Dr. Peter Adeniyi Alaba

Research Assistant
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Malaya, Malaysia

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Selected Publications

  1. Alsaedi, M.A., F. Abnisa, P.A. Alaba and H.U. Farouk, 2022. Investigating the relevance of Environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in Saudi Arabia: towards energy efficiency and minimal carbon dioxide emission. Clean Technol. Environ. Policy, 24: 1285-1300.
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  2. Akinyemi, B.A., P.A. Alaba and A. Rashedi, 2022. Selected performance of alkali-activated mine tailings as cementitious composites: A review. J. Build. Eng., 10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104154.
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  3. Oni, B.A., S.E. Sanni, P.A. Alaba, M.M. Hessien and Z.M. El-Bahy, 2021. Investigating the performance of acetylated diethyl ether–Camelina sativa biodiesel as fuel in compression ignition engine. Energ. Ecol. Environ., 7: 281-295.
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  4. Agboola, O., T. Adedoyin, O.S.I. Fayomi, A. Ayodeji and S.E. Sanni, 2021. DNA Inhibition of Hydrogen Ion-Induced Corrosion of Mild Steel Used for Pipelines in Oil and Gas Industries. Asian J. Chem., 33: 767-774.
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  5. Sanni, S.E., T.A. Alade, O. Agboola and P.A. Alaba, 2020. Catalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid-triethanolamine mixture using copper nanoparticles. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 45: 4606-4624.
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  6. Alaba, P.A., S.A. Mazari, H.U. Farouk, S.E. Sanni and O. Agboola et al ., 2020. Harvesting Electricity from CO2 Emission: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Prospects. Int. J. of Precis. Eng. and Manuf.-Green Tech., 8: 1061-1081.
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  7. Alaba, P.A., S.A. Adedigba, S.F. Olupinla, O. Agboola and S.E. Sanni, 2020. Unveiling Corrosion Behavior of Pipeline Steels in CO2-Containing Oilfield Produced Water: Towards Combating the Corrosion Curse. Crit. Rev. Solid State Mater. Sci., 45: 239-260.
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  8. Alaba, P.A., C.S. Lee, F. Abnisa, M.K. Aroua and P. Cognet et al ., 2020. A review of recent progress on electrocatalysts toward efficient glycerol electrooxidation. Rev. Chem. Eng., 37: 779-811.
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  9. Abatan, O.G., P.A. Alaba, B.A. Oni, K. Akpojevwe, V. Efeovbokhan and F. Abnisa, 2020. Performance of eggshells powder as an adsorbent for adsorption of hexavalent chromium and cadmium from wastewater. SN Appl. Sci., Vol. 2. 10.1007/s42452-020-03866-w.
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  10. Mazari, S.A., P. Alaba and I.M. Saeed, 2019. Formation and elimination of nitrosamines and nitramines in freshwaters involved in post-combustion carbon capture process. J. Environ. Chem. Eng., Vol. 7. 10.1016/j.jece.2019.103111.
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  11. Ayodele, O.B., A.A. Sulaimon, P.A. Alaba and T. Zhen-Yu, 2019. Influence of metakaolinization temperature on the structure and activity of metakaolin supported Ni catalyst in dry methane reforming. J. Environ. Chem. Eng., Vol. 8. 10.1016/j.jece.2019.103239.
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  12. Ali, I.M., A.S. Naje, H.A.M. Al-Zubaidi and R.T. Al-Kateeb 2019. Performance Evaluation of Fly Ash-based Geopolymer Concrete Incorporating Nano Slag Global NEST J., 21: 70-75.
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  13. Alaba, P.A., S.I. Popoola, L. Olatomiwa, M.B. Akanle and O.S. Ohunakin et al ., 2019. Towards a more efficient and cost-sensitive extreme learning machine: A state-of-the-art review of recent trend. Neurocomputing, 350: 70-90.
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  14. Alaba, P.A., S.I. Popoola, F. Abnisal, C.S. Lee and O.S. Ohunakin et al ., 2019. Thermal decomposition of rice husk: A comprehensive artificial intelligence predictive model. J. Therm. Anal. Calorim., 140: 1811-1823.
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  15. Agboola, O., B. Okoli, S.E. Sanni, P.A. Alaba and P. Popoola et al., 2019. Synthesis of activated carbon from olive seeds: Investigating the yield, energy efficiency, and dye removal capacity SN Appl. Sci., Vol. 1. 10.1007/s42452-018-0089-5.
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  16. Vazquez-Mendoza, P., M.M.M. Elghandour, P.A. Alaba, P. Sánchez-Aparicio, M.U. Alonso-Fresán, A. Barbabosa-Pliego and A.Z.M. Salem, 2018. Antimicrobial and bactericidal impacts of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CECT 5940 on fecal shedding of pathogenic bacteria in dairy calves and adult dogs. Microb. Pathogen., 114: 458-463.
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  17. Safaei-Cherehh, A., B. Rasouli, P.A. Alaba, Al. Seidavi, S.R. Hernández and A.Z.M. Salem, 2018. Effect of dietary Foeniculum vulgare Mill. extract on growth performance, blood metabolites, immunity and ileal microflora in male broilers. Agrofor. Syst., 94: 1269-1278.
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  18. Saeed, I.M., P. Alaba, S.A. Mazari, W.J. Basirun, V.S. Lee and N. Sabzoi, 2018. Opportunities and challenges in the development of monoethanolamine and its blends for post-combustion CO2 capture. Int. J. Greenhouse Gas Control, 79: 212-233.
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  19. Rivas-Cáceres, R.R., J.L. Stephano-Hornedo, J. Lugo, R. Vaca and P.D. Aguila et al., 2018. Bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles against propagation of Clavibacter michiganensis infection in Lycopersicon esculentum mill. Microb. Pathogen., 115: 358-362.
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  20. Kamel, H.E.M., S.N. Al-Dobaib, A.Z.M. Salem, S. López and P.A. Alaba, 2018. Influence of dietary supplementation with sunflower oil and quebracho tannins on growth performance and meat fatty acid profile of Awassi lambs. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol., 235: 97-104.
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  21. Alaba, P.A., N.A. Oladoja, Y.M. Sani, O.B. Ayodele and I.Y. Mohammed et al., 2018. Insight into wastewater decontamination using polymeric adsorbents. J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 6: 1651-1672.
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  22. Alaba, P.A., A. Abbas, J. Huang and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2018. Molybdenum carbide nanoparticle: Understanding the surface properties and reaction mechanism for energy production towards a sustainable future. Renewable Sustainable Energy Rev., 91: 287-300.
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  23. Mohammed, I.Y., Y.A. Abakr, S. Yusup, P.A. Alaba, K.I. Morris, Y.M. Sani and F.K. Kazi, 2017. Upgrading of Napier grass pyrolytic oil using microporous and hierarchical mesoporous zeolites: Products distribution, composition and reaction pathways. J. Cleaner Prod., 162: 817-829.
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  24. Mohammed, I.Y., Y.A. Abakr, J.N.X. Hui, P.A. Alaba, K.I. Morris and M.D. Ibrahim, 2017. Recovery of clean energy precursors from Bambara groundnut waste via pyrolysis: Kinetics, products distribution and optimisation using response surface methodology. J. Cleaner Prod., 164: 1430-1445.
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  25. Medina, M.F.E., P.A. Alaba, M.E. Estrada-Zuniga, V. Velazquez-Ordonez and A. Barbabosa-Pliego et al., 2017. Anti-staphylococcal properties of four plant extracts against sensitive and multi-resistant bacterial strains isolated from cattle and rabbits. Microb. Pathogenesis, 113: 286-294.
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  26. Alaba, P.A., Y.M. Sani, S.F. Olupinla, W.M.W. Daud, I.Y. Mohammed, C.C. Enweremadu and O.O. Ayodele, 2017. Toward N-nitrosamines free water: Formation, prevention, and removal. Crit. Rev. Env. Sci. Technol., 47: 2448-2489.
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  27. Alaba, P.A., Y.M. Sani, I.Y. Mohammed, Y.A. Abakr and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2017. Synthesis of hierarchical nanoporous HY zeolites from activated kaolin, a central composite design optimization study. Adv. Powder Technol., 28: 1399-1410.
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  28. Alaba, P.A., Y.M. Sani, I.Y. Mohammed, Y.A. Abakr and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2017. Synthesis and characterization of sulfated hierarchical nanoporous faujasite zeolite for efficient transesterification of shea butter. J. Cleaner Prod., 142: 1987-1993.
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  29. Alaba, P.A., A. Abbas and W.M.W. Daud, 2017. Insight into catalytic reduction of CO2: Catalysis and reactor design. J. Cleaner Prod., 140: 1298-1312.
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  30. Adebisi, G.A., Z.Z. Chowdhury and P.A. Alaba, 2017. Equilibrium, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies of lead ion and zinc ion adsorption from aqueous solution onto activated carbon prepared from palm oil mill effluent. J. Cleaner Prod., 148: 958-968.
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  31. Sani, Y.M., P.A. Alaba, A.O. Raji-Yahya, A.R.A. Aziz and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2016. Facile synthesis of sulfated mesoporous Zr/ZSM-5 with improved Brønsted acidity and superior activity over SZr/Ag, SZr/Ti, and SZr/W in transforming UFO into biodiesel. J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng., 60: 247-257.
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  32. Sani, Y.M., P.A. Alaba, A.O. Raji-Yahya, A.R.A. Aziz and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2016. Acidity and catalytic performance of Yb-doped SO42-/Zr in comparison with SO42-/Zr catalysts synthesized via different preparatory conditions for biodiesel production. J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng., 59: 195-204.
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  33. Mohammed, I., F. Kazi, S. Yusup, P. Alaba, Y. Sani and Y. Abakr, 2016. Catalytic intermediate pyrolysis of napier grass in a fixed bed reactor with zsm-5, hzsm-5 and zinc-exchanged zeolite-a as the catalyst. Energies, Vol.9. 10.3390/en9040246.
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  34. Alaba, P.A., Y.M. Sani, I.Y. Mohammed, Y.A. Abakr and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2016. Synthesis and application of hierarchical mesoporous HZSM-5 for biodiesel production from shea butter. J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng., 59: 405-412.
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  35. Alaba, P.A., Y.M. Sani, I.Y. Mohammed and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2016. Insight into catalyst deactivation mechanism and suppression techniques in thermocatalytic deoxygenation of bio-oil over zeolites. Rev. Chem. Eng., 32: 71-91.
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  36. Alaba, P.A., Y.M. Sani and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2016. Efficient biodiesel production via solid superacid catalysis: A critical review on recent breakthrough. RSC Adv., 6: 78351-78368.
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  37. Alaba, P.A., Y.M. Sani and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2016. A comparative study on thermal decomposition behavior of biodiesel samples produced from shea butter over micro- and mesoporous ZSM-5 zeolites using different kinetic models. J. Therm. Anal. Calorim., 126: 943-948.
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  38. Alaba, P.A., Y.M. Sani and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2015. Synthesis and characterization of hierarchical nanoporous HY zeolites from acid activated kaolin. Chin. J. Catal., 36: 1846-1851.
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  39. Alaba, P.A., Y.M. Sani and W.M.A.W. Daud, 2015. Kaolinite properties and advances for solid acid and basic catalyst synthesis. RSC Adv., 5: 101127-101147.
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