RESEARCH BACKGROUND

 

“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.”

– Wernher von Braun (1912-1977)  

 

PATIENTPASSION

My STORY…..

11 years in lab….

Imagine how to survive for years under a pile of journals, the smell of chemicals and several times of experimental trials in the lab…….BE #patient & #passion

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2008-2011

Synthesis ZnO nanoparticles for PEC

The ZnO nanoparticles powders were synthesized by sol-gel centrifugation process at various pH. ZnO synthesized at pH 9 had the maximum crystallite size (25.36 nm). The average particles diameter sizes were 49.98 nm and 48.1 nm, respectively, measured from field emission scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope analysis. The lattice spacing is 5.900 Å between adjacent lattice planes. The average particle size affects the Fourier transform infrared peaks shift. The ZnO pH 9 had good optical properties with band gap energy of 3.31 eV.

2008-2011

Preparation GPE for PEC

The GPE was prepared by dissolving agar powder in glycerol. Various concentrations of ammonium iodide and iodine were added to the agar paste until an optimum conductivity was reached. The optimum conductivity of (2.64 ± 0.19) x 10-3 S cm-1 was obtained from a sample of agar paste with 1.0 M NH4I and 0.2 μM I2 (A1.0N0.2I). The A1.0N0.2I had the lowest viscosity values of (1.17 ± 0.29) Pa s. All GPEs showed Arrhenius behavior with the lowest activation energy value of 0.25 eV for A1.0N0.2I. A1.0N0.2I also showed good physical appearance.

2008-2011

Fabrication of PEC

The fabrication of ITO-ZnO (N719 dye)/A1.0N0.2I GPE/ ITO PEC had the open circuit voltage = 1.38 V, (VOC) short circuit current density = 7.5 mA cm-2, fill factor = 0.18 of and overall conversion efficiency percentage = 1.9 % under illumination of 100 mW cm-2.

2019-now

Synthesis nanomaterials & structural analysis

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2012-2016

Porous membrane for proton batteries

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2017-2019

Membrane for water treatment

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