Dr Dmitrii Rakov
Internally Grant-Funded Researcher A
School of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - 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.
| Year | Citation |
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| 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. Scopus13 WoS12 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. WoS1 |
| 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, 64(41), e202513450-1-e202513450-11. Scopus6 WoS3 Europe PMC4 |
| 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. Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC3 |
| 2023 | Rakov, D. A. (2023). Metal-doped nickel-based chalcogenides and phosphochalcogenides for electrochemical water splitting. Energy Advances, 2(2), 235-251. Scopus15 WoS15 |
| 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. Scopus19 WoS18 |
| 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. Scopus120 WoS122 |
| 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. Scopus45 WoS44 |
| 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. Scopus19 WoS14 |
| 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. Scopus19 WoS20 |
| 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. Scopus34 WoS31 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. Scopus27 WoS26 |
| 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. Scopus18 WoS17 |
| 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. Scopus229 WoS224 Europe PMC91 |
| 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. Scopus120 WoS116 |
| 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. Scopus53 WoS51 Europe PMC12 |
| 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. Scopus25 WoS25 |
| 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. Scopus66 WoS64 Europe PMC19 |
| 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. Scopus115 WoS107 Europe PMC23 |
| 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. Scopus71 WoS70 Europe PMC22 |
| 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. DOI |
| 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. DOI |
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)
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Co-Supervisor | Developing an all-solid-state electrolyte based on zwitterionic polymers | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Yuze Liu |
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