Advanced Nanomaterials for Clean Energy and Health Applications
Scientific Writing Workshop
Haja Sherief attended a scientific writing workshop, which was organized by Digital Life Norway Research School and Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience in Hotel Admiral, Bergen from 14th to 16th October 2019. This three-day intensive workshop was conducted by Dr. Daniel Soule from Grammatology, UK to give scientific-writing training to the researchers of biotechnology background.
On Wednesday the 9th of October our PhD research fellow Håkon Eidsvåg had his midterm evaluation at HVL. The evaluation started with an open to the public presentation, where Håkon talked about his work on quantum modelling of energy driven water splitting materials. After the presentation a closed discussion between the PhD candidate, the supervisors (Prof. Dhayalan and Dr. Vajeeston) and the committee (Dr. Smagul Karazhanov (IFE) and Prof. Talal Rahman (HVL)) were held. It was a fruitful discussion that resulted in a solid plan for the future research and great optimism regarding the prospect of finishing the PhD on time.
Annai Poopathy Tamil School Students visited the ANCEHA research group on the 25th September at the HVL, Kronstad. Introduction to clean energy was given through lectures and later the students were taken into the lab for further explanation and demonstration. Tamil language was the medium of instruction throughout the introduction and experiment. Students initiated a lively discussion that paved the way for quality Q&A session followed by hands on training.
ANCEHA research team at HVL conducted a clean energy workshop for the grade 9 students on the 25th of September at the HVL, Kronstad. Students were given an introduction to clean energy and then they were exposed to the clean energy situation in Sri Lanka and India followed by an introduction to Hydrogen. Later there were live demonstrations on the usage of dye sensitised solar cells and then students were given the opportunity to try out the new technologies in the hands on session.
ANCEHA research team at HVL conducted a clean energy workshop for the grade 9 students on the 23th of october at the HVL, Kronstad. Students were given an introduction to clean energy and then they were exposed to the clean energy situation in Sri Lanka and India followed by an introduction to Hydrogen. Later there were live demonstrations on the usage of dye sensitised solar cells and then students were given the opportunity to try out the new technologies in the hands on session.
ANCEHA group took part in the Research day event organized by city’s research and educational institutions from 20th to 21st September 2019. ANCEHA was one of the two groups representing HVL at the event. The research group presented and demonstrated its research under the theme of ‘How to sole the world energy crisis’. The group displayed and demonstrated various scientific research-working models such as third generation dye sensitized solar cells, streaming hydrogen boat and car models and solar charging ports using solar panels and have shared their experience on the new and emerging field of photovoltaics worldwide.
Three scholars including Shoji Keneko (President, SPD Laborary), P.V.V. Jayaweera (Principal Scientist, SPD Laboratory) visited the HVL on the 15th & 16th of September 2019. SPD Laboratory is the leading producer of automated spray pyrolysis deposition systems for laboratory and industrial applications. During the visit The scholars explained the manufacturing of transparent conducting thin films such as fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) and tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) on the glass substrates using SPD technique. SPD is an abbreviation of Spray Pyrolysis Deposition which is a versatile and effective technique to deposit functional thin films. Spray pyrolysis has been applied to deposit a wide variety of thin films. These films were used in various devices such as solar cells, sensors, display panels, and solid oxide fuel cells. ANCEHA group presented their research work on synthesis, fabrication of different type of solar cells, hydrogen evolution and super capacitors and photocapacitors.
Three Indian students from Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT), India have been undergoing research training at HVL. Pavithrakumar Palanichamy, Selvakumar Pitchaiya and Vinoth Pandi Dharmalingam from the Department of Physics at the CIT, arrived on 21st of August 2019. They are conducting research at HVL under Professor Dhayalan Velauthapillai.
Masters students from the Energy Environment and Social Change programme at the International Summer School of the University of Oslo, visited HVL and the ANCEHA research group as part of the filed excursion. On the 11th of July 2019 17 masters students from 17 countries visited HVL. Prof Dhayalan Velauthapillai gave an introductory lecture on clean energy technologies and it was followed by presentations from the members of the ANCEHA research group. Following the presentations, the students were taken to the lab for demonstrations to display the innovative research work conducted by the ANCEHA at HVL. Students spent a half day with the research group and were happy with what they experienced during the day.
Fatemeh Heidari Gourji, the new member of the ANCEHA research group presented her masters thesis in the bi-monthly research group meeting on the 12th june 2019. He titiel of the thesis is ‘Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Nano-photocatalysts based on Graphene’. In her prersentation she said: Photocatalysis has the signature of a promising technology that has several applications in environmental systems such as air purification, water disinfection, hazardous waste remediation, and water purification. In addition, the basic research that underlies the application of this technology is promoting a new understanding of the complex heterogeneous photochemical process of metal oxide systems in different environments. The continuous exploration of new phases and materials as potentially improved photocatalysts will most likely provide exciting results in the coming years. However, a more integrated use of theoretical and advanced experimental techniques will be crucial for achieving a rapid and significant enhancement of the performance.
