pensyarah universiti
institut sel fuel (selfuel)
mahen@ukm.edu.my
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Biografi/ Biography :
Prof. Madya Dr. Mahendra Rao Somalu merupakan Penyelidik Kanan di Institut Sel Fuel, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Beliau telah mendapat PhD daripada Imperial College London pada tahun 2012. Sejak 2013, beliau telah menjadi Ahli Bersekutu aktif di Institution of Chemical Enginers (IChemE), dan sejak 2017, beliau menjadi Ahli Persatuan Tenaga Hidrogen Malaysia (MAHE) dan Ahli Persatuan Sains Pepejal Malaysia (MASS) pada tahun 2019. Beliau telah menerima beberapa anugerah, termasuk ‘Best Researcher Award’ For the Contribution and Honourable Achievement in Innovative Research 2023 from the Scifax Information and Analytics Pvt. Ltd., Anugerah Emas dalam 4th International Malaysia-Indonesia-Thailand Symposium on Innovation and Creativity 2021 (SIC 2021), Anugerah Bitara Penerbitan dalam kategori sains daripada UKM pada tahun 2018, Anugerah Perak dalam 3rd International Innovation, Design, and Articulation (i-IDEA 2016), dan Anugerah Emas dalam Invention, Innovation & Design Exposition 2015 (iideX2015). Artikel yang bertajuk "Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Lanthanum Silicate Apatites La10Si6-x-0.2AlxZn0.2O27-d for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)" telah dipilih sebagai Article of the Year 2021 oleh Hindawi dan diterbitkan dalam International Journal of Chemical Engineering. Dengan pengalaman lebih dari 15 tahun dalam pembangunan teknologi sel fuel suhu tinggi, nanomaterial, gasifikasi biojisim, dan tenaga hidrogen, beliau telah menerbitkan lebih daripada 130 artikel saintifik di pelbagai jurnal berimpact tinggi dan telah dijemput sebagai penceramah utama dan penceramah jemputan di pelbagai persidangan kebangsaan dan antarabangsa.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mahendra Rao Somalu is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Fuel Cell Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He received his PhD from Imperial College London in 2012. Since 2013, he has been an active Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), and since 2017, he has been a Member of the Malaysian Association of Hydrogen Energy (MAHE) and a Member of the Malaysian Association of Solid State Science (MASS) since 2019. He has received several awards, including the Best Researcher Award’ For Contribution and Honourable Achievement in Innovative Research 2023 from the Scifax Information and Analytics Pvt. Ltd., Gold Award in the 4th International Malaysia-Indonesia-Thailand Symposium on Innovation and Creativity 2021 (SIC 2021), the Anugerah Bitara Penerbitan (Excellent Publication Award) in the science category from UKM in 2018, the Silver Award in the 3rd International Innovation, Design, and Articulation (i-IDEA 2016), and the Gold Award in the Invention, Innovation & Design Exposition 2015 (iideX2015). His article entitled “Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Lanthanum Silicate Apatites La10Si6-x-0.2AlxZn0.2O27- for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)” was chosen as the Article of the Year 2021 by Hindawi and was published in the International Journal of Chemical Engineering. With over 15 years of experience in the development of high-temperature fuel cell technology, nanomaterials, biomass gasification, and hydrogen energy, he has published more than 130 scientific articles in various high-impact journals and has been invited to speak as a keynote and invited speaker at various national and international conferences.
sh. afroze, md s. reza, m.r. somalu, a.k. azad. (2023). super-protonic conductors for solid acid fuel cells (safcs): a review. - eurasian journal of physics and functional materials. 6-37.
wan nor anasuhah wan yusoff, nur nadhihah mohd tahir, nurul akidah baharuddin*, mahendra rao somalu, andanastuti muchtar, lai jian wei. (2023). effects of roller speed on the structural and electrochemical properties of lico0.6sr0.4o2 cathode for solid oxide fuel cell application. - sustainable energy technologies and assessments. 1-7.
abdalla m. abdalla, shammya afroze, mahendra rao somalu, abul k. azad. (2023). nial2o4 spinel structure as an electrode material for solid oxide fuel cells. - 8th brunei international conference on engineering and technology 2021. 1-7.
aa samat, m darus, i ismail, mr somalu, n osman. (2023). synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes and activated carbon assisted sol-gel derived la0.6sr0.4coo3-d material. - proceedings of the 1st 2022 international conference on sustainable environment, development, and energy (conser 2022). 1-6.
yathavan subramanian, anitha dhanasekaran, lukman ahmed omeiza, mahendra rao somalu, abul k. azad. (2023). a review on heteroanionic-based materials for photocatalysis applications. - catalysts. 1-29.
wan nor anasuhah wan yusoff, nur nadhihah mohd tahir, nurul akidah baharuddin*, mahendra rao somalu, andanastuti muchtar, lai jian wei. (2023). effects of roller speed on the structural and electrochemical properties of lico0.6sr0.4o2 cathode for solid oxide fuel cell application. - sustainable energy technologies and assessments. 1-7.
yathavan subramanian, anitha dhanasekaran, lukman ahmed omeiza, mahendra rao somalu, abul k. azad. (2023). a review on heteroanionic-based materials for photocatalysis applications. - catalysts. 1-29.
nur wardah norman, mahendra rao somalu, andanastuti muchtar, nurul akidah baharuddin, sa muhammed ali, abul kalam azad, jarot raharjo, deni shidqi khaerudini, nigel p brandon. (2023). influence of transition or lanthanide metal doping on the properties of sr0.6ba0.4ce0.9m0.1o3-d (m = in, pr or ga) electrolytes for proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells. - ceramics international. 17018-17031.
ainaa nadhirah zainon, mahendra rao somalu, audi majdan kamarul bahrain, andanastuti muchtar, nurul akidah baharuddin, muhammed ali s.a., nafisah osman, abdullah abdul samat, abul kalam azad, nigel p. brandon. (2023). challenges in using perovskite-based anode materials for solid oxide fuel cells with various fuels: a review. - international journal of hydrogen energy. 20441-20464.
azreen junaida abd aziz, nurul akidah baharuddin, mahendra rao somalu, andanastuti muchtar. (2022). layering optimization of the srfe0.9ti0.1o3-d-ce0.8sm0.2o1.9 composite cathode. - molecules. 1-11.
joelle c. w. mah, isyraf aznam, andanastuti muchtar, mahendra rao somalu, jarot raharjo. (2023). synthesis of (cu,mn,co)3o4 spinel: effects of citrate-to-nitrate ratio on its homogeneity and electrical properties. - energies. 1-11.
siti mariam daud, mimi hani abu bakar, wan ramli wan daud, byung hong kim, jamaliah md jahim, andanastuti muchtar, mahendra roa somalu, pak hoe lee, peer mohamed abdul. (2021). improvement of microbial fuel cell performance using novel kaolin earthenware membrane coated with a polybenzimidazole layer. - energy science & engineering. 2342-2353.
shammya afroze, hidayatul qayyimah hj hairul absah, md sumon reza, mahendra rao somalu, jun-young park, saeed nekoonam, alibek issakhov, abul kalam azad. (2021). structural and electrochemical properties of lanthanum silicate apatites la10si6-x-0.2alxzn0.2o27-d for solid oxide fuel cells (sofcs). - international journal of chemical engineering. 1-10.
abdullah abdul samat, mahendra rao somalu, andanastuti muchtar, hamimah abd. rahman & nafisah osman. (2020). pengaruh agen kimia berbeza terhadap penguraian terma dan pembentukan fasa bahan la0.6sr0.4coo3-d yang disediakan melalui kaedah sol-gel. - sains malaysiana. 3197-3208.
teoh min wei, wan ramli wan daud, tahereh jafary, mahendra rao somalu, samuel reinhard ignatius sitorus, mimi hani abu bakar. (2020). low operating cost approach in spirulina platensis bio-photovoltaic cell. - international journal of nanotechnology. 840-856.
wan nor anasuhah wan yusoff, nur nadhihah mohd tahir, nurul akidah baharuddin*, mahendra rao somalu, andanastuti muchtar, lai jian wei. (2023). effects of roller speed on the structural and electrochemical properties of lico0.6sr0.4o2 cathode for solid oxide fuel cell application. - sustainable energy technologies and assessments. 1-7.
sh. afroze, md s. reza, m.r. somalu, a.k. azad. (2023). super-protonic conductors for solid acid fuel cells (safcs): a review. - eurasian journal of physics and functional materials. 6-37.
yathavan subramanian, anitha dhanasekaran, lukman ahmed omeiza, mahendra rao somalu, abul k. azad. (2023). a review on heteroanionic-based materials for photocatalysis applications. - catalysts. 1-29.
joelle c. w. mah, isyraf aznam, andanastuti muchtar, mahendra rao somalu, jarot raharjo. (2023). synthesis of (cu,mn,co)3o4 spinel: effects of citrate-to-nitrate ratio on its homogeneity and electrical properties. - energies. 1-11.
ainaa nadhirah zainon, mahendra rao somalu, audi majdan kamarul bahrain, andanastuti muchtar, nurul akidah baharuddin, muhammed ali s.a., nafisah osman, abdullah abdul samat, abul kalam azad, nigel p. brandon. (2023). challenges in using perovskite-based anode materials for solid oxide fuel cells with various fuels: a review. - international journal of hydrogen energy. 20441-20464.
aa samat, m darus, i ismail, mr somalu, n osman. (2023). synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes and activated carbon assisted sol-gel derived la0.6sr0.4coo3-d material. - proceedings of the 1st 2022 international conference on sustainable environment, development, and energy (conser 2022). 1-6.
abdalla m. abdalla, shammya afroze, mahendra rao somalu, abul k. azad. (2023). nial2o4 spinel structure as an electrode material for solid oxide fuel cells. - 8th brunei international conference on engineering and technology 2021. 1-7.
n shieela kalib, a muchtar, v zhen yuan, m rao somalu and a kamal ariffin mohd ihsan. (2022). thermal investigation of solid oxide fuel cell ni-ysz anode supported with cooling system: a fem approach. - iop conference series: materials science and engineering. 1-6.
r ravi, n shieela kalib, a muchtar and m rao somalu. (2022). potential of integrating solid oxide fuel cell based on biomass in power generation in malaysia: a feasibility study. - iop conference series: materials science and engineering. 1-6.
wan nor anasuhah wan yusoff, nurul akidah baharuddin, mahendra rao somalu, andanastuti muchtar. (2022). synthesis and preliminary study of the multilayer lico0.6ni0.4o2 as solid oxide fuel cell cathode. - 4th international symposium on advanced materials and nanotechnology (isamn 2020). 1-7.
wan nor anasuhah wan yusoff, mahendra rao somalu, andanastuti muchtar. (2022). bahan litium: komponen utama penjana tenaga lestari. - . 136.
muhamad isyraf bin aznam, andanastuti binti muchtar, mahendra rao a/l somalu. (2021). penyalutan elektroforesis: teknik peningkatan prestasi tinggi sel bahan api. - . 147.
muhammed ali s.a, andanastuti muchtar, mahendra rao somalu. (2017). advances in materials processing and integrity non-metals and hybrids. - . 20.
muhammed ali s.a, andanastuti muchtar, mahendra rao somalu. (2017). advances in materials processing and integrity non-metals and hybrids. - . 20.
wan nor anasuhah wan yusoff, mahendra rao somalu, andanastuti muchtar. (2022). bahan litium: komponen utama penjana tenaga lestari. - . 136.
muhamad isyraf bin aznam, andanastuti binti muchtar, mahendra rao a/l somalu. (2021). penyalutan elektroforesis: teknik peningkatan prestasi tinggi sel bahan api. - . 147.
edy herianto;wan ramli bin wan daud;siti kartom binti kamarudin;mohd shahbudin bin mastar @ masdar;masli irwan bin rosli;mahendra rao a/l somalu;loh kee shyuan;khuzaimah binti arifin;azran bin mohd zainoodin;noor shahirah binti shamsul. (2023). electrolyzer stack assembly for demo plant scale. - . .
andanastuti muchtar;mahendra rao a/l somalu;nurul akidah binti baharuddin;muhammed ali shaikh abdul kader abdul hameed. (2023). microstructure, mechanical and electrochemical properties of ysz/sdc bi-layered electrolyte for reduced temperature solid oxide fuel cell. - . .
a. j. abd aziz, n. a. baharuddin,* m. r. somalu, a. muchtar,. (2022). influence of the sintering temperature on the microstuctural and electrochemical behaviours of srfe0.9ti0.1o3-d - ce0.8sm0.2o1.9 composite cathode. - 18th international conference on clean energy (2022). --127.
w. n. a wan yusoff, n. a. baharuddin,* m.r. somalu, n. p. brandon, a. muchtar, s.a. muhammed ali. (2022). high conductivity lithiated electrode as an electrode for symmetrical solid oxide fuel cell. - 18th international conference on clean energy (2022). --65.
nur wardah norman, mahendra rao somalu, andanastuti muchtar, nurul akidah baharuddin, muhammed ali s.a. (2022). the reliance on zirconate for the production of proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte: a short review. - 6th international conference and postgraduate colloquium for environmental research 2022 (pocer2022). 361-363.