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G. Ranga Rao is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in India and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on materials science, engineering, and energy. Their work spans over 100 publications in materials science, with significant contributions also made in engineering and energy fields.

The research of G. Ranga Rao covers several specialized subfields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and ocean engineering.

Key research topics addressed by Rao include:

  • Supercapacitor materials and fabrication
  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Advanced photocatalysis techniques
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Fuel cells and related materials
  • Catalytic processes in materials science

Frequently publishing in prominent journals, Rao's main publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • ChemistrySelect
  • Materials Letters
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Applied Nano Materials

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by G. Ranga Rao are:

  • "Machine learning-based prediction of supercapacitor performance for a novel electrode material: Cerium oxynitride," 2021, Energy Storage Materials
  • "A high energy flexible symmetric supercapacitor fabricated using N-doped activated carbon derived from palm flowers," 2021, Nanoscale Advances
  • "Synthesis of CuTi-LDH supported on g-C3N4 for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution reactions," 2020, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Momordica Charantia pericarp derived activated carbon with dual redox additive electrolyte for high energy density supercapacitor devices," 2022, Journal of Energy Storage
  • "Functionalization of carbons for Pt electrocatalyst in PEMFC," 2021, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Collaborations with other researchers appear regularly in their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ramasamy Shanmugam
  • Shuchi Sharma
  • Tapan Kumar Ghosh
  • Tiju Thomas
  • Malaya K. Sahoo

G. Ranga Rao's research contributions provide a substantive body of work in the development and characterization of materials relevant to energy storage, catalysis, and sustainable energy technologies.

Best Publications

  • Rh-Loaded CeO2-ZrO2 Solid-Solutions as Highly Efficient Oxygen Exchangers: Dependence of the Reduction Behavior and the Oxygen Storage Capacity on the Structural-Properties

    P. Fornasiero;R. Dimonte;G.R. Rao;J. Kaspar

  • Ultralayered Co3O4 for High-Performance Supercapacitor Applications

    Sumanta Kumar Meher;G. Ranga Rao

  • Microwave-Mediated Synthesis for Improved Morphology and Pseudocapacitance Performance of Nickel Oxide

    Sumanta Kumar Meher;P. Justin;G. Ranga Rao

  • Nanoscale morphology dependent pseudocapacitance of NiO: Influence of intercalating anions during synthesis

    Sumanta Kumar Meher;P. Justin;G. Ranga Rao

  • Tuning of Capacitance Behavior of NiO Using Anionic, Cationic, and Nonionic Surfactants by Hydrothermal Synthesis

    P. Justin;Sumanta Kumar Meher;G. Ranga Rao

  • Effect of Microwave on the Nanowire Morphology, Optical, Magnetic, and Pseudocapacitance Behavior of Co3O4

    Sumanta Kumar Meher;G. Ranga Rao

  • Reduction of NO over Partially Reduced Metal-Loaded CeO2–ZrO2Solid Solutions

    G. Ranga Rao;P. Fornasiero;R. Di Monte;J. Kašpar

  • XRD and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance analysis of CeO2-ZrO2 solid solutions synthesized by combustion method

    G. Ranga Rao;H. Ranjan Sahu

  • Pine-cone morphology and pseudocapacitive behavior of nanoporous nickel oxide

    Sumanta Kumar Meher;P. Justin;G. Ranga Rao

  • Synthesis and characterization of hybrid molecular material prepared by ionic liquid and silicotungstic acid

    T. Rajkumar;G. Ranga Rao

  • Archetypal sandwich-structured CuO for high performance non-enzymatic sensing of glucose.

    Sumanta Kumar Meher;G Ranga Rao

  • Enhanced activity of microwave synthesized hierarchical MnO2 for high performance supercapacitor applications

    Sumanta Kumar Meher;G. Ranga Rao

  • Urchin and sheaf-like NiCo 2 O 4 nanostructures: Synthesis and electrochemical energy storage application

    Ediga Umeshbabu;G. Rajeshkhanna;G. Ranga Rao

  • Construction of ternary hybrid layered reduced graphene oxide supported g-C3N4-TiO2 nanocomposite and its photocatalytic hydrogen production activity

    Hafeez Yusuf Hafeez;Sandeep Kumar Lakhera;Sankeerthana Bellamkonda;G. Ranga Rao

  • Characterization of combustion synthesized zirconia powder by UV-vis, IR and other techniques

    H. Ranjan Sahu;G. Ranga Rao

  • NO decomposition over partially reduced metallized CeO2-ZrO2 solid solutions

    Gangavarapu Ranga Rao;Jan Kašpar;Sergio Meriani;Roberta di Monte

  • Reduction of NO by CO over Rh/CeO2–ZrO2Catalysts: Evidence for a Support-Promoted Catalytic Activity

    P. Fornasiero;G.Ranga Rao;J. Kašpar;F. L'Erario

  • Polymer-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis of Highly Reducible Shuttle-Shaped CeO2: Microstructural Effect on Promoting Pt/C for Methanol Electrooxidation

    Sumanta Kumar Meher;G. Ranga Rao

  • Promoting effect of ceria on the physicochemical and catalytic properties of CeO2–ZnO composite oxide catalysts

    Braja Gopal Mishra;G. Ranga Rao

  • Nature of nitrogen adsorbed on transition metal surfaces as revealed by electron spectroscopy and cognate techniques

    C.N.R. Rao;G. Ranga Rao

  • CoS spheres for high-rate electrochemical capacitive energy storage application

    P. Justin;G. Ranga Rao

  • Extending the π-electron conjugation in 2D planar graphitic carbon nitride: efficient charge separation for overall water splitting

    Sankeerthana Bellamkonda;Ramasamy Shanmugam;Ranga Rao Gangavarapu

Frequent Co-Authors

C. N. R. Rao
C. N. R. Rao Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
D. D. Sarma
D. D. Sarma Indian Institute of Science
Kulamani Parida
Kulamani Parida Siksha O Anusandhan University
Bernaurdshaw Neppolian
Bernaurdshaw Neppolian SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Kenta Ooi
Kenta Ooi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Natarajan Rajalakshmi
Natarajan Rajalakshmi Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Tiziano Montini
Tiziano Montini University of Trieste
Matteo Cargnello
Matteo Cargnello Stanford University
Ashok K. Ganguli
Ashok K. Ganguli Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Detlef W. Bahnemann
Detlef W. Bahnemann Saint Petersburg State University

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