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Kush Kumar Upadhyay is a Postdoc at C2C-NewCap company under the prestigious PEGASUS FET-Open H2020 project. He has published 12 articles in high impact international peer-reviewed journals. He is currently (2020-2021) coordinating as PI a bilateral project between Portugal and Serbia under the framework of bilateral co-operation program. His main research activities are focused towards Materials Science and engineering for energy storage application. His main scientific and technological outputs are synthesis and characterization of metal oxides/ sulfides, metal-graphene composite, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, charge storage, electrodepsoition, hydrothermal synthesis, supercapacitors and energy storage.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Kush Upadhyay
Data de nascimento
1992/03/21
Género
Masculino

Nomes de citação

  • Upadhyay, Kush

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
B61F-5699-0F1E
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0120-6871
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=akm71t8AAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
G-8065-2019
Scopus Author Id
56018964500

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • kush.upadhyay@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Profissional)

Telefones

Telemóvel
  • 925045164 (Pessoal)

Moradas

  • Instituto Superior Tecnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Profissional)
  • Avenida Almirante Reis, 96, 5, 1150-022, Arroiss, Lisbon, Portugal (Pessoal)

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia Química

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2) Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Português Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2) Utilizador elementar (A2)
Hindi (Idioma materno)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2014/09/05 - 2018/09/20
Concluído
Engenharia Química (Doutoramento)
Especialização em Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Metal Oxides and Sulfides based materials active in negative potential window for Supercapacitors" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Aprovado com distinção e louvor
2014/06/16
Concluído
Materials Science (Master)
Especialização em Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Índia
"Synthesis of Metal oxides/sulfides and porous Carbon for energy storage application." (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Distinction
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2018/09/21 - Atual Pós-doutorado (Investigação) C2C-NewCap, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2018/09/20 Investigador (Investigação) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2011/05/05 - 2014/06/05 Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação) National Chemical Laboratory CSIR, Índia
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2018/09/21 - 2021/10/31 Plasma Enabled and Graphene Allowed Synthesis of Unique nano Structures
Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento
Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Portugal
European Commission
Em curso
2014/08/04 - 2017/09/05 ERASMUS MUNDUS action 2
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
European Commission
Concluído

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2017/09/04 - 2018/02/02 CORUS- 2450
2450
Bolseiro de Doutoramento
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluído

Outro

Designação Financiadores
2020/02/19 - 2021/02/01 Tailoring of biobased carbon materials and making its composite with metal oxides/ sulfides for high performance supercapacitors.
5552
Investigador responsável
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
2018/10/05 - 2020/09/05 EAGER Project with special focus on plasma driven assembling of graphene based hybrid nanostructures
PTDC/NAN-MAT/30565/2017
Bolseiro de Integração na Investigação
C2C-NewCap, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Em curso
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista
  1. Upadhyay, Kush. "Versatility of Amide-Functionalized Co(II) and Ni(II) Coordination Polymers: From Thermochromic-Triggered Structural Transformations to Supercapacitors and Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting". Inorganic Chemistry (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02084.
    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02084
  2. Upadhyay, Kush. "Free-standing N-Graphene as conductive matrix for Ni(OH)2 based supercapacitive electrodes". Electrochimica Acta (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135592.
    10.1016/j.electacta.2019.135592
  3. Upadhyay, Kush. "Pseudocapacitive behaviour of FeSx grown on stainless steel up to 1.8¿V in aqueous electrolyte". Journal of Energy Storage (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.100949.
    10.1016/j.est.2019.100949
  4. Upadhyay, K.K.; Cha, G.; Hildebrand, H.; Schmuki, P.; Silva, T.M.; Montemor, M.F.; Altomare, M.. "Capacitance response in an aqueous electrolyte of Nb2O5 nanochannel layers anodically grown in pure molten o-H3PO4". Electrochimica Acta 281 (2018): 725-737. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048183562&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.electacta.2018.06.014
  5. Bundaleska, N.; Henriques, J.; Abrashev, M.; Botelho do Rego, A.M.; Ferraria, A.M.; Almeida, A.; Dias, F.M.; et al. "Large-scale synthesis of free-standing N-doped graphene using microwave plasma". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052080290&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41598-018-30870-3
  6. Upadhyay, K.K.; Nguyen, T.; Silva, T.M.; Carmezim, M.J.; Montemor, M.F.. "Pseudocapacitive response of hydrothermally grown MoS2crumpled nanosheet on carbon fiber". Materials Chemistry and Physics 216 (2018): 413-420. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049304352&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.matchemphys.2018.06.029
  7. Upadhyay, K.K.; Altomare, M.; Eugénio, S.; Schmuki, P.; Silva, T.M.; Montemor, M.F.. "On the Supercapacitive Behaviour of Anodic Porous WO3-Based Negative Electrodes". Electrochimica Acta 232 (2017): 192-201. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85014197073&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.electacta.2017.02.131
  8. Upadhyay, K.K.; Nguyen, T.; Silva, T.M.; Carmezim, M.J.; Montemor, M.F.. "Electrodeposited MoOx films as negative electrode materials for redox supercapacitors". Electrochimica Acta 225 (2017): 35-38. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85006968749&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.electacta.2016.12.106
  9. Upadhyay, K.K.; Eugénio, S.; Della Noce, R.; Silva, T.M.; Carmezim, M.J.; Montemor, M.F.. "Hydrothermally grown Ni0.7Zn0.3O directly on carbon fiber paper substrate as an electrode material for energy storage applications". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41 23 (2016): 9876-9884. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85027918896&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.03.126
  10. Banerjee, A.; Bhatnagar, S.; Upadhyay, K.K.; Yadav, P.; Ogale, S.. "Hollow Co0.85Se nanowire array on carbon fiber paper for high rate pseudocapacitor". ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 6 21 (2014): 18844-18852. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84910124677&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/am504333z
  11. Banerjee, A.; Upadhyay, K.K.; Bhatnagar, S.; Tathavadekar, M.; Bansode, U.; Agarkar, S.; Ogale, S.B.. "Nickel cobalt sulfide nanoneedle array as an effective alternative to Pt as a counter electrode in dye sensitized solar cells". RSC Advances 4 16 (2014): 8289-8294. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893205630&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c3ra45981k
  12. Singh, U.; Banerjee, A.; Mhamane, D.; Suryawanshi, A.; Upadhyay, K.K.; Ogale, S.. "Surfactant free gram scale synthesis of mesoporous Ni(OH)2-r-GO nanocomposite for high rate pseudocapacitor application". RSC Advances 4 75 (2014): 39875-39883. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907158091&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c4ra06601d
  13. Banerjee, A.; Upadhyay, K.K.; Puthusseri, D.; Aravindan, V.; Madhavi, S.; Ogale, S.. "MOF-derived crumpled-sheet-assembled perforated carbon cuboids as highly effective cathode active materials for ultra-high energy density Li-ion hybrid electrochemical capacitors (Li-HECs)". Nanoscale 6 8 (2014): 4387-4394. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897431001&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c4nr00025k
Tese / Dissertação
  1. Upadhyay, Kush. "Metal Oxides and sulfides based materials active in negative potential window for Supercapacitors.". Doutoramento, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2018. https://www.ulisboa.pt/prova-academica/metal-oxides-and-sulfides-based-materials-active-negative-potential-window.
  2. Upadhyay, Kush. "Synthesis of Metal oxides/sulfides and porous Carbon for energy storage application.". Mestrado, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, 2014. http://210.212.192.152:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/329/Final%20Thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2019/10/10 Free-Standing N-Graphene as Conductive Matrix For Ni(OH)2 based Supercapacitive Electrodes. nanoGateway International Conference Mission 10000: Batteries, promoted by nanoGateway Project
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Braga, Portugal)
2019/05/30 Microwave Plasma Based Bulk Scale Synthesis of N-Doped Graphene And Its Application As Conductive Scaffold For Supercapacitors. Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE) days, Spring Meeting
Instituto Superior Tecnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/07/23 Energy storage: An essential requirements and challenges Doctoral college conference
University of Surrey (Surrey, Reino Unido)
2015/09/03 Effect of Zn doping in NiO on its electronic conductivity and its influence on Supercapacitive behavior. International symposium on Materials for Energy storage & Conversion, mESC-2015
Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turquia)
2015/06/08 Electrodeposition kinetics and morphological evolution of MoOx dependent on pH and its effect on energy storage. 4th International Symposium on Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitors, ISEE'Cap, 2015
(Montpellier, França)
2014/03/05 Novel strategy to derive porous carbons from Metal Organic Framework for energy storage 6th International Conference On Nano Science And Technology (ICONSAT), 2014
Law Auditorium, Panjab University, (Punjab, Índia)

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento
Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2019/01/23 - 2019/01/24 Training on testing of Electrochemical Capacitors at JME, INC. (USA) by Prof. John R. Miller. This school was aimed to attain experience on making devices from laboratory level to industrial scale.
Oficina (workshop)
2016/07/04 - 2016/07/06 Science 2019 is the latest edition of the annual meeting of Portuguese researchers. It aims at promoting a broad debate on the main topics and challenges of the scientific agenda beyond the world of research. The meeting main goal, therefore, is to stimulate not just the participation but also the interaction between researchers, the business sector and the general public . Presentation Title :- The challenges to foresee for efficient supercapacitors
Encontro
Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal

Ciência Viva, Portugal
2016/06/21 - 2016/06/26 The scientific theme of the meeting “Electrochemistry: from Sense to Sustainability” underscores the breadth and importance of the electrochemistry field. The program consisted of five plenary lectures and twenty different symposia, offered an exciting and timely panoramic view of the fundamental and applied opportunities and challenges of electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering. Presentation Title:- Crystallographic phase change of MoS2 on sulfur content during the synthesis and its role in tuning for high power delivery devices.
Conferência
The 67th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Electrochemistry: from Sense to Sustainability 21-26 August, 2016, The Hague, The Netherlands
2016/05/16 - 2016/05/17 Instituto Superior Tecnico organized PhD Open Days with the main goal of offering the opportunity to more than 1.000 PhD students to socialize and share their research, skills and expertise with the rest of the academic community. Presentation Title:- Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical study of MoOx materials for supercapacitor applications.
Encontro
PhD Open Days 2016
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015/11/09 - 2015/11/12 IST launched the PhD OpenDays initiative with the main goal of offering the opportunity to more than 500 PhD students of socializing and sharing their research, skills and expertize not only with the rest of the academic community, but also with the several companies that will be attending this event. Presentation Title:- Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical study of novel electrode materials for supercapacitors
Encontro
PhD Open Days 2015
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2015/09/07 - 2015/09/09 Symposium on Materials for Energy storage & Conversion held at Ankara, Turkey was in the line of the materials for hydrogen storage and electrochemical capacitors.
Simpósio
International Symposium on Materials for Energy Storage & Conversion, Ankara, Turkey
Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi, Turquia

Tutoria

Tópico Nome do aluno
2018/07/05 - Atual Energy storage, Materials Science, Electrochemistry Mário Madeira de Almeida
Distinções

Prémio

2017 Santander Universities Award
University of Surrey, Reino Unido
2015 COST Action: MP1103 travel grant by European Cooperation in Science and Technology
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Bélgica
2014 Erasmus Mundus "NAMASTE" fellowship for PhD study
2009 Inspire fellowship for BS-MS study
Department of Science and Technology, Índia

Título

2017 Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing awarded by Applied Surface Science

Outra distinção

2018 Post Doc fellowship
C2C-NewCap, Portugal