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Prof. Cafer T. Yavuz moved from KAIST at the end of 2020 and established the lab in KAUST with a core team of 12 scholars. Officially named Oxide and Organic Nanomaterials for Energy and Environment Laboratory (ONE Lab), we focus on nanomaterials design and development for applications that span from gas capture and storage to heterogeneous catalysis, seawater mining to 3D printing.

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LATEST
PUBLICATIONS

Engineering Single-Atom Catalysts on Conjugated Porphyrin Polymer Photocatalysts via E-Waste for Sustainable Photocatalysis
Advanced Functional Materials
Authors : Bolormaa Bayarkhuu, Hyekyung Cho, Gaeun Cho, Jeeho Hong, Yeongran Hong, Se-Woong Baek, Sungeun Yang, Cafer T. Yavuz, Han Seul Kim, Jeehye Byun
Year: 2025
Engineering Single-Atom Catalysts on Conjugated Porphyrin Polymer Photocatalysts via E-Waste for Sustainable Photocatalysis
DOI :https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202411661
Solvent-Induced Reversible Guest Uptake and Release by Flexible Porous Organic Cages
ACS Materials Letters
Authors : Abdul Ghaffar, Muhammad Bilal Asif, Javeed Mahmood, Cafer T. Yavuz
Year: 2025
Solvent-Induced Reversible Guest Uptake and Release by Flexible Porous Organic Cages
DOI :https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c02522
Scalable synthesis of Sb-doped Rb3InCl6 nanocrystals for high-resolution X-ray imaging screen
Cell Reports Physical Science
Authors : Azimet A. Karluk, Saidkhozha Nematulloev, Simil Thomas, Bashir E. Hasanov, Khursand Yorov, Rounak Naphade, Luis Gutie´rrez-Arzaluz, Bodiuzzaman Mohammad, Mutalifu Abulikemu, Javeed Mahmood, and Cafer T. Yavuz
Year: 2025
Scalable synthesis of Sb-doped Rb3InCl6 nanocrystals for high-resolution X-ray imaging screen
DOI :https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102427
Single crystals of organometallic manganese halides as sustainable high-luminescence materials for X-ray scintillation
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Authors : Azimet A. Karluk, Simil Thomas, Aleksander Shkurenko, Javeed Mahmood, Mohamed Eddaoudi Bashir E. Hasanov, and Cafer T. Yavuz
Year: 2025
Single crystals of organometallic manganese halides as sustainable high-luminescence materials for X-ray scintillation
DOI :http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D4TC03717K
Structural control over single-crystalline oxides for heterogeneous catalysis
Nature Reviews Chemistry
Authors : Kim, S.-J., Maligal-Ganesh, R. V., Mahmood, J., Babar, P. & Yavuz, C. T
Year: 2025
Structural control over single-crystalline oxides for heterogeneous catalysis

LATEST
PATENTS

  • Catalysts for dry reforming and methods of producing the same
  • Solvent-linked porous covalent organic polymers and method of preparing the same
  • Electroless plating solution and electroless plating method for recovering precious metal adsorbed on porous porphyrin polymer
  • Catalysts for dry reforming and methods of producing the same

    US20240050933A1
    Inventors:
    Cafer Tayyar Yavuz, Seokjin Kim, Aadesh Harale, Bandar Al-Solami, Aqil Jamal
    Abstract:
    The disclosure relates to catalysts for dry reforming, methods of producing the catalysts, and methods of using the catalysts in dry reforming. The catalysts contain nickel, molybdenum and a metal oxide. The methods of producing the catalysts include adding a solvent to precipitate the catalyst, followed by removing the solvent. The solvent addition and removal steps can be repeated as desired.
    Status:
    Pending
    Year:
    2024
  • Solvent-linked porous covalent organic polymers and method of preparing the same

    US Patent 11,535,701,2022
    Inventors:
    Cafer T Yavuz, Vepa Rozyyev, Joo Sung Lee
    Abstract:
    Solvent-linked porous covalent organic polymers (COPs) and a method of preparing the same are described. The porous covalent organic polymers are linked by a solvent and are thus suitable for the transportation and storage of natural gas. A method of preparing the porous covalent organic polymers by conducting alkylation polymerization between an aromatic monomer and a chlorine-based solvent in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst is described. Porous stretchable covalent organic polymers having pores with various sizes can be synthesized simply and quickly at room temperature and atmospheric pressure without a heating or purification step. The covalent organic polymers have very high natural gas storage capacity due to the flexible porous network structure thereof and thus are suitable for storage and transportation of natural gas and useful as a natural gas adsorbent.
    Status:
    Granted
    Year:
    2022
  • Electroless plating solution and electroless plating method for recovering precious metal adsorbed on porous porphyrin polymer

    US Patent App. 17/413,559, 2022
    Inventors:
    Jong-In Han, SON JiEun, Cafer Yavuz, HONG Youngran
    Abstract:
    The present invention relates to a method for recovering a precious metal selectively adsorbed on a porous porphyrin polymer, and to an electroless plating method capable of recovering a precious metal in a film form by desorbing and leaching the precious metal without an additional oxidizing agent and using same as a plating solution to reduce the precious metal on the surface of a substrate without an additional reducing agent.
    Status:
    Pending
    Year:
    2022
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Bldg.4 (Al-Jazari), level 3

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Thuwal 23955-6900
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Office: +966 128080759
Email: cafer.yavuz@kaust.edu.sa

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