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Nanomaterials & Energy Storage Expert | PhD | IISc | 40+ Publications | Scientific Writing & R&D Consulting

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I am Dr. M. Vimal Kumar, a DST-Inspire Faculty Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore — one of Asia's top research institutions. With a PhD in Applied Energy Systems from Jeju National University, South Korea, I specialise in nanomaterials, electrochemistry, and next-generation energy storage technologies. ✅ 40+ peer-reviewed publications in top journals (Nano Energy IF-17.1, Small IF-12.1, Nature Communications IF-14.7) ✅ h-index: 31 | Citations: 2,777 | i10-index: 42 ✅ 2 patents (Korea) in energy storage materials ✅ International research experience (South Korea + India) ✅ Active grant funding from DST, Government of India 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿: — Scientific writing & manuscript preparation — Literature reviews & technical reports — R&D consulting for energy/battery/materials startups — Patent analysis and prior-art research — Data analysis and research methodology consulting — Grant proposal writing (DST, SERB, NRF formats) 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Supercapacitors | Self-charging systems | MoS₂, WSe₂, Antimonene | Electrocatalysis | AC line filtering | SECM | EQCM | Triboionics | E-FETs I deliver high-quality, publication-ready work on time. Let's collaborate!

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Catalysis
• ☆ Surface Science
• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials
• ☆ Electrochemistry
• ☆ Carbon Materials

Services

• Writing

Writing Technical Writing

Work Experience

Inspire Faculty Fellow

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

January 2023 - December 2027

Post Doctoral Fellow

Jeju National University

March 2021 - March 2024

Research scholar

Jeju National University

March 2017 - August 2021

Education

Ph.D

Jeju National University - Korea, Republic of

March 2017 - February 2021

Certifications

• DST-Inspire Faculty Fellowship

  Department of Science & Technology, Government of India

  https://www.dst.gov.in/scientific-programmes/scientific-engineering-research/inspire

  January 2023 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Siri Chandana Amarakonda, Sandeep Kumar Mondal, P. P. Mohammed Hadhi, Subho Dasgupta (2024). Screen-Printed Microsupercapacitors on Paper With Additive-Free 1T MoS2 Ink for Sustainable Energy Solutions . IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics.

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Rajavarman Swaminathan, Sang‐Jae Kim (2024). Stimulus of Work Function on Electron Transfer Process of Intermetallic Nickel–Antimonide Toward Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting . Small.

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Vigneshwaran Mohan, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Sang-Jae Kim (2023). Unravelling the impact of carbon allotropes in flexible polydimethylsiloxane film towards self-powered triboelectric humidity sensor . Carbon.

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Sindhuja Manoharan, Sang-Jae Kim (2022). Decoupling Contact and Rotary Triboelectrification vs Materials Property: Toward Understanding the Origin of Direct-Current Generation in TENG . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Sindhuja Manoharan, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Sang-Jae Kim(2022). Decoupling mechano- and electrochemical gating: a direct visualization for piezo-ionic propelled proton tunneling in self-charging supercapacitors . Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10. (14). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 7818--7829. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Vimal Kumar Mariappan(2021). Electrospun Polymer‐Derived Carbyne Supercapacitor for Alternating Current Line Filtering . Small. 17. (34). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2102971. Wiley

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Arunprasath Sathyaseelan, Dhanasekar Kesavan, Sindhuja Manoharan, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Sang-Jae Kim(2021). Thermoelectric Driven Self-Powered Water Electrolyzer Using Nanostructured CuFeS2 Plates as Bifunctional Electrocatalyst . ACS Applied Energy Materials. 4. (7). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 7020--7029. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Dhanasekar Kesavan, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Sang-Jae Kim(2021). Carbothermal conversion of boric acid into boron-oxy-carbide nanostructures for high-power supercapacitors . Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 915--921. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Aparna Sajeev, Dhanasekar Kesavan, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Sang-Jae Kim(2021). Efficient electrochemical water splitting using copper molybdenum sulfide anchored Ni foam as a high-performance bifunctional catalyst . Materials Advances. 2. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 455--463. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Vimal Kumar Mariappan(2020). Antimonene dendritic nanostructures: Dual-functional material for high-performance energy storage and harvesting devices . Nano Energy. 77. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 105248. Elsevier {BV}

Probing the energy conversion process in piezoelectric-driven electrochemical self-charging supercapacitor power cell using piezoelectrochemical spectroscopy <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . Nature Communications.

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Sang-Jae Kim(2020). Exploring the bifunctional properties of paper-like carbyne-enriched carbon for maintenance-free self-powered systems . Materials Advances. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Surjit Sahoo, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Ganesh Kumar Veerasubramani, Nam-Jin Kim, Sang-Jae Kim(2020). Hydrothermally synthesized chalcopyrite platelets as an electrode material for symmetric supercapacitors . Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Arunprasath Sathyaseelan, Sang-Jae Kim(2020). Solar driven renewable energy storage using rhenium disulfide nanostructure based rechargeable supercapacitors . Materials Chemistry Frontiers. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Swapnil Shital Nardekar, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, Sang-Jae Kim(2020). Exceptional interfacial electrochemistry of few-layered 2D MoS2 quantum sheets for high performance flexible solid-state supercapacitors . Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Surjit Sahoo, Sang-Jae Kim(2019). Understanding the Thermal Treatment Effect of Two-Dimensional Siloxene Sheets and the Origin of Superior Electrochemical Energy Storage Performances . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 624--633. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Sudhakaran M. S. P., Parthiban Pazhamalai, Young Sun Mok, Sang-Jae Kim(2019). A highly efficient 2D siloxene coated Ni foam catalyst for methane dry reforming and an effective approach to recycle the spent catalyst for energy storage applications . Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7. (32). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 18950--18958. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Pazhamalai, P., Krishnamoorthy, K., Mariappan, V.K., Kim, S.-J.(2019). Blue TiO <inf>2</inf> nanosheets as a high-performance electrode material for supercapacitors . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 536. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 62-70.

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Surjit Sahoo, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Sang-Jae Kim(2019). Copper molybdenum sulfide nanoparticles embedded on graphene sheets as advanced electrodes for wide temperature-tolerant supercapacitors . Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 6. (7). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1775--1784. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Pazhamalai, P., Krishnamoorthy, K., Sahoo, S., Mariappan, V.K., Kim, S.-J.(2019). Copper tungsten sulfide anchored on Ni-foam as a high-performance binder free negative electrode for asymmetric supercapacitor . Chemical Engineering Journal. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 409-418.

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Surjit Sahoo, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Sindhuja Manoharan, Sang-Jae Kim(2019). High performance self-charging supercapacitors using a porous PVDF-ionic liquid electrolyte sandwiched between two-dimensional graphene electrodes . Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Krishnamoorthy, K., Mariappan, V.K., Pazhamalai, P., Sahoo, S., Kim, S.-J.(2019). Mechanical energy harvesting properties of free-standing carbyne enriched carbon film derived from dehydrohalogenation of polyvinylidene fluoride . Nano Energy. 59. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 453-463.

Mariappan, V.K., Krishnamoorthy, K., Pazhamalai, P., Sahoo, S., Nardekar, S.S., Kim, S.-J.(2019). Nanostructured ternary metal chalcogenide-based binder-free electrodes for high energy density asymmetric supercapacitors . Nano Energy. 57. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 307-316.

Vimal Kumar Mariappan, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Karthikeyan Krishnamoorthy, Surjit Sahoo, Sang-Jae Kim(2019). Supercapacitive properties of amorphous MoS3 and crystalline MoS2 nanosheets in an organic electrolyte . Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Pazhamalai, P., Krishnamoorthy, K., Sahoo, S., Mariappan, V.K., Kim, S.-J.(2019). Understanding the Thermal Treatment Effect of Two-Dimensional Siloxene Sheets and the Origin of Superior Electrochemical Energy Storage Performances . ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 11. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 624-633.

Pazhamalai, P., Krishnamoorthy, K., Mariappan, V.K., Sahoo, S., Manoharan, S., Kim, S.-J.(2018). A High Efficacy Self-Charging MoSe<inf>2</inf> Solid-State Supercapacitor Using Electrospun Nanofibrous Piezoelectric Separator with Ionogel Electrolyte . Advanced Materials Interfaces. 5. (12).

Sahoo, S., Krishnamoorthy, K., Pazhamalai, P., Mariappan, V.K., Kim, S.-J.(2018). Copper molybdenum sulfide: A novel pseudocapacitive electrode material for electrochemical energy storage device . International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 43. (27). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 12222-12232.

Mariappan, V.K., Krishnamoorthy, K., Pazhamalai, P., Sahoo, S., Kim, S.-J.(2018). Electrodeposited molybdenum selenide sheets on nickel foam as a binder-free electrode for supercapacitor application . Electrochimica Acta. 265. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 514-522.

Pazhamalai, P., Krishnamoorthy, K., Mariappan, V.K., Kim, S.-J.(2018). Fabrication of high energy Li-ion hybrid capacitor using manganese hexacyanoferrate nanocubes and graphene electrodes . Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 64. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 134-142.

Mariappan, V.K., Krishnamoorthy, K., Pazhamalai, P., Sahoo, S., Kim, S.-J.(2018). Layered famatinite nanoplates as an advanced pseudocapacitive electrode material for supercapacitor applications . Electrochimica Acta. 275. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 110-118.

Suyambulingam, G.R.T., Jeyasubramanian, K., Mariappan, V.K., Veluswamy, P., Ikeda, H., Krishnamoorthy, K.(2017). Excellent floating and load bearing properties of superhydrophobic ZnO/copper stearate nanocoating . Chemical Engineering Journal. 320. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 468-477.

Jeyasubramanian, K., Gokul Raja, T.S., Purushothaman, S., Kumar, M.V., Sushmitha, I.(2017). Supercapacitive performances of MnO<inf>2</inf> nanostructures grown on hierarchical Cu nano leaves via electrodeposition . Electrochimica Acta. 227. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 401-409.