Islamic Azad University

About: Islamic Azad University is a education organization based out in Tehran, Iran. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Catalysis. The organization has 83635 authors who have published 113437 publications receiving 1275049 citations. The organization is also known as: Azad University.

Gas sensor based on MoS2 monolayer

Abstract: We investigate the electronic and transport properties of a MoS 2 monolayer transducer with some simple gas molecules, such as CO, CO 2 and NO to explore theoretically sensing capabilities of this monolayer. The calculations are performed using nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism based on the density functional theory (DFT) as implemented in the TranSIESTA code. Exposure to the NO gas molecule influences dramatically the electron transmission and the current–voltage characteristics of the MoS 2 monolayer. The results predict that the MoS 2 monolayer transducer can monitor the NO gas molecule to 10 4 order among these molecules between ±0.9 V bias window using the current–voltage characteristic with high sensitivity and selectivity. Here, post-processed analyses predict that the sensing mechanism is based on the charge transfer, which it in turn causes remarkable electrostatic gating to occur for the NO adsorbate. The numerical results may be useful to engineer and design gas sensor based on the MoS 2 monolayer.

Potential of biogas production from farm animal waste in Malaysia

Abstract: Anaerobic digestion of renewable feedstocks has been known as a prospective technology for the production of clean energy in the form of biogas. Biogas is a sustainable energy carrier which is mainly composed of methane (60%) and carbon dioxide (35–40%). Among the raw substances, organic matters obtained from farm animal waste are pivotal sources for biogas production. In recent years, the number of animal husbandry has drastically grown in Malaysia. Accordingly, a large amount of animal waste including manure, blood and rumen content are produced which provide a tremendous source of biogas generation. This paper presents biogas potential from the organic waste obtained from the farm animals and slaughterhouses in Malaysia. The findings of this study indicated that biogas potential of 4589.49 million m 3 year − 1 could be produced from animal waste in Malaysia in 2012 which could provide an electricity generation of 8.27×10 9 kWh year −1 .