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Background Dr. Deepak Dubal is Associate Professor (Australian Future Fellow) at QUT and has a strong research background in the field of Nano-materials for clean energy conversion and storage systems. Briefly, Deepak's research interest is focused on designing and engineering of functional materials such as New Oxides/Nitrides, Polyoxometalates (POMs), Conducting polymers and their hybrids for energy storage applications with special emphasis on Supercapacitors, Li-ion batteries, beyond Li-ion batteries etc. At QUT, his research is to develop an integrated system as self-charging power source for wearable electronics and implantable medical devices. Before joining QUT, Deepak worked as Vice Chancellor Fellow at School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide. He is also former recipient of two most prestigious fellowships: Marie-Curie at ICN2, Spain (2014) and Alexander von Humboldt at TUC, Germany (2012). So far, Deepak has co-authored more than 140 research articles including Chem. Soc. Rev., Adv. Mater., Adv. Fun. Mater, Nano Energy, NPG Asia Materials etc. and achieved over 9767 citations, 'h' index: 53 and 'i10' index 122 (Google Scholar). He has edited one book, contributed several book chapters and filed several patents including World, US, European and Spanish. He has also participated as founding partner of Earthdas graphene mobility spin-off Company, Spain with Prof. Gomez-Romero. His Google Scholar citations is available via the link below https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=5RaaXvsAAAAJ&hl=en Research Interest At various levels of research career, Dr. Dubal has developed a variety of disciplines and research topics, including thin films, semiconductors, gas sensors, solar cells and very specially energy storage materials and devices. Following are his different research lines of interest 1. Advanced Nano-materials- Two-dimensional (2D) materials, their hetero-structures and hybrids.
- Synthesis of New Oxides/Nitrides, Nanocarbons (Graphene, CNTs), Polyoxometalates (POMs), Conducting polymers and so on.
- Hybrid Nano-Materials (Nanocarbon/Oxides, Organic-Inorganic Nano-composites such as Polymer/metal oxides and Polymer-Polyoxometalates)
- Metal-Organic-Framework (MOF) derived materials and their nanocomposites.
- Turning organic wastes (e.g. Fruit-waste, Winery-waste (Grape-Marc) and all types of agricultural-waste) into value added porous carbon.
- Surface treatments to prepare different types of porous carbons
- Synthesis of carbon quantum dots using Bio-waste materials.
- Novel electrode materials for high power devices
- Electrolytes (Liquid and polymer-based electrolytes)
- Micro-supercapacitors for wearable electronics
- Piezo-Supercapacitors for medical implants
- Electrochemical Flow Capacitors for large scale applications
- Engineering of nanostructured anode and cathode materials
- Development of high energy density and fast charging battery materials
- Computational Chemistry to uncover the charge-storing mechanism
- In-situ and In-operando techniques for battery materials characterizations
- Li-S battery: High ionic conductivity solid-polymer electrolytes
- Li-S battery: Designing new porous carbon hosts to accommodate Sulfur
- Asymmetric Supercapacitors (ASC)-Aqueous system
- Hybrid Supercapacitors (HSC)-Aqueous system
- Lithium Ion Capacitor (LIC)-Non-aqueous system
- Developing materials for Potassium Ion Battery (KIB)
- Fabrication of cathode materials for Aluminium Ion Battery (AIB)
- Investigating new battery technologies such as K-S
- Potassium Ion Capacitor (LIC)-Non-aqueous system
- Recovering materials from spent LIBs
- Developing new materials from recovered waste from LIBs.
- Circular economy: closing the loop
- 2019 Conference Ambassador of 20th IUMRS-ICA, 22-26 September 2019
- 2019 Award of Australian Future Fellowship, QUT, Australia
- 2018 Foreign Young Associate Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, India
- 2017 Nominee among top four Scientists for USERN Prize in Physical Sciences
- 2017 Award of Vice Chancellor Fellowship, University of Adelaide, Australia
- 2014 CEMAM Prize for Best Poster, (MAT4ENERGY),Grenoble, France,
- 2014 Marie-Curie Fellow, ICN2, Barcelona, Spain
- 2013 Award of Nobel Laureate Meeting 2013, Lindau, Germany
- 2012 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Germany
- 2010 Senior Research Fellow, CSIR, New Delhi, India
- 2009 Project Fellow, UGC, New Delhi, India
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Professional Experience: April 2019- onwards: Senior Lecturer (ARC Future Fellow), Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. 2017-2019: Vice Chancellor Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide (UoA), Australia. 2016-2017: Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2, Barcelona, Spain. 2014-2016: Marie-Curie Fellow, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Barcelona, Spain. 2011-2013: Alexander von Humboldt, Technische Universität Chemnitz (TUC), Germany. 2011-2011: BK21 Fellow, Gwangju institute of science and technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea. Educational Qualifications: 2011: Ph. D. in Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.S.), India. 2008: M. Sc. in Physics (First class with Distinction), Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.S.), India 2006: B. Sc. in Physics (First class with Distinction), Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.S.), India
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- Funding Award
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- 2020
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- Centre for Materials Science Fund ($342,648) for Multivalent Dual Ion Energy Storage Systems
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- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
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- 2020
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- Appointed as "International Visiting Professor" at Mid Sweden University, Sweden.
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- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2019
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- IFE-Catapult Grant ($64,083) for the project on Empowering Waste: Textiles to be turned into potassium ion batteries
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- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
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- 2018
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- Award of exceptionally competitive ARC Future Fellowship
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- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
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- Nominated in top 4 Young Scientists for USERN Prize in Physical Sciences around the world
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- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
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- 2017
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- Recipient of Vice Chancellor Fellowship of University of Adelaide, Australia.
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- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2015
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- Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group).
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- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
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- 2014
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- Marie Curie fellowship to undertake research at Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Spain
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- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
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- 2012
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- Award of Alexander von Humboldt fellowship to work at Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.
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- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
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- 2011
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- BK-21 Post Doc Fellow at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
- Dubal, D., Jayaramulu, K., Sunil, J., Kment, S., Gomez-Romero, P., Narayana, C., Zboril, R. & Fischer, R. (2019). Metal-organic framework (MOF) derived electrodes with robust and fast lithium storage for Li-ion hybrid capacitors. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(19), 1–11. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129265
- Dubal, D., Abdel-Azeim, S., Chodankar, N. & Han, Y. (2019). Molybdenum nitride nanocrystals anchored on phosphorus-incorporated carbon fabric as a negative electrode for high-performance asymmetric pseudocapacitor. iScience, 16, 50–62. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129482
- Dubal, D., Chodankar, N. & Qiao, S. (2019). Tungsten nitride nanodots embedded phosphorous modified carbon fabric as flexible and robust electrode for asymmetric pseudocapacitor. Small, 15(1), 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129429
- Dubal, D., Chodankar, N., Kim, D. & Gomez-Romero, P. (2018). Towards flexible solid-state supercapacitors for smart and wearable electronics. Chemical Society Reviews, 47(6), 2065–2129. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129411
- Jayaramulu, K., Dubal, D., Nagar, B., Ranc, V., Tomanec, O., Petr, M., Ramanatha Datta, K., Zboril, R., Gomez-Romero, P. & Fischer, R. (2018). Ultrathin hierarchical porous carbon nanosheets for high-performance supercapacitors and redox electrolyte energy storage. Advanced Materials, 30(15), 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129414
- Dubal, D., Ballesteros, B., Mohite, A. & Gomez-Romero, P. (2017). Functionalization of polypyrrole nanopipes with redox-active polyoxometalates for high energy density supercapacitors. ChemSusChem, 10(4), 731–737. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129391
- Dubal, D., Chodankar, N., Holze, R., Kim, D. & Gomez-Romero, P. (2017). Ultrathin mesoporous RuCo2O4 nanoflakes: An advanced electrode for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors. ChemSusChem, 10(8), 1771–1782. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129394
- Dubal, D., Suarez-Guevara, J., Tonti, D., Enciso, E. & Gomez-Romero, P. (2015). A high voltage solid state symmetric supercapacitor based on graphene-polyoxometalate hybrid electrodes with a hydroquinone doped hybrid gel-electrolyte. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(46), 23483–23492. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129731
- Dubal, D., Ayyad, O., Ruiz, V. & Gomez-Romero, P. (2015). Hybrid energy storage: the merging of battery and supercapacitor chemistries. Chemical Society Reviews, 44(7), 1777–1790. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129769
- Holze, R., Dubal, D., Gomez-Romero, P. & Sankapal, B. (2015). Nickel cobaltite as an emerging material for supercapacitors: An overview. Nano Energy, 11, 377–399. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129755
- Graphene- based materials for Li- ion Capacitors (LICs)
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Nunzio Motta, Associate Professor Jennifer MacLeod - Catalytic Hydrolysis of Cellulose to Value]added Oligomers
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov, Professor William Doherty, Dr Luqman Atanda