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  1. Three decades of solid oxide fuel cell research: trends, challenges & future directions

    Article • Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  2. Advances in the Application of Low-Cost, Natural Materials, and Waste-Derived Catalysts for Catalytic Upgrading of Plastic and Biomass Pyrolysis Oil

    Article • Energy & Fuels, January 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  3. Effect of binder viscosity on the rheology of cathode slurries and performance of lithium-ion battery half cells

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  4. Methodological review of zeolite synthesis from industrial waste and natural clays and the fabrication of hierarchical pore structures

    Article • Next Materials, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  5. Influence of surface acidity/basicity of selected metal oxide catalysts and reaction atmospheres on the ketonisation of propionic acid to produce 3-pentanone as a liquid biofuel precursor

    Article • Renewable Energy, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  6. Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Weathered Oil-contaminated Soil Via Biostimulation with Biowaste Nutrient and NPK Fertilizer: a Laboratory Scale Study as a Pathway To Pilot Field Trial

    Article • Environmental Processes, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  7. Tuning the Activity of NbOPO4 with NiO for the Selective Conversion of Cyclohexanone as a Model Intermediate of Lignin Pyrolysis Bio-Oils

    Article • Energies, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  8. Dataset on the ketonisation of pure propionic acid and its mixture with pyrolysis bio-oil over metal oxide catalysts into 3-pentanone a biofuel precursor

    Article • Data in Brief, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  9. Sustainable aviation fuel-range intermediates from self-aldol condensation of cyclohexanone using low-cost niobium phosphate catalyst

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  10. Energy-dense sustainable aviation fuel-range hydrocarbons from cyclohexanone as a biomass-derived feedstock via sequential catalytic aldol condensation and hydrodeoxygenation

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  11. Non-Thermal Technologies in Food Processing: Implications for Food Quality and Rheology

    Article • Applied Sciences, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  12. Biomass conversion technologies for a circular carbon economy

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  13. Enhancing carbon neutrality: the role of biomass in CO2 uptake

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  14. Advances in the Application of Infrared in Food Processing for Improved Food Quality and Microbial Inactivation

    Article • Foods, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  15. Optimizing the Performance of NMC 622 Battery Half Coin Cells by Using Amphiphilic Aqueous Binders to Modulate the Percolation of Carbon Black

    Article • ECS Meeting Abstracts, November 2024, The Electrochemical Society

    Dr Abarasi Hart, Dr Alan DF Dunbar

  16. Modeling the impact of pH and reservoir temperature on the dissolution of quartz mineral due to oilfield chemical treatment

    Article • Petroleum Science and Technology, October 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  17. Evaluation of the potential of agricultural wastes-cattle manure and poultry manure for bioremediation of crude oil-contaminated soil

    Article • Bioremediation Journal, March 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  18. A Kinetic Model of Furfural Hydrogenation to 2-Methylfuran on Nanoparticles of Nickel Supported on Sulfuric Acid-Modified Biochar Catalyst

    Article • Catalysts, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  19. Waste bone char-derived adsorbents: characteristics, adsorption mechanism and model approach

    Article • Environmental Technology Reviews, April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  20. Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Vanillin, a Bio-Oil Model Compound over Renewable Ni/Biochar Catalyst

    Article • Catalysts, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  21. Role of Binder Molecular Weight on the Rheology and Microstructure of Cathode Slurries for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  22. Pre‐lab video demonstrations to enhance students' laboratory experience in a first‐year chemical engineering class

    Article • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  23. Applications of Bacteriocins of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Biotechnology and Food Preservation: A Bibliometric Review

    Article • The Open Microbiology Journal, August 2022, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  24. Food Waste and Circular Economy: Challenges and Opportunities

    Article • Sustainability, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  25. Recent advances in radio frequency, pulsed light, and cold plasma technologies for food safety

    Article • Journal of Food Process Engineering, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  26. A Cold Plasma Technology for Ensuring the Microbiological Safety and Quality of Foods

    Article • Food Engineering Reviews, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  27. Materials from Eggshells and Animal Bones and Their Catalytic Applications

    Article • June 2022, Wiley

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  28. Global Trends in Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery and In-Situ Upgrading: A Bibliometric Analysis During 1900–2020 and Future Outlook

    Article • Journal of Energy Resources Technology, May 2022, ASME International

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  29. Modern Techniques to Minimize Catalyst Deactivation Due to Coke Deposition in Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Oil In Situ Processes

    Article • Petroleum Chemistry, March 2022, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  30. Sous vide processing: a viable approach for the assurance of microbial food safety

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  31. Advances in Sustainable Materials and Technology

    Article • January 2022, Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  32. Value-added materials recovered from waste bone biomass: technologies and applications

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  33. Application of Ultrasound Technology in Food Processing with emphasis on bacterial spores

    Article • Food Reviews International, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  34. Minimizing carbon footprint via microalgae as a biological capture

    Article • Carbon Capture Science & Technology, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  35. Mild-Temperature hydrodeoxygenation of vanillin a typical bio-oil model compound to Creosol a potential future biofuel

    Article • Catalysis Today, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  36. Circular economy: closing the catalyst loop with metal reclamation from spent catalysts, industrial waste, waste shells and animal bones

    Article • Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  37. Recent Advances in the Application of the Antimicrobial Peptide Nisin in the Inactivation of Spore-Forming Bacteria in Foods

    Article • Molecules, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  38. In-situ microwave-assisted catalytic upgrading of heavy oil: Experimental validation and effect of catalyst pore structure on activity

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  39. Application of supercritical fluid carbon dioxide in improving food shelf-life and safety by inactivating spores: a review

    Article • Journal of Food Science and Technology, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  40. 3D printed re-entrant cavity resonator for complex permittivity measurement of crude oils

    Article • Sensors and Actuators A Physical, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  41. Microstructural Investigation of Coke Deposition in Pelleted Catalyst during Downhole Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Crude Oil Using Porosimetry and X-ray Computed Tomography

    Article • Catalysis Letters, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  42. Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation of Tetralin and Naphthalene to Explore Heavy Oil Upgrading Using NiMo/Al2O3 and CoMo/Al2O3 Catalysts Heated with Steel Balls via Induction

    Article • Catalysts, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  43. Tetralin and Decalin H-Donor Effect on Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Oil Inductively Heated with Steel Balls

    Article • Catalysts, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  44. Mini-review of waste shell-derived materials’ applications

    Article • Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  45. Inductive Heating Assisted-Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Tetralin as a Hydrogen Source for Downhole Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Oil

    Article • Topics in Catalysis, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  46. Reaction Kinetics of Vanillin Hydrodeoxygenation in Acidic and Nonacidic Environments Using Bimetallic PdRh/Al2O3Catalyst

    Article • Energy & Fuels, November 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  47. Kinetics of Vanillin Hydrodeoxygenation Reaction in an Organic Solvent Using a Pd/C Catalyst

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, July 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  48. Kinetics of Hydrogenation of Acetic Acid over Supported Platinum Catalyst

    Article • Energy & Fuels, May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  49. Catalytic Hydrogenation of Short Chain Carboxylic Acids Typical of Model Compound Found in Bio-Oils

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, April 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  50. Microwave synthesis of carbon onions in fractal aggregates using heavy oil as a precursor

    Article • Carbon, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  51. In Situ Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Crude with CAPRI: Influence of Hydrogen on Catalyst Pore Plugging and Deactivation due to Coke

    Article • Energies, March 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  52. Impact of Oil Composition on Microwave Heating Behavior of Heavy Oils

    Article • Energy & Fuels, January 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  53. How effective is Refinery Regenerated Catalyst for Downhole Catalytic Upgrading of Heavy Crude Oil?

    Article • Recent Advances in Petrochemical Science, January 2018, Juniper Publishers

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  54. Laboratory investigation of CAPRI catalytic THAI-add-on process for heavy oil production and in situ upgrading

    Article • Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  55. In situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil using a pelletized Ni-Mo/Al2O3 catalyst in the THAI process

    Article • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  56. An overview of transesterification methods for producing biodiesel from waste vegetable oils

    Article • Biofuels, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  57. In-situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil using dispersed bionanoparticles supported on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  58. Upgrading of heavy oil by dispersed biogenic magnetite catalysts

    Article • Fuel, December 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Jonathan Lloyd, Dr Abarasi Hart

  59. Comparison of the effects of dispersed noble metal (Pd) biomass supported catalysts with typical hydrogenation (Pd/C, Pd/Al2O3) and hydrotreatment catalysts (CoMo/Al2O3) for in-situ heavy oil upgrading with Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI)

    Article • Fuel, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  60. A comparative study of fixed-bed and dispersed catalytic upgrading of heavy crude oil using-CAPRI

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  61. Potential for Conversion of Waste Platinum Group Metals in Road Dust into Biocatalysts for Cracking Heavy Oil

    Article • Advanced Materials Research, November 2015, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  62. Effectiveness of Different Transition Metal Dispersed Catalysts for In Situ Heavy Oil Upgrading

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, October 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  63. Effect of cyclohexane as hydrogen-donor in ultradispersed catalytic upgrading of heavy oil

    Article • Fuel Processing Technology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  64. Optimization of Heavy Oil Upgrading Using Dispersed Nanoparticulate Iron Oxide as a Catalyst

    Article • Energy & Fuels, September 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  65. Characterization of pore coking in catalyst for thermal down-hole upgrading of heavy oil

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  66. Down-hole heavy crude oil upgrading by CAPRI: Effect of hydrogen and methane gases upon upgrading and coke formation

    Article • Fuel, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  67. Downhole Heavy Crude Oil Upgrading Using CAPRI: Effect of Steam upon Upgrading and Coke Formation

    Article • Energy & Fuels, February 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  68. Optimization of Coke Resistant Catalyst for Thermal Down-hole Upgrading

    Article • January 2014, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  69. The novel THAI–CAPRI technology and its comparison to other thermal methods for heavy oil recovery and upgrading

    Article • Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  70. A review of technologies for transporting heavy crude oil and bitumen via pipelines

    Article • Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  71. Optimization of the CAPRI Process for Heavy Oil Upgrading: Effect of Hydrogen and Guard Bed

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abarasi Hart

  72. The Impact of Dry Granulation on Detergent Powder Properties

    Article • January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Abarasi Hart