Carbon Nitride Nanostructures for Sustainable Energy Production and Environmental Remediation (ISSN)

396 Pages·2021·37.518 MB·English

by  Kamel Abdelmoniem Mohamed Eid (editor), Aboubakr M Abdullah (editor)

Carbon Nitride Nanostructures for Sustainable Energy
Production and Environmental Remediation
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Carbon Nitride Nanostructures
for Sustainable Energy
Production and Environmental
Remediation
Edited by
Kamel Abdelmoniem Mohamed Eid
Qatar­University,­Qatar
Email:­[email protected]
and
Aboubakr M. Abdullah
Qatar­University,­Qatar
Email:­[email protected]
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Biographies
Dr Kamel Eid was awarded a BSc from Al-A­ zhar University, Egypt, in 2005,
MSc from Helwan University, Egypt in 2011, and PhD from the Chinese Acad-
emy of Sciences, China in 2016. Kamel has 12 years of experience in academia
as well as two years in industry with nearly 65 published peer-r eviewed arti-
cles in prestigious international journals including 14 articles in journals of
the Royal Society of Chemistry such as Chemical Science, Nanoscale, Mate-
rial Chemistry A, and Catalysis Science and Technology, as well as American
Chemical Society publications such as Journal of the American Chemical
Society, Langmuir, and Physical Chemistry C. In addition to participating in
more than 30 international conferences in China, USA, UK, and Turkey such
as MRS and ACS Meetings, Kamel has filed 10 US patents including 3 pub-
lished and 1 granted. All patents are in the field of nanomaterials for water
treatment, water desalination, CO/CO conversion to fuels, and biomedical
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sensors. Kamel was the first PhD graduate student from the TWAS- UCAS Chi-
nese Academy of Sciences in 2016. He was given the opportunity to work
in prominent universities such as the American University in Cairo, Egypt;
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; and Zhejiang University of Technology,
China. These opportunities allowed Kamel to develop an extensive experi-
ence and solid background in the field of nanotechnology and nanoscience
including the development of novel methods for the fabrication of nanoma-
terials and their utilization in various applications to energy production and
energy conversion technologies, including fuel cell and gas conversion reac-
tions, and environmental remediation applications such as water desalina-
tion, and water treatment.

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Dr Aboubakr has 28 years of experience in academia and industry. He has
published more than 150 peer-r eviewed and conference proceedings arti-
cles in addition to four patents. He was awarded his BSc and MSc from The
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt in 1993
and 1997, respectively, and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from
Pennsylvania State University, USA in 2003. Later, he worked as a postdoc
in Kuwait University (2004–2006), Kuwait; Tokyo Institute of Technology
(2006–2009), Japan; and University of Calgary (2009), AB, Canada. Since he
joined The Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, in
2012, he has managed more than ten research mega-p rojects funded from
different agencies inside and outside Qatar, e.g., Qatar National Research
Fund (QNRF), Qatar University, Hydro/Qatalum, Qatar Petroleum (QP) and
Qatar Shell (QS). He has undertaken several consultancy assignments for
many different companies, e.g., Ras Gas (now merged with Qatar Gas), Qatar
Gas, Qatalum, Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC), and Egyptian
Liquefied Natural Gas (ELNG). He has also participated and worked in many
projects under his ex supervisors at the beginning of his career, funded by
International companies, e.g., Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA,
USA), Ballard (BC, Canada), and SANYO (Osaka, Japan). Furthermore, he has
supervised 11 young professionals at Masters and PhD levels.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my father, Abdelmoniem Mohamed Eid, who died
on 29 December 2020 after long suffering from liver cancer. My dear father,
without a shadow of a doubt, I know that I was your favorite son, although
you did not reveal that, and I also consider you the most important person in
my life. You taught me patience, self- confidence, and ambition. My father, I
will always remember you and hope that anyone who reads this book wishes
you all the best and asks mercy, blessing, and forgiveness.
Dr Kamel Eid

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Carbon Nitride Nanostructures for Sustainable Energy Production and  
Environmental Remediation
Edited by Kamel Abdelmoniem Mohamed Eid and Aboubakr M. Abdullah
© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2021
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