Faculty Sofia Javed

Sofia Javed

Associate Professor
  • School of Chemical & Materials Engineering
  • 0518865216
Summary

Research Interests: Nanomaterials for energy & environmental applications, characterization of materials. Until January 2023, Dr. Sofia Javed had 50 ISI-indexed publications with total impact points above 200 and about 637 citations (h-index=15, i-10 index=22). She has won several research grants of about 30 Million PKR.

Academic Background
PhD (Nanomaterials For Solar Cells) NUST, Islamabad September 01, 2010 - November 13, 2015
Honours and Awards
NUST Mega S&T Fellowship October 06, 2010
President's Gold Medal President's Gold Medal for Best Performance in Academics, 7th PG Convocation of NUST. April 19, 2012
Publications
Nanoengineering of NiO/MnO2/GO Ternary Composite for Use in High-Energy Storage Asymmetric Supercapacitor and Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) December 25, 2023 Natasha Arshad, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Tayyab Ahsan, Mahrukh Rehman, Sofia Javed, Zeeshan Ali, Muhammad Aftab Akram, George P. Demopoulos, Asif Mehmood, Nanomaterials - Volume 13, Issue 1, Article Number 99
An Fe3O4 based hole transport bilayer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells September 26, 2023 Akbar Ali Qureshi, Emilia R. Schütz, Sofia Javed, Lukas Schmidt-Mende, Azhar Fakharuddin, RSC Energy Advances - Pages 1-10
Interfacial Engineering of a PCBM/AZO Electron Transport Bilayer for Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells September 01, 2023 Usman Ali, Sofia Javed, Akbar Ali Qureshi, Muhammad Aftab Akram, ChemNanoMat - Volume 9, Issue 9, Article Number e202300175
Low-temperature processed natural hematite as an electron extraction layer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells August 01, 2023 Akbar Ali Qureshi, Sofia Javed, Azhar Fakharuddin, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Lukas Schmidt-Mende, Surfaces and Interfaces - Volume 40, Article Number 103003
Graphene oxide incorporation in Ag-doped ZnO nanocomposite as efficient electron extraction material for planar perovskite solar cells July 10, 2023 Usman Ali, Akbar Ali Qureshi, Sofia Javed, Ghufran Ur Rehman, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Results in Optics - Volume 12, Article Number 100486
Strategic Optimization of Annealing Parameters for Efficient and Low Hysteresis Triple Cation Perovskite Solar Cell June 26, 2023 Akbar Ali Qureshi, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Jamshaid, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Usman Ali, ChemistrySelect - Volume 8, Issue 24, Article Number e202300342
Performance of Cs-Doped Carbon-Based Perovskite Solar Cells in Ambient Environment June 15, 2023 Tanzeela Yousaf, Nadia Shahzad, Abdul Sattar, Muhammad Ali Tariq, Naveed Hussain, Zuhair Subhani Khan, Sofia Javed , Muhammad Imran Shahzad, Diego Pugliese, Energies - Volume 16, Issue 12, Article Number 4748
Solvent-Assisted Crystallization of an α-Fe2O3Electron Transport Layer for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Featuring Negligible Hysteresis May 09, 2023 Akbar Ali Qureshi, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Lukas Schmidt-Mende, Azhar Fakharuddin, ACS Omega - Volume 8, Issue 20, Pages 18106-18115
Fabrication of cellulose paper-based counter electrodes for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells January 07, 2023 Hina Pervaiz, Zuhair S. Khan, Nadia Shahzad, Ghulam Ali, Naseem Iqbal, Sofia Javed, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics - Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 428-438
Development of MoS2-ZnO heterostructures: an efficient bifunctional catalyst for the detection of glucose and degradation of toxic organic dyes January 01, 2023 Farhan Ali, Amina Zafar, Amjad Nisar, Yanguo Liu, Shafqat Karim, Faisal Faiz, Zainab Zafar, Hongyu Sun, Shafqat Hussain, Yasir Faiz, Tahir Ali, Sofia Javed, Yanlong Yu, Mashkoor Ahmad, New Journal of Chemistry - Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 681-690
Challenges and issues with the performance of boron nitride rooted membrane for gas separation December 01, 2022 Zarrar Salauddin, Marghoob Ahmed, SarahFarrukh, Abulhassan Ali, Sofia Javed, Arshad Hussain, Mohammad Younas, Sehar Shakir, Awais Bokhari, Sher Ahmad , Abdulkader S. Hanbazazah, Chemosphere - Volume 308, Part 1, Article Number 136002
Design of Multilayered 2D Nanomaterial Composite Structures for EMI Shielding Analysis September 28, 2022 Hafiz Muhammad Sajid, Hafsa Afzal, Muhammad Irfan, Mohsin Saleem, Rhim Jan, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, ACS Omega - Volume 7, Issue 40, Pages 35586-35594
MOF-Derived AlCuSe2 Embedded in a Carbon Matrix for an Economical Anode of Lithium-Ion Battery August 22, 2022 Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Tayyab Ahsan, Ahtisam Mehmood, Ayesha Ishfaq, Ghulam Ali, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Sofia Javed, Zeeshan Ali, ACS Omega - Volume 7(34), Pages 30440-30446
The Potential Effect of Annealing Mesostructured Titanium Dioxide Electrode in a Closed Box Furnace on the Concentration of Lead (II) Iodide Solution Required for Optimal Performance of Mesoscopic Perovskite Solar Cells June 12, 2022 Muhammad Talha Masood, Amna Safdar, Aftab Akram, Sofia Javed, Syeda Qudsia, Crystals - Volume 12, Issue 6, Article Number 833
Systematic Investigation of Structural, Morphological, Thermal, Optoelectronic, and Magnetic Properties of High-Purity Hematite/Magnetite Nanoparticles for Optoelectronics May 11, 2022 Akbar Ali Qureshi, Sofia Javed, Hafiz Muhammad Asif Javed, Muhammad Jamshaid, Usman Ali, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Nanomaterials - Volume 12, Issue 10, Article Number 1635
Controlling the Wettability of ZnO Thin Films by Spray Pyrolysis for Photocatalytic Applications May 07, 2022 Muhammad Rabeel, Sofia Javed, Ramsha Khan, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Shania Rehman, Deok-kee Kim, Muhammad Farooq Khan, Materials - Volume 15, Issue 9, Article Number 3364
Synthesis of ZnO/CNT Nanocomposites for Ultraviolet Sensors March 15, 2022 Maryam Basit, Murrawat Abbas, Naeem Ahmad, Sofia Javed, Nazar Abbas Shah, Frontiers in Materials - Volume 9, Article Number 835521
Morphological, structural, thermal and optical properties of Zn/Mg-doped TiO2 nanostructures for optoelectronic applications February 01, 2022 Hafiz Muhammad Asif Javed, Muhammad Adnan, Akbar Ali Qureshi, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Adeel, Aftab Akram, M. Shahid, M. Irfan Ahmad, M. Afzaal, Hisham S. M. Abd-Rabboh, M. Arif, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 146, Article Number 107566
Ultrahigh performance asymmetric supercapacitor devices with synergetic interaction between metal organic frameworks/graphene nano platelets and redox additive electrolyte January 25, 2022 Adeel Akram, Muhammad Arman Liaqat, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Hamid, Usman Ali, Faiza Javed, Mingdeng Wei, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Journal of Alloys and Compounds - Volume 891, Article Number 161961
Aluminum Doping Effects on Interface Depletion Width of Low Temperature Processed ZnO Electron Transport Layer-Based Perovskite Solar Cells January 05, 2022 Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Usman, Saqib Ali, Sofia Javed, Mohammad Islam, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Frontiers in Chemistry - Volume 9, Article Number 795291
Facile synthesis of iron-nickel-cobalt ternary oxide (FNCO) mesoporous nanowires as electrode material for supercapacitor application January 04, 2022 Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Tayyab Ahsan, Sofia Javed, Zeeshan Ali, Yiqiang Zhan, Irfan Ahmed, Sajid Butt, Mohammad Islam, Asif Mahmood, M. Aftab Akram, Journal of Materiomics - Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 221-228
Incorporation of Zr-doped TiO2 nanoparticles in electron transport layer for efficient planar perovskite solar cells August 01, 2021 Akbar Ali Qureshi, Hafiz Muhammad Asif Javed, Sofia Javed, AyeshaBashir, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Aftab Akram, M. Irfan Ahmad, Usman Ali, Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Rizwan, Sabir Ali Raza, Surfaces and Interfaces - Volume 25, Article Number 101299
Study of magnetic and dielectric properties of ZnFe2O4/CoCr2O4 nanocomposites produced using sol-gel and hydrothermal processes June 05, 2021 Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Sofia Javed, Saqib Ali, Iftikhar Ahmad, Mohammad Islam, Journal of Alloys and Compounds - Volume 865, Article Number 158953
A Review on Synthesis and Optoelectronic Applications of Nanostructured ZnO April 27, 2021 Shazrah Shahzad, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Usman, Frontiers in Materials - Volume 8, Article Number 613825
Hydrogen treated TiO2 nanoparticles onto FTO glass as photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cells with remarkably enhanced performance April 19, 2021 Hafiz Muhammad Asif Javed, Akbar Ali Qureshi, Remsha Mehmood, Muhammad Imran Tahir, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Sarfaraz, M. Yasar Javaid, Muhammad Awais, Usman Ali, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy - Volume 46, Issue 27, Pages 14311-14321
Facile formation of SnO2–TiO2 based photoanode and Fe3O4@rGO based counter electrode for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells March 01, 2021 Akbar Ali Qureshi, Sofia Javed, Hafiz Muhammad Asif Javed, Aftab Akram, M. Salman Mustafa, Usman Ali, M. Zubair Nisar, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing - Volume 123, Article Number 105545
In Situ Synthesis of a Polyaniline/ Fe–Ni Codoped Co3O4 Composite for the Electrode Material of Supercapacitors with Improved Cyclic Stability January 07, 2021 Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Tayyab Ahsan, Sofia Javed, Muhammad shoaib Butt, Muhammad Aftab Akram, ACS Omega - Volume 6(2), Pages 1190-1196
2D nanosheets and composites for EMI shielding analysis December 09, 2020 Ramsha Khan, Zeeshan Mehmood Khan, Hamza Bin Aqeel, Sofia Javed, Ahmed Shafqat, Ibrahim Qazi, Muhammad Abdul Basit, Rahim Jan, Scientific Reports - Volume 10, Article Number 21550
Tuning the hydrophobicity of MOF sponge for efficient oil/water separation December 01, 2020 Tasmia Azam, Erum Pervaiz, sofia Javed, Sundus Jabeen Amina, Muhammad Shoaib Khalid, Chemical Physics Impact - Volume 1, Article Number 100001
Strategic design of Cu/TiO2-based photoanode and rGO-Fe3O4-based counter electrode for optimized plasmonic dye-sensitized solar cells November 01, 2020 Akbar Ali Qureshi, Sofia Javed, Hafiz Muhammad Asif Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, M. Jamshaid, Asma Shaheen, Optical Materials - Volume 109, Article Number 110267
Preparation and Characterization of PANI@NiO Visible Light Photocatalyst for Wastewater Treatment October 27, 2020 Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Adnan, Saqib Ali, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, ChemistrySelect - Volume 5, Issue 40, Pages 12618-12623
TASiW‐12 modified SnO2 Electron Transport Layer for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells September 16, 2020 Zejiao Shi, Xin Zhang, Jia Guo, Xiaoguo Li, Zhenhua Weng, Fengcai Liu, Lixin Wu, Irfan Ahmed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Sofia Javed, Guichuan Xing , Fenghong Li, Yiqiang Zhan, Lirong Zheng, Solar RRL - Pages 1-10
3D Hierarchically Mesoporous Zinc-Nickel-Cobalt Ternary Oxide (Zn0.6Ni0.8Co1.6O4) Nanowires for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors June 15, 2020 Muhammad Tayyab Ahsan, Muhammad Tayyab Ahsan, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Usman, Zeeshan Ali, Sofia Javed, Rashad Ali, Rashad Ali, Muhammad U. Farooq, Muhammad U. Farooq, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Asif Mahmood, Asif Mahmood, Frontiers in Chemistry - Volume 8, Article Nunber 487
Graphene-ferrites interaction for enhanced EMI shielding effectiveness of hybrid polymer composites January 06, 2020 Ibrar Ahmed, Rahim Jan, Ahmad Nawaz Khan, Iftikhar Hussain Gul, Ramsha Khan, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Ahmad Shafqat, Hammad Mahmood Cheema, Imtiaz Ahmad, Materials Research Express - Volume 7, Number 1, Article Number 016304
Modified optical characteristics of TiO2/Au/TiO2 thin composite films December 01, 2019 Faiza Javed, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Mujahid, Fakhar ul Inam, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, Ceramics International - Volume 45, Issue 17, Part A, Pages 22336-22343
TiO2@NbSe2 decorated nanocomposites for efficient visible-light photocatalysis November 01, 2019 Ramsha Khan, Adeel Riaz, Muhammad Rabeel, Sofia Javed, Rahim Jan, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Applied Nanoscience - Vol:9, Pages:1915-1924
Comparative study of Ag, Sn or Zn doped TiO2 thin films for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue and methyl orange September 06, 2019 Muhammad Kamran Tariq, Adeel Riaz, Ramsha Khan, Ahsan Wajid, Hamza-ul Haq, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Mohammad Islam, Materials Research Express - Volume 6, Issue 10, Article Number 106435
EMI shielding properties of polymer blends with inclusion of graphene nano platelets September 01, 2019 Muhammad Fayzan Shakir, Ahmad Nawaz Khan, Ramsha Khan, Sofia Javed, Asra Tariq, Muhammad Azeem, Adeel Riaz, Ahmed Shafqat, Hammad M. Cheema, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Imtiaz Ahmad, Rahim Jan, Results in Physics - Volume 14, Article Number 102365
Synthesis and gas permeation analysis of TiO2 nanotube-embedded cellulose acetate mixed matrix membranes August 29, 2019 M. Hamza Rashid, Sarah Farrukh, Sofia Javed, Arshad Hussain, X. Fan, Sarim Ali, Muhammad Ayoub, Chemical Papers - Pages 1-8
Photocatalytic and Photostability Behavior of Agand/or Al-Doped ZnO Films in Methylene Blue and Rhodamine B under UV-C Irradiation March 20, 2019 Adeel Riaz, Amna Ashraf, Hymna Taimoor, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Mohammad Islam, Mohammad Mujahid, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khalid Saeed, Coatings - Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Article Number: 202
Synthesis and characterization of TiO2 quantum dots by sol gel reflux condensation method February 01, 2019 Sofia Javed, Mohammad Islam, Mohammad Mujahid, Ceramics International - Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 2676-2679 Part A
Effect of Ethane-1,2-Diamine on Growth of ZnO Nanorods and Cyclohexane Sensing by Current-Voltage Characteristics Investigations September 01, 2018 Shazrah Shahzad, Dawar Ali, Jawad Asif, Muhammad Zafar Khan, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Sofia Javed, Umair Manzoor, Muhammad Mujahid, Key Engineering Materials - Volume 778, Pages 126-131
Fabrication of Cellulose Acetate/Cellulose-HA Composite Films for Bone Fixation September 01, 2018 Fatima Nisar, Usman bin Khalid, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Mujahid, Key Engineering Materials - Volume 778, Pages 325-330
Hierarchical Nanostructures of Titanium Dioxide: Synthesis and Applications June 27, 2018 Ramsha Khan, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Islam, Book on Titanium Dioxide - Material for a Sustainable Environment - Chapter 01, Pages 1-40
Surface plasmon mediated optical properties of ZnO/Au/TiO2 nanoheterostructure rod arrays May 01, 2018 Faiza Javed, Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Mohammad Mujahid, Mohammad Islam, Arshad Saleem Bhatti, Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials - NULL
Metal/Carbon Hybrid Nanostructures Produced from Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition over Nafion-Supported Electrochemically Deposited Cobalt Nanoparticles April 27, 2018 Mohammad Islam, Amine Achour, Khalid Saeed, Mohammed Boujtita, Sofia Javed, Mohamed Abdou Djouadi, Materials - NULL
Arrays of CZTS sensitized ZnO/ZnS and ZnO/ZnSe core/shell nanorods for liquid junction nanowire solar cells March 16, 2016 Muhammad Aftab Akram, Sofia Javed, Mohammad Islam, Mohammad Mujahid, Amna Safdar, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells - Volume 146, Pages 121-128
Instant Microwave Synthesis of Titania Nanoflowers for Application in DSSCs July 29, 2015 Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Mohammad Mujahid, Advanced Materials Research - Volume 1119, Pages 14-18
Synthesis and Surface Modification of ZnO Nanorods Arrays July 29, 2015 Muhammad Aftab Akram, Sofia Javed, Mohammad Mujahid, Advanced Materials Research - Volume 1119, Pages 49-53
Arrays of ZnO/CuInxGa1-xSe2 nanocables with tunable shell composition for efficient photovoltaics May 28, 2015 Muhammad Aftab Akram, Sofia Javed, Jun XU, Mohammad Mujahid, Chun-Sing Lee, Journal of Applied Physics - Volume 117, Issue 20, Article Number 205306
Environment friendly template free microwave synthesis of sub‐micron sized hierarchical titania nanostructures and their application in photovoltaics October 13, 2014 Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Muhammad Mujahid, CrystEngComm - Volume: 16, Issue: 48, Pages: 10937-10942
Band gap reduction of titania thin films using graphene nanosheets August 01, 2014 Haroon Mahmood, Amir Habib, Muhammad Mujahid, Muhammad Tanveer, Sofia Javed, Asif Jamil, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing - Volume 24, Pages 193-199
Blending of TiO2 nanoparticles with cellulose acetate polymer: to study the effect on morphology and gas permeation of blended membranes July 01, 2014 Sarah Farrukh, Sofia Javed, Arshad Hussain, Muhammad Mujahid, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering - Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Pages: 543-551
Morphological effects of reflux condensation on nanocrystalline anatase gel and thin films February 15, 2012 Sofia Javed, Mohammad Islam, Mohammad Mujahid, Materials Chemistry and Physics - Vol 45, Issue 2, part A, pages 2676-2679
Conferences
Highly Transparent N-Type TiO2 Coatings for Self-Cleaning Glass Application October 18, 2021 - October 22, 2021 Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Muhammad Rabeel, Ramsha Khan, Usman Ali, 17th International Symposium on Advanced Materials
Ultrathin 2D Sheets of Graphene and WS2 for Energy Storage Applications January 08, 2019 - January 12, 2019 Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Sufyan Naseer, Adeel Riaz, Ramsha Khan, Khalid Mansoor, Qaisar Abbas, Rahim Jan, 16th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology
Study on Morphology of TiO2 Nanostructures synthesized under Microwave Irradiation and Their Application in Visible Light Photocatalysis January 08, 2019 - January 12, 2019 Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Ramsha Khan, Adeel Riaz, Muhammad Rabeel, 16th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology 2019
An Evaluation of Dichalcogenides as Fillers for Use in Highly Effective Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Materials May 07, 2018 - May 10, 2018 Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, Shazrah Shahzad, Ramsha Khan, Adeel Riaz, Rahim Jan, Mohammad Islam, 29th AeroMat 18 Conference and Exposition
Effect of Ethane-1,2-Diamine on Growth of ZnO Nanorods and Cyclohexane Sensing by Current-Voltage Characteristics Investigations October 16, 2017 - October 20, 2017 Sofia Javed, Muhammad Aftab Akram, SHAZRAH Shahzad, DAWAR Ali, JAWAD Asif, MUHAMMAD Zafar Khan, 15th International Symposium on Advanced Materials (ISAM 17)
Editorial Secretory NUST Journal of Engineering Sciences February 08, 2016 - February 20, 2022
Visiting Researcher City University of Hong Kong July 29, 2013 - December 29, 2013