MKWAWA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
A constituent College of the University of Dar es Salaam
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Biography
Biography
I hold PhD in Sustainable Energy Science and Engineering of the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) specializing in Renewable energy. I pursued my M.Sc (Physics), and B.Sc (Physics and Mathematics) at University of Dar es Salaam. Outside academics, I am a Dean in the Faculty of Science.
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
Mechanics, Energy and environment, Fundamentals of atmospheric physics, Electromagnetism, Earth atmosphere system, Fundamental of Materials sciences and supervising undergraduate practical/ projects.
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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