Dr. Saurabh Singh

Research Area

• Renewable Energy Resources (Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Li-ion Battery etc.)

• Materials Sciences and Engineering

Academic Qualifications 

• PhD from Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi

• M.Tech. (Metallurgical Engg.) from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi

• M.Sc. (Physics) from M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly

• B.Sc. from M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly

• GATE-2011 qualified in Physics

• B.Ed. from M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly 

Working Experience

• Research experience as a Postdoctoral Fellow from Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

• Teaching experience as an Assistant Professor in Physics (For B.Sc. and B.Sc.-B.Ed.) from Faculty of Education, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad. 

• Teaching experience as an Assistant Professor in Physics (For B.Tech., B.Sc., and M.Sc.) from Faculty of Engineering, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad.

Publications, Conferences and Others

International Journals:

• Saurabh Singh, Raghvendra Pandey, Gaurav Gautam, Anjani Singh, Bheeshma Pratap Singh, Asha Dhaiya, and Prabhakar Singh, Investigation of Dielectric and Electrical Behaviour of Y2Ti2O7 Pyrochlore, Springer Nature, Book: Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, 2023, ISBN: 978-981-99-6766-7, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6766-7_21.

• N. Raja, G. Gautam, S.K. Maurya, A. Sharma, S. Singh, A.K. Singh, R. Pandey, Tribology of Spray Formed Aluminium-Based Materials, Springer Nature, Book: Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, 2023, ISBN: 978-981-99-6766-7,  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6766-7_15 .

• Saurabh Singh, Raghvendra Pandey, Onkar Nath Verma and Prabhakar Singh, Development of La and Mo co-doped SrTiO3 as novel anode material for solid oxide fuel cell applications, Springer Nature, Book: Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, 2021, ISBN: 978-981-16-5970-6.

• Onkar Nath Verma, Saurabh Singh, Vivek Kr Singh, Raghvendra Pandey and Prabhakar Singh, Influence of Ba-doping on electrical behaviour of La0.9Sr0.1Al0.9Mg0.1O3-δ system for solid electrolyte, Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 50, 2021, pp. 1010–1021.

• Raghvendra Pandey, Saurabh Singh, and Prabhakar Singh, Modified polyol-mediated synthesis of Sr- and W-substituted La2Mo2O9 solid electrolyte for solid oxide fuel cells. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Vol. 31, 2020, pp. 11325–11335.

• Dinesh Kumar, Ajay S. Bangwal, Saurabh Singh, Priyanka A. Jha and Prabhakar Singh, High-temperature conduction mechanism of samarium ferrite substituted sodium niobate ceramics, Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter, Vol. 582, 2020, pp. 412028.

• Saurabh Singh, Raghvendra Pandey, Sabrina Presto, Maria Paola Carpanese, Antonio Barbucci, Massimo Viviani and Prabhakar Singh, Suitability of Sm3+-Substituted SrTiO3 as Anode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Correlation between Structural and Electrical Properties, Energies, Vol. 12, 2019, pp. 4042.

• Saurabh Singh, Prabhakar Singh, Massimo Viviani, Sabrina Presto, Dy doped SrTiO3: a promising anodic material in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 43, 2018, pp. 19242-19249.

• Saurabh Singh, Priyanka A. Jha, Sabrina Presto, Massimo Viviani, A.S.K. Sinha, Salil Varma, Prabhakar Singh, Structural and electrical conduction behaviour of yttrium doped strontium titanate: anode material for SOFC application, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 748, 2018, pp. 637-644.

• Saurabh Singh, Priyanka A. Jha, Salil Varma, Prabhakar Singh, Large polaron hopping phenomenon in lanthanum doped strontium titanate, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 704, 2017, pp. 707-716.

• B. P. Singh, Maheshwary, P. V. Ramakrishna, Saurabh Singh, V. K. Sonu, Santosh Singh, P. Singh, A. Bahadur, R. A. Singh, S. B. Rai, Improved photo-luminescence behaviour of Eu3+ activated CaMoO4 nanoparticles via Zn2+ incorporation, RSC Advances, Vol. 5, 2015, pp. 55977-55985.

Conferences:

• Saurabh Singh, Priyanka A. Jha, Prabhakar Singh, Yttrium Strontium Titanate Based Anode Materials for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, “21st International Conference on Solid State Ionics” on 18-23 June 2017 at University of Padua, Italy.

• Saurabh Singh, Vani Pawar, S.K. Mandal, Prabhakar Singh, Synthesis and characterization of La and Mo co-doped strontium titanate nanomaterials for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell anode, Proceedings of the “International Conference on Nanotechnology for Better Living”, 2016 on 25-29 May 2016 at NIT Srinagar-Jammu &Kashmir, India, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 103, DOI: 10.3850/978-981-09-7519-7nbl16-rps-103.

• Saurabh Singh, Bheeshma P. Singh, Ragvendra, Prabhakar Singh, Diagnosis of SOFC materials via Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, “International Conference on Frontiers of Spectroscopy” on 10-12 Jan. 2015 organized by Department of Physics, BHU, Varanasi, India.

• Saurabh Singh, Prabhakar Singh, Conduction Mechanism in La-doped SrTiO3 Anode, “DAE-BRNS 20th Symposium & Workshop on Thermal Analysis (THERMANS-2016)” on 18-22 Jan. 2016 organized by Department of Physics, IIT(BHU), Varanasi, India.

• Saurabh Singh, Prabhakar Singh, Synthesis and Characterization of La-doped SrTiO3, “Institute Day” on 2-3 April 2016 organized by Department of Physics, IIT(BHU), Varanasi, India.

• Saurabh Singh, Priyanka A. Jha, Prabhakar Singh, Samarium Strontium Titanate Based Anode Materials for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, “Fourth International Conference on “Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites (ICNM 2017)” on 10-12 Feb. 2017 at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

Others:

• Oral Presentation in the Online 2nd International Conference on “Advanced Functional Materials and Devices” (AFMD-2023), on 13-15th March, 2023 organised by IQAC and Department of Physics, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi, New Delhi.

• Participated GIAN Course on Fuel Cell Technology, 2016 organized by IIT Gandhinagar.

• Participated 2 days course on “Advanced Microscopy and Imaging Techniques-2015” jointly organized by DSS Imagetech Pvt Ltd, Olympus Medical Systems India Pvt Ltd & Photometrics (USA) along with IIT (BHU) Varanasi.

• Poster presentation in the National Seminar on Analytical Techniques for Synthesis and Characterization of Materials (ATSCM-2015) cum Science Exhibition, organized by Sree Vidhyadhi Raja NSS College (Kottayam) Kerala.

• Participated as Volunteer in International Conference on ABSMSNW-2017, organized by Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.

• Participated in Faculty Development Programme, 2017 on Multifunctional Materials For Energy Harvesting and Allied Devices organized by Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi, New Delhi.

• Participated in National Workshop on Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation (NWMMCS-2015) organized by Department of Mathematics, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

• Participated in Conference cum Workshop on Electron Microscopy-2012 organized by Department of Metallurgical Engg., IIT (BHU) Varanasi.

• Participated in Faculty Development Programme, 2019 on Teaching Pedagogy and Research in the Changing Scenario of Higher Education organized by Human Resource Development Centre, Kumaun University at Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad.

• Several relevant webinars attended online during lockdown period as per protection with COVID-19.