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Biography
Biography
Talam E. Kibona is a Senior Lecturer of Physics at Mkwawa University College of Education (MUCE) of University of Dar es Salaam. He holds PhD in Sustainable Energy Science and Engineering from Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) specializing in Renewable energy. He obtained his MSc (Physics), and BSc with Education (Physics and Mathematics) from University of Dar es Salaam. Administratively, he is serving as Dean, Faculty of Science of MUCE. He has also served as head of the Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics Department at MUCE and Head of the Physics Department at MUCE. In Public services, he has worked with the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH), the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) and the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology in the Teacher Education Support Professional Program (TESP) and Secondary Education Quality Improvement Program (SEQUIP). His professional affiliations include; Tanzania Physical Society, African Materials Research Society (AMRS), Tanzania Renewable Energy Association (TAREA), Africa Network for Solar Energy (ANSOLE), Institute of Physics (IOP), and Africa Wind Energy Association (Afriwea).
Awards
Research Training Fellowship for Developing Countries Scientists (RTF-DCS) offered by Non Alignement Movement (NAM) (2013).
Tanzania Commission of Science and Technology (COSTECH) scholarship (2014-2017).
The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), School of Materials , Energy Water and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (MEWES), One of the three best PhD research nominated for exhibition for graduating class of 2017.
Research Fellowship
Awarded Research Training Fellowship for Developing Countries Scientists (RTF-DCS) offered by Non Alignement Movement (NAM) at CSIR –National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore (India).
Professional Affiliation
- 2018 - Tanzania Physical Society
- 2017 - African Materials Research Society (AMRS)
- 2015 - Tanzania Renewable Energy Association (TAREA)
- 2015 - Africa Network for Solar Energy (ANSOLE)
- 2012 - Institute of Physics (IOP)
- 2011 - Africa wind energy association (Afriwea)
Contacts
Email:
Email Address
talam.kibona@muce.ac.tz
Research Interest
Research Interest
is research focuses on renewable energy, materials/ nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion, thermal storage, capacitive deionization, and environmental remediation. He has been published in prestigious journals, including the Materials Today Fami
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Projects
Projects
Biogas- slurry derived mesoporous carbon/ metal oxides composites for supercapacitors application PhD Project
Performance Characteristics of some small scale wind turbines fabricated in Tanzania M.Sc Project
Geochemical composition of some different rocks found in Tanzania. Undergraduate physics project
Factorization and Applications in Number Theory. Undergraduate mathematics project
Publications
Publications
Kibona, T. E. (2020). Synthesis of NiCo2O4/mesoporous carbon composites for supercapacitor electrodes. Solid state electrochemistry, 24, 1587–1598. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-020-04673-4
Kibona, T. E., Achola, L., Kerns, P., Macharia, J., King’ondu, C. K. & Suib, S. L. (2020). Highly microporous Parinari Curatellifolia carbon nanomaterials for supercapacitors. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoso.2020.100445
Kibona, T. E. (2020). Application of WRF Mesoscale Model for Prediction of Wind Energy Resources in Tanzania. Scientific African https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00302 pages e00302
Shao, G. N. & Kibona, T. E. (2019). Mesoporous Electrodes for Supercapacitors. In XXX, Morphology Design Paradigms for Supercapacitors (pp. 115-129). CRC Press: XXX.
Elisadiki, J. Jande, Y. A. C., Kibona, T. E., Machunda R. L., (2019). Highly porous biomass-based capacitive deionization electrodes for water defluoridation. Ionics, 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-03372-z-
Kibona, T. E. (2019). Highly microstructured porous carbon derived from Vitex mombassae for high specific capacitance supercapacitors. SN Applied Sciences, 1(9). 1095, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-1125-9
Elisadiki, J., Kibona, T. E., Machunda, R. L., Saleem, M. W., Kim, W. S., & Jande, Y. A. C. (2019), Biomass-based carbon electrode materials for capacitive deionization: a review, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery,1-30, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-019-00463-9.
Sirengo, K., Jande, Y. A. C., Kibona, T. E., Hilonga, A., Muiva, C., & King'ondu, C. K. (2019). Fish bladder-based activated carbon/Co3O4/TiO2 composite electrodes for supercapacitors. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 232(15), 49-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.04.059
Elisadiki, J., Jande, Y. A. C., Machunda, R. L., & Kibona, T. E. (2019). Porous carbon derived from Artocarpus heterophyllus peels for capacitive deionization electrodes. Carbon Volume 147, 582-593, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.03.036
Kibona, T. E., Shao, G. N., Kim, H. T., & Kingondu, C. K. (2019). Specific capacitance pore texture relationship of biogas slurry mesoporous carbon/MnO2 composite electrodes for supercapacitors. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 17, 21-33, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoso.2018.10.002
Kibona, T. E., Kingondu, C. K., & Pogrebnoi, A. (2018). Effect of biogas-slurry pyrolysis temperature on specific capacitance. Materials Today: Proceedings, 5(4), 10611-10620, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.12.394
Kibona, T. E., Kingondu, C. K., Pogrebnoi, A. & Jande, Y. A. C. (2017). Biogas-slurry derived mesoporous carbon for supercapacitor Applications. Materials Today Energy, 126-137, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2017.06.006
Kibona, T. E., King’ondu, C. K., Pogrebnoi, A., & Jande, Y. A. C. (2017). Status of Biomass Derived Carbon Materials for Supercapacitor Application. International Journal of Electrochemistry,https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/6453420
Makauki , E., King’ondu, C. K. & Kibona, T. E. (2017). Hydrogen sulfide and ammonia removal from biogas using water hyacinth-derived carbon nanomaterials. African journal of environmental science and technology, 11(7), 375-383, DOI: 10.5897/AJEST2016.2246