Mohamed Nawfal Ghazzal
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Mohamed Nawfal Ghazzal
The author presented on this page has published his first article as a submitting corresponding author in Angewandte Chemie:
“A Deprotection-Free Method for High-Yield Synthesis of Graphdiyne Powder with In Situ Formed CuO ”: J. Li, X. Han, D. Wang, L. Zhu, M.-H. Ha-Thi, T. Pino, J. Arbiol, L.-Z. Wu, M. N. Ghazzal, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, doi.org/10.1002/anie.202210242; Angew. Chem. 2022, doi.org/10.1002/ange.202210242.
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Position:
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Associate Professor, Université Paris-Saclay (France)
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Homepage:
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http://hebergement.universite-paris-saclay.fr/mohamed-nawfal.ghazzal/
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ORCID:
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Education:
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2004, Master degree, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon I (France)
2008, PhD in chemistry, Université Paul Vérlaine de Metz (France)
2008, Postdoc, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium)
2012, Technology transfer officer, project manager, and patent manager at the University of Namur (Belgium)
2014, Research associate, University of Mons (Belgium)
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Research:
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Bioinspired materials for light harvesting and solar energy conversion
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Hobbies:
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Football, travelling, visiting museums, spending time outdoors with family and friends
The greatest scientific advance of the next decade will be to develop fully green processes that use carbon-based photocatalysts that can harvest light efficiently and produce hydrogen and oxygen in high yield using only natural light with zero CO2 emission.
The biggest challenge facing scientists is time. The climate is changing and time is running out.
Chemistry/science is fun because you can make your dreams come true.
I chose my current career path because because I found that creating new materials useful to mimic nature can be fun.
I advise my students to believe in themselves no matter what.
I'm always in a good mood when I see my students enjoying work in the lab.
The best advice I have ever been given is believe in your dreams and never give up.
I lose track of time when I write an article about exciting results.
A good day at work starts with a coffee and saying hi to my students.
My biggest inspiration is definitely nature.
If I had one year of paid leave I would join a lab in the U.S. as a postdoc.
I can never resist a good Moroccan meal.
The principal aspect of my personality is perseverance.
The most important quality of a mentor is enthusiasm when sharing knowledge or discussing the results.
My favorite place on earth is Casablanca, my hometown.
Behind the Science
One of the limitations that was facing graphdiyne (GDY) in other applications was that the available synthetic methods include multiple steps and do not allow the preparation of large amounts of graphdiyne. A deprotection-free method offers the possibility of scaling up the synthesis of GDY powder with 100 % yield. In addition, we took advantage of the in situ generated CuO/GDY nanoparticles, which proved to be excellent co-catalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. This work provides a straightforward deprotection-free approach, which will definitely expand the diverse applications of GDY.
