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Husam N. Alshareef

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Physical Science and Engineering Division

husam.alshareef@kaust.edu.sa


Affiliations

Education Profile

  • Ph.D., Material Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1995
  • M.S., Material Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1992
  • B.S., Ceramics Engineering, Alfred University, 1990

Research Interests

Prof. Alshareef's research focuses on developing nanomaterials for energy storage and electronic applications. His research efforts have recently centered on creating new battery chemistries for harsh environments, and batteries with higher energy density, lower cost, and better safety. His work has been recognized by over 25 awards including the SEMATECH Corporate Excellence Award, two Dow Sustainability Awards, the Kuwait Prize for Sustainable and Clean Technologies, the Shoman Award for Excellence in Energy Research, and the KAUST Distinguished Teaching Award. He has published over 600 papers and 80 issued patents. He is a Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS),  the American Physical Society (APS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), US National Academy of Inventors (NAI), Institute of Physics (IoP), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. He has been a Clarivate Analytics Highly-cited Researcher in Materials Science for several years.

Selected Publications

  • Lei, Y.; Zhao, W.; Yin, J.; Ma, Y.; Zhao, Z.; Yin, J.; Khan, Y.; Hedhili, M. N.; Chen, L.; Wang, Q.; Yuan, Y.; Zhang, X.; Bakr, O. M.; Mohammed, O. F.; Alshareef, H. N. Discovery of a Three-Proton Insertion Mechanism in α-Molybdenum Trioxide Leading to Enhanced Charge Storage Capacity. Nature Communications 2023, 14 (1).

  • Zhu, Y.; Guo, X.; Thomas, S.; Yin, J.; Yuan, Y.; Tian, Z.; Harrison, G. T.; Stefaan De Wolf; Bakr, O. M.; Mohammed, O. F.; Alshareef, H. N. An Ultrafast Na-Ion Battery Chemistry through Coupling Sustainable Organic Electrodes with Modulated Aqueous Electrolytes. Energy & Environmental Science 2024.

  • Ming, F.; Zhu, Y.; Huang, G.; Abdul‐Hamid Emwas; Liang, H.; Cui, Y.; Alshareef, H. N. Co-Solvent Electrolyte Engineering for Stable Anode-Free Zinc Metal Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144 (16), 7160–7170.

  • Zhao, Z.; Binbin Nian; Lei, Y.; Zhao, L.; Hedhili, M. N.; Guo, D.; Shi, Z.; Zhao, W.; El‐Demellawi, J. K.; Wang, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Xu, K.; Alshareef, H. N. Passivation Layers in Mg‐Metal Batteries: Robust Interphases for Li‐Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials 2024.

  • Xu, X.; Zhang, C.; Yin, J.; Smajic, J.; Bahabri, M.; Lei, Y.; Mohamed Nejib Hedhili; Hota, M. K.; Shi, L.; Guo, T.; Zheng, D.; El‐Demellawi, J. K.; Lanza, M.; Pedro; Bakr, O. M.; Mohammed, O. F.; Zhang, X.; Alshareef, H. N. Anisotropic Superconducting Nb2CTx MXene Processed by Atomic Exchange at the Wafer Scale. Advanced Materials 2023, 36 (3).

  • El-Demellawi, J. K.; Mansour, A. E.; El-Zohry, A. M.; Hedhili, M. N.; Yin, J.; Emwas, A.-H. M.; Partha Maity; Xu, X.; Bakr, O. M.; Mohammed, O. F.; Alshareef, H. N. Tuning the Work Function of Ti3c2Tx MXene by Molecular Doping without Changing Its Surface Functional Groups. ACS Materials Letters 2022, 4 (12), 2480–2490.

  • Hong, S.; El-Demellawi, J. K.; Lei, Y.; Liu, Z.; Marzooqi, F. A.; Arafat, H. A.; Alshareef, H. N. Porous Ti3C2Tx MXene Membranes for Highly Efficient Salinity Gradient Energy Harvesting. ACS Nano 2022.

  • Pazos, S.; Xu, X.; Guo, T.; Zhu, K.; Alshareef, H. N.; Lanza, M. Solution-Processed Memristors: Performance and Reliability. Nature Reviews Materials 2024, 9 (5), 358–373.