# Ehab El Sawy

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## Ehab El Sawy

- Position:
  Associate Professor, Chemistry
- Department:
  Department of Chemistry
- Email:
  [ehab.elsawy@aucegypt.edu](mailto:ehab.elsawy@aucegypt.edu)

Brief Biography

Ehab El Sawy received his BSc and MSc from Al Azhar University (Egypt) and his PhD in physical chemistry (electrochemistry) from the University of Calgary (Canada). El Sawy received Alberta Innovates Scholarship, PhD-NANO, for his proposal on [core@shell](mailto:core@shell) nanoparticles and their applications in fuel cells. El Sawy received two postdoctoral fellowships at Memorial University, Dr. Pickup’s group, Canada (2013-2015), and at the University of Calgary, Dr. Birss’ group, Canada (2015-2017). During these fellowships, El Sawy worked on developing new catalysts for direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs), ethanol electro-oxidation catalysts, electrochemical sensors, and redox flow batteries. El Sawy joined The American University in Cairo as an assistant professor in 2017. He co-authored many papers and book chapters, participated in several national and international conferences, and received many national and international research/travel awards and grants. He supervised and examined many undergraduate and graduate theses and served on several advisory committees. He is also a member of several professional organizations, such as the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), The Electrochemical Society (ECS), and the Material Research Society (MRS). El Sawy is the founder of The American University in Cairo (AUC) ECS student chapter, the first in Egypt, Africa, and Arab countries.

Research Interest

- Nano-electrochemistry research, including electrocatalysis, direct liquid fuel cells, microbial fuel cells/electrolyzers, water electrolysis for hydrogen production, redox flow batteries, electrochemical supercapacitors, electrochemical sensors, electrodeposition, electro polymerization, and corrosion/corrosion protection.

Publications

- [Niklas Trogisch, Max Koch, Ehab El Sawy, and Hany El-Sayed, *Microscopic Bubbles Accumulation: The Missing Factor in Evaluating Oxygen Evolution Catalysts Stability During Accelerated Stress Tests,* ACS Catalysis, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 13715−13724](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acscatal.2c03881)
- [Farah A. El Diwany, Taher Al Najjar, Nageh K. Allam, and Ehab N. El Sawy, *Tungsten Oxide/Fullerene-Based Nanocomposites as Electrocatalysts and Parasitic Reactions Inhibitors for VO2+/VO2+ in Mixed-Acids,* Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 1, 2022.](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-18561-6)
- [Taher Al Najjar, Nageh K. Allam, and Ehab N. El Sawy, *Anionic Versus Nonionic Surfactants for Controlled Synthesis of Highly Concentrated Sub-50 nm Polystyrene Spheres,* Nanoscale Adv., 3, 5626, 2021.](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/na/d1na00438g)
- [Taher Al Najjar, Nashaat Ahmed, and Ehab N. El Sawy, *Mechanistic effects of blending formic acid with ethanol on Pd activity towards formic acid oxidation in acidic media,* RSC Adv., 11, 22842, 2021.](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/ra/d1ra01209f)
- [Alaa A Abbas, Heba H Farrag, Ehab El Sawy, Nageh K Allam, *Microbial fuel cells with enhanced bacterial catalytic activity and stability using 3D nanoporous stainless steel anode,* Journal of Cleaner Production, 285, 124816, 2021.](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620348605)
- [Annie Hoang, Ehab El Sawy, Arthur Blackburn, Sanaz Ketabi, Maciej Goledzinowski, Felix JE Comeau, Viola Birss, *Effect of synthesis conditions on the physical and electrocatalytic properties of Ru@ Pt nanoparticles,* ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 3, 9, 8423, 2020.](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsaem.0c01061)
- [Ehab El Sawy, Tobias Brueckner, Peter Pickup, *Electrochemical oxidation of methanol and ethanol at Rh@ Pt and Ru@ Pt catalysts,* J. Electrochem. Soc., 167, 106507, 2020](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ab98f1)
- [Farah A El Diwany, Basant A Ali, Ehab N El Sawy, Nageh Allam, *Fullerene C76 as a novel electrocatalyst for VO2+/VO2+and chlorine evolution inhibitor in all-vanadium redox flow batteries,* Chem. Commun., 56, 7569, 2020](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/cc/d0cc03544k)
- [Safaa Elsherif, Ehab N. El Sawy, and Nabil A. Abdel Ghany, *Polyol Synthesized Graphene/PtxNi100-x Nanoparticles Alloy for Improved Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol in Acidic and Basic Media,* Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 856, 113601, 2020.](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572665719308690)
- [Tobias M. Brueckner, Evan Wheeler, Binyu Chen, Ehab N. El Sawy, and Peter G. Pickup, *Screening of catalysts for the electrochemical oxidation of organic fuels in a multi-anode proton exchange membrane cell,* J. Electrochem. Soc., 166 (13), F942, 2019.](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.0131913jes/meta)
- [Ehab N. El Sawy and P. G. Pickup, *Carbon monoxide and formic acid oxidation at Rh@Pt nanoparticles*, Electrochimica Acta, 302, 234, 2019.](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468619302907)
- [Ehab N. El Sawy and Viola I. Birss, Nanoengineered Ircore@Ptshell *Nanoparticles with Controlled Pt Shell Coverages for Direct Methanol Electro-Oxidation,* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10 (4), 3459, 2018.](https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.7b13080)
- [Ehab N. El Sawy and Viola I. Birss, *Understanding the Role of Ir during Methanol Oxidation at PtxIry Alloy Nanoparticles*, J. Electrochem. Soc., 164 (14),  F1572, 2017.](https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.0611714jes/pdf)
- [E. El Sawy, S. Ketabi, P. Keyvanfar, X. Li, J. Young, and V. Birss, *Electrochemical Energy Production Using Fuel Cell Technologies, Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology,* Springer International Publishing, 13th Ed. (32), 2017 (Book Chapter)](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318862691_Electrochemical_Energy_Production_Using_Fuel_Cell_Technologies)

Education

- PhD in Physical Chemistry, Chemistry Department, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 2013
- MSc in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Egypt, August 2007
- BSc in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Egypt, May 2002