Dr. Falak Sher is currently working as an Associate Professor (tenured) at the Department of Chemistry, SBA School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE), LUMS. Before joining LUMS in October 2008, he was a faculty member at the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad. Dr. Sher completed his PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 2005. Prior to this, he received his MS Nuclear Engineering degree from the PIEAS (2nd position) in 1999 and M.Sc. Chemistry degree from the Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab in 1996. Dr. Sher also gained the Postdoctoral Research Experience on two different occasions from the University of Edinburgh (2005) and the University of Cambridge (2007-2008). His research has been published in reputed international journals like Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry of Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Review B etc.
Dr. Sher’s research group focuses on synthesis and characterization of functional transition metal oxides with interesting properties and applications. Typically, we investigate perovskite oxides (ABO3) for their potential applications in spintronics, thermoelectric devices, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and photocatalysis for environmental remediation. Samples are synthesized by the conventional solid state chemistry and other soft chemistry methods, and characterized by the powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) etc. Physical properties such as magnetic, electronic transport, thermal transport etc. are measured by the available facilities at SBASSE and through collaborations with various national and international research groups. Properties of these materials are correlated with their chemical nature and crystal structures, and various strategies are devised to fine tune and optimize their properties.xoxo
| Title | Publication | Author | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Designing NiO-Fe2O3/FeOOH heterojunction electrocatalysts for enhanced water Splitting: Synergistic interfaces and enhanced stability | Journal of Power Sources | Rafique F., Ameen S., Ali M.H., Tahir A., Haq T.U., Khan A.A., Abdel-Mgeed Ahmed Saleh S., Sher F., Rehman H.U., | 2025 |
| Design of high-performance ozone catalysts by identifying and modulating anchoring sites for metal on ??-Al2O3 spheres | Applied Catalysis B Environmental | Xu T., Jiang M., Mao X., Sher F., Ren T., Xin K., Hussain I., Hua H., Wang X., | 2025 |
| Interlinked structural and optical tuning, magnetic, electrical and dielectric properties of Sr2???xBixCoNbO6 (0 ??? x ??? 1.0) double perovskite oxides | Ceramics International | Khadim Bhutta A., Hira U., Zulqarnain M., Ali S.S., Kabir A., Sher F., | 2025 |
| Highly selective and corrosion resistant interconnected pNiCo@NF electrocatalysts for methanol-assisted seawater electrolysis | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | Zulfiqar F., Arshad F., Haq T.U., Sher F., | 2025 |
| Structural, magnetic, optical and dielectric characteristics of Ba2???zYzMnTeO6 (Y = La, Bi & Sr; z = 0 & 0.1) double perovskite oxides | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials | Hira U., Husnain M., Bhutta A.K., Zulqarnain M., Ali S.S., Sher F., | 2025 |
| Layered Arrangement of Polyoxometalate on a Metal-Organic Framework as a High-Capacity Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries | ACS Applied Energy Materials | Ullah I., Aldhafeeri T.R., Haider A., Wu X., Ullah Z., Chang S., Innayat A., Begum N., Pope M.A., Sher F., Rehman H.U., Hussain I., | 2025 |
| Dielectric Relaxation, Electrical Conductivity, Dielectric Permittivity, and Correlated Barrier Hopping Conduction Mechanism Analysis in Ag Doped Bi2S3 at Low Temperatures | Chemistryselect | Masood F., Abbas Q., Kazmi S.M.T., Sher F., Rafiq M.A., | 2024 |
| Electro-synthesis of valuable products by coupling energy-saving anodic alcohol oxidation reaction with cathodic CO2 reduction reaction | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | Zulfiqar F., Arshad F., Haq T.U., Sher F., | 2024 |
| Fast, Sensitive, and Selective Hydrogen Sensing of Silver-Doped Bismuth Sulfide Nanobelts | Journal of Electronic Materials | Ali S., Kazmi S.M.T., Sher F., Nigah A., Bilal M., Rafiq M.A., | 2024 |
| Substantially low thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure-of-merit in Bi-doped Sr2CoRuO6 double perovskites | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | Hira U., Bos J.-W.G., Ali S.S., Sher F., | 2024 |
| Advances in selective electrochemical methanol upgrading and energy-saving hydrogen production: Mechanism, progress, and prospects | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | Arshad F., Tahir A., Haq T.U., Qayyum S., Hussain I., Sher F., | 2024 |
| Diode paremeters extraction and study of space charge limited current in (Ag, Au)/CoS2 Schottky diodes | Physica B Condensed Matter | Kazmi S.M.T., Zahoor Z., Yusra N.T., Bhatti M.H., Afsar M.F., Sher F., Rashid H.-U., Rafiq M.A., | 2023 |
| Electronic and Structural Modification of Three-Dimensional Porous NiCo@NF as a Robust Electrocatalyst for CO2 Emission-Free Methanol Upgradation to Boost Hydrogen Co-production | Energy and Fuels | Arshad F., Tahir A., Haq T.U., Duran H., Hussain I., Sher F., | 2023 |
| Microwave-assisted growth of spherical core-shell NiFe LDH@CuxO nanostructures for electrocatalytic water oxidation reaction | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | Arshad F., Munir A., Tahir A., Hussain S.Z., Jilani A., Hussain A., Ullah N., Sher F., Hussain I., | 2023 |
| Arsenic detection in drinking water using evanescent fiber cavity ring down spectroscopy | Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE | Ullah U., Ghauri D., Sher F., Imran Cheema M., | 2023 |
| Bubbles Templated Interconnected Porous Metallic Materials: Synthesis, Surface Modification, and their Electrocatalytic Applications for Water Splitting and Alcohols Oxidation | Chemistryselect | Arshad F., Tahir A., Haq T.U., Munir A., Hussain I., Sher F., | 2022 |
| Fabrication of NiCu interconnected porous nanostructures for highly selective methanol oxidation coupled with hydrogen evolution reaction | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | Arshad F., Tahir A., Haq T.U., Duran H., Hussain I., Sher F., | 2022 |
| Improved High-Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Dual-Doped Ca3Co4O9 | ACS Omega | Hira U., Ali S.S., Latif S., Pryds N., Sher F., | 2022 |
| Multifunctional porous NiCo bimetallic foams toward water splitting and methanol oxidation-assisted hydrogen production | Energy Conversion and Management | Arshad F., ul Haq T., Khan A., Haik Y., Hussain I., Sher F., | 2022 |
| Antibacterial metal complexes of o-sulfamoylbenzoic acid: Synthesis, characterization, and DFT study | Applied Organometallic Chemistry | Siddiqui W.A., Khalid M., Ashraf A., Shafiq I., Parvez M., Imran M., Irfan A., Hanif M., Khan M.U., Sher F., Ali A., | 2022 |
| Ba2- xBixCoRuO6(0.0 ??? x ??? 0.6) Hexagonal Double-Perovskite-Type Oxides as Promising p-Type Thermoelectric Materials | Inorganic Chemistry | Hira U., Bos J.-W.G., Missyul A., Fauth F., Pryds N., Sher F., | 2021 |
| Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts toward Alcohol-Assisted, Energy-Saving Hydrogen Production | ACS Applied Energy Materials | Arshad F., Haq T.U., Hussain I., Sher F., | 2021 |
| Investigation of the Crystal Structure and Ionic Pathways of the Hexagonal Perovskite Derivative Ba3- xVMoO8.5- x | Inorganic Chemistry | Tawse D.N., Gilane A., Fop S., Martinez-Felipe A., Sher F., Smith R.I., McLaughlin A.C., | 2021 |
| Synthesis of randomly oriented self-assembled WO3 and WO3-WS2 nanoplates for selective oxygen sensing | Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society | Siddique F., Fareed S., Jamil A., Afsar M.F., Rafiq M.A., Sher F., | 2021 |
| Fluoride detection in drinking water using evanescent fiber cavity ring down spectroscopy | Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE | Ullah U., Syed M.H., Ghauri D., Sher F., Imran Cheema M., | 2021 |