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77. Masumeh Moloudi, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad Safi Rahmanifar, Maher F. El-Kady, Ebrahim Mousali, Nahla B. Mohamed, Xinhui Xia, Yongqi Zhang, Ajayan Vinu, Mewin Vincent, Damian Kowalski, Richard B. Kaner, and Mir F. Mousavi "Nanostructured Amorphous Ni-Co-Fe Phosphide as a Versatile Electrocatalyst Towards Seawater Splitting and Aqueous Zinc-Air Batteries" Chemical Science (2025). 

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76. Ebrahim Mousali, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Masumeh Moloudi, Zewen Sun, Yuping Wu, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, and Mir F. Mousavi "Ultra-Wide Voltage Aqueous Superbatteries Enabled by Iron and Zinc Zeolitic Frameworks" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17(9), 13881-13895 (2025). 

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75. Zhiyin Yang, Ailun Huang, Cheng-Wei Lin, Bradley C. Kroes, Xueying Chang, Maher F. El-Kady, Yuzhang Li and Richard B. Kaner "High-Energy Aqueous Sodium-Ion Batteries Using Water-in-Salt Electrolytes and 3D Structured Electrodes" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 (5), 7595-7606 (2025). 

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74. Musibau Francis Jimoh, Gray Scott Carson, Mackenzie Babetta Anderson, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner "Direct Fabrication of 3D Electrodes Based on Graphene and Conducting Polymers for Supercapacitor Applications" Advanced Functional Materials 35, 2405569 (2025). 

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73. Zhiyin Yang, Yuto Katsuyama, Ailun Huang, Cheng-Wei Lin, Bo Liu, Sophia Uemura, Chenxiang Wang, Maher F. El-Kady, Yuzhang Li, and Richard B. Kaner "Ultrafast Sodium–Ion Batteries Based on Vanadium Oxide and Laser-Scribed Graphene Electrodes" Chemistry of Materials 36, 17, 8359–8368 (2024). 

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72. Navid Khodayar, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Masumeh Moloudi, Nasim Hassani, Mehdi Neek-Amal, Maher F. El-Kady, Nahla B. Mohamed, Xinhui Xia, Yongqi Zhang, Richard B. Kaner and Mir F. Mousavi "An ultra-high mass-loading transition metal phosphide electrocatalyst for efficient water splitting and ultra-durable zinc–air batteries"  Energy & Environmental Science 17, 5200-5215 (2024). 

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71. Chenxiang Wang, Samantha Vi-Tang, Sheng Qu, Zirong He, Bosi Peng, Xueying Chang, Zhiyin Yang, Cheng-Wei Lin, Yuto Katsuyama, Sophia Uemura, Maher F El-Kady, Richard B Kaner "Design of efficient, reliable, and wide-band filter electrochemical capacitors via matching positive with negative electrodes" Joule 8, 764–779 (2024). 

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70. Chenxiang Wang, Jason Zi Jie Zhu, Samantha Vi‐Tang, Bosi Peng, Chenhao Ni, Qizhou Li, Xueying Chang, Ailun Huang, Zhiyin Yang, Ethan J Savage, Sophia Uemura, Yuto Katsuyama, Maher F El‐Kady, Richard B Kaner "Labile Coordination Interphase for Regulating Lean Ion Dynamics in Reversible Zn Batteries" Advanced Materials 36 (3), 2306145 (2024). 

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69. Chenxiang Wang, Kimberly Sung, Jason Zi Jie Zhu, Sheng Qu, Jiawei Bao, Xueying Chang, Yuto Katsuyama, Zhiyin Yang,  Chonghao Zhang, Ailun Huang, Bradley C. Kroes, Maher F. El-Kady and Richard B. Kaner "A simple route to functionalized porous carbon foams from carbon nanodots for metal-free pseudocapacitors" Materials Horizons 11, 688-699 (2024). 

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68. Xueying Chang, Zhiyin Yang, Ailun Huang, Yuto Katsuyama, Cheng‐Wei Lin, Maher F. El‐Kady, Chenxiang Wang, Richard B. Kaner "Understanding the Degradation Mechanisms of Conducting Polymer Supercapacitors" Macromolecular Rapid Communications 45 (1), 2300237 (2024)

67. Hajar Yousefzadeh, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Nasim Hassani, Mehdi Neek-Amal, Maher F. El-Kady, Ajayan Vinu, Richard B. Kaner & Mir F. Mousavi "Partial Sulfidation of the Electrochemically Exfoliated Layered Double Hydroxides toward Advanced Aqueous Zinc Batteries" Advanced Energy Materials 13 (41), 2302137 (2023). 

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66. Atefeh Ashoori, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Ali Morsali, Nasim Hassani, Mehdi Neek-Amal, Hosein Ghasempour, Xinhui Xia, Yongqi Zhang, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, Mir F. Mousavi "Tailoring Metal–Organic Frameworks and Derived Materials for High-Performance Zinc–Air and Alkaline Batteries" ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 15 (25), 30220-30239 (2023)

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65. Musibau Francis Jimoh, Maher F. El-Kady*, Gray Scott Carson, Mackenzie Babetta Anderson, Quynh Duong, Richard B. Kaner* "Template-free route to PEDOT nanofibers for 3D electrodes with ultrahigh capacitance and excellent cycling stability" Energy Storage Materials 61, 102850 (2023)

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64. Xueying Chang, Cheng-Wei Lin, Ailun Huang, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner "Molecular Engineering of Hierarchical Conducting Polymer Composites for Highly Stable Supercapacitors" Nano Letters 23, 8, 3317–3325 (2023)

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63. Masumeh Moloudi, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Yasin Shabangoli, Maher F. El-Kady, Nahla B. Mohamed, Richard B. Kaner and Mir F. Mousavi "Layered Double Hydroxide Templated Synthesis of Amorphous NiCoFeB as a Multifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting and Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries" Advanced Energy Materials 13, 2203002 (2023)

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62. Mahrokh Nazari, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Maher F. El-Kady, Nasim Hassani, Mehdi Neek-Amal, Richard B. Kaner, and Mir F. Mousavi "Phase-Dependent Energy Storage Performance of the NixSey Polymorphs for Supercapacitor-Battery Hybrid Devices" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2022)

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61. Esraa Elsanadidy, Islam M. Mosa, Bowen Hou, Tobias Schmid, Maher F. El-Kady, Raihan Sayeed Khan, Andreas Haeberlin, Anastasios V. Tzingounis, and James F. Rusling "Self-sustainable intermittent deep brain stimulator" Cell Reports Physical Science 3, 101099 (2022)

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60. Navid Khodayar,Abolhassan Noori,Mohammad S. Rahmanifar,Yasin Shabangoli,Afshin Baghervand,Maher F. El-Kady,Nasim Hassani,Xueying Chang,Mehdi Neek-Amal,Richard B. Kaner,Mir F. Mousavi "Super-Fast and Super-Long-Life Rechargeable Zinc Battery" Advanced Energy Materials 202202784 (2022)

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59. Ali Khodabandehlo, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, Mir F. Mousavi "Laser-Scribed Graphene–Polyaniline Microsupercapacitor for the Internet-of-Things Applications" Advanced Functional Materials 2204555 (2022)

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58. Nahla B. Mohamed, Maher F. El‐Kady*, and Richard B. Kaner*. "Macroporous Graphene Frameworks for Sensing and Supercapacitor Applications." Advanced Functional Materials 2203101 (2022)

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57. Fatemeh Shahbazi Farahani, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Abolhassan Noori, Maher F. El-Kady, Nasim Hassani, Mehdi Neek-Amal, Richard B. Kaner, and Mir F. Mousavi. "Trilayer Metal–Organic Frameworks as Multifunctional Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications." Journal of the American Chemical Society 144, 3411-3428 (2022)

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56. Neda Dianat, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Abolhassan Noori, Maher F. El-Kady, Xueying Chang, Richard B. Kaner, and Mir F. Mousavi "Polyaniline-Lignin Interpenetrating Network for Supercapacitive Energy Storage" Nano Letters 21, 9485-9493 (2021)

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55. Xueying Chang, Maher F. El‐Kady, Ailun Huang, Cheng‐Wei Lin, Stephanie Aguilar, Mackenzie Anderson, Jason Zi Jie Zhu, and Richard B. Kaner. "3D Graphene Network with Covalently‐Grafted Aniline Tetramer for Ultralong‐Life Supercapacitors" Advanced Functional Materials: 2102397 (2021)

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54. Ailun, Huang, Maher F. El‐Kady, Xueying Chang, Mackenzie Anderson, Cheng‐Wei Lin, Christopher L. Turner, and Richard B. Kaner. "Facile Fabrication of Multivalent VOx/Graphene Nanocomposite Electrodes for High‐Energy‐Density Symmetric Supercapacitors." Advanced Energy Materials: 2100768 (2021)

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53. Dahee Jung, Mit Muni, Gustavo Marin, Roshini Ramachandran, Maher F. El-Kady, Tanya Balandin, Richard B. Kaner and Alexander M. Spokoyny "Enhancing Cycling Stability of Tungsten Oxide Supercapacitor Electrodes via a Boron Cluster-Based Molecular Cross-Linking Approach" Journal of Materials Chemistry A 8, 18015-18023 (2020)

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52. Abdelsalam Ahmed, Islam Hassan, Amir Masoud Pourrahimi, Ahmed S. Helal, Maher F. El-Kady, Hamidreza Khassaf, and Richard B. Kaner "Toward High‐Performance Triboelectric Nanogenerators by Engineering Interfaces at the Nanoscale: Looking into the Future Research Roadmap" Advanced Materials Technologies 5, no. 11: 2000520 (2020)

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51. Abdelsalam Ahmed, Islam Hassan, Ahmed S. Helal, Vitor Sencadas, Ali Radhi, Chang Kyujeong and Maher F. El-Kady "Triboelectric Nanogenerator versus Piezoelectric Generator at Low Frequency (<4 Hz): A Quantitative Comparison"

iScience 23, 101286 (2020) 

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50. Yasin Shabangoli, Maher F. El‐Kady, Mahrokh Nazari, Elaheh Dadashpour, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Xiaojing Lv, Cheng Zhang, Richard B. Kaner, Mir F. Mousavi "Exploration of Advanced Electrode Materials for Approaching High-Performance Nickel-Based Superbatteries" Small 2001340 (2020).

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49. Abdelsalam Ahmed, Mohamed Shehata, Islam Hassan, Yasmine I. Abdelhak, Efe Cigdem, Maher El-Kady, Yehea Ismail, and Hassan Mostafa "A Theoretical Modeling Analysis of Triboelectrification Controlled Light Emitting Diodes" Nano Energy, 74, 104874 (2020). 

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48. Mahmoud Moussa, Maher F. El-Kady, Deepak Dubal, Tran Thanh Tung, Md Julker Nine, Nahla Mohamed, Richard B. Kaner, and Dusan Losic "Self-Assembly and Cross-Linking of Conducting Polymers into 3D Hydrogel Electrodes for Supercapacitor Applications" ACS Applied Energy Materials 3, 923-932 (2020).

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47. Yasin Shabangoli, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Abolhassan Noori, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner and Mir F. Mousavi "Nile Blue Functionalized Graphene Aerogel as a Pseudocapacitive Negative Electrode Material Across the Full pH Range"    ACS Nano 13, 12567-12576 (2019). 

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46. Abdelsalam Ahmed#, Islam Hassan#, Maher F. El-Kady#, Ali Radhi, Chang Kyu Jeong, Ponnambalam Ravi Selvaganapathy, Jean Zu, Shenqiang Ren, Qing Wang, and Richard B. Kaner "Integrated Triboelectric Nanogenerators in the Era of the Internet of Things" Advanced Science 6, 1802230 (2019)

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45. Mitra Yonessi, Arie Borenstein, Maher F. El-Kady, Chris Turner, Haosen Wang, Adam Stieg, and Laurent Pilon “High-Performance Transparent Hybrid PEDOT Molybdenum Oxide Supercapacitors” ACS Applied Energy Materials 2, 4629-4639, (2019)

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44. Abdelsalam Ahmed, Islam Hassan, Islam M Mosa, Esraa Elsanadidy, Gayatri S Phadke, Maher F. El-Kady, James F Rusling, Ponnambalam Ravi Selvaganapathy and Richard B. Kaner “All Printable Snow-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators” Nano Energy 60, 17-25 (2019).

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43. Mohammed S. Rahmanifar, Maryam Hemmati, Abolhassan Noori, Maher F. El-Kady, Mir F. Mousavi, Richard B. Kaner “Asymmetric Supercapacitors: An Alternative to Activated Carbon Negative Electrodes Based on Earth Abundant Elements”, Materials Today Energy 12, 26-36 (2019).

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42. Abdelsalam Ahmed, Maher El-Kady, Islam Hassan, Ayman Negm, Amir Masoud Pourrahimi, Mit Muni, Ponnambalam Ravi Selvaganapathy and Richard B. Kaner “Fire-Retardant, Self-Extinguishing Triboelectric Nanogenerators” Nano Energy 59, 336-345 (2019).

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41. Haosen Wang, Ziwei Yu, Mackenzie Anderson, Maher F. El-Kady, Matthew Kowal, Mengping Li, and Richard B. Kaner “Graphene/Oligoaniline Based Supercapacitors: Towards Conducting Polymer Materials with High Rate Charge Storage” Energy Storage Materials 19, 137-147 (2019).

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40. Abolhassan Noori, Maher F. El-Kady, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Yasin Shabangoli, Mir F. Mousavi and Richard B. Kaner “Towards Establishing Standard Performance Metrics for Batteries, Supercapacitors and Beyond”, Chemical Society Reviews 48 (5), 1272-1341 (2018).

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39. Yasin Shabangoli, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Maher F. El-Kady, Abolhassan Noori, Mir F. Mousavi and Richard B. Kaner “Thionine Functionalized Three-Dimensional Graphene Aerogel: Combining Simplicity and Efficiency in Fabrication of a Metal-Free Redox Supercapacitor”, Advanced Energy Materials 8 (34), 1802869 (2018).

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38. Yuanlong Shao, Maher F. El-Kady, Jingyu Sun, Yaogang Li, Qinghong Zhang, Meifang Zhu, Hongzhi Wang, Bruce Dunn and Richard B. Kaner “Design and Fabrication of asymmetric supercapacitors”, Chemical Reviews 118, 9233-9280 (2018).

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37. Hatem M.A. Amin, Maher F. El-Kady, Nada F. Atta, Ahmed Galal “Gold Nanoparticles Decorated Graphene as a High-Performance Sensor for Determination of Trace Hydrazine Levels in Water” Electroanalysis 30, 1757-1766 (2018).

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36. Mahmoud Moussa, Maher F. El-Kady, Safwat Abdel-Azeim, Richard B. Kaner, Peter Majewski, and Jun Ma, “Compact, Flexible Conducting Polymer/Graphene Nanocomposites for Supercapacitors of High Volumetric Energy Density” Composite Science and Technology 160, 50-59 (2018).

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35. Murat Ates, Maher El-Kady, and Richard B. Kaner, “Three-dimensional Design and Fabrication of Reduced Graphene Oxide/Polyaniline Composite Hydrogel Electrodes for High-Performance Electrochemical Supercapacitors” Nanotechnology 29, 17540250 (2018).

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34. Dahee Jung, Liban MA Saleh, Zachariah J Berkson, Maher F. El-Kady, Jee Youn Hwang, Nahla Mohamed, Alex I Wixtrom, Ekaterina Titarenko, Yanwu Shao, Kassandra McCarthy, Jian Guo, Ignacio B Martini, Stephan Kraemer, Evan C Wegener, Philippe Saint-Cricq, Bastian Ruehle, Ryan R Langeslay, Massimiliano Delferro, Jonathan L Brosmer, Christopher H Hendon, Marcus Gallagher-Jones, Jose Rodriguez, Karena W Chapman, Jeffrey T Miller, Xiangfeng Duan, Richard B Kaner, Jeffrey I Zink, Bradley F Chmelka, Alexander M Spokoyny “Molecular cross-linking Approach for Hybrid Metal Oxide Materials”, Nature Materials 17, 341-347 (2018).

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33. Masumeh Hashemi, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Maher F. El-Kady, Abolhassan Noori, Mir F. Mousavi, and Richard B. Kaner “The Use of an Electrocatalytic Redox Electrolyte for Pushing the Energy Density Boundary of a Flexible Polyaniline Electrode to a New Limit”, Nano Energy 44, 489-498 (2018).

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32. Volker Strauss, Kris Marsh, Matthew D Kowal, Maher El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner “A Simple Route to Porous Graphene from Carbon Nanodots for Supercapacitor Applications”, Advanced Materials 30, 1704449 (2018).

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31. S Rasool Azari, Mohammad S Rahmanifar, Maher F El-Kady, Abolhassan Noori, Mir F Mousavi, Richard B Kaner “A Wide Potential Window Aqueous Supercapacitors Based on LiMn2O4-rGO Nanocomposite” Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society 14, 2579-2590 (2017).

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30. Yasin Shabangoli, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Maher F. El-Kady, Mir F. Mousavi and Richard B. Kaner “An Integrated Electrochemical Device Based on Earth-Abundant Metals for Both Energy Storage and Conversion” Energy Storage Materials 11, 282-293 (2018).

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29. Mengping Li, Maher F. El-Kady, Jee Y. Hwang, Kris Marsh, Haosen Wang, Matthew Kowal and Richard B. Kaner “Embedding Hollow Co3O4 Nanoboxes into a Three-dimensional Macroporous Graphene Framework for High-Energy Energy Storage Devices” Nano Research 11, 2836-2846 (2018).

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28. Jee Y. Hwang, Maher F. El-Kady, Mengping Li, Chen-Wei Lin, Matthew Kowal, Xu Han, and Richard B. Kaner “Boosting the Capacitance and Voltage of Aqueous Supercapacitors via Redox Charge Contribution from both the electrode and electrolyte”, Nano Today 15, 15-25 (2017).

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27. Islam M. Mosa, Ajith Pattammattel, Karteek Kadimisetty, Paritosh Pande, Maher F. El-Kady, Gregory W. Bishop, Marc Novak, Ashis K. Basu, Richard B. Kaner, Challa V. Kumar, and James F. Rusling “Ultrathin Graphene-Protein Supercapacitors for Miniaturized Bioelectronics”, Advanced Energy Materials 7, 1700358 (2017).

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26. Jee Y. Hwang, Mengping Li, Maher F. El-Kady & Richard B. Kaner “Next-Generation Activated Carbon Supercapacitors: A Simple Step in the Electrode Processes Leads to Remarkable Gains in Energy Density” Advanced Functional Materials, 27(15), 1605745 (2017).              

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25. Pejman Kakvand, Mohammad Safi Rahmanifar, Maher El-Kady, Afshin Pendashteh, Mohammad Kiani, Masumeh Hashemi, Mohsen Najafi, Ali Abbasi, Mir Mousavi and Richard B. Kaner “Synthesis Of NiMnO3/C Nano-Composites Electrode Materials For Electrochemical Capacitors”, Nanotechnology 27, 315401 (2016).

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24. Morteza Sarparast, Abolhassasn Noori, Hoda Ilkhani, S. Zahra Bathaie, Maher F. El-Kady, Lisa J. Wang, Huong Pham, Kristofer L. Marsh, Richard B. Kaner and Mir F. Mousavi “Cadmium Nanoclusters in a Protein Matrix: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Targeted Drug Delivery and Cellular Imaging” Nano Research 9, 3229-3246 (2016).

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23. Mahmoud Moussa, Maher F. El-Kady, Z Zhao, Peter Majewski, Jun Ma “Recent progress and Performance Evaluation for Polyaniline/Graphene Nanocomposites as Supercapacitor Electrodes” Nanotechnology 27, 442001 (2016).

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22. Yuanlong Shao, Maher F. El-Kady, Cheng-Wei Lin, Guanzhou Zhu, Kristofer L. Marsh, Jee Youn Hwang, Qinghong Zhang, Yaogang Li, Hongzhi Wang, and Richard B. Kaner “3D Freeze-casting of Cellular Graphene Films for Ultrahigh-Power-Density Supercapacitors”, Advanced Materials 28, 6719-6726 (2016).

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21. Maher F. El-Kady, Yuanlong Shao and Richard B. Kaner “Graphene for Batteries, Supercapacitors and Beyond”, Nature Reviews Materials 1(7), 16033, (2016).

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20. Jee Youn Hwang, Maher F. El-Kady, Yue Wang, Lisa Wang, Yuanlong Shao, Kristofer Marsh, Jang M. Ko & Richard B. Kaner “Direct Preparation and Processing of graphene/RuO2 hybrid electrodes for high-performance capacitive energy storage”, Nano Energy 18, 57-70 (2015).

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19. Maher F. El-Kady and Richard B. Kaner “Introducing the micro-supercapacitors: laser-etched graphene brings Moore’s law to energy storage”, IEEE Spectrum 52, 40-45 (2015).

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18. Lisa J. Wang, Maher F. El-Kady, Sergey Dubin, Jee Youn Hwang, Yuanlong Shao, Kristofer Marsh, Brian McVerry, Matthew D. Kowal, Mir F. Mousavi, and Richard B. Kaner “Flash converted graphene for ultra-high power supercapacitors”, Advanced Energy Materials 5(18), 1500786 (2015).

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17. Mahmoud Moussa, Zhiheng Zhao, Maher F. El-Kady, Hua Liu, Andrew Michelmore, Nobuyuki Kawashima, Peter Majewski and Jun Ma “Free-Standing Composite Hydrogel Film for Superior Volumetric Capacitance”. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(30), 15668-15674 (2015).

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16. Mohamed A. Kiani, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner and Mir F. Mousavi “Fabrication of High Power LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes by Nanostructuring of Electrode Materials”. RSC Advances 5, 50433-50439 (2015).

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15. Afshin Pendashteh, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Yue Wang, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, Mir F. Mousavi “Highly Ordered Mesoporous CuCo2O4 Nanowires, a Promising Solution for High-Performance Supercapacitors”, Chemistry of Materials 27(11), 3919-3926 (2015).

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14. Yuanlong Shao, Maher F. El-Kady, Lisa J. Wang, Qinghong Zhang, Yaogan li, Hongzhi Wang, Mir F. Mousavi and Richard B. Kaner “Graphene-based Materials for Flexible Supercapacitors”, Chemical Society Reviews 44, 3639-3665 (2015).

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13. Maher F. El-Kady, Melanie Ihns, Mengping Li, Jee Youn Hwang, Mir F. Mousavi, Lindsay Chaney, Andrew T. Lech and Richard B. Kaner “Engineering Three-Dimensional Hybrid Supercapacitors and Micro-Supercapacitors for High-Performance Integrated Energy Storage”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(14), 4233-4238 (2015).

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12. Seyyed Ebrahim Moosavifard, Maher F. El-Kady, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Richard B. Kaner, and Mir Fazlollah Mousavi. "Designing 3D highly ordered nanoporous CuO electrodes for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors." ACS applied materials & interfaces 7(8), 4851-4860 (2015).

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11. Mahmoud Moussa, Maher F. El-Kady, Hao Wang, Andrew Michimore, Qinqin Zhou, Jian Xu, Peter Majeswki, and Jun Ma. "High-performance supercapacitors using graphene/polyaniline composites deposited on kitchen sponge." Nanotechnology 26(7), 075702 (2015)

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10. Maher F. El-Kady and Richard B. Kaner “Direct Laser Writing of Graphene Electronics”. ACS Nano 8, 8725-8729 (2014).

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9. Julio M. D’Arcy, Maher F. El-Kady, Pwint P. Khine, Linghong Zhang, Sun Hwa Lee, Nicole R. Davis, David S. Liu, Michael T. Yeung, Sung Yeol Kim, Christopher L. Turner, Andrew T. Lech, Paula T. Hammond and Richard B. Kaner “Vapor Phase Polymerization of Nanofibrillar Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) for Supercapacitors”, ACS Nano 8, 1500-1510 (2014).

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8. Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner “Scalable Fabrication of High Power Graphene Micro-Supercapacitors for Flexible and On-Chip Energy Storage”, Nature Communications 4:1475, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2446 (2013). 

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7. Maher F. El-Kady, Veronica Strong, Sergey Dubin, Richard B. Kaner “Laser Scribing of High-Performance and Flexible Graphene-Based Electrochemical Capacitors”, Science 335, 1326-1330 (2012).

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6. Veronica Strong, Sergey Dubin, Maher F. El-Kady, Andrew Lech, Bruce H. Weiller, Richard B. Kaner “Patterning and Electronic Tuning of Laser Scribed Graphene for Flexible All-Carbon Devices”, ACS Nano 6, 1395-1403 (2012).

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5. Giacomo Mariani, Yue Wang, Ping-Show Wong, Andrew Lech, Chung-Hong Hung, Joshua Shapiro, Sergey Prikhodko, Maher El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner and Diana L. Huffaker “Three-Dimensional Core-Shell Hybrid Solar Cells via Controlled in Situ Materials Engineering” Nano Letters 12, 3581-3586 (2012).

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Research papers prior to UCLA

4. Nada F. Atta and Maher F. El-Kady "Novel poly(3-methythiophene)/Pd, Pt nanoparticles sensor: Synthesis, Characterization and its application to the simultaneous analysis of dopamine and ascorbic acid in biological fluids", Sensors and Actuators B:Chemical 145, 299-310 (2010)

3. Nada F. Atta, Maher F. El-Kady and Ahmed Galal "Simultaneous determination of catecholamine neurotransmitters, uric acid and ascorbic acid at physiological levels using poly(N-methylpyrrole)/Pd nanoclusters sensor",  Analytical Biochemistry 400, 78-88 (2010).

2. Nada F. Atta, Maher F. El-Kady, Ahmed Galal, "Palladium nanoclusters coated polyfuran as a novel sensor for catecholamine neurotransmitters and paracetamol", Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 141(2), 566-574 (2009).

1. Nada F. Atta, Maher F. El-Kady, “Poly(3-methylthiophene)/ Palladium sub-micro modified sensor electrode, Part II: Voltammetric and EIS studies, and analysis of catecholamine neurotransmitters, ascorbic acid, and acetaminophen", Talanta 79(3), 639-647 (2009).

Patents and
Patent Applications

Extensive Intellectual property with a global portfolio of 254 patent applications

35. “Silver Nanowire Formulations, Devices, and Methods of Using the Same.” U.S. Patent Application 63/641,840, filed May 2, 2024. [unpublished] Inventors: Pierre-Marc Allemand, Margarita Orozco, Kimberly Lett, Ariana Strand, and Maher F. El-Kady.

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34. “Flame Retarding Electrolyte for Lithium-Ion Energy Storage Device.” PCT Application PCT/US2025/010319, filed January 3, 2025. [unpublished] Inventors: Bryan Youngsam Park, Margaret Fairamitani, Patrick Quinn, Maher F. El-Kady.

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33. “Methods of Manufacturing and Purifying Silver Nanowires.” U.S. Application 63/641,834, filed May 2, 2024. [unpublished] inventors: Pierre-Marc Allemand, Kimberly Lett, Ariana Strand, and Maher F. El-Kady.

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32. “Nonaqueous Electrolyte for Lithium-ion Energy Storage Devices.” PCT Application PCT/US2025/010291, filed January 3, 2025. [unpublished] Inventors: Bryan Youngsam Park, Margaret Fairamitani, Patrick Quinn, and Maher F. El-Kady.

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31. “Flexible conductive adhesives.” PCT Application PCT/US2024/046230, filed September 11, 2024. [link] Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, and Pashupati Pokharel.

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30. “Silicon-graphene nanocomposites.” PCT Application PCT/US2024/043418, filed August 22, 2024. [link] Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, and Zhiwei Peng.

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29. “Conductive dispersions and methods of manufacture.” PCT Application PCT/US2024/023114, filed April 4, 2024. [link] Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Shannon Price, and Thai Yang.

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28. “Methods and systems for processing and recycling of carbonaceous materials.” PCT Application PCT/US2024/043561, filed August 23, 2024. [link] Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, and Zhiwei Peng.

“Conductive adhesives and epoxies.” PCT Application PCT/US2024/025183, filed April 18, 2024. [link] Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, and Pashupati Pokharel.

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27. “Facile Fabrication of Multivalent VOx/Graphene Nanocomposite Electrodes for Energy Storage Devices with High Energy Density.” U.S. Patent Application US18/561,089, filed May 27, 2022 (pending). Inventors: Ailun Huang, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, Yuzhang Li. Also filed in Australia (2022280090 – Pending), Europe (22812264 – Pending), Japan (2023-572707 – Pending), Korea (10-2023-7043835 – Pending), Canada (3220431 – Pending), Mexico (MX/a/2023/013679 – Pending), India (202317089089 – Published), U.S. (18/561,089 – Published).

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26. “Graphene-Enhanced Superhydrophobic Coating and Preparation Method Thereof.” PCT Application PCT/US2023/074222, filed Sept 14, 2023. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, and Zhiwei Peng.

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25. “Superfast recharging zinc-based energy storage devices.” PCT Application PCT/US2023/064124, filed March 10, 2023. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Mir F. Mousavi, Haosen Wang. Also filed in Taiwan (112108984 – Published), U.S. (18/845,813 – Pending)

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24. “Metallic based electromagnetic interference shielding materials, devices, and methods of manufacture thereof.” U.S. Patent Application 18/459,294, filed August 31, 2023 (pending). Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Jack Kavanaugh, Richard B. Kaner, and Scott Laine. Also filed in Taiwan (110144031 – Published), U.S. (18/459,294 – Published), Canada (3199923 – Pending), China (2021800915598 – Published), Europe (21899125 – Published), Japan (2023-555122 – Pending), Korea (10-2023-7021406 – Pending), Mexico (MX/a/2023/006067 – Published)

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23. “Superfast Recharging Zinc-based Energy Storage Devices” PCT Application PCT/US2023/064124, filed March 10, 2023. Inventors Maher F. El-Kady, Mir F. Mousavi and Haosen Wang. Also filed in Taiwan (112108984 – Published), U.S. (18/845,813 – Pending)

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22. “Facile Fabrication Of Multivalent VOx/Graphene Nanocomposite Electrodes For Energy Storage Devices With High Energy Density” U.S. Patent Application #63/194,284 filed May 28, 2021. Inventors Ailun Huang, Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner and Yuzhang Li. Also filed in PCT: PCT/US2022/031351 filed May 27, 2022.

 

21. “Non-flammable Electrolyte for Energy Storage Devices” U.S. Patent 11,495,828, filed September 10, 2021, issued November 8, 2022. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Brian McVerry, Ethan Rao and Richard B. Kaner. Also filed in U.S. (17/472,087 – 11,495,828), U.S. (17/960,042 – 12,199,238), U.S. (18/970,757 – Pending), Canada (3192330 – Pending), China (202180075854 – Pending), Europe (21867667 – Pending), India (202317026212 – Pending), Japan (2023-516128 – Pending), Korea (10-2023-7011970 – Pending), Mexico (MX/a/2023/002865 – Pending)

 

20. “Conductive Dispersions with Ultrathin Graphene” U.S. Patent 11,912,884, filed November 3, 2022, issued February 27, 2024. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Shannon Price and Gaurav Tulsyan. Also filed in U.S. (17/980,348 – 11,912,884), U.S. (18/354,391 – Published), Taiwan (111142231 – Published), Canada (3236862 – Pending), Japan (2024-526771 – Pending), Australia (2022380542 – Pending), Europe (22890759.8 – Published), India (202417042131 – Pending), Korea (10-2024-7018492 – Pending)

 

19. “Methods of Graphene Production & Compositions Thereof” U.S. Patent 11,814,292, filed July 23, 2021, issued November 14, 2023. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Zhiwei Peng, Reta B. Farah and Richard B. Kaner. Also filed in U.S. (17/384,545 – 11,814,292), Australia (2022315240 – Pending), Canada (3224647 – Pending), China (2022800601824 – Published), Europe (22846706 – Published), Korea (10-2024-7006105 – Pending), Japan (2024-502434 – Pending), India (202417010641 – Published), U.S. (18/458,915 – Published)

 

18. “Electromagnetic interference shielding materials, devices, and methods of manufacture thereof” U.S. Patent 11,553,630, filed December 31, 2020, issued January 10, 2023. Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, Maher F. El-Kady, Jack Kavanaugh, Scott Laine. Also filed in U.S. (17/139,804 – 11,553,630), U.S. (18/063,524 – Published), India (202217038135 – Pending), Canada (3166359 – Pending), Japan (2022-540593 – Published), Australia (2020419333 – Pending), Korea (10-2022-7026739 – Pending), Europe (20910586 – Pending), China (2020800980234 – To be abandoned)

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17. “Composite Graphene Energy Storage Methods, Devices and Systems”. U.S. Patent 10,938,032, filed February 7, 2020, issued March 2, 2021. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Haosen Wang, Richard B. Kaner. Also filed in U.S. (16/784,578 – 10,938,032), Japan (2022-519162 – Pending), Canada (3155336 – Pending), Europe (20870360 – Published), U.S. (17/692,341 – Published)

 

16. "Redox and ion-adsorption electrodes and energy storage devices." U.S. Patent 10,193,139, filed February 1, 2018, issued January 29, 2019. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, and Mir Fazlollah Mousavi. Also filed in U.S. (15/885,905 – 10,193,139), U.S. (16/218,663 – 10,693,126), U.S. (16/866,643 – 11,316,146), Taiwan (108103673 – 1674697), Europe (19747685 – Published), China (201980022875 – Published), Korea (10-2020-7024731 – 10-2663760), Japan (2020-541751 – 7390030), Canada (3089753 – Pending), Australia (2019215375), India (202017035852 – 538358)

 

15. "Simple route to highly conductive porous graphene from carbon nanodots for supercapacitor applications." U.S. Patent 11,133,134, filed July 12, 2018, issued September 28, 2021. Inventors: Volker Strauss, Richard B. Kaner, and Maher F. El-Kady. Also filed in U.S. (16/033,266 – 11,133,134), U.S. (17/401,804 – Allowed), Australia (2018301683), Canada (3067725 – Pending), China (201880045910.8 – ZL2018800459108), Europe (18832324 – 3652797), India (202017002602 – 513814), Israel (271731), Japan (2020-500741 – 7277965), Korea (10-2020-7001506 – 10-2563188), Taiwan (107124318 – I816682)

 

14. "Methods for conductive adhesives based on graphene and applications thereof." U.S. Patent 10,982,119, filed November 29, 2018, issued April 20, 2021. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Nahla Mohamed, Jack Kavanaugh, and Richard B. Kaner. Also filed in U.S. (16/203,694 – 10,982,119), U.S. (17/189,457 – Allowed), Taiwan (107142982 – I791697), Australia (2024219379 – Pending), Canada (3083254), China (201880087899 – Pending), Europe (18884753 – Published), Japan (2020-529227 – To be abandoned), Japan (2024-137508 – Pending), Korea (10-2020-7018556 – Pending), India (202017022363 – 498268), Mexico (MX/a/2020/005718 – Pending)

 

13. "Electrodes and electrolytes for aqueous electrochemical energy storage systems." U.S. Patent Application US16/004,818, filed June 11, 2018 (pending). Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Jee Youn Hwang, Richard B. Kaner, and Jack Kavanaugh. Also filed in U.S. (16/004,818 – Published), Australia (2018283951), Canada (3066739 – Pending), China (201880046651 – Pending), Europe (18818264.6 – 3639319), India (201917053095 – 514171), Japan (2019-568633 – To be abandoned), Japan (2023-096735 – Pending), Korea (10-2020-7000725 – 10-2658785)

 

12. "Methods and applications for conductive graphene inks." U.S. Patent 11,299,645, filed April 18, 2018, issued April 12, 2022. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Nahla Mohamed, Jack Kavanaugh, and Richard B. Kaner. Also filed in U.S. (15/956,356 – 11,299,645), Australia (2018255321), Canada (3061000), China (201880041020 – Pending), Europe (18788596.7 – Pending), India (201917044578 – 453440), Israel (270080), Japan (2019-556969 – 7194943), Korea (10-2019-7034234 – 10-2620065), Mexico (MX/a/2019/012492 – 400671), Vietnam (1-2019-06390 – To be abandoned), Taiwan (107113352 – I780144)

 

11. "Methods, devices and systems for activated carbon supercapacitors with macroporous electrodes." U.S. Patent 10,388,466, filed December 20, 2017, issued August 20, 2019. Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, Jee Youn Hwang, Mengping Li, and Maher F. El-Kady. Also filed in U.S. (15/848,522 – 10,388,466), U.S. (16/504,005 – 11,069,487), China (201780085673 – Pending), China (202410485762.9 – Published), Canada (3046097 – Pending), Europe (17884454.4 –3558876), France (17884454.4 – 3558876), Germany (17884454.4 – 60 2017 075 328.9), Switzerland (17884454.4 – 3558876), United Kingdom (17884454.4 – 3558876), India (201917027209 – 489304), Japan (2019-533423 – To be abandoned), Japan (2022-147525 – Pending), Korea (10-2019-7018423 – 10-2493852), Taiwan (106145023 – I788319)

 

10. "Devices comprising carbon-based material and fabrication thereof." U.S. Patent 11,791,453, filed December 4, 2020, issued October 17, 2023. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, and Matthew Kowal. Also filed in Taiwan (106129539 – I843696), U.S. (15/688,342 – 10,897,039), U.S. (17/112,384 – 11,791,453), U.S. (18/455,693 – Published), Eurasia (201990587 – To be abandoned), Europe (17847304 – Published), Australia (2017321294), Brazil (11 2019 004128 1), Canada (3033140 – Pending), China (201780063416.X – ZL 201780063416X), India (201917010855 – 487852), Israel (264868 – Pending), Japan (2019-511650 – 7109790), Korea (10-2019-7008481 – 10-2535218), Mexico (MX/a/2019/001891 – 412684)

 

9. "Production of carbon-based oxide and reduced carbon-based oxide on a large scale." U.S. Patent 11,097,951, filed June 22, 2017, issued August 24, 2021. Inventors: Matthew Kowal, Richard B. Kaner, and Maher F. El-Kady. Also filed in Taiwan (106121056 – I756235), U.S. (15/630,758 – 11,097,951), Eurasia (201990068 – To be abandoned), Europe (17816292 – Pending), Australia (2017281543), Brazil (BR 11 2018 076559 7 – BR112018076559-7), Canada (3025940 – Pending), China (201780044186 – Pending), Israel (263442), India (201817044642 – 408813), Japan (2018-567030 – 7144849), Korea (10-2019-7001932 – 10-2410987), Mexico (MX/a/2019/000049 – 410353)

 

8. “Scalable rectangular-tube polyaniline-carbon cloth highly flexible high performance supercapacitor." U.S. Patent 10,622,163, filed March 29, 2017, issued April 14, 2020. Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, Maher F. El-Kady, Mir Fazlollah Mousavi, Masumeh Hashemi, and Mohammad S. Rahmanifar. Also filed in U.S. (15/472,409 – 10,622,163), U.S. (16/751,314 – To be abandoned), Taiwan (106111115 – I740925), Eurasia (201892199 – 039953), Europe (17776536.9 – 3440683), Australia (2017245151), Brazil (BR 11 2018 068 945 9 – BR112018068945-9), China (201780027316.1 – ZL201780027316.1), Canada (3017238 – Allowed), Israel (261928), India (201817034180 – 396762), Japan (2022-001425 – 7417300), Korea (10-2018-7030385 – 10-2378286)

 

7. "Devices and methods for high voltage and solar applications." U.S. Patent 11,961,667, filed May 27, 2021, issued April 16, 2024. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, and Jack Kavanaugh. Also filed in U.S. (15/466,425 – 11,062,855), U.S. (17/332,008 – 11,961,667), U.S. (18/581,504 – Published), Taiwan (106109733 – I747892), Eurasia (201892118 – To be abandoned), Europe (17771081 – Pending), Australia (2017238201), Brazil (BR 11 2018 069339 1 – BR112018069339-1), China (201780024978 – To be abandoned), China (202210482024.X – Published), Canada (3018568 – Allowed), Israel (261620), India (201817033309 – 518957), Japan (2018-549538 – 6975429), Korea (10-2018-7029515 – 10-2361374)

 

6. "High-voltage devices." U.S. Patent 10,614,968, filed January 19, 2017, issued April 7, 2020. Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, and Maher F. El-Kady. Also filed in U.S. (15/410,404 – 10,614,968), U.S. (16/692,123 – 10,892,109), U.S. (17/110,397 – 11,842,850), U.S. (18/489,907 – Pending), Europe (17741923.1 – 3405966), Australia (2017209117), Canada (3009208 – Pending), China (201780007612.5 – ZL2017800076125), Israel (260398), India (201817023184 – 523385), Japan (2018-538110 – 7150328), Korea (10-2018-7022104 – 10-2645603), Taiwan (106102134 – I791426)

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5. "Porous interconnected corrugated carbon-based network (iccn) composite." U.S. Patent 10,734,167, filed November 18, 2015, issued August 4, 2020. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, and Jee Youn Hwang. Also filed in U.S. (14/945,232 – 10,734,167), U.S. (16/791,517 – 11,810,716), U.S. (18/467,964 – Published), Australia (2015349949), Australia (2019250120), Vietnam (1-2017-02048 – Pending), Europe (15861794.4 – 3221262), Brazil (BR 11 2017 010257 9 – BR112017010257-9), Canada (2968139), China (202110481254X – Published), Israel (252320 – Published), India (201717016755 – 364079), Japan (2021-41173 – To be abandoned), Japan (2023-076560 – Pending), Korea (10-2017-7015753 – 10-2471579), Mexico (MX/a/2017/006315 – 398588), Hong Kong (18100649 – To be abandoned)

 

4. “Capacitor with electrodes made of an interconnected corrugated carbon-based network”, U.S. Patent 9,779,884, filed May 3, 2013, issued October 3, 2017. Applicant: the Regents of the University of California. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Veronica A. Strong, Richard B. Kaner (UCLA Case No. 2012-291-3). Also filed in Australia (2013230195), Japan (2014-561017 – 6325462), U.S. (14/382,463 – 9,779,884), U.S. (15/612,405 – 11,004,618), U.S. (16/029,930 – 11,257,632), U.S. (17/568,214 – 11,915,870), Europe (13757195.6 – EP2823496), Canada (2866250), China (201811438766.2 – ZL201811438766.2), Korea (10-2014-7028084 – 10-2231070), Hong Kong (15106708.3 – HK1206142)

 

3. “Method for the Production of Graphene for Use in Graphene-Based Ultracapacitors for Space Applications”. Application number: 61/606,637. Applicant: NASA Technology Transfer System. Inventors: Carlos I. Calle, Paul Mackey, Richard B. Kaner and Maher El-Kady.

 

2. "Interconnected corrugated carbon-based network.” U.S. Patent 10,648,958, filed February 8, 2017, issued May 12, 2020. Inventors: Veronica A. Strong, Maher F. El-Kady, and Richard Barry Kaner. Also filed in Australia (2012378149), Japan (2014-548972 – 6184421), Europe (12874989.2 – 2794475), U.S. (15/427,210 – 10,605,794), Korea (10-2014-7020353 – 10-2071841), U.S. (16/791,504 – 11,397,173), U.S. (17/872,380 – 12,153,032), U.S. (18/912,714 – USDIV, pending), Canada (2,862,806), China (202011342273.6 – ZL202011342273.6), Hong Kong (15102451.1 – 1201779)

 

1. “Hybrid Electrochemical Cell.” U.S. Patent 10,211,495, filed June 16, 2015, issued February 19, 2019.  Applicant: the Regents of the University of California. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady and Richard B. Kaner. Also filed in U.S. (15/319,286 – 10,211,495), U.S. (16/223,869 – 10,847,852), U.S. (17/080,352 – 11,569,538), U.S. (17/984,310 – Published), Vietnam (1-2016-05086 – 32033), Australia (2015277264), Brazil (BR112016029468.8 – 112016029468-8), Canada (2952233), China (201580043429.1 – ZL201580043429.1), Israel (249506), India (201617042976 – 429890), Japan (2020-034093 – 7038425), Korea (10-2017-7000924 – 10-2443607), Mexico (MX/a/2016/016239 – 378624)

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