Dr. Muhammad Sufyan Javed received his B.S. (2012) and M.S. (2014) from COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus and involved in fuel cells research (Prof. Rizwan Raza). He received his Ph.D. (2017) in Condensed Matter Physics under the supervision of Prof. Chenguo Hu. He did his postdoctoral research work at Department of Physics, Jinan University, China; under the supervision of the Prof. Wenjie Mai. Currently, he is working as a Research Professor at School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, China. He has published more than 150 peer reviewed research articles. His research interests include synthesis of porous materials, 2D materials, MXenes for energy conversion and storage devices, especially supercapacitors and multi-ion batteries.

Professional Experience

08/2024—till date Professor, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, China

08/2021—07/2024 Research Professor, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P.R. China

12/2017—11/2020 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Vacuum Coating Technologies and New Energy Materials, Department of Physics, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, P.R. China

09/2013—09/2014 Lecturer, Department of Physics, Minhaj University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan

• Nanomaterials, 2D Materials, MXenes, MBenes, Energy Storage and Conversion Devices
• Supercapacitors, Li/Zn-ion/Zn-air, Li-S Batteries, Solid-State Batteries, Flexible Batteries
• New Energy Technologies, Flexible Energy Devices, Fuel and Solar Cells, Water Purifications
• Biophysics, Biodegradable, Implantable Devices

• Ren Hongjia, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Salamat Ali, Xinze Zhang, Awais Ahmad, Iftikhar Hussain, Munirah D. Albaqami, Xin Wang*, and Weihua Han*. "Design and Formulation of Engineered 2D Nb2CTx MXene for Ultra-Stable NH4+ Aqueous Hybrid Supercapacitors." Chemistry of Materials (2025). (IF: 7.0).
• Zhang Xiaofeng, Zihua Wang, Jiakun Luo, Salamat Ali, Yu Xie, Yuhang Zhao, Peiao Lu, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, et al. "Interface‐Engineered 2H‐MoS2/MXene Heterostructures for High‐Performance Ammonium‐Ion Hybrid Supercapacitors." Small, (2025) (IF: 12.1).
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Awais Ahmad, Iftikhar Hussain, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Mostafa A. Ismail, Bhargav Akkinepally, and Xin Wang. "MXenes as advanced electrode materials for sustainable energy storage and conversion applications: A review." Sustainable Materials and Technologies 43 (2025), (IF: 9.2).
• Zhang Xiaofeng, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Salamat Ali, Wei Xu, Peiao Lu, Awais Ahmad, Ammar M. Tighezza, Weihua Han*, and Kui-Qing Peng*.
• Ru-atom clusters embedded in Ti3C2Tx lattice for enhanced ammonium ion storage. Chemical Engineering Journal (2025): 167402.(IF:13.2)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Muhammad Altaf Nazir, Zainab Shafiq, Sami Ullah, Tayyaba Najam, Rashid Iqbal, Mostafa A. Ismail, and Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah*. "Advanced materials for photocatalytic removal of antibiotics from wastewater." Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1010 (2025): 177926. (IF:6.3)
• Tariq Rumaisa, Waseem Raza*, Karma M. Albalawi, Arshad Hussain, Munir Ahmad and Muhammad Sufyan Javed* "Recent advances in synthesis and modulation of 2D heterostructures for sensing and detection applications." Chemical Engineering Journal 513 (2025): 162688. (IF:13.2)
• Zhang Xinze, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Hongjia Ren, Saima Batool, Awais Ahmad, Xin Wang*, and Weihua Han*. "Optimization of Ti3C2Tx performance through synergistic enhancement of GeOx/Ti3C2Tx heterostructures for ammonium-ion storage." Chemical Engineering Journal 504 (2025): 158582. (IF:13.2)
• Zhang Xiaofeng, Zihua Wang, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Qian Zhang, Zilin Gong, Weihua Han*. "Accelerating Charge Transfer in Supercapacitor Electrodes through Built-In Electric Fields." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 (2025): 15310-15318.
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Xiaofeng Zhang, Tauqeer Ahmad, Muhammad Usman, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Awais Ahmad, Iftikhar Hussain, Weihua Han*, et al. "MXenes to MBenes: Latest development and opportunities for energy storage devices." Materials Today (2024). (IF:24.0)
• Zhang, Xiaofeng, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, et al. "Human friendly biodegradable supercapacitors utilizing water-soluble MoOx@ Mo-foil as electrode and normal saline as electrolyte." Applied Physics Letters 123.21 (2023). (IF:4.0) (Nature Indexed Journal)
• Zhang Xiaofeng, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Hongjia Ren, Xinze Zhang, Weihua Han*, and Kui-Qing Peng. "Human-friendly flexible solid-state biodegradable supercapacitor based on Ti3C2Tx MXene film without adhesive structure." Materials Today Energy 40 (2024): 101496. (IF:12.0)
• Saleem Muhammad*, Farooq Ahmad, Mariam Fatima, Amir Shahzad, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Shahid Atiq, Muhammad Ahmed Khan et al. "Exploring new frontiers in supercapacitor electrodes through MOF advancements." Journal of Energy Storage 76 (2024): 109822. (IF:9.4)
• Zhang, Xiaofeng1, Muhammad Sufyan Javed1,*, Salamat Ali, Awais Ahmad, Dongwhi Choi et al*. "Band engineering in Ti2N/Ti3C2Tx-MXene Interface leads to enhance the performance of aqueous NH4+-ion hybrid supercapacitors." Nano Energy (2023): 109108. (IF:17.1)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Xiaofeng Zhang, Salamat Ali, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Awais Ahmad, Iftikhar Hussain, and Weihua Han*."Boosting the energy storage performance of aqueous NH4+ symmetric supercapacitor based on the nanostructured molybdenum disulfide nanosheets." Chemical Engineering Journal 471 (2023): 144486. (IF:15.1)
• AhmadAwais, Safia Khan, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Sameh Osman, Hu Li, and Rafael Luque*. "Improved Electrochemical Performance of Supercapacitors Using CrCo2O4 Mesoporous Nanowires: An Innovative Strategy toward Sustainable Energy Devices." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2024). (IF:8.4)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Abdul Mateen, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah*, and Weihua Han*. " Fundamentals and scientific challenges in structural design of cathode materials for aqueous/flexible zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitors." Advanced Energy Materials (2022). (DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202202303). (IF:29.698)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Abdul Mateen, Iftikhar Hussain, Awais Ahmad, Muhammad Mubashir, Shaukat Khan, Mohammed A. Assiri, Sayed M. Eldin, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, and Weihua Han*. "Recent Progress in the Design of Advanced MXene/Metal Oxides-Hybrid Materials for Energy Storage Devices." Energy Storage Materials (2022). (IF:20.1)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Sumreen Asim, Tayyaba Najam, Muhammad Khalid, Iftikhar Hussain, Awais Ahmad, Mohammed A. Assiri, and Weihua Han*. "Recent progress in flexible Zn‐ion hybrid supercapacitors: Fundamentals, fabrication designs, and applications." Carbon Energy (2022). (IF:21.5)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Xiaofeng Zhang, Salamat Ali, Abdul Mateen, Muhammad Idrees, Muhammad Sajjad, and Weihua Han*. "Heterostructured bimetallic–sulfide@ layered Ti3C2Tx–MXene as a synergistic electrode to realize high-energy-density aqueous hybrid-supercapacitors." Nano Energy (2022): 107624. (IF:19.0)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Abdul Mateen, Salamat Ali, Xiaofeng Zhang, Iftikhar Hussain, Muhammad Imran, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, and Weihua Han*. "The Emergence of 2D MXenes Based Zn‐Ion Batteries: Recent Development and Prospects." Small (2022): 2201989. (IF:15.1)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Abdul Mateen, Iftikhar Hussain, Salamat Ali, Sumreen Asim, Awais Ahmad, Elsayed tag Eldin, Majed A. Bajaber, Tayyaba Najam, and Weihua Han*. "The Quest for Negative Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors: 2D Materials as a Promising Family." Chemical Engineering Journal (2022): 139455. (IF:16.6)
• Syed Shoaib Ahmad, Tayyaba Najam*, Muhammad Sohail Bashir, Lishan Peng, Muhammad Altaf Nazir, and Muhammad Sufyan Javed*. "Single-atom Catalysts for Next-generation Rechargeable Batteries and Fuel Cells." Energy Storage Materials (2021). (IF:20.1)
• Najam Tayyaba, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Shumaila Ibraheem, Xingke Cai, Ejaz Hussain, Suleman Suleman, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, and Panagiotis Tsiakaras*. "Single-atom catalysis for Zinc-air/O2 Batteries, Water Electrolyzers and Fuel Cells applications." Energy Storage Materials (2021). (IF:17.78)
• Najam, Tayyaba, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Lishan Peng, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Muhammad Imran, Meng-Qiang Zhao, and Panagiotis Tsiakaras*. "Synthesis and nano-engineering of MXenes for energy conversion and storage applications: Recent advances and perspectives." Coordination Chemistry Reviews 454 (2022): 214339. (IF:24.3)
• Sanaei Daryoush, Mohamadreza Massoudinejad*, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Saeed Motesaddi Zarandi, Abbas Rezaee, Hamidreza Sharifan, and Muhammad Imran. "MFC-driven H2S electro-oxidation based on Fe nanoparticles anchored on carbon aerogel-ZIF-8: A collaborated experimental and DFT study." Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2022). (IF:7.39)
• Jianguo Xi1, Muhammad Sufyan Javed1, *, Sumreen Asim, Muhammad Idrees, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Mohammad A. Assiri, Wenjie Mai, Chenguo Hu*, “High-performance flexible supercapattery enables by binder-free two-dimensional mesoporous ultrathin nickel-ferrite nanosheets”, January 2021, Materials Chemistry Frontiers. (IF: 6.67).
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Tayyaba Najam, Sajid Hussain Siyal, Shahid Hussain, Muhammad Saleem, Zhijuan Zhao*, and Wenjie Mai*. "Achieving high-energy density and superior cyclic stability in flexible and lightweight pseudocapacitor through synergic effects of binder-free CoGa2O4 2D-hexagonal nanoplates." Nano Energy (2020): 105276. (IF: 16.6).
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed, Hang Lei, Zilong Wang*, Bo-tian Liu, Xiang Cai, and Wenjie Mai*. "2D V2O5 Nanosheets as a Binder-free High-energy Cathode for Ultrafast Aqueous and Flexible Zn-ion Batteries." Nano Energy (2020): 104573. (IF: 16.6).
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Hang Lei, Hidayat Ullah Shah, Sumreen Asim, Rizwan Raza and Wenjie Mai*. "Achieving high-rate and high energy density in all-solid-state flexible asymmetric pseudocapacitor through the synergistic design of binder-free 3D ZnCo2O4 nano polyhedrons and 2D layered Ti3C2Tx-MXenes." Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (2019), 7, 24543 (IF: 11.3).
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Hang Lei, Jinliang Li, Zilong Wang, and Wenjie Mai*. "Construction of highly dispersed mesoporous bimetallic sulfide nanoparticles locked in N-doped graphitic carbon nanosheets for high energy density hybrid flexible pseudocapacitors." Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2019). (IF: 11.3). 32.
• Shah Syed Shoaib Ahmad, Tayyaba Najam, Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Mohammed M. Rahman, and Panagiotis Tsiakaras*. "Novel Mn-/Co-N x Moieties Captured in N-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Activity and Stability in Acidic and Alkaline Media." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2021). (IF:8.7)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah, Shahid Hussain, Shaozao Tan*, and Wenjie Mai*. "Mesoporous manganese-selenide microflowers with enhanced electrochemical performance as a flexible symmetric 1.8 V supercapacitor" Chemical Engineering Journal (2019): 122814. (IF: 10.6).
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed, Xiangyu Han, Chenguo Hu*, Meijuan Zhou, Zhiwei Huang, Xingfu Tang, and Xiao Gu. "Tracking pseudocapacitive contribution to superior energy storage of MnS nanoparticles grown on carbon textile." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8, 24621−24628. (IF:8.7)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Nusrat Shaheen and Wenjie Mai*, et. al., "An ultra-high energy density flexible asymmetric supercapacitor based on hierarchical fabric decorated with 2D bimetallic oxide nanosheets and MOF-derived porous carbon polyhedra." Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 (2019), 946–957 (IF: 11.3). (highly cited paper on web of Science)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed, Shuge Dai, Mingjun Wang, Donglin Guo, Lin Chen, Xue Wang, Chenguo Hu*, and Yi Xi*. "High performance solid state flexible supercapacitor based on molybdenum sulfide hierarchical nanospheres." Journal of Power Sources 285 (2015): 63-69. (IF:8.2) (highly cited paper on web of Science)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed, Shuge Dai, Mingjun Wang, Yi Xi, Qiang Lang, Donglin Guo, and Chenguo Hu*. "Faradic redox active material of Cu7S4 nanowires with a high conductance for flexible solid-state supercapacitors" Nanoscale 7, no. 32 (2015): 13610-13618. (IF:7.43).
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed, Cuiling Zhang, Lin Chen, Yi Xi, and Chenguo Hu*. "Hierarchical mesoporous NiFe2O4 nanocone forest directly growing on carbon textile for high performance flexible supercapacitors." Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, no. 22 (2016): 8851-8859. (IF:11.3)
• Muhammad Sufyan Javed, Jie Chen, Lin Chen, Yi Xi, Cuilin Zhang, Buyong Wan, and Chenguo Hu*. "Flexible full-solid state supercapacitors based on zinc sulfide spheres growing on carbon textile with superior charge storage. "Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, no. 2 (2016): 667-674. (IF:11.3)

• Muhammad Sufyan Javed*, Peng Sun, Muhammad Imran, and Wenjie Mai*. "Flexible Fiber‐shaped Supercapacitors: Fabrication, Design and Applications." Flexible Supercapacitors: Materials and Applications (2022): 91-120.
• Shahid Hussain*, Naseem Akhtar*, Awais Ahmad, Muhammad Khurram Tufail, Muhammad Kashif Aslam, Muhammad Sufyan Javed, and Xiangzhao Zhang. "The role of advanced host materials and binders for improving lithium-sulfur battery performance." In Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, pp. 297-324. Elsevier, 2022.

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