Publications

 

Granted patent

M.R. Mohammadi, Method for preparing titania pastes for use in dye-sensitized solar cells, US20120276683 (or US8906711), 2014. 

 
Publications (ISI articles)

1- M. R. Mohammadi, M.C. Cordero-Cabrera, D.J. Fray and M. Ghorbani, Preparation of High Surface Area Titania (TiO2) Films and Powders using Particulate Sol-Gel Route Aided by Polymeric Fugitive Agents, Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 120 (2006) 86-95.

2- M.R. Mohammadi, M. Ghorbani, M.C. Cordero-Cabrera, D.J. Fray, Synthesis of High Surface Area Nanocrystalline Anatase-TiO2 Powders Derived from Particulate Sol-Gel Route by Tailoring Processing Parameters, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Tech. 40 (2006) 15-23.

3- M.R. Mohammadi, M. Ghorbani, M.C. Cordero-Cabrera, D.J. Fray, Preparation and Characterisation of Nanostructural TiO2-Ga2O3 Binary Oxides with High Surface Area Derived from Particulate Sol-Gel Route, J. Mat. Sci. 42 (2007) 4976-4986.

4- M.R. Mohammadi, M. Ghorbani, D.J. Fray, Preparation and Characterisation of Nanostructural TiO2-Er2O3 Binary Oxides with High Surface Area Derived from Particulate Sol-Gel Route, Mat. Sci. Tech. 22 (2006) 965-974.

5- M.R. Mohammadi, M.C. Cordero-Cabrera, D.J. Fray, Sensor Performance of Nanostuctured TiO2 Thin Films Derived from Particulate Sol-Gel Route and Polymeric Fugitive Agents, Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 124 (2007) 74-83.

6- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Semiconductor TiO2-Ga2O3 Thin Film Gas Sensors Derived from Particulate Sol-Gel Route, Acta Materialia 55 (2007) 4455-4466.

7- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, S.K. Sadrnezhaad, A. Mohammadi, A Simple Particulate Sol-Gel Route to Synthesis Nanostructured TiO2-Ta2O5 Binary Oxides and Their Characteristics, J. Mat. Sci. Eng. B. 142 (2007) 16-27.

8- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, A. Mohammadi, Comparison of Single and Binary Oxide Sol-Gel Gas Sensors Based on Titania, Solid State Sciences 10 (2008) 884-893. 

9- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, A. Mohammadi, Sol-Gel Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide: Controlling the Crystal Structure, Crystallite Size, Phase Transformation, Packing and Ordering, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 112 (2008) 392-402.

10- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Low Temperature Perovskite-Type Cadmium Titanate Thin Films Derived from a Simple Particulate Sol-Gel Process, Acta Materialia 57 (2009) 1049-1059.

11- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Development of nanocrystalline TiO2-Er2O3 and TiO2-Ta2O5 thin film gas sensors: Controlling the physical and sensing properties, Sensors and Actuators B 141 (2009) 76-84.  

12- M.R. Mohammadi, A. Esmaeili Rad, D. J. Fray, Water-based sol–gel nanocrystalline barium titanate: controlling the crystal structure and phase transformation by Ba:Ti atomic ratio, J. Mater. Sci. 44 (2009) 4959-4968.

13- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Low temperature nanostructured zinc titanate by an aqueous particulate sol–gel route: Optimisation of heat treatment condition based on Zn:Ti molar ratio, J. European Ceramic Society 30 (2010) 947-961.

14- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Synthesis and characterisation of nanostructured neodymium titanium oxides by sol–gel process: Controlling the phase composition, crystal structure and grain size, Materials Chemistry and Physics 122 (2010) 512-523.

15- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Low temperature nanostructured lithium titanates: controlling the phase composition, crystal structure and surface area, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 55 (2010) 19-35.

16- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Mesoporous and nanocrystalline sol-gel derived NiTiO3 at the low temperature: Controlling the structure, size and surface area by Ni:Ti molar ratio, Solid State Sciences 12 (2010) 1629-1640.

17- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Nanostructured TiO2–CeO2 mixed oxides by an aqueous sol–gel process: Effect of Ce:Ti molar ratio on physical and sensing properties, Sensors and Actuators B 150 (2010) 631-640.

18- P. Dalvand, M.R. Mohammadi, Controlling morphology and structure of nanocrystalline cadmium sulfide (CdS) by tailoring solvothermal processing parameters, J. Nanoparticle Research 13 (2011) 3011-3018.

19- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Synthesis and characterization of nanosized TiO2-ZrO2 binary system prepared by an aqueous sol-gel process: physical and sensing properties, Sensors and Actuators B 155 (2011) 568-576.

20- P. Dalvand, M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, One-dimensional cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanostructures by solvothermal process: Controlling crystal structure and morphology aided by different solvents, Materials Letter 65 (2011) 1291-1294.

21- M.R. Mohammadi, F. Ordikhani, D.J. Fray, F. Khomamizadeh, Template-Based Growth of Titanium Dioxide Nanorods by Particulate Sol-Electrophoretic Deposition Process, Particuology 9 (2011) 161-169.

22- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Synthesis of nanostructured and nanoporous TiO2-AgO mixed oxide derived from a particulate sol-gel route: Physical and sensing characteristics, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 42 (2011) 2481-2492.

23- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Sol-Gel derived nanocrystalline and mesoporous barium strontium titanate at room temperature, Particuology  9 (2011) 235-242. 

24- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Preparation and Characterization of Nanocrystalline and Mesoporous Strontium Titanate Thin Films at Room Temperature, J. Coatings Technology and Research 8 (2011) 585-593.

25- M.R. Mohammadi, S.A. Tabei, A. Nemati, D. Eder, T. Pradeep, Synthesis and crystallization of lead-zirconium-titanate (PZT) nanotubes at the low temperature using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as sacrificial templates, Advanced Powder Technology 23 (2012) 647–654.

26- M.R. Mohammadi, V. Zarghami, D.J. Fray, Tailoring of morphology and crystal structure of CdSe nanostructures by controlling the ratio of triethylenetetraamine and water in their mixed solution, Appl Phys A 107 (2012) 497-502.

27- M.R. Mohammadi, R.R.M. Louca, D.J. Fray, M.E. Welland, Dye-sensitized sensitized solar cells based on a single layer deposition of TiO2 from a new formulation paste and their photovoltaic performance, Solar Energy 86 (2012) 2654–2664.

28- A.M. Bakhshayesh, M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Controlling electron transport rate and recombination process of TiO2 dye-sensitized solar cells by design of double-layer films with different arrangement modes, Electrochemica Acta 78 (2012) 384–391.

29- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Tailoring of morphology and crystal structure of nanomaterials in MgO-TiO2 system by controlling Mg:Ti molar ratio, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Tech. 64 (2012) 135–144.

30- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Low Temperature Nanocrystalline TiO2-Fe2O3 Mixed Oxide by a Particulate Sol-Gel Route: Physical and Sensing Characteristics, Physica E 46 (2012) 43–51.

31- V. Zarghami, M.R. Mohammadi. D.J. Fray, Morphological Manipulation of Solvothermal Prepared CdSe Nanostructures by Controlling the Growth Rate of Nanocrystals as a Kinetic Parameter, J. Electronic Materials 41 (2012) 3050-3055.

32- A. Rezaei, M.R. Mohammadi, In vitro study of hydroxyapatite/polycaprolactone (HA/PCL) nanocomposite synthesized by an in situ sol-gel process, Materials Science and Engineering C 33 (2013) 390–396.

33- A. Rezaei, M.R. Mohammadi, Development of hydroxyapatite nanorods –polycaprolactone composites and scaffolds derived from a novel in-situ sol-gel process, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 9 (2012) 295-303.

34- N. Bovand, S. Rasouli, M.R. Mohammadi, D. Bovand, Rapid synthesis of hydroxyapatite nanopowders by a microwave-assisted combustion Method, Journal of Ceramic Processing Research 13 (2012) 221-225.

35- A.M. Bakhshayesh, M.R. Mohammadi, Development of nanostructured porous TiO2 thick film with uniform spherical particles by a new polymeric gel process for dye-sensitized solar cell applications, Electrochemica Acta 89 (2013) 90–97.

36- A.M. Bakhshayesh, M.R. Mohammadi, H. Dadar, D.J. Fray,  Improved efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells aided by corn-like TiO2 nanowires as the light scattering layer, Electrochimica Acta 90 (2013) 302–308.

37- A.M. Bakhshayesh, M.R. Mohammadi, The improvement of electron transport rate of TiO2 dye-sensitized solar cells using mixed nanostructures: The influences of nanowire to nanoparticle weight ratio and phase composition, Ceramics International 39 (2013) 7343–7353.

38- T. Hooshmand, A. Abrishamchian, F. Najafi, M.R. Mohammadi, H. Najafi, M.R. Tahriri, Development of sol-gel-derived multi-wall carbon nanotube/hydroxyapatite nanocomposite powders for bone substitution, Journal of Composite Materials (2013) 1-7.

39- A. Abrishamchian, T. Hooshmand, M.R. Mohammadi, F. Najafi, Preparation and characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotube/hydroxyapatite nanocomposite film dip coated on Ti–6Al–4V by sol–gel method for biomedical applications: An in vitro study, Materials Science and Engineering C 33 (2013) 2002–2010.

40- M.R. Mohammadi, A.M. Bakhshayesh, F. Sadri, M. Masroor, Improved efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells by design of a proper double layer photoanode electrodes composed of Cr-doped TiO2 transparent and light scattering layers, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Tech. 67 (2013) 77–87.

41- M.H. Akhlaghi, M.R. Mohammadi, Dependence of photovoltaic performance of solvothermally prepared CdS/CdTe solar cells on morphology and thickness of window and absorber layers, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 24 (2013) 3564–3574.

42- N. Massihi, M.R. Mohammadi, A.M. Bakhshayesh, M. Abdi-Jalebi, Controlling electron injection and electron transport of dye-sensitized solar cells aided by incorporating CNTs into a Cr-doped TiO2 photoanode, Electrochimica Acta 111 (2013) 921-929.

43- A.M. Bakhshayesh, M.R. Mohammadi, N. Massihi, M.H. Akhlaghi, Improved electron transportation of dye-sensitized solar cells using uniform mixed CNTs–TiO2 photoanode prepared

by a new polymeric gel process, J. Nanoparticle Research 15 (2013) 1961-1970.

44- M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Synthesis of highly pure nanocrystalline and mesoporous CaTiO3 by a particulate sol–gel route at the low temperature, J. Sol-Gel Sci. Tech. 68 (2013) 324-333.

45- P. Farahpour, M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Sensor performance of nanostructured TiO2-SnO2 films prepared by an aqueous sol-gel process, Journal of Cluster Science 25 (2014) 905-923.

46- M. Abdi-Jalebi, M.R. Mohammadi, D.J. Fray, Double-layer TiO2 electrodes with controlled phase composition and morphology for efficient light management in dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Cluster Science 25 (2014) 1029-1045.

47- A.H. Ghanbari Niaki, A.M. Bakhshayesh, M.R. Mohammadi, Double-layer dye-sensitized solar cells based on Zn-doped TiO2 transparent and light scattering layers: Improving electron injection and light scattering effect, Solar Energy 103 (2014) 210–222.

48- M. Mojaddami, M.R. Mohammadi, H.R. Madaah Hosseini, Improved efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells based on a single layer deposition of skein-like TiO2 nanotubes, J. Am. Ceramic Soc. 97 (2014) 2873-2879.

49- S. Sarbishei, M.A. Faghihi Sani, M.R. Mohammadi, Study plasma electrolytic oxidation process and characterization of coatings formed in an alumina nanoparticle suspension, Vacuum 108 (2014) 12–19.

50- M.R. Mohammad, D.J. Fray, Sensor performance of nanostructured TiO2-Cr2O3 thin films derived from particulate sol-gel route with various Cr:Ti molar ratios, Journal of Electronic Materials 43 (2014) 3922-3932.

51- M.R. Mohammadi, Semiconductor TiO2-Al2O3 thin film gas sensors derived from aqueous particulate sol-gel process, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 2 (2014) 711-718.

52- I. Imanieh, E. Yousefi, A. Dolati, M.R. Mohammadi, Experiments design for hardness optimization of the Ni-Cr alloy electrodeposited by pulse plating, Acta Metallurgica Sinica 26 (2013) 558-564.

53- N. Mozaffari, M.R. Mohammadi, M.A. Faghihi Sani, Development of block copolymer-templated crack-free mesoporous anatase-TiO2 film: Tailoring sol-gel and EISA processing parameters and photovoltaic characteristics, Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 26 (2015) 1543-1553.

54- P.S. Musavi Gharavi, M.R. Mohammadi, The improvement of light scattering of dye-sensitized solar cells aided by a new dandelion-like TiO2 nanostructures, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 137 (2015) 113-123.

55- M. Moradzaman, M.R. Mohammadi, Development of an aqueous TiO2 paste in terms of morphological manipulation of nanostructured photoanode electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 75 (2015) 447-459.

56- M. Moradzaman, M.R. Mohammadi, H. Nourizadeh, Efficient dye-sensitized solar cells based on CNTs and Zr-doped TiO2 nanoparticles, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 40 (2015) 383–390.

57- Z. Andaji-Garmaroudi, M.R. Mohammadi, Design of TiO2 dye-sensitized solar cell photoanode electrodes with different microstructures and arrangement modes of the layers, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 76 (2015) 666-678.

58- Y. Tabari-Saadi, M.R. Mohammadi, Efficient dye-sensitized solar cells based on carbon-doped TiO2 hollow spheres and nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics: 26 (2015) 8863-8876.

59- Z. Andaji-Garmaroudi, M.R. Mohammadi, Plasmonic effects of infiltrated silver nanoparticles inside TiO2 film: Enhanced photovoltaic performance in DSSCs, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 99 (2016) 167-173.

60- M. Mojaddami, Z. Andaji-Garmaroudi, M.R. Mohammadi, H.R. Madaah Hosseini, Efficient dye-sensitized solar cells based on TiO2 nanoparticles and skein-like nanotubes: Effect of arrangement modes of the layers and TiCl4 treatment, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 61 (2016) 138–146.

61- H. Asgari Moghaddam, M.R. Mohammadi, Improved photon to current conversion in nanostructured TiO2 dye-sensitized solar cells by incorporating cubic BaTiO3 particles, Solar Energy 132 (2016) 1-14.

62- S. SarbisheiM.A. Faghihi SaniM.R. Mohammadi, Effects of alumina nanoparticles concentration on microstructure and corrosion behavior of coatings formed on titanium substrate via PEO process, Ceramics International 42 (2016) 8789-8797.

63- N. Mozaffari, M.R. Mohammadi, Z. Andaji Garmaroudi, P.S. Musavi Gharavi, Comparative study on effect of titania morphology for light harvesting and scattering of DSSCs: Mesoporous nanoparticles, microspheres and dandelion-like particles, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy 35 (2016) 1818-1826.

64- Z. Andaji Garmaroudi, M. Abdi-Jalebi, M.R. Mohammadi, R.H. Friend, A facile low temperature route to deposit TiO2 scattering layer for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells, RSC Advances 6 (2016) 70895-70901.

65- E. Nouri, M.R. Mohammadi, P. Lianos, Impact of preparation method of TiO2-RGO nanocomposite photoanodes on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells, Electrochimica Acta 219 (2016) 38-48.

66- H. Mokarami Ghartavol, M.R. Mohammadi, A. Afshar, F. Chau-Nan Hong, Yeau-Ren Jeng, Efficient dye-sensitized solar cells based on CNT-derived TiO2 nanotubes and Nb-doped TiO2 nanoparticles, RSC advances 6 (2016) 101737–101744.

67- S. Jafari, M.R. Mohammadi, H.R. Madaah Hossein, Impact of morphology and nitrogen and carbon co-doping on photocatalytic activity of TiO2 as environmental catalysts, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research  55 (2016) 55 12205–12212.

68- E. Nouri, J.V.S. Krishna, C.V. Kumarc, V. Dracopoulos, L. Giribabu, M.R. Mohammadi, P. Lianos, Soluble tetratriphenylamine Zn phthalocyanine as Hole Transporting Material for Perovskite Solar Cells, Electrochimica Acta 222 (2016) 875-880.

69- E. Nouri, Y.L. Wang, Q. Chen, J.J. Xu, V. Dracopoulos, L. Sygellou, Z.X. Xu, M.R. Mohammadi, P. Lianos, The Beneficial Effects of Mixing Spiro-OMeTAD with n-Butyl-Substituted Copper Phthalocyanine for Perovskite Solar Cells, Electrochimica Acta 222 (2016) 1417-1423.

70- H. Asgari Moghaddam, M.R. Mohammadi, TiO2-BaTiO3 nanocomposite for electron capture in dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of the American Ceramic Society

71- E. Nouri, M.R. Mohammadi, P. Lianos, Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells Based on Lithium-functionalized Graphene Oxide as Electron-Transporting Layer, Chemical Communications (2017)

72- H. Mokarami Ghartavol, A. Afshar, M.R. Mohammadi, F. Chau-Nan Hong, Yeau-Ren Jeng, Titania nanotubes decorated with Zn-doped titania nanoparticles as photoanode electrode of dye-sensitized solar cells, Energy Technology

73- Z. Babamahdi, M.R. Mohammadi, Nanostructured TiO2 thick films aided by new viscous gels for dye-sensitized solar cell applications, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

 
Publications: Books

1- H. Yousbashizadeh, M.R. Mohammadi, M.R. Vaezi, “Problems in Thermodynamics of Materials Engineering”, Fararuy publisher, Tehran, 2004.

2- M.R. Mohammadi, M.R. Vaezi, “Comprehensive Book in Materials Science and Engineering”, Fararuy publisher, Tehran, 2004.

3- M.R. Mohammadi, M.R. Vaezi “The Collection Tests of M.Sc. Exam in Materials Science and Engineering”, Nopardazan publisher, Tehran, 2005.

 
Publications: Translated Books

1- Translation of “Ceramic Processing” book into Persian, written by M.N. Rahaman, CRC/Taylor, Sharif University publisher, 2016.

2- Translation of “Nanostructures & Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties & Applications” book into Persian, written by Guozhong Cao, Imperial College Press, Sharif University publisher, 2016.