Overview
Welcome to the Functional nanomaterials (FNM) laboratory led by Dr. R.B. Rakhi and affiliated to the Department of Physics, University of Kerala, India.
In the NFM lab, we synthesize nanostructured electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage and sensing applications. Currently, the group focuses on the growth of 2D layered materials (graphene, MoS2, MXenes, and heterostructures), transition metal oxides, and organic/inorganic hybrid composites.
We look forward to both internal and international collaboration as well as comments, suggestions, and guidance from colleagues and peers with shared research interest.
SELECTED ARTICLES
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R.B. Rakhi, W. Chen, D.K. Cha, and H.N. Alshareef; “Substrate Dependent Self-Organization of Mesoporous Cobalt Oxide Nanowires with Remarkable Pseudocapacitance”, Nanoletters; 2012, 12(5): 2559-2567.
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R.B. Rakhi, W. Chen, D.K. Cha, and H.N. Alshareef; “Nanostructured Ternary Electrodes for Energy Storage Applications”, Advanced Energy Materials,2012, 2: 381–389.
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R.B. Rakhi, Bilal Ahmed, M. N.Hedhili, D. H. Anjum, and H.N. Alshareef; "Effect of post-etch annealing gas composition on the structural and electrochemical properties of Ti2CTx MXene electrodes for supercapacitor applications", Chemistry of Materials, 2015, 27(15): 5314-5323
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​R.B. Rakhi, P Nayak, Chuan Xia, Alshareef HN; "Novel amperometric glucose biosensor based on MXene nanocomposite, Scientific Reports. 2016;6:36422
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R.B. Rakhi, Bilal Ahmed, Dalaver H Anjum, Husam N Alshareef "Direct Chemical Synthesis of MnO2 Nanowhiskers on Transition-Metal Carbide Surfaces for Supercapacitor Applications"​, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (29): 18806–18814​
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R.B. Rakhi, and M.L. Lekshmi; "Reduced graphene oxide based ternary nanocomposite cathodes for high-performance aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors", Electrochimica Acta. 2017, 231: 539-548.
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S. Sharath Shankar, Rayammarakkar M. Shereema, RB Rakhi; "Electrochemical determination of Adrenaline using MXene/Graphite composite paste electrodes", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10 (50): pp 43343–43351
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PM Anjana, MR Bindhu, M Umadevi, R.B. Rakhi; "Antibacterial and electrochemical activities of silver, gold, and palladium nanoparticles dispersed amorphous carbon composites", Applied Surface Science,2019, 479: 96-1041.
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S. Sharath Shankar, Rayammarakkar M. Shereema, Vishnu Ramachandran, T. V. Sruthi, V. B. Sameer Kumar, and RB Rakhi; "Electrochemical determination of Adrenaline using MXene/Graphite composite paste electrodes", ACS Omega ACS Omega, 2019, 4 (4):7903–7910.
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