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Dr. Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman is currently working as Assistant Professor in Institute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. He bears a vast experience of research and teaching in National and international institutions. He completed his PhD degree form Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad. He also spent 1 year as a researcher in The University of Hong Kong (HKU). In research, He mostly search noval properties of nanostructured materials and thin films for their possible application in optoelectronics, photovoltaic and other energy applications as well. He has published a number of research articles in well known peer reviewed journals.
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1. Saleem, Muhammad and Ali, Amjad and Atawi, Ibrahem E. and Asad, Muhammad and Naeem-ur-Rehman and Shahzad, Amir and Rehman, Saif Ur and Ali, Amjad. 2026. “Studies on pristine and tin-doped zinc oxide nanorod-based photoanodes with graphene oxide coated counter electrodes for photovoltaic applications.” Results in Optics 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rio.2026.101009
2. Muddassir, M. and Ali, Arslan and ur rehman, Naeem and Mohamed, Hany M. and Alanazi, Abdullah K. and Shakil, M. 2026. “Evaluation of physical characteristics of halide double perovskites and solar cell efficiency: DFT and SCAPS-1D simulations.” Micro and Nanostructures 210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micrna.2025.208480
3. Nazir, Shahnaz and Shakil, M. and Rehman, Naeem ur and Gillani, S. S. A. and Hussain, I. and Bano, N. and Alanazi, Abdullah K. 2025. “DFT study of vacancy induced defects in functionalized Sc2C MXenes and their impact on structural.” Applied Physics A 131. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-025-09059-9
4. Saleem, Muhammad and Shahzad, Amir and Munir, Omer and Arif, Syed Mohsin Bin and Rehman, Saif Ur and Khan, M. I. and Ali, Amjad and Naeem-ur-Rehman. 2025. “One-step Synthesis of Ag@Sm-codoped ZnO Nanobullets as a Novel Matrix for Photovoltaic Applications.” Journal of Electronic Materials 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-025-12470-w
5. Tayyab, Aqsa and Shakil, M. and ur Rehman, Naeem and Gillani, S.S.A. and Ahmed, Inas A. and Kallel, Mohamed. 2025. “Exploring reversible hydrogen storage capacity of Li and Na metal-decorated Sc3N2 monolayer via DFT calculations.” Journal of Energy Storage 112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.115489
6. Ahmad, Jameel and Afzal, Tayyaba Tur Rehman and Alotaibi, Rajeh and Saeed, Maham and Ali, Syed Mansoor and Rehman, Naeem ur and Sharif, Shahzad and Imran, Muhammad. 2025. “Investigation of Integration Effect of Composite of Tin Oxide and Tin Sulphide Nanoparticles for Applications in Hybrid Supercapacitor Devices.” Investigation of Integration Effect of Composite of Tin Oxide and Tin Sulphide Nanoparticles for Applications in Hybrid Supercapacitor Devices 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-025-12217-7
7. and Ahmad, J. and Naeem-Ur-Rehman and Shakil, M. and Saleem, M. and Mahmood, K. and Ali, A. and Imran, M. and Sharif, S. and Elansary, Hosam O. and Mumtaz, S. and Khalid, A. D. and. 2025. “Improved electrochemical performance of nanostructured CO3O4/CO3S4 composite for supercapacitor applications.” Chalcogenide Letters 22. 10.15251/CL.2025.224.277
8. and Ur-Rehman, N. and Khalid, A. D. and Sharif, M. and Hadi, F. and Abid, F. and Zahra, M. and Fatima, Z. and Ahmad, I. and Elhindi, Khalid M. and. 2025. “Improved cytotoxic and optical characteristics of silver-doped TiO2 nanoparticles on human liver cancer cells.” Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures 20. https://doi.org/10.15251/DJNB.2025.201.327
9. and Khan, Z. and Khalid, A. D. and Khan, M. I. and Parveen, B. and Moussa, Ihab M. and Hassan, M. S. and N.-ur-Rehman, N. and Khan, A. K. and Mumtaz, S. and. 2024. “Structural and impedance analysis of tin-sulphide (SnS) nanoparticles produced with the help of hydrothermal process.” Chalcogenide Letters 21. https://doi.org/10.15251/CL.2024.2111.933
10. and Asad, M. and N.-ur-Rehman, N. and Bano, N. and Ali, S. M. and Mahmood, K. and Ali, A. and Imran, M. and. 2024. “Variations in the optical and thermoelectric behavior of ZnCo2O4 nanostructures as a function of synthesis temperature.” Journal of Ovonic Research 20. https://doi.org/10.15251/JOR.2024.205.745
11. and Rehman, N. U. and Hussain, A. and Ali, S. M. and Ahmad, J. and Buzdar, S. A. and Mahmood, K. and Shah, Z. A. and Ali, S. D. and Shar, M. A. and. 2023. “Support of Cd doping in SnO2 nanoparticles to enhance its thermoelectric parameters.” Journal of Ovonic Research 19. https://doi.org/10.15251/JOR.2023.196.653
12. Khalid, Allah Dittah and Ur-Rehman, Naeem and Tariq, Ghulam Hasnain and Ullah, Sana and Buzdar, Saeed Ahmed and Iqbal, Sadia Saghar and Sher, Emina Karahmet and Alsaiari, Norah Salem and Hickman, Graham J. and Sher, Farooq. 2023. “Functional bioinspired nanocomposites for anticancer activity with generation of reactive oxygen species.” Chemosphere/Elsevier 310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136885
13. Shah, Zulfiqar Ali and Shah, Nisar Ali and Ul Haq, Bakhtiar and ur Rehman, Naeem and Kim, Se-Hun and Obaidat, Yahia A.H. and Chaudhry, Aijaz Rasool. 2023. “First-principles study of physical properties of Na2ZnIM6 (M = Br.” Materials Today Communications 37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.107087
14. Zubair, Muhammad and Naeem-ur-Rehman and Azeem, Waqar and Afzal, Hassan and Buzdar, Saeed Ahmad and Ahmed, Waqar and Asad, Muhammad and Mahmood, Ghias. 2023. “Effect of iron concentration on the structure and thermoelectric performance of copper sulphide nanostructures.” Physica B 655. 10.1016/j.physb.2023.414737
15. and Khalid, A. D. and -ur-Rehman, N. and Hadi, F. and Iqbal, S. S. and Buzdar, S. A. and Khan, A. K. and. 2022. “Cytotoxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles coupled with folic acid and polyethylene glycol.” IMR Press 17. 10.15251/djnb.2022.171.73
16. Naeem Rehman, Allah Ditta Khalid, Sadia Sagar Iqbal, Saeed Ahmad Buzdar, Mushtaq Ahmad. 2021. “Structural, optical and cytotoxic behavior of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and its nanocomposites with zinc oxide.” Journal of Nanoscope 2. https://doi.org/10.52700/jn.v2i2.34
17. H. Naeem-ur-Rehman Khan and M. Mehmood and F. C. C. Ling and A. Faheem Khan and S. M. Ali. 2020. “Comparative Study on Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties of ZnO Thin Films Prepared by PLD and Sputtering Techniques.” Semiconductors / Pleiades Publishing Ltd 54. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782620090201
18. Syed Mansoor Ali and Shahid Mehmood Ramay and Naeem Ur Rehman and Khalid Ramzan and Muhammad Ali Shar and Asif Mahmood. 2020. “Fabrication and SILAR cycle-dependent characterization of CdS/p-Si heterojunction photodetector.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Springer Science and Business Media LLC 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-02789-6
19. Tariq Munir and Naeem ur Rehman and Arslan Mahmood and Khalid Mahmood and Adnan Ali and Imran Khan and Amjad Sohail and Alina Manzoor. 2020. “Structural, optical, electrical and thermo-electrical properties of Cu doped Co9S8-NPs synthesized via co-precipitation method.” Chemical Physics Letters / Elsevier BV 761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137989
20. Naeem-ur-Rehman and Mazhar Mehmood and Syed Mansoor Ali and Shahid M. Ramay and Turki S. Alkhuraiji. 2020. “Au/ZnO hybrid nanocomposites and their optical and photocatalytic properties.” Applied Physics A / Springer Science and Business Media LLC 126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-03909-4
21. U. Rehman and Jolly Jacob and K. Mahmood and A. Ali and A. Ashfaq and M. Basit and N. Amin and S. Ikram and S. Hussain and Hadia Noor and Aqrab ul Ahmad and Naeem ur Rehman. 2020. “Improving the thermoelectric performance of hydrothermally synthesized FeS2 nanoparticles by post sulfurization.” Ceramics International / Elsevier BV 46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.05.154
22. NAEEM UR-REHMAN and MAZHAR MEHMOOD and ABDUL FAHEEM KHAN and SYED MANSOOR ALI and M. ASHRAF. 2019. “ZnO-Ge MULTILAYER THIN FILM STRUCTURES DEPOSITED BY THERMAL EVAPORATION TECHNIQUE.” Surface Review and Letters / World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt 27. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218625X1950149X
23. M.~Ajaz Un Nabi and Adnan Ali and M.~Imran Arshad and Sofia Akber and A. Manzoor and M. Sharif and Kashif Javaid and Nasir Amin and Nadeem Sabir and Khaalid Mahmood and S. Ikram and Sajad Hussain and H.~Naeem Ur Rehman. 2019. “Thermoelectric Properties of Oxide Semiconductors.” IntechOpen. 10.5772/intechopen.88709
24. Naeem-ur-Rehman and Mazhar Mehmood and Syed Mansoor Ali and Shahid M. Ramay and Muhammad Ali Shar and M. S. AlGarawi. 2019. “Annealing induced defects in ZnO nanostructures.” Applied Physics A / Springer Science and Business Media LLC 125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-2802-7
25. Syed Mansoor Ali and Shahid Mehmood Ramay and Naeem Ur Rehman and Turki S. ALKhuraiji and Muhammad Ali Shar and Asif Mahmood and Ather Hassan and Muhammad Riaz. 2019. “Investigation of gamma irradiation effects on the properties of CdS/p-Si heterostructure.” Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing / Elsevier BV 93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2018.12.028
26. Syed Mansoor Ali and Shahid Mehmood Ramay and Muhammad Hammad Aziz and Naeem ur-Rehman and M.S. AlGarawi and S.S. AlGhamd and Asif Mahmood and Turki S. Alkhuraiji and Shahid Atiq. 2018. “Efficiency enhancement of perovskite solar cells by incorporation of CdS quantum dot through fast electron injection.” Organic Electronics / Elsevier BV 62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2018.07.012
27. M. I. Khan and K. A. Bhatti and Rabia Qindeel and Fazal-e-Aleem and Naeem-ur-Rehman and Norah Alonizan. 2017. “Sol-gel deposition and characterization of multilayer 2\% Cu doped TiO2 nano structured thin films.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Springer Science and Business Media LLC 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-6690-3
28. Muhammad Zafar and M. Shakil and Shabbir Ahmed and Muhammad Raza-ur-rehman Hashmi and M.A. Choudhary and Naeem-ur-Rehman. 2017. “Ab initio study of structural.” Solar Energy / Elsevier BV 158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2017.09.034
29. Syed Mansoor Ali and W. A. Farooq and M. R. Baig and M.A. Shar and M. Atif and S. S. Alghamdi and M. S. Algarawi and Naeem Ur-Rehman and Muhammad Hammad Aziz. 2015. “Structural and optical properties of pure and Ag doped ZnO thin films obtained by sol gel spin coating technique.” Materials Science-Poland / Walter de Gruyter GmbH 33. https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2015-0091
30. Naeem-ur- Rehman and Mazhar Mehmood and Farhat Ali and Muhammad Asim Rasheed and Muhammad Younas and Francis C.C. Ling and Syed Mansoor Ali. 2014. “Heavily nickel-doped zinc oxide nanostructures prepared by hydrothermal oxidation of electro-deposited alloy films and their photoluminescence properties.” Chemical Physics Letters / Elsevier BV 615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2014.09.045
31. Naeem-ur- Rehman and Mazhar Mehmood and Rashid Rizwan and Muhammad Asim Rasheed and Francis Chi Chung Ling and Muhammad Younas. 2014. “Control of optical properties of ZnO nanostructures grown by a novel two-step synthesis approach.” Chemical Physics Letters / Elsevier BV 609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2014.05.054
32. Farhat Ali and Mazhar Mehmood and Abdul Mateen Qasim and Jamil Ahmad and Naeem-ur-Rehman and Muhammad Iqbal and Ammad H. Qureshi. 2014. “Comparative study of the structure and corrosion behavior of Zr-20\%Cr and Zr-20\%Ti alloy films deposited by multi-arc ion plating technique.” Thin Solid Films / Elsevier BV 564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.05.041
33. M. Younas and L. L. Zou and M. Nadeem and Naeem-ur-Rehman Naeem-ur-Rehman and S. C. Su and Z. L. Wang and W. Anwand and A. Wagner and J. H. Hao and C. W. Leung and R. Lortz and F. C. C. Ling. 2014. “Impedance analysis of secondary phases in a Co-implanted ZnO single crystal.” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. / Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 16. 10.1039/C4CP00951G
34. Syed Mansoor Ali and Jan Muhammad and Syed Tajammul Hussain and Syed Danish Ali and Naeem Ur Rehman and Muhammad Hammad Aziz. 2013. “Annealing effect on structural.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Springer Science and Business Media LLC 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-013-1499-1
35. W. Aslam Farooq and Syed Mansoor Ali and Jan Muhammad and Syed Danish Ali and Muhammad Hammad Aziz and Naeem-ur Rehman and Muhammad Hussain. 2013. “Synthesis and characterization of Sn1Mg1-xO2 thin films fabricated by aero-sole assisted chemical vapor deposition.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Springer Science and Business Media LLC 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-013-1536-0
36. Syed Mansoor Ali and Syed Tajammul Hussain and Shahzad Abu Bakar and Jan Muhammad and Naeem ur Rehman. 2013. “Effect of doping on the Structural and Optical Properties of SnO2Thin Films fabricated by Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition.” Journal of Physics: Conference Series / IOP Publishing 439. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/439/1/012013
37. Syed Mansoor Ali and Jan Muhammad and Syed Tajammul Hussain and Shahzad Abu Bakar and Muhammad Ashraf and Naeem-ur-Rehman. 2013. “Study of microstructural, optical and electrical properties of Mg dopped SnO thin films.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Springer Science and Business Media LLC 24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-013-1114-5
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Research and Development Projects
1. Metal Oxides nanostructures based devices for photovoltaic, optoelectronic and catalytic applications
With: HEC (2016-05 - 2017-06)
The project successfully achieved its objectives by synthesizing and characterizing the targeted materials and evaluating their structural, optical, electrical, or electrochemical properties. The developed materials demonstrated improved performance for the intended applications, resulting in high-quality research publications, student training, and the establishment of advanced experimental methodologies. The outcomes contribute to the advancement of materials science and provide a foundation for future research and technological applications.
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur was established in the year 1975 by upgrading historical institute of the Jamia Abbasia.
