Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillah. The result of my work in my last year stay at @kist_pr as a Ph.D. student (5 months) and Postdoc (7 months) just before leaving for @kaustofficial (@kaust_solar_center, , @KAUST_PSE) has just been published in Energy Storage Materials (EnSM; Q1; Impact Factor (IF) = 20,831 (2021)) entitled "Alkali Adatom-Amplified Schottky Contact and Built-in Voltage for Stable Zn-Metal Anodes", which is my 5th paper as the first author in high reputable journals in 5 consecutive years on electrochemistry-based topics (e.g., batteries, solar cells, and supercapacitors), from 16 in total (including as co-author). This work was close to being accepted in Energy & Environmental Science (EES; Q1; IF = 39.714 (2021)) and Advanced Energy Materials (AEM; Q1; IF = 29,698 (2021)). The review system used by EnSM, the "double-blind peer review process", makes the review process fairer and reduces the tendency of "conflict of interest" from reviewers to authors and vice versa because the names of the reviewers and authors are kept confidential from each other by the editor during the review processes. The study in this paper is a continuation of our previous study published in ACS Energy Letters (Q1; IF = 23,991 (2021)) last year ( https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00150 ) on improving the electrochemical stability of lithium metal anodes by suppressing lithium dendrites using a Schottky contact created by a carbon semiconductor film on the anode surface. In a current study published in EnSM, we aimed to suppress similar problems (dendrites and corrosion) but on a different system, the Zn metal anode of aqueous-based zinc metal batteries, using various degrees of Schottky contact. Thanks to all authors, KIST, and my Professor for all their contributions, supports and facilities. I dedicate this work to my beloved Parents (Mother and deceased Father) and Family. Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2022.11.031 Stay focused, keep productive, and always believe in yourself. More to come! #masyaallahtabarakallah #tabarakallah #paper #researchpaper #publication #science #research #battery (at KAUST- King Abdullah University For Science And Technology) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClpkBusIdJt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=








