Damu Rupnar

About

Shri. Damu Vilas Rupnar is a Ph.D. scholar at the Advanced Materials & Energy Research (AMER) Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, in collaboration with the Technical Physics Department at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. His research focuses on sustainable energy technologies, including advanced sensor development for toxic gas detection high-performance supercapacitors and innovative water-splitting systems. He has significantly contributed to the development of India’s first
indigenous hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) gas sensor, highlighting his impact on environmental monitoring and safety.
He have published six research articles, one review article, and four book chapters, in addition to over ten conference papers. His work bridges materials science, energy research, and environmental sensing, addressing pressing global challenges in energy sustainability and public safety. Driven by innovation and scientific rigor, he aims to advance practical solutions for next generation energy and sensor technologies.

Employment

• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Researcher
  2023 - Present
• University of Mumbai Ph.D. Student
  2022 - Present

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (6)

• Investigations of structural, electrical and magnetic characteristics of copper doped nickel-zinc ferrite nanomaterials synthesized by auto-combustion sol-gel technique
  Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s10971-025-06947-7
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• Development of a high-performance chemiresistive H₂S sensor based on sandwich type SnO2: CuO film realized using hybrid PVD approach
  Interactions 2025
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• Fabrication and evaluation of carbon black of waste Tyre-derived activated carbon electrodes for enhanced supercapacitor performance
  Damu V. Rupnar, Hemraj Mahipati Yadav, A.V.S.L. Sai Bharadwaj +4 more
  Carbon Trends 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cartre.2025.100489
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• Recent trends and advances in MnO2-based energy storage technologies
  Damu V. Rupnar, Sangramrao A. Mane, Hera Razi +4 more
  Inorganic Chemistry Communications 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2024.113784
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• Heterostructured In2O3-ZnO nanowires based chemiresistive NO2 sensor
  Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacomc.2024.100045
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• Ultrasonic chemical bath deposition mediated synthesis and electrochemical study of Mn3O4 flexible electrodes comprising randomly oriented nanoflakes for supercapacitors
  Vishal H. Goswami, Sangramrao A. Mane, Damu V. Rupnar +2 more
  Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s10854-024-13614-0
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