S. Esmael Balaghi
PhD Student
University of Zurich
Department of Chemistry B
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zurich
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Ph.D. - Chemistry
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (2016-2021)
M.Sc. - Inorganic Chemistry
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, Iran (2009-2012)
B.Sc. - Chemistry
Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran (2004-2009)
Short Bio and current research field
Esmael received his BSc degree in Chemistry in 2009 from Shiraz University, located in Shiraz. He completed his MSc in Inorganic Chemistry in 2012 at Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan. Esmael is thrilled to join the Patzke group. His research focuses on solid-state chemistry and electrochemistry, specifically on oxygen evolution reaction (OER). He currently studies the electrode/electrolyte interface in operational conditions with different spectroscopic and characterization methods, including in-situ electrochemical liquid HRTEM, advanced synchrotron-based in-situ electrochemical XAS methods, in-situ heating PXRD, Raman, SEM, XPS, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).
Selected Publications
- Heidari S, Balaghi SE, Sologubenko AS, Patzke GR. Economic Manganese-Oxide-Based Anodes for Efficient Water Oxidation: Rapid Synthesis and In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Monitoring. ACS Catalysis. 2021 Feb 11;11:2511-23. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03388)
- Balaghi SE, Triana CA, Patzke GR. Molybdenum-doped manganese oxide as a highly efficient and economical water oxidation catalyst. ACS Catalysis. 2020 Jan 22;10(3):2074-87. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b02718)
- Li J, Triana CA, Wan W, Saseendran DA, Zhao Y, Balaghi SE, Heidari S, Patzke GR. Molecular and heterogeneous water oxidation catalysts: recent progress and joint perspectives. Chemical Society Reviews. 2021;50(4):2444-85. (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CS00978D)
- Safaei E, Balaghi SE, Chiang L, Clarke RM, Martelino D, Webb MI, Wong EW, Savard D, Walsby CJ, Storr T. Stabilization of different redox levels of a tridentate benzoxazole amidophenoxide ligand when bound to Co (III) or V (V). Dalton Transactions. 2019;48(35):13326-36. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C9DT02865J)
- Balaghi SE, Safaei E, Chiang L, Wong EW, Savard D, Clarke RM, Storr T. Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of copper (II) complexes containing a redox-active benzoxazole iminosemiquinone ligand. Dalton Transactions. 2013;42(19):6829-39. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C3DT00004D)