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May 13-14, 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic
Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry
9th World Congress on
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Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | Volume 9 ISSN: 2249-622X
J S Sefadi
Sol Plaatje University, South Africa
Clean energy technologies make significant contributions in
mitigating the global warming challenges
Energy is the principal resource and most universal
measure of all kinds of work by human beings and nature.
It is a fundamental contributor in the process of economic,
social and industrial development of various hubs around
the globe. The traditional energy sources are gradually
diminishing, the use of alternative renewable energy
sources provide the possible solution to the environment.
The significant increase in energy demand is diminishing
the non-renewable fossil fuel resources which cause more
harm to the environment leading to the most serious global
warming challenges. The fundamental ideas of renewable
energy resources are related to the issues of sustainability,
renewability, pollution and contamination reduction. Hence,
the need to discuss various renewable energy resources and
their utilization for future growing energy demands. The
important development of any country is directly associated
totheenergyresourcespresentas it isthebackboneofenergy
technology. To mitigate the growing energy demands which
continue to create unnecessary pressures on the natural
energy resources, it is indispensable for the world to focus
on renewable energy technologies to mollify the demand
and preserve our finite natural resources for the generations
to come. As the primary energy comes from the finite, non-
renewable fossil fuels therefore it’s highly crucial to explore
other renewable energy possibilities such as biomass, solar,
wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, hydrogen gas energy, wave
and tides. This talk will discuss a few options for sustainable
energy technologies derived from the organic photovoltaic
cells which have a massive industrial application.
Speaker Biography
J S Sefadi is a senior lecturer (Physical Chemistry & materials Science) and
an emerging researcher at Sol Plaatje University (SPU). He received his
BSc degree in Chemistry Physics (2007); BSc Honours degree in Polymer
Science (2008); MSc in Polymer Science (2010) and his PhD degree in
Polymer Science (2015) all from University of the Free State. During
his spell, he joined the chemistry department at QwaQwa campus as a
DST/NRF intern in 2009. He consistently and constantly carried-out the
lecturing duties as a junior lecturer in chemistry department for general
chemistry, physical chemistry, and inorganic chemistry during the year
2011. He was then appointed as a chemistry lecturer (2014─2015)
and then got the green pastures in Kimberley, SPU as senior lecturer,
the position he currently holds. He gained an international exposure
as a visiting researcher in countries like Solvakia, Bratislava (2009)
and Germany, Dresden (2011 & 2012). Upholding an active research
status/work with other collaborators, his research interests focus on
investigating the renewable and/or sustainable energy projects, climate
change etc. He presented his research projects and results at national
and international conferences. He has authored publications in scientific
peer-reviewed journals and co-authored some scholarly book chapters in
SAGE, NOVA and Intech Open Access Publishers. He is currently serving
in the Insourcing Advisory Committee (IAC), Institutional Forum (IF),
Senate Committee on Research (SCR), Research Chair (RC) and marketing
committee of Sol Plaatje University (SPU).
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J S Sefadi, Asian J Biomed Pharmaceut Sci, Volume:9
DOI: 10.4066/2249-622X-C2-019
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