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 alkali-ion batteries, coordination chemistry and electrodics in batteries. His research involves understanding of 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.
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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, 11 pages.
Scopus12024 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.
Scopus3 Europe PMC12023 Rakov, D. A. (2023). Metal-doped nickel-based chalcogenides and phosphochalcogenides for electrochemical water splitting. Energy Advances, 2(2), 235-251.
Scopus82023 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.
Scopus122022 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.
Scopus1042022 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.
Scopus362022 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.
Scopus182022 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.
Scopus152021 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.
Scopus29 Europe PMC42021 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.
Scopus202021 Rakov, D., Sun, C., Lu, Z., Li, S., & Xu, P. (2021). NiSe@Ni1−xFexSe2 Core–Shell Nanostructures as a Bifunctional Water Splitting Electrocatalyst in Alkaline Media. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2(11), 7 pages.
Scopus162020 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.
Scopus213 Europe PMC472019 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.
Scopus1162019 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.
Scopus46 Europe PMC32018 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.
Scopus232018 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.
Scopus62 Europe PMC62018 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.
Scopus109 Europe PMC142017 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.
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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.
DOI2021 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.
DOI2021 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.
DOI2021 Pal, U., Rakov, D., Lu, B., Sayahpour, B., Chen, F., Roy, B., . . . Forsyth, M. (2021). Interphase Control in Lithium Metal Batteries Through Electrolyte Design.
DOI2020 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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