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Prof. R. Rakesh Kumar

PhD (Indian Institute of science (IISc), Bangalore)

Associate Professor

Department of Physics

Room No: Room no 415, Energy Materials and Devices (EMD) lab, , Department of Physics, New MME and Science Block, webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/rakeshrajaboina/, https://erp.nitw.ac.in/ext/profile/ph-rakeshr +91-870-2462561
rakeshr@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 2D materials

 Energy harvesting

 Green Hydrogen

 IoT sensors

 Metal organic frame works

 Nanogenerators

 Piezoelectric nanogenerators

 Porous Materials

 Self-powered devices and sensors

 Triboelectric nanogenerators

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Microcontroller Applications Laboratory(PH6204)
  • Switching Theory and Logic Design Lab(PH5107)
  • Switching Theory and Logic Design(PH5101)
  • Computer Programming Laboratory(PH5108)
  • Microcontrollers and Embedded Systems(PH6202)
  • Digital System Design Laboratory(PH5254)
  • Physics for Civil Engineers(PH131)
  • Electronic Devices and Circuits Lab(PH16014)
  • Structured Digital System Design(PH5251)
  • Engineering Physics(PH1161)
  • Microprocessors and Interfacing Lab(PH5255)
  • Engineering Physics(PH133)
  • Engineering Physics(PH186)
  • Microprocessors and Interfacing(PH5252)
  • Heat and Thermodynamics Laboratory(PHI152)
  • Heat and Thermodynamics(PHI151)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0003-4023-9051
  • ISI Researcher ID: AAP-9447-2020
  • SCOPUS ID: 57219273424
  • Google Scholar ID: Hp_oX8gAAAAJ


  • Oxide based Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Recent Advances and Future Prospects in Energy Harvesting (Q1, SCI, IF 31.6), By Supraja Potu, Anu Kulandaivel, Buchhaiah G, Rakesh Kumar Rajaboina, Uday Kumar Khanapuram, Elseiver, Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports , vol.161, pp.100866, 2024
  • (69) A next-generation and a unique contact points modification for boosting the performance of a triboelectric nanogenerator and its novel application in road safety sensing and detection, (SCI,Q1, IF=9.5), By Siju Mishra, M. Rakshita, D. Haranath*, P. Supraja, R. Rakesh Kumar* , ACS, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces , vol.15, pp.33095–33108, 2023
  • Revolutionizing waste-to-energy: harnessing tshe power of triboelectric nanogenerator (SCI, Q1, IF=23.1), By Khanapuram Uday Kumar, Sugato Hajra, Gokana Mohana Rani, Swati Panda, Reddicherla Umapathi, Sada Venkateswarlu, Hoe Joon Kim, Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Rajaboina Rakesh Kumar, Springer, Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, vol.7, pp.91, 2024
  • (84) Wearable High-Performance MWCNTs/PDMS Nanocomposite based Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Haptic Applications, By Suresh Nuthalapati, Aniket Chakraborthy, Injamamul Arief, Kamal Kumar Meena, K Ruthvik, R Rakesh Kumar, K Uday Kumar, Amit Das, M Ercan Altinsoy, Anindya Na, IEEE, IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics, vol., pp., 2024
  • (75) Revolutionizing Medical Waste Management: Repurposing Saline Sheets for Tactile Sensing, Health Monitoring, and Energy Harvesting Using Triboelectric Nanogenerator Technology (SCI,Q1, IF=9), By M Navaneeth, Supraja Potu, Anjaly Babu, B Lakshakoti, Rakesh Kumar Rajaboina*, Uday Kumar K, Haranath Divi, Prakash Kodali, Balaji K ,, ACS, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering , vol., pp., 2023
  • 76. A high performance triboelectric nanogenerator using assembled sugar naphthalimides for self-powered electronics and sensors (Q1, SCI, IF=13.3)), By Arun Kumar Rachamalla, Madathil Navaneeth, Tohira Banoo, Vara Prasad Rebaka, Yogendra Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Rajaboina, Subbiah Nagarajan, Elseiver, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol.490, pp.151800, 2024
  • Effect of Surface and Contact Points Modification on the Output Performance of Triboelectric Nanogenerator,(SCI,Q1, IF=17) , By Siju Mishra, Supraja P, Rakesh Kumar R , Haranath D, Someshwar Pola,, Elseiver, Nanoenergy, vol.104, pp. 107964, 2022
  • (48) A simple and low-cost triboelectric nanogenerator based on two dimensional ZnO nanosheets and its application in portable electronics,(SCI,Q1, IF=4.1), By P. Supraja, R. Rakesh Kumar, Siju Mishra, D. Haranath, P Ravi Sankar, T. Venkatappa Rao, N. Jayarambabu, K. Uday Kumar, , Elseiver, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 335 , pp. 113368. , 2022
  • Crystalline Porous Material-Based Nanogenerators: Recent Progress, Applications, Challenges and Opportunities, (SCI,Q1, IF=13), By R. Rakesh Kumar, K. Uday Kumar, Venkateswaran Vivekananthan, Gaurav Khandelwal, P. Supraja, Anjaly Babu, M. Navaneeth, V. Mahesh, K. Prakash,, Wiley, Small, vol., pp.230620, 2023
  • (52) A next-generation and a unique contact points modification for boosting the performance of a triboelectric nanogenerator and its novel application in road safety sensing and detection,(SCI,Q1, IF=9.5), By Siju Mishra, M. Rakshita, D. Haranath*, P. Supraja, R. Rakesh Kumar* , ACS, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces , vol.15, pp.33095–33108, , 2023

Development of high-performance triboelectric nanogenerator based on 2D MoS2@Metal organic framework Hybrid films for self-powered IoT systems

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor BRNS (59/14/06/2024)
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3084500
  • Status Ongoing

Development of Kelvin probe machine for surface analysis, INR 50,000,00, 2023-2026,

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor M/s. Thin film solutions consultants and project executors
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 5000000
  • Status Ongoing

Bio-compatible nanogenerators for self-powered implantable medical devices

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Start-up research grant-NITW
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Completed

Piezo and Pyroelectric Flexible Nanogenerators for Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensor Applications & ECR/2016/000802

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-SERB
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2800000
  • Status Completed


M Navaneeth

  • Area of Research: 2D materials (Mxene) based Triboelectric nanogenerators, Sensors, self-powered hydrogen production

V. Laxmi Sunita

  • Area of Research: Waste to Energy , Waste based Triboelectric nanogenerators

V Mahesh

  • Area of Research: Porous materials, MOFs, Nanogenerators, Sensors
  • DST-ITs Grant
  • Tecahning Excellence Award from NIT-W (2023)
  • Department website (Continuing from July, 2024)
  • ERP Coordinator, Department of Physics (From July, 2024) (Continuing from July, 2024)
  • Time Table Incharge (Continuing from August, 2022)
  • Electronics lab incharge team (Continuing from July, 2022)
  • Faculty Advisor MSc (Tech) III Yesr (Continuing from July, 2022)
  • Library advisory committee member (July, 2022 - April, 2024)
  • Library Purchase committee member (July, 2022 - April, 2024)
  • Time table comitte (July, 2022 - July, 2024)
  • Faculty advisor Astronomy club (August, 2018 - August, 2020)