E2L - Publications

55. Recent Advances in Mesoporous Carbon Nitride-Based Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion and Gas Storage

Mustapha Balarabe Idris, Zaharaddeen Musa Mohammed, Sadiya Nuhu, Halima Aliyu, Habu Abba, Bhekie B. Mamba, Devaraj Sappani and Fuku Xolile

ACS Omega 10, 18184-18212 (2025)

54. Conversion of spent activated carbon into a value-added product, MnO2/C nanocomposite, a bi-functional electrocatalyst for oxygen reaction and an electrode material for supercapacitors

Thiruvenkatam Subramainam, B. S. Krishnaveni, Krithika Mani, S. Devaraj*

Electrochimica Acta 519, 145828 (2025)

53. The electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution performance of manganese carbonate in an acidic medium

B. S. Krishnaveni, S. Devaraj*

ChemistrySelect 10, e202405336 (2025)

52. Unveiling manganese malate as an electrode material for supercapacitors

Krithika Mani, Thiruvenkatam Subramaniam, Sowmya Ramachandran, S. Devaraj*

Electrochimica Acta 511, 145395 (2025)

51. Valorization of Prosopis Juliflora biochar for supercapacitor application: Techno-economic and lifecycle analysis

Subramaniyasharma Sivaraman, Thiruvenkatam Subramaniam, Saravanan Ramiah Shanmugam, Devaraj Sappani, Ponnusami Venkatachalam, Noori M. Cata Saady

Journal of Cleaner Production 471, 143409 (2024)

50. Electrodeposited manganese carbonate as an electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic medium

B. S. Krishnaveni, K. Akshaya, S. Thiruvenkatam, S. Devaraj*

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 83, 270 (2024)

49. Progress in metal-organic frameworks and their carbon-based composites for supercapacitor

M. B. Idris, S. Nuhu, Z. M. Mohammed, H. Aliyu, H. Abba, F. Xolile, S. Devaraj*

Journal of Energy Storage 93, 112322 (2024)

48. Tuning the surface oxygen vacancies of α-MnO2 to enhance the kinetics of ORR and OER

T. Subramaniam, B. S. Krishnaveni, S. Devaraj*

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 35, 1184 (2024)

47. A rational approach to suppress hydrogen evolution reaction and its concurrent zinc corrosion in zinc-air batteries: A uniform dispersion of carbon nanodots in the electrolyte

T. Subramaniam, B. S. Krishnaveni, K. S. Rajan, S. Devaraj*

Journal of The Electrochemical Society 171, 050503 (2024)

46. Mitigating hydrogen evolution reaction and corrosion of zinc in electrically rechargeable zinc-air batteries using nanofluid electrolytes

T. Subramaniam, M. B. Idris, K. S. Suganthi, K. S. Rajan, S. Devaraj*

Journal of Energy Storage 81, 110457 (2024)

45. Graphene oxide–adipic acid nanocomposites for thermal energy storage: Assessment of thermophysical properties and energy storage performance

K. Rajeswari, K. S. Suganthi, S. Thiruvenkatam, S. Devaraj, K. S. Rajan

Journal of Energy Storage 77, 109949 (2024)

44. Tuning the capacitance properties of MnCO3by choice of the electrolyte

P. V. Vardhan, T. Subramaniam, P. Bharathidasan, S. Devaraj*

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 946, 117719 (2023)

43. The effect of the crystallographic form of MnO2 on the kinetics of oxygen reduction and evolution reaction

T. Subramaniam, M. B. Idris, G. H. Sai, S. Devaraj*

Materials Chemistry and Physics 303, 127845 (2023)

42. Analytical insights into the detoxification process and characterization of a traditional metallopharmaceutical formulation

K. Malarvizhi, B. N. Vedha Hari, P. Rajalakshmi, S. Devaraj and Ramyadevi Durai

RSC Medicinal Chemistry 14, 1143-1157 (2023)

41. Tailoring the electrocatalytic activity of mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride towards hydrogen evolution reaction by incorporation of amorphous carbon

M. B. Idris, T. Subramaniam, S. Devaraj*

Diamond and Related Materials 129, 109359 (2022)

40. Tuning the surface functionalities, textural properties and capacitance properties of reduced graphene oxide by utilizing environmentally threatening invasive weed as a reducing agent

P. Bharathidasan, T. Subramaniam, N. M. Sunju, S. R. Sivakkumar, S. Devaraj*

Journal of Energy Storage 42, 103149 (2021)

39. Simultaneous enhancement of energy and power density of reduced graphene oxide by the effect of dispersed metal oxide nanoparticles in the electrolyte

P. Bharathidasan, T. Subramaniam, D. Chandini, S. R. Sivakkumar, K. S. Rajan, S. Devaraj*

Journal of The Electrochemical Society 167, 140524 (2020)

38. Lowered total solidification time and increased discharge rate of reduced graphene oxide-solar salt composites: Potential for deployment in latent and thermal energy storage

M. K. Saranprabhu, D. Chandini, P. Bharathidasan, S. Devaraj, K. S. Rajan

Solar Energy 204, 466-475 (2020)

37. The charge storage mechanism of MnCO3 in aqueous electrolytes

V. Vardhan Palem, M. Balarabe Idris, T. Subramaniam, S. Devaraj*

ChemistrySelect 5, 5316-5322 (2020)

36. The capacitance properties of nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide obtained by using commercial protein powder as a nitrogen dopant

P. Bharathidasan, S. R. SIvakkumar, S. Devaraj*

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 24, 1095–1103 (2020)

35. Mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride synthesized using biotemplate as a high-performance electrode material for supercapacitor and electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic medium

M. B. Idris, S. Devaraj*

Journal of Energy Storage 26, 101032 (2019)

34. The effect of phosphorous doping on the composition and capacitance properties of mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride

M. B. Idris, G. H. Sai, D. Hemalatha, G. Sakthivel, S. Devaraj*

Journal of The Electrochemical Society 166, A2409-A2418 (2019)

33. Corrigendum: Unveiling mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride as a high performance electrode material for supercapacitors

M. B. Idris, S. Devaraj*

ChemistrySelect 4, 6886 (2019)

32. Exploiting the chemistry of redox active compounds to enhance the capacitance of reduced graphene oxide

P. Bharathidasan, M. B. Idris, D. W. Kim, S. R. Sivakkumar, S. Devaraj*

FlatChem 15, 100108 (2019)

31. Tuning the chemical composition, textural and capacitance properties of mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride

M. B. Idris, S. Devaraj*

Electrochimica Acta 303, 219-230 (2019)

30. Few-layered mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride: a graphene analogue with high capacitance properties

M. B. Idris, S. Devaraj*

New Journal of Chemistry 43, 11626-11635 (2019)

29. Textural properties dependent supercapacitive performances of mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride

M. B. Idris, G. Sakthivel, S. Devaraj*

Materials today energy 10, 325-335 (2018)

28. Unveiling mesoporous graphitic carbon nitride as a high performance electrode material for supercapacitors

M. B. Idris, S. Devaraj*

ChemistrySelect 3, 11258-11269 (2018)

27. Enhanced capacitance properties of nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide obtained by simultaneous reduction and nitrogen doping

P. Bharathidasan, M. B. Idris, D. W. Kim, S. R. Sivakkumar, S. Devaraj*

FlatChem 11, 24-31 (2018)

26. Electrodeposited MnCO3 as a high performance electrode material for supercapacitor

P. V. Vardhan, M. B. Idris, V. Ramanathan, S. Devaraj*

ChemistrySelect 3, 6775-6778 (2018)

25. Tuning the capacitance properties of nanocrystalline MnCO3 by the effect of a carbonizing agent

P. V. Vardhan, M. B. Idris, H. Y. Liu, S. R. Sivakkumar, P. Balaya, S. Devaraj*

Journal of The Electrochemical Society 165, A1865-A1873 (2018)

24. Enhancement in the supercapacitive storage performance of MnCO3 using SiOx nanofluid-based electrolyte

P. V. Vardhan, M. B. Idris, S. Manikandan, K. S. Rajan, S. Devaraj*

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 22, 1795-1800 (2018)

23. High capacitance and long cycle-life of nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide

P. Bharathidasan, S. Sridhar, P. V. Vardhan, S. R. Sivakkumar, D. W. Kim, S. Devaraj*

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 29, 7661-7667 (2018)

22. Facile synthesis of mesoporous MnCO3 for supercapacitor applications

P. V. Vardhan, S. Sridhar, S. R. Sivakkumar, U. K. Mudali, S. Devaraj*

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 18, 2775-2780 (2018)

21. Lithium-ion doped NiFe2O4/SiO2 nanocomposite aerogel for advanced energy storage devices

S. Balamurugan, M. DurgaDevi, I. Prakash, S. Devaraj

Applied Surface Science 449, 542-550 (2018)

20. Capacitive storage performance of nanorod assembly of polyaniline

S. Devaraj*, P. V. Vardhan

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 21, 1121-1127 (2017)

19. Editorial

S. Devaraj*, P. V. Prakash

Materials Today: Proceedings 4, 12391-12392 (2017)

18. The effect of carbonate precursors on the capacitance properties of MnCO3

P. V. Vardhan, C. Jothilakshmi, U. K. Mudali, S. Devaraj*

Materials Today: Proceedings 4, 12407-12415 (2017)

17. Metal carbonates: Alternative to metal oxides for supercapacitor applications? A case study of MnCO3 vs MnO2

S. Devaraj*, P. V. Vardhan, H. Y. Liu, P. Balaya

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 20, 1877-1883 (2016)

16. Supercapacitive characteristics of carbon-based graphene composites

P. Bharathidasan, D. W. Kim, S. Devaraj, S. R. Sivakkumar

Electrochimica Acta 204, 146-153 (2016)

15. Palladium nanoparticles anchored on graphene nanosheets: Methanol, ethanol oxidation reactions and their kinetic studies

D. H. Nagaraju, S. Devaraj, P. Balaya

Materials Research Bulletin 60, 150-157 (2014)

14. Low temperature aqueous electrodeposited TiOx thin films as electron extraction layer for efficient inverted organic solar cells

K. H. Wong, C. W. Mason, S. Devaraj, J. Ouyang, P. Balaya

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6, 2679-2685 (2014)

13. MnCO3: A novel electrode material for supercapacitors

S. Devaraj*, H. Y. Liu, P. Balaya

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2, 4276-4281 (2014)

12. Sol–gel derived nanostructured Li2MnSiO4/C cathode with high storage capacity

S. Devaraj, M. Kuezma, C. T. Ng, P. Balaya

Electrochimica Acta 102, 290-298 (2013)

11. Na2Ti6O13: a potential anode for grid-storage sodium-ion batteries

A. Rudola, K. Saravanan, S. Devaraj, H. Gong, P. Balaya

Chemical Communications 49, 7451-7453 (2013)

10. Mesoporous MnO2 and its capacitive behavior

S. Devaraj, G. S. Gabriel, S. R. Gajjela, P. Balaya

Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 15, A57-A59 (2012)

9. Li2MnSiO4 obtained by microwave assisted solvothermal method: electrochemical and surface studies

M. Kuezma, S. Devaraj, P. Balaya

Journal of Materials Chemistry 22, 21279-21284 (2012)

8. Nanostructured mesoporous materials for lithium-ion battery applications

P. Balaya, K. Saravanan, S. Hariharan, V. Ramar, H. S. Lee, M. Kuezma, S. Devaraj, D. H. Nagaraju, K. Ananthanarayanan and C. W. Mason

Proceedings of SPIE 8035, 83503-12 (2011)

7. An EQCM investigation of electrochemical precipitation of Mn(OH)2 and its capacitance behavior

P. K. Nayak, S. Devaraj, N. Munichandraiah

Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 13, F29-F31 (2010)

6. EQCM investigation of the electrodeposition of MnO2 and its capacitance behavior

S. Devaraj*, N. Munichandraiah

Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 12, F21-F25 (2009)

5. Effect of crystallographic structure of MnO2 on its electrochemical capacitance properties

S. Devaraj, N. Munichandraiah

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112, 4406-4417 (2008)

4. Surfactant stabilized nanopetals morphology of α-MnO2 prepared by microemulsion method

S. Devaraj, N. Munichandraiah

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 12, 207-211 (2008)

3. The effect of nonionic surfactant triton X-100 during electrochemical deposition of MnO2 on its capacitance properties

S. Devaraj, N. Munichandraiah

Journal of The Electrochemical Society 154, A901-A909 (2007)

2. Electrochemical supercapacitor studies of nanostructured α-MnO2 synthesized by microemulsion method and the effect of annealing

S. Devaraj, N. Munichandraiah

Journal of the Electrochemical Society 154, A80-A88 (2007)

1. High Capacitance of electrodeposited MnO2 by the effect of a surface-active agent

S. Devaraj, N. Munichandraiah

Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 8, A373-A377 (2005)