Research Areas
Oxygen ion conduction in Solid oxide fuel cells
Fast oxygen ion movement within a solid oxide fuel cell is crucial for achieving high power density. We are currently investigating the effect of local cation environment, defects in the oxide material and many-body interactions on the ionic conductivity of oxygen ions.
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Nanoporosity formation during selective dissolution from metal alloy
Synthesizing high-porosity and -surface area metal alloy nanomaterials via selective dissolution of the electroactive metal is rapidly gaining attractiveness due to the potential applications of these materials including catalysis, battery, supercapacitor and templates. We are interested in gaining crucial insights into the structural evolution which could in future aid in systematic design of these materials.
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How constituent metal atoms of a metal alloy arrange themselves within a nanostructure is of crucial importance to the properties of the material. We are developing new theory for predicting thermodynamic behavior of nanoalloy particles.
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Nanostructural materials are dynamic systems that can structurally evolve over long periods of time. Therefore it becomes important that we are able to understand the underlying mechanisms for their evolution.
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Movement of Li in battery electrodes is studied in order to understand the underlying mechanisms, the effect of the local environment. In addition, we are interested in learning more about capacity fading mechanisms in lithium ion batteries.
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People
PostDoctoral-Researches
Research-Staff
PhD Scholar (Chemical Engineering)
Assistant Professor in BITS Pilani
Venkataramana is presently at IIT Madras.
Srikanth Divi is presently at University College London.
Jaipal is presently at Applied Materials
PhD Scholar (Chemical Engineering)
PhD Scholar (Chemical Engineering)