SANUSI, Sikiru Olukayode, PhD.

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SANUSI, Sikiru Olukayode, PhD.

Ph.D., Rhodes University, South Africa, 2015

M.Sc. (Chemistry), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2011

B.Sc. (Hons), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2005

e-mail: sosanusi@oauife.edu.ng

Office: Room 216 E (2nd Floor, White house), Department of Chemistry, OAU, Ile-Ife

Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&tzom=-60&user=fbMCNsIAAAAJ&authuser=1

 

MAJOR RECOGNITION

  • Best student with Highest Score in Organic Spectroscopy, 2005
  • Best Graduating Chemistry (B.Sc.) student Award, 2005
  • African Laser Centre Graduate Scholarship Award, 2012, 2013, 2014
  • Tertiary Education Trust Fund Graduate Scholarship Award, 2012
  • The Royal Society International Exchanges Award Scheme UK, 2018
  • Institution-Based Tertiary Education Trust Fund Award, Nigeria, 2018
  • Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR (Azrieli Global Scholar Programme), Finalist, 2019
  • Award of Excellence, Precious Corner-Stone University, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2020

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Photophysicochemical properties of porphyrinoid systems, their characterization (fluorescence and TCSPC, flash-photolysis, UV-Vis., NMR, and FT-IR) and applications (photocatalysis, photodynamic therapy, nonlinear optics and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)), computational chemistry, nanomaterial science (TEM, SEM, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy)

 

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Currently, our research focuses on the design and development of efficient dye molecules as sensitizers in DSSCs. Theoretical and experimental methods, such as DFT/TD-DFT and determination of the electrical responses of the fabricated prototype cells from the synthesized dye molecules are employed respectively, to achieve our overall goal.

 

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

  1. Sanusi, K., Antunes, E. and Nyokong, T. (2014). Optical nonlinearities in non-peripherally substituted pyridyloxy phthalocyanines: a combined effect of symmetry, ring-strain and demetallation. Dalton Transactions, 43: 999-1010.
  2. Sanusi, K., Amuhaya, E.K. and Nyokong, T. (2014). Enhanced optical limiting behavior of an indium phthalocyanine-single-walled carbon nanotube composite: an investigation of the effects of solvents. Physical Chemistry C, 118: 7057-7069.
  3. Sanusi, K., Fatomi, N.O., Borisade, A.O., Yilmaz, Y., Ceylan, Ü. and Fashina, A (2019). An approximate procedure for profiling dye molecules with potentials as sensitizers in solar cell application: A DFT/TD-DFT approach. Chemical Physics Letters 723: 111 – 117.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Member, Nigerian Young Academy, 2016 to date
  • Member, Chemical Society of Nigeria, 2016 to date