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Dr Malaya Kumar Sahoo completed his doctorate in chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2020. From 2020 to 2021, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at the DST-Solar Energy Harnessing Centre (DSEHC), Indian Institute of Technology Madras. In 2021, he was awarded a Brain Pool fellowship funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea and subsequently moved to Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea as a Post-doctoral fellow. In 2023, he moved to the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, where he started to work as Research Associate in the Department of Chemical Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Stuart Holmes. In this capacity, he has been actively engaged in various projects, with a focus on the application of 2D materials to improve the efficiency of fuel cells.

Education
Ph D 2020 Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
M Phil 2013 Sambalpur University, Odisha
M Sc 2011 Sambalpur University, Odisha
B Sc 2009 Utkal University, Odisha 
Experience
2023-Till date Assistant Professor, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Amethi
2023-2023 Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2021-2023 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
2020-2021 Post-Doctoral Fellow, DST-Solar Energy Harnessing Centre (DSEHC), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India 
Research Interest
  • Electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices
  • Hydrogen energy
  • Electrocatalysis
  • Supercapacitors
  • Fuel cells
  • 2D materials
  • Mesoporous carbon materials
Journal Publications
  • Malaya K. Sahoo, H. H. Lee, W. S. Yang, D. S. Kim and H. K. Cho (2023) Synergistic Mo and S co-doping on NiSe2 electrodes for reduced kinetic barrier of water electrolysis, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.06.226.
  • Malaya K. Sahoo and G. Ranga Rao (2022) A single step solid NH4F-assisted method for the removal of hard silica template to obtain microporous carbon for electrochemical applications, Mater. Lett., 309, 131373.
  • Malaya K. Sahoo and G. Ranga Rao (2021) A high energy flexible symmetric supercapacitor fabricated using N-doped activated carbon derived from palm flowers, Nanoscale Adv., 3, 5417.
  • Malaya K. Sahoo and G. Ranga Rao (2020) Enhanced methanol electro-oxidation activity of Pt/rGO electrocatalyst promoted by NbC/Mo2C phases, Chemistry Select, 5, 3805.
  • Malaya K. Sahoo, Ramasamy Shanmugam, E. Umeshbabu, and G. Ranga Rao (2020) Activated ZrC promotes the methanol electro-oxidation activity and enhances poison tolerance of Pt nanoparticles in acidic medium, Chemistry Select, 5, 7205.
  • Malaya K. Sahoo, M. Gusain, S. Thangriyal, R. Nagarajan and G. Ranga Rao (2020) Energy storage study of trimetallic Cu2MSnS4 (M: Fe, Co, Ni) nanomaterials prepared by sequential crystallization method, J. Solid State Chem., 282, 121049.
  • Malaya K. Sahoo, S. Sharma, V. Mishra, T. Ghosh and G. Ranga Rao (2020) MoO3 thin layers on NiCo2S4 substrate for efficient electrochemical charge storage, Nanotechnology, 31, 414003.
  • Malaya K. Sahoo and G. Ranga Rao (2018) Fabrication of NiCo2S4 nanoball embedded nitrogen doped mesoporous carbon on nickel foam as an advanced charge storage material, Electrochim. Acta, 268, 139–149.
  • Malaya K. Sahoo, P. Gogoi, G. Rajeshkhanna, S. V. Chilukuri and G. Ranga Rao (2017) Significance of optimal N-doping in mesoporous carbon framework to achieve high specific capacitance, Appl. Surf. Sci., 418, 40–48.
  • A. C. Pradhan, Malaya K. Sahoo, S. Bellamkonda, K. M. Parida and G. Ranga Rao (2016) Enhanced photodegradation of dyes and mixed dyes by heterogeneous mesoporous Co– Fe/Al2O3–MCM-41 nanocomposites: nanoparticles formation, semiconductor behavior and mesoporosity, RSC Adv., 6, 94263–94277.
  • M. Satyanarayana, G. Rajeshkhanna, Malaya K. Sahoo, and G. Ranga Rao (2018) Electrocatalytic activity of Pd20−xAgx nanoparticles embedded in Carbon nanotubes for methanol oxidation in alkaline media, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 1, 3763−3770.
  • R. Janani, Malaya K. Sahoo, Bhavana Gupta, G. Ranga Rao, Shubra Singh (2019) Multifunctional hierarchical ZnIn2S4±δ microflowers with photocatalytic and pseudocapacitive behavior, Solar Energy, 193, 806–813.
  • A. C. Pradhan, Malaya K. Sahoo, K. M. Parida and G. Ranga Rao (2019) Construction of surfactant/ polymer/copolymer-templated mesoporous reduced graphene oxide nanoparticles for adsorption application, Graphene Technology, 4, 53−59.
  • S. Sharma, R. Shanmugam, Malaya K. Sahoo and G. Ranga Rao (2022) Promoting effect of Gd2O3 in Pt-Gd2O3/C electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation reaction, J. Electrochem. Soc., 169, 034511.
  • S. Sharma, R. Shanmugam, Malaya K. Sahoo and G. Ranga Rao (2022) Recent Trends in Electrochemical Science and Technology, eBook ISBN 978-981-16-7554-6, Vol. 15, Page-113.
  • A. K. Panda, A. K. Purohit, A. Upadhyay, Malaya K. Sahoo and P. K Kar (2021) Corrosion inhibition studies on mild steel in HCl by a newly synthesized benzil monohydrazone based Schiff base, J. Indian Chem. Soc., 98, 100245.
  • J. A. Prithi, R. Shanmugam, Malaya K. Sahoo, N. Rajalakshmi and G. Ranga Rao (2022) Evaluation of the durability of ZrC as support material for Pt electrocatalysts in PEMFCs: Experimental and computational studies, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, 47, 36232-36247.
  • T. K. Ghosh, D. L. Singh, V. Mishra, Malaya K. Sahoo and G Ranga Rao (2022) Design of ZIF-67 nanoflake derived NiCoLDH/rGO hybrid nanostructures for aqueous symmetric supercapattery application under alkaline condition, Nanotechnology, 33, 415402.
  • D. L. Singh, T. K. Ghosh, V. Mishra, R. Shanmugam, Malaya K. Sahoo and G. Ranga Rao (2022) Three-dimensional lanthanide-based nanoporous metal-organic frameworks for high-performance supercapacitors, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 5, 15237-15249.
  • D. K. Mohapatra, Malaya K. Sahoo, S. Praharaj and D. Rout (2022) NiCo2O4@V2O5 nanobelts as electrode materials for efficient electrochemical charge storage, Nano Futures, 6, 045005. 
  • Member, DPGC, Sciences and Humanities
  • Brain Pool fellowship funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea, 2021

Dr Malaya Kumar Sahoo

Assistant Professor
Chemistry
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