INSTITUTE OF NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (INST), Mohali
An Autonomous Institute supported by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
About Dr. R. S. Dey
Dr. Ramendra Sundar Dey is a Scientist at Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, India. Prior, he was a Hans Christian Ørsted postdoc fellow at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark. He received Ph.D. in Chemistry at 2013 from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. He is involved in research in the field of electrochemistry of nanomaterials. His current research is focused on the architecture and engineering of nanomaterials for advanced energy storage technology and non-novel metal nanomaterials for electrocatalysis and hybrid energy technology. Dr. Dey has published more than 50 research articles (including Energy & Environmental science, PNAS, ACS Nano, Journal of Materials chemistry A, Nanoscale, Inorganic Chemistry, Chem. Comm. etc), several books and chapters and filed three patent. He has been honored with a number of prestigious National and International recognitions, like, INSPIRE Faculty Award at 2015, Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator under the theme highlighting 2019’s rising stars of materials by RSC and ACS Applied Energy Materials Early Career Energy Scientists 2022. Recently he has been awarded as "Associate of Indian Academic of Science", Bengaluru for the period 2020 to 2023 and member of Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) for 2021-2026.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Our research interest is focused on nanocarbon-based hybrid materials for state-of-the-art energy storage and conversion system for renewable energy generation. We are in progress in developing a hybrid supercapacitor with battery or biofuel cell for clean and self-sustainable energy storage devices, paper-based biofuel cell and electrochemical study of nanoporous materials. We are also interested in developing low-cost biosensing devices.
Recently, our group has developed a one-step electrochemical method for the development of three-dimensional porous reduced graphene oxide-based wire-supercapacitor.
High surface area graphene has been synthesized from no-value waste biomass for energy storage application.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
2022-continuing
INST Mohali
Scientist D
2019 - 2021
INST Mohali
Scientist C.
2015 - 2018
INST Mohali
Scientist B.
2013 - 2015
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
H. C. Ørsted Postdoc fellow
2008 - 2013
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Ph.D. in Chemistry,
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2005 – 2007
The University of Burdwan
M. Sc. in Chemistry
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2002 – 2005
Burdwan Raj College (Burdwan University)
B. Sc. in Chemistry,
1. Title of the project: New class of flexible solid-state supercapacitor from nano-engineered carbonaceous materials
Sponsoring agency: DST-SERB EMR, India
Project No. EMR/2016/000040
Period: 3 yrs.
Applicant: Dr. R. S. Dey (Principal Investigator)
2. Title of the project: Towards the development of hybrid supercapacitor-biofuel cell technology and devices
Sponsoring agency: DST-INSPIRE, India
Amount of grant: Rs. 35 Lakhs
Period: 5 yrs.
Applicant: Dr. R. S. Dey (Principal Investigator)
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3. Title of the project: Design strategies for the development of non-precious metal-based air electrode for rechargeable metal-air batteries: Unveiling the chemistry of active sites
Sponsoring agency: DST SERB CRG, India
Project No. CRG/2020/005683
Amount of grant: Rs. 38.9 lakhs
Applicant: Dr. R. S. Dey (Principal Investigator)
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4. Title of the project: Bio-inspired carbon nanomaterial from agriculture waste biomass
Sponsoring agency: Kandiyar Inc., Alangudi;
Status: First Phase completed
Applicant: Dr. R. S. Dey (Principle Investigator)
Sponsored project (ongoing)
Member: Editorial board and professional bodies
Member of INSA-INYAS (Membership no: 2021_20)
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Associates of I.A.Sc. Bengaluru
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​ACS member: 31222886
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Member: International Society of Electrochemistry (Member ID: 13302)
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Life Member: Indian Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry (Member ID: LM184)
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CRSI life member (Member ID: LM2782)
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ORCiD: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3297-1437
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Invited for First MI-India Workshop organized by DST on “Clean Energy Materials Innovation Challenge” at TERI University, New Delhi on 17th August 2017.
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UK-India Newton Researchers Link Workshop on ‘Translating Clean Energy Research to Rural India’ at IISER Pune, India, 4-8th September, 2017.
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Member of ‘Expert Panel Meeting’ for screening the proposals received against the Call MES-2016 under Technology Mission Division, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India on 29th August 2016 in New Delhi.
Workshop/Meeting attended
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Member of Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) for 2021-2026
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Associate of Indian Academic of Science", Bengaluru for 2020 to 2023
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator under the theme highlighting 2019’s rising stars of materials by RSC.
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INSPIRE Faculty Award 2015
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H. C. Ørsted Postdoc fellowship, 2013
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‘Best Oral Presentation’ prize in Indian Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (ELAC 2013)
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1st Prize in ‘Best Paper Award 2010’ given by Indian Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (ELAC 2013) for Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114, 21427-21433 (2010)
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National Scholarship at Secondary Examination
Teaching :
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​ INS 652: Characterization of nanomaterials: Module 8, "Electrochemistry: CV, Electrochemical analysis", at INST Mohali
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INS 655: Photoluminescence spectroscopy with emphasis on applications in Materials Science including nanomaterials; Module 4, "Electrochemiluminescence", at INST Mohali
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INS 662: Energy conversion and storage, Module 8, "Supercapacitors and batteries", at INST Mohali
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