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Title
Mr.
Firstname
Phillip
Lastname
Monowe
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Office
Block 208, Office No. 225
Phone
(+267) 3552877;(+267) 71626187
Professional Qualifications
BEd(Science) [UB];
MPhil [Wales]
Brief Biography
Full Name : Phillip Monowe
Date of Birth : 19 September 1964
Place of Birth : Mochudi, Botswana
Citizenship : Botswana
National ID Number. : 905 810 600
Teaching Areas
- Electromagnetism & Electrodynamics;
- Electronics;
- Classical Mechanics;
- Laser Physics/Optoelectronics/Quantum Electronics;
- Renewable Energy Physics
Research Areas
- Material Science (thin film materials for application in solar energy; dye-sensitized solar cells)
- Solar Radiation (regional solar radiation measurements, simulation and modelling)
Postgraduate Supervision Areas
Material science: dye-sensitized solar cells
Selected Publications
- P.V.C. Luhanga, C. Muiva, S.H. Coetzee, K. Maabong. L. Tiedt and P. Monowe, (2016) “Optical properties of highly oriented nanostructured CuI (111) thin films”, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials,18(9-10): 837-841
- K. Maabong, C.M. Muiva, P. Monowe, T.S. Sathiaraj, M. Hopkins, L. Nguyen, K. Malungwa and M. Thobega, (2015) “Natural pigments as photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells with TiO2 thin films”. International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, 5(1): 54-60
- N. Nijegorodov, V. Vasilenko, P. Monowe, D.P. Winkoun and J.G. King, (2012), “Irregular Behaviour of Fluorescence and Laser Properties of 9 and 9,10 Derivatives of Anthracene.” Current Chemical Research, 2(1): 31-41
- P. Monowe, M. Masale, N. Nijegorodov and V. Vasilenko, (2011) “A portable single-basin solar still with an external reflecting booster and an outside condenser” Desalination, 280(1-3): 332-338