Dr. Yi Chen | Energy Storage | Best Researcher Award

North University of China | China

Dr. Yi Chen is a lecturer at the North University of China with a PhD from the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, and postdoctoral experience in Instrument Science and Technology. His research focuses on advanced energy storage materials and devices, highlighted by the development of a novel 12V supercapacitor. He has led multiple competitive research projects in micro-supercapacitors, energy-storage performance enhancement, and weak-signal photo-detection devices. His innovations include patented methods for slippery surfaces infused with ionic liquids, triboelectric nanogenerator fabrication, flexible wide-window supercapacitors, and MXene/NiCo₂O₄ composite electrode materials. He has published over ten academic papers in SCI and Scopus-indexed journals covering high-voltage planar supercapacitors, MOF/ionic-liquid synergy, NiCo₂O₄/MXene heterostructures, multi-metal MOF nanorod modulation for flexible devices, triboelectrification mechanisms, ionic-liquid-infused slippery surfaces, and heterojunction-based electrodes. His experimental expertise spans micro supercapacitor design, MOF and MXene composites, triboelectric interfaces, ionic-liquid systems, and energy-storage performance evaluation.

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Featured Publications

Chen, Y., Xie, X., Jing, J., Wang, Y., Cui, D., Liu, D., & Xue, C. (2025). High-voltage planar supercapacitors enabled by Mn-MOF and ionic liquid synergy for high energy-density storage. Electrochimica Acta.

Chen, Y., Li, X., Xu, C., Wang, D., Huang, J., Guo, Z., & Liu, W. (2023). Electron transfer dominated triboelectrification at the hydrophobic/slippery substrate water interfaces. Friction.

Chen, Y., Liu, W., Huang, J., & Guo, Z. (2022). Lubricant self-replenishing slippery surface with prolonged service life for fog harvesting. Friction.

Chen, Y., & Guo, Z. (2020). An ionic liquid-infused slippery surface for temperature stability, shear resistance and corrosion resistance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Xue, C., Chen, Y., Li, Y., Chen, H., Cui, D., & Lin, L. (2019). NiCo₂O₄@TiO₂ electrode based on micro-region heterojunctions for high performance supercapacitors. Applied Surface Science.

Dr. Digambar Sapkal | Supercapacitor | Best Researcher Award

SICES Degree College | India

Dr. Digambar Sapkal is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Physics at S.I.C.E.S. Degree College, Ambarnath (W), and a Member of the Board of Studies (BOS) in Physics at the University of Mumbai. He has extensive teaching experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, having served in institutions such as B.K. Birla College and K. M. Agrawal College, Kalyan. As a recognized Ph.D. guide under the University of Mumbai, he is guiding several research scholars and has supervised multiple M.Sc. projects. Dr. Sapkal has published numerous research papers in national and international journals and has actively participated in various seminars, workshops, and conferences across different academic levels. He has served on several key university and college committees, including BOS, CDC, IQAC, Research Cell, DLLE, NSS, and Grievance Redressal Cell, and has also chaired the University Examination Vigilance Squad. His research interests include high energy physics and supercapacitor studies.

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Featured Publication

Kushwaha, S. D., Magray, T., Bhatia, P. G., Sartale, S., Sapkal, D. M., & Sarawade, P. (2025). Scalable green synthesis of Co₂P₂O₇ nanosheets for high-energy-density asymmetric supercapacitors with exceptional cyclic stability. Journal of Alloys and Compounds.