Dr. Almagul Mentbayeva is a postdoctoral scholar at School of Engineering, Nazarbayev University, PhD in Chemiсal Engineering (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University). She is a winner of award “Science Leader” by the Thomson Reuters for the paper in Nature Publication Group Asia Materials. She has excellent publications (h-index = 6).
Research interests
Energy storage systems; advanced materials for Li-ion batteries; self-assembly of macromolecules at surfaces; responsive polymer multilayers; electrochemistry, polymer synthesis; polymer electrolytes.
Awards
2016: Award “Science Leader” by the Thomson Reuters
2016: Co-supervisor of Project selected for National Pavilion at EXPO-2017
2015: Marie-Curie Fellowship
2012: Award of the foundation of the Fist President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the best research project
Membership of Professional Bodies
American Chemical Society (ACS), Electrochemical Society (ECS)
Research Projects
High energy density polymer lithium-sulfur battery for renewable energy, electric transport and electronics (5156/GF4). Funded by MES RK 40 mln tenge for 2015-2017 years. Insititute of Batteries LLC. PI
Developement of the safe three-dimentional lithoum-sulfur batteries (project of Targeted progran on electrochemistry of Al-Farabi KazNU) Funded by MES RK 11 mln tenge for 2015-2017 years. Institute of Batteries LLC. Co-PI
Development of Innovative Rechargeable Aqueous Lithium-Ion Battery for Large Scale Energy Storage. funded by NU Research University Development program about 100 mln tenge for 2014-2016 years. NU, ORAU score 7.33. Co-PI
Flexible free-standing Na4Mn9O18/reduced graphene oxide composite film as a cathode for sodium rechargeable hybrid aqueous batteryYuan, G., Xiang, J., Jin, H., Jin, Y., Wu, L., Zhang, Y., Mentbayeva, A., Bakenov, Z.,
2018 In : Electrochimica Acta. 259, p. 647-654
Enhanced electrochemical performance of sulfur/polyacrylonitrile composite by carbon coating for lithium/sulfur batteriesPeng, H., Wang, X., Zhao, Y., Tan, T., Mentbayeva, A., Bakenov, Z., Zhang, Y.,
2017 In : Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 19, 10,
Facile Synthesis of SiO2@C Nanoparticles Anchored on MWNT as High-Performance Anode Materials for Li-ion BatteriesZhao, Y., Liu, Z., Zhang, Y., Mentbayeva, A., Wang, X., Maximov, M., Liu, B., Bakenov, Z., Yin, F.,
2017 In : Nanoscale Research Letters. 12,
3D Ordered Macroporous Carbon Encapsulated ZnO Nanoparticles as a High-Performance Anode for Lithium-Ion BatteriesZhang, C., Zhang, Z., Yin, F., Zhang, Y., Mentbayeva, A., Babaa, M., Molkenova, A., Bakenov, Z.,
2017 In : ChemElectroChem.
High performance freestanding composite cathode for lithium-sulfur batteriesMentbayeva, A., Belgibayeva, A., Umirov, N., Zhang, Y., Taniguchi, I., Kurmanbayeva, I., Bakenov, Z.,
2016 In : Electrochimica Acta. 217, p. 242-248
Nickel Hexacyanoferrate Nanoparticles as a Low Cost Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion BatteriesOmarova, M., Koishybay, A., Yesibolati, N., Mentbayeva, A., Umirov, N., Ismailov, K., Adair, D., Babaa, M., Kurmanbayeva, I., Bakenov, Z.,
2015 In : Electrochimica Acta. 184, p. 58-63
Nickel Hexacyanoferrate Nanoparticles as a Low Cost Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion BatteriesOmarova, M., Koishybay, A., Yesibolati, N., Mentbayeva, A., Umirov, N., Ismailov, K., Adair, D., Babaa, M., Kurmanbayeva, I., Bakenov, Z.,
2015 In : Electrochimica Acta. 184, p. 58-63
A Free-Standing Sulfur/Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube Electrode for High-Performance Lithium/Sulfur BatteriesZhao, Y., Yin, F., Zhang, Y., Zhang, C., Mentbayeva, A., Umirov, N., Xie, H., Bakenov, Z.,
2015 In : Nanoscale Research Letters. 10, 1, p. 1-6
Small-molecule-hosting nanocomposite films with multiple bacteria-triggered responsesPavlukhina, S., Zhuk, I., Mentbayeva, A., Rautenberg, E., Chang, W., Yu, X., Van De Belt-Gritter, B., Busscher, H., Van Der Mei, H., Sukhishvili, S.,
2014 In : NPG Asia Materials. 6, 8,
Noneluting enzymatic antibiofilm coatingsPavlukhina, S., Kaplan, J., Xu, L., Chang, W., Yu, X., Madhyastha, S., Yakandawala, N., Mentbayeva, A., Khan, B., Sukhishvili, S.,
2012 In : ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 4, 9, p. 4708-4716
Polymer-metal complexes in polyelectrolyte multilayer films as catalysts for oxidation of tolueneMentbayeva, A., Ospanova, A., Tashmuhambetova, Z., Sokolova, V., Sukhishvili, S.,
2012 In : Langmuir. 28, 32, p. 11948-11955
Usage of layer-by-layer method for obtaining polyelectrolyte multilayer films containing transition metal cationsMentbayeva, A., Ospanova, A.,
2012 In : Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal. 14, 2, p. 169-176