Ipps ban: 02 – Magnetic, Structural and Electrical Properties of Ferrites, Nanocomposite and Perovskite Materials

ETHIOPIA

http://www.isp.uu.se/countries/Africa/ethiopia/
IPICS ETH:01 – Synthesis and Characterization of Conjugated Polymers and Biomaterials for Solar Energy Conversion, Storage and Sensors
The support started in 2002, and was concluded in 2008 followed by interim support within Sida’s bilateral program with Addis Ababa Universityin 2009. The group was not included in the next phase of the bilateral program, and ISP support was reinstated in 2011.
Objectives

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  to synthesize and characterize new small molecules, conjugated polymers and polymer/nanomaterial and biomaterial composites to improve power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells and charge storage capacities of supercapacitors and batteries;
  
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  to diversify the materials synthesis efforts to find conjugated polymer/nanomaterial combinations for designing cheap, stable and effective electrocatalysts for fuel cells and sensors, and waste water treatment technologies;
  
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  to train students at the MSc and PhD level.
  

Group leader

Mr. Wendimagegn Mammo, Professor

Department of Chemistry, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Swedish collaborators

M	Prof	Olle Inganäs	[e-mail]; [phone] Linköping University (LiU) Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)
F	Prof	Fengling Zhang	[e-mail] [phone] (IFM: LiU)
M	Dr	Ergang Wang	Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden  [e-mail]  [phone], [phone]
M	Prof	Mats Andersson	(Formerly at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden) University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia; [e-mail] ; [phone]

Other collaborators