Professor Deepak Dubal
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Biography
Prof. Deepak Dubal is a prolific, well-cited, and multiple-fellowship-winning scientist in the field of clean energy conversion and storage systems such as supercapacitors, batteries and triboelectric/piezoelectric nanogenerators. He has demonstrated experience in R&D engagements with several industries in Advanced Materials Manufacturing, Clean and Renewable Energy, Waste Management (biomass valorisation and waste-battery recycling). The main goal of his research is providing sustainable strategy to reduce carbon footprints and help to address energy security and climate change issues that currently challenge the global community. Visit our Group Website: Research - Sustainable Energy Materials Lab
Education
- 2011: Ph. D. in Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.S.), India.
- 2008: M. Sc. in Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.S.), India
- 2006: B. Sc. in Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (M.S.), India
- Foreign Young Associate Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, India
- Award of ARC Future Fellowship, Australia
- Award of Vice Chancellor Fellowship, University of Adelaide, Australia
- Award of Marie-Curie Fellow, ICN2, Barcelona, Spain
- Award of Nobel Laureate Meeting 2013, Lindau, Germany
- Award of Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Germany
- Award of Brain Korea-21 Fellow, GIST, South Korea
Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Keywords
Materials for Clean Energy Storage, Biowastes for Energy Storage, Recycling of Batteries, Wearable and Implantable Devices, Agricultural Waste to Energy
Research field
Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), Materials Engineering, Nanotechnology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- phD
Professional memberships and associations
- Member of Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), London, UK
- Member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Australia
- Member of Australian Nanotechnology Network
- Member of Australian Materials Research Society
- Quarterly Franklin Membership (AO97702) of the London Journal of Research in Science, UK
- Member of International Association of Advanced Materials
Teaching
Service
- Academic Lead International and Engagement
Teaching Areas
- Experimental Physics
- Materials Manufacturing
- Electrochemistry related to energy storage
Teaching Areas
- PVB203 Experimental Physics (Sem 1)
- STB300 Advanced Science Symposium (Sem 2)
- PVB304 Physics Research (Sem 2)
- STB414 Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Sem 1)
- STB415 Solid State Physics and Nanomaterials (Sem 2)
Experience
Professional Experience -
2022: Professor, School of Chemistry and Physics, QUT, Australia
2020: Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Physics, QUT, Australia
2019: Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry and Physics, QUT, Australia
2017: Vice Chancellor Fellow, University of Adelaide, Australia
2016: Marie-Curie Fellow, ICN2, Barcelona, Spain
2012: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, TUC, Germany.
2011: Brain Korea-21 Fellow, GIST, South Korea.
Publications
- Dubal, D., Jayaramulu, K., Sunil, J., Kment, S., Gomez-Romero, P., Narayana, C., Zboril, R. & Fischer, R. (2019). Metal-organic framework (MOF) derived electrodes with robust and fast lithium storage for Li-ion hybrid capacitors. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(19), 1–11. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129265
- Dubal, D., Abdel-Azeim, S., Chodankar, N. & Han, Y. (2019). Molybdenum nitride nanocrystals anchored on phosphorus-incorporated carbon fabric as a negative electrode for high-performance asymmetric pseudocapacitor. iScience, 16, 50–62. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129482
- Dubal, D., Chodankar, N. & Qiao, S. (2019). Tungsten nitride nanodots embedded phosphorous modified carbon fabric as flexible and robust electrode for asymmetric pseudocapacitor. Small, 15(1), 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129429
- Dubal, D., Chodankar, N., Kim, D. & Gomez-Romero, P. (2018). Towards flexible solid-state supercapacitors for smart and wearable electronics. Chemical Society Reviews, 47(6), 2065–2129. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129411
- Jayaramulu, K., Dubal, D., Nagar, B., Ranc, V., Tomanec, O., Petr, M., Ramanatha Datta, K., Zboril, R., Gomez-Romero, P. & Fischer, R. (2018). Ultrathin hierarchical porous carbon nanosheets for high-performance supercapacitors and redox electrolyte energy storage. Advanced Materials, 30(15), 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129414
- Dubal, D., Ballesteros, B., Mohite, A. & Gomez-Romero, P. (2017). Functionalization of polypyrrole nanopipes with redox-active polyoxometalates for high energy density supercapacitors. ChemSusChem, 10(4), 731–737. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129391
- Dubal, D., Chodankar, N., Holze, R., Kim, D. & Gomez-Romero, P. (2017). Ultrathin mesoporous RuCo2O4 nanoflakes: An advanced electrode for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors. ChemSusChem, 10(8), 1771–1782. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129394
- Dubal, D., Suarez-Guevara, J., Tonti, D., Enciso, E. & Gomez-Romero, P. (2015). A high voltage solid state symmetric supercapacitor based on graphene-polyoxometalate hybrid electrodes with a hydroquinone doped hybrid gel-electrolyte. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(46), 23483–23492. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129731
- Dubal, D., Ayyad, O., Ruiz, V. & Gomez-Romero, P. (2015). Hybrid energy storage: the merging of battery and supercapacitor chemistries. Chemical Society Reviews, 44(7), 1777–1790. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129769
- Dubal, D., Gomez-Romero, P., Sankapal, B. & Holze, R. (2015). Nickel cobaltite as an emerging material for supercapacitors: An overview. Nano Energy, 11, 377–399. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/129755
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Deepak, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Centre for Materials Science Fund ($342,648) for Multivalent Dual Ion Energy Storage Systems
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Appointed as "International Visiting Professor" at Mid Sweden University, Sweden.
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- IFE-Catapult Grant ($64,083) for the project on Empowering Waste: Textiles to be turned into potassium ion batteries
- Type
- Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Australia Council Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Award of exceptionally competitive ARC Future Fellowship
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Nominated in top 4 Young Scientists for USERN Prize in Physical Sciences around the world
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Recipient of Vice Chancellor Fellowship of University of Adelaide, Australia.
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group).
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Marie Curie fellowship to undertake research at Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Spain
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Award of Alexander von Humboldt fellowship to work at Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- BK-21 Post Doc Fellow at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Supervision
Looking for a postgraduate research supervisor?
I am currently accepting research students for Honours, Masters and PhD study.
- Safe and non-flammable electrolytes for batteries
- Green solvents to recover metals – mining and battery recycling industry
- Electrothermal film heaters
- Phosphate-based polyanionic cathode materials for (post) Li-ion batteries
- Machine Learning-based pedictive tool for energy storage
- Anode-free Batteries
You can browse existing student topics offered by QUT or propose your own topic.