List of Publications (Google Scholar link)
Sustainable Energy Storage
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Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, Islam Elsayed, and El Barbary Hassan – Wood-based electrode and electrolyte for sustainable high performance solid-state supercapacitor. Journal of Energy Storage. (Jan 2025)
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Ridwan Tobi Ayinla - Energizing cellulose: revealing the latent potential of cellulose nanofiber for sustainable supercapacitors Electrochemical Society interface (Dec 2024)
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Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, Islam Elsayed, and El Barbary Hassan - Lignin as a sustainable precursor for electrodes and electrolytes of emerging supercapacitors. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. (Nov 2024)
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Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, J.O. Dennis - Activated carbon from composite of palm bio-waste as electrode material for solid-state electric double-layer capacitor. Journal of Energy Storage (Oct 2021)
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Bonaventure A. Odeke, Gyang D. Chung, Jesutofunmi A. Fajemisin, Kabir S. Suraj, Denis K. Tonui, Ayinla R. Tobi, Thomas C. Bewaale, Jamiu A. Ajibola and Nelson Y. Dzade Electronic Structure and Surface Properties of Copper Thiocyanate: A Promising Hole Transport Material for Organic Photovoltaic Cells. MDPI Molecules (Dec 2020)
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Fahad Usman, John Ojur Dennis, Fabrice Meriaudeau, Abdelaziz Yousif Ahmed, Khe Cheng Seong, Yap Wing Fen, Amir Reza Sadrolhosseini, Bashir Abubakar Abdulkadir, Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, Wan Mohd Ebtisyam Mustaqim Mohd Daniyal, Nur Alia Sheh Omar, Nissren Tamm, Abdelmoneim Suleiman – Dependence of the Optical Constant Parameters of p-Toluene Sulfonic Acid-Doped Polyaniline and Its Composites on Dispersion Solvents. MDPI Molecules (Sept 2020)
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Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, J.O. Dennis, H.M. Zaid - Evaluation of low-cost high-performance solid-state supercapacitor derived from physically and chemically activated oil palm fiber. Elsevier Journal of material letters. (Jan 2021)
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Lawal Lanre Adebayo, Hassan Soleimani, Noorhana Yahya, Zulkifly Abbas, Maziyar Sabet, Fatai Adisa Wahaab, Ridwan Tobi Ayinla - Facile preparation and enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption properties of Fe3O4 @PVDF nanocomposite - Elsevier Journal of material Research and Technology (April 2020)
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Lawal Lanre Adebayo, Hassan Soleimani, Noorhana Yahya, Zulkifly Abbas, Fatai Adisa Wahaab, Ridwan Tobi Ayinla - Recent advances in the development of Fe3O4-BASED microwave absorbing materials. Elsevier Journal of Ceramics Internationals (Feb 2020)
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Fahad Usman, Khe Cheng Seong, Abdelaziz Yousif Ahmed, Fabrice Meriaudeau, Olumide Bolarinwa Ayodele, Ayinla Ridwan Tobi, Almur Abdelkarim S.Rabih, AsfandYar. Synthesis and characterization of a ternary composite of polyaniline, reduced graphene-oxide and chitosan with reduced optical band gap and stable aqueous dispersibility. Elsevier Journal of Results in Physics (Dec 2019)
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Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, J.O. Dennis, H.M. Zaid, Fahad Usman, Asfand yar. Effect on particle size on the physical properties of activated palm kernel shell for supercapacitor application. International Conference on Material and Manufacturing Technology (ICMMT 2019)
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Adebayo Lawal Lanre, Norhana Yahya, Abdulwahab Abdulfatai, Ayinla Ridwan Tobi. Investigation of the Broadband Microwave Absorption of Citric Acid Coated Fe3O4 /PVDF Composite Using Finite Element Method. Elsevier Journal of Nanomaterials (Sept 2019)
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Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, J.O. Dennis, H.M. Zaid, A.A Adekoya, Asfand Yar, Fahad Usman. Comparative analysis of physiochemical properties of physically activated carbon from palm bio-waste. Elsevier Journal of Material Research and Technology (July 2019).
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Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, J.O. Dennis, H.M. Zaid, Y.K. Sanusi, Fahad Usman, L.L. Adebayo. A review of technical advances of recent palm bio-waste conversion to activated carbon for energy storage. Elsevier Journal of Cleaner Production (April 2019)
Single Molecular Electronics
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Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, Mehrdad Shiri, Bo Song, Mahesh Gangishetty, Kun Wang - The pivotal role of non-covalent interactions in single-molecule charge transport. Materials Chemistry Frontiers (Mar 2023)
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Ian Bunker, Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, Kun Wang - Single-Molecule Chemical Reactions Unveiled in Molecular Junctions. MDPI Processes (Dec 2022)
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Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, Mahesh Gangishetty, Kun Wang - Highly ordered plasmonic Au nano prism on conductive and transparent Indium Tin Oxide through nanosphere lithography. Bulletin of the American Physical Society (Nov 2022)
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Haixin Zhang, Mehrdad Shiri, Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, Zhe Qiang, Kun Wang - Switching the conductance of a single molecule: Lessons from molecular junctions. MRS communications (Oct 2022)
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Ridwan Tobi Ayila,* Chaolong Tang,* Kun Wang - Beyond electrical conductance: progress and prospects in single-molecule junctions. Journal of Materials Chemistry C (Mar 2022) (* are equal contribution first authors)
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Chaolong Tang, Mehrdad Shiri, Haixin Zhang, Ridwan Tobi Ayinla, Kun Wang - Light-driven charge transport and optical sensing in molecular junctions. Nanomaterials (Feb 2022)
Invention Disclosure
Inventors: Ridwan T Ayinla, Islam Elsayed, El Barbary Hassan. Development of novel nanocellulose-based hydrogel electrolyte for sustainable high-performance supercapacitors ID: 2025-11-06-043.
Research Grants and Academic Awards
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Winner 3-minute thesis competition @ Mississippi State University (MSU) 2024
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First Position Prize Award Graduate School Symposium MSU 2024
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First prize, NOBCChE Pitch Perfect competition, Orlando Florida 2024
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Electrochemical Society Summer Fellowship ($5000 Research Grant) 2024
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NOBCChE Advance Science Grant 2024
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Professional Development Award, MSU ($800 Prof Award) 2023
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Second Prize Award Graduate School Symposium Presentation Award, MSU, 2023
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ACS Career Kickstarter Bridge (ACS Bridge) 2023
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Travel Grants for Graduate Students to ACS New Orleans ($450) 2023
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Rising Star Award in Teaching, MSU, USA ($500 Award) 2021
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PETRONAS High Archiver Award, Malaysia 2020
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Graduate on Time Award (GOT), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. Malaysia 2020
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Petroleum Technology Development Fund (More than $180,000 for masters) 2019
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Nigeria Senate President Kwara class of Honor (500,000 Naira) 2016
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Best Graduating Student, “Pure and Applied Physics Department”. LAUTECH
Professional Membership
Electrochemical Society (2022 - Present)
America Chemical Society (2021 - Present)
Royal Society of Chemistry (2024 – Present)
National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (2022 – Present)
Activities

Ridwan won 3 minute thesis competition @ MSU 2024




Ridwan won the NOBBChE Pitch perfect competition in Orlando Florida Oct 2024







Ridwan won first prize @ the Mississippi Grad School Symposium - Fall 2024




Ridwan presenting science to Smithvile school student 2023




Ridwan presenting science to middle school student 2024

