Prof. Adel Ashour Mohamed is a Professor of Thin Films at Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Egypt, and now He works at Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Madinah, KSA. He has got his PhD from Keele University, England (Channel System) since 1989. His research interests focus on: Physical properties (Electrical, Structural, Optical and Magnetic) of Thin Films, Thermal Evaporation, Spray Pyrolysis, semiconductor materials and Solar Cells.

Courses Taught: Thin Films Physics – Physical Properties of Thin Films – Optics –  Semiconductors – Solid State Physics – Materials Science – Energy & Environment –  Special Topics – General Physics 1, 2, 3 – Electronics – Waves and Vibrations –  New and Renewable Energy

Prof. Adel Ashour Muhammad Activities and contributions:-

1- Professor, Department of Physics - College of Science - Islamic University

2- Academic advisor for students of the Department of Physics – Faculty of Science

3- Coordinator of the Physics Department until 2017.

4- Representative of the Faculty of Science in the Standing Committee for Scientific Coordination  

    for coordination between the Faculty of Science and the Deanship of Library Affairs on 4/6/1440 AH

5- Participant in the activities of the Scientific Research Week in the faculty

6- Participated in obtaining (3) Scientific projects funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research

    at the university

7- Participated in review of more than (40) research papers in international scientific journals

8- Holds an international review certificate from the scientific publishing house (ELSEVIER)

9- Obtained (876) reference citations (Citation - Google Scholar, in 2021)

10- Participated in the Physics Department's obtaining the best scientific department at the university

11- Participant in the committee to discuss the reports of field training (Summer Training) and

       graduation projects (Graduation Project) in the Department of Physics

12- Participation in the description of courses of study plans (Bachelor of Physics)

13- Participation in the description of the courses of the professional master's program at the

       Faculty of Science

14- Participation in the description of the courses of the academic master's program (physics)

15- Participant in the fulfillment of course reports on the university's ITQAN website

16- Head of the Equipment and Laboratories Committee, Department of Physics – Faculty of Science

17- Member of preparing the safety and security manual in laboratories

18- Participation in  the preparing the annual report of the Faculty of Science for the academic

       year 1442 AH

 

Publications and Conferences:-

1- Comparative Parameters of Positron & Mechanical via Cold work 3004 Aluminum Alloy by PALT, PADBT & HV Techniques, Ahmed Mostafa,  M. Abdel-Rahman,  Mostafa Y. A Mostafa, M. A. Abdel-Rahman, Emad A. Badawi, E. E. Assem and A. Ashour, Accepted for E-poster at The 5^th International Conference on Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology 2021 (ICMEN 2021) to be held on 4^th-5^th December 2021, Malaysia. 

2- Structure of the Deformed 7075 Aircraft Al - Alloy with Material Analysis Using Diffraction (MAUD), Zoda Sayed,  M. Abdel-Rahman,  Mostafa Y. A Mostafa,  M. A. Abdel-Rahman, Emad A. Badawi, E. E. Assem and A. Ashour , Submitted to: International Journal of Thin Films Science and Technology (2021)

 

3- The pivotal role of copper on the structural and optical parameters of ZnS thin films for optoelectronic applications, A. Almohammedi, A. Ashour, E. R. Shaaban, Chinese Journal of Physics, Volume 71, June 2021, Pages 235-247

4- STRUCTURAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ANNEALED Cu₂ZnSnS₄ THIN FILMS USING THE FIRST DERIVATIVE OF TGA CURVE FOR SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS, A. ALMOHAMMEDI, A. ASHOUR, E. R. SHAABAN, Journal of Ovonic Research Vol. 16, No. 1, January - February 2020, p. 21 – 27

 

5- STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHALCOGENIDE CdSe_1-xS_x THIN FILMS FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS, A. ALMOHAMMEDI, A. ASHOUR, E. R. SHAABAN, Chalcogenide Letters, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 2019, p. 113 - 122.

 

6- EFFECT OF COPPER INCORPORATION ON STRUCTURAL, OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF ZINC TELLURIDE FILMS BY IMMERSION IN Cu SOLUTION, A. ALMOHAMMEDI, A. ASHOUR, E. R. SHAABAN, Journal of Non-Oxide Glasses Vol. 11, No. 1, January - March 2019, p. 1 – 8

 

7- Annealing Effect on Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of CdS Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications, A. ALMOHAMMEDI, A. ASHOUR, E. R. SHAABAN, Chalcogenide Letters, Vol. 15, No. 11, November 2018, p. 555 - 564.

 

8- Structural, optical and electrical characteristics of sulfur incorporated ZnSe thin films, E.R. Shaaban, A. Almohammedi, El Sayed Yousef, Gomaa A. M. Ali, Kwok Feng Chonge, A. Adela, A. Ashour, Optik 164 (2018) 527–537

 

9- Investigation of structural and optical properties of near surface of CdTe film induced by nitrogen plasma immersion ion implantation, E R Shaaban, A E Metawa, A Almohammedi, H Algarni, A M Hassan, Gomaa A M Ali, and A Ashour, Mater. Res. Express 5 (2018) 086402

 

10- Structural, Electrical and Thermal Properties of Lead Borate Glass Doped by V₂O₅ Content,

Rahma Hamed Marhoom, Mohamed Said Dawelbeit, Essam Elsayed Assem and Adel Ashour Mohamed, Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. A: Phys. Sci. 2018, 61A(1) 19-27

 

11- THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF VANADIUM PHOSPHATE GLASS

CONTAINING DIFFERENT OXIDES, Assem E. E, Ashour A and Aljaier A. M, International Journal of Recent Scientific Research Vol. 6, Issue, 10, pp. 6587-6590, October, 2015

 

12- CONDUCTION STUDIES ON EVAPORATED CADMIUM SULPHIDE THIN

FILMS, A. ASHOUR, M. O. ABDEL-HAMID, N. Z. EL-SAYED, Chalcogenide Letters Vol. 9, No. 9, September 2012, p. 371 – 378

 

13- A. Ashour and N. Z. El – Sayed, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 11, No. ISS.3 – 2009, 24 March (2009) Page: 251 – 256.

 

14- Preparation of ZnO-doped Al Films by Spray Pyrolysis Technique, , M. A. Kaid, A. Ashour Applied Surface Science, 253 (2007) 3029 – 3033

 

15- On the Structural, Electrical and Optical Properties of TiO₂ Sputtered Thin Films, Surface Review and Letters, Vol. 13, No. 1, (2006) 87, A. Ashour

 

16- A. Ashour, The Physical Characteristics of Cu₂S/CdS Thin-Film Solar Cell, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, Vol. 8₄ (2006) 1447.

 

17- Optical Manipulation of Temperature Formation of CuInSe₂ Thin Films, A. Ashour, A. A. S. Akl, A. A. Ramadan, N. A. El-Kadry, K. Abd El-Hady, Materials Science & Engineering B, 134 (2006) 63.

   

18- ZnO/Si Solar Cell Fabricated by Spray Pyrolysis Technique, A. A. Ibrahim, A. Ashour, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 17 (2006) 835.

   

19- Structural and Electrical Studies on Al_1-xMg_x with Different Concentration of  Mg., A. Ashour, E. Badawi and N. Z. El-Sayed, Surface Review and Letters Vol, 13, No. 1 (2006) 69 – 73

 

20- Physical Properties of ZnO Thin Films Deposited by Spray Pyrolysis Technique,  A. Ashour, M. A. Kaid, N. Z. El-Sayed, A. A. Ibrahim, Applied Surface Science, 252 (2006) 7844 - 7848                                                       

 

21- Some Physical Properties of CuInSe₂ Thin Films, A. Ashour,  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 17 (2006) 625,

 

22- Electrical Properties of Stacked CuInSe₂ Thin Films, A. Ashour, A. A. Akl, A. A. Ramadan and K. Abd El-Hady, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 16 (2005) 599.

 

23- Preparation and Characterization of the Junction n-CuInSe₂/p-CdTe Solar Cell by the Stacked Elemental Layer (SEL) Technique, A. Ashour, A. A. Ramadan, K. Abd El-Hady, A. A. S. Akl, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 7 (2005) 1493.

 

24- Conduction Studies on Zinc Oxide Thin Films, Ashour, M. A. Kaid, A. A. Ibrahim and N. Z. El-Sayed, International Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, 1 (2005) 83 – 90.          

 

25- Study of polycrystalline CuInSe₂ Thin Film Formation, A. Ashour, A. A. S. Akl, A. A. Ramadan, K. Abd El-Hady, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 467 (2004) 300 - 307.

      

26- Structural and Electrical Properties of Evaporated ZnTe Thin Films, A. A. Ibrahim, N. Z. El-Sayed, M. A. Kaid, A. Ashour, Vacuum, 75 (2004) 189,

 

27- Physical Properties of Spray Pyrolysed CdS Thin Films, A. Ashour, Turk. J. Phys., Vol. 27 (2003) 551 - 558.,

 

28- Monitoring the Effect of Recrystallization and Quenching in AlMg_x Alloy by Pat., A. Ashour, N. Z. El-Sayed and Emad Badawi, Turk. J. Phys., 26 (2002) 453 - 457

 

29- Structural Study of Flash Evaporated CuInSe₂ Thin Films, A. S. Akl, A. Ashour, A. A. Ramadan, K. A. Hady, Vacuum, 61 (2001) 75 – 84,

 

30- Processing Parameters and Transport Properties of Vacuum-Evaporated CdSe Thin Films, S. A. Mahmoud, A. Ashour and E. A. Badawi, SPIE, Volume 3725 (1999) 243                                                       

     

31- The electrical properties of CdTe films of different preparation conditions in correlation with microstructure changes, Thin Solid Films, 279 (1996) 242.

 

32- Structural Study of ZnS Films Prepared By Spray Pyrolysis, Thin Solid Films, 263 (1995) 248.

 

33- Structural-Dependence of d.c. Electrical Properties of Physically Deposited CdTe Thin Films, Thin Solid Films, 269 (1995) 112.

 

34- On the Electrical and the Optical Properties of CdS Films Thermally

       Deposited By A Modified Source, Thin Solid Films, 269 (1995) 117.

 

35- Effect of Modified Evaporation Source on the Structural, Characteristics of CdS Films, Vacuum, 46 (1995) 1419.

 

36- Variation of Optical Constants of CdTe Thin Films with Deposition, Conditions, Thin Solid Films, 259 (1995) 194.

 

37- Effect of Some Spray Pyrolysis Parameters on Electrical and Optical

      Properties of ZnS Films, Thin Solid Films, 248 (1994) 253.

 

38- On the Van der Pauw Method of Resistivity Measurements, Thin Solid Films, 239 (1994) 272.

 

39- Effect of Processing Conditions on Structural and Physical Properties of Cd-rich Thin Films of CdTe, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 5 (1994) 47.

 

40- Solar Cells Fabrication for Physics Students, Proceedings of the Fourth Arab Conference on Physics Teaching, Ain Shams University, Cairo 15-17 Nov., 1993.

 

41- Dependence of Resistivity and Photoconductivity in Evaporated CdS, Thin Films on Deposition and Annealing Conditions, Int. J. Electronics, 73 (1992) 717.

 

42- A Morphological and Structural Study of Evaporated Cadmuim Sulphide, Thin Films, Phys. Stat. Sol. (a), 125 (1991) 541.

 

43- On the electric resistivity of polycrystalline Al-Films, Egypt. J. Solids, 8 (1986) 71.

 

44- Effect of temperature on thickness-resistivity relationship of Al-films, Egypt. J. Solids, 8 (1986) 102.

 

45- An X-ray Investigation of Vacuum-Evaporated Al-Films in Relation to Some Preparation Parameters, Egypt. J. Solids, 8 (1986) 110.

Project No. 76 – 1439-1440 AH, 2018

Title: Low-Cost, High Efficiency CdS/ CdTe Nano-Crystalline Thin film Solar Cell using Electro-Deposition and Thermal Evaporation Technique.

 

Project No. 9 – 1440-1441 AH – The 10^th (Takamul)

Title: Study of the Absorbing Nano Layer of Cu₂ZnSnS₄ Thin Film Based on Earth-abundant and Low cost Elements for Solar Cell Applications.

 

Project No. 123 - 1441-1442 AH– The 11^th (Takamul)

Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Doped Zinc Sulfide Thin Films for Optoelectronic Applications

 

All Projects are Submitted to: Deanship of the Scientific Research at Islamic University, Al Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia