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Funeka Phumzile Nkosi

Membership since: 2025
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Awards
November 2015 Best MSc student
April 2013 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -MSc Studentship
May 2015 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -PhD Studentship
September 2015 CSIR Emerging young researcher - best PhD oral presentation
June 2016 DST/NRF nanotechnology symposium: Best student oral presentation

Degrees:

2015
Master     Chemical Sciences
Research and innovation on lithium-ion batteries for applications in portable electronics and electric vehicles

Publications resulting from Research
1. Kumar Raju, Funeka P. Nkosi, Elumalai Viswanathan, Mkhulu K. Mathe, Krishnan Damodaranc and Kenneth I. Ozoemena. Microwave-enhanced electrochemical cycling performance of the LiNi0.2Mn1.8O4 spinel cathode material at elevated temperature, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, (2016), 13074-13083.
2. Funeka Nkosi, Charl J. Jafta, Mesfin Kebede, Lukas le Roux, Mkhulu K. Mathe
and Kenneth I. Ozoemena, Microwave-Assisted Optimization of the Manganese Redox States for Enhanced Capacity and Capacity Retention of LiAlxMn2-xO4 (x = 0 and 0.3) Spinel Materials, RSC Adv., 5, (2015), 32256-32262.
3. Charl J. Jafta, Funeka Nkosi, Lukas le Roux, Mesfin Kebede, Katlego Makgopa, Mkhulu K. Mathe, Ncholu Manyala, Munetaka Oyama, and Kenneth I. Ozoemena. Tuning Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide for a High-Voltage Aqueous Asymmetric Electrochemical Capacitor, ECS Transactions, 50 (43) (2013) 93-101.
4. Charl J. Jafta, Funeka Nkosi, Lukas le Roux, Mkhulu K. Mathe, Mesfin Kebede, Katlego Makgopa, Yang Song, Dennis Tong, Munetaka Oyama, Ncholu Manyala, Shaowei Chen and Kenneth I. Ozoemena. Manganese Oxide/Graphene Oxide Composites for High-Energy Aqueous Asymmetric Electrochemical Capacitor, Electrochimica Acta, 110 (2013) 228-233

5th CSIR Emerging Researcher Symposium
2025
icon-pin-location Pretoria, South Africa,
227th ECS Meeting,
2025
icon-pin-location Chicago, Illinois, USA
4th CSIR Emerging Researcher Symposium
2025
icon-pin-location CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa,
The first post UNESCO and UN ECOSOC youth forum in Africa
2025
icon-pin-location Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa

5th CSIR Emerging Researcher Symposium
2025
icon-pin-location Pretoria, South Africa
227th ECS Meeting
2025
icon-pin-location Chicago, Illinois, USA,
4th CSIR Emerging Researcher Symposium
2025
icon-pin-location Pretoria, South Africa
Scientific Writing for Scientists and Engineers.
2025
icon-pin-location Chicago, Illinois, USA,
Southern African Powder Diffraction Conference and Workshop.
2025
icon-pin-location Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa,