Amjid Rafique

Junior Researcher

a.rafique@fct.unl.pt

Short Biography

Amjid Rafique completed his Doctor of Philosophy in 2019/03/14 at Politecnico di Torino, Magister (2nd cycle) in 2015/10/23
at Politecnico di Torino, Magister (2nd cycle) in 2013/09/11 at Quaid-i-Azam University and Bachelor (1st cycle) in 2008/01/13
at National Textile University. He is a Postdoc fellow in Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
in Material Science and technology department. He has Published 7 articles in journals with a total impact factor of around
65 and has citation count of 162 with h-index 4. He has received awards and/or honors and has participates and/or participated
as Post-doc Fellow in 2 project(s) and Principal investigator in 1 project(s).
Amjid Rafique is a postdoc researcher at CENIMAT|I3N - NOVA School of Science and Technology. His research is mainly focused
on the development of innovative smart textiles based on biocompatible polymers with multifunctional properties envisaging
their application in energy conversion systems and biomedical applications. Currently, he is the working on a project All-FIBRE:
All-Fibre Integrated Photovoltaic Storage Device for e-Textiles (PTDC/CTM-CTM/1571/2020) funded through national funds by
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. During the last years, he has published work and mentored several master theses in
the field of cellulose-based bio-supercapacitors, blow-spun separators, dye sensitized and organic solar cells.
His main interests are in the area(s) of Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology
especially in Energy storage materials, flexible electronics, solar cells, wearable sensors and Nano-fabrications exploiting
bio-compatible green substrate e.g., cellulose based materials, silk fibers etc.

Education

Grau Classificação

2015/11/01 – 2019/03/14 Concluído Amjid Rafique (Doctor of Philosophy) Especialização em Material Science and Technology Politecnico di Torino, Itália "Flexible Fiber-Shaped Supercapacitors for Wearable Electronics" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)

2013/09/30 – 2015/10/23 Concluído Amjid Rafique (Magister (2.º ciclo de estudos)) Especialização em Textile Engineering Politecnico di Torino, Itália "Textile Energy Storage Exploiting Fiber Based Supercapacitors" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)

2003/04/01 – 2008/01/13 Concluído Amjid Rafique (Bachelor (1.º ciclo de estudos)) Especialização em Textile Engineering National Textile University, Paquistão "How to improve defects in the yarn" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)

Publications

Amjid Rafique; Usman Naeem; Ana Marques; Isabel Ferreira; Syed Rizwan; Ana Catarina Baptista. "Understanding the Capacitive and Diffusion-Controlled Behavior of Electrophoretically Deposited V2CTx on Carbon Yarn as a Potential Anode for Asymmetric Devices". ACS Omega (2025): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c06035. 10.1021/acsomega.4c06035

🔗 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c06035

Rafique, Amjid; Ferreira, Isabel; Bundaleski, Nenad; Teodoro, O.M.N.D.; Baptista, Ana C.. "Enhancing charge storage capacity of cellulose-sweat-based electrolyte flexible supercapacitors with electrochemically exfoliated free-standing carbon yarn electrodes". FlatChem 47 (2024): 100724. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flatc.2024.100724. 10.1016/j.flatc.2024.100724

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flatc.2024.100724

Mariana P. Moniz; Amjid Rafique; João Carmo; J. P. Oliveira; Ana Marques; Ferreira I.; A.C. Baptista. "Electrospray Deposition of PEDOT:PSS on Carbon Yarn Electrodes for Solid-State Flexible Supercapacitors". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c03903. 10.1021/acsami.3c03903

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c03903

Rafique, Amjid; Sequeira, Inês; Bento, Ana Sofia; Moniz, Mariana Peyro; Carmo, João; Oliveira, Eduardo; Oliveira, João Pedro; et al. "A facile blow spinning technique for green cellulose acetate/polystyrene composite separator for flexible energy storage devices". Chemical Engineering Journal 464 (2023): 142515. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.142515. Publicado • 10.1016/j.cej.2023.142515

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.142515

Rafique, Amjid; Ferreira, Isabel; Abbas, Ghulam; Baptista, Ana Catarina. "Recent Advances and Challenges Toward Application of Fibers and Textiles in Integrated Photovoltaic Energy Storage Devices". Nano-Micro Letters 15 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-01008-y. 10.1007/s40820-022-01008-y

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-01008-y

Rafique, Amjid; Zubair, Usman; Serrapede, Mara; Fontana, Marco; Bianco, Stefano; Rivolo, Paola; Pirri, Candido F.; Lamberti, Andrea. "Binder Free and Flexible Asymmetric Supercapacitor Exploiting Mn3O4 and MoS2 Nanoflakes on Carbon Fibers". Nanomaterials 10 6 (2020): 1084. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano10061084. 10.3390/nano10061084

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano10061084

Serrapede, Mara; Rafique, Amjid; Fontana, Marco; Zine, Abderaouf; Rivolo, Paola; Bianco, Stefano; Chetibi, Loubna; Tresso, Elena; Lamberti, Andrea. "Fiber-shaped asymmetric supercapacitor exploiting rGO/Fe2O3 aerogel and electrodeposited MnOx nanosheets on carbon fibers". Carbon 144 (2019): 91-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.12.002. 10.1016/j.carbon.2018.12.002

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.12.002

Abdul Rauf Zine, Amjid Rafique, Andrea Lamberti. "Enhancement of specific capacitance using hematite nanoparticles produced by green synthesis". Journal of New Technology and Materials 08 (2019): 64-67. https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/downArticlepdf/36/8/3/85308.

🔗 https://www.asjp.cerist.dz/en/downArticlepdf/36/8/3/85308

Rafique, Amjid; Massa, Andrea; Fontana, Marco; Bianco, Stefano; Chiodoni, Angelica; Pirri, Candido F.; Hernández, Simelys; Lamberti, Andrea. "Highly Uniform Anodically Deposited Film of MnO2 Nanoflakes on Carbon Fibers for Flexible and Wearable Fiber-Shaped Supercapacitors". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9 34 (2017): 28386-28393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b06311. 10.1021/acsami.7b06311

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b06311

Rafique, Amjid; Bianco, Stefano; Fontana, Marco; Pirri, Candido F.; Lamberti, Andrea. "Flexible wire-based electrodes exploiting carbon/ZnO nanocomposite for wearable supercapacitors". Ionics 23 7 (2017): 1839-1847. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-2003-3. 10.1007/s11581-017-2003-3

🔗 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-2003-3

Amjid Rafique. Autor correspondente: Amjid Rafique. "Lignin-Derived Hard Carbon-MoS2 Composite as a Potential Anode Material for High-Performance Energy Storage Devices". Trabalho apresentado em FEMS EUROMAT 2025, 2025.

Amjid Rafique. Autor correspondente: Amjid Rafique. "Lignin-Derived ion conducting membrane for solid state Energy Storage Devices". Trabalho apresentado em FEMS EUROMAT 2025, 2025.

Amjid Rafique. Autor correspondente: Amjid Rafique. "Bárbara Caeiro de Aguiar e Coelho do Carmo". Trabalho apresentado em FEMS EUROMAT 2025, 2025.

Amjid Rafique. "Eco-Friendly Electrode Materials: Lignin Hard Carbon Composites Integrated with MoS2 for Superior Energy Storage". Trabalho apresentado em Materias 2025, 2025.

Amjid Rafique. "Functional Lignin Membranes: A Sustainable Path to All-Solid-State Batteries". Trabalho apresentado em Materias 2025, 2025.

Amjid Rafique. "Conference on knowledge based textiles". Trabalho apresentado em knowtex, 2022.

Amjid Rafique, Andrea Lamberti. "2D MoS2 modified carbon fibers electrodes for water-based supercapacitors and electrocatalyst towards hydrogen evolution reaction". Trabalho apresentado em Material Research Society, 2018.

Amjid Rafique. "Two-step’s electrodeposition of manganese oxides nanoflakes on carbon fibers for flexible and high performance wearable supercapacitors, European Material Research Society". Trabalho apresentado em Material Research Society, 2018.

Abdul Rauf Zine, Amjid Rafique, Andrea Lamberti. "Hematite Alpha-Fe2O3 nanoparticles of green synthesis as an active electrode for supercapacitors application". Trabalho apresentado em Zsigmondy colloquium of German Colloid Society, 2017.

Abdul Rauf Zine, Amjid Rafique, Andrea Lamberti. "Supercapacitor performance of Hematite Fe2O3 nanoparticles using polyol process". Trabalho apresentado em Congress Di Pysique et chimie Quantique, 2017.

Amjid Rafique; Moniz, Mariana; Carmo Fialho, João; Ana C Marques; Isabel Maria Mercês Ferreira; Baptista, Ana Catarina. "Exfoliated carbon yarn structure for highly stable flexible supercapacitors electrodes in simulated sweat solutions". Trabalho apresentado em Materias 2023, Guimerais, 2023. Aceite para publicação

Baptista, Ana Catarina; Moniz, Mariana Peyro; Carmo, João; Amjid Rafique; Isabel Ferreira. "Green cellulose-based polymer electrolyte suitable for e-Textiles". Trabalho apresentado em Materias 2023, Guimerais, 2023. Aceite para publicação

Amjid Rafique; Moniz, Mariana Peyro; Carmo, João; Sequeira, Inês; Bento, Ana Sofia; Eduardo Oliveira; Oliveira, João Pedro; et al. "A facile blow spinning technique for green cellulose acetate/polystyrene composite separator for flexible energy storage devices". Trabalho apresentado em Materias 2023, Guimerais, 2023. Aceite para publicação

Moniz, Mariana Peyro; Amjid Rafique; Carmo, João; Marques, Ana; Ferreira, Isabel; Ana Baptista. "PEDOT :PSS Electrospray Functionalization of Carbon Yarns with Integration in Flexible Fibre Shaped Supercapacitors". Trabalho apresentado em Materias 2023, Guimerais, 2023. Aceite para publicação

"Flexible Fiber-Shaped Supercapacitor for Wearable Electronics". Doutoramento, Politecnico di Torino, 2019. https://scholar.google.it/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=ZpiXj0YAAAAJ&citation_for_view=ZpiXj0YAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC. 10.6092/polito/porto/2729354

🔗 https://scholar.google.it/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=ZpiXj0YAAAAJ&citation_for_view=ZpiXj0YAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC

"Flexible Fiber-Shaped Supercapacitor for Wearable Electronics". Doutoramento, 2019.

2022. "A mechano-chemical method to prepare spinnable banana fibers". Paquistão. Atribuída

2022. "Lightweight Natural Fiber based Helmet Shell". Paquistão. Em negociação

Projects

Designação Financiadores

2024/07/01 – Atual Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência -Next Generation Energy storage C644936001-00000045 Bolseiro de Investigação Em curso

2022/01/03 – Atual All fiber photovoltaic integrated energy storage devices for E-textiles PTDC/CTM-CTM/1571/2020, and the projects LA/P/0037/2020, UIDP/50025/2020 and UIDB/50025/2020 Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso

2025/01/01 – 2025/12/31 Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication 10.54499/LA/P/0037/2020 UNINOVA Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias, PortugalInstituto de Nanoestruturas Nanomodelação e Nanofabricação Pólo Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PortugalUniversidade Nova de Lisboa, PortugalUniversidade de Aveiro, PortugalUniversidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso

🔗 10.54499/LA/P/0037/2020

2021/07/01 – 2021/12/31 Enhancement of Global Competitiveness of Pakistani Textile Export Value-chains By Capacity Building and Product Diversification GCF-63 Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento National Textile University, Paquistão Higher Education of Pakistan Em curso

🔗 GCF-63

2021/01/01 – 2021/06/30 All flexible(fiber/fabric) integrated Nano-generator – storage devices for wearable and electronic textiles SRGP Investigador responsável University of Karachi International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, Paquistão HEC Pakistan Concluído

2018/11/01 – 2019/04/30 Supercap supercapacitors 2015-2015 Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento Politecnico di Torino, Itália Concluído

2013/11/01 – 2019/03/14 MS-leading to PhD scholarship 50020670 Bolseiro de Doutoramento Politecnico di Torino Facoltà di Ingegneria, Itália Higher Education Commission Pakistan Concluído

Designação Financiadores

2021/03/29 – 2024/09/30 All-Fibre Integrated Photovoltaic Storage Device for e-Textiles PTDC/CTM-CTM/1571/2020 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído