Dmitrii Rakov

Dmitrii Rakov

School of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Rakov research focuses on computational and experimental energy storage materials design and characterization, specifically, liquid and polymer electrolytes for batteries, coordination chemistry and electrodics in batteries. His research involves understanding of transport phenomena, kinetics of electrochemical reactions at electrified interfaces and nature of interphase evolution. Dr Rakov also works on advancing computational chemistry methods for deeper understanding of electrochemical processess.

Dr Rakov's research interests involve electrochemistry, energy storage, transport phenomena, physical organic chemistry, computational chemistry/physics, green chemistry and process design.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2025 Alghamdi, N. S., Rakov, D., Peng, X., Lee, J., Huang, Y., Yang, X., . . . Luo, B. (2025). Tailoring Zn-ion Solvation Structures for Enhanced Durability and Efficiency in Zinc-Bromine Flow Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64(27), e202502739-1-e202502739-10.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC1
    2025 Ahmed, N., Rakov, D. A., Liu, Y., Feng, J., Chen, S., Wu, Y., . . . Huang, X. (2025). Ion-Dipole Interaction Driven Alumina-Coated Polyethylene Separator with Enhanced Wettability for High-Performance Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries. Nano Letters, 25(32), 12326-12333.
    DOI
    2025 Li, M., Rakov, D. A., Fan, Y., Wang, C., Wang, C., Yuwono, J. A., . . . Guo, Z. (2025). Balancing Solvation Ability of Polymer and Solvent in Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Efficient Lithium Metal Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 11 pages.
    DOI
    2024 Rakov, D. A., Ahmed, N., Kong, Y., Nanjundan, A. K., Popov, I., Sokolov, A. P., . . . Yu, C. (2024). Exploring the Impact of In Situ-Formed Solid-Electrolyte Interphase on the Cycling Performance of Aluminum Metal Anodes. ACS Nano, 18(41), 28456-28468.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC2
    2023 Rakov, D. A. (2023). Metal-doped nickel-based chalcogenides and phosphochalcogenides for electrochemical water splitting. Energy Advances, 2(2), 235-251.
    DOI Scopus10 WoS10
    2023 Rakov, D. A., Sun, J., Cherepanov, P. V., Arano, K., Howlett, P. C., Simonov, A. N., . . . Forsyth, M. (2023). The impact of electrode conductivity on electrolyte interfacial structuring and its implications on the Na⁰⁄⁺ electrochemical performance. Energy and Environmental Science, 16(9), 3919-3931.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS12
    2022 Pal, U., Rakov, D., Lu, B., Sayahpour, B., Chen, F., Roy, B., . . . Forsyth, M. (2022). Interphase control for high performance lithium metal batteries using ether aided ionic liquid electrolyte. Energy and Environmental Science, 15(5), 1907-1919.
    DOI Scopus113 WoS115
    2022 Rakov, D., Hasanpoor, M., Baskin, A., Lawson, J. W., Chen, F., Cherepanov, P. V., . . . Forsyth, M. (2022). Stable and Efficient Lithium Metal Anode Cycling through Understanding the Effects of Electrolyte Composition and Electrode Preconditioning. Chemistry of Materials, 34(1), 165-177.
    DOI Scopus41 WoS40
    2022 Sun, J., Rakov, D., Wang, J., Hora, Y., Laghaei, M., Byrne, N., . . . Forsyth, M. (2022). Sustainable Free‐Standing Electrode from Biomass Waste for Sodium‐Ion Batteries. ChemElectroChem, 9(16), 8 pages.
    DOI Scopus18 WoS12
    2022 Rakov, D. A., Sun, J., Ferdousi, S. A., Howlett, P. C., Simonov, A. N., Chen, F., & Forsyth, M. (2022). Polar Organic Cations at Electrified Metal with Superconcentrated Ionic Liquid Electrolyte and Implications for Sodium Metal Batteries. ACS Materials Letters, 4(10), 1984-1990.
    DOI Scopus16 WoS18
    2021 Arano, K., Begic, S., Chen, F., Rakov, D., Mazouzi, D., Gautier, N., . . . Dupre, N. (2021). Tuning the Formation and Structure of the Silicon Electrode/Ionic Liquid Electrolyte Interphase in Superconcentrated Ionic Liquids. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(24), 28281-28294.
    DOI Scopus30 WoS27 Europe PMC5
    2021 Pathirana, T., Rakov, D. A., Chen, F., Forsyth, M., Kerr, R., & Howlett, P. C. (2021). Improving Cycle Life through Fast Formation Using a Superconcentrated Phosphonium Based Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Anode-Free and Lithium Metal Batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4(7), 6399-6407.
    DOI Scopus25 WoS22
    2021 Rakov, D., Sun, C., Lu, Z., Li, S., & Xu, P. (2021). NiSe@Ni<sub>1−<i>x</i></sub>Fe<sub><i>x</i></sub>Se<sub>2</sub> Core–Shell Nanostructures as a Bifunctional Water Splitting Electrocatalyst in Alkaline Media. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2(11), 7 pages.
    DOI Scopus17 WoS16
    2020 Rakov, D. A., Chen, F., Ferdousi, S. A., Li, H., Pathirana, T., Simonov, A. N., . . . Forsyth, M. (2020). Engineering high-energy-density sodium battery anodes for improved cycling with superconcentrated ionic-liquid electrolytes. Nature Materials, 19(10), 1096-1101.
    DOI Scopus221 WoS213 Europe PMC78
    2019 Niu, S., Sun, Y., Sun, G., Rakov, D., Li, Y., Ma, Y., . . . Xu, P. (2019). Stepwise Electrochemical Construction of FeOOH/Ni(OH)2 on Ni Foam for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(5), 3927-3935.
    DOI Scopus118 WoS114
    2019 Forsyth, M., Hilder, M., Zhang, Y., Chen, F., Carre, L., Rakov, D. A., . . . Howlett, P. C. (2019). Tuning Sodium Interfacial Chemistry with Mixed-Anion Ionic Liquid Electrolytes. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(46), 43093-43106.
    DOI Scopus47 WoS46 Europe PMC9
    2018 Rakov, D., Li, Y., Niu, S., & Xu, P. (2018). Insight into Mn and Ni doping of Ni1-xMnxPS3 and Mn1-xNixPS3 nanosheets on electrocatalytic hydrogen and oxygen evolution activity. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 769, 532-538.
    DOI Scopus24 WoS23
    2018 Ma, Y., Chu, J., Li, Z., Rakov, D., Han, X., Du, Y., . . . Xu, P. (2018). Homogeneous Metal Nitrate Hydroxide Nanoarrays Grown on Nickel Foam for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution. Small, 14(52), 7 pages.
    DOI Scopus64 WoS61 Europe PMC12
    2018 Li, Y., Niu, S., Rakov, D., Wang, Y., Cabán-Acevedo, M., Zheng, S., . . . Xu, P. (2018). Metal organic framework-derived CoPS/N-doped carbon for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Nanoscale, 10(15), 7291-7297.
    DOI Scopus109 WoS103 Europe PMC20
    2017 Li, K., Rakov, D., Zhang, W., & Xu, P. (2017). Improving the intrinsic electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of few-layer NiPS3 by cobalt doping. Chemical Communications, 53(58), 8199-8202.
    DOI Scopus69 WoS69 Europe PMC18

  • Preprint
    Year Citation
    2023 Rakov, D., Sun, J., Cherepanov, P., Arano, K., Howlett, P., Simonov, A., . . . Forsyth, M. (2023). Impact of the electrode conductivity on the electrolyte interfacial structuring and its implications to the Na0/+ electrochemical performance.
    DOI
    2021 Pathirana, T., Rakov, D., Chen, F., Forsyth, M., Kerr, R., Howlett, P., & A. Rakov, D. (2021). Improving Cycle Life Through Fast Formation Using a Super-Concentrated Phosphonium Based Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Anode-Free and Lithium Metal Batteries.
    DOI
    2021 Pathirana, T., Rakov, D., Chen, F., Forsyth, M., Kerr, R., & Howlett, P. C. (2021). Improving Cycle Life Through Fast Formation Using a Super-Concentrated Phosphonium Based Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Anode-Free and Lithium Metal Batteries.
    DOI
    2021 Pal, U., Rakov, D., Lu, B., Sayahpour, B., Chen, F., Roy, B., . . . Forsyth, M. (2021). Interphase Control in Lithium Metal Batteries Through Electrolyte Design.
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    2020 Rakov, D., Chen, F., Ferdousi, S., Li, H., Pathirana, T., Simonov, A., . . . Forsyth, M. (2020). Engineering High Energy Density Sodium Battery Anodes for Improved Cycling with Superconcentrated Ionic Liquid Electrolytes.
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Awarded grants:

2024, Funding source: Australian Synchrotron, Melbourne, Australia. Australian Synchrotron Beamline grant (ID: 21151).

2023, Funding source: ARC Australia's Economic Accelerator (AEA), Australia Research grant for design of commercial rechargeable aluminium battery prototype (Project ID: AE230100223)

2023, Funding source: National Computational Infrastructure, Canberra, Australia HPC simulation grant from NCI Adapter scheme Q2 (ur31 project)

2023, Travel grant for the 243rd Electrochemical Society meeting, Boston, MA, USA

2022, Funding source: National Computational Infrastructure, Canberra, Australia HPC simulation grant from NCI Adapter scheme Q4 (ur31 project)

2022, Travel grant for the 242nd Electrochemical Society meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA

MAT ENG 7101 - Materials Characterisation (Teaching assistant)

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