Faculty Profile

Engr. Dr. Muhammad Arif
Assistant Professor (HoD)
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering

Dr. Muhammad Arif obtained his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Professor Shengfu Ji and Professor Dongpeng Yan at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT, China) in 2020. He is serving as an Assistant Professor and Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan. He has an additional charge of additional director Offices of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORICS) at the same university.

  1. M Arif, G Yasin, L Luo, W Ye, MA Mushtaq, X Fang, X Xiang, S Ji, D Yan, Hierarchical Hollow Nanotubes of NiFeV-Layered Double Hydroxides@CoVP Heterostructures towards Efficient, pH-Universal Electrocatalytical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction to Ammonia. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 265 (2019) 118559.I.F-19.503
  2. M Arif, G Yasin, M Shakeel, MA Mushtaq, W Ye, X Fang, S Ji and  D Yan, Hierarchical CoFe-layered     double hydroxide and g-C3N4 heterostructures with enhanced bifunctional photo/electrocatalytic activity towards overall water splitting. Materials Chemistry Frontiers 3 ,(2019) 520-531. I.F-6.482
  3. M Arif,G Yasin, M Shakeel, MA Mushtaq, W Ye, X Fang, S Ji and  D Yan, Highly Active sites of NiVB Nanoparticles Dispersed on Graphene Nanosheets towards Efficient and pH-universal Overall Water Splitting. Journal of Energy Chemistry 58 (2021) 237–246.: I.F-9.676
  4. M Shakeel, M Arif, G Yasin, B Li, HD Khan, Layered by layered Ni-Mn-LDH/g-C3N4 nanohybrid for multi-purpose photo/electrocatalysis: Morphology controlled strategy for effective charge carriers separation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 242, (2019), 485-498.I.F-19.503
  5. K. Khan, T. Liu, M. Arif, X. Yan, M-D Hossain, F.Rehman, S. Zhou, J.Yang,* C. Sun, S-H Bae, J. Kim, S- Qiao, K. Amine,* X. Pan,* Z. Luo*Laser-irradiated holey graphene-supported single-atom catalyst towards hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction,Advanced Energy Materials,2021, n/a (n/a), 2101619.(https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202101619). I.F-29.368
  6. M. Arif, M. Babar, U. Azhar, M. Sagir, M. Bilal Tahir, M. Asim Mushtaq, G. Yasin, M. Mubashir, J. Wei Roy Chong, K. Shiong Khoo, P. Loke Show, Rational design and modulation strategies of Mo-based electrocatalysts and photo/electrocatalysts towards nitrogen reduction to ammonia (NH3), Chemical Engineering Journal, 451 (2023) 138320.
  7. M. Arif*, A. Kumar, M. Asim Mushtaq, U. Azhar, M. Sagir, M. Bilal Tahir, U. Talib, S. Ajmal, K.M. Alotaibi, G. Yasin, Edge-hosted CoFeB active sites with graphene nanosheets for highly selective nitrogen reduction reaction towards ambient ammonia synthesis, Chemical Engineering Journal, 473 (2023) 145368.
  8. H.H. Ali, M. Arif (Corresponding Author and Equal contribution), U. Habiba, A. Khurshid, U. Azhar, M. Sagir, M.A. Mushtaq, S. Ullah, M.A. Assiri, U. Talib, M.S. Tahir, M.B. Tahir, G. Yasin, Rationally designed Mo-based advanced nanostructured materials for energy storage technologies: Advances and prospects, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 38 (2023) e00738.
  9. M. A. Mushtaq, M. Arif, X. Fang, G. Yasin, W. Ye, M. Basharat, B. Zhou, S. Yang, S. Ji, D. Yan, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2020, 9, 2742–2753.I.F-12.732
  10. M Arif, G Yasin, M Shakeel, X Fang, R Gao, S Ji and D Yan, Coupling of Bifunctional CoMn-Layered Double Hydroxide@Graphitic-C3N4 Nanohybrids towards Efficient Photoelectrochemical Overall Water Splitting. Chemistry–An Asian Journal 13, (2018), 1045-1052. I.F-4.856
  11. W Ye, M Arif, X Fang, MA Mushtaq, X Chen, D Yan, Efficient Photoelectrochemical Route for the Ambient Reduction of N2 to NH3 Based on Nanojunctions Assembled from MoS2 Nanosheets and TiO2. ACS applied materials & interfaces 11, (2019), 28809-28817.I.F-9.229
  12. M Shakeel, B Li*, M Arif, G Yasin, W Rehman, AU Khan, S Khan, A Khan, Controlled Synthesis of highly proficient and durable hollow hierarchical heterostructured (Ag-AgBr/HHST): A UV and Visible light active photocatalyst in degradation of organic pollutants. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 227,(2018), 433-445.I.F-19.503
  13. M Shakeel, M Arif, G Yasin, B Li, AU Khan, FU Khan, MK Baloch, Hollow mesoporous architecture: A high performance Bi-functional photoelectrocatalyst for overall water splitting. Electrochimica Acta 268, (2018), 163-172.I.F-6.901
  14. G.Yasin, M. Arif, T. Mehta, X. Lu, D.Yu, N. Muhammad, M. T. Nazir, H. Song, Understanding and suppression strategies toward stable Li metal anode for safe lithium batteries. Energy Storage Materials 25, (2020), 644-678. I.F-17.789
  15. M Nadeem, G Yasin, M Arif, MH Bhatti, M Mehmood, Highly Active Sites of Pt/Er Dispersed N-doped Hierarchical Porous Carbon for Trifunctional Electrocatalyst, Chemical Engineering Journal 409 (2021) 128205.I.F-13.273
  16. Wen Ye, Yongsheng Yang, M. Arif, Shiyu Yang, Xiaoyu Fang,  Muhammad Asim Mushtaq, Xuebo Chen,* and Dongpeng Yan*, Fe,Mo-N/C hollow porous nitrogen doped carbon nanorods as an effective electrocatalyst for N2 reduction reaction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2020, 8, 42, 15946–15952.I.F-8.198
  17. W. Ye, Y. Yang, X. Fang, M. Arif, X. Chen, and D. Yan, 2D Co-crystallized Metal-Organic Nanosheets Array as an Efficient and Stable Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting. ACS Sustainable Chemistry &Engineering, 7,( 2019), 21, 18085–18092.  I.F-8.198
  18. G.Yasin, M. Arif, T. Mehta, M. Shakeel, M A Mushtaq, M. T. Nazir, H. Song and X. Lu, A Novel Strategy for the Synthesis of Hard Carbon Spheres Encapsulated with Graphene Networks as a Low-Cost and Large-Scalable Anode Material for Fast Sodium Storage with an Ultra long Cycle Life. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers7,( 2020) 402-410 . I.F-6.569
  19. G Yasin, M Arif, M Shakeel, Y Dun, Y Zuo, WQ Khan, Y Tang, A Khan, Exploring the Nickel–Graphene Nanocomposite Coatings for Superior Corrosion Resistance: Manipulating the Effect of Deposition Current Density on its Morphology, Mechanical Properties, and Erosion‐Corrosion Performance. Advanced Engineering Materials 20, (2018), 1701166.I.F-3.217
  20. T Mehtab, G Yasin, M Arif, M Shakeel, RM Korai, M Nadeem, Metal-organic frameworks for energy storage devices: Batteries and supercapacitors. Journal of Energy Storage 21,(2019), 632-646.I.F-6.583
  21. G Yasin, M Arif, MN Nizam, M Shakeel, MA Khan, WQ Khan, TM Hassan, Effect of surfactant concentration in electrolyte on the fabrication and properties of nickel-graphene nanocomposite coating synthesized by electrochemical co-deposition. RSC advances 8 (2018), 20039-20047.I.F-3.361
  22. M. Shakeel, G. Yasin, M. Arif, A Facile Band Alignment with Sharp Edge Morphology Accelerating the Charge Transportation for Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation: A Multiplex Synergy. Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume 32, December 2019, 100985.I.F-5.485
  23. X Zhang, M Shakeel, B Li, M Arif, X Kong, J Liu, S Zuo, Fabrication of 3-D ZnO/CN nanorods for photo-/electrocatalytic water splitting: An efficient morphology for charge carriers transportation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44 (2019), 21821-21836.I.F-5.816
  24. M Shakeel, X Zhang, G Yasin, M Arif, Z Abbas, U Zaman, B Li, Fabrication of Amorphous BiOCl/TiO2/C3N4 Heterostructure for Efficient Water Oxidation. Chemistry Select 4 (2019), 8277-8282.I.F-2.109
  25. M Shakeel, B Li, G Yasin, M Arif, W Rehman, HD Khan, In Situ Fabrication of Foamed Titania Carbon Nitride Nanocomposite and Its Synergetic Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 57 (2018), 8152-8159.I.F-3.720
  26. M Nadeem, G Yasin, MH Bhatti, M Mehmood, M Arif, L Dai, Pt-M bimetallic nanoparticles (M = Ni, Cu, Er) supported on metal organic framework-derived N-doped nanostructured carbon for hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Power Sources 402, 34-42.I.F-9.127
  27. G Yasin, MA Khan, M Arif, M Shakeel, TM Hassan, WQ Khan, RM Korai, Synthesis of spheres-like Ni/graphene nanocomposite as an efficient anti-corrosive coating; effect of graphene content on its morphology and mechanical properties. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 755, 79-88.I.F-5.316
  28. M Nadeem, G Yasin, M Arif, MH Bhatti, M Mehmood, Pt-Ni@PC900 Hybrid derived from layered structure Cd-MOF for fuel cell ORR activity, ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 5, 2123–2132.I.F-3.512
  29. J Mu, J Liu, Z Ran, M Arif, M Gao, C Wang, S JiCritical role of CUS in Au/MOF-808 (Zr) catalyst for reaction of CO2 with amine/H2 via N-methylation and N-formylation,Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2020, 59, 14, 6543–6555.I.F-3.720
  30. Du, S.;  Han, X.;  Zheng, L.;  Qin, S.;  M. Arif;  Yan, D.;  Yu, X.; Li, H., Synthesis and Phase Behavior of Methane Hydrate in a Layered Double Hydroxide: An Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021, 125 (14), 7889-7897.I.F-4.189
  31. G. Yasin, S. Ibrahim, S. Ali, M. Arif, S. Ibrahim, R. Iqbal, A. Kumar, M. Tabish, M.A. Mushtaq, Saad, H. Xu, W. Zhao, Defects-engineered tailoring of tri-doped interlinked metal-free bifunctional catalyst with lower Gibbs free energy of OER/HER intermediates for overall water splitting,  Materials Today Chemistry (Just accepted),I.F-8.301  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2021.100634
  32. Ghulam Yasin, Muhammad Arif, X. Lu and Liming Dai, Heteroatom-Doped Large-Scale Carbon Anodes for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries ,Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (Just accepted).I.F-6.569

Dr. Muhammad Arif's research centers around the development and optimization of electrochemical systems for sustainable energy solutions.Moreover, he has published over 70 international papers, with a cumulative impact factor exceeding 700. Additionally, he has authored more than 20 book chapters. Key areas of interest include:

  • Energy Storage: Exploring advanced materials and technologies for batteries and supercapacitors.
  • Fuel Cells: Enhancing the efficiency and durability of fuel cell systems.
  • Electrocatalysis: Developing catalysts for efficient energy conversion processes.
  • Sustainable Energy: Integrating electrochemical methods in renewable energy systems.

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