Functional Nanomaterials For

Renewable Energy
➢Instructor: Dr. Ghulam Ali
➢Email: ali@uspcase.nust.edu.pk
 Things to Remember
❖75% attendance is must
❖No retest for quizzes

❑ 4-6 Quizzes unannounced

❑ 1-2 Assignments

❑ Midterm or OHT1 & OHT2

❑ End Semester Exam

 Checklist for Good Grades

• Be attentive
• Do not create disturbance in the class.
• Take notes.
• Ask questions and participate in discussion.
• Work on the problems on your own.
Course Description:
This course aims to provide the basic understanding to create
materials, devices, and systems having fundamental new
properties and functions by working at the atomic, molecular, and
macromolecular levels.

Course Learning Outcomes:

To develop understanding of
• the underlying techniques for application-guided design of the
nanomaterials for renewable energy,
• functionality-size-dependent changes in reactivity/properties with
controlled surface functionalities and structure, area and exposed
sites
• new materials and technologies employed in the field of
renewable energy
Functional Nanomaterials For Renewable
Energy
Course Content
• Size and Surfaces of Advanced Nanomaterials e.g.
nanocrystalline, defects
• Thermodynamics, Phase Transformation and Design e.g.
Thin film, Nanolithography, self assembly growth, physical and chemical
synthesis techniques
• Characterization e.g. XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS, BET, TGA
• Optical Properties e.g. semiconductor, luminescence
• Renewable Energy Applications e.g. H2 production, Photovoltaics, Fuel
Cells, Batteries, supercapacitors
• Review of Intelligent Nanomaterials e.g. Molecular Device,
Biomimetic materials, Hybrid-type Functionalized polymers-composite
Materials
• Toxicological Impacts of Nanomaterials e.g. Exposure and Risk
Assessment, Environmental Impact
Text Book
 Nanomaterials
• Nanomaterials describe, in principle, materials of which a single unit
is sized (in at least one dimension) between 1 to 100 nanometres.
• Materials with structure at the nanoscale often have unique optical,
electronic, or mechanical properties
• The fabrication of sub-micron to nanoscale materials depend on the
reaction, assembly and growth of metal atoms, clusters or molecules
to form one dimensional (1-D), two dimensional (2-D) or three
dimensional (3-D) materials. Sub-micron to nanoscale materials are
characterized by their sizes and number of dimensions.
• A functional nanomaterial is a compound that at least presents one
dimension (length, height, width) in the nanometer scale and has
been post-processed either chemically or physically to provide
specific properties, like solubility, wetability, fluroescence, strength,
ductility, which the raw material did not exhibit