Ali Dabbous
Synthesis, optimization, and assembly of Nanoparticles.
Energy application, Fuel cells, Catalysis, electrochemistry, photophysics, and optical spectroscopy
Advanced Bipolar Membrane (BPM) Systems for Energy Applications: Development of membrane electrode assembly (MEA) electrolyzers for efficient water dissociation. Synthesis and nano-assembly of nanomaterials for coating polymer membranes used in water electrolyzers. Investigation of novel nanoparticle catalysts for water dissociation. Kinetic and thermodynamic analyses to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms governing reactions at the BPM junction.
Collaborations with the Fritz Haber Institute (Max Planck Society, Berlin), the Institut Européen des Membranes (IEM, Montpellier), and RWTH Aachen University.
Publication List
[1] P. Bauer, A. Dabbous et al. ‘’ Combined confocal Dynamic Light Scattering and Fluorescence Correlation
Spectroscopy as an advanced technique to characterize colloidal quantum dot-gold nanoparticle hybrid systems’’
Anal. Chem., vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 2328–2338, Jan. 2026, doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c06564
[2] J. Calderon-Mora, A. Dabbous et al. ‘’Photopolymerizing carbazole-based monomers in dilute media: prototyping organic wires with nanoscale thickness control. ‘’, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Dec. 2025, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CP03995A
[3] B. Maillot, A. Dabbous et al. ‘’Direct Visualization of Plasmon Induced Hole Injection in Electroactive Luminescent Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticle’’ Chem.Eur. J. 2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202502037
[4] A. Dabbous et al. ‘’ Plasmon-Induced Simultaneous Electrochemical and Fluorescence Switches Probed by Combined SECM and Fluorescence Microscopy” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol 128/Issue 46 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c04648
[5] A. Dabbous et al. ‘’Hybrid CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots-Gold Nanoparticles Composites Assembled by Click Chemistry: Towards Affordable and Efficient Redox Photocatalysts Working with Visible Light’’ ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol 15/Issue 48 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.3c12620
[6] A. Dabbous et al, 'Fine Tuning of Quantum Dots Photocatalysts for the Synthesis of Tropane Alkaloid
Skeletons'Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202300303 (1 of 14), https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202300303
[7] Colson, E., Andrez, J., Dabbous, A. et al., "Tropane and related alkaloid skeletons via a radical [3+3]-annulation process", Commun. Chem., vol. 5, no. 1, Art. no. 1, Apr. 2022, https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-02200671-x