Ahsanulhaq Qurashi

Khalifa University


TITLE

Development of 2D Materials and their Nanoarchitectures for Energy Conversion Applications


Short Biography

Dr. Ahsanulhaq Qurashi is materials chemist/nanotechnologist, associate professor in Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi UAE. He also remains visiting faculty in EPFL Switzerland, Tokyo University and Nagoya University, Japan. He published more than 125 articles in peer reviewed journals presented over 75 papers in international conferences and proceedings. Dr. Ahsan research focus is on new materials/hybrid development, investigate structure-property relationship for energy conversion devices and systems such as green hydrogen production, carbon dioxide conversion and energy storage (electrodes, electrolytes) devices. He is editorial board member of Materials Research Bulletin and Energy and Environmental Materials. Dr. Ahsan is Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and member of Mohamed Bin Rashid Academy of Sciences (MBRAS).

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have demonstrated many exceptional physical and chemical properties as well as broad applications in electronics, sensors, clean energy such as hydrogen production, ammonia and storage batteries etc. Usually, 2D materials such as Graphene, MXene and transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDCs) can be produced through top-down approach by directly exfoliating through mechanical, liquid-phase and electrochemical methods. In this talk, our focus will be on wet chemistry approaches of developing 2D materials their nanoarchitectures and understanding their structure-property relationship through various advanced characterization. Applications of 2D materials and their analogues in sensors and energy conversion will be presented and also an outlook for the applications of computational approaches to 2D materials nanoarchitectures to understand influence of electronic, structural, and surface manipulation strategies will be provided.


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