Sikandar Iqbal
Hujiang Postdoc Fellow
Research Direction: Sodium-ions batteries, Sodium-metal batteries, Potassium-ions batteries, Solar cell, HER, OER, and UOR.
E-Mail: sikandar@usst.edu.cn, sikandar@zju.edu.cn
Profile
Sikandar Iqbal received his Master degree from the University of Peshawar (Pakistan) and a PhD degree from Shandong University (China), followed by a prestigious postdoctoral tenure at Zhejiang University (China). Currently, he serves as a Hujiang Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (IEMS). His cutting-edge research spans the design and innovation of next-generation energy storage solutions, with a focus on potassium-ion, sodium-ion, and sodium metal batteries.
Education and Work Experience
2009-August~ 2011-June Bachelor, Abdul Wali Khan University
2011-September~ 2014-March M.Sc, University of Peshawar
2014-September~ 2018-Feburay M. Phil, Hazzara University
September-2018~ 2022-June PhD, Shandong University
2022-August~ 2024-July Postdoc Fellow, Zhejiang University
Obtained High E-Talent Certificate from Hangzhou Government, China (2022-10 to 2025)
Chinese Government Scholarship for PhD degree (2018-09 to 2022-07).
Best Student Scholarship from Hazzara University (Pakistan) for Master of Philosophy Degree (M. Phil) (2014-09 to 2018-02.
Obtained 1st Division from University of Peshawar in master degree (M. Sc).
1st position in SSC exam (Class-wise)
1st position in bachelor’s degree (class-wise)
1st position in PhD. degree (class-wise)
2nd Position Prize in College Swimming Competition
Best Athlete Prize along with certificate in University of Peshawar
Articles and Publications
1. Sikandar Iqbal 1, Aadil Nabi Chishti, Youchan Hao, Xingxing Wu, Huiqin Huang, Yinzhu Jiang* Se-p Orbitals induced “Strong d-d Orbitals Interaction” Enable High Reversibility of Se-rich ZnSe/MnSe@C electrode as Excellent Host for Sodium-Ion Storage. (Small)
2. Sikandar Iqbal 1, Lu Wang,Zhen Kong, Yanjun Zhai, Fengbo Wang, Liqiang Xu* Fabrication and Electrochemical Mechanism Investigation of 2D Se-rich ZnSe/CoSe2@C Heterostructure as Ultra-stable Anode Material for Alkaline ion Batteries. (Small)
3. Sikandar Iqbal 1, Lu Wang, Zhen Kong, Yanjun Zhai, Liqiang Xu* Fabrication of Bimetallic Sulfide Hollow Nanocubes with Fast Electrochemical Conversions as Durable Potassium-ion Battery Anode. (Small)
4. Sikandar Iqbal 1, Lu Wang, Zhen Kong, Yanjun Zhai, Xiuping Sun, Liqiang Xu* In situ growth of CoS2/ZnS Nanoparticles on Graphene Sheets with Ultralong Cycling Stability anode for Potassium ion Storage. (ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces)
5. Sikandar Iqbal 1, Aadil Nabi Chishti, Rashid Mehmood and Shahid Zaman* Harnessing solar energy with NH4Cl-doped hole transport layers in inverted perovskite solar cells. “MATERIALS CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS”
6. Sikandar Iqbal 1, Aadil Nabi Chishti, Youchan Hao, Xingxing Wu, Huiqin Huang, Yinzhu Jiang* Embedding a dual-functional NPC/Na2Se Skeleton into Na Metal for a Stable and Reversible Sodium Metal Anode. (Nano Today)
7. Moazzam Ali1, Sikandar Iqbal 1, Muhammad Ali, Aadil Nabi Chishti, Yinzhu Jiang*, Xufeng Lin, Muhammad Yousaf, A Multifunctional Ex-Situ Artificial Hybrid Interphase Layer to Stabilize Sodium Metal Anode (Nano Energy)
8. Samia Aman1, Sikandar Iqbal1, Aadil Nabi Chishti, Moazzam Ali, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Yousaf *, Yinzhu Jiang* A multifunctional Na2Se/Zn-Mn skeleton enables processable and highly reversible sodium metal anode (Small)
9. Fakhr uz Zaman, Sikandar Iqbal*** Rational construction of carbon quantum dots-zinc cobalt oxide heterostructureas bifunctional catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction and wastewater treatment. (International Journal of Hydrogen Energy).
10. Huiqin Huang, Yufan Xia, Haosheng Li, Muhammad Yousaf, Sikandar Iqbal, Yinzhu Jiang, Local electronic structure regulation enabling fluorophosphates cathode with improved redox potential and reversible capacity for sodium-ion batteries (Journal of American Chemical Society)
11. Keshuang Cao, Yufan Xia, Haosheng Li, Huiqin Huang, Sikandar Iqbal, Muhammad Yousaf, Yinzhu Jiang* Oxygen-regulated spontaneous solid electrolyte interphase enabling ultra-stable solid-State Na metal batteries (Science Bulletin)
12. Youchen Hao, Yufan Xia, Wen Liu, Sikandar Iqbal, Yinzhu Jiang* Tuning the Solvation Structure in Water-Based Solution Enables Surface Reconstruction of Layered Oxide Cathodes toward Long Lifespan Sodium-Ion Batteries.
(Advanced Science)
13. Zhen Kong, Lu Wang, Sikandar Iqbal, Bo Zhang, Bin Wang, Jianmin Dou, Fengbo Wang, Yitai Qian, Meng Zhang, and Liqiang Xu, Iron selenide-based heterojunction construction and defect engineering for fast Potassium/Sodium-ion storage (Small)
14. Xiuping Sun, Lu Wang, Chuanchuan Li, Debao Wang, Sikandar Iqbal, Ruxia Man, Fang Tian, Yitai Qian & Liqiang Xu, Dandelion-Like Bi2S3/rGO hierarchical microspheres as high-performance anodes for potassium-ion and half/full sodium-ion batteries (Nano Research).
15. Xiuping Sun, Bo Zhang, Ming Chen, Lu Wang, Debao Wang, Ruxia Man, Sikandar Iqbal, Fang Tian, Yitai Qian and Liqiang Xu*, Nano Today, Space-confied growth of Bi2Se3 nanosheets encapsulated in N-doped carbon shell lollipop-like composite for full/half potassium-ion and lithium-ion batteries.
16. Xingxing Wan, Yanan Jiang, Zhiwen Qiu, Hailiang Zhang, Xiaomeng Zhu, Sikandar Iqbal, Xiaobing Liu, Xin Chen, Bingqiang Cao, Zinc as a New Dopant for NiOx-Based Planar Perovskite Solar Cells with Stable Efficiency near 20% “ACS Applied Energy Materials”.
17. Zeeshan Ajmal, Asif Hayat, Muhammad Qasim, Sikandar Iqbal, Safdar Bashir, Adil Murtaza*, Huaqiang Zeng* Assembly of a novel Fe2TiO5-impregnated donor-π-acceptor conjugated carbon nitride for highly efficient solar water splitting “Sustainable Materials and Technologies”
18. Wei Li, Jinzhi Dong, Dalong Xu, Yifan Dong, Sikandar Iqbal, Jingwei Li, Ting Luo,* Laser-Induced Graphene/h-BN Laminated Structure to Enhance the Self-Lubricating Property of Si3N4 Composite Ceramic. Lubricants
19. Jialiang Liu, Jinbiao Jia, Jia Dong, Zhiwen Qiu, Sikandar Iqbal, Bingqiang Cao, Perovskite films grown with green mixed anti-solvent for highly efficient solar cells with enhanced stability “Solar energy”.
20. Muhammad Bilal Hussain, Bokai Kang, Xingxing Cheng a*, Chunyuan Ma, Sikander Iqbal, Oxygen vacancy induced Pt-decorated MOF photocatalyst for hydrogen production. “International Journal of Hydrogen Energy”
21. Fakhr uz Zaman, Anuj Kumar, Ghulam Yasin, Felix Ofori Boakye, Fawad Muhammad, Sikandar Iqbal, Khalid M. Alotaibi, Linrui Hou* Changzhou Yuan* Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes by carbon quantum dots-ZnFe2O4 composites “Journal of Alloys and Compounds”
22. Ting Luo, Xinchun Chen, Li Wang, Ping Wang, Cuncheng Li, Sikandar Iqbal, Bingqiang Cao, Ultrafast synthesis of SiC@graphene nanocomposites by one-step laser induced fragmentation and decomposition “Ceramics International”.
23. Rashid Mehmood*, Zia Ahmad*, Muhammad Bilal Hussain, Muhammad Athar, Ghulam Akbar, Zeeshan Ajmal, Sikandar Iqbal, Shahid Zaman 2D–2D heterostructure g-C3N4-based materials for photocatalytic H2 evolution: Progress and perspectives. “Frontier in Chemistry”.
