Address: Room 2030, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hubei University  

Email: sultan.danish93@gmail.com; muhammadsultanirshad@hubu.edu.cn

Homepage: https://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?user=2i8eYmYAAAAJ&hl=en

1. Personal Profile

Muhammad Sultan Irshad received his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Hubei University, China, in 2022 under the Fully Funded Chinese Government Scholarship Council. He has been awarded the “Most Excellent Ph.D. Graduation Award” and “Excellent Ph.D. Dissertation Award (2022)”. Then he engaged in postdoctoral research at Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Optomechatronics Engineering, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen. He has been awarded the Shenzhen 3rd Excellent Science Technology 2023 Academic Paper. His research interests focus on the application of emerging photothermal materials, the efficient utilization of energy flow, their expanded applicability, and synergistic effects to address the water-fuel-energy crisis, and has published more than 70 SCI papers as first, first equal, corresponding author, and co-author in authoritative journals such as Adv. Funct. Mater., Chem. Eng. J., Small, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Carbon, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces etc., which have been cited more than 1,000 times by SCI. His work includes Best of Advanced 2023, the top ten most cited paper.

As a proud Alumni, He has established international networks to provide valuable connections of Hubei University with top Pakistani universities. These connections are leading to collaboration on Masters and PhD exchange students, scholarship opportunities, and joint research collaboration & funding opportunities.

2. Study and work experience

He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wah, Wah Cantt, Pakistan in 2016

He received a master's degree from COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan in 2018

In 2022, he received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Hubei University, China

August 2022-August 2024 postdoctoral researcher, Shenzhen University, China

Since August 2024, he has been working in the School of New Energy and Electrical Engineering, Hubei University

3. Research directions

· Solar thermal conversion and application development

· Chemical functionalization modification of carbon nanomaterials and development of emerging 2D materials

· Research and technology development of new energy materials such as radiative cooling, photocatalysis, photo-electro-piezo membranes, and fuel cells.

4. Representative Papers

1. Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Naila Arshad, M. Sohail Asghar, Yabin Hao, Muneerah Alomar, Shaohui Zhang, Jian Zhang, Jinming Guo, Iftikhar Ahmed, Naveed Mushtaq, M.A K Yousaf Shah, Laila Noureen, Van-Duong Dao, Hao Wang, Xianbao Wang, and Han Zhang” Advances of 2D-enabled photothermal materials in hybrid solar-driven interfacial evaporation systems toward water-fuel-energy crisis, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 2304936.

2. Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Yabin Hao, Naila Arshad, Muneerah Alomar, Liangyou Lin, Xiuqiang Li, Swelm Wageh, Omar A Al-Hartomy, Abdullah G Al-Sehemi, Van-Duong Dao, Hao Wang, Xianbao Wang, Han Zhang, Highly charged solar evaporator toward sustainable energy transition for in-situ freshwater & power generation” Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 458:141431.

3. Naila Arshad^#, Muhammad Sultan Irshad^#, Muneerah Alomar, Jinming Guo, Van-Duong Dao, Hao Wang,*Zhengbiao Ouyang and Han Zhang, Exploring perovskite oxide for advancing salt-resistant photothermal membranes and reliable thermoelectric generators” Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 475, 146200.

4. Muhammad Sultan Irshad^#, Naila Arshad^#, Gang Liu, Naveed Mushtaq, Arshad Ali Lashari, Wancheng Qin, M.Sohail Asghar, Xianbao Wang, and Hongrong Li” Biomass-printed solar evaporator derived from bio-polluted invasive species, a potential step towards carbon neutrality” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15(13): 16607–16620.

5. Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Xianbao Wang, Adil Abbas, Fang Yu, Jinhua Li, Jianying Wang, Tao Mei, Jingwen Qian, Shuilin Wu, and M. Qasim Javed. "Salt-resistant carbon dots modified solar steam system enhanced by chemical advection, Carbon 176 (2021): 313-326.

6. Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Xianbao Wang, Misbah Sehar Abbasi, Naila Arshad, Zihe Chen, Zhenzhen Guo, Li Yu, Jingwen Qian, Jun You, and Tao Mei. "Semiconductive, Flexible MnO2 NWs/Chitosan Hydrogels for Efficient Solar Steam Generation." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9 (10), 3887-3900, 3887-3900.

6. Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Naila Arshad, Xianbao Wang, Hong Rong Li, M.Qasim, Xu You, Lina Abdullah Alsherani, Jinhua Li, and Tao Mei, Intensifying solar interfacial heat accumulation for clean water generation excluding heavy metal ions, and oil emulsions. Solar RRL, 2021, 5:2100427.

7. Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Xianbao Wang,* Naila Arshad, M.Qasim Javed, Tariq Shamim, Zhenzhen Guo, Hong Rong Li, Jianying Wang, and Tao Mei” Bifunctional in-situ polymerized nanocomposites for convective solar desalination and enhanced photo-thermoelectric power generation, Environmental Science: Nano, 2022, 9 (5), 1685-1698.

8. Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Naila Arshad, Jian Zhang, Changyuan Song, Naveed Mushtaq, Muneerah Alomar, Tariq Shamim, Van-Duong Dao, Hao Wang, Xianbao Wang, Han Zhang” Wormlike perovskite oxide coupled with phase change material for all-weather solar evaporation and thermal storage applications” Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research, Wiley, 2023, 4: 2200158.

9. Junyang Tao^#, Naila Arshad^#, Ghazala Maqsood, Muhammad Sohail Asghar, Fengshuai Zhu, Liangyou Lin, Muhammad Sultan Irshad*, Xianbao Wang*, The Quest for Two‐Dimensional MBenes: From Structural Evolution to Solar‐Driven Hybrid Systems for Water‐Fuel‐Energy Generation and Phototherapy, 2024, Small, 2401603.

10. Xin Xiong^#, Naila Arshad^#, Junyang Tao, Najah Alwadie, Gang Liu, Liangyou Lin, MAK Yousaf Shah, Muhammad Sultan Irshad*, Jingwen Qian*, Xianbao Wang*; Hierarchical Ti3C2/BiVO4 microcapsules for enhanced solar-driven water evaporation and photocatalytic H2 evolution” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 668, 385-398.

11. Misbah Sehar Abbasi, Rabia Sultana, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Adnan, Usman Ali Shah, Muhammad Sultan Irshad*, Hung Ngoc Vu, Lien Thi Do, Hong Ha Thi Vu, Thuy-Duong Pham, Ho Xuan Nang, Van-Duong Dao, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024, 200, 114579.

12. Muneerah Alomar, Seham Alterary, Manal Awad, Iftikhar Ahmed, Almas Danish, Muhammad Sultan Irshad*, Bui Thi My Duyen, Tran Nam Anh, Van-Duong Dao, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024, 980, 173597.

13. Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Naila Arshad, and Xianbao Wang, Nanoenabled Photothermal Materials for Clean Water Production." Global Challenges 5, no. 1 (2021): 2000055.

14. Alomar, Muneerah, Naila Arshad, Muhammad Sultan Irshad*, Shaimaa AM Abdelmohsen, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nawal Alhoshani, and Areej S. Alqarni, Multi-Walled CNTs/BiVO4 Heterostructures for Solar-Driven Evaporation System and Efficient Photocatalytic Activity against Oxytetracycline, Nanomaterials 13, no. 20 (2023): 2764.

15. Changyuan Song, Xuying Chen, Guanhua Xu, Zhenghao Jiang, Wanlin Xu, Xuying Liu, Naila Arshad, Muhammad Sultan Irshad*, Wentao Liu, Bifunctional cellulose-based aerogel for in-situ solar-driven crude oil recovery and desalination: an effective approach towards marine life protection, Cellulose (2023) 30(11): 7265-7276.

16. Wenhui Yi, Asif Khalid, Naila Arshad, M Sohail Asghar, Muhammad Sultan Irshad*, Xianbao Wang, Yueyang Yi, Jinhai Si, Xun Hou, Hong Rong Li, 2023, ACS Applied Bio Materials 6 (6), 2043-2088.

17. Muhammad Sultan Irshad^#, Naila Arshad^#, Iftikhar Ahmed, Misbah Sehar Abbasi, Muhammad Idrees, Shafiq Ahmad, Mohamed Sharaf, Muhammad Sohail Asghar, and Mazen Zaindin. "Low-cost green recyclable biomaterial for energy-dependent electrical switching and intact biofilm with antibacterial properties." Scientific Reports, Nature 10, no. 1 (2020): 1-16.

18. Arshad, Naila^#, Muhammad Sultan Irshad^#, Misbah Sehar Abbasi, Saif Ur Rehman, Iftikhar Ahmed, M. Qasim Javed, Shafiq Ahmad, Mohamed Sharaf, and Muhammad Dzulqarnain Al Firdausi. "Green thin film for stable electrical switching in a low-cost washable memory device: proof of concept." RSC Advances 11, no. 8 (2021): 4327-4338.

19. Arshad, Naila, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Sultan Irshad*, Hong Rong Li, Xianbao Wang, Shafiq Ahmad, Mohamed Sharaf, Muhammad Firdausi, Mazen Zaindin, and Muhammad Atif. "Super Hydrophilic Activated Carbon Decorated Nanopolymer Foam for Scalable, Energy Efficient Photothermal Steam Generation, as an Effective Desalination System." Nanomaterials 10, no. 12 (2020): 2510.

20. Zhou Wei, Muhammad Sultan Irshad*, Naila Arshad, Laila Noureen Noureen, Iftikhar Ahmed, Naveed Mushtaq, Muhammad Sohail Asghar, Qaisar Hayat, Uzma Ghazenfar, Muhammad Idrees, Naeem Shahzad, Yuzheng Lu* Nanomaterials 12, no. 19 (2022): 3296.

5. Book Chapters

1. Muhammad Sultan Irshad, Naila Arshad, Xianbao Wang, Revival of Functional Nanofluid Photothermal Materials for Solar Still ApplicationsNanotechnology Applications for Solar Energy Systems, 381-402.