Ibrahim Alaefour

1.2k total citations
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ibrahim Alaefour is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ibrahim Alaefour has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 5 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ibrahim Alaefour's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (21 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (11 papers). Ibrahim Alaefour is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (21 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (19 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (11 papers). Ibrahim Alaefour collaborates with scholars based in Canada and Iran. Ibrahim Alaefour's co-authors include Xianguo Li, Samaneh Shahgaldi, Kui Jiao, Jian Zhao, Gholamreza Karimi, X. Li, Adnan Ozden, Feridun Hamdullahpur, Qian Xu and Yang Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, Electrochimica Acta and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

Ibrahim Alaefour

22 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ibrahim Alaefour Canada 17 1.0k 888 288 116 86 22 1.1k
Lara Rasha United Kingdom 15 714 0.7× 447 0.5× 192 0.7× 173 1.5× 79 0.9× 29 809
Jiabin Ge United States 6 573 0.6× 445 0.5× 229 0.8× 78 0.7× 80 0.9× 6 592
Mikko Mikkola Finland 15 1.1k 1.1× 881 1.0× 450 1.6× 181 1.6× 148 1.7× 18 1.2k
Iwao Nitta Finland 9 727 0.7× 485 0.5× 269 0.9× 139 1.2× 66 0.8× 9 750
Kyeongmin Oh South Korea 19 893 0.9× 452 0.5× 203 0.7× 401 3.5× 73 0.8× 24 950
Hazem Tawfik United States 10 696 0.7× 449 0.5× 417 1.4× 98 0.8× 76 0.9× 24 852
Shantanu Shukla Canada 10 502 0.5× 430 0.5× 135 0.5× 46 0.4× 58 0.7× 18 560
Takashi Sasabe Japan 13 879 0.9× 655 0.7× 382 1.3× 46 0.4× 158 1.8× 47 919
Dietmar Gerteisen Germany 22 1.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 525 1.8× 163 1.4× 206 2.4× 42 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ibrahim Alaefour

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alaefour, Ibrahim, Samaneh Shahgaldi, Jian Zhao, & Xianguo Li. (2020). Synthesis and Ex-Situ characterizations of diamond-like carbon coatings for metallic bipolar plates in PEM fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 46(19). 11059–11070. 49 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jian, Samaneh Shahgaldi, Adnan Ozden, et al.. (2019). Effect of catalyst deposition on electrode structure, mass transport and performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Applied Energy. 255. 113802–113802. 49 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jian, Samaneh Shahgaldi, Adnan Ozden, et al.. (2018). Geometric pore surface area and fractal dimension of catalyzed electrodes in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Energy Research. 43(7). 3011–3019. 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jian, Adnan Ozden, Samaneh Shahgaldi, et al.. (2018). Effect of Pt loading and catalyst type on the pore structure of porous electrodes in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Energy. 150. 69–76. 59 indexed citations
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Shahgaldi, Samaneh, Ibrahim Alaefour, Jian Zhao, & Xianguo Li. (2018). Impact of ionomer in the catalyst layers on proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance under different reactant flows and pressures. Fuel. 227. 35–41. 42 indexed citations
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Shahgaldi, Samaneh, Ibrahim Alaefour, & Xianguo Li. (2018). The impact of short side chain ionomer on polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell performance and durability. Applied Energy. 217. 295–302. 67 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jian, Samaneh Shahgaldi, Ibrahim Alaefour, Yang Song, & Xianguo Li. (2018). Pore structure and effective diffusion coefficient of catalyzed electrodes in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 43(7). 3776–3785. 41 indexed citations
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Shahgaldi, Samaneh, Ibrahim Alaefour, & Xianguo Li. (2018). Impact of manufacturing processes on proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance. Applied Energy. 225. 1022–1032. 106 indexed citations
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Alaefour, Ibrahim & Xianguo Li. (2018). Dynamic characteristics of the local current density in proton exchange membrane fuel cells with different operating conditions. International Journal of Energy Research. 42(15). 4610–4624. 17 indexed citations
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Shahgaldi, Samaneh, Ibrahim Alaefour, & Xianguo Li. (2018). Influence of Ionomer Structures and Ratios on Performance and Degradation of PEM Fuel Cells. ECS Transactions. 83(1). 71–78. 7 indexed citations
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Shahgaldi, Samaneh, et al.. (2017). Development of a low temperature decal transfer method for the fabrication of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 42(16). 11813–11822. 70 indexed citations
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Shahgaldi, Samaneh, Jian Zhao, Ibrahim Alaefour, & Xianguo Li. (2017). Investigation of catalytic vs reactant transport effect of catalyst layers on proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance. Fuel. 208. 321–328. 53 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jian, Samaneh Shahgaldi, Ibrahim Alaefour, Qian Xu, & Xianguo Li. (2017). Gas permeability of catalyzed electrodes in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Applied Energy. 209. 203–210. 74 indexed citations
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Alaefour, Ibrahim, Kui Jiao, Gholamreza Karimi, & Xianguo Li. (2012). The Effect of the Air Stoichiometry on Dynamic Behavior of Local Current Density in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. ECS Transactions. 42(1). 131–142. 2 indexed citations
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Alaefour, Ibrahim, et al.. (2012). The Influence of Channel Wettability on Two-Phase Flow and Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Performance. ECS Transactions. 42(1). 109–115. 14 indexed citations
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Alaefour, Ibrahim & Bale V. Reddy. (2011). Effect of Steam Injection in Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber on the Performance of a Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Power Generation Unit. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 110-116. 4574–4577. 1 indexed citations
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Jiao, Kui, Ibrahim Alaefour, Gholamreza Karimi, & Xianguo Li. (2011). Cold start characteristics of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 36(18). 11832–11845. 92 indexed citations
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Jiao, Kui, Ibrahim Alaefour, Gholamreza Karimi, & Xianguo Li. (2011). Simultaneous measurement of current and temperature distributions in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell during cold start processes. Electrochimica Acta. 56(8). 2967–2982. 86 indexed citations
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Alaefour, Ibrahim, et al.. (2010). Experimental study on the effect of reactant flow arrangements on the current distribution in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Electrochimica Acta. 56(5). 2591–2598. 37 indexed citations

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