(3cv) Sustainable Energy Generation Technologies: Examples in Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Quantum Sensitizer for Green Solar & Light Emitting Diode Applications

In nano-technology, semiconductor materials plays an important part for interdisciplinary science such as information technology cellular biology and molecular biology, material technology, bio-technology, energy production and storage, manufacturing, instrumentation, environmental application and security like sensors, Nano-electronics, in medical fields like in medicine and health care, genomics robotics, communications. Here I will focus on following two examples: First example to address the commercializing challenge in Solid oxide fuel cell by study the enhanced catalytic effect of electrodes and reaction rates at reasonably low temperature in single synthesis layer of three active parts of cell e.g. cathode, anode and electrolyte. In second example very first time the defect chemistry and interstitial effects have been employed in Sb₂S₃ and Sb₂Se₃ materials with its stable optics and Electric results. Which not only highlights the facileness of this material in various morphology but also renders remarkable compatibility with other elements as well e.g. core-shell structure and successful doping effect. Furthermore, very first time the estranged luminescence behavior of this material has been carried out for the zero emission and efficient Inorganic as a stable light emitter layer for biomedical applications. Additionally, this material has been employed for the state of art printing technique for the OLEDs for consumer electronics. Along with Sb₂S₃ and Sb₂Se₃ sensitizer I will also present the ZnO and TiO₂ as the enhanced material for electrode of choice for the current generation in solar cell applications.

Teaching Interests:

Apart from the freedom of research that a faculty position provides, the privilege that it creates to share knowledge with young and zealous students is another major aspect that always keeps me enthusiastic about academic life. As a graduate student with a full-time research assistantship, I volunteered to be a teaching assistant owing to my enthusiasm to teach. I held office hours every week and was involved in grading and helping students outside the classroom.
1. Teaching Philosophy
As a teacher, I strongly believe to establish rapport with the students and learn from them while teaching them. I trust that this approach would be useful to improve the learning ability of the students and simultaneously my teaching skills. I strongly believe that if subject is learned with passion to accrue knowledge, good grades will follow. I wish to satiate my desire to teach with dedication to this principle and would be very satisfied as a teacher if I could inculcate similar ideas in students and teach them the need for self-motivated lifelong learning.
2. Implementation
Adhering to my teaching philosophy, I like to involve student participation and conduct frequent group discussions in the class (with individual accountability) on a regular basis. Implementing this strategy can help students feel respected and important, become more engaged and interested in the class, obtain an insight of their behavior in a diverse group, learn to work collaboratively and gain confidence to voice their opinion in a public setting, while the teacher could indirectly obtain the students’ feedback and their perspectives of the subject.
3. Course Work
My exposure to fundamentals and concepts in my major specialization areas of Circuit analysis, VLS Design, Analog and Digital Electronics will enable me to teach related courses such as MEMS, Introduction to Nanotechnology, Semiconductor characterization, Digital CMOS, System on Chip, Biomedical imaging, IC processing, Power electronics and Electrochemistry at the graduate level, and Electronics1&11, Semiconductor Devices, thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics etc. at the undergraduate level. I plan to design course material such that it induces both practical and analytical problem solving abilities in the students.
4. Course Development
After gaining a few years of teaching and research experience, I aim to amalgamate the knowledge that I gain from my research work with teaching, and develop a new multidisciplinary course at the graduate level in the area of renewable power/energy systems that includes the fundamentals of energy storage and transport, design guidelines for energy-efficient heat transfer and storage at all length scales and applications in renewable power, practicability, manufacturability and economical considerations for technology integration into renewable power generation systems.