Dr. Thangjam Ibomcha Singh

Designation: DST-INSPIRE Faculty

Specialization: Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, Green Hydrogen production, Supercapacitors, Water-splitting, etc.

Contact: (+91)8132957151

Email: ibklimitedsingh [AT] gmail.com / ibomcha [AT] manipuruniv.ac.in

PhD

Website: (i) https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/thangjam-ibomcha-singh/5013792 (ii) https://sites.google.com/view/thangjam-ibomcha-singh/hands-on

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BIO-DATA

Name: Dr. Thangjam Ibomcha Singh

Designation: DST-INSPIRE Faculty

Department: Department of Physics, Manipur Unniversity

Home Address: Kyamgei Mayai Leikai, Canchipur, Imphal East, Manipur, India-795003

1. Email(s) and contact numbers(s):

Personal email address: ibklimitedsingh [AT] gmail.com

Institutional email address: ibomcha [AT] manipuruniv.ac.in

Mobile number:(+91)8132957151

2. Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1993

3. Gender (M/F/T): Male

4. Category (Gen/SC/ST/OBC): OBC

5. Whether differently abled (Yes/No): No

6. Websites: (i) https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/thangjam-ibomcha-singh/5013792

(ii) https://sites.google.com/view/thangjam-ibomcha-singh/hands-on-instruments?authuser=0

7. Research project:

1. DST-INSPIRE Faculty project:

Title: Fabrication of an efficient alkaline electrolyzer prototype using Cobalt-Zinc based heterometallic metal-organic framework (MOF) derived low-cost, mesoporous, and free-standing Fe, S co-doped Cobalt-Zinc phosphide and nitride 3-D heterostructured electrocatalysts.

Total amount: Rs. 35 Lakhs, Duration: 2023-2028 (Five years), Status: ongoing, Awarded by: DST, India)

 

8. Research domains:

1. Energy conversion application: Electrocatalytic water-splitting for green hydrogen production- electrocatalyst design and alkaline water electrolyzer fabrication.

2. Energy storage application: Supercapacitors- design of advanced functional electrode materials- high specific surface area carbon nanomaterials-CNFs, CNTs, carbon aerogels (for EDLC type supercapacitors) and pure faradaic type battery materials; Symmetric-, Asymmetric-, hybrid-type supercapacitors

3. Advanced functional materials synthesis: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their derivatives, 3D heterostructures core@shell nanomaterials, hollow structures

4. Research Keywords:

Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, Green Hydrogen production, Supercapacitors, Water-splitting, etc.

 

9. Academic Qualification (undergraduate Onwards)

S. No.	Degree	Year	Subject	University/Institution	Class/Division
1	10th	2009	Science	Catholic School, Canchipur	First
2	12th	2011	Science	Herbert School, Changangei Airport Road Imphal	First
3	B.Sc. (Hons.)	2014	Physics	North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), India	First
4	M.Sc.	2016	Physics	North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), India	First

 

10. Ph.D. Thesis title, Guide’s Name, Institute/Organization/University, Year of Award.

S. No.	Thesis Title	Guide’s Name	Institute/University	Year of Award
1	Metal-organic framework-derived Iron-Cobalt nanohybrid materials for efficient supercapacitor and water electrolysis	Prof. Joong Hee Lee (South Korea) And Dr. Han Lin (Australia)	Jeonbuk National University, South Korea &, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (partnered PhD program)	2021

 

11. Work experience (in chronological order).

S. No.	Positions held	Name of the Institute	From	To	Pay Scale
1	Post-doctoral Research fellow	Hanyang University, South Korea	01-03-2021	28-02-2023	~ Rs.1,70,000/-
2	DST-INSPIRE Faculty	Manipur University, India	09-03-2023	present	Rs. 1,25,000/-

 

12. Professional Recognition/ Award/ Prize/ Certificate, Fellowship received by the applicant.

S. No.	Name of Award	Awarding Agency	Year of Award
1	DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship-2021	Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India	2022
2	President Graduate Research Award for PhD: Certificate of Excellence	President, Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), South Korea	2021
3	Best Academic Paper Presentation	Korean Society of Hydrogen and New Energy	2020
4	Excellent Paper Presentation Award	Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC)	2022
5	6th rank position in M.Sc Physics Examination	North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), India	2016
6	3rd rank holder in B.Sc Physics (honors) Examination	North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), India	2014
7	University Postgraduate Merit Scholarship	Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Manipur	2014-16

 

13. Publications (List of papers published in SCI Journals, in year-wise descending order).

 

S.No.	Author(s)	Title	Name of Journal	Volume	Page	Year
1	DC Cha, TI Singh, A Maibam, TH Kim, DH Nam, R Babarao, S Lee	Metal–Organic Framework–Derived Mesoporous B‐Doped CoO/Co@ N‐Doped Carbon Hybrid 3D Heterostructured Interfaces with Modulated Cobalt Oxidation States for Alkaline Water Splitting	Small	19	2301405	2023
2	M Singh, DC Cha, TI Singh, A Maibam, DR Paudel, DH Nam, TH Kim, S Yoo, S Lee.	A critical review on amorphous–crystalline heterostructured electrocatalysts for efficient water splitting	Materials Chemistry Frontiers	7	6254-6280	2023
3	DD Khumujam, T Kshetri, TI Singh, NH Kim, JH Lee	Hierarchical Integrated Hybrid Structural Electrodes Based on Co‐N/C and Mo‐doped NiCo‐LDH@ Co‐N/C Anchored on MX/CF for High Energy Density Fiber‐Shaped Supercapacitor	Advanced Functional Materials	40	2302388	2023
4	DD Khumujam, T Kshetri, TI Singh, NH Kim, JH Lee	Fibrous asymmetric supercapacitor based on wet spun MXene/PAN fiber-derived multichannel porous MXene/CF negatrode and NiCo2S4 electrodeposite5d MXene/CF positrode	Chemical Engineering Journal	449	137732	2022
5	TI Singh, A Maibam, DC Cha, S Yoo, R Babarao, S U Lee, S Lee.	High‐alkaline water‐splitting activity of mesoporous 3D heterostructures: an amorphous‐shell@ crystalline‐core nano‐assembly of Co‐Ni‐phosphate ultrathin‐nanosheets and V‐doped cobalt‐nitride nanowires	Advanced Science	9	2201311	2022
6	T Kshetri, DD Khumujam, TI Singh, YS Lee, NH Kim, JH Lee	Co-MOF@ MXene-carbon nanofiber-based freestanding electrodes for a flexible and wearable quasi-solid-state supercapacitor	Chemical Engineering Journal	437	135338	2022
7	UN Pan, DR Paudel, AK Das, TI Singh, NH Kim, JH Lee	Ni-nanoclusters hybridized 1T–Mn–VTe2 mesoporous nanosheets for ultra-low potential water splitting	Applied Catalysis B: Environmental	301	120780	2022
8	S Yoo, D H Nam, TI Singh, G Leem, S Lee.	Effect of reducing agents on the synthesis of anisotropic gold nanoparticles	Nano Convergence	9	5	2022
9	TI Singh, G Rajeshkhanna, UN Pan, T Kshetri, H Lin, NH Kim, JH Lee	Alkaline Water Splitting Enhancement by MOF‐Derived Fe–Co–Oxide/Co@ NC‐mNS Heterostructure: Boosting OER and HER through Defect Engineering and In Situ Oxidation	Small	17	2101312	2021
10	V Sharma, UN Pan, TI Singh, AK Das, NH Kim, JH Lee	Pragmatically designed tetragonal copper ferrite super-architectures as advanced multifunctional electrodes for solid-state supercapacitors and overall water splitting	Chemical Engineering Journal	415	127779	2021
11	DR Paudel, UN Pan, TI Singh, CC Gudal, NH Kim, JH Lee	Fe and P doped 1T-phase enriched WS23D-dendritic nanostructures for efficient overall water splitting	Applied Catalysis B: Environmental	286	119897	2021
12	T Kshetri, TI Singh, YS Lee, DD Khumujam, NH Kim, JH Lee	Metal organic framework-derived cobalt telluride-carbon porous structured composites for high-performance supercapacitor	Composites Part B: Engineering	211	108624	2021
13	BS Soram, IS Thangjam, JY Dai, T Kshetri, NH Kim, JH Lee	Flexible transparent supercapacitor with core-shell Cu@ Ni@ NiCoS nanofibers network electrode	Chemical Engineering Journal	395	125019	2020
14	UN Pan, V Sharma, T Kshetri, TI Singh, DR Paudel, NH Kim, JH Lee	Freestanding 1T‐MnxMo1–xS2–ySey and MoFe2S4–zSez Ultrathin Nanosheet‐Structured Electrodes for Highly Efficient Flexible Solid‐State Asymmetric Supercapacitors	Small	16	2001691	2020
15	TI Singh, G Rajeshkhanna, T Kshetri, NH Kim, JH Lee	High-performance solid-state hybrid supercapacitor enabled by metal–organic framework-derived multi-component hybrid electrodes of Co–N–C nanofibers and Co 2− x Fe x P–N–C micropillars	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	8	26158-26174	2020
16	BS Soram, JY Dai, IS Thangjam, NH Kim, JH Lee	One-step electrodeposited MoS 2@ Ni-mesh electrode for flexible and transparent asymmetric solid-state supercapacitors	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	8	24040-24052	2020
17	UN Pan, TI Singh, DR Paudel, CC Gudal, NH Kim, JH Lee	Covalent doping of Ni and P on 1T-enriched MoS 2 bifunctional 2D-nanostructures with active basal planes and expanded interlayers boosts electrocatalytic water splitting	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	8	19654-19664	2020
18	T Kshetri, DT Tran, TI Singh, NH Kim, K Lau, JH Lee	Effects of the composition of reduced graphene oxide/carbon nanofiber nanocomposite on charge storage behaviors	Composites Part B: Engineering	178	107500	2019
19	TI Singh, G Rajeshkhanna, SB Singh, T Kshetri, NH Kim, JH Lee	Metal–Organic Framework‐Derived Fe/Co‐based Bifunctional Electrode for H2 Production through Water and Urea Electrolysis	ChemSusChem	12	4810-4823	2019
20	J Gautam, DT Tran, TI Singh, NH Kim, JH Lee	Mesoporous iron sulfide nanoparticles anchored graphene sheet as an efficient and durable catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction	Journal of Power Sources	427	91-100	2019
21	SB Singh, T Kshetri, TI Singh, NH Kim, JH Lee	Embedded PEDOT: PSS/AgNFs network flexible transparent electrode for solid-state supercapacitor	Chemical Engineering Journal	357	197-207	2019
22	SB Singh, TI Singh, NH Kim, JH Lee	A core–shell MnO 2@ Au nanofiber network as a high-performance flexible transparent supercapacitor electrode	Journal of Materials Chemistry A	7	10672-10683	2019
23	G Rajeshkhanna, TI Singh, NH Kim, JH Lee	Remarkable bifunctional oxygen and hydrogen evolution electrocatalytic activities with trace-level Fe doping in Ni-and Co-layered double hydroxides for overall water-splitting	ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	10	42453-42468	2018

 

14.Details of patents:

S. No.	Patent Title	Name of Applicant(s)	Patent No.	Award Date	Agency/Country	Status
1	Water electrolysis catalysts with core-shell structure and method for preparing the same	Seunghyun Lee, Thangjam Ibomcha Singh, Dun Chan Cha, Sumin Kim	18376601 (USA) & 10-2022-0128029 (south Korea)	-NA-	USA & South Korea	Filed (both)

 

15. Book chapters.

S. No.	Title	Author’s Name	Publisher	Year of Publication
1	Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production by Biomass Reforming	TI Singh, S Li, G Leem, S Lee	Wiley	2023

 

16. Professional Membership:

1. International Association of Engineers (IAENG) (Membership number:319566)

2. Indian Society for ElectroAnalytical Chemistry (ISEAC) (Life membership)

 

17. Peer-review activities:

1. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier journal, IF = 7.139)

2. Carbon (Elsevier journal, IF = 11.307)

3. Catalysts (MDPI journal, IF = 4.501)

4. Applied surface Science (Elsevier journal, IF = 7.392)

5. Nanomaterials (MDPI journal, IF = 5.719)

6. Energies (MDPI journal, IF = 3.252)

7. International Journal of Energy Research (John Wiley & Sons, IF = 4.672)

 

18. Opportunities:

Students who are interested in internship, project work, and any other interactions related to research and higher studies kindly email me at: ibklimitedsingh [AT] gmail.com / ibomcha [AT] manipuruniv.ac.in or visit my office at room no. 306, Department of Physics, Manipur University.