Physics · CUI Lahore

Solar cells, fuel cells and batteries: materials and devices for sustainable energy, aimed at Pakistan's energy crisis.

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Make, store, use

An umbrella project for renewable technologies: we design stable materials, build devices that convert and store energy, and take them toward use.

The fuel cell testing unit (PDF)
Solar
Quantum dots, thin films and dye-sensitised cells
Fuel cells
Nanocomposites and hybrid polygeneration
Storage
Batteries and supercapacitors
DFT design
Efficient, stable materials by computation

Solar

  • Quantum-dot solar cells
  • Photovoltaic thin films
  • Metal-oxide nanostructures
  • Dye-sensitised solar cells
Ask about solar

Fuel cells

  • Fuel-cell nanocomposites
  • Quantum-dot fuel cells
  • Hybrid polygeneration
  • Conversion prototypes
Ask about fuel cells

What we study

Every topic the group works on, filed by what it does with energy. Point at one to see it; choose one to ask us about it.

  1. Quantum-dot solar cellsMake
  2. Photovoltaic thin filmsMake
  3. Metal-oxide nanostructuresMake
  4. Dye-sensitised solar cellsMake
  5. DFT materials designMake
  6. Fuel-cell nanocompositesFuel cells
  7. Quantum-dot fuel cellsFuel cells
  8. Hybrid polygenerationFuel cells
  9. Conversion prototypesFuel cells
  10. Li-ion battery materialsStore
  11. SupercapacitorsStore
  12. Low-cost storage devicesStore
  13. Solar heaters and dryersUse
  14. Solar cookersUse
  15. Industry partnershipsUse

Where the energy goes

A solar panel above a small settlement in the Mafate valley
Solar panel · RéunionOff-grid supply · Mafate · CC BY-SA 3.0Photo: David Monniaux
The Alstom iLint, a passenger train powered by hydrogen fuel cells
Fuel-cell train · Berlin2016 · Alstom iLint · CC0Photo: FelixM
The lithium-ion battery pack of a BMW i3 electric car
Battery pack · BMW i3Lithium-ion · Pack · CC BY-SA 3.0Photo: RudolfSimon
A blue polycrystalline silicon solar cell with its contact lines
Solar cell · SiliconPolycrystalline · Cell · CC BY-SA 3.0Photo: Björn Appel

Join the group

If you want your research to end up switched on, this group works toward devices people can use. Clean energy technology is an umbrella project for renewable technologies, aimed at the energy crisis in Pakistan.

We work on three parts of the problem: making energy with solar and fuel cells, storing it in batteries and supercapacitors, and using it in solar heaters, dryers and cookers.

Materials are designed with density functional theory, then synthesised and built into prototype devices. We also look for investment from industry to commercialise the technology.

Pick the area that interests you below and write to us.

Clean Energy Research GroupDepartment of Physics, CUI Lahore

Which area interests you?
  • Boost solar cell efficiency with quantum dots.
  • Synthesise metal-oxide nanostructures for dye-sensitised solar cells.
Email the group about solar

clean.energy@cuilahore.edu.pk

The group

Names are added from the department's faculty and student lists.

Faculty

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PhD scholars

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MS scholars

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Publications are on the department's research page