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Dr.Talal Farhan Ahmed Qahtan

دكتوراه (2018), جامعة الملك فهد للبترول والمعادن, المملكة العربية السعودية Assistant Professor Department of Physics (MOI:English) College of Science and Humanity Studies in Alkharj

Kharj
011-588-8130
t.qahtan@psau.edu.sa

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Education

MSc Physics (2010 - 2013), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
PhD Physics (2014 - 2017), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
BSc Physics (2003 - 2007), Taiz University, Yemen

Research Interests

Physics of surfaces and interfaces
Solar energy conversion
Energy storage
Solar-driven production of green hydrogen
Solar-driven CO2 conversion to useful fuel
Solar-driven water treatment

Publications

Selected patents:
Talal F. Qahtan, L. D. Banchik, M.A. Gondal, G.Kwon, D.Panchanathan, U. Baig, G. McKinley, Development of Advanced Multifunctional Robust Membrane for Efficient Oil-water Separation and Simultaneous Removal of Organic Pollutants, US Patent 10, 525, 419.
Talal F. Qahtan, M. A. Gondal, M.A. Dastageer, One-step Scalable Fabrication of Mechanically Robust Visible-light Responsive Oxide-Modified Metallic Multifunctional Membranes, US Patent App. 16/245, 360.
Idris K. Popoola, Mohammed A. Gondal, Jwaher Al-Ghamdi and Talal F. Qahtan, Photofabrication of Highly Transparent Platinum counter electrodes for bifacial Dye sensitized solar cells, US Patent App. 16/232, 758.
Selected publications:
T. O. Owolabi, T. F. Qahtan, O. R. Abidemi, T. A. Saleh, and O. W. Adeyemi, “Bismuth oxychloride photocatalytic wide band gap adjustment through oxygen vacancy regulation using a hybrid intelligent computational method,” Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol. 290, p. 126524, Oct. 2022.
E. Cevik, S. M. M. Asiri, T. F. Qahtan, and A. Bozkurt, “Fabrication of high mechanical stability electrodes and bio-electrolytes for high-performance supercapacitor application,” Journal of Alloys and Compounds, vol. 913, p. 165230, Aug. 2022.
A. A. Ahmed, T. F. Qahtan, M. R. Hashim, A. T. Nomaan, N. H. Al-Hardan, and M. Rashid, “Eco-friendly ultrafast self-powered p-Si/n-ZnO photodetector enhanced by photovoltaic-pyroelectric coupling effect,” Ceramics International, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 16142–16155, Jun. 2022.
A. M. Alansi, T. F. Qahtan, N. Al Abass, J. M. AlGhamdi, M. Al-Qunaibit, and T. A. Saleh, “Fast Scalable Synthetic Methodology to Prepare Nanoflower-Shaped Bi/BiOClxBr1−x Heterojunction for Efficient Immobilized Photocatalytic Reactors under Visible Light Irradiation,” Advanced Sustainable Systems, vol. 6, no. 4, p. 2100267, 2022.
A. M. Alansi, T. F. Qahtan, N. Al Abass, M. Al-Qunaibit, and T. A. Saleh, “In-situ sunlight-driven tuning of photo-induced electron-hole generation and separation rates in bismuth oxychlorobromide for highly efficient water decontamination under visible light irradiation,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 614, pp. 58–65, May 2022.
N. A. Abass, T. F. Qahtan, M. A. Gondal, and A. Bubshait, “Anchoring of graphitic carbon nitride on reduced graphene sheets by UV pulsed laser irradiation for augmented photoelectrochemical water splitting,” International Journal of Energy Research, vol. 45, no. 11, pp. 15936–15947, Sep. 2021.
Talal F. Qahtan, M. A. Gondal, M.A. Dastageer, Gibum Kwon, M. Ezazi, M. Z. Al-Kuban, Thermally Sensitized Membranes for Crude Oil−Water Remediation under Visible Light, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12 (43), 48572-48579 (2020).
Talal F. Qahtan, E. Cevik, M.A. Gondal, A. Bozkurt, S. Akhtar and M. Hassan, Synthesis of manganese (IV) oxide at activated carbon on reduced graphene oxide sheets via laser irradiation technique for organic binder-free electrodes in flexible supercapacitors, Ceramics International, 47 (6), 7416-7424 (2020).
Syed Shaheen Shah, Emre Cevik, Md. Abdul Aziz, Talal F. Qahtan, Ayhan Bozkurt, Jute Sticks Derived and Commercially Available Activated Carbons for Symmetric Supercapacitors with Bio-electrolyte: A Comparative Study, Synthetic Metals, submitted and under review (2021).
Amani M. Alansi, Talal F.Qahtan and Tawfik A. Saleh, Solar‐Driven Fixation of Bismuth Oxyhalides on Reduced Graphene Oxide for Efficient Sunlight‐Responsive Immobilized Photocatalytic Systems, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 8 (3), 2001463 (2021).
Abdulmajeed H. Hendi, Abdalghaffar M. Osman, Ibrahim Khan, Tawfik A. Saleh, Tarek A. Kandiel, Talal F. Qahtan, Mohammad K. Hossain, Visible Light-Driven Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting Using Z-scheme Ag-decorated MoS2/RGO/NiWO4 Heterostructure, ACS Omega, 5, 49, 31644 (2020).
Y. O. Ibrahim, Abdo Hezam, T. F. Qahtan, A. H. Al-Aswad, M. A. Gondal, Q. A. Drmosh, Laser-Assisted Synthesis of Z-Scheme TiO2/rGO/gC3N4 Nanocomposites for Highly Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution, Applied Surface Science, 534, 147578 (2020).
N. Al Abass, T. F. Qahtan, M. A. Gondal, R. A. Moqbel, A. Bubshait, Laser-assisted synthesis of ZnO/ZnSe hybrid nanostructured films for enhanced solar-light induced water splitting and water decontamination, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45 (43), 22938 (2020).
Y. O. Ibrahim, M. A. Gondal, A. H. Al-Aswad, R. A. Moqbel, M. Hassan, E. Cevik, T. F. Qahtan, M. A. Dastageer, A. Bozkurt, Laser-induced anchoring of WO3 nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide sheets for photocatalytic water decontamination and energy storage, Ceramics International, 46, 444 (2020).
M. Hassan, M. A. Gondal, E. Cevik, T. F. Qahtan, A. Bozkurt, M. A. Dastageer, High performance pliable supercapacitor fabricated using activated carbon nanospheres intercalated into boron nitride nanoplates by pulsed laser ablation technique, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 13 (8), 6696 (2020).
E. Cevik, A. Bozkurt, M. Hassan, M.A. Gondal, T.F. Qahtan, Redox active molybdate doped PAMPS hydrogels: Highly effective flexible supercapacitors, ChemElectroChem, 6 (11), 2876 (2019).
Amani M. Alansi, Maha Al-qunaibit, Ibrahim O. Alade, Talal F.Qahtan and Tawfik A.Saleh, Visible-light responsive BiOBr nanoparticles loaded on reduced graphene oxide for the photocatalytic degradation of dye, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 253, 297 (2018).
Idris K. Popoola, Mohammed A. Gondal, Jwaher Al-Ghamdi and Talal F. Qahtan, Photofabrication of Highly Transparent Platinum counter electrodes for bifacial Dye sensitized solar cells, Nature Scientific Reports, 8, 12864 (2018).
A. Bake, N. Meraha, A. Matin, M. Gondal, T. F. Qahtan and N. Abu-Dheir, Preparation of transparent and robust superhydrophobic surfaces for self-cleaning applications, Progress in Organic Coatings, 122, 170 (2018).
Redhwan A. Moqbel, Mohamed A. Gondal, Talal F. Qahtan and Mohamed Abdulkader Dastageer, Synthesis of cadmium sulfide-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites by pulsed laser ablation in liquid for the enhanced photocatalytic reactions in the visible light, International Journal of Energy Research, 42, 1487 (2018).
Redhwan A. Moqbel, Mohamed A. Gondal, Talal F. Qahtan and Mohamed Abdulkader Dastageer, Pulsed Laser Synthesis in Liquid of Efficient Visible-Light-Active ZnO/rGO Nanocomposites for Improved Photo-catalytic Activity, Materials Research Express, 5, 035050 (2018).
Mohammed A. Gondal, Muhammad S. Sadullah, Talal F. Qahtan, Mohamed A. Dastageer, Umair Baig and Gareth H. McKinley, Fabrication and Wettability Study of WO3 Coated Photocatalytic Membrane for Oil-Water Separation: A Comparative Study with ZnO Coated Membrane, Nature Scientific Reports, 7, 1686 (2017).
Talal F. Qahtan, Mohammed A. Gondal, Ibrahim O. Alade, Mohammed A. Dastageer, Fabrication of Water Jet Resistant and Thermally Stable Superhydrophobic Surfaces by Spray Coating of Candle Soot Dispersion, Nature Scientific Reports, 7, 7531 (2017).
D. Panchanathan, G. Kwon, T. F. Qahtan, M. A. Gondal, Kripa K. Varanasi, G. H. McKinley, Kinetics of Photoinduced Wettability Switching on Nanoporous Titania Surfaces under Oil. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 4, 1700462 (2017).
Idris K. Popoola, Mohammed A. Gondal and Talal F. Qahtan, Recent progress in flexible perovskite solar cells: materials, mechanical tolerance and stability, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 82, 3127 (2017).

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