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Rajeev Kumar

Postdoc Fellow (PREM), Chemistry and Biochemistry

Dr. Rajeev Kumar is currently serving as an adjunct instructor at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. He is also a post-doctoral researcher under the guidance of Prof. Fei Yan. He previously held research positions at the University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea, and CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Chennai, India. 

He earned his Ph.D. from IISc Bengaluru and has published 89 papers with over 3,320 citations (h-index 39, i10 index-61), filed two patents, and received numerous accolades, including Best Oral Presentation at KCS Summer Joint Symposium (Jeju) 2023. His expertise areas include electrocatalysis, electrochemical sensing, energy storage, photocatalysis, magnetism, nonlinear optics, microwave absorption, synthesis of advanced 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, and ceramic and carbon-based nanomaterials.

Publications

1. R. Kumar*, A.K. Shringi*, H.J. Wood, I.M. Asuo, S. Oturak, T.S.K. Sharma, R. Chaurasiya, A. Mishra, D.E. Sanchez, W.M. Choi, N.Y. Doumon, I. Dabo, M. Terrones, F. Yan, “Substitutional doping of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides for device applications: challenges and prospects”, Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 163 (2025) 100946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mser.2025.100946. ISSN- 0927-796X.

2. A. K. Shringi, R. Kumar, R. Chaurasiya, J. Lin, N.Y. Doumon, F. Yan, “Bi2O2Se Nanosheets for Dual-Mode Electrochemical/Fluorescent Turn-off Sensing of Ferric Ions”, accepted in Nanoscale, 17 (2025) 20400-20409. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR01593F. ISSN-2040-3372.

3. S. Kumar, R. Kumar, N. Goyal, S.K. Parida, A. Anshu, A. Yadav, F. Yan, and B. Sahoo, “Carbon Nanostructure with Bimetallic CoRu Alloy as Oxygen-Reducing Air Electrode for Zinc-air Batteries”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13 (2025) 9992-10005. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA09282A. ISSN-2050-7496.

4. A.K. Shringi, R. Kumar, F. Yan, “Recent Advances in Bismuth Oxychalcogenides Nanosheets for Sensing Applications”, Nanoscale, 16 (2024) 10551-10565. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NR00821A. ISSN-2040-3372.

5. R. Nivetha, M.R. Asrami, R. Kumar, S. Sharma, M. Jourshabani, R.D. Kumar, S. Ravichandran, B. K. Lee, Y. Lee, J.S. Chung, S.G. Kang, W.M. Choi, S.H. Hur, “Highly immobilized bimetallic Fe/M-N4 (M- Mg or Zn) conductive metal-organic frameworks on N-doped porous carbon for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution and oxygen-reduction reactions”, Small Structures, 5 (2023) 2300355. https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202300355. ISSN- 2688-4062.

6. R. Kumar, J. Kim, Y. Jeong, Y. Lee, “Overcoming the ultra-high C-rate limitation of LiFeBO3 with careful optimization of carbothermal synthesis conditions”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 948 (2023) 169765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.169765. ISSN-1463-9076.

7. A. Yadav, R. Kumar, U.P. Pandey, B. Sahoo, “Role of oxygen functionalities of GO in corrosion protection of metallic Fe”, Carbon, 173 (2021) 350-363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.11.029. ISSN-0008-6223.

8. H.K Choudhary, R. Kumar, S.P. Pawar, U. Sundararaj, B. Sahoo, “Effect of morphology and role of conductivity of embedded metallic nanoparticles on electromagnetic interference shielding of PVDF-carbonaceous-nanofiller composites”, Carbon, 164 (2020) 357-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.04.007. ISSN-0008-6223.

9. R. Kumar, A. Kumar, N. Verma, Anupama A.V., R. Philip, B. Sahoo, “Modulating non-linear optical absorption through controlled graphitization of carbon nanostructures containing Fe3C-graphite core-shell nanoparticles”, Carbon, 153 (2019) 545-556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.058. ISSN-0008-6223.

10. A. Yadav, R. Kumar, H.K. Choudhary, B. Sahoo, “Graphene-oxide coating for corrosion protection of iron particles in saline water”, Carbon, 140 (2018) 477-487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.08.062. ISSN-0008-6223.