Curriculum Vitae

DR. NUR KHUZAIMAH FARHANA BINTI ABD AZIZ

Senior Lecturer
  • Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS)
  • khuzaimahaziz
  • 0172296638

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION


  • PhD (Physical Science), (Science)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • M.Sc (Experimental Physics), (Fizik)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • B.Sc (Physics), (Fizik)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

PUBLICATIONS


Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Fakhruddin, A.; Kamarulazam, Fathiah; Farhana, N. K.; Pershaanaa, M.; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, S.; Ramesh, K. (2025). Studies of ionic conduction properties of polyacrylamide hydrogel polymer electrolytes at different medium (alkaline, acid, and salt) via impedance approach, IONICS. 31(6), 5663-5675. doi:10.1007/s11581-025-06325-x
  2. Farhana, N. K.; Pershaanaa, M.; Kamarulazam, Fathiah; Saidi, Norshahirah M.; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, S.; Ramesh, K. (2025). A polysaccharide extracted from guar beans-based gel polymer electrolytes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells, JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY. 458. doi:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2024.115963
  3. Goh, Z. L.; Farhana, N. K.; Kamarulazam, Fathiah; Pershaanaa, M.; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, K.; Ramesh, S. (2025). Water as Dual-Function Plasticizer and Cosolvent in Gel Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS. . doi:10.1002/marc.202400481
  4. Pershaanaa, M.; Farhana, N. K.; Chun, Lee Hong; Prasankumar, Thibeorchews; Anpalagan, Rajhaletchumy; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, K.; Ramesh, S. (2025). Unveiling the role of atmospheric plasma treatment in boosting MXene-based heterostructure for supercapattery application, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 517. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.164538
  5. Pershaanaa, M.; Farhana, N. K.; Goh, Z. L.; Kamarulazam, Fathiah; Liew, J.; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, K.; Ramesh, S. (2025). Boosting energy storage capacity: Transition metal-modified binary nickel hydroxide hydrate composites for supercapattery application, FLATCHEM. 50. doi:10.1016/j.flatc.2025.100830
  6. Prasankumar, Thibeorchews; Bose, Nirosha; Manikandan, M.; Suntharam, Nanthini Mohana; Manoharan, Kaaviah; Farhana, N. K.; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, K.; Ramesh, S.; Ramachandaramurthy, Vigna K. (2025). Recent trends and challenges in heteroatom-rich carbon-based cathode for Zn-Ion hybrid supercapacitors, JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY. 142, 157-176. doi:10.1016/j.jiec.2024.11.011
  7. Said, Muhammad Zulnasri Mohd; Kamarulazam, Fathiah; Farhana, N. K.; Manogran, Pershaanaa; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, S.; Ramesh, K. (2025). Influence of natural rubber content on the electrochemical performance of sodium alginate/acrylamide/natural rubber hydrogel electrolyte supercapacitors, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. 60(34), 15172-15188. doi:10.1007/s10853-025-11322-6
  8. Farhana, N. K.; Goh, Z. L.; Saidi, Norshahirah Mohamad; Omar, Fatin Saiha; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, S.; Ramesh, K. (2024). Sonochemically tailored Copper Oxide as nanofiller in terpolymer composite gel electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells, MATERIALS TODAY COMMUNICATIONS. 38. doi:10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.107966
  9. Loong, Nicholas Wee Shen; Liew, Jerome; Pershaanaa, M.; Farhana, Nur Khuzaimah; Prasankumar, Thibeorchews; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, K.; Ramesh, S. (2024). Hydrothermally etched MXene-based nanocomposite electrode for supercapattery, JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. 973. doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2024.118678
  10. Pershaanaa, M.; Farhana, N. K.; Kamarulazam, Fathiah; Loh, Kah Hoe; Prasankumar, Thibeorchews; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, K.; Ramesh, S. (2024). Effect of PVDF binder on the performance of Zn-Ni carbonate hydroxide hydrate battery electrode in supercapattery, JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS. 1008. doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.176645
  11. Prasankumar, Thibeorchews; Manoharan, Kaaviah; Farhana, N. K.; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, K.; Ramesh, S.; Ramachandaramurthy, Vigna K. (2024). Advancements and approaches in developing MXene-based hybrid composites for improved supercapacitor electrodes, MATERIALS TODAY SUSTAINABILITY. 28. doi:10.1016/j.mtsust.2024.100963
  12. Zabidi, Alya Sabrina; Kamarulazam, Fathiah; Farhana, N. K.; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, S.; Ramesh, K. (2024). Development and Characterization of Highly Ionic Conductive Hydrogel Electrolytes for Supercapacitors, ENERGY & FUELS. 38(4), 3458-3469. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c03967
  13. Zainuddin, Amir Qayyum; Pershaanaa, M.; Farhana, N. K.; Kamarulazam, Fathiah; Goh, Z. L.; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, K.; Ramesh, S. (2024). Hydrothermally assisted Cr@Zn bimetal sulfide nanoparticles with varying calcination temperature as battery grade material for supercapattery, JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. 952. doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117964
  14. Elizer, N. R.; Farhana, N. K.; Goh, Z. L.; Saidi, Norshahirah M.; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, S.; Ramesh, K.; Sethuprakhash, V (2023). Poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid)-based gel polymer electrolytes incorporated with sodium iodide for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), POLYMER BULLETIN. . doi:10.1007/s00289-022-04573-9
  15. Farhana, Nur Khuzaimah; Omar, Fatin Saiha; Mohamad Saidi, Norshahirah; Ling, Goh Zhi; Bashir, Shahid; Subramaniam, Ramesh; Kasi, Ramesh; Iqbal, Javed; Wageh, Swelm; Algarni, Hamed; Al-Sehemi, Abdullah G. (2022). Modification of DSSC Based on Polymer Composite Gel Electrolyte with Copper Oxide Nanochain by Shape Effect, POLYMERS. 14(16). doi:10.3390/polym14163426
  16. Goh, Z. L.; Saidi, Norshahirah M.; Farhana, N. K.; Bashir, Shahid; Iqbal, Javed; Ramesh, K.; Ramesh, S.; Wageh, S.; Kalam, Abul (2022). Sonochemically synthesized cobalt oxide nanoparticles as an additive for natural polymer iodide electrolyte based dye-sensitized solar cells, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS. 49. doi:10.1016/j.seta.2021.101746
  17. Farhana, N. K., Bashir, S., Ramesh, S., & Ramesh, K. (2021). Augmentation of dye-sensitized solar cell photovoltaic conversion efficiency via incorporation of terpolymer Poly(vinyl butyral-co-vinyl alcohol-co-vinyl acetate) based gel polymer electrolytes. Polymer, 223, 14. doi: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123713
  18. Farhana, N. K.; Saidi, Norshahirah M.; Bashir, Shahid; Ramesh, S.; Ramesh, K. (2021). Review on the Revolution of Polymer Electrolytes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ENERGY & FUELS. 35(23), 19320-19350. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c03039
  19. Ramlee, F., Farhana, N. K., Bashir, S., Saidi, N. M., Omar, F. S., Ramesh, S., . . . Ramesh, S. (2021). Electrical property enhancement of poly (vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene)-based gel polymer electrolyte incorporated with triglyme for electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs). Ionics, 27(1), 361-373. doi: 10.1007/s11581-020-03787-z
  20. Saidi, N. M., Farhana, N. K., Ramesh, S., & Ramesh, K. (2021). Influence of different concentrations of 4-tert-butyl-pyridine in a gel polymer electrolyte towards improved performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC). Solar Energy, 216, 111-119. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.12.058
  21. Saidi, N. M., Goh, Z. L., Arif, H. M., Farhana, N. K., Ramesh, S., & Ramesh, K. (2021). Consolidation of ion promoters into quasi solid-state (QSS) polymer electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Solid State Ionics, 363, 7. doi: 10.1016/j.ssi.2021.115592
  22. Syawal, H., Farhana, N. K., Goh, Z. L., Bashir, S., Saidi, N. M., Rachagan, E., . . . Kasi, R. (2021). Highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells: A comparative study with two different system of solvent-free binary room-temperature ionic liquid-based electrolytes. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 138(44), 15. doi: 10.1002/app.51312
  23. Sundararajan, V.; Farhana, N. K.; Ng, H. M.; Ramesh, S.; Ramesh, K. (2019). Efficiency enhancement study on addition of 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide ionic liquid to the poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) electrolyte system as applied in dye-sensitized solar cells, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS. 129, 252-260. doi:10.1016/j.jpcs.2019.01.016
Scopus
  1. Guan K.H., Farhana N.K., Omar F.S., Saidi N.M., Bashir S., Ramesh S., Ramesh K. (2020). Influence of tetraglyme towards magnesium salt dissociation in solid polymer electrolyte for electric double layer capacitor, Journal of Polymer Research. 27(5). doi:10.1007/s10965-020-02070-z
  2. Poy S.Y., Bashir S., Omar F.S., Saidi N.M., Farhana N.K., Sundararajan V., Ramesh K., Ramesh S. (2020). Poly (1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate) (PVP-co-VAc) based gel polymer electrolytes for electric double layer capacitors (EDLC), Journal of Polymer Research. 27(3). doi:10.1007/s10965-020-2016-x
  3. Tan, C. Y., Saidi, N. M., Farhana, N. K., Omar, F. S., Algaradah, M. M., Bashir, S., . . . Ramesh, K. (2020). Improved ionic conductivity and efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells with the incorporation of 1-methyl-3-propylimidazolium iodide. Ionics, 26(6), 3173-3183. doi:10.1007/s11581-020-03447-2
  4. Yee L.P., Farhana N.K., Omar F.S., Sundararajan V., Bashir S., Saidi N.M., Ramesh S., Ramesh K. (2020). Enhancing efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells based on poly(propylene) carbonate polymer gel electrolytes incorporating double salts, Ionics. 26(1), 493-502. doi:10.1007/s11581-019-03191-2
  5. Farhana N.K., Omar F.S., Shanti R., Mahipal Y.K., Ramesh S., Ramesh K. (2019). Iota-carrageenan-based polymer electrolyte: impact on ionic conductivity with incorporation of AmNTFSI ionic liquid for supercapacitor, Ionics. 25(7), 3321-3329. doi:10.1007/s11581-019-02865-1
  6. Farhana N.K., Ramesh S., Ramesh K. (2019). Efficiency enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cell based gel polymer electrolytes using Poly(vinyl butyral-co-vinyl alcohol-co-vinyl acetate)/tetrapropylammonium iodide, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 91, 414-421. doi:10.1016/j.mssp.2018.12.007
  7. Sugumaran T., Silvaraj D.S., Saidi N.M., Farhana N.K., Ramesh S., Ramesh K., Ramesh S. (2019). The conductivity and dielectric studies of polymer electrolytes based on iota-carrageenan with sodium iodide and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide for the dye-sensitized solar cells, Ionics. 25(2), 763-771. doi:10.1007/s11581-018-2756-3
  8. Sundararajan V., Farhana N.K., Ng H.M., Ramesh S., Ramesh K. (2019). Efficiency enhancement study on addition of 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide ionic liquid to the poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) electrolyte system as applied in dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 129, 252-260. doi:10.1016/j.jpcs.2019.01.016
  9. Syairah A., Khanmirzaei M.H., Saidi N.M., Farhana N.K., Ramesh S., Ramesh K. (2019). Effect of different imidazolium-based ionic liquids on gel polymer electrolytes for dye-sensitized solar cells, Ionics. 25(5), 2427-2435. doi:10.1007/s11581-018-2603-6
  10. Tan C.Y., Omar F.S., Saidi N.M., Farhana N.K., Ramesh S., Ramesh K. (2019). Optimization of poly(vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene)-based gel polymer electrolyte containing nickel phosphate nanoparticles for dye-sensitized solar cell application, Solar Energy. 178, 231-240. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2018.12.043
  11. Tan C.Y., Farhana N.K., Saidi N.M., Ramesh S., Ramesh K. (2018). Conductivity, dielectric studies and structural properties of P(VA-co-PE) and its application in dye sensitized solar cell, Organic Electronics. 56, 116-124. doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2018.02.007
  12. Farhana N.K., Khanmirzaei M.H., Omar F.S., Ramesh S., Ramesh K. (2017). Ionic conductivity improvement in poly (propylene) carbonate-based gel polymer electrolytes using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide (BmimI) ionic liquid for dye-sensitized solar cell application, Ionics. 23(6), 1601-1605. doi:10.1007/s11581-017-1979-z
  13. Farhana N.K., Khanmirzaei M.H., Ramesh S., Ramesh K. (2017). Exploration on polypropylene carbonate polymer for gel polymer electrolyte preparation and dye-sensitized solar cell application, Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 134(29). doi:10.1002/app.45091

RESEARCH PROJECT


National
  1. 2026 - 2026, UM International Collaboration Grant
    COST-EFFECTIVE REAL-TIME IN VITRO ELECTROCHEMICAL IMMUNOSENSING OF CA125 IN OVARIAN CANCER CELLS USING 3D FLOWER-LIKE MOS2/ZNSE- FESE2 NANOSTRUCTURES DERIVED FROM METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK ( Co-Researcher)
University
  1. 2025 - 2026, University Grant
    Synergistic Integration And Computational Modelling Of Palm Biomassbased Activated Carbon Composite For Energy Conversion Device ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2025 - 2026, University Grant
    Fabrication, Characterization and Utilization of Smart Nanocomposite Coating System ( Co-Researcher)

SUPERVISION


Postgraduate Student
  1. (2025) MALAYSIA’S ENERGY TRANSITION FINANCING LANDSCAPE: NAVIGATING POLICY, ACCESS, AND EQUITY IN A CHANGING SOUTHEAST ASIA, SHAHIRAH IZZATI BINTI HISHAMUDIN

COURSE ATTENDED


Internal/ External Course
  1. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND DEVICES 2024 (ICFMD - 2024), PERMAI HOTEL KUALA TERENGGANU (06 Aug 2024 - 08 Aug 2024)