Prof. Ahsan Ul Haq Qurashi

Abstract:

The declining global costs of wind and solar energy, along with the reduced expenses of end-use technologies like electric vehicles, highlight significant advancements in transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy sources. New and advanced materials will be essential in overcoming critical challenges and facilitating a successful clean energy transition. The discovery of new materials is crucial for improving performance, reducing dependence on costly minerals, enabling green hydrogen and ammonia production, converting CO₂ into fuels and value-added products, and developing efficient energy storage systems. To advance the progress of clean energy, various promising new materials-based devices and systems have been systematically investigated in the past few years. In this context, atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters (NMNCs) are highly desirable to unravel the size and structure-activity relationships in catalysis, their synthesis in a controlled way at the atomic level is challenging [1,2]. Also in this talk, we will discuss various potential electrode materials for hydrogen and oxygen production through water feedstock, CO₂ conversion process, and other clean energy production and storage applications [3]. Thermally stable electrolyte for energy storage applications will be discussed. Finally, an overview of the challenges, emerging frontiers, and opportunities in materials for clean energy conversion and storage systems will be presented.