Dr. Khalid Mahmood

Assistant Professor at Government College University Faisalabad

Dr. Khalid Mahmood

Contact Details

Email Address khalidmahmood@gcuf.edu.pk
Phone Number 041-9201372
Office Address GC University Faisalabad
Academic Profiles
Basic Information
Full Name
Dr. Khalid Mahmood
Designation
Assistant Professor
Department
Physics
Faculty
Physical Science
Email Address
khalidmahmood@gcuf.edu.pk

Brief Statement of research work

My research is focused on the synthesis of nano-materials for thermoelectric and bio-sensing applications

Academic Background
SR. DEGREE INSTITUTE FROM TO
1 Ph.D Islamia University, Bahawalpur 2009 2014
2 M.Phil Or MS Islamia University, Bahawalpur 2007 2009
Research Publications
SR. AUTHORS PAPER TITLE JOURNAL PAGE# YEAR VOL. IMP.F VIEW
1 Arslan Ashfaq, Muhammad Yasir Ali, Adnan Ali, Khalid Mehmood, Meznah M. Alanazi, Tagreed Wael, Alghamdi, Ahmed H. Raga Realizing high thermoelectric power factor and stability of AlSnTe2 alloy thin film International Communications in heat and mass transfer 108943 2025 164 0
2 M. Yasir Ali, S. Younus, N. Amin, Adnan Ali, Muhammad Isram, S. Ikram, K. Mahmood*, M. Junaid Dilshad A two stage approach to antibacterial activity of wastewater using annealed Zn0.5Mn0.5O nano-composites Results in Chemistry 102192 2025 15 0
3 Muhammad Yasir Ali, Adnan Ali, Khalid Mehmood, Arslan Ashfaq, Meznah M. Alanazi, Ahmed H. Raga , Strategies for Thermoelectric Power Factor: From Tin-based Materials to Device Applications Emergent Materials 5323 2025 8 0
4 Arslan Ashfaq, M.Yasir Ali, Adnan Ali, Khalid Mahmood, Shaimaa A.M. Abdelmohsen, Meznah M. Alanazi, Lana M. Sulayem, Ahmed H. Ragab High-performance thermoelectric properties of oriented and non-stoichiometric AgSnTe2 thin film Solid State Communication 116116 2025 404 0
5 M. Yasir Ali, Arslan Ashfaq, Adnan Ali, Khalid Mehmood, Meznah M. Alanazi, Manar Fahad Albarak, and Ahmed H. Ragab Enhancing thermoelectric performance in AgBiTe2 alloys through band modification and localized lattice engineering Journal of Materials Science 13531 2025 60 0
6 M. Yasir Ali, Adnan Ali, Khalid Mahmood, Ahmed H. Ragab, Meznah Alanazi, Tagreed Wael Alghamdi, A. Ashfaq , Investigating the thermoelectric power factor of AlPbTe2 thin film grown by thermal evaporation route Applied Physics A 330 2025 131 0
7 Ubaid Ur Rehman, Kashaf Ul Sahar, Khalid Mahmood, Ejaz Hussain, Chun-Ming Wang Exploring the potential of non-toxic chalcogenide based perovskite solar cells: Performance analysis and insights Inorganic Chemistry Communications 113923 2025 174 0
8 M. Yasir Ali, Najaf Abbas Khan, A. Ali, M. Shujaat Hussain, K. Mahmood Realization of High Figure of Merit in Fe/Ni co???Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles by the Engineering of Charge and Phonon Transport Journal of Electronic Materials 9686 2025 54 2.4
9 M. Yasir Ali, Ausaf Ahmed, A. Ali, Azhar Mehmood, M. Sharafat Hussain, Chun???Ming Wang, K. Mahmood Optimizing the Power Factor of FeSi2 Alloy by Achieving Flower???Like Surface Morphology Using Post???Growth Annealing Journal of Electronic Materials 9596 2025 54 0
10 M. Ibrahim, K. Mahmood*, A. Ali Achievement of Giant Power Factor and Moderate ZT in Sb???Doped SnO2 Thin Films by Post???Growth Annealing Technique Journal of Electronic Materials 8570 2025 54 2.4
11 Kashaf Ul Sahar ??? Ubaid Ur Rehman, Ejaz Hussain, Qian Wang, Khalid Mahmood, Chun???Ming Wang Unraveling the Potential of La2NiMnO6???Based Perovskite Solar Cells via SCAPS???1D Simulations: Insights into Performance and Charge Dynamics Journal of Electronic Materials 6118 2025 54 2.4
12 Jolly Jacob, M.S. Al-Buriahi, A. Ali, Tahir Mahmood Akhtar, M. Imran Arshad, Salma Ikram, K. Javaid, M. Yasir Ali, K. Mahmood*, Norah Salem Alsaiari, Sultan Alomairy, Yongbo Kuang Correlation of Seebeck coefficient and selenization temperature in CuSe thin films grown on glass substrate Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 112399 2025 196 0
13 Najaf Abbas Khan, A. Ali, K. Mahmood*, Muhammad Isram, S. Ikram, Charge transport optimisation in SnO2 nanoparticles via Zn doping to achieve a power factor of 83 ??W/m.K2, Results in Chemistry 102100 2025 14 0
14 M. Yasir Ali, Arslan Ashfaq, Adnan Ali, Khalid Mehmood, Shaimaa A. M. Abdelmohsen, Meznah M. Alanazi, Lana M. Sulayem, Ahmed H. Ragab Enhancing the Thermoelectric Power Factor of Ag???Bi???Te Alloy Films via Post-Annealing Treatment Journal of Electronic Materials 1732 2025 55 2.4
15 Norah Salem Alsaiari, Jolly Jacob, A. Ali, S. Ikram, K. Javaid, M. Tamseel, K. Mahmood*, M. Yasir Ali, Sultan Alomairy, M. S. Al???Buriahi, and Safa Ezzine Enhancing the thermoelectric properties of Ag???GeO2 nanocomposites by controlling the Ag conducting phase Journal of Materials Science 4293 2025 60 0
16 M. TAMSEEL, K. MAHMOOD*, A. ALI, K. JAVAID, HAREEM MUFTI, Controlled growth of Ag-ZnO thin films by thermal evaporation technique for optimized thermoelectric power generation Journal of Alloys and Compounds 168507 2023 938 6.371
17 6. JOLLY JACOB, KASHIF JAVAID, NASIR AMIN, ADNAN ALI, KHALID MAHMOOD*, SALMA IKRAM MUHAMMAD IMRAN ARSHAD, ASAD MUNIR, MONGI AMAMI The influence of lanthanum concentration on microstructural and electrical properties of Mg-Cd-Bi ferrite nanoparticles Ceramic International 1896 2023 49 5.532
18 HAFIZ T. ALI, MONGI AMAMI, U. REHMAN, K. MAHMOOD*, MOHAMMAD YUSUF, SALMA IKRAM, A. ALI, N. AMIN, K. JAVAID, M. IMRAN ARSHAD, Investigating the thermoelectric power generation performance of ZnCuO: A p-type mixed-metal oxide system, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 110535 2022 163 4.383
19 ARSLAN ASHFAQ, JOLLY JACOB, MONGI AMAMI, F.F.AL-HARBI, A.ALI, K. MAHMOOD, U. REHMAN, N. AMIN, S. IKRAM, S. TAHIR AKBAR, S. HUSSAIN Effect of Al-doping on the thermoelectric properties of CZTS thin film grown by sol-gel method Solid State Communications 114701 2022 345 1.934
20 SALMA IKRAM, JOLLY JACOB, F.F. AL-HARBI, K. MAHMOOD,*, A. ALI, N. AMIN, TARIQ SIKINDAR, MONGI AMAMI, S. HUSSAIN, K. JAVAID Sulfurization temperature induced enhancement in thermoelectric properties of polycrystalline WS2 nanomaterials Optical Materials 112004 2022 124 3.754
21 INAAM ULLAH, M. TAMSEEL, MONGI AMAMI, MUHAMMAD RIZWAN JAVED, K. JAVAID, K. MAHMOOD, SALMA IKRAM, A. ALI, N. AMIN, M. SHUJAAT HUSSAIN, M. YASIR ALI, M. IMRAN ARSHAD Growth and characterization of Ag?Al2O3 composites thin films for thermoelectric power generation applications Ceramic International 3647 2022 48 5.532
22 SALMA IKRAM, A. ALI, N. AMIN, IQRA TABASSAM, MONGI AMAMI, K. JAVAID, M. YASIR ALI, K. MAHMOOD* , AQRAB UL AHMAD, SAJID HUSSAIN SIYAL Effect of Al concentration on the structural and thermoelectric properties of ZnAlS alloy Inorganic Chemistry Communications 109908 2022 144 3.428
23 HAFIZ T. ALI, A. ASHFAQ, M. SHARAFAT HUSSAIN, K. MAHMOOD,* , MOHAMMAD YUSUF, SALMA IKRAM, A. ALI, N. AMIN, K. JAVAID, M. YASIR ALI, J. JACOB, M. AMAMI Enhancing the thermoelectric properties of CZTS thin films grown on multi-crystalline Si substrate by controlling the sulfurization time duration Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials-Rapid Communication 164 2022 16 .587
24 MAHA ABDALLAH ALNUWAISER, KASHIF JAVAID, JOLLY JACOB, MALEEHA SALEEM, LINGYAN LIANG, HONGTAO CAO, MONGI AMAMI, K. MAHMOOD*, A. ALI, N. AMIN, SALMA IKRAM, Annealing induced morphology evolution and phase transition in SnOx thin films grown by e-beam evaporation method, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 109473 2022 140 3.428
25 UBAID UR REHMAN, KHALID MAHMOOD, ARSALAN ASHFAQ, ADNAN ALI, SOFIA TAHIR, SALMA IKRAM, ABDUL REHMAN, KASHAF UL SAHAR, WAQAS AHAMD, NASIR AMIN Enhanced thermoelectric performance of hydrothermally synthesized CuFeS2 nanostructures by controlling the Cu/Fe ratio Materials Chemistry and Physics 125765 2022 279 4.778
26 KASHIF JAVAID, MARIA ASHFAQ , MALEEHA SALEEM, NASIR AMIN, ADNAN ALI, KHALID MAHMOOD, SALMA IKRAM, ADNAN KHALIL, ABDUL GHAFAR WATTOO, AMJAD ISLAM, MESHAL ALZAID, HUSSEIN ALROBEI, LINGYAN LIANG, HONGTAO CAO Structural and thermoelectric properties of nanostructured p-SnO thin films grown by e-beam evaporation method Journal of Hydrogen Energy 15547 2022 47 7.139
27 HAFIZ T ALI1, JOLLY JACOB, M. ISRAM, K. MAHMOOD*, MOHAMMAD YUSUF, KHURRAM MEHBOOB SALMA IKRAM, N. AMIN, K. JAVAID, Effect of Aluminum (Al) concentration on the thermoelectric performance of Zinc Aluminum Selenium (ZnAlSe) alloy. Journal of superconductivity and novel magnetism 2199 2022 34 1.675
28 INAAMULLAH, JOLLY JACOB, F.F.AL-HARBI, K. MAHMOOD*, A. ALI, M. TAMSEEL, SALMA IKRAM, N. AMIN, K. JAVAID, LAMIA BEN FARHAT, S. HUSSAIN, M. YASIR ALI Investigating the potential of AgZnO thin film composites for waste heat recovery using Seebeck data. Optical Materials 112318 2022 127 3.754
29 U REHMAN, ASHFAQ, K. MAHMOOD,*, A. ALI, N. AMIN, MONGI AMAMI, S. HUSSAIN, K. JAVAID, SALMA IKRAM, KASHAF UL SAHAR Modulation of thermoelectric power generation performance of ZnO nanostructures by controlling the Mn atoms concentration. Ceramics International 16183 2022 48 5.532
30 INAAMULLAH, JOLLY JACOB, F.F.AL-HARBI, K. MAHMOOD*, A. ALI, M. TAMSEEL, SALMA IKRAM, N. AMIN, K. JAVAID, LAMIA BEN FARHAT, S. HUSSAIN, M. YASIR ALI Investigating the potential of AgZnO thin film composites for waste heat recovery using Seebeck data, Optical Materials 112318 2022 127 3.754
31 INAAM ULLAH, F. F. AL-HARBI, AQRAB UL AHMAD, K. MAHMOOD*, A. ALI, SALMA IKRAM, N. AMIN, K. JAVAID, MONGI AMAMI, M. ARIF SAJJAD, M. YASIR ALI, M. SHARAFAT HUSSAIN Growth and characterization of GeSnO thin films for thermoelectric power generation applications chemical Physics Letters 139717 2022 801 2.719
32 INAAM ULLAH, F. F. AL-HARBI, AQRAB UL AHMAD, K. MAHMOOD*, A. ALI, SALMA IKRAM, N. AMIN, K. JAVAID, MONGI AMAMI, M. ARIF SAJJAD, M. YASIR ALI, M. SHARAFAT HUSSAIN Growth and characterization of GeSnO thin films for thermoelectric power generation applications Chemical Physics Letters 139717 2022 801 2.719
33 A. REHMAN, A. ALI, SALMA IKRAM, MONGI AMAMI, K. MAHMOOD* Characterization of polycrystalline SnSe2 thin films for thermoelectric applications grown by Single-Stage Horizontal Tube Furnace (SSHTF) Optical Materials 112797 2022 133 3.754
34 10. N. ABBAS KHAN, MAHA ABDALLAH ALNUWAISER, MUHAMMAD RIZWAN JAVED, SALMA IKRAM, A. ALI, M. YASIR ALI, MONGI AMAMI, M. ASIF NAWAZ, K. JAVAID, M. SHARAFAT HUSSAIN, K. MAHMOOD* Effect of Sn concentration on the structural, morphological and thermoelectric transport properties of zinc Stannates thin films Ceramic International 35237 2022 48 5.532
35 UBAID UR REHMAN, JOLLY JACOB, F.F. AL-HARBI, A. ASHFAQ, K. MAHMOOD* , A. ALI, N. AMIN, MONGI AMAMI, S. HUSSAIN, K. JAVAID, SALMA IKRAM, KASHAF UL SAHAR Modulation of thermoelectric power generation performance of ZnO nanostructures by controlling the Mn atoms concentration Ceramic International 16183 2022 48 5.532
36 M.F WASIQ, K. MAHMOOD, M. AZHAR KHAN, M.Y NADEEM, M.F WARSI Investigation of high temperature charge transport mechanism in Al-Gd2O3-Al based metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure, Applied Physics A 1046 2016 122 1.444
Professional Journey
SR. POST HELD INSTITUTE / ORGANIZATION DURATION EXPERIENCE (Y/M/D)
1 Associate Professor Government College University Faisalabad 2022 - 1/1/0
2 Assistant Professor Government College University Faisalabad 2014 - 2022 9/0/0
International Exposure
SR. COUNTRY FUNDING AGENCY DURATION (Y/M/D) PURPOSE
1 CHINA HEC 0/0/5 To attend conference
2 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) PHEC 0/0/20 Conference and research visit to UCLA
3 TURKEY HEC 0/0/6 To attend conference
4 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) HEC 0/6/0 Research work
5 JAPAN Islamia University 0/0/5 To attend conference
6 SOUTH KOREA USAid 2018-04-15 Training
7 UNITED KINGDOM (UK) British Council 2023-10-03 To visit various University of UK
Professional qualifications & traninings
SR. INSTITUTE CERTIFICATE YEAR MAJOR SUBJECT
1 EmKraft, Korea SEM 2018 - 2018 Morphological properties
2 Photon Systems PL/RAMAN 2012 - 2012 Optical properties
Research Projects
SR. PROJECT TITLE PROJECT DETAIL ABSTRACT FUNDING AGENCY
1
The bifacial field effect passivation of dielectric AlOx/SiNx stacks in PERC solar cells for improved performance,
The bifacial field effect passivation of dielectric AlOx/SiNx stacks in PERC solar cells for improved performance,
Pak-UK
2
Rapid Identification of MDR TB bacteria using Nano-engineered hybrid Plasmonic platform,
Rapid Identification of MDR TB bacteria using Nano-engineered hybrid Plasmonic platform,
Abu Dhabi University, UAE
3
Fabrication of low cost and quality graded Schottky diodes by home developed thermal evaporation system
HEC/R&D/ NRPU-7203
Fabrication of low cost and quality graded Schottky diodes by home developed thermal evaporation system
HEC
4
Synthesis and characterization of nano-ferrites for thermoelectric power generation
PSF/RES/P-IUB/PHYS(189),
Synthesis and characterization of nano-ferrites for thermoelectric power generation
PSF
5
Fabrication of metal-semiconductor diodes by home developed thermal coating unit,
PSF/RES/P.GCUF/PHYSICS(203)
Fabrication of metal-semiconductor diodes by home developed thermal coating unit,
Pakistan Science Foundation
6
Rapid identification of Bacteria in rural communities of Pakistan by cloud storage
HEC/R&D/PAK-U/2017/783
Rapid identification of Bacteria in rural communities of Pakistan by cloud storage
USA
7
Research grant for the maintenance/upgradation of laboratory
HEC(FD) 2015/13825
Enhanced the research infrastructure at Department of Physics, Government College University Faisalabad
HEC
8
Investigation of thermoelectric properties of nano-ferrites
IPFP/HRD/HEC/2014/1646
In this project, we have enhanced the thermoelectric properties of various ferrite materials for power generation
HEC