Staff Profile

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Department of Physics School of Natural and Applied Science Science (SONAS)
P.O. Box 190-50100
Kakamega, KENYA
Office no. SPD Block B Room 307
Kakamega-Webuye Road
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4729-3624
Researcher ID: AHC-4251-2022

Dr. Tonui holds a doctorate degree in Experimental condensed matter Physics from University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Master of Philosophy in Electronics from Moi University, Kenya and Bachelor of Education Science from Physics and Chemistry from Kenyatta University. His areas of academic and research interest are in the fields of Renewable Energy particularly semiconductor nanotechnology with bias in organic solar cells (perovskites). His major scholarly contribution was his role in fabrication and characterization of solution processed thin film solar cells (Perovskites) some of which have been published in referred journals.

Some of his key published works include: -

1. Patrick Tonui, Genene Tessema Mola, (2019), Improved charge extraction in polymer solar cell using metal nano-composite, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures,Volume 107, 2019, Pages 154-159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2018.11.040
2. Tonui, Patrick., Arbab, E. A. A., and Mola, G. T. (2019). Metal nano-composite as charge transport co-buffer layer in perovskite based solar cell,. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 126, 124-130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2018.09.019
3. Tonui, Patrick., Oseni, S.O., Sharma, G., Yan, Q., & Mola, G.T. (2018). Perovskites photovoltaic solar cells: An overview of current status. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews., Volume 91, August 2018, Pages 1025-1044. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.04.069
4. Tonui, P., Arbab, E. A. A., & Mola, G. T. (2019). Metal nano-composite as charge transport co-buffer layer in perovskite based solar cell. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 126, 124-130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2018.09.019
5. Tonui, P., & Mola, G. T. (2019). Improved charge extraction in polymer solar cell using metal nano-composite. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 107, 154-159. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2018.11.040.
6. Tessema Mola, G., Mbuyise, X. G., Oseni, S. O., Dlamini, W. M., Tonui, Patrick., Arbab, E. A. A., Kaviyarasu, K., & Maaza, M. (2018). Nanocomposite for Solar Energy Application. Nano Hybrids and Composites, 20, 90–107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/NHC.20.90
7. Wafula, H. B., Musembi, R. J., Juma, A. O., Tonui, P., Simiyu, J., Sakwa, T., ... & Verma, K. D. (2017). Compositional analysis and optical properties of Co doped TiO2 thin films fabricated by spray pyrolysis method for dielectric and photocatalytic applications. Optik, 128, 212-217. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2016.08.107
8.  Mbuyise, X. G., Tonui, P., & Mola, G. T. (2016). The effect of interfacial layers on charge transport in organic solar cell. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 496, 34-37. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2016.05.021

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