Prof. Nagaraju D H Professor

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

MSc, PhD, Postdoc.,

Teaching Experience

Academic/Research- 23 years

Awards & Recognition

• Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (London), 2025
• Bangaluru 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

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

• 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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