ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
PhD in Chemical Engineering
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam.
Master of Engineering in Chemical and Process Engineering
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Brunei Darussalam.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Islamic University of Technology
Bangladesh
RESEARCH INTEREST:
- Fuel cells, Proton Conducting SOFCs,
- Solar cell,
- Composite materials,
- Materials Science,
- Energy Conversion and Energy Storage Materials,
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor (June 2023 to till date)
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Military Institute of Science and Technology
Dhaka.
Research Assistant (June 2021 to May 2023)
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Military Institute of Science and Technology
Dhaka.
PUBLICATIONS:
[1] Abul Kalam Azad, Ahmed Afif bin Abedin, Sumon Reza, Shahzad Hossain, Juliana Zaini, ‘Composition for use as an electrolyte in a protonic ceramic fuel cell and a fuel cell thereof’; US11437639B2, US Patents, US, (2022).
[2] Abul K. Azad, Abdalla M. Abdalla, Ahmed Afif, Atia Azad, Shammya Afroze, Azam Che Idris, Jun‑Young Park, Mohammad Saqib, Nikdalila Radenahmad, Shahzad Hossain, Iftakhar Bin Elius, Md. Al‑Mamun, Juliana Zaini, Amer Al‑Hinai, Md. Sumon Reza, John T. S. Irvine, “Improved Mechanical Strength, Proton Conductivity and Power Density in an ‘All-protonic’Ceramic Fuel Cell at Intermediate Temperature”; Scientific Reports, (2021) 11:19382, 1-10.
[3] Ahmed Afif, Nikdalila Radenahmad, Seikh Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Nico Torino, Muhammad Saqib, Shahzad Hossain, Jun-Young Park, Abul Kalam Azad, “Ceramic fuel cells using novel proton-conducting BaCe0.5Zr0.3Y0.1Yb0.05Zn0.05O3-δ electrolyte”, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry (2022), 26 (1), 111-120.
[4] Nikdalila Radenahmad, Ahmed Afif, Md Sumon Reza, Shammya Afroze, Jun Young Park, Juliana Zaini, Juntakan Taweekun, Abul Kalam Azad, “Synthesis and Structural Study of a Novel La0.67Ca0.33Cr0.9Cu0.1O3-δ Anode for Syngas-Fuelled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell”, International Journal of
Integrated Engineering, 13(7), 68-73, 2021.
[5] Ahmed Afif, Nikdalila Radenahmad, Juliana Zaini, Abdalla Mohamed Abdalla, Seikh Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Quentin Hoon Nam Cheok, Abul Kalam Azad, “Electrochemical Performance of SrWO4 Electrolyte for SOFC”, International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 13(7), 74-80, 2021.
[6] Ahmed Afif, Juliana Zaini, Seikh Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Sten Eriksson, Md Aminul Islam, Abul Kalam Azad, “Scheelite type Sr1-xBaxWO4 (x= 0.1, 0.2 & 0.3) for possible use in IT-SOFC electrolytes”; Scientific Reports, (2019) 9:9173, 1-10.
[7] Ahmed Afif, Seikh Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Atia Tasfiah Azad, Juliana Zaini, Md Aminul Islam, Abul Kalam Azad, “Advanced Technologies and Materials for Hybrid Supercapacitors - A Review”; Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 25, pp. 100852 (1-24), 2019.
[8] Ahmed Afif, Nikdalila Radenahmad, Chee Ming Lim, Mohamad Iskandar Petra, Md Aminul Islam, Seikh Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Sten Eriksson, Abul Kalam Azad, “Structural study and proton conductivity in BaCe0.7Zr0.25-xYxZn0.05O3 (x = 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 & 0.25)” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 41 (27), pp. 11823–11831, 2016.
[9] Ahmed Afif, Nikdalila Radenahmad, Quentin Cheok, S. Shams, J. H. Kim, and Abul Kalam Azad, “Ammonia-fed fuel cells: a comprehensive review,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 60, pp. 822–835, 2016.
[10] Nikdalila Radenahmad, Ahmed Afif, Abdalla M. Abdalla, Mohammad Sakib, Jun-Young Park, Juliana Zaini, John Irvine, Jung Hyun Kim, Abul Kalam Azad, “A New High‑Performance Proton‑Conducting Electrolyte for Next‑Generation Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”, Energy Technology, 8 (9) 2000486 (2020).
[11] Nikdalila Radenahmad, Ahmed Afif, John in lee, Mohammad Sakib, Jun-Young Park, Juliana Zaini, Abul Kalam Azad, “Electrochemical Performance of a Novel Proton Conducting Electrolyte-based IT-SOFC”, ECS Transactions, 91 (1) 971-981 (2019).
[12] Nikdalila Radenahmad, Juntakan Taweekun, Ahmed Afif, Jun-Young Park, Juliana Zaini, Abul Kalam Azad, “Syngas Fuelled High Performance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell”, ECS Transactions, 91 (1) 1621-1629 (2019).
[13] Nikdalila Radenahmad, Ahmed Afif, Mohamad Iskandar Petra, Seikh Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Sten Eriksson, Abul Kalam Azad, “High conductivity and high density proton conducting Ba1−xSrxCe0.5Zr0.35Y0.1Sm0.05O3−δ (x = 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0) perovskites for IT-SOFC,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 41 (27), pp. 11832–11841, 2016.
[14] Nikdalila Radenahmad, Shammya Afroze, Ahmed Afif, Atia T Azad, Ji-Seop Shin, Jun-Young Park, Juliana Zaini, Abul Kalam Azad, “High conductivity and high density SrCe0.5Zr0.35Y0.1A0.05O3-δ (A = Gd, Sm) proton-conducting electrolytes for IT-SOFCs”, Ionics, 6 (3) 1297-1305 (2020).
[15] Ahmed Afif, Nikdalila Radenahmad, Juliana Zaini, Abdalla Mohamed Abdalla, Seikh Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Sten Eriksson, Abul Kalam Azad, “Enhancement of proton conductivity through Yb and Zn doping in BaCe0. 5Zr0. 35Y0. 15O3-δ electrolyte for IT-SOFCs”, Processing and Application of Ceramics, vol. 12 (2), pp. 181-189, (2018).
[16] Nikdalila Radenahmad, Ahmed Afif, Pg Iskandar Petra, Seikh M. H. Rahman, Sten G. Eriksson, and Abul Kalam Azad, “Proton-conducting electrolytes for direct methanol and direct urea fuel cells – A state-of-the-art review,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 57, pp. 1347–1358, (2016).
[17] Ahmed Afif, Seikh Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Nikdalila Radenahmad, Afizul Hakem bin Karim, H Absah, Abul Kalam Azad, “Electrochemical and structural characterization of BaCe0. 7Zr0. 15Y0. 1Zn0.05O3-δ as an electrolyte for SOFC-H”, IET Digital Library, pp. 85, (2018).
[18] Ahmed Afif, Abul K Azad, Mridula Biswas, Juliana Zaini, “Fabrication and characterization of Zn doped BaCe0. 7Zr0. 15Y0. 15O3-δ thin film proton conducting materials for IT-SOFC,” IET Digital Library, pp. 24,(2018).
[19] Ahmed Afif, Nikdalila Radenahmad, Chee Ming Lim, Quintin Cheok, Md. Aminul Islam, Seikh Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Abul Kalam Azad, “Structural and electrochemical characterization of BaCe0.7Zr0.2Y0.05Zn0.05O3 as an electrolyte for SOFC-H”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol.121 (1), pp. 012006, (2016).
[20] Afizul Hakem bin Karim, Ahmed Afif, Pg M.I. Petra, Feroza Begum, Abul Kalam Azad, “Synthesis and Characterization of La0.75Sr0.25Mn0.5Cr0.2Ti0.3O3 Anodes for SOFCs,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 121 (1), pp. 012015, (2016).
[21] Radenahmad Nikdalila, Afif Ahmed, Cheok Quentin, Rahman Seikh Mohammad Habibur, Eriksson Sten, Abul Kalam Azad, “Investigation on Sr0.3Ba0.7Ce0.5Zr0.35Y0.1Sm0.05O3-δ perovskite for SOFC application”, International Journal of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Sciences, vol. 3 (6) pp.425-429, (2015).
