PUBLICATIONS

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)

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)

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)

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)

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) 

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).

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). 

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).

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). 

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)

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).

• BBC News: Snow joke! Electricity can be created from falling snow

• Daily Mail: Radical new device that creates electricity from falling SNOW could keep solar panels clear during the winter

• Popular Science: Snow might be the next clean energy source

• Fast Company: Winter is coming, but good news: We can now harvest energy from snow

• Global News Radios of Canada. This new invention creates electricity from falling snow

• Materials Today: 3D printed nanogenerator powered by snow

• Sciencealert: A Genius First-of-Its-Kind Device Has Created Electricity From Snowfall

• Texas Energy Report: Nanosystems Research Yields Device That Can Extract Electricity from Falling Snow

• CTV News: 'Electricity out of essentially nothing': Invention creates power from falling snow

• Daily Bruin: UCLA researchers develop wearable device that generates electricity from snow

• Tech Briefs: Snow's Power Potential: How to Generate Electricity from a Blizzard

• India TV: New first-of-its-kind device generates electricity from snowfall

• Futurism: New device generates electricity from falling snow

• Phys.Org: Best in snow: New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall

• YouTube Videos: 

  • New innovation Electricity from snowfall and 

  • Unique device produces electricity from snowfall

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).

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).

• EurekAlert: Tracking firefighters in burning buildings

• Phys.Org: Scientists create fire-retardant sensors for safety gear in harsh environments

• Sierra Sun Times: UCLA Scientists Create Fire-Retardant Sensors for Safety Gear in Harsh Environments

• CBC Canadian Broadcasting: McMaster researchers develop sensor to track firefighters in dangerous situations

• ScienceDaily: Tracking firefighters in burning buildings

• Daily Bruin: UCLA researchers develop device to monitor movement of people in perilous situations

• Engineering 360: Researchers create sensor capable of tracking firefighters in burning buildings

• YouTube video: Self-powered sensors track firefighters during fires - TomoNews

• The Hamilton Spectator: McMaster researchers develop fireproof sensor to help track firefighters in high-risk situations

• Futurism: SELF-POWERED SENSOR HELPS TRACK FIREFIGHTERS IN BURNING BUILDINGS

• THE STAR: McMaster University researchers develop fireproof sensor to track motion in high-risk situations 

• Associated Environmental Systems: TRACKING FIREFIGHTERS IN BURNING BUILDINGS

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

• Chemistry World: Boron clusters turn titanium oxide to the dark side

• Phys.Org: Researcher helps classify new means of renewable light energy

• EurekAlert: What a mesh

• Chemical & Engineering News: Stereo Chemistry discusses ChemRxiv

• Scientific American - Arabic Edition: تقنية مبتكرة تضفي على «الصمغ الأبيض» خصائص ثورية

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).

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).

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).

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).

• Newsweek: HYDROGEN CARS: SUSTAINABLE FUEL FOR VEHICLES OF THE FUTURE EDGES CLOSER WITH SOLAR BREAKTHROUGH

• International Business Times: Could this groundbreaking all-in-one solar energy device bring cheap hydrogen cars to the masses?

• Green Matters: UCLA Creates Device To Make Hydrogen Cars A Serious Possibility

• Innovation Toronto: Combining a supercapacitor and efficient water-splitting technology into a single unit

• Green Car Congress: Integrated solar-driven system for electrochemical energy storage and water electrolysis for H2 production

• Design Engineering: UCLA invention will make hydrogen cars more affordable

• Electronics 360: New Energy Storage Device Stores Solar Energy in Chemical and Electromechanical Form

• R&D Magazine: Novel Device Could Yield More Affordable Hydrogen Cars

• The Green Optimistic: Solar Supercapacitor Generates Both Electricity and Hydrogen

• Inhabitat: Affordable new device uses solar energy to produce hydrogen and electricity

• Design & Elektronik: Superkondensator und Elektrolyseur in einem

• Daily Bruin: UCLA researchers create device to make hydrogen more efficiently

• Sustainable Skies: Three-in-One Device Stores Energy, Makes Hydrogen

• Silicon Republic: New ‘wonder’ device could power homes and cars with clean hydrogen

• New Atlas: Solar supercapacitor creates electricity and hydrogen fuel on the cheap

• YouTube Video: UCLA Invented 2 in 1 Supercapacitor and Hydrogen Generator That Runs On Solar Power

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).

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).

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).

• FOX News: The body's own charged molecules could power pacemakers, say researchers

• UPI: No batteries necessary, new medical implant derives energy from the human body

• Medical Design & Outsourcing: This could be the battery-free solution for pacemakers

• Power Electronics: Supercap, Harvester May Let You Power Your Own Pacemaker

• Reader's Digest: Pacemakers May Soon Be Powered By Your Own Heart

• Futurism: A New medical implant uses your body's fluids as fuel

• Financial Express: Soon, battery-free medical implants powered by body’s fluids

• New Atlas: Battery-free medical implants use body's fluids as fuel

• Digital Trends: New design shows body's fluids could power pacemakers without batteries

• Today's Medical Developments: Battery-free implantable medical device

• UCLA Health: Implantable Medical Device Draws Energy Directly from Human Body

• Engineering 360: Implantable Medical Device Draws Energy from the Body

• inhabitat: Bio-friendly energy storage device draws electrical power from the human body

• ECN Magazine: What You Should Know About Powering Implantable Medical Device

• Yahoo: Researchers say body’s own charged molecules could power pacemakers

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).              

• Nature Middle East: Next-generation supercapacitors

• Scientific American - Arabic Edition: بطاريات فائقة القدرة أطول عمرًا وأكثر أمانًا

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).

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).

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).

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).

• Nature Middle East: 3D films for better supercapacitors

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

• nano werk: Graphene for batteries, supercapacitors and other energy storage

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).

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).

• Golem: Der Energiespeicher aus dem DVD-Brenner

• UCLA Chemistry: Microscopic Supercapacitor Research Featured in IEEE Spectrum

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

• Nature: Microsupercapacitors for paper-thin electronics

• Daily Bruin: Kaner Laboratory researchers develop battery-like supercapacitor

• The Register: UCLA trumpets supercapacitor for wearables or implants

• Roseville Today: Supercapacitors: Game Changer for Portable Electronics?

• IEEE Spectrum: Graphene Finds Its Path in Supercapacitor Commercialization

• Electronic Design: Hybrid Battery/Supercap Endures 10,000-Plus Recharge Cycles

• New Zealand Hub: UCLA Trumpets Supercapacitor for Wearables or Implants

• Printed Electronics World: Scientists Create Quick-Charging Hybrid Supercapacitor

• Yahoo News: Hybrid Supercapacitor Gives Energy Density Of Lead-Acid Batteries

• Qmed: Battery or Supercapacitor: How About a Hybrid Supercapacitor?

• Global Magazin: Neuer Superspeicher soll viel Energie sparen helfen

• ACM News: The Potential to Provide More Power For Portables

• Gizmodo: This Supercapacitor Is Paper-Thin, Stores Energy as Well as a Battery

• UCLA Newsroom: UCLA scientists create quick-charging hybrid supercapacitors

• EE Times: Hybrid Supercapacitor Trumps Thin-Film Lithium Battery

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).

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)

• Phys.org: Kitchen sponge supercapacitor has many porous benefits

• Gubbank: Кухонная губка улучшает характеристики гибкого суперконденсатора

• KO: Кухонная губка улучшает характеристики гибкого суперконденсатора

• Phys.org: Kitchen sponge supercapacitor has many porous benefits

• Gubbank: Кухонная губка улучшает характеристики гибкого суперконденсатора

• KO: Кухонная губка улучшает характеристики гибкого суперконденсатора

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

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).

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). 

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).

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).

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).

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 187 patent applications

21. “Methods of Graphene Production & Compositions Thereof” U.S. Patent Application 17/384,545 (status: pending), filed July 23, 2021. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Zhiwei Peng, Reta B. Farah and Richard B. Kaner.

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20. “Non-flammable Electrolyte for Energy Storage Devices” U.S. Patent Application # 63/076,902, filed Sep. 10, 2020. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Brian McVerry, Ethan Rao and Richard B. Kaner.

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19. “Electromagnetic interference shielding materials, devices, and methods of manufacture thereof” U.S. Patent Application # 17/139,804 (pending). filed January 3, 2020. Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, Maher F. El-Kady, Jack Kavanaugh, Scott Laine. Earlier US 62/957,035 (expired), US 62/957,030 (expired) and PCT PCT/US2020/067727 (pending).​

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18. “Composite Graphene Energy Storage Methods, Devices and Systems”. U.S. Patent Application #62/864,186, filed June 20, 2019. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Haosen Wang, Richard B. Kaner. US 62/906,844 (expired), US 16/784,578 (issued), US 10,938,032 (issued), PCT PCT/US2020/052618 (pending).

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17. “Fast Charging Hybrid Energy Storage Technology” US Patent Application #62/864,186, filed June 20, 2019. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Haosen Wang, Richard B. Kaner. Also filed in US 62/891,077. 

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16. "Redox and ion-adsorption electrodes and energy storage devices." U.S. Patent Application 16/218,663 (issued), filed August 1, 2019. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, and Mir Fazlollah Mousavi. Also filed in the following countries: PCT PCT/US2019/015428 (expired), Taiwan 108103673 (issued), 1674697 (issued), earlier US 15/885,905 (issued), US 10,193,139 (issued), US 10/693/126 (issued), US 16/866,643 (published), Europe 19747684.9 (published), China 201980022874.8 (published), Korea 10-2020-7024731 (pending), Japan 2020-541751 (published), Canada 3089753 (pending), Australia 2019215375 (pending), India 202017035852 (published). [dowload PDF]

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15. "Methods for conductive adhesives based on graphene and applications thereof." U.S. Patent Application 16/203,694 (issued), filed June 6, 2019. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Nahla Mohamed, Jack Kavanaugh, and Richard B. Kaner. Also filed in PCT PCT/US2018/062960 (expired), Taiwan 107142982 (pending), US 10,982,119 (issued), US 62/680,615 (expired), US 62/593,506 (expired), US 17/189,457 (published), Australia 2018374215 (pending), Canada 3,083,254 (pending), China 201880087898.7 (pending), Europe 18884752.9 (published), Japan 2020-529227 (published), Korea 10-2020-7018556 (pending), India 202017022363 (published), Mexico MX/a/2020/005718 (pending). [download PDF]

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14. "Simple route to highly conductive porous graphene from carbon nanodots for supercapacitor applications." U.S. Patent Application 16/033,266 (allowed), filed January 17, 2019. Inventors: Volker Strauss, Richard B. Kaner, and Maher F. El-Kady. Also filed in: PCT PCT/US2018/041728 (expired), Taiwan: 107124318 (pending), US 17/401,804 (pending), Australia 2018301683 (pending), Canada 201880045910.8 (published), Europe 18832324 (pending), India 202017002602 (published), Israel 271731 (published), Japan 2020-500741 (published), Korea 10-2020-7001506. [download PDF]

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13. "Electrodes and electrolytes for aqueous electrochemical energy storage systems." U.S. Patent Application #16/004,818 (published), filed December 20, 2018. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Jee Youn Hwang, Richard B. Kaner, and Jack Kavanaugh. Also filed in: PCT PCT/US2018/036846 (expired), US 16/004,818 (published), US 62/519,225 (expired), Australia 2018283951 (pending), Canada 3,066,739 (pending), China 201880046650.6 (pending), Europe 18818264.6 (published), India 201917053095 (published), Japan 2019-568633 (published), Korea 10-2020-7000725 (pending). [download PDF]

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12. “Capacitor with electrodes made of an interconnected corrugated carbon-based network”, U.S. Patent Application 16/029,930, filed November 8, 2018, PCT Patent Application PCT/US13/029022, Filed March 5, 2013. 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 (2013230195), Japan 2014-561017 (6325462), Canada 2,866,250, China 201380023699.7, Europe 13757195.6, Hong Kong 15106708.3, Korea 10-2014-7028084, US 61/606,637, US 61/757,077, US 14/382,463 (9,779,884), US 15/612,405 [4], US CON 16/029,930. [downoad PDF]

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11. "Methods and applications for conductive graphene inks." U.S. Patent Application #15/956,356, filed October 25, 2018. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Nahla Mohamed, Jack Kavanaugh, and Richard B. Kaner. Also filed in: PCT PCT/US2018/028121 (expired), Taiwan 107113352, Australia: 62/488,350 (expired), 2018255321 (pending), US 15/956,356 (published), US 62/593,397 (expired), US 62/509,227 (expired), Canada 3,061,000 (pending), China 201880041020.0 (pending), Europe 18788596.7 (pending), India 201917044578 (published), Israel 270080 (pending), Japan 2019-556969 (published), Korea 10-2019-7034234 (pending), Mexico MX/a/2019/012492 (pending), Vietnam 1-2019-06390 (pending). [download PDF]

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10. "Methods, devices and systems for activated carbon supercapacitors with macroporous electrodes." U.S. Patent Application 15/848,522, filed June 28, 2018. Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, Jee Youn Hwang, Mengping Li, and Maher F. El-Kady. Also filed in the following countries: PCT PCT/US2017/067541 (expired), US CON 16/504,005 (issued), US 15/848,522 (granted), US 10,388,466, US 62/438,377 (expired), Taiwan 106145023 (published), Korea 10-2019-7018423 (pending), Japan 2019-533423 (published), India 201917027209, Europe 17884454.4, Canada 3,046,097 (pending), China 201780085673.3 (published). [download PDF]

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9. "Devices comprising carbon-based material and fabrication thereof." U.S. Patent Application 15/688,342, filed March 1, 2018. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, and Matthew Kowal. Also filed in the following countries: PCT PCT/US2017/048883, Mexico MX/a/2019/001891, Korea 10-2019-7008481, Japan 2019-511650, Israel 264868, India 201917010855, China 201780063416.X, China 3,033,140, Canada 3,033,140, Brazil 11 2019 004128 1, Australia 2017321294, Europe 17847303.9, Eurasia 201990587, Taiwan 106129539, US 15/688,342, US 62/381,859. [download PDF]

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8. "Production of carbon-based oxide and reduced carbon-based oxide on a large scale." U.S. Patent Application 15/630,758, filed December 28, 2017. Inventors: Matthew Kowal, Richard B. Kaner, and Maher F. El-Kady. Also filed in PCT PCT/US2017/038992, Taiwan 106121056, Mexico MX/a/2019/000049, Korea 10-2019-7001932, Japan 2018-567030, India 201817044642, Israel 263442, China 201780044186.2, Canada 3,025,940, Brazil BR 11 2018 076559 7, Australia 2017281543, Europe 17816292.1, Eurasia 201990068, US 15/630,758, US 62/510,021, US 62/354,439. [download PDF]

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7. "Direct growth of polyaniline nanotubes on carbon cloth for flexible and high-performance supercapacitors." U.S. Patent Application 15/472,409, filed October 5, 2017. Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, Maher F. El-Kady, Mir Fazlollah Mousavi, Masumeh Hashemi, and Mohammad S. Rahmanifar. Also filed in PCT PCT/US2017/024716 (WO 2017/172892), Korea 10-2018-7030385, Japan 2018-550836, India 201817034180, Israel 261928, Canada 3,017,238, China 201780027316.1, Brazil BR 11 2018 068 945 9, Australia 2017245151, Europe 17776536.9, Eurasia 201892199, Taiwan 106111115, US 15/472,409, US 62/317,120. [download PDF]

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6. "Devices and methods for high voltage and solar applications." U.S. Patent Application 15/466,425, filed September 28, 2017. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, and Jack Kavanaugh. Also filed in PCT PCT/US2017/023632, Korea 10-2018-7029515, Japan 2018-549538, India 201817033309, Israel 261620, Canada 3,018,568, China 201780024978.3, Brazil BR 11 2018 069339 1, Australia 2017238201, Europe 17771081.1, Eurasia 201892118, Taiwan 106109733, US 15/466,425, US 62/421,920, US 62/312,408. [download PDF]

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5. "High-voltage devices." U.S. Patent Application 15/410,404, filed July 27, 2017. Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, and Maher F. El-Kady. Also filed in PCT PCT/US2017/014126, Taiwan 106102134, Korea 10-2018-7022104, Japan 2018-538110, India 201817023184, Israel 260398, China 201780007612.5, Canada 3,009,208, Australia 2017209117, Europe 17741923.1, US 15/410,404, US 62/286,126. [download PDF]

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4. "Porous interconnected corrugated carbon-based network (iccn) composite." U.S. Patent Application 14/945,232, filed May 26, 2016. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady, Richard B. Kaner, and Jee Youn Hwang. Also filed in PCT PCT/US2015/061400, Hong Kong 18100648.6, Mexico MX/a/2017/006315, Korea 10-2017-7015753, Japan 2017-526533, India 2.01717E+11, Israel 252320, China 2015800725403, Canada 2,968,139, Brazil BR 11 2017 010257 9, Australia 2015349949, Europe 15861794.4, Eurasia 201791078, Vietnam 1-2017-02048, US 14/945,232 and US 62/081,237. [download PDF]

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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.

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2. “Hybrid Electrochemical Cell.” U.S. Patent Application 16/223,869, filed April 25, 2019, PCT Patent Application PCT/US2015/036082 Filed on June 16, 2015. Applicant: the Regents of the University of California. Inventors: Maher F. El-Kady and Richard B. Kaner. Also filed in Hong Kong 17108115.4, Australia 2015277264, Brazil BR 11 2016 029 468 8, Canada 2,952,233, China 201580043429.1, Israel 249506, India 201617042976, Japan 2016-573846, Korea 10-2017-7000924, Mexico MX/a/2016/016239, US 15/319,286, US 62/012,835. [download PDF]

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1. "Interconnected corrugated carbon-based network." U.S. Patent Application 15/427,210, filed October 19, 2017. Inventors: Veronica A. Strong, Maher F. El-Kady, and Richard Barry Kaner. Also filed in PCT PCT/US2012/071407, Hong Kong 15102451.1, Korea 10-2014-7020353, China 201280070343.4, Canada 2,862,806, Europe 12874989.2, Japan 2014-548972 (6184421), Australia 2012378149 (2012378149), US 15/427,210, US 13/725,073, and US 61/578,431. [download PDF]

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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)