Ms. Faiza Zulfiqar, Renewable Energy and Fuel Cells, Best Researcher Award

Ms. Faiza Zulfiqar, Renewable Energy and Fuel Cells, Best Researcher Award

Ms. Faiza Zulfiqar, Lahore university of management sciences,LUMS, Pakistan

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🎓Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
LUMS University, Lahore (2021 – Current)
Field: Chemistry 📚

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad (2019 – 2021)
Field: Inorganic / Analytical Chemistry

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad (2015 – 2019)
Field: Chemistry 🧪

👨‍🏫Professional Experience

Training Course on HPLC
MEDWATCH Global, Lahore (08/2024 — 09/2024) 🧬

Hands-on Training in Materials Characterization
Lahore University of Management Sciences (11/2021 – 12/2021) 🧑‍🔬

🔬Research Interests

Electrocatalytic Seawater Oxidation: Synthesis of self-standing electrodes and their characterization for methanol-assisted seawater splitting. 🌊🔬

CO2 Reduction and Alcohol Oxidation: Development of porous materials on Cu foam for selective CO2 reduction coupled with alcohol oxidation. 🔋

Phosphidization of Nanomaterials: Studied the effects of phosphidization on ZIF-12 derived CoOx embedded N-doped carbon nanotubes for electrocatalytic water oxidation. 🧪✨

Water Oxidation Catalysis: Synthesized CuO-Cu20 modulated CoMn layered double hydroxides for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation. 🔍

💻Skills

Technical Skills
Solvothermal, co-precipitation, electrodeposition methods, electrospinning, SEM, XRD, HPLC, IR, UV-visible spectrophotometry.

Digital Skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office, Origin Pro, ChemDraw, and image analysis.

Publications📚

Electro-synthesis of valuable products by coupling energy-saving anodic alcohol oxidation reaction with cathodic CO2 reduction reaction

Authors: Zulfiqar, F., Arshad, F., Haq, T.U., Sher, F.

Journal: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Year: 2024

Cobalt containing bimetallic ZIFs and their derivatives as OER electrocatalysts: A critical review

Authors: Shahzad, A., Zulfiqar, F., Arif Nadeem, M.

Journal: Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Year: 2023

Electrocatalytic water oxidation on CuO-Cu2O modulated cobalt-manganese layered double hydroxide

Authors: Hameed, A., Zulfiqar, F., Iqbal, W., Ahmad Shah, S.S., Nadeem, M.A.

Journal: RSC Advances

Year: 2022

Pronounced effect of phosphidization on the performance of CoOx encapsulated N-doped carbon nanotubes towards oxygen evolution reaction

Authors: Zulfiqar, F., Hameed, A., Shahzad, A., Ahmad Shah, S.S., Nadeem, M.A.

Journal: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Year: 2022