{"id":5324,"date":"2026-01-12T07:49:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmu.edu.et\/?page_id=5324"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T07:49:54","slug":"tilahun-awoke-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dmu.edu.et\/?page_id=5324","title":{"rendered":"Tilahun Awoke (Ph.D.)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Tilahun-Awoke-Ph.D.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5325\" style=\"width:199px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Name<\/strong>: Tilahun Awoke <strong>(Ph.D.)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Academic rank<\/strong>: Associate professor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Email<\/strong>: \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tilahun_awoke@dmu.edu.et\">tilahun_awoke@dmu.edu.et<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:tilachem2003@gmail.com\">tilachem2003@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ORCID address<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8920-8729\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8920-8729<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Specialization: <\/strong>Physical chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Courses thought:<\/strong> All Physical chemistry course in both\u00a0 undergraduate and postgraduate students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Research interest<\/strong>: My research focuses on advanced energy conversion and storage systems, including:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Electrocatalytic water electrolysis<\/strong> for hydrogen production and green energy solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High-energy batteries<\/strong>, including next-generation and emerging battery technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fuel cells<\/strong> and their integration in sustainable energy infrastructures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Solar cells<\/strong>, emphasizing materials and device engineering for enhanced photovoltaic performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supercapacitors<\/strong> with high power density and rapid charge-discharge capabilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Students supervised<\/strong>: more than 30 masters students through to successful graduation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>List of\u00a0 publications<\/strong>: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=j6GFZScAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=j6GFZScAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scientific conference and presentation<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activation Energy as Index of Surface Reconstruction and Activity in Next Generation Complex Metal Oxide Electrocatalysts\u201d (February 19\/2022 ), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (<strong><em>Oral presentation<\/em><\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fabrication and Characterization of High Capacity and Long Cycle Life Lithium-Sulfur Battery Using Porous Material as a Polysulfide Adsorbent\u201d <strong><em>236<sup>th<\/sup> ECS Meeting Abstract<\/em><\/strong> (October 13-17, 2019<strong><em>), 6, 519-519 (Atlanta, USA, Oral presentation)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Systematic Design of Hybrid Porous Host for Sulfur as Efficienct Polysulfide Adsorbent Cathode Materials for High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries\u201d, 2016 International conference on Green Electrochemical Technologies, (September 21-23, 2016), Taipei, Taiwan (<strong><em>Oral presentation<\/em><\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investigation of Carbon and Sulfur Status in the Hybrid Porous Carbon-TiO<sub>2<\/sub>\/S composite Cathode Materials for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy(XPS)\u201d,22nd NSRRC Users meeting and workshops, (September 20-22, 2016) Hsinchu, Taiwan, (<strong><em>Poster presentation<\/em><\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design of Nanostructured Microporous Carbon-Mesoporous carbon doped TiO<sub>2<\/sub>\/S nanocomposite Cathode Materials for Enhanced performance of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries\u201d IAARHIES 46th International Conference on Engineering and Technology, ICET-2017 (Feb. 15-16, 2017), New York, USA, (<strong><em>Oral presentation<\/em><\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design Advanced Cathode Materials for High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries \u201cRenewable Energy conversion and storage conference (May 29-30, 2017), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (<strong><em>Oral presentation)<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Project works (completed and ongoing):<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ceramic based Solid-State Battery Enegenering for High voltage cathode battery anode-free Lithium metal Battery [<strong>Amita-battry company,Taiwan<\/strong>: <strong>Completed<\/strong>].<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multi-metal oxide electrocatalysts design and methode development for water and seawater oxidation [<strong>National Science &amp; 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