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Palak Mehra

Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Early career · publishing since 2021

Publications

18

Citations

290

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

6

Publishing since 2021

Research summary
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Palak Mehra's research focuses on designing carbon-based and graphene-derived materials for energy storage and conversion applications, including supercapacitors, proton conductors, and catalysts for water splitting and CO2 capture. The work combines materials chemistry with electrochemistry to understand how surface chemistry, porosity, and structural design affect performance in devices like batteries, fuel cells, and sensors. This research spans fundamental material characterization and practical device-level testing.

Carbon and graphene-based nanomaterialsSupercapacitors and energy storageSolid-state proton conductionElectrocatalysis for water splitting and CO2 captureMaterials for sensing and polymer functionalization

Publication output began around 2021 and has remained fairly steady since, averaging under three papers per year over the last five years with no clear upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
171819202021: 4 publications4212022: 4 publications4222023: 4 publications4232024: 3 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials×2
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C×2
  • Chemistry - A European Journal×2
  • Nature Electronics×1
  • ACS Omega×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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