Publications

Publications

Research conducted by and in collaboration with members of the Clean Energy Research Center (ISU-TEAM) spans clean energy, catalysis, photo(electro)catalysis, computational chemistry, advanced materials, molecular science, and related interdisciplinary fields.

2027

Research Article
Cl-adsorption drives band engineering beyond oxygen-vacancy-induced band-gap narrowing in TiO2 photocatalysis: experimental and DFT insights 

Naeimeh Sadat Peighambardoust, Masoud Shahrokhi, Wipakorn Jevasuwan, Hamza El-Hosainy, Naoki Fukata, Joel Henzie, Yusuke Ide, Esmail Doustkhah
Applied Surface Science, 2027, 751, Article 168185.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.168185 

Research Article
Solar-driven, noble-metal-free one-pot photocatalytic synthesis of 2-methylbenzimidazole over C, N, and S-co-doped TiO2 

Hamza El-Hosainy, Mohamed Esmat, Ezz-Elregal M. Ezz-Elregal, Said El-Sheikh, Amer Hakki, Esmail Doustkhah, Ralf Dillert, Adel A. Ismail, Yusuke Ide, Detlef Bahnemann
Catalysis Today, 2027, 479, Article 115960.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2026.115960 

2026

Tutorial Review
Spin-controlled electro- and photocatalysis: principles, modeling, and enhancement strategies 

Saeedeh Mohammadi, Masoud Shahrokhi, Şükrü Kaya, Esmail Doustkhah
Dalton Transactions, 2026.
DOI: 10.1039/D6DT00917D 

Research Article
DFT insights into nano-Au/carbon nitride: potent CO oxidation facilitated by weak metal–support interaction 

Milad Behroozi, Esmail Doustkhah, M. Hussein N. Assadi
Materials Advances, 2026, 7(4), 2059–2067.
DOI: 10.1039/D5MA01270H 

Research Article
Engineering solar-light-responsive TiO2 nanosheets from deactivated Ti-based MOFs for enhanced photocatalytic performance 

Ramin Hassandoost, Alireza Khataee, Esmail Doustkhah
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2026, 157, 766–780.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2025.10.049 

Research Article
Understanding the structure and activation mechanism of class C GPCRs: structural insights from molecular dynamics simulations 

Abdullahi Ibrahim Uba, Muhammad Abubakar Bello, Betül Subaşı, M. Mustafa Cetin
Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2026, published online 14 April 2026.
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2026.2655801 

Research Article
Sterically Driven Pathways in Schiff Base Formation: tert-Butyl Effects on Hindered Imines 

M. Mustafa Cetin
Synthesis, 2026, 58(1), 79–88.
DOI: 10.1055/a-2707-4673 

2025

Research Article
Atomic-/nano-scale and DFT insights into the Ag-hydroxyapatite interface 

Esmail Doustkhah
Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025, 78, Article 108126.
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2025.108126 

Conference Paper · Open Access
Pulsed Laser Deposition of WO3/ZrO2 Bilayer Thin Films for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production 

K. Ishida, P. Mele, E. Doustkah, F. Uçar, A. Klimkowicz, Ł. Gondek
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2025, 3107, Article 012015.
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/3107/1/012015 

Research Article · Open Access
Rotaxane synthesis via a dynamic [2]catenane-ring-opening, axle-cleaving double cross metathesis 

M. Mustafa Cetin, Arindam Mazumdar, David B. Cordes, Vahap Gazi Fidan, Zhen Yang, Michael F. Mayer
RSC Advances, 2025, 15(55), 47117–47127.
DOI: 10.1039/D5RA07142A 

Research Article
Interlayer Atomic Voids by Partial Cesium Defect in Layered Titanate Activate Photo(electro)catalytic H2 and O2 Generation 

Tuğçe Üstünel, José Julio Gutiérrez Moreno, Xiaoran Zheng, Sajjad S. Mofarah, Hadi Jahangiri, Sarp Kaya, Esmail Doustkhah
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2025, 8(20), 15079–15091.
DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.5c01514 

Research Article
Design, density functional insights and in vitro cytotoxicity of biologically active chitosan/folic acid conjugates as carriers for controlled drug delivery of curcumin 

Hazem M. Elkholy, Hamada S.A. Mandour, M. Ali, Milad Behroozi, Esmail Doustkhah, Alaa A. Atia
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2025, 329 (Part 1), Article 147797.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.147797 

Research Article
Oxygen vacant gray shell and interior ordered TiO2 core for enhanced visible-light photocatalysis 

Alireza Khataee, Ali Saedi Vand Behpour, Esmail Doustkhah, Ramin Hassandoost
Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2025, 46, Article e01641.
DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2025.e01641