Prof. Nagaraju D H Professor

Specialization

Area of Specialization: - Electrochemistry, Energy-storage and conversion Devices, Electrocatalysts, Sensors.

Education

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship to work on Energy storage devices, KAUST, KSA 2013-2015
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship to work on Power Paper, Energy storage devices, IFM Department, Linkoping University, Sweden 2011-2103
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship NUS, Singapore 2010-2011
• Ph.D. Raman Research Institute (Noble Laureate Founded Institute), Bangalore, India in 2011
• M.Sc. in Chemistry (Specialization: Inorganic chemistry) from Bangalore University, Bangalore, India, 1st Class in 2001
• B.Sc. (Physics, chemistry, Mathematics) from Bangalore University, Bangalore, India, 1st Class in 1999

Areas Of Interest

Nanomaterials, Electrochemistry, Electrochemial water splitting, Sensors, Enegry stoarge and conversion devices

Qualification

B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD, Post doc

Teaching Experience

Academic/Research - 23 years

Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognitions: - Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (London), 2025

• Bengaluru India Nano 2024 cash prize poster award

• Karnataka Science and Technology Academy Innovation Award, Govt. of Karnataka, 2022

• REVA University research excellence award for the year 2022-2023

• Recipient of Dr. N. G. Patel award at the 13th National Seminar on Physics and Technology of Sensors, University of Pune, India, 2008

• Research work on Hydrogels of polyaniline with graphene oxide for highly sensitive electrochemical determination of lead ions, Analytica Chimica Acta, 990, 2017, 67-77, this article has been selected for prototype device/product development from the US based company Technology, Researcher & Scout EZASSI INC, 6816 Southpoint Parkway, Suite 600, Jacksonville, FL 32216.

• Co-Authored Best paper Award from Vision Group on Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, India 2011-2012

International Visits: - Visiting professor for South China Normal University

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-1775

Vidwan ID/Profile URL

https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/230347

Scopus ID/Google Scholar ID

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C1iFT_oAAAAJ&hl=en

Funded Project (amount sanctioned)

Publications In Refereed Journals

Key Publications : 31 (Q1-rated), and 12 (Q2-rated) from past 3 years (2023-2025)

Selected Publications List

1. Gel-derived NiO–MoS2 for the scalable fabrication of bifunctional screen-printed electrodes for overall water splitting

• Zhoveta Yhobu, Muralikrishna Sreeramareddygari, Chatuporn Phanthong, Srinivasa Budagumpi, Doddahalli H Nagaraju, Wachira Chaiworn, Mithran Somasundrum, Patsamon Rijiravanich, Surawut Chuangchote, Werasak Surareungchai

• International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 139, 247-256.

2. Polypyrrole functionalized MoS₂ for sensitive and simultaneous determination of heavy metal ions in water

• K. S. Manjunatha Kumara, Aisha Siddiqa, P. Shiva Kumar, Golla Lavanya, Srinivasa Budagumpi, Gurumurthy Hegde, D. H. Nagaraju and N. Usha Rani

• RSC Advances, 2025, 15, 467-476

3. Advanced transition metal phosphide–based materials for hydrogen evolution reactions: a comprehensive review

• Srinivasa Budagumpi, Sumanjali Kota, MB Reddy, DH Nagaraju*

• Ionics, 2025, 1-41.

4. Impact of ion intercalation materials on advancing capacitive deionization: from theory to practical

• S. Mahima, Manjunatha Kumar KS, Prajwal Sherugar, Xuezhu Xu, KL Gurunatha, Mahesh Padaki, DH Nagaraju*

• Nanoscale Advances, 2025, 7, 4270-4292.

5. Mono- vs Tri-nuclear Silver(I) and Gold(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes/Metallacycles as Free-Standing Carbon Cloth Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Medium

• Zhoveta Yhobu, Mayur Jagdishbhai Patelm, Jan Grzegorz Małecki, Doddahalli H. Nagaraju, Srinivasa Budagumpi

• Energy & Fuels 2024 ,38 23, 23058-23067.

6. Engineering the Coordination Environment in the Silver(I)- and Ruthenium (II)-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes in Instigating the Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

• Monica Vijayakumar, Jan Grzegorz Małecki, Doddahalli H. Nagaraju, Rangappa Sangappa Keri, Srinivasa Budagumpi

• Langmuir 2024, 40, 45, 24002-24016

7. Non-covalent Immobilization of Metal N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes onto Carbon Cloth as Bifunctional Electrodes for Overall Water Splitting in Alkaline Medium

• Zhoveta Yhobu, Mayur Jagdishbhai Patel, Jan Grzegorz Małecki, Doddahalli H. Nagaraju, Srinivasa Budagumpi*

• ACS Applied Energy Materials 2024 ,7, 20, 9500-9511

8. Amorphous and crystalline heterostructure MoSe₂/NiFe-LDH through p-n junction formation for electrochemical water splitting-synergistic back bonding effect

• P. Shivakumar, M. N. Monika, M Deepu, S. Budagumpi, D. H. Nagaraju*

• International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2024, 65, 74-82.

9. Interfacial Heterojunction Electronic Modulation on RuSe₂@NiFeLDH Heterostructures for Water Splitting

• P Shivakumar, M Deepu, MN Monika, Manjunatha KS Kumara, Srinivasa Budagumpi, D. H. Nagaraju*

• Energy and Fuels (ACS), 2024 ,38,7, 6281-6289

10. Designing of free-standing flexible symmetric electrode material for capacitive deionization and solid-state supercapacitor

• Narayanan, Abhishek, Siddiqa, Aisha, Kodihalli, Nagaraja, Hegde, Gurumurthy, Nagaraju, Doddahalli*, Padaki, Mahesh

• ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2023, 11 (9), 3750-3759.

11. Review and Perspectives of Sustainable Lignin, Cellulose, and Lignocellulosic Carbon Special Structures for Energy Storage

• Aisha Siddiqa, Zhoveta Yhobu, Doddahalli H. Nagaraju*, Mahesh Padaki, Srinivasa Budagumpi, Visweswara Rao Pasupuleti, Jun-Wei Lim

• Energy & Fuels (ACS), 2023, 37(4), 2498-2519.

12. Palladium (II)–N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex-Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

• Geetha Basappa Markandeya, Zhoveta Yhobu, Jan Grzegorz Małecki, Doddahalli H. Nagaraju, Virupaxappa S. Betageri, Srinivasa Budagumpi*

• Energy & Fuels (ACS), 2023, 37(3), 2237-2244.

Patents Copyrights

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UG / PG Projects

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