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Dr Nuur Syahidah Binti Sabran
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Dr Nuur Syahidah Binti Sabran

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering)
  • Master Degree of Science (Physics)
  • Bachelor of Science in Physics

Areas of Interest
Renewable Energy, Supercapacitor, Battery
Thermoelectric, Thin Film, Electrochemistry
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Research

  1. MSE x NEXUS Research Collaboration Grant 2025, Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (RM 1 million) -Ongoing (Co-Researcher, 2026-2029)
  2. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (~USD 35000) (FRGS/1/2025/TK08/UTAR/02/1) -Ongoing (Co-Researcher, 2025-2028) 
  3. Industrial grant from International Polyurethane Technology Foundation (~ USD 3200)-Ongoing (Project Leader, 2025-2026)

Publications

  1. Tong, J. L., Sharma, T., Arora, G., Sabran, N. S., et al., (2025). Evaluation of Carbon-Based EDLC with PVA Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Integrated Flexible Solar Energy Conversion and Storage Devices. Eng. Res. Exspress, 7, 03505. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ae090d
  2. Leong, W.L., Arora, G., Sabran, N.S., & Jun, H.K. (2025). Performance study of gel polymer electrolyte-based EDLC with silver-coated textile substrate for integrated PV-EDLC system. Energy Storage, 7, e70221. https://doi.org/10.1002/est2.70221
  3. Sabran, N. S., et al. (2025). Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from Spent Local Liberica Coffee Grounds for Paper Thermoelectric Devices. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., 7, 5018–5029. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.5c00484
  4. Arora, G., Sabran, N. S., et al. (2025). Enhanced Energy Storage in Electric Double-Layer Capacitors Using Boron-Doped Graphene and Upcycled Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from Spent Coffee Grounds as Electrode Materials. Chem. Phys. Imp., 100838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chphi.2025.100838
  5. Van Toan, N., Li, Y., Tuoi, T. T. K., Sabran, N. S., et al. (2025). Thermoelectric generator using nanoporous silicon formed by metal-assisted chemical etching method. Energy Convers. Manage., 323, 119268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.119268
  6. Fadzallah, I. A., Sabran, N. S., et al. (2024). Electrospun poly (vinylidene fluoride) nanofibers: A review on Its utilization in energy harvesting devices. Smart Mater. Struct., 34, 013002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/ad9e5a
  7. Arora, G., Sabran, N. S., et al. (2024). Characterization of green-synthesized carbon quantum dots from spent coffee grounds for EDLC electrode applications. Chem. Phys. Impact, 100767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chphi.2024.100767
  8. Arora, G., Sabran, N. S., et al. (2024). Development study of proton conductor: poly (vinyl alcohol)-based gel electrolyte for energy storage devices. Ionics, 30, 8073–8085. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-024-05819-4
  9. Arora, G., Sabran, N. S., Ng, C. Y., Low, F. W., & Jun, H. K. (2024). Applications of carbon quantum dots in electrochemical energy storage devices. Heliyon, 10(15) e35543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35543
  10. Fadzallah, I. A., Sabran, N. S., et al. (2024). Computational modeling and theoretical analysis of polyvinylidene fluoride microarrays for hybrid piezo‐pyroelectric energy harvesting. Polym. Adv. Technol., 35(5), e6419. https://doi.org/10.1002/pat.6419
  11. Sabran, N. S., et al. (2023). Thermoelectric properties of Indium doped skutterudite thick film synthesized by a facile technique of electrochemical deposition. J. Materiomics, 9, 899-909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2023.02.013
  12. Sabran, N. S., et al. (2021). Enhanced thermoelectric properties of skutterudite thick film polyvinyl alcohol assisted from the post-deposition annealing effect. J. Electrochem. Soc., 168, 072508. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac13d0
  13. Fadzallah, I. A., Sabran, N. S., et al. (2020). Micropatterning and integration of electrospun PVDF membrane into microdevice. JMEMS, 29, 438. https://doi.org/10.1109/JMEMS.2020.2983717
  14. Sabran, N.S., et al., (2019). Preparation and Characterization of Electrochemical Deposition Cobalt Triantimonide (CoSb3) Thick Film: Effects of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) as an Additive. J. Electron. Mater., 48, 5003-5011. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07295-3
  15. Sabran, N.S., & Majid S.R. (2015). Ionic liquid-based polymer gel electrolytes for symmetrical solid-state electrical double layer capacitor operated at different operating voltages. Electrochim. Acta, 175, 184-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.02.215
  16. Sabran, N.S., & Majid S.R. (2013). Super-capacitive electro-chemical performance of polymer blend gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) in carbon-based electrical double-layer capacitors. Electrochim. Acta, 112, 678–685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2013.09.008
  17. Arora, G., Sabran, N. S., et al. (2025). Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from Spent Local Liberica Coffee Ground for Application in Electric Double-Layer Capacitor (EDLC). In ICAMME (pp. 23-29). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-3814-7_4
  18. Arora, G., Sabran, N. S., and Jun, H. K. (2024). Flexible Electrodes Coated with Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from Spent Coffee Grounds for Electric Double-Layer Capacitors, FLEPS, IEEE, pp 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1109/FLEPS61194.2024.10603680

Conferences

  1. Sabran, N.S., et al., IEEE International Conference on Sensors & Nanotechnology (SENNANO2025), Zenith Hotel, Putraja, Malaysia.
  2. Sabran, N. S., et al., The 5th Asian Conference on Thermoelectrics and the 6th Southeast Asia Conference on Thermoelectrics (ACT&SACT2020), Duangtawan Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 
  3. Sabran, N. S., et al., The 38th International Conference on Thermoelectrics and The 4th Asian Conference on Thermoelectrics (ICT/ACT2019), Gyeongju Hwabaek International Convention Center, South Korea. 
  4. Sabran, N. S. & Majid S.R, International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes (ISPE2014), Deakin University, Geelong, Melbourne, Australia.
  5. Sabran, N. S. & Majid S.R, The 4th International Conference on Functional Materials & Devices (ICFMD2013), Penang, Malaysia.
  6. Sabran, N. S. & Majid S.R, The 8th Mathematics and Physical Sciences Graduate Congress (MPSGC2012), University of Chulalongkhorn, Bangkok, Thailand.

Awards and Recognitions

  1. Gold medalist at 9th BRICS-ASEAN KLESF, MIECC, Malaysia (2025)
  2. Gold medalist at 36th International Invention, Innovation, Technology Competition & Exhibition (ITEX), KL Convention Centre, Malaysia (2025)
  3. Patent issued (ID:UI2024007076) (2025)
  4. The Best Oral Presenter of the 5th Asian Conference on Thermoelectric (2020)
  5. ASEAN-India Research Training Fellowship (2020)
  6. Tohoku University-Research Oriented Incoming Student (TU-ROIS) scholarship (2017-2018)
  7. MyBrain15 scholarships (MSc & PhD) (Malaysia government) (2012, 2016)

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