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CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Nasr Bensalah Professor of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Qatar University

PO Box 2713, Doha, Qatar

Email: nasr.bensalah@qu.edu.qa

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PERSONAL DETAILS

Full Name: Nasr Bensalah

Current address: Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences

Qatar University

PO Box 2713, Doha, Qatar

Email: nasr.bensalah@qu.edu.qa

Phone: +97444036540(office), +97433843678 (mobile)

Permanent address: Department of Chemistry

Faculty of Sciences of Gabes

University of Gabes

Zrig, 6072, Gabes, Tunisia

Email: nasr.bensalah@issatgb.rnu.tn Phone : +21675392600 (office), +21621378404 (mobile)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

June 2007: H.D.R. (Environmental Electrochemistry)

University: Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University of El Manar, Tunisia.

Title: Water and wastewaters treatment by chemical and electrochemical advanced

oxidation processes.

July 2002: Ph.D. in Chemistry/Electroanalytical chemistry

University: Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia.

Title: Electrochemical activation of -unsaturated C–H bonds by anodic oxidation and by

homogeneous redox catalysis. Mechanistic study and kinetics of cation radicals’

deprotonation

Sep 1997: M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry

University: Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia.

Title: Anodic and homogeneous redox catalysis oxidation of xanthene.

June 1995: B. Sc. Chemistry

University: Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

10/2016- present: Professor of Chemistry at Qatar University

Graduate Faculty with supervisory status/ MSc Materials Science and

Technology at Qatar University

Teaching:

General Chemistry I (CHEM101)

General Chemistry 2 (CHEM102)

Undergraduate research project (CHEM462)

Analytical Chemistry 1 (CHEM231)

Principles of Environmental Chemistry (CHEM275)

Special Topics in Environmental Chemistry (CHEM461)

Environmental Chemistry (CHEM315)

Experimental Analytical chemistry (CHEM234)

Experimental General Chemistry II (CHEM 104)

Experimental General Chemistry I (CHEM 103)

02/2014- 09/2016: Associate Professor at Qatar University

Teaching:

General Chemistry I (CHEM101)

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Analytical Chemistry 1 (CHEM231)

Principles of Environmental Chemistry (CHEM275)

Environmental Chemistry (CHEM315)

Experimental Analytical chemistry (CHEM234)

Experimental General Chemistry II (CHEM 104)

Experimental General Chemistry I (CHEM 103)

2013-present: Professor at Faculty of Sciences of Gabes (Tunisia) (on leave) Courses:

General Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Instrumental analysis

Environmental chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Coordination Chemistry

Electrochemical kinetics and corrosion

02/2013- 02/2014: Visiting Associate Professor at Qatar University

Teaching:

General Chemistry I (CHEM101)

Principles of Environmental Chemistry (CHEM275)

Experimental General Chemistry II (CHEM 104)

Experimental General Chemistry I (CHEM 103)

2009-2012: Research Scientist and Water Lab Manger at Texas A&M University at Qatar

Research projects:

1- Removal of Disinfection Byproducts by advanced oxidation/reduction

processes.

2- New chemical disinfectants for biofouling control during RO desalination.

3- Assessment of impact of sodium bisulphate and other dechlorination agents in

Masaieed marine environment

4- Removal of natural organic matter NOM by electrocoagulation using

aluminum and iron electrodes.

5- Anodic dissolution of Iron and Aluminum during electrocoagulation process

6- Treatment of oily and produced water by EC/NF hybrid system

7- Treatment of Atrazine and cyanuric acid by Fenton, photo-Fenton and BDD-

anodic Oxidation.

8- Removal of Cadmium by chemical coagulation, electrocoagulation and

adsorption on natural clay

2008-2009: Fulbright Scholar (teaching and research) at University of California Irvine

Teaching (graduate students):

Physico-chemical processes for water treatment

Environmental analytical chemistry

Research:

Kinetic Models for the Free Radical Destruction of micro-constituents of

Concern

2007-2013: Associate Professor at Faculty of Sciences of Gabes (Tunisia) Courses:

General Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Coordination Chemistry

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Electrochemical kinetics and corrosion

Analytical Chemistry

Instrumental analysis

Environmental chemistry

2003-2007: Assistant Professor at ISSAT-Gabes, Tunisia/head of industrial chemistry

department

Courses:

General Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Electrochemical kinetics and corrosion

Analytical chemistry

Environmental chemistry

General Chemistry

1997-2003: Senior lecturer of Chemistry at ISSAT-Gabes, Tunisia Courses:

General Chemistry

Environmental chemistry

Analytical chemistry I

ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

My administrative and management duties were mostly related to teaching and research development. My

experience can be detailed as follows:

2013-Present: Member in departmental committees:

- Outreach committee (Chair)

- Recruitment (Co-Chair)

- Adhoc Activities (Chair)

- Engagement and Activities (Co-Chair)

- Promotion for MSc Materials Science and Technology program(Chair)

- Curricula and study plan committee (Member)

- Social Activities Committee (Member)

- Laboratory Safety and Chemical Safety Committee (Member)

2007-2010:

Member of Committee search for Teaching associate/assistant and PhD students

- Making sure that a broad range of qualified applicants apply for the position and are

considered for it.

- Screening the applicants to assess their ability to carry out the duties and responsibilities

of the position.

- Recommending to the hiring officer those candidates to be invited for campus interviews.

- Organizing and participating in the interviews of the finalists. Director of EEE (Electrochemistry, Energy and Environment) research lab

- Supervising the laboratory manager and the administrative staff.

- Supporting student research and teaching activities.

- Monitoring the lab budget including chemicals, consumables, accessories and replacement

parts.

- Generating proposals to support work programs in the lab.

- Supervising maintaining of lab equipment operational and carrying out of different planed

lab activities. 2002-2005:

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Head of industrial chemistry department

- Coordinating the different departmental activities

- Contributing to the facilitating and monitoring of progress of the faculty’s annual

development plan

- Supporting and assisting faculty staff to ensure they understand, and are actively

implementing, the school’s code of conduct, behaviour and inclusion policies

- Taking responsibility for department budget to effectively meet the teaching and learning

needs. 1997-2002:

Member of University Scientific council

- Discussing academic calendar and scientific programs

- Developing of better academic environment for better students performance and records

- Developing lecturers teaching skills

- Developing and updating of departmental labs curriculum/syllabus

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1- RESEARCH AREAS (H-INEX: 15, I-INDEX:19)

My research interests are focused on electrochemical methods for energy storage and water treatment and

corrosion testing and control. Additionally, my research interests include water and wastewaters treatment

by different processes. I have published more than 70 papers in high impact factor international journals.

My research areas cover the following topics:

- Electrochemical storage devices: Batteries, Fuel Cells, and supercapacitors

- Electrochemical technologies for water treatment

- Water and wastewaters treatment by chemical and physical processes

- Corrosion testing and control

LABORATORY SKILLS

Chromatography techniques:

HPLC and IC: High performance liquid chromatography and ion chromatography

GC: Gas Chromatography

GC/MS: Gas Chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry

LC/MS/MS

Atomic absorption and emission techniques

Flame atomic absorption

ICP and ICP-MS

Electroanalytical methods:

Polarography

Voltammetry and potentiodynamic polarization

Coulometry and electrolyses

Amperometry

Electrochemical impedance

Routine chemical analyses:

COD, TOC, TN, N-NH3, Ions (pH, Chlorides, fluorides, bromides, sulfates, nitrates, nitrites…)

3- AWARDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

1- NPRP-7 - 567 - 2 – 216: Ternary Electrodes for Three Fold Increase in the Energy Density of

Li-ion Batteries.

Lithium (Li)-ion batteries have proven to be vital in meeting the critical challenges of

integrating renewable energy sources into a smart electrical grid as well as replacing internal

combustion car engines with environmentally friendly electrical motors. To be cost-

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competitive, such applications require significantly reduced cost and increased energy density

of the Li-ion cells beyond state of the art. The energy density of such cells depends on the

volumetric capacity of their electrodes. Silicon (Si) - based anodes and fluoride (F) - based

cathodes demonstrate great potential for the revolutionary enhancements in the energy storage

of Li-ion cells. Unfortunately, these materials also suffer from several shortcomings, such as

high electrical resistivity, low Li diffusivity and significant volume change during the battery

operation, which limit their stability and power characteristics. By rationally nano-engineering

the building blocks for these electrodes, we will overcome these limitations while delivering

over 80 % of their theoretical capacity.

2- Urine could be green energy and organic fertilizers

Urine can be considered as a special type of wastewater with very complex chemical

composition. The urine is the fraction of domestic wastewater that contains the major

part of plants nutrient with approximately 80% of nitrogen, 55% of phosphorus and 60%

of potassium and very low metals content, being considered as natural resource of

nutrients. However, the reuse of this wastewater as a fertilizer may result in transmission

of pathogens. For this reason, it is necessary to treat the urine wastewater before any

reuse. Urine could be used to generate electricity and as a free alternative to mineral fertilizers.

Human urine together with wood ash could act as an alternative fertilizer for tomatoes. Equal

amounts of tomato fruits are produced using urine/wood ash combination as mineral fertilized

plants without posing any microbial or chemical risks. A technology has been developed to

release hydrogen from ammonia compounds within urine. The hydrogen could be obtained from

either human or animal urine. The gas can then be burned or used in fuel cells to power cars or

electrical devices.

3- Fulbright Scholarship in Research-University California, Irvine: Kinetic Models for the

Free Radical Destruction of Micro-Constituents of Concern.

Recent reports have indicated that a surprisingly wide variety of pharmaceuticals and

personal care products are entering the aquatic environment. Their bioactivity has been

shown to be very potent at very low concentrations. Determining the extent and persistence

of these compounds, micro-constituents of concern (MCOCs), has been a recent growth area

in environmental chemistry. The growing group of compounds that are referred to as

MCOCs has been a recent growth area in environmental chemistry. It is thought that radical

chemistry is important in the fate and transport of many contaminants. Radiation chemistry

makes it is possible to isolate reactions of various radicals with the chemicals of interest.

Using reaction rates and steady state radical concentrations, pollutant lifetimes in aquatic

systems can be estimated. Advanced oxidation processes use free radicals, principally

hydroxyl radicals (.OH), which attack and decompose pollutants. For stable compounds, the

free radical processes may be the principle pathway for degradation. An understanding of

the kinetics involved and mechanistic details of the hydroxyl radical attack on organic

compounds will aid in designing strategies for abating problematic environmental

contaminants. Recent studies clearly show the need for a better mechanistic understanding

as to the fate of these emerging pollutants of concern. The focus of this work was using

radiation chemistry to study on the oxidation processes that will aide in mechanistic studies

for MCOCs. 4- Tunisian Chemistry Group grant: Purification of wet-process phosphoric acid by chemical

and electrochemical technologies.

In this work, three technologies are studied for the purification of phosphoric acid produced

by the wet process: chemical oxidation with hydrogen peroxide, adsorption onto activated

carbon, and electrochemical oxidation by boron-doped diamond anodes. The treatment of

wet-process phosphoric acid by chemical oxidation with H2O2 as oxidizing agent can

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remove 75 % of the initial TOC as maximum, indicating that this wet-process phosphoric

acid contains an important amount of organics that cannot be oxidized by hydrogen

peroxide under the operation conditions used. High temperatures and hydrogen

peroxide/TOC ratios close to 150 g H2O2/g TOC allows obtaining the best chemical

oxidation results. The adsorption onto activated carbon can remove between 40 and 60 %

of the initial TOC as maximum. Adsorption times of 2 hours and activated carbon/WPA

ratios close to 12 g AC/Kg WTP assures both steady state and maximum adsorption of

organics. The electrochemical process is the only technique by which complete

mineralization of WPA organics can be achieved. Operating at 60 mA cm–2 and at room

temperature, high current efficiencies are achieved which only seem to decrease by mass

transport limitations. 5- Mobility travel grant Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie: Remediation of soils

polluted with PAHs bty electrochemical technogies.

The coexistence of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at many of the

contaminated sites poses a severe threat to public health and the environment. Very few

technologies, such as soil washing/flushing and stabilization/solidification, are available to

remediate such sites; however, these technologies are ineffective and expensive to treat

contaminants in low permeability clayey soils. Previous studies have shown that electrokinetic

remediation has potential to remove heavy metals and organic compounds when they exist

individually in clayey soils. In the present study, the feasibility of using surfactants and organic

acids sequentially and vice versa during electrokinetic remediation was evaluated for the

removal of both heavy metals and PAHs from soils. In this context, the goal of this work is to

study the electrokinetic treatment of a natural soil polluted with phenanthrene (500 mg

PHE kg−1 soil). The electrodes were positioned into semipermeable electrolyte wells with a

linear distribution (two rows of three facing electrodes). Both electrolyte wells and the soil

were in direct contact with the atmosphere because the electrokinetic pilot plant was an open

system. To increase the solubility of phenanthrene and thus to enhance its transport through the

soil, aqueous solutions of the anionic surfactant dodecyl sulfate (10 g dm−3) were used as a

flushing fluid.

6- Agencia Espanola de Coperaccion Internacional grant (34/04/P/E): Electrochemical

treatment of organic pollutants in water

Surfactants are widely used in industry to promote the dispersion of organic species in water.

Thus, they are widely used in the formulation of soaps, detergents, inks, etc. They normally

consist of large molecules with both, hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups. They are highly

soluble in water and persistent, once discharged into a natural environment. Thus, its study is

interesting not only for being possible pollutants of industrial effluents but also because they

are good models of complex pollutants. In thiswork, the electrochemical oxidation on boron-

doped diamond of syntheticwastes polluted with surfactant sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate

(SDBS) has been studied. Results show that SDBS can be successfully removed with this

technology inside different current densities and concentration ranges. The oxidation of the

SDBS seems to occur in two main sequential steps: the first is the rapid degradation of SDBS,

and the final is the less efficient oxidation of aliphatic intermediates to carbon dioxide. The

nature of supporting electrolyte (NaCl, Na2SO4 and K3PO4) influences on the efficiency of the

electrochemical oxidation process. The treatment of the NaCl solution seems to be more

efficient in the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal, while the sulphate and specially the

phosphate media improve the TOC removal. However, in spite of this observation, chemical

oxidation of SDBS by different types of oxidants cannot explain alone the results of the

electrochemical oxidation with diamond anodes. This suggests that the synergistic effect of the

different oxidation mechanisms that occurs into the electrochemical cell (direct oxidation and

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mediated oxidation by hydroxyl radicals and by oxidants formed from the electrolyte) is the

responsible of the great efficiencies obtained with this technology in the treatment of organics.

4- ON GOING/NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS

1- Development of improved, super high energy, all-solid lithium-sulfur batteries Fighting global warming for saving our planet requires with urgency, among other actions, the

larger utilization of alternative energy resources and replacement of internal combustion car

engines. All CO2-free energy sources would benefit from energy storage devices that could

compensate time and space limitation of discontinuous energy production. The most attractive are

portable electrochemical batteries and, in particular lithium batteries, due to their unique ability to

deliver the stored chemical energy as electrical energy with high conversion efficiency and high

energy density. Among these, a system that is attracting wide interest worldwide is the lithium-

sulfur battery offering content in energy density orders of magnitude higher than that of the

common lithium-ion batteries. However, the implementation of the Li/S battery has been so far

hindered by a series of practical issues including: i) low electronic conductivity of both reactants

and products; ii) solubility of polysulfide products into the electrolyte; iii) the reactivity of the

lithium metal anode. Our strategy for addressing these issues will be that of completely renewing

the Li/S battery chemistry; this including all its components. This strategy will allow us to improve

consistently the performance of the Li/S battery upgrading it to a level of practical interest. Finally,

this project is of strategic interest for Qatar where sulfur is largely available as by-product in gas

processing plants.

2- High Performance Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Ion Battery as a Potential Grid-

Scale Energy Storage System The purpose of this project is to develop long-life, high-power aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs)

with rechargeability as well as to understand their operation mechanisms. The developed AZIBs

will be targeted to grid-scale energy storage systems (ESSs) that are essential for maintaining and

distributing energy generated from various sources in the near future. In contrast with current

commercial lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), AZIBs can offer advantages in terms of high safety, low

cost, fast kinetics, etc. Toward this end, both the cathode and anode will be optimized and studied

separately. For the cathode, we will focus on materials that function based on hydrated intercalation

and improve them for robust and fast operation. The main reason for our interest in materials

capable of hydrated intercalation or with crystal water is based on our previous research experience

that reveals that hydrated materials enable fast intercalation kinetics and structural stability over

long-term cycling. The role of crystal water will be investigated in-depth using various analytical

tools and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Accordingly, materials will be designed in

consideration of the role of crystal water. Another critical concern lies with the anode. The use of

Zn metal inevitably leads to chronic issues such as hydrogen evolution, corrosion and dendrite

formation. These degradation processes lower the usable portion of the Zn metal anode and

ultimately lower the overall energy density of a cell since excess Zn metal is needed 4. In an effort

to address such issues with the Zn metal anode, we plan to undertake various approaches: 1)

implementation of an ionically conductive protection layer, 2) integration of a water-in-ionomer

electrolyte, and 3) optimization of salt conditions. Once the cathode and anode designs are

identified, both electrodes will be paired and optimized further from the perspective of maximizing

full-cell performance. In pursuit of applying to on-site ESS sectors, finally, cell performance, cost,

scale-up, and maintenance will be all taken into consideration under communication with battery

manufacturers who have had a longstanding collaboration with the Korean team. The development

of a new energy storage paradigm based on AZIBs would position Qatar as a key player by

possessing the core know-how in material design and cell assembly.

3- Energy production from sunlight using novel photovoltaic cells based on algae

microbial fuel cells

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Sun is the primary source of energy for Earth and a very important resource in Qatar and in many

countries worldwide. For centuries, many attempts have been done to develop efficient

technologies to deal with the production of electricity from it. This project deals with the

development of a novel technology based on the synergy of the concepts of microbial fuel cells

and photovoltaic cells in order to try to recover a significant amount of energy as electric energy

from sunlight. The system consists of a microbial electrochemical cell in which an algae culture

produces oxygen using solar energy in the cathodic compartment, and an organic substrate is

oxidized by electricity-producing microorganisms in the anodic compartment. Although not

necessary, this organic substrate could be a wastewater, giving an environmental added value to

the device. The goal of the project is to develop a small prototype of this technology. To attain

this goal, many activities dealing with a proper design of the electrochemical cell have to be done,

including the assessment of electrode materials, the study of the separation between anodic and

cathodic compartments, the selection of cathodic materials to let sunlight be used efficiently by

algae, the methodology to develop and operate algae and electricity-producing microorganisms

cultures, the influence of nutrients and organic substrate solutions, and the optimization of cell

operation in order to get a robust technology.

4- Conductive Polymer - Carbon Nanocomposites As a New Technology Platform

for Capacitive Desalination During the CDI process, the cations and anions from the salt solutions move to the surface of

anode (negative electrode) and cathode (positive electrode), respectively, and adsorb on their

surface under an application of a potential. Conventional electrodes in CDI are based on activated

carbon electrodes, which offer limited ion storage capacitance per unit electrode (and device)

volume. In addition, due to the presence of bottleneck pores in activated carbons and the torturous

shape of their pores, the rate of the ion transport and thus the rate of the capacitive desalination is

relatively slow. Finally, the limited strength of the conventional activated carbon-based CDI

electrodes limits their cycle stability under operating conditions. Conductive polymers offer higher

specific (mass normalized) and volumetric (volume-normalized) capacitances than activated

carbons, but suffer from volume changes during ion adsorption/desorption, which commonly lead

to their rapid degradation. Recent results, however, show that dramatic enhancements in the

stability in conductive polymers could be achieved if thin layers of polymers are deposited on

carbon fibers. Moreover, the produced composites demonstrate remarkable mechanical properties

with tensile strength and modulus of toughness higher than that of aluminum matrix composites,

titanium and aluminum alloys, steels and many other common structural materials. Our aim is to

investigate a carbon - conductive polymer composite membranes for the CDI, which have the

potential to revolutionize the CDI technology by enhancing both the ion removal capacity and the

rate of the desalination.

5- Development of New Innovative Aluminum-Air Batteries The objective of this proposal is, to obtain a high power performance rechargeable battery by

studying the fundamental electrochemistry of a metal-air battery that uses an oxygen ion

conductive solid oxide electrolyte (SOE). This project deals with the development of a novel

technology based on the synergy of the concepts of conventional metal-air batteries and solid

oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) to provide a high-energy low cost storage system for utility applications.

In this study, we will study the aluminum and air electrodes with the objective of decreasing the

oxide layer that forms on the aluminum. Decreasing this oxide layer will maximize the available

energy density at high power which are the requirements of a large scale low cost battery system.

6- Effects of impurities on the current efficiency and metal quality in Aluminum

smelters

Certain key impurity elements should be identified. These may be phosphorus, iron,

silicon, sulfur and others. By getting access to data from routine analysis of produced

aluminium over a rather long time period it would interesting to correlate the contents of

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impurities to operational changes including change of raw materials, startup period of new

cells, anode effect and possibly changes in temperature, current load and current

efficiency. The impurity levels of alumina and anode carbon should also be known. Also

data from measurement campaigns (metal and electrolyte) could be interesting. Available

analysis data of exit gas including particulates and carbon dust should be interesting too.

Measurement campaigns may be carried out by additions of impurities to certain cells and

analyzing samples of bath and metal as a function of time. The distribution of impurity

elements in metal, electrolyte and gas may be determined by such experiments A

comparison of impurity behavior between Qatalum and an aluminium plant in Norway

may also be carried out. The current efficiency could be determined on a short term basis

by using trace elements such as copper. The aim of the project is to quantify the effects of

selected impurities on the current efficiency for aluminium production and the purity of

the produced aluminium.

7- Treatment of synthetic urine wastewaters by electrochemical oxidation using

different anode materials. In this work, the electrochemical oxidation of synthetic urine by anodic oxidation using boron-

doped diamond (BDD) as anode and stainless steel as cathode was investigated. Results show that

complete depletion of COD and TOC can be attained regardless of the current density applied in

the range 20 - 100 mA cm-2. Oxalic and oxamic acids, and, in lower concentrations, creatol and

guanidine were identified as the main intermediates. Chloride ions play a very important role as

mediators and contribute not only to obtain a high efficiency in the removal of the organics but

also to obtain an efficient removal of nitrogen by the transformation of the various raw nitrogen

species into gaseous nitrogen through chloramine formation. Main drawback of the technology is

the formation of chlorates and perchlorates as final chlorine products. The increase of current

density from 20 mA cm-2 to 60 mA cm-2 led to an increase in the rate of COD and TOC removals

although the process becomes less efficient in terms of energy consumption. The most efficient

conditions are low current densities and high temperature reaching total mineralization at an

applied charge as low as 20 kAh m-3. This result confirmed that the electrolysis using diamond

anodes is a very interesting technology for the treatment of urine.

5- RECENT AND SELECTED PAPERS (2005-2013): Journal papers

1- Nasr Bensalah, Khadiga A. Mohamed, Mohanad Abdullah, Hocine Merabet, SiGe@Cu films as

stable and high energy density anodes for Lithium ion microbatteries. Accepted in Emergent

Materials (2020).

2- Sarra Dimassi, Noor Mustafa, Nasr Bensalah, Recent progress in hydrated layered

vanadium oxides as intercalation cathode materials for Zn2+ ion batteries (ZIBs). Accepted

paper International Journal of Energy Research (2020).

3- Sarra Dimassi, Noor Mustafa, Nasr Bensalah, All-solid Lithium-Sulfur batteries: Present

situation and Future progress. Submitted to Emergent Materials (2020).

4- Nasr Bensalah, Sondos Midassi, Mohammad I. Ahmad, Ahmed Bedoui, Degradation of

hydroxychloroquine by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes, Chemical Engineering

Journal, 402 (2020) 126279 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.126279.

5- Sondos Midassi, Ahmed Bedoui, Nasr Bensalah, Efficient degradation of chloroquine drug by

electro-Fenton oxidation: Effects of operating conditions and degradation mechanism,

Chemosphere, 260 (2020) 127558, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127558.

6- Bensalah, Nasr, Sondos Dbira, Ahmed Bedoui, and Mohammad I. Ahmad. "Electrolytic oxidation

as a sustainable method to transform urine into nutrients." Processes 8 (4) (2020) 460.

https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8040460

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7- Bensalah, Nasr, Maha Matalkeh, Noor K. Mustafa, and Hocine Merabet. "Binary Si–Ge Alloys as

High‐Capacity Anodes for Li‐Ion Batteries." physica status solidi (a) 217 (1) (2020) 1900414.

https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201900414

8- Nasr Bensalah, Fadi Z. Kamand, Noor Mustafa, Maha Matalqeh, Silicon–Germanium bilayer

sputtered onto a carbon nanotube sheet as anode material for lithium–ion batteries, Journal of

Alloys and Compounds, 811 (2019) 152088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152088.

9- Nasr Bensalah, Fadi Z. Kamand, Mustafa Zaghou, Hana D. Dawoud, Talal Al Tahtamouni, Silicon

nanofilms as anode materials for flexible lithium ion batteries, Thin Solid Films, 690 (2019)137516.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2019.137516.

10- Nasr Bensalah, Sondos Dbira, Ahmed Bedoui, Mechanistic and kinetic studies of the degradation

of diethyl phthalate (DEP) by homogeneous and heterogeneous Fenton oxidation, Environmental

Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 11, (2019)100224,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmm.2019.100224.

11- Huang, Qiao, Kostiantyn Turcheniuk, Xiaolei Ren, Alexandre Magasinski, Daniel Gordon, Nasr

Bensalah, Gleb Yushin. Insights into the Effects of Electrolyte Composition on the Performance

and Stability of FeF2 Conversion‐Type Cathodes. Advanced Energy Materials (2019)

1803323. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201803323

12- Dbira, S.; Bensalah, N.; Zagho, M.M.; Ennahaoui, M.; Bedoui, A. Oxidative Degradation of

Tannic Acid in Aqueous Solution by UV/S2O82− and UV/H2O2/Fe2+ Processes: A Comparative

Study. Applied Sciences (2019) 9, 156.

13- Dbira, S.; Bensalah, N.; Zagho, M.M.; Bedoui, A. Degradation of Diallyl Phthalate (DAP) by

Fenton Oxidation: Mechanistic and Kinetic Studies. Applied Sciences (2019) 9, 23.

14- Bensalah, Nasr, Mustafa Noor. In situ generated MWCNT-FeF3·0.33 H2O nanocomposites

toward stable performance cathode material for lithium ion batteries. Emergent Materials,

https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-018-00021-5 (2019)

15- Hana D. Dawoud, Talal Al Tahtamouni, Nasr Bensalah. Sputtered manganese oxide thin film on

carbon nanotubes sheet as a flexible and binder‐free electrode for supercapacitors. International

Journal of Energy Research, https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4364 (2019) 1–10.

16- Nasr Bensalah, Dorra Turki, Fadi Z. Kamand, Khaled Saoud. Hierarchical Nanostructured

MWCNT–MnF2 Composites With Stable Electrochemical Properties as Cathode Material for

Lithium Ion Batteries. Physica Status Solidi A, (2018) 1800151 (1 of 11).

17- Zagho, Moustafa M., Dawoud, Hana D., Bensalah Nasr, Altahtamouni, T. M. A brief overview of

RF sputtering deposition of boron carbon nitride (BCN) thin films. Emergent Materials,

https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-018-0018-9 (2018).

18- Aicha S. Lemine, Moustafa M. Zagho, T. M. Altahtamouni, Nasr Bensalah. Graphene a promising

electrode material for supercapacitors—A review. International Journal of Energy Research,

https://doi.org/10.1002/er.4170, (2018)

19- Daniel Gordon, Qiao Huang, Alexandre Magasinski, Anirudh Ramanujapuram, Nasr Bensalah,

Gleb Yushin. Mixed Metal Difluorides as High Capacity Conversion-Type Cathodes: Impact of

Composition on Stability and Performance. Advanced Energy Materials, (2018) 1800213.

20- Nasr Bensalah, Dorra Turki, Khaled Saoud. Surfactant-aided impregnation of MnF2 into CNT

fabrics as cathode material with high electrochemical performance for lithium ion batteries.

Materials & Design, 147 (2018) 167-174.

21- Nasr Bensalah, Khaoula Chair, Ahmed Bedoui. Efficient degradation of tannic acid in water by

UV/H2O2 process. Sustainable Environment Research, published online 28(1) (2018) 1-11.

22- Khaled Saoud, Rola Al Soubaihi, Shaukat Saeed, Nasr Bensalah, Mohamed Al-Fandi, Tejvir

Singh. Heterogeneous Ag and ZnO based photo-catalyst for wastewater treatment under different

irradiation conditions. Journal of Materials and Environmental Sciences 9(2) (2018) 400-413.

23- Hana D Dawoud, Talal M Altahtamouni, Moustafa M Zagho, Nasr Bensalah. A brief overview of

flexible CNT/PANI super capacitors. Allied Journal of Material Sciences and Nanotechnology 1(2)

(2017) 23-36.

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24- Nasr Bensalah, Ahmed Bedoui, Enhancing the performance of electro-peroxone by incorporation

of UV irradiation and BDD anodes. Environmental Technology, 38 (2017) 2979-2987.

25- Khaoula Chair, Ahmed Bedoui, Nasr Bensalah, Cristina Saez, Francisco J. Fernandez-Morales,

Salvador Cotillas, Pablo Canizares, and Manuel A. Rodrigo. Treatment of Soil-Washing Effluents

Polluted with Herbicide Oxyfluorfen by Combined Biosorption–Electrolysis. Industrial &

Engineering Chemistry Research 56 (2017) 1903−1910.

26- Khaoula Chair, Ahmed Bedoui, Nasr Bensalah, Francisco J Fernandez-Morales, Cristina Saez,

Pablo Canizares, Manuel A Rodrigo. Combining bioadsorption and photoelectrochemical

oxidation for the treatment of soil-washing effluents polluted with herbicide 2,4-D. Journal of

Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 92 (2017) 83–89.

27- Nasr Bensalah, Hanaa Dawood. Review on Synthesis, Characterizations, and Electrochemical

Properties of Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries. Journal of Material Sciences and

Engineering, 5, (2016), 2169-2179.

28- Nasr Bensalah, Sondos Dbira, Ahmed Bedoui. The contribution of mediated oxidation

mechanisms in the electrolytic degradation of cyanuric acid using diamond anodes. Journal of

Environmental Sciences, 25 (2016) 115-123.

29- Sondos Dbira, Nasr Bensalah, Ahmed Bedoui. Mechanism and kinetics of electrochemical

degradation of uric acid using conductive-diamond anodes. Environmental Technology, 37 (2016)

2993-3001.

30- Abdessalem Ezzeddine, Ahmed Bedoui, Ahmed Hannachi, Nasr Bensalah. Removal of fluoride

from aluminum fluoride manufacturing wastewater by precipitation and adsorption processes,

Desalination and Water Treatment, 54:8 (2015) 2280-2292.

31- Sondos Dbira; Nasr Bensalah, Pablo Cañizares, Manuel Andres Rodrigo, Ahmed Bedoui. The

electrolytic treatment of synthetic urine using DSA electrodes. Journal of Electroanalytical

Chemistry, 744 (2015) 62-68.

32- Sondos Dbira, Nasr Bensalah, Ahmed Bedoui, Pablo Cañizares, Manuel A. Rodrigo. Treatment

of synthetic urine by electrochemical oxidation using conductive-diamond anodes. Environmental

science and pollution research, 22 (2015) 6176-6184.

33- Khaled Saoud, Rola Alsoubaihi, Nasr Bensalah, Tanujjal Bora, Massimo Bertino, Joydeep

Dutta. Synthesis of supported silver nano-spheres on zinc oxide nanorods for visible light

photocatalytic applications. Materials Research Bulletin 63 (2015) 134–140.

34- Trabelsi Hassen, Bensalah Nasr, Gadri Abdellatif. Anodic Oxidation of Aqueous Wastes

Containing Hydroquinone on BDD Electrode. Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies, 18(1)

(2015) 155-160.

35- Nasr Bensalah, Rana Nicola, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, “Nitrate removal from water using UV-

M/S2O42- Advanced Reduction Process”. International Journal of Environmental Engineering and

Technology, 11(6) (2014) 1733-1742.

36- Wubin Sui, Jingtang Zheng, Charles U. Pittman, Jr., Nasr Bensalah, Mingbo Wu, Yucui Zhao.

Properties of a three-dimensionally ordered macro-mesoporous carbon-doped TiO2 composite

catalyst, Functional Materials Letters, 07 (2014) 1350068 – 1350077.

37- Dbira, S., Bedoui, A., Bensalah, N. Investigations on the Degradation of Triazine Herbicides in

Water by Photo-Fenton Process. American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 5(8) (2014) 500-517.

38- Boulbaba Louhichi, Nasr Bensalah, “Comparative study of the treatment of printing ink

wastewater by conductive-diamond electrochemical oxidation, Fenton process, and ozonation”,

Journal of Sustainable Environment Research, 24 (2014) 49-57.

39- Chouket, Ahmed; Cherif, Boutheina; Ben Salah, Nasr; Khirouni, Kamel, Optical and electrical

properties of porous silicon impregnated with Congo Red dye, Journal of Applied Physics, 114

(2013) 243105-243106.

40- Nasr Bensalah, Xu Liu, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, “Bromate Reduction by Ultraviolet Light

Irradiation using Medium Pressure Lamp” International Journal of Environmental Studies,

published online, DOI:10.1080/00207233.2013.813755, (2013).

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41- Nasr Bensalah, Ahmed Bedoui, Shankararaman Chellam, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, “Electro-Fenton

treatment of photographic processing wastewaters”, Clean: Air, Soil, Water, 41 (2013) 635-644.

42- Khaled M. Saoud, Nasr Bensalah, Rola M. Alsoubaihi, “Synthesis and characterization of

Ag/ZnO visible light photo-catalyst”, Journal of International Scientific Publications: Materials,

Methods, and Technologies, 7 (2013) 415-423.

43- Nasr Bensalah, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, “Electrochemical Inactivation of P. Aeruginosa, A.

hydrophila, L. pneumophila using Boron Doped Diamond Anodes”, Journal of Advanced

Oxidation Technologies, 16, (2013) 1-7.

44- Bensalah N., Louhichi B., Abdel-Wahab A., “Electrochemical oxidation of succinic acid in

aqueous solutions using boron doped diamond anodes” International Journal of Environmental

Science and Technology, 9 (2012) 135-143.

45- Bensalah N., Abdel-Wahab A., “Electrochemical inactivation of Legionella pneumophila using

anodic oxidation on Boron Doped Diamond electrode”, Proceedings of the 10th Gulf

Cooperation Council Water and Science Technology Conference 2012, Doha, Qatar, (2012) 327-

351.

46- Khaled Mansouri, Ahmed Hannachi, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, Nasr Bensalah, “Electrochemically

dissolved aluminum coagulants for the removal of natural organic matter from synthetic and real

industrial wastewaters by electrocoagulation using aluminum electrodes”, Industrial &

Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(5) (2012) 2428-2437.

47- Mansouri K., Elsaid K., Bedoui A., Bensalah N., Abdel-Wahab A., “Application of

electrochemically dissolved iron in the removal of tannic acid from Water” Chemical Engineering

Journal, 172 (2011) 970– 976.

48- Bensalah N., Khodary A., Abdel-Wahab A., “Kinetic and mechanistic investigations of mesotrione

degradation in aqueous medium by Fenton process” Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 189

(2011) 479–485.

49- Mansouri K., Ibrik K., Bensalah N., Abdel-Wahab A., “Anodic Dissolution of Pure Aluminum

during Electrocoagulation Process: Influence of Supporting Electrolyte, Initial pH, and Current

Density” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 50 (2011) 13362–13372.

50- Bensalah N., Mansouri, K., Abdel-Wahab, A., “Removal of Natural Organic Matter from

Wastewater by Electrocoagulation Using Aluminum Electrodes”, Qatar Foundation Annual

Research Forum, Doha, Qatar, November 20-22, (2011).

51- Bedoui A., Elalaoui L., Abdel-Wahab A., Bensalah N., “Photo-Fenton Treatment of Actual Agro-

Industrial Wastewaters” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 50 (2011) 6673–6680.

52- Bedoui A., Elsaid K., Bensalah N., Abdel-Wahab A., “Treatment of Pharmaceutical-

manufacturing Wastewaters by UV Irradiation/Hydrogen Peroxide Process” Journal of Advanced

Oxidation Technologies, Vol. 14 (2011) 226-234.

53- Ahmed khodary, Nasr Bensalah, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, “Formation of Trihalomethanes (THMs)

during Seawater chlorination”, Journal of Environmental Protection, 1 (4) (2010) 456-465.

54- Nasr Bensalah and Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, “Electrochemical Treatment of Synthetic and Actual

Dyeing Wastewaters Using BDD Anodes”, Air, soil and water research, 3 (2010), 45-56.

55- Bedoui Ahmed, Hasni Mohamed, Elaloui Limem and Bensalah Nasr “Degradation and

mineralization of organic pollutants contained in actual pulp and paper mills wastewaters by a

UV/H2O2 process” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 48, (2009), 3370-3379.

56- A. Bedoui, M.F. Ahmadi, N. Bensalah, A. Gadri “Comparative study of Eriochrome black T

treatment by BDD-anodic oxidation and Fenton process” Chemical Engineering Journal, 146

(2009) 98-104.

57- Bensalah Nasr, Trabelsi Hsen, Gadri Abdellatif “Electrochemical Treatment of aqueous wastes

containing pyrogallol on Boron Doped Diamond Anodes” Journal of Environmental Management,

90, (2009) 523-530.

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58- Bensalah Nasr, M. A. Quiroz Alfaro and C. A. Martínez-Huitle “Electrochemical treatment of

synthetic wastewaters containing Alphazurine A dye” Chemical Engineering Journal, 149 (2009)

348-352.

59- Bensalah Nasr and Gadri Abdellatif “Electrochemical Treatment of Wastewaters Containing 4-

Chlororesorcinol on Boron-Doped Diamond Anodes” Journal of Canadian Chemical Engineering,

87 (2009) 78-84.

60- Bensalah Nasr, Gadri Abdelatif,Electrochemical “Treatment of Wastewaters Containing 4-

Nitrocatechol using Boron Doped Diamond Anodes” Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 36

(2009) 683-689.

61- Ahmed Bedoui, Kaiis Sindi and Nasr Bensalah “Treatment of Refractory Organics Contained in

Actual Agro-Industrial Wastewaters by UV/H2O2” CLEAN-soil, air and water, 36 (4) (2008), 373-

379.

62- B. Louhichi, M.F. Ahmadi, N. Bensalah, A. Gadri, M.A. Rodrigo “Electrochemical degradation

of an anionic surfactant on Boron-Doped Diamond Anodes” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 158

(2008) 430-437.

63- Boulbaba Louhichi, Nasr Bensalah, Abdellatif Gadri “Electrochemical Oxidation of glycols on

boron-doped diamond anodes” Journal of environmental engineering and management 18 (2008)

231-237.

64- Ahmadi Mohamed Faouzi, Bensalah Nasr and Gadri Abdellatif “Degradation of Anthraquinone

Dye Alizarin Red S by Electrochemical Oxidation on Boron Doped Diamond” Journal of Dyes and

pigments, 73, (2007), 86-89.

65- Pablo Cañizares, Boulbaba Louhichi, Abdelatif Gadri, Justo Lobato, Nasr Bensalah, Ruben Paz,

Manuel A. Rodrigo, Cristina Saéz “Electrochemical Treatment of the Pollutants Generated in an

Ink-Manufacturing Process” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 146 (2007) 552–557.

66- Bensalah Nasr and Gadri Abdellatif “Removal of Vanillic Acid by Boron Doped Diamond Anodic

Oxidation” Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1(1) (2006) 24-28.

67- Louhichi Boulbaba, Bensalah Nasr and Gadri Abdellatif “Electrochemical Oxidation of Benzoic

Acid Derivatives on Boron Doped Diamond: Voltammetric Study and Galvanostatic Electrolyses”

Journal of Chemical Engineering and Technology, 28(8), (2006), 944-950.

68- Pablo Cañizares, Abdelatif Gadri, Justo Lobato, Nasr Bensalah, Ruben Paz, Manuel A. Rodrigo

and Cristina Sáez “Electrochemical Oxidation of Azoic Dyes with Conductive-Diamond Anodes”

Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 45, (2006), 3468-3473.

69- Pablo Cañizares, Mohamed Faouzi Ahmadi, Abdelatif Gadri, Justo Lobato, Nasr Bensalah, Ruben

Paz, Manuel .A. Rodrigo and Cristina Sáez “Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Treatment of

Wastes Polluted with Azoic Dyes” Electrochimica Acta, 52 (2006), 325-331.

70- Bensalah Nasr and Matoussi Fatma “Electrochemical Study of the Anodic Oxidation of

Terpinenes at the Electrode and by Homogeneous Redox Catalysis” Journal of Electroanalytical

Chemistry, 583 (2005) 1-7.

71- Bedoui Ahmed, Bensalah Nasr, Jammousi Bassem and Gadri Abdellatif “Organic Chemical

Composition of Olive Oil Mill Wastewater During an Ozonation Treatment” Journal of Residual

Sciences and Technology, 2 (2) (2005) 97-101.

72- Bensalah Nasr, Benamor Hedi , Gadri Abdellatif and Manuel A. Rodrigo. “Purification of Wet–

Process Phosphoric Acid by Hydrogen Peroxide, Activated Carbon Adsorption and

Electrooxidation” Journal of Chemical Engineering and Technology, 28(2) (2005) 193-198.

73- Bensalah Nasr and Gadri Abdellatif “Electrochemical Oxidation of 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol on

Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes” Journal of Electrochemical Society, 152 (2005) D113-D116.

74- Bensalah Nasr, Gadri Abdellatif, Pablo Cañizares, Cristina Sáez, Justo Lobato, and Manuel A.

Rodrigo “Electrochemical Oxidation of Hydroquinone, Resorcinol and Catechol on Boron Doped

Diamond Anodes” Environmental Sciences and Technology, 39 (18) (2005) 7234 –7239.

6- RECENT CONFERENCES PRESENTATIONS (2011-2015)

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1- Nasr Bensalah, Manuel Andres Rodrigo, “Energy Production From Sunlight Using Novel

Photovoltaic Cells Based on Algae Microbial Fuel Cells”, The Asian Conference on Sustainability,

Energy, & the Environment ACESEE2015, 11-14 June 2015, Kobe, Japan.

2- Nasr Bensalah, “Emissions monitoring and control in Qatalum smelters”, Aluminum symposium:

Research and Advances in Smelting Technologies in GCC Hydro-QSTP, 27-28 May 2015, Doha,

Qatar.

3- Nasr Bensalah, “Rechargeable liquid aluminum-air batteries embodying oxygen ion conductive

solid oxide”, Energy, Science & Technology Conference & Exhibition 2015, 20-22 May, 2015,

Karlsruhe, Germany

4- Sondos Dbira, Nasr Bensalah, Ahmed Bedoui, “Investigations on the degradation of triazine

herbicides in water by photo-Fenton process”, Tunisian Chemical Society, National Days of

Chemistry JNC 2014, 21-23 December 2014, Skanes, Tunisia.

5- Sondos Dbira, Nasr Bensalah, Ahmed Bedoui, “Degradation of cyanuric acid by electrochemical

oxidation using Boron-Doped Diamond anodes”, Tunisian Chemical Society, National Days of

Chemistry JNC 2014, 21-23 December 2014, Skanes, Tunisia.

6- Khaled M. Saoud, Nasr Bensalah, Rola M. Alsoubaihi, “Synthesis and characterization of Ag/ZnO

visible light photo-catalyst”, 16th International Conference, Materials, Methods & Technologies,

Bugas, Bulgaria, 10–14 June 2013

7- Nasr Bensalah, Ahmed Abdel-Wahab “Advanced reduction processes for destruction of persistent

hazardous contaminants”, Annual TAMUQ-QAFCO Conference, Qatar National Convention

Center, Doha, Qatar, January 10, 2013.

8- Nasr Bensalah, Abdel-Wahab Ahmed, “Electrochemical inactivation of Legionella pneumophila

using anodic oxidation on Boron Doped Diamond electrode” Proceedings of the 10th Gulf

Cooperation Council Water and Science Technology Conference 2012, Doha, Qatar, pp327-351,

March 22-24, 2012.

9- Nasr Bensalah, Abdel-Wahab Ahmed, “Environmental Impact Assessment of Cooling Water

Discharge into Seawater”, the First TAMUQ Annual Research Forum, Doha, Qatar, May 21, 2012.

10- Abdel-Wahab Ahmed, Nasr Bensalah “Scientific Approach: Cooling Water Discharge into

Seawater”, the 8th Annual HSE Forum in Energy, Doha, Qatar, October 8-10, 2012.

11- Nasr Bensalah “New Innovative Technologies for Water Treatment: Advanced Reduction

Processes (ARPs)” 1st International Conference on Photocatalytic and Advanced Oxidation

Technologies for Treatment of Water, Air, Soil and Surfaces, Gdansk, Poland, July 4-8, 2011

12- Nasr Bensalah, Mansouri Khaled, Abdel-Wahab Ahmed, “Removal of Natural Organic Matter

from Wastewater by Electrocoagulation Using Aluminum Electrodes”, Qatar Foundation Annual

Research Forum, Doha, Qatar, November 20-22, 2011.

13- Nasr Bensalah, Ahmed Bedoui, Khaled Mansouri “Treatment of wastewaters containing natural

tannins (tannic acid) by electrocoagulation using Aluminum electrodes” The 61st Annual Meeting

of International Electrochemical Society, September 26th - October 1st, 2011, Nice, France.

7- BOOKS AND CHAPTERS:

Book Editor:

Book title: “Pitting Corrosion”, with INTECH Publisher, ISBN 978-953-51-0275-5,

(2012).

Book Chapters:

1- Chapter title: The Role of Key Impurity Elements on the Performance of Aluminium

Electrolysis – Current Efficiency and Metal Quality, Light Metals, Wiley, (2016)

DOI: 10.1002/9781119274780.ch64.

2- Chapter title: “Electrochemical Oxidation of Organic Pollutants in Aqueous Solutions

using Boron-Doped Diamond Anodes: Cyclic Voltammetric Behavior”, Diamonds:

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Properties, Synthesis and Applications, NOVA Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-61470-591-

8, 4 (2011) 73-92.

3- Chapter title: “Inland desalination: Potentials and challenges”, Chemical Engineering

book, INTECH Publisher, 978-953-51-0392-9, 18 (2012), 449-480.

6- EDITORIAL AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES

Editor-in-Chief (Middle East and Europe):

Journal of Advances in Energy Research (IER):

http://technopress.kaist.ac.kr/?journal=eri&subpage=6#

Associate Editor:

Frontiers in Chemistry/Green and Environmental Chemistry

http://community.frontiersin.org/people/NasrBensalah/59845 Member in the editorial board of the following journals:

Journal Air, Soil and Water Research (ISSN: 1178-6221)

http://www.la-press.com/journal.php?pa=editorial_board&journal_id=99

Frontiers in Green and Environmental Chemistry

http://community.frontiersin.org/people/NasrBensalah/59845

Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology

http://sfx.cceu.org.cn/cgi-bin/tgxx.cgi?issn=1569-1705

Journal of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

http://www.academicjournals.org/jcems/Editors.htm

Reviewer assignment in the following journals

Electrochimica Acta

Journal of Applied electrochemistry Journal of Hazardous Materials

Frontiers in Green and Environmental Chemistry

Environmental Science and Technology

Environmental Engineering and Science

Industrial & Engineering chemistry Research Journal of Environmental Management

Advanced oxidation technologies

Environmental technology

International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Clean Soil, air, water

Separation and purification Science

Chemosphere

8- SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Actually, I am supervising 2 PhD in Chemistry program at University of Gabes.

- Hamida Abderrahim, a PhD student (Chemistry/Material Sciences) in the department of

chemistry at Faculty of sciences of Gabes (Tunisia) under my supervision. She is working

on the electrochemical treatment of mercaptants and thiols contained in refinery

wastewaters.

- Khaoula Chair: a PhD student (Chemistry/Material Sciences) in the department of

chemistry at Faculty of sciences of Gabes (Tunisia) under my supervision. She is working

on Combining bio-adsorption and (photo)-electrochemical oxidation for the treatment of

soil-washing effluents polluted with herbicides.

I have also supervised the following graduate students:

Student Name Title of the Thesis Degree/Institution/Date

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Sondos Dbira Electrochemical destruction of urine and

nutrients in wastewater using Boron

Doped Diamond and Dimensionally

Stable Anodes (DSA) as active and

inactive electrodes materials

PhD. Chemistry/Faculty of

Sciences of Gabes, Tunisia,

January 2016

Jassim Al Mejali The Role of Key Impurity Elements on

the Performance of Aluminium

Electrolysis - Current Efficiency and

Metal Quality

MSc. Materials Science and

Technology, College of Arts and

Science, Qatar University, May

2015

Khaled Mansouri Treatment of industrial wastewaters by

electrocoagulation using Al and Fe

soluble anodes

PhD. Chemical Engineering,

College of Engineering of Gabes,

Tunisia, October 2013

Mohamed Faouzi

Ahmadi

Electrochemical treatment of

wastewaters contaminated with analine

dirivatives using Boron Doped Diamond

anodes.

PhD. Chemistry, Faculty of

Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia, May

2009.

Boulbaba Louhichi Synthesis and characterization of BDD

thin film anodes and applications for

industrial wastewaters treatment.

PhD. Chemistry/Faculty of

Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia,

March 2010

Sondos Dbira Photocatalytic degradation of trazine

herbicides MSc. Materials and

Environment, Faculty of

Sciences of Gabes, Tunisia,

September 2012

Haithem Bel Hadj Ltaif Elimination of Cadmium by for water by

Adsorption on Activated Clay, Chemical

Coagulation, and Electrocoagulation.

MSc. Industrial Chemistry and

Environment, Faculty of

Sciences of Gafsa, Tunisia, July

2010

Faten Ben Hriz Electro-Fenton treatment of

photography wastewaters using new

cathode materials based on carbon felt-

polymer composites.

MSc. Chemistry, Faculty of

Sciences of Monastir, Tunisia,

December 2009

Khaled Mansouri Electrocoagulation of oily wastewaters:

Corrosion studies and anodic dissolution

of Al/Fe anodes.

MSc. Material Sciences, College

of Engineering of Gabes, Tunisia,

June 2009

Boulbaba Louhichi Preparation of BDD thin film anodes by

Chemical Vapor Deposition on different

support materials (Si, Ti, Sb, Ta).

MSc. Material Sciences, College

of Engineering of Gabes, Tunisia,

May 2005.

Hassen Trabelsi Electrochemical degradation of phenols

on Ti/BDD and Si/BDD thin film

materials.

MSc. Inorganic Chemistry,

Faculty of Sciences of Monastir,

Tunisia, July 2005.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Arabic: Mother tongue

French: Fluent (writing, speaking and reading)

English: Fluent (writing, speaking and reading)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operation systems: DOS, Windows and LUNIX

Microsoft office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, outlook, internet

Programmable language and others: Origin, SigmaPlot, HP Chemstation, AutoCAD, Kinectus, and

Chemdraw