A5067237153- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
- Advancements in Battery Materials
- Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
- MXene and MAX Phase Materials
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Membrane Separation and Gas Transport
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Graphene research and applications
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Covalent Organic Framework Applications
- Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
- Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
- Advanced battery technologies research
- Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
- Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
- Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
- Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
University of Newcastle Australia
2020-2025
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
2018-2024
Callaghan Innovation
2020-2021
Centre for Science and Environment
2021
State Key Laboratory of Building Safety and Built Environment
2020
Porous carbons, owing to their fascinating properties, are materials of high interest in several fields including gas capture and energy storage. The conjugation nanostructures such as BCN surface functionalization is a creative approach enhance application potential. However, maintaining porosity along with the creation features rather complicated. Herein, we report on conjugated nanoporous carbons specific area through unique integrating synthesis method carbon chemical activation. In this...
Despite significant advancements in medical technology, cancer remains the world's second‐leading cause of death, largely attributed to late‐stage diagnoses. While traditional detection methodologies offer foundational insights, they often lack specificity, affordability, and sensitivity for early‐stage identification. In this context, development biosensors offers a distinct possibility precise rapid identification biomarkers. Carbon nanomaterials, including graphene, carbon nitride,...
Borophene stands out uniquely among Xenes with its metallic character, Dirac nature, exceptional electron mobility, thermal conductivity, and Young's moduli—surpassing graphene. Invented in 2015, various methods, including atomic layer deposition, molecular beam epitaxy, chemical vapor have successfully been demonstrated to realize substrate-supported crystal growth. Top-down approaches like micromechanical, sonochemical, solvothermal modified hummer's techniques also employed. Thanks high...
The article highlights the green synthesis of nanoporous biocarbons and their utilization as adsorbents for CO<sub>2</sub> capture electrode materials supercapacitors.
Abstract The rapid growth in electronic and portable devices demands safe, durable, light weight, low cost, high energy, power density electrode materials for rechargeable batteries. In this context, biomass‐based their hybrids are extensively used energy generation research, which is primarily due to properties such as large specific surface area, fast ion/electron kinetics, restricted volume expansion, restrained shuttle effect. review, the key advancements preparation of biomass derived...
Biomass-derived nanoporous carbons (BNCs) are attractive materials for CO2 capture and energy storage due to their unique surface properties the availability of low-cost abundant supply carbon sources. However, order atoms, nature porosity functional groups critical in dictating performance BNCs such applications. Herein, a solid-phase activation strategy is introduced prepare O-functionalized with embedded graphene-like structures using d(+)-glucose as precursor. The optimised material...
Mesoporous materials have shown immense potential for their use in energy storage applications due to unique pore structural features and high surface areas. There is an interest developing performance electrode the next generation devices. In this work, ordered mesoporous hybrids of fullerene borocarbonitride with a area are synthesized using KIT-6 as hard template. The uniform size distribution decorated C60 nanostructures accounted ion charge transfer which led increased electrochemical...
The careful selection of carbon precursors for chemical activation is critical in obtaining cost-effective and efficient porous activated biocarbons with multifunctional properties. Herein, we report on utilising almond skin to synthesize via solid-state KOH activation. Through precise manipulation the impregnation ratio non-porous carbon, a range materials intriguing properties including high surface area, large pore volume, tunable micro mesopores, functionalization oxygen were...
Affordable and environmentally friendly electrochemically active raw energy storage materials are in high demand to switch mass-scale renewable energy. One particularly promising avenue is the feasibility of utilizing food waste-derived nanoporous carbon. This material holds significance due its widespread availability, affordability, ease processing, and, notably, cost-free nature. Over years, various strategies have been developed convert different wastes into carbon with enhanced...
Abstract Hybrid ion capacitors (HIC) are receiving a lot of attention due to their potential achieve high energy and power densities, but they remain insufficient. It is imperative explore outstanding environmentally benign electrode materials high‐performing HIC systems. Here, unique boron carbon nitride (BCN)‐based system that comprises microporous BCN structure Fe 1−x S nanoparticle incorporated nanosheets ( BNF ) as cathode anode, respectively reported. The prepared through facile...
The use of nanoporous carbon for energy storage has seen a significant rise due to its exciting properties such as high surface area, hierarchical porosity and exceptional electrochemical properties. These unique advantages these porous nanostructures can be coupled with the individual doping heteroatoms S, N, O, B achieving capacity stability. Herein, we integrated synthesis nitride (CN) borocarbonitride (BCN) solid state activation introducing multiple (B, S) onto frameworks. produced...
Recent advancements in two-dimensional materials have brought MXene (Ti3C2) into attention due to its exciting properties as a very promising material for various applications. In this work, we report novel Ti3C2 nanobipyramid (Ti3C2 NB) structure obtained through three-step process involving exfoliation, delamination, and subsequent hydrothermal treatment. The morphological textural at each step of synthesis were studied using an array experimental techniques such transmission electron...
Borocarbonitride (BCN) based materials are finding increasing attention for a range of applications owing to their outstanding features. BCN is generally realized through the coupling carbon and boron nitride (BN) with latter being analogous graphene recognized due its good electrical/mechanical properties thermal/chemical stability. Although widely acknowledged tunable bandgap, one fascinating yet less explored aspects porosity. The porous features including high surface area pore size...
Red emissive gold nanoclusters have potential as biological fluorescent probes, but lack sufficient light-to-heat conversion efficiency for photothermal therapy (PTT). MXene nanomaterials, on the other hand, shown promise in PTT due to their strong near-infrared absorption abilities, instability caused by restacking of sheets can decrease available surface area. One approach address this issue is design with wrinkles or folds. However, crumpled 3D materials reported literature are actually...
Abstract MXene, a novel class of 2D materials, has garnered widespread attention from researchers worldwide due to its remarkable physicochemical properties. Its exceptional physical, chemical, optical, and electronic characteristics have opened up exciting possibilities for application in biomedical fields. The easily modifiable surface makes it particularly attractive be used nanomedicine as the can made hydrophilic, with facile drug loading, imaging, anti‐microbial, photothermal...