK, Roy Choudhury, N 2018, Graphene inks for printed flexible electronics: Graphene dispersions, ink formulations, printing techniques and applications, Advances in colloid and interface science, vol. 261, pp. 41-61.
  • Tetuko A.P., Shabani B., Omrani R., Paul B., Andrews J., 2018, Study of a thermal bridging approach using heat pipes for simultaneous fuel cell cooling and metal hydride hydrogen discharge rate enhancement, Power Sources, 397 (2018), 177-188.
  • Islam R., Shabani B., Rosengarten G., 2017, Experimental investigation of using ZnO nanofluids as coolants in a PEM fuel cell, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42 (30), 19272-19286.
  • Omrani R., Shabani B., 2017, Gas diffusion layer modifications and treatments for improving the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells and electrolysers: A review, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42 (47), 28515-28536.
  • Sajid Hossain M., Shabani B, 3 Cheung C.P., 2017, Enhanced gas flow uniformity across parallel channel cathode flow field of Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cells, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,  2(8), 5272-5283.
  • Yamaguchia D., Tang L., Chiang K., 2017, Pre-oxidation of natural ilmenite for use as an oxygen carrier in the cyclic methane-steam redox process for hydrogen production, Chem. Eng. J. 322, 632-645.
  • Andrews J. 2 Seif Mohammadi, S., 2014, Towards a ‘proton flow battery’: Investigation of a reversible PEM fuel cell with integrated metal-hydride hydrogen storage, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39 (2014) pp 1740-1751.
  • Andrews J., Shabani B., 2012, Re-envisioning the role of hydrogen in a sustainable energy economy, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37 (2) pp 1184-1203.

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Key research projects

The Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Laboratory (SHEL) research group members lead key projects in the hydrogen areas.

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The Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Laboratory (SHEL) research group is a multidisciplinary team of internationally-recognised experts with a wide range of capabilities.

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The Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Laboratory (SHEL) research group has access to RMIT's world-class facilities.

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