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- Nanostructured Materials and Two-Dimensional Materials
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- August 2024 – June 2025 – DST INSPIRE FACULTY, IIT Jammu, India
- October 2022 – July 2024 – Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellow – IIT Kansas State University, Kansas, USA
- January 2021 – August 2022 – National Postdoctoral Fellow – IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, India
- March 2020 – January 2021 – Research Associate – IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, India
- January 2015 – August 2016 – Junior Research Fellow – IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, India
- Extensive expertise in synthesizing and engineering transition metal oxides, chalcogenides, and two-dimensional (2D) materials for next-generation electrochemical energy storage applications, including supercapacitors and Li-S batteries.
- Development of flexible and stretchable microsupercapacitors, Li–S batteries, and solid-state devices with high energy and power densities. Proficient in coin-cell fabrication, hybrid capacitor integration, and energy device prototyping.
- Significant contributions to piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerator-based systems, with emphasis on self-charging supercapacitor power cells (SCSPCs) using multifunctional polymer-ceramic nanocomposites.
- Skilled in 3D printing, electrospinning, inkjet printing, and laser-based microfabrication for the scalable manufacturing and industrial translation of energy devices and functional materials.
- Brain Korea-21 (BK-21) Fellowship – from Korean Research Foundation for doctoral research.
- Award of Excellence for doctoral research and best thesis award of Korean Mechanical Engineering Society.
- Awarded for National Postdoctoral Fellow (N-PDF) - from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India
- Selected for 2022-2023 Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowships from the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF).
- Selected for the prestigious Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (IASH) and Council for Higher Education (CHE) Excellence Fellowship for International Researchers.
- DST INSPIRE Faculty (2024)
- The road towards the development of supercapacitors: the transition from lab scale to marketplace: (Continuing, Fund: Rs. 35,00,000, Grant No: DST/INSPIRE/04/2023/000200).
Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), India. - Development of flexible-stretchable micro-supercapacitors with high energy and power density: Towards powering of wearable electronics. (Completed, Fund: Rs. 64,00,000 (~USD 77000), Grant No: 2823 FNPDR/ 2022)
Funding agency: United States - India Educational Foundation, India. - Development of flexible and stretchable microsupercapacitors towards powering portable electronics. (Completed, Fund: Rs. 21,31,200 (~ USD 29196), Grant No: PDF_2020_000620)
Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India. - Development of flexible-stretchable microsupercapacitors for self-powered wearable electronics. (Assignment Number: 2020R1I1A1A01072479 (01.06.2020 – 31.05.2023)) (Fund: 50 million KRW)
Funding agency: Ministry of Education (NRF), South Korea.
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- Surjit Sahoo*, T. Nagaraja, M. Michalska, S. R. Das. A renewable carbon material derived from native European deciduous trees serves as a sustainable electroactive substance for multifunctional energy storage systems. Nanoscale Advances 2025,7, 3331-3343. Ranking-Q2, I.F 4.6.(* corresponding author)
- Parul, Surjit Sahoo*, S. Ratha, G. Sanyal, B. Chakraborty, S. K. Nayak, “Experimental and theoretical investigation on the charge storage performance of NiSb2O6 and its reduced graphene oxide composite – a comparative analysis”. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 29962-29975. Ranking-Q2, I.F. 2.9.
- Surjit Sahoo*, A. K. Gandham and V. K. Pal, “Effective Nano-manufacturing of T-Nb2O5 for supercapacitor applications.” Energy Storage and Conversion 2024, 2(4), 2074. (* corresponding author)
- Surjit Sahoo, V. Natraj, R. Swaminathan, P. Pazhamalai, K. Krishnamoorthy, and S -J Kim “High-performance piezoelectric nanogenerator and self-charging photo power cell using hexagonal boron nitride nanoflakes and PVDF composite.” Advanced Engineering Materials 2024, 26, 2400658. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 4.3.
- Surjit Sahoo, D. Chatterjee, S.B. Majumder, KhM Asif Raihan, B. LaCroix, Suprem R. Das, “Comparative study of pure and mixed phase sulfurized carbon black in battery cathodes for lithium sulfur batteries”. Appl. Res. 2024; e202400034.
- S A. Kumar, Surjit Sahoo, G. K. Laxminarayana, C. S. Rout, “Electrochemical Deposition for Cultivating Nano‐and Microstructured Electroactive Materials for Supercapacitors: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives”. Small 2024, 2402087. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 13.3.
- KhM Asif Raihan, Surjit Sahoo*, T. Nagaraja, S. Sigdel, B. LaCroix, C. M. Sorensen, S. R. Das, “Transforming scalable synthesis of graphene aerosol gel material toward highly flexible and wide-temperature tolerant printed micro-supercapacitors”. APL Energy 2, 016104 (2024). (* equally contributed first author)
2023 - D. Chatterjee, D. Das, Surjit Sahoo, KhM Asif Raihan, K. Rajavel, Suprem R. Das, S.B. Majumder, “Electrochemical performance of melt impregnated lithium sulphur rechargeable cell: Effect of crosslinked water soluble polyacrylic acid binder”. Materials Chemistry and Physics 312 (2024) 128583. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 4.6.
- S. Ratha, Surjit Sahoo*, P. Mane, B. Polai, B. Sathpathy, B. Chakraborty, S. K. Nayak, “Experimental and computational investigation on the charge storage performance of a novel Al2O3-grpahene hybrid electrode”. Scientific Reports 13, 5283 (2023). Ranking-Q1, I.F. 4.6 (* equally contributed author)
- Surjit Sahoo, G. Sahoo, S. M. Jeong, C. S. Rout, “A review on supercapacitors based on plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposited vertical graphene arrays”. Journal of Energy Storage 53 105212 (2022). Ranking-Q1, I.F. 9.4
- Surjit Sahoo, S. Ratha, C. S. Rout, S. K. Nayak., “Self-charging supercapacitors for smart electronic devices: a concise review on the recent trends and future sustainability”. Journal of Materials Science 57, 4399–4440 (2022). Ranking-Q1, I.F. 4.68
- S. S. Nardekar, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, S.-J. Kim,, MoS2 quantum sheets-PVDF nanocomposite film based self-poled piezoelectric nanogenerators and photovoltaically self-charging power cell. Nano Energy 93, 2022, 106869, Ranking-Q1, I.F. 17.6
- A. Patra, K. Namsheer, J. R. Jos, Surjit Sahoo, B. Chakraborty, C. S. Rout, Understanding the charge storage mechanism of supercapacitors: in situ/operando spectroscopic approaches and theoretical investigations. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2021, 9, 25852-25891, Ranking-Q1, I.F. 11.9
- M. Kandasamy, Surjit Sahoo*, S. K. Nayak, B. Chakraborty, C. S. Rout, Recent advances in engineered metal oxide nanostructures for supercapacitor applications: Experimental and theoretical aspects. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2021,9, 17643-17700, Ranking-Q1, I.F. 11.9 (* equally contributed author)
- Aaryashree, Surjit Sahoo*, P. Walke, S. K. Nayak, C. S. Rout, and D. J. Late, “Recent developments in self-powered smart chemical sensors for wearable electronics”. Nano Research 14,3669–3689, 2021, doi: 10.1007/s12274-021-3330-8, Ranking-Q1, I.F. 9.9 (* equally contributed author)
- V. K. Mariappan, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, S. Natarajan, Surjit Sahoo, S. S. Nardekar, S.-J. Kim, “Antimonene dendritic nanostructures: Dual-functional materials for high-performance energy storage and harvesting devices”. Nano Energy 2020,77,105248, Ranking-Q1, I.F. 17.6
- S. S. Nardekar, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, V. K. Mariappan, S.-J. Kim, “Exceptional interfacial electrochemistry of few-layered 2D MoS2 quantum sheets for high performance flexible solid-state supercapacitors”. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2020,8, 13121-13131, Ranking-Q1, I.F. 11.9
- Surjit Sahoo, P. Pazhamalai, V. K. Mariappan, G. K. Veerasubramani, N.-J. Kim, S.-J. Kim, “Hydrothermally synthesized Chalcopyrite platelets as electrode material for symmetric supercapacitors”. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2020,7, 1492-1502 (Front cover page), Ranking-Q1, I.F. 7
- K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, V. K. Mariappan, S. S. Nardekar, Surjit Sahoo, S.-J. Kim, “Probing the energy conversion process in piezoelectric driven electrochemical self-charging supercapacitor power cell using piezoelectrochemical spectroscopy”. Nature Communications, 11 2351 (2020), Ranking-Q1, I.F. 16.6
- P. Pazhamalai, K. Krishnamoorthy, Surjit Sahoo, V. K. Mariappan, S.-J. Kim, “Carbothermal conversion of siloxene sheets into silicon-oxy-carbide lamellae for high-performance supercapacitors”. Chemical Engineering Journal, 387, 2020 123886. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 15.1
- P. Pazhamalai, V. K. Mariappan, Surjit Sahoo, W. Y. Kim, Y. S. Mok, S.-J. Kim “Free-Standing PVDF/Reduced Graphene Oxide Film for All-Solid-State Flexible Supercapacitors towards Self-Powered Systems”. Micromachines 2020, 11(2), 198. Ranking-Q2, I.F 3.4
- Surjit Sahoo, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, V. K. Mariappan, S. Manoharan, S.-J. Kim, “High performance self-charging supercapacitor using porous PVDF-ionic liquid electrolyte sandwiched between two-dimensional graphene electrodes”. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (2019) 21693-21703. “Article featured as 2019 Journal of Materials Chemistry A HOT Papers with front cover page”. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 11.9
- P. Pazhamalai, K. Krishnamoorthy, Surjit Sahoo, V. K. Mariappan, S.-J. Kim, “Supercapacitive properties of amorphous MoS3 and crystalline MoS2 nanosheets in an organic electrolyte”. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 6 (2019) 2387-2395. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 7
- Sudhakaran M.S.P., G. Gnanasekaran, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, Md. M. Hossain, R. M. Bhattarai, S.-J. Kim, Y. S. Mok, “Hierarchically Porous Nanostructured Nickel Phosphide with Carbon Particles Embedded by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Deposition as a Binder-Free Electrode for Hybrid Supercapacitors” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 17 (2019) 14805-14814. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 8.4
- V. K. Mariappan, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, S.-J. Kim, “Carbyne-enriched carbon anchored on nickel foam: A novel binder-free electrode for supercapacitor application”. Journal of colloid and interface science 556 (2019) 411-419. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 9.9
- Surjit Sahoo, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, V. K. Mariappan, S.-J. Kim, “Copper molybdenum sulfide nanoparticles embedded on graphene sheets as advanced electrodes for wide temperature-tolerant supercapacitors”. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 6 (2019) 1775-1784. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 7
- V. K. Mariappan, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, D. Kesavan S.-J. Kim, “Two dimensional famatinite sheets decorated on reduced graphene oxide: A novel electrode for high performance supercapacitors”. Journal of Power Sources 433 (2019) 126648. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 9.2
- P. Pazhamalai, K. Krishnamoorthy, Surjit Sahoo, V. K. Mariappan, S.-J. Kim, “Copper tungsten sulfide anchored on Ni-foam as a high-performance binder free negative electrode for asymmetric supercapacitor”. Chemical Engineering Journal 359 (2019) 409-418. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 15.1
- K. Krishnamoorthy, V. K. Mariappan, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, S.-J. Kim, “Mechanical energy harvesting properties of free-standing carbyne enriched carbon film derived from dehydrohalogenation of polyvinylidene fluoride”. Nano Energy 59 (2019) 453-463. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 17.6
- P. Pazhamalai, K. Krishnamoorthy, Surjit Sahoo, V. K. Mariappan, S.-J. Kim,” Understanding the thermal treatment effect of two dimensional siloxene sheets and the origin of superior electrochemical energy storage performances”. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 11 (1) (2019) 624-633. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 9.5
- P. Pazhamalai, K. Krishnamoorthy, Surjit Sahoo, S.-J. Kim, “Two-dimensional molybdenum diselenide nanosheets as a novel electrode material for symmetric supercapacitors using organic electrolyte”. Electrochimica Acta 295 (2019) 591-598. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 6.6
- V. K. Mariappan, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, S. S. Nardekar, S.-J. Kim, “Nanostructured ternary metal chalcogenide-based binder-free electrodes for high energy density asymmetric supercapacitors”. Nano Energy 57 (2019) 307-316. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 17.6
- P. Pazhamalai, K. Krishnamoorthy, Surjit Sahoo, S.-J. Kim, “High-energy aqueous Li-ion hybrid capacitor using metal organic framework mimicking insertion-type copper hexacyanoferrate and capacitive-type graphitic carbon electrodes”. Journal of Alloys and compounds 765 (2018)1041-1048. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 6.2
- Surjit Sahoo, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, S.-J. Kim, “Copper molybdenum sulfide anchored nickel foam: A high performance, binder-free, negative electrode for supercapacitor”. Nanoscale 10 (29) (2018) 13883-13888. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 6.7
- V. K. Mariappan, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, S.-J. Kim, “Layered famatinite nanoplates as an advanced pseudocapacitive electrode material for supercapacitor applications”. Electrochimica Acta 275 (2018) 110-118. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 6.6
- Surjit Sahoo, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, V. K. Mariappan, S.-J. Kim, “Copper molybdenum sulfide: A novel pseudocapacitive electrode material for electrochemical energy storage device”. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 43 (27) (2018) 12222-12232. Ranking-Q2, I.F. 7.2
- P. Pazhamalai, K. Krishnamoorthy, V. K. Mariappan, Surjit Sahoo, S. Manoharan, S.-J. Kim, “A high efficacy self-charging MoSe2 solid state supercapacitor using electrospun nanofibrous piezoelectric separator with ionogel electrolyte”. Advanced Materials Interface 5 (2018) 1800055. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 5.4
- V. K. Mariappan, K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, S.-J. Kim, “Electrodeposited molybdenum selenide sheets on nickel foam as a binder-free electrode for supercapacitor application”. Electrochimica Acta 265 (2018) 514-522. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 6.6
- Surjit Sahoo, P. Pazhamalai, K. Krishnamoorthy, S.-J. Kim, “Hydrothermally prepared α-MnSe nanoparticles as a new pseudocapacitive electrode material for supercapacitor”. Electrochimica Acta 268 (2018) 403-410. Ranking-Q1, I.F 6.6
- S. Manoharan, Surjit Sahoo, P. Pazhamalai, S.-J. Kim, “Supercapacitive properties of activated carbon electrode using ammonium-based proton conducting electrolytes”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 43 (3) (2018) 1667-1674. Ranking-Q2, I.F. 7.2
- Surjit Sahoo, K. Naik, C. S. Rout, “Controlled Electrochemical Growth of Spinel NiCo2S4 Nanosheets on Nickel Foam for High Performance Supercapacitor Applications”, Materials Today: Proceedings (ICAER Conference) 5 (11), 23083-23088
- K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, J. H. Lim, K. H. Choi, S.-J. Kim, “A High‐Energy Aqueous Sodium‐Ion Capacitor with Nickel Hexacyanoferrate and Graphene Electrodes”, ChemElectroChem 4 (12) (2017) 3302-3308. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 4
- K. Krishnamoorthy, P. Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, S.-J. Kim, “Titanium carbide sheet based high performance wire type solid state supercapacitors”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 5 (12) (2017) 5726-5736. “Article featured as 2017 Journal of Materials Chemistry A HOT Papers” Ranking-Q1, I.F. 11.9
- Surjit Sahoo, K. Naik, D. J. Late, C. S. Rout, “Electrodeposited Nickel Cobalt Manganese based mixed sulfide nanosheets for high performance supercapacitor application”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 244 (2017) 101-108. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 5.2
- Surjit Sahoo, K. Naik, D. J. Late, C. S. Rout, “Electrochemical synthesis of a ternary transition metal sulfide nanosheets on nickel foam and energy storage application”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 695 (2017) 154-161. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 6.2
- K. Naik, Surjit Sahoo, C. S. Rout, “Facile electrochemical growth of spinel copper cobaltite nanosheets for non-enzymatic glucose sensing and supercapacitor applications”, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 244 (2017) 226-234. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 5.2
- Surjit Sahoo, C. S. Rout, “Spinel NiCo2O4 and Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites For High Performance Supercapacitor Application”, Adv. Mater. Lett., 2017, 8 (8), pp 847-851 I.F. 1.15
- Surjit Sahoo, C. S. Rout, “Facile Electrochemical Synthesis of Porous Manganese-Cobalt-Sulfide Based Ternary Transition Metal Sulfide Nanosheets Architectures for High Performance Energy Storage Applications”, Electrochimica Acta 220 (2016) 57–66. Ranking-Q1, I.F. 6.6
- R. V Gelamo, G. de S Augusto, L. GB Machuno, S. Moshkalev, A. R Vaz, C. S Rout, Surjit Sahoo, “Plasma-Treated Multilayer Graphene: Synthesis and Applications”, 2016 31st Symposium on Microelectronics Technology and Devices (IEEE Conference) 978-1-5090-2788-0/16/$31.00 ©2016 IEEE.
- K. S. Samantaray, Surjit Sahoo, C. S. Rout, “Hydrothermal Synthesis of CuWO4-Reduced Graphene Oxide Hybrids and Supercapacitor Application”, American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 2016, 9 (3): 584.590. I.F. 0.42
- R. Mondal, Surjit Sahoo, C. S. Rout, “Mixed nickel cobalt manganese oxide nanorods for supercapacitor application”, American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 2016, 9 (3): 540.546. I.F. 0.42
- Surjit Sahoo, K. Naik, C. S. Rout, “Electrodeposition of spinel MnCo2O4 nanosheets for supercapacitor applications”, Nanotechnology 26 (2015) 455401. Ranking-Q2, I.F. 3.5
- Surjit Sahoo, S. Ratha, C. S. Rout, “Spinel NiCo2O4 Nanorods for Supercapacitor Applications”, American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 8 (3), (2015) 371-379. I.F. 0.42
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Patents & Patent Applications
- 1. AN EUTECTIC ELECTROLYTE-BASED ALUMINIUM-ION BATTERY USING GRAPHENE-REINFORCED ALUMINIUM ANODE AND A METHOD THEREOF.
B. Polai, S. Ratha, Surjit Sahoo, B. K. Satpathy, S. K. Nayak, B. Patra, D. Samal
Indian Patent, Ref.No./Application No.- 202331030286.
Granted on 09.07.2024. Patent No. 544538
Book Chapters
- Metal-Free Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Biosensors, Surjit Sahoo, and S. Ratha, 2021, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. ISSN/ ISBN No: 9781774630372
- Morphology dependent energy storage performance of supercapacitors and batteries: Scanning Electron Microscopy as an essential tool for material characterization.
Title of Book: Energy Storage Materials Characterization: Determining Properties and Performance, Surjit Sahoo, and C. S. Rout, Wiley-VCH (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9783527834679.ch2)
- E-mail id: surjit.s@srmap.edu.in