Dr. Frank Ofori Agyemang

Senior Lecturer

Dept: Materials Engineering
Petroleum Building Room 320, College of Engineering, KNUST
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Research Areas/Interests

Wastewater treatment, Energy materials, Nanomaterials, Membranes, Polymeric materials and Composite materials ...~more

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    RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

    1. Awuah, B. P., Adjaottor,A. A., Gikunoo, E., Arthur K. E., Agyemang, O. F., Baah. S. D. (2022). Dust Deposition and Associated Heavy Metal Contamination in the Neighborhood of a Cement Production Plant at Konongo, Ghana. Journal of Chemistry

    2. Nashiru, M. N., Agyemang O. F., Mensah-Darkwa K., Appiah S. E., Arthur, E. K., Gikunoo E., Koomson B., R. Jadhav A. R., Akeem R. (2022). Molten salt synthesis of nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbon from plantain peels for high-performance supercapacitor. Electroanalytical Chemistry 920 (2022) 116645.

    3. Appiah, S. E., Mensah-Darkwa K., Agyemang, O. F., Agbo, P., Nashiru, M. N., Andrews A., Adom-Asamoah, M. (2022). Performance evaluation of waste tyre-activated carbon as a hybrid supercapacitor electrode. Materials Chemistry and Physics 289 (2022) 126476.
    4. Mensah-Darkwa K., Agyemang O. F., Akromah S., Arthur K. E., Fuseini A. and Gikunoo E. (2021). A comparative study on the performance of activated carbon electrodes and activated carbon/titanium dioxide nanotubes hybrid electrodes. Scientific Africa 12: e00786.
    5. Asante B. E., Koomson B., Agyemang O. F. (2021). Heavy metals contamination and distribution in surface water and sediment of the Aboabo stream, Ahafo Region, Ghana. Earth Sciences Malaysia (ESMY) 5(1): 41 – 48.
    6. Tabi, N. R., Agyemang, O. F., Mensah-Darkwa K., Arthur, K. E., Gikunoo, E. and Momade F. (2021). Zeolite synthesis and its application in water defluorination. Materials Chemistry and Physics 261: 124229
    7. Arthur, K. E., Gikunoo, E., Agyemang O. F., Azeko, T. S., Andrews A. and Twenewaa A. (2020). Materials selection for water pipes by the multi-objectives decision-making method: the case of alternative materials for PVC pipes. Journal of Science and Technology Vol 5: 29 – 42.
    8. Tomboc, M. G., Agyemang, O. F. and Kim, H. (2018). Improved electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction properties using PVP modified direct growth Co-based metal oxides electrocatalysts on nickel foam. Electrochimica Acta, 263: 362-372.
    9. Agyemang, O. F., Tomboc, M. G., Kwofie, S. and Kim, H. (2018). Electrospun carbon nanofiber-carbon nanotubes coated polyaniline composites with improved electrochemical properties for supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta, 259: 1110-1119.
    10. Agyemang, O. F. and Kim, H. (2016). Electrospun ZnFe2O4 -based nanofiber composites with enhanced supercapacitive properties. Materials Science and Engineering B 211:141-148.
    11. Agyemang, O. F., Li, F., Momade, F. W. Y. and Kim, H. (2016). Effect of poly(ethylene oxide) and water on electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanofibers with enhanced mechanical properties as pre-filter for oil-in- water filtration. Materials Chemistry and Physics 182: 208-218.
    12. Agyemang, O. F., Sheikh, A. F., Appiah-Ntiamoah, R., Yang, X. and Kim, H. (2015). A simple method of electrospun tungsten trioxide nanofibers with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity. Nano-Micro Lett. 7: 291-297.
    13. Agyemang, O.F., Sheikh, A. F., Appiah-Ntiamoah, R., Chandradass, J., and Kim, H. (2015). Synthesis and characterization of poly(vinylidene fluoride)–calcium phosphate composite for potential tissue engineering applications. Ceramic International 41: 7066-7072.
    14. Jadhav, A., Mai, X. T., Agyemang, O. F. and Kim, H. (2015). Preparation, characterization, and kinetic study of end opened carbon nanotubes incorporated polyacrylonitrile electrospun nanofibers for the adsorption of pyrene from aqueous solution. Chemical Engineering Journal 259: 348-356.
    15. Jadhav, A., Zhang, H., Agyemang, O. F., Hiremath, V., Lee, K., Chandradass, J., Seo, G. J. and Kim, H. (2015). Preparation and characterization of electro-spun fabricated Ag-TiO 2 composite nanofibers and its enhanced photo-catalytic activity for the degradation of Congo red. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 15: 7988-7996.

     

    CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

    Delivered Poster Presentation in the “International Symposium on Catalytic Conversion of Energy and Resources 2016” on my research work “Electrospun ZnFe2O4-based nanofibers with electrocatalytic properties for oxygen evolution reaction” at Seoul 2016.

     

    Delivered Poster Presentation in “The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering” on my research work “Characterization of electrospun ZnFe2O4/CNT nanofiber composites” at Jeju South Korea during 4-6 November 2015.

     

    Delivered Poster Presentation in “The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry” on my research work “Fabrication and characterization of porous PVDF nanofiber as a pre-filter for oil-in-water filtration” at Busan South Korea during 29th April - 1st May, 2015.

     

    Delivered Poster Presentation in the “6th International Symposium on Functional Materials” on my research work “Influence of nanopores on electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanofiber mat with superhydrophobic surface” at Singapore during August, 2014.

     

    CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PUBLICATIONS

     

    Mensah-Darkwa K., Agyemang O. F., Yeboah, D., and Akromah S. (2021). Dye-synthesized solar cells based on graphene oxide and neutral plant extract. Materials Today Proceedings 38: 514 – 521

     

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