Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability

Dr XL Dyosiba

College of Science, Engineering and Technology
Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
E-mail: dyosixl@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • DEng Chemical Engineering (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, 2020)
  • MTech Chemical Engineering (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, 2015)

Fields of academic interests

  • Metal organic frameworks (MOFs)
  • Nanomaterials synthesis, tailoring and characterization.
  • Renewable energy (Hydrogen adsorption, CO2 capture)
  • Wastewater remediation

Field of Specialisation

  • Energy Storage
  • Hydrogen Economy
  • Nano-structured Materials
  • Green Nanomaterials

Paper presentations

  1. Xolile Fuku, Xoliswa Dyosiba, Faiza Jan Iftikhar. Green prepared nanomaterials from various biodegradable wastes and their application in energy. Nanostructures & Nano-Objects, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoso.2023.100997
  2. Sonwabo E. Bambalaza, Joalet D. Steenkampa, Yolindi Coetsee, Pieter van Zyl, Xoliswa L. Dyosiba, Nicholas M. Musyoka. Co-carbonization of discard coal with waste 2 polyethylene terephthalate towards the preparation of 3 metallurgical coke. Materials, 2023, https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16072782
  3. Zama G. Duma, Xoliswa Dyosiba, John Moma, Henrietta W. Langmi, Benoit Louis, Ksenia Parkhomenko, Nicholas M. Musyoka. Thermocatalytic Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol Using Cu-ZnO Bimetallic Catalysts Supported on Metal–Organic Frameworks. Catalysts, 2022,  https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12040401
  4. Xoliswa Dyosiba, Jianwei Rena, Nicholas M. Musyoka, Henrietta Langmi, Mkhulu Mathe, Linda Godfrey, Maurice Onyango. Feasibility of varied polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wastes as linker source in Zr-based metal-organic frameworks synthesis. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02205
  5. Jianwei Ren, Xoliswa Dyosiba, Nicholas Musyoka, Henrietta Langmi, Mkhulu Mathe. Review on the current practices and efforts towards pilot-scale production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2017.09.005
  6. Xoliswa Dyosiba, Jianwei Ren, Nicholas Musyoka, Henrietta Langmi, Brian North, Mkhulu Mathe. Preparation of high value-added metal-organic framework (MOFs) using waste PET bottles as source of acid linker. Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2016.10.001
  7. Jianwei Ren, Xoliswa Dyosiba, Nicholas Musyoka, Henrietta Langmi, Mkhulu Mathe. Development of functional materials for storing hydrogen in para form. Procedia Manufacturing, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2016.12.012
  8. Jianwei Ren, Xoliswa Dyosiba, Nicholas Musyoka, Henrietta Langmi, Brian North, Mkhulu Mathe, Maurice Onyango. Green synthesis of chromium-based metal-organic framework (Cr-MOF) from waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for hydrogen storage applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.08.040

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • NRF award: NRF Freestanding, Innovation and Scarce Skills Doctoral Scholarship, 2016.

Projects

  • Acid mine drainage recovered trace metals as source for metal organic frameworks.
  • Metal organic frameworks for hydrogen adsorption.
  • CO2 capture onto MOFs for renewable energy applications.
  • MOFs in cathode materials.

Other

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=enQAKAYAAAAJ

 ORCHID link:  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7601-882X