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Dr. Alok Kumar Rai

(Associate Professor)

Dr. Alok Kumar Rai is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at University of Delhi (North Campus). He joined the Department as an Assistant Professor in September, 2018. Prior to that he was employed as an Associate Professor at Amity University, Noida and Assistant Professor at Amrita Centre for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine, Kochi. He is also the recipient of prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship from DST-SERB (2016‒2021). Dr. Rai received his Ph.D in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology‒Banaras Hindu University (IIT‒BHU) in 2010. After that he joined Prof. Jaekook Kim lab as a post-doctoral research fellow followed by Research Professor at Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea. Dr. Rai has published nearly 80 peer-reviewed research articles including reviews and 03 book chapters published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). He has also received numerous funds from UGC, CSIR, SERB, IoE etc. for his research. Dr. Rai teaching and research interests involve inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry and electrochemistry. He is currently working on Rechargeable Batteries (Lithium-ion, sodium-ion, potassium-ion, multivalent-ion (Zn²⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Al³⁺) and Solid State Chemistry (metal oxides, novel chemical synthesis, electronic and ionic transport).

Selected Publications:

1. P. Yadav, A.N. Fahri, J. Singh, R. Singh, J. Kim and Alok Kumar Rai^*, Materials Advances, 2024, 5, 5896.
2. A. Tomar, C. Vankani, S.P. Singh, M. Winter, Alok Kumar Rai^*, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024, 26, 3516.
3. J. Singh, Zulkifli, R. Nagarajan, P. Yadav, J. Kim, Alok Kumar Rai^*, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, 6, 17748.
4. P. Yadav, N. Kumari, Alok Kumar Rai^*, Journal of Power Sources, 2023, 555, 232385.
5. S. Chandel, C. Wang, N. Wang, S.P. Singh, Alok Kumar Rai^*, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5, 18591.
6. J. Singh, S. Lee, P. Yadav, S. Kim, J. Kim, Alok Kumar Rai^*, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2022, 5, 126.
7. A. Tomar, E. Adhitama, M. Winter, T. Placke, Alok Kumar Rai^*, Batteries & Supercaps, 2023, 6, e202200465.
8. S. Chandel, Zulkifli, J. Kim, Alok Kumar Rai^*, Dalton Transactions, 2022, 51, 11797.
9. J. Singh, S. Lee, S. Kim, S.P. Singh, J. Kim, Alok Kumar Rai^*, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021, 850, 156755.
10. S. Chandel, S. Lee, Seunggyeong Lee, S. Kim, S.P. Singh, J. Kim, Alok Kumar Rai^*, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2020, 877, 114747.
11. S. Chandel, S. Lee, S. Kim, S.P. Singh, J. Gim, J. Kim, Alok Kumar Rai^*, New Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 43, 12916.
12. D.S. Baji, H.S. Jadhav, S.V. Nair, Alok Kumar Rai^*, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2018, 262, 191.
13. D.S. Baji, S.V. Nair, Alok Kumar Rai^*, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2017, 21, 2869.
14. Alok Kumar Rai, J. Gim, T.V. Thi, D. Ahn, S.J. Cho and J. Kim, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 118, 11234.
15. L.T. Anh,¹ Alok Kumar Rai,¹ T.V. Thi, J. Gim, S. Kim, V. Mathew, Jaekook Kim^*, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 6966.
16. Alok Kumar Rai, J. Gim, L.T. Anh and J. Kim, Electrochimica Acta, 2013, 100, 63.(One of the top 10 most cited articles in this journal; 2013-2014)
17. Alok Kumar Rai, J. Lim, V. Mathew, J. Gim, J. Kang, B.J. Paul, D. Kim, S. Ahn, S. Kim, K. Ahn, Jaekook Kim^*, Electrochemistry Communications, 2012, 19, 9.
18. J. Kang, S. Baek, V. Mathew, J. Gim, J. Song, H. Park, E. Chae, Alok Kumar Rai, J. Kim^*, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 20857.(Selected as a hot article on the Journal of Materials Chemistry blog) (http://blogs.rsc.org/jm/2012/10/05/this-weeks-hot-papers-free-until-november-9th/)