Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Key Parameters, Recent Advances, Challenges and Applications

Professor Dr. Suleman Tahir was born on 1971 in Pakistan. He graduated (BSc Chemical Engineering) from the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Punjab, Pakistan, in 1996. He worked with polymer industry (PET, manufacturing) and chloro alkali industry from 1996 to 1999 as chemical engineer (shift engineer). He completed MS in Chemical Engineering 2000 and joined academia at NFC Institute of Engineering and Research. He won the national scholarship for PhD and did his PhD and post doc from the Technical University of Graz, Austria, 2008-2011. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Suleman Tahir joins KFUEIT from his previous assignment as Dean of Engineering Faculty, University of Gujrat, and brings with him vast experience of 27 years of public and private sectors. While serving in industry and academia, he has developed institutions like NFC Faisalabad and University of Gujrat. Besides being a post doc and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Graz University of Technology, Austria, he is arenowned national and international speaker. He is an author of various books and book chapters approved by HEC and several national and international research articles. His enriched experience in developmental projects includes the completion of 15 construction projects at the University of Gujrat worth PKR 2 billion, 3 community training projects worth PKR 35 million under the umbrella of NAVTTC, and 5 research projects worth PKR 28 million from HEC. He is a strong advocate of academia and industry linkage with proven and tangible gains for academia from the Chamber of Commerce Sialkot and other stakeholders of society. He is an innovative team leader and motivator with strong team-oriented management skills that promote team's personal development and productivity with KPIs.

Dr. Muhammad Bilal Tahir has PhD in Physics with specialization in Energy and Environmental Applications, Material Science and Nanotechnology, Environmental Engineering, Photocatalysis, etc. He is currently working as Head of Department of Physics and Head of Center of Material Science and Nanotechnology of KFUEIT, RYK, and Additional Director of ORIC, KFUEIT, RYK Pakistan. He has published more than 500 papers on the topics of enhanced oil recovery (EOR), renewable energy, alternative fuels, waste-to-energy, and catalytic and resource recovery. He has delivered over 65 oral/invited talks to various national and international forums. His work is cited over 10000 times in the peer-review press with a total impact factor of over 3000 and H-index of 51. Dr. Tahir is serving as guest editor in several special issues Current Analytical Chemistry, Frontiers in Energy Research, and numerous others. He has completed many national and international-funded research projects. He has been actively involved in community services and consultation to various international organizations for providing sustainable solutions for energy and waste-related issues.

Dr. Sagir has over 15 years of research experience in the field of oil and gas, enhanced oil recovery, surfactants, and photocatalysis. During this period, he has been working in Malaysia and Pakistan. He is currently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Gujrat, and is involved in four different research projects as PI, Co-PI, and collaborator. He has also been part of a number of research projects completed in various capacities. Dr. Sagir has supervised a number of MPhil students. He has published 150 journal papers in international peer-reviewed journals (ISI Indexed) with high impact factors and over 40 papers/abstracts in international conferences. He has a total impact factor of 300+, and his research work has been cited over 2500 times in peer-reviewed press.

Prof. Dr. Abdullah Mohamed Asiri

Prof. Abdullah M. Asiri is the Head of the Chemistry Department at King Abdulaziz University since October 2009 and he is the founder and the Director of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR) since 2010 till now. He is a Professor of Organic Photochemistry.
He graduated from King Abdulaziz University (KAU) with a BSc in Chemistry in 1990 and a PhD from University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK in 1995. He was promoted to a Professor in 2004. His research interest covers color chemistry, synthesis of novel photochromic, thermochromic systems, synthesis of novel coloring matters and dyeing of textiles, Materials Chemistry, Nanochemistry and nanotechnology Polymers and plastics.

Prof. Asiri is the principal supervisors of more than 17Msc and one two PhD thesis; He is the main Author of ten books in different chemistry disciplines. He Published more than 400 research Papers in international Journals. Prof. Asiri is the Editor-in-Chief of King Abdulaziz University Journal of Science. A major achievement of Prof. Asiri is the discovery of tribochromic compounds, a class of compounds which change from slightly or colorless to deep colored when subjected to small pressure or when grind. This discovery was introduced to the scientific community as a new terminology Published by IUPAC in 2000. This discovery was awarded a patent from European Patent office and from UK patent and some other patents office in Europe. Prof. Asiri involved in many committees at the KAU level and also on the national level, he took a major role in the advanced materials committee working for KACST to identify the National plan for science and technology in 2007.

Prof. Asiri played a major role in advancing the chemistry education and research in KAU, he has been awarded the best Researchers from KAU for the past four years. He also awarded the Young Scientist award from the Saudi Chemical society in 2009, and also the first prize for the distinction in science from the Saudi chemical society in 2012. He also received a recognition certificate from the American Chemical society (Gulf region Chapter) for the advancement of chemical science in the Kingdome. Also he received a scopus certificate for the most Publishing Scientist in Saudi Arabia in chemistry in 2008.
He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Pigments and Resin Technology (UK), Organic Chemistry in Sight (New Zealand), Designed Monomers & Polymers and Journal of Single Molecule Research. He is the Vice- President of Saudi Chemical Society (Western Province Branch).

教授蘇萊曼·塔希爾博士於1971年出生在巴基斯坦。他於1996年畢業於巴基斯坦旁遮普大學化學工程系（化學工程學士學位）。從1996年至1999年，他在聚合物工業（PET製造）和氯鹼工業擔任化學工程師（輪班工程師）。他於2000年獲得化學工程碩士學位，並加入了NFC工程與研究學院的學術界。他獲得了國家獎學金進行博士學位研究，並於2008年至2011年在奧地利格拉茨技術大學完成了博士學位和博士後研究。穆罕默德·蘇萊曼·塔希爾教授從之前的任職地瓜亞特大學工程學院院長的職位加入KFUEIT，並帶來了27年公共和私營部門的豐富經驗。在工業和學術界服務期間，他建立了NFC費薩拉巴德和瓜亞特大學等機構。除了擁有奧地利格拉茨技術大學化學工程的博士後和博士學位外，他還是一位國內外知名的演講者。他是多本經高等教育委員會（HEC）批准的書籍和章節的作者，並發表了多篇國內外研究文章。他在發展項目方面的豐富經驗包括完成了價值20億巴基斯坦盧比的瓜亞特大學15個建設項目，價值3500萬巴基斯坦盧比的3個社區培訓項目（在NAVTTC的支持下），以及價值2800萬巴基斯坦盧比的5個由HEC資助的研究項目。他是學術界與工業聯繫的堅定倡導者，並為學術界從錫亞爾科特商會和其他社會利益相關方面獲得的實際收益提供了證明。他是一位具有創新精神的團隊領導者和激勵者，具有強大的團隊導向管理技能，促進團隊的個人發展和生產力，並以關鍵績效指標為導向。

穆罕默德·比拉爾·塔希爾博士擁有物理學博士學位，專攻能源和環境應用、材料科學和納米技術、環境工程、光催化等領域。他目前擔任KFUEIT物理學系主任、材料科學和納米技術中心主任，以及巴基斯坦KFUEIT ORIC的附加主任。他在增強油藏恢復（EOR）、可再生能源、替代燃料、能源回收和催化和資源回收等領域發表了500多篇論文。他在各種國內外論壇上發表了65次口頭/特邀演講。他的研究在同行評審出版物中被引用超過10000次，總影響因子超過3000，H指數為51。塔希爾博士擔任多個特刊的客座編輯，包括《Current Analytical Chemistry》、《Frontiers in Energy Research》等。他完成了許多國內外資助的研究項目。他積極參與社區服務，並向各種國際組織提供可持續解決方案，解決能源和廢物相關問題的諮詢。

Sagir博士在石油和天然氣、增強油藏恢復、表面活性劑和光催化等領域擁有超過15年的研究經驗。在此期間，他曾在馬來西亞和巴基斯坦工作。他目前擔任巴基斯坦瓜亞特大學化學工程系助理教授，並參與四個不同的研究項目，擔任主持人、合作主持人和合作人。他還參與了多個以不同身份完成的研究項目。Sagir博士指導了多名碩士研究生。他在國際同行評審期刊（ISI索引）上發表了150篇期刊論文，具有很高的影響因子，並在國際會議上發表了40多篇論文/摘要。他的研究工作在同行評審出版物中被引用超過2500次，總影響因子超過300。

阿卜杜拉·穆罕默德·阿西里教授

阿卜杜拉·穆罕默德·阿西里教授自2009年10月起擔任阿卜杜勒阿齊茲大學化學系主任，並是該系的創辦人和