BIOGRAPHY

Dr Mofasser Mallick is currently an Assistant Professor of the Physics Department at Xiamen University Malaysia. Before joining the XMUM, he worked as a postdoctoral scientist at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, since 2018. He received his M.Sc in Physics from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur in 2011. He completed his Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Solid State Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2013. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, in 2018. Based on his Ph.D. works, He was awarded the "Award of Excellence in Ph.D. Research" by IIT Bombay. His research interests include thermoelectric materials & devices, screen-/2D-printed functional materials, and flexible MW IR-sensor arrays. As the first author, he has published more than 20 articles, and as a co-author, he has contributed to several other publications. In addition to his research publications, he has also made significant contributions to the field of printed thermoelectrics by patenting two breakthrough inventions, which have been published by the European Patent Application and the World Intellectual Property Organization. His works have been published in many high-impact journals, including ACS Energy Letters, Advanced Science and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

2D/3D printed functional materials and devices, thermoelectric energy harvesting, flexible printed SW/MW-IR sensors

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India (2013-2018 )

• Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Solid State Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2011-2013)

• Master of Science (M.Sc) in Physics, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur, India (2009-2011)

• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Physics, The University of Burdwan, India (2006-2009)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor, Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia (20 March 2023 – Present)

• Postdoctoral Scientist, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (2018-2023)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Printable thermoelectric materials and fabrication of 2D/3D printed TE generator

• Flexible heat flux sensor array for EV safety applications

• Printed pixelated temperature and IR sensor arrays

• Development of high-temperature thermoelectric materials

• Synthesis of ZnO NWs for applications in gas sensor and nanogenerator

• Electrochemically deposited PANI (Polly aniline) thin film as ammonia sensor

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

1. Andres Georg Rösch, Leonard Franke, Md. Mofasser Mallick, and Uli Lemmer*.‘Optimizing printed thermoelectric generators with geometry and processibility limitations’. Energy Conversion and Management 2023, 279, 116776.

2. Md. Mofasser Mallick*, Leonard Franke, Andres Georg Rösch, Holger Geßwein, Zhonghmin Long, Yolita M. Eggeler and Uli LEmmer*.‘High ZT telluride-based flexible thermoelectric films through interfacial modification via millisecond photonic-curing for fully printed TEGs’. Advanced Science 2022, 9, 2202411.

3. Avishek Sarbajna, Andres Georg Rösch, Leonard Franke, Uli   Lemmer and Md. Mofasser Mallick*, ‘Printed inorganic-based thermoelectric materials and devices’. Advanced Engineering Materials 2022, DOI: 10.1002/adem.202200980.

4. Md. Mofasser Mallick*, Leonard Franke, Andres Georg Rösch, Holger Geßwein, Yolita M. Eggeler and Uli LEmmer*.‘Photonic curing enables ultra-rapid processing of highly conducting β-Cu_2-δSe printed thermoelectric films in less than 10 milliseconds’. ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 12, 10695–10700

5. Md.Mofasser Mallick*, Avishek Sarbajna, Andres Georg Rösch, Leonard Franke, Holger Geßwein, Yolita M. Eggeler and Uli Lemmer* ‘Ultra-flexible β-Cu_2-δSe-based p-type printed thermoelectric films’. Applied Materials Today, 2021,26, 101269

6. Md.Mofasser Mallick*, Leonard Franke, Andres Rösch,Holger Geßwein, Yolita M. Eggeler, Magnus Rohde, Sarfraz Ahmad and Uli Lemmer* ‘Realizing record-high ZT in printed Bi_0.5Sb_1.5Te₃ through grain interface engineering by thermally stimulated materialized non-stoichiometric β-Cu_2-δSe phase’ ACS Applied materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 51, 61386–61395.

7. Andres Rösch, Fabian Giunta, Md Mofasser Mallick, André Gall, Leonard Franke, Jasmin Aghassi, Uli Lemmer, Jörg Schmalian, ‘Improved Electrical, Thermal, and Thermoelectric Properties Through Sample-to-Sample Fluctuations in Near-Percolation Threshold Composite Materials’ Adv. Theory Simul,2021, 2000284.

8. Andres Rösch, André Gall, Silas Aslan, Matthias Hecht, Leonard Franke, Md.Mofasser Mallick, Lara Penth, Daniel Bahro, Daniel Friderich and Uli Lemmer, ‘Fully printed origami thermoelectric generators for energy-harvesting’ NPG Flexible Electronics, 2021,5,1

9. Md.Mofasser Mallick*, Andres Rösch, Leonard Franke and Uli Lemmer*’Shape-versatile 3D thermoelectric generators by additive manufacturing’ ACS Energy Lett. 2021, 6, 85–91.

10. Md. Mofasser Mallick*, Andres Georg Rösch, Leonard Franke, Andre Gal, Sarfraz Ahmad, Holger Geßwein, Andrey Mazilkin, Christian Kübel and Uli Lemmer* ‘A new frontier in printed thermoelectrics: Formation of β-Ag₂Se through thermally stimulated dissociative adsorption leads to high ZT’ Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020,8, 16366-16375.DOI: 10.1039/D0TA05859A.

11. Md. Mofasser Mallick*, Andres Georg Rösch, Leonard Franke, Sarfraz Ahmad, Holger Geßwein, Andre Gal and Uli Lemmer* ‘High performance Ag-Se based n-type printed thermoelectric materials for high power density folded generators’ ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 19655−19663

12. Aditya S. Dutta⁺, Md. Mofasser Mallick and Satish Vitta* ‘Enhancing the high temperature thermoelectric performance of Li(CoNi)O₂ by replacement of Ni with earth abundant Mg’ Journal of Electronic Materials, 2020, 49, 4324-4332

13. Md. Mofasser Mallick and Satish Vitta* ‘Effect of double doping, Li and Se, on the high temperature thermoelectric properties of Cu₂Te’ Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2020, 31, 4129–4134

14. Md. Mofasser Mallick* and Satish Vitta* ‘Increased figure-of-merit of ZrNiSn half-Heusler alloy due tothermal conductivity reduction by substitutions’ Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics,2019, 30, 6139-6147

15. Md. Mofasser Mallick* and Satish Vitta* ‘Enhancing Thermoelectric Performance of p-type half-Heusleralloy HfCoSb by incorporation of band matched chalcogenide, Cu₂Te’, Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2018, 6, 14709 - 14716

16. Md. Mofasser Mallick* and Satish Vitta* ‘Enhancement of magnetic moment and Curie temperature due toCo-substitution in Heusler compound, Fe_2-xCo_xMnSi’ Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics,2018, 29, 1420-1425

17. Md. Mofasser Mallick* and Satish Vitta ‘Enhanced high temperature figure-of-merit of Na_yCoO₂achieved by a combination of Na non-stoichiometry and Co-substitution’ Journal of Electronic Materials,2018, 47, 3230-3237

18. Md. Mofasser Mallick* and Satish Vitta ‘Thermo-transport Properties of Zn-substituted Layered Li-Nickel Oxide, LiNiO₂’ Bulletin of Materials Science, 2018, 41, 150

19. Md. Mofasser Mallick and Satish Vitta ‘Realizing high figure-of-merit in Cu₂Te using a combination ofdoping, hierarchical structure and simple processing’. Journal of Applied Physics, 2017, 122, 24903

20. Md. Mofasser Mallick and Satish Vitta ‘Giant enhancement in high temperature thermoelectric figure-of-merit of layered cobalt oxide, LiCoO2 due to a dual strategy Co-substitution and Lithiation’. InorganicChemistry, 2017, 56, 5827-5838

21. Md. Mofasser Mallick and Satish Vitta ‘Thermophysical and Magnetic Properties ofp- and n-Type Ti-Ni-Sn Based Half-Heusler Alloys’. Journal of Alloys and Compounds,2017,710, 191–198

22. Md. Mofasser Mallick and Satish Vitta ‘Magnetic behavior of Ni substituted LiCoO2, magnetization andelectron paramagnetic resonance studies’. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2017, 198, 266-274

23. Mofasser Mallick*, Kalpna Rajput, and Satish Vitta, ‘Thermoelectric properties of Fe-substituted layeredcompound, LiCo_1−xFe_xO₂’ Ionics,2017,23, 2651-2655

Conference Proceedings

1. Md. Mofasser Mallick and Satish Vitta, "Thermoelectric properties of ultra-low thermal conductivity half-Heusler alloy," AIP Conference Proceedings,2016,1731, 110027

2. Ananta Sarkar, Md. Mofasser Mallick, Manas Ranjan Panda, Satish Vitta and Sagar Mitra, " Free Standing Cu2Te, New Anode Material for Sodium-ion Battery," AIP Conference Proceedings,2018,1961, 030032

Patents

1. Md Mofasser Mallick, Andres Georg Rösch, Leonard Franke and Uli Lemmer, Ag-Se-based n-type

  thermoelectric material and flexible printed thermoelectric generator comprising the same’’, Appl. No/Patent

  No. 19198306.3-1211, European patent application

2. Md Mofasser Mallick, Andres Georg Rösch, Leonard Franke and Uli Lemmer, A universal p-type

 (Cu2Se)) based inorganic binder for high-performance 2D/3D printable thermoelectric materials and

 devices, Appl. No/Patent No. 21173254.0, European patent application.

INVITED/ORAL TALK

• The 47th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2023), Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.

Invited talk on ‘High ZT telluride-based flexible thermoelectric films through interfacial modification via millisecond photonic-curing for fully printed TEGs’.

• Vebleo Webinar on Science, Engineering and Technology 2021.

Invited talk on 2D/3D printed thermoelectrics for waste heat recovery

• The 2021 Virtual Conference on Thermoelectrics (VCT2021).

Presented anoral talk on ‘High performance 2D printed chalcogenides for high-power density 3D thermoelectric generators’.

• Nano Vision 2019, EMPA, Switzerland.

Presentedoral talkon ‘Printed thermoelectric materials: current and future prospects’

• 2018 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Phoenix, USA.

Presentedoral talkon ‘Li- and Se-DopedCu2Te with High Figure-of-Merit—An Alternative to Cu₂Se’

HONORS/AWARDS

• Received the "Award of Excellence in Ph.D. Research" for the best dissertation.

• Selected for Fellows Initiative Natural Sciences (FINS) program, NTNU Norway

• DST International Travel Grant Award for 2018 MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, USA

•  ‘ICT 2017 Student Grant Award’, California, USA

• Honoured with "Vebleo Fellow 2021"

• IEEE Magnetic Society Travel Grant Award 2017, Santander, Spain

• Received MHRD fellowship for M.Tech program

• Merit -Cum-Means Scholarship by W.B state government, India

MEMBERSHIPS

• Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS)

• American Ceramic Society

• American Chemical Society (ACS)

• International Thermoelectric Society

• Materials Research Society (MRS)

• IEEE Magnetic Society

PRESS/MEDIA

1. Un procédé d’impression pour des générateurs thermoélectriques 3D peu coûteux, Enerzine, 17 Feb 2021.

2. Energy harvesting: Printed thermoelectric generators for power generation, ScienMag, 5 Feb 2021.

3. Energy harvesting: Printed thermoelectric generators for power generation, Science Daily, 5 Feb 2021.

4. Energy harvesting: Printed thermoelectric generators for power generation, Bioengineer.org, 5 Feb 2021.

5. Energy harvesting: Printed thermoelectric generators for power generation, Tech Xplore, 5 Feb 2021.

6. Energy-Harvesting: Gedruckte thermoelektrische Generatoren für die Energiegewinnung, AlphaGelileo, 5 Feb 2021.

7. Energy harvesting: Printed thermoelectric generators for power generation, EurekAlert, 5 Feb 2021.

8. Gedruckte thermoelektrische Generatoren, Pro-physik.de, 22 Jan 2021.

9. Energy-Harvesting: Gedruckte thermoelektrische Generatoren für die Energiegewinnung, Jura Forum, 20 Jan 2021.

10. Energy-Harvesting: Gedruckte thermoelektrische Generatoren für die Energiegewinnung, Informationsdienst Wissenschaft, 20 Jan 2021.