Molefe , Lerato Yvonne (PhD)
Lerato Molefe was born in Qwaqwa, Freestate, in 1992. She obtained a BSc degree in Chemical Science in 2013, a BSc Honours in Chemistry ( Cum Laude ) in 2014 and an MSc degree in Nanoscience ( Cum Laude ) in 2016, all from University of the Western Cape. She enrolled for a PhD at the University of Johannesburg in 2016. In her doctoral study, the candidate investigated various innovative strategies for shaping carbon and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) powdered material by fabricating hierarchical porous monoliths of polymers of intrinsic microposity based (PIM-1/MIL-101(Cr), PIM-1/UiO-66(Zr), PIM-1/ZTC and PIM-1/UiO-66/ZTC) composites which exhibited attractive and enhanced hydrogen storage properties. The findings from this study revealed that shaping MOFs and carbon powders without adversely compromising their essential properties, will help in accelerating the transition of porous MOFs from laboratory scale to various large scale gas adsorption applications. Miss Molefe has presented her work at five international conferences and has published a number of research articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Supervisor: Prof PG Ndungu Co-supervisor: Dr N Musyoka (CSIR)
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