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Renewable Energy and Environment

Renewable Energy and Environment Group

We focus on studying the solar energy as clean energy resource

 

 

 

 

Faculty Memebers

  • Academic lead: Prof. Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-Bassam
  • Prof. Abdullah Aldhafiri
  • Prof. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Naggar
  • Prof. Amanullah Fatehmulla
  • Prof. Samah Mohammed El-Bashir

Visiting Researchers

  • Through International Scientific Partnership program No. 0066

List of Granted Patents

  1. Mohammed A. Binhussain, Samah M. El-Bashir, "Synthetic Composition of Marble and Method of Production, KSA Patent No. 5799, 2018.
  2. Mohammed A. Binhussain, Samah M. El-Bashir, "Synthetic Composition of Marble and Method of Production (1)", USA Patent No. US8, 648,129 B2, Feb.11, 2014.
  3. Mohammed A. Binhussain, Samah M. El-Bashir, "Synthetic Composition of Marble and Method of Production (2)", USA Patent No. US8, 669,303 B2, Mar.11, 2014.

Publications: (2018-2019)

  1. S.M. El-Bashir, M. S. AlSalhi, F. Al-Faifi, W. K. Alenazi. "Spectral Properties of PMMA Films Doped by Perylene Dyestuffs for Photoselective Greenhouse Cladding Applications", Polymers 11(2019)494.
  2. S.M. El-Bashir, “Coumarin-doped PC/CdSSe/ZnS nanocomposite films: A reduced self-absorption effect for luminescent solar concentrators,” Journal of Luminescence 206(2019)426.
  3. O. M. Yanchuk, O. V. Marchuk, I. A. Moroz, O. A. Vyshnevskyi, A. M. El‑Naggar, A. A. Albassam, I. V. Kityk, P. Czaja, “Femtosecond laser stimulated anisotropy of electrolytically produced CdS polymer nancomposites”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2019) 30:17741–17746.
  4. Shuaihua Zhang, Jiayu Wang, Nagy L. Torad, Wei Xia, Muhammad Aamir Aslam, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti, Zejun Ding, Bo Da, Zexing Cai, Amanullah Fatehmulla, Abdullah M. Aldhafiri, W. Aslam Farooq, Jing Tang, Xin Wang, Yoshio Bando, Yusuke Yamauchi, Rational Design of Nanoporous MoS2/VS2 Heteroarchitecture for Ultrahigh Performance Ammonia Sensors, Small 2019, 1901718.
  5. Peng Mei, Yusuke Yamauchi, Malay Pramanik, Amanullah Fatehmulla, Abdullah M. Aldhafiri, W. Aslam Farooq, Yoshio Bando, Muhammad J. A. Shiddiky, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti, Jianjian Lin, Yena Kim, Hard-templated preparation of mesoporous cobalt phosphide as an oxygen evolution electrocatalyst, Electrochemistry Communications 104 (2019) 106476.
  6. Mohamed Barakat Zakaria, Victor Malgras, Takahiro Nagata, Jeonghun Kim, Yoshio Bando, Amanullah Fatehmulla, Abdullah M. Aldhafiri, W. Aslam Farooq, Yohei Jikihara, Tsuruo Nakayama, Yusuke Yamauchi, Jianjian Lin, Gold nanoparticles anchored on mesoporous zirconia thin films for efficient catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide at low temperatures, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Volume 288, 1 November 2019, 109530.
  7. Alowasheeir Azhar, Mohamed B. Zakaria,Jeonghun Kim, Jongbeom Na,Yusuf Valentino Kaneti, Amanullah Fatehmulla, Abdullah M. Aldhafiri, W. Aslam Farooq, Yoshio Bando, Yusuke Yamauchi and Jianjian Lin, Single Crystal Growth of Two-Dimensional Cyano-Bridged Coordination Polymer of [Co(H2O)2Ni(CN)4].4H2O Using Trisodium Citrate Dihydrate, BCSJ 2019- Vol. 92, No.7, pp. 1263 – 1267.
  8. Shunsuke Tanaka, Mostafa Kamal Masud, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti, Muhammad J. A. Shiddiky, Amanullah Fatehmulla, Abdullah M. Aldhafiri, W. Aslam Farooq, Yoshio Bando, Md. Shahriar A. Hossain, and Yusuke Yamauchi, Enhanced Peroxidase Mimetic Activity of Porous Iron Oxide Nanoflakes, ChemNanoMat 2019, 5, 506-513.
  9. A.M. El-Naggar, K. Ozga, A.A. Albassam, G. Lakshminarayana” Laser operation by kesterite chalcogenide nanocrystals”, Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics 176 (2019) 202–205.
  10. A.M. El-Naggar, A.A. Albassam, G. Lakshminarayana, G. Myronchuk” PbO–Bi2O3–Ga2O3–BaO glass nanocomposites as promising materials for elastoopticity”, Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics 181 (2019) 368–371.
  11. A.M. El-Naggar, A.A. Albassam, G. Lakshminarayana, G. Myronchuk, “ Laser-stimulated elastoopticity in nanocrystalline CdCl0.5J0.5 layers”, Mater. Res. Express 6 (2019) 045001.
  12. N. Bano, I. Hussain, A.M. EL-Naggar, A.A. Albassam, “Exploring the fluorescence properties of reduced graphene oxide with tunable device performance”, Diamond & Related Materials 94 (2019) 59–64.
  13. N. Bano, I. Hussain, A. M. EL‑Naggar, A. A. Albassam, “ Reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for optoelectronics applications”, Applied Physics A (2019) 125:215،
  14. A.M. El Naggar, A.A. Albassam ⁠, G. Lakshminarayana, Dong-Eun Lee, Jonghun Yoon,Taejoon Park, I.V. Kityk, P. Czaja, M. Nowak, E. Gondek, “ Laser-stimulated birefringence of Ga⁠2O⁠3-La⁠2S⁠2.95Se⁠0.05 glasses for optical recording of information”, Results in Physics 13 (2019) 102349.
  15. A.M. El-Naggar, A.A. Albassam, G. Lakshminarayana, P. Czaja, G. Myronchuk, M. Matusiewicz, I.V. Kityk, M. Piasecki,” Laser-induced gratings in Ag3AsS3 semiconductors”, Physica B: Condensed Matter 569 (2019)36-39.
  16. V. Kityk, K. Ozga, A. M. El Naggar, A. Albassam, and J. Jedryka, “Infrared laser sensors for monitoring of atmospheric pollutions using nonlinear optical coherent beams”, Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress (ES, FTS, HISE, Sensors) OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019), paper JW3A.15.
  17. K. Ozga, I.V. Kityk, A. M. El Naggar, A. Albassam, and J. Jedryka,” Novel optically coherent sensors for nonlinear optical coherent monitoring of pollutions”, Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress (ES, FTS, HISE, Sensors) OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019), paper JW3A.21.
  18. Reem AL-Wafi, Attieh A. Al-Ghamdi, Rashida Jafer, Awatif A. Al-Judaibi, Maryam A. Al-Ghamdi, I. S. Yahia, Obaid Albulym & A. M. El-Naggar,” Rapid synthesis of cesium-doped hydroxyapatite nanorods: characterisation and microbial activity”, Advances in applied ceramics 118:6 (2019) 340-350.
  19. C.T. Chen, C.V. Nguyen, Z.Y. Wang, Y. Bando, Y. Yamauchi, M.T.S. Bazziz, A. Fatehmulla, W.A. Farooq, T. Yoshikawa, T. Masuda, K.C.W. Wu, Hydrogen Peroxide Assisted Selective Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in Water under Mild Conditions, Chemcatchem, 10 (2018) 361-365.
  20. N. Abdullah, M.S.A. Hossain, A. Fatehmulla, W.A. Farooq, M.T. Islam, N. Miyamoto, Y. Bando, Y. Kamachi, V. Malgras, Y. Yamauchi, N. Suzuki, Preparation of Ultraviolet Curing Type Silicone Rubbers Containing Mesoporous Silica Fillers, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 18 (2018) 86-89.
  21. N. Abdullah, M.S.A. Hossain, K. Konstantinov, H. Tanabe, M. Matsuura, K. Maekawa, A. Fatehmulla, W.A. Farooq, M.T. Islam, Y. Bando, Y.V. Kaneti, Y. Yamauchi, Tuning Wall Thicknesses in Mesoporous Silica Films for Optimization of Optical Anti-Reflective Properties, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 18 (2018) 100-103.
  22. A. M. El-Naggar, A.A. Albassam, G.L. Myronchuk, O.V. Zamuruyeva, I.V. Kityk, P. Rakus, O.V. Parasyuk, J. Jędryka, V. Pavlyuk, M. Piasecki,” Photoconductivity and laser operated piezoelectricity the Ag-Ga-Ge-(S,Se) crystals and solid solutions”, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 86 (2018) 101–110.
  23. T. Uchacz, P. Szlachcic , A.A. Fedorchuk , E. Gondek , A. Danel , B. Jarosz ,A.M. ElNaggar, A.A. Albassam, I.V. Kityk, G. Lakshminarayana, P. Czaja, P. Karasinski,” Laser-induced linear and non-linear optical features in novel benzoxazole-based on donor-acceptor chromophores”, Journal of Molecular Structure 1173 (2018) 531-540.
  24. A.M. El-Naggar, A.A. Albassam, J. Jedryka , A. Wojciechowski,” Novel temperature operated electrooptical materials based on K2ZnCl4: PVA polymer nanocomposites”, Materials Letters 228 (2018) 172–174.
  25. O.Y. Khyzhun, A.O. Fedorchuk, I.V. Kityk, M. Piasecki, M.Yu. Mozolyuk, L.V. Piskach, O.V. Parasyuk, A.M. ElNaggar, A.A. Albassam, P. Karasinsk, Electronic structure and laser induced piezoelectricity of a new quaternary compound TlInGe3S8, Materials Chemistry and Physics 204 (2018) 336-344.
  26. O.Y. Khyzhun, V.S. Babizhetskyy, I.V. Kityk, G.L. Myronchuk, J. Je˛dryka, G. Lakshminarayana, V.O. Levytskyy, O.V. Tsisa, L.V. Piskach, O.V. Parasyuk, A.M. El Naggar, A.A. Albassam, M. Piasecki, Thallium indium germanium sulphide (TlInGe2S6) as efficient material for nonlinear optical application, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 735 (2018) 1694-1702.
  27. I.S. Yahiaa, Sherif M.A.S. Keshk, S. AlFaify, A.M. El-Naggar, M.M. Abutalib, Synthesis and characterization of wide-scale UV–vis CUT-OFF laserfilter using methyl violet-6B/PMMA polymeric composite films, Sensors and Actuators A 269 (2018) 388–393.
  28. K. Ozga, A.O. Fedorchuk, A.M. El-Naggar, A.A. Albassam, I.V. Kityk. Formation of surface nanolayers in chalcogenide crystals using coherent laser beams, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 97 (2018) 302–307.
  29. I.V. Kityk, O. Parasyuk, A.O. Fedorchuk, A.M. El-Naggar, A.A. Albassam, M. Piasecki, O.Y. Khyzhunb, I. Veremchuk, PbGa6Te10 crystals for IR laser operated piezoelectricity, Materials Research Bulletin 100 (2018) 131–137.
  30. A.O. Fedorchuk, O.V. Parasyuk, O. Cherniushok, B. Andriyevsky, G.L. Myronchuk, O.Y. Khyzhun, G. Lakshminarayana, J. Jedryka, I.V. Kityk, A.M. El-Naggar, A.A. Albassam , M. Piasecki, PbGa2GeS6 crystal as a novel nonlinear optical material: Band structure aspects, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 740 (2018) 294-304.
  31. Asim Jilani, M.Sh. Abdel-wahabab, H.Y. Zahran, I.S. Yahia, Attieh A. Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed Alshahrie, A.M. El-Naggar, Chemical state analysis, optical band gap, and photocatalytic decolorization of cobalt-doped ZnO nanospherical thin films by DC/RF sputtering technique, Optik 164 (2018) 143–154.
  32. A.M. El-Naggar, A.A. Albassam, O. Parasyuk, I.V. Kityk, G. Myronchuk, O. Zamuruyeva, Yu Kot, , D. Myronchuk, , R. Wojnarowska-Nowak, S. Prokhorenko, M. Piasecki, Optical and non-linear optical properties of the solid solutions AgGaGe3(1–x)Si3xSe8,” Optik 168 (2018) 397-402.
  33. N. Bano, I. Hussain, M.Y. Soomro, A.M. EL-Naggar, A.A. Albassam, Solution processable inverted structure ZnO-organic hybrid heterojuction white LEDs, Optical Materials 79(2018) 322-326.
  34. S.M. El-Bashir, NM Alwadai, “Fullerene C60 doped polymeric nanocomposite coatings: moving solar spectra from ultraviolet to the deep red”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 29 (23) (2018)19652.
  35. A. Bouzidi, I.S. Yahia, W. Jilani, S.M. El-Bashir, S. AlFaify, H. Algarni, H. Guermazi “Electronic conduction mechanism and optical spectroscopy of Indigo carmine as novel organic semiconductors”, Optical and Quantum Electronics 50 (4)(2018)176.
  36. S.M.El-Bashir,“Enhanced fluorescence polarization of fluorescent polycarbonate/zirconia nanocomposites for second-generation luminescent solar concentrators,” Renewable Energy, 115 (2018) 269.
  37. S.M. El-Bashir, “Physical Properties Nd3+ Doped (SiO2-TiO2) Monolithic Glass for Photoresistor Applications”, Materials Research Express, 4 (2017) 115203.
  38. S.M. El-Bashir, N.M. Alwadai, N. AlZayed, “AC/DC electrical conduction and dielectric properties of PMMA/PVAc/C60 down-shifting nanocomposite films”, J. of Molecular Structure, 1154 (2018) 239.

Translated Books

  1. أ.د. عبدالله عبدالرحمن البسام ,"الطاقة الجديدة والمتجددة : أنواعها ومصادرها (New Renewable Energy- Their Sources and Types ) " , دار الخريجي للنشر والتوزيع, 1420هـ
  2. أ.د. عبدالله عبدالرحمن البسام ,"الطاقة الشمسية وتطبيقاتها ( Solar Energy and its Applications) " , جامعة الملك سعود , كرسي أبحاث استغلال الطاقة المتجددة وتطبيقاتها في المملكة العربية السعودية للنشر والتوزيع, 1433 هـ
  3. أ.د. عبدالله عبدالرحمن البسام ,"تقنيات الطاقة الشمسية ( Solar Energy Technologies) " , جامعة الملك سعود , كرسي أبحاث استغلال الطاقة المتجددة وتطبيقاتها في المملكة العربية السعودية للنشر والتوزيع, 1436 هـ
  4. أ.د. عبدالله عبدالرحمن البسام ,"الطاقة الأحفورية والمتجددة ( Fossil and Renewable Energy) " , جامعة الملك سعود , كرسي أبحاث استغلال الطاقة المتجددة وتطبيقاتها في المملكة العربية السعودية للنشر والتوزيع, 1436 هـ

Research Themes

  • Solar Cells
  • Semiconductors
  • Thin Films
  • Super Capacitors
  • Gas Sensors
  • Solar Energy Materials

Main Projects

  1. Principle investigator in the project “Photoselective Greenhouse Acrylic Films” funded by SABIC CO., 2018-2019.
  2. Principle investigator in the project “Innovation of Smart Windows Based on Solar Energy Conversion: Towards Efficient Energy Buildings” funded by King Abdul-Aziz City of Science and Technology- 2015/2017.
  3. Co. Investigator in the project "Preparation of Luminescent Polymer Nanocomposites to Enhance Solar Energy Electrical Conversion Efficiency and Greenhouse lighting" - Princess Noura University- 2013/2015.
  4. “Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Based Alloys by Pulsed Laser Deposition”, NPST project No. 10-NAN1197-02, 2012/2015.
  5. “Synthesis of MgB2 Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition for Device Applications”, NPST Project number 10-NAN1171-02, 2012/2015.
  6. “Highly Efficient Quantum Dots Sensitized Solar Cells (QDSSCs) Based on Nano-Metal Oxide Semiconductors” NPST Project No: 11NAN1464-02, 2012/2015.

Research Group

  • Research group No. RG-1440-093

Research Chair

  • Exploitation of Renewable Energy Applications in Saudi Arabia

Awards

  • Almarai Prize for Scientific Innovation in physics (2009) for the research paper titled: "Preparation of Crystalline Gold Nanoparticles and their Prospects in Enhancement of Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency".
  • Almarai Prize for Scientific Innovation in Solar Energy (2013) for the research paper titled: "Double-layered Plasmonic Thin-Film Luminescent Solar Concentrators based on Polycarbonate supports".
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