Prof. Dhirendra Kumar Rai
Department : Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Energy Storage (Supercapacitors, Batteries)
Energy Harvesting (Blue energy, Evaporation Induced generation (EIG))
Electrocatalysis (HER, OER, CO2RR)
CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU)
Professional Summary
Associate Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Indore, 2024 – present
Assistant Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Indore, September 29, 2017 – 2024
DST Young Scientist, Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore, September 23, 2015 – September 28, 2017
Publications
S. Krishnan, A. K. Gupta, M. K. Singh, N. Guha, and D. K. Rai “Nitrogen-rich Cu-MOF decorated on reduced graphene oxide nanosheets for hybrid supercapacitor applications with enhanced cycling stability” Chemical Engineering Journal, 435 (2022), 135042. (IF: 16.77)
M. K. Singh, S. Krishnan, and D. K. Rai“Rational design of Ti3C2x MXene coupled with hierarchical CoS for a flexible supercapattery” Electrochimica Acta, 441, (2023), 141825. (IF: 7.34)
M. K. Singh, A. K. Gupta, S. Krishnan, N. Guha, and D. K. Rai, “A new hierarchically porous Cu-MOF composited with rGO as an efficient hybrid supercapacitor electrode material” Journal of Energy Storage, 43, 103301 (2021).(IF:8.91)
N. Guha, A. K. Gupta, S. Chatterjee, S. Krishnan, M. K. Singh, and D. K. Rai “Environmentally benign melamine functionalized silica-coated iron oxide for selective CO2 capture and fixation into cyclic carbonate” Journal of CO2 Utilization, 49 (2021) 101575. (IF: 8.32)
S. Krishnan, S. Marimuthu, M. K. Singh, and D. K. Rai “Two Dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene Nanosheets for CO2 Electroreduction in Aqueous Electrolytes” RSC Energy Advances, DOI: 10.1039/D3YA00117B (2023)