IIT Bombay Chemical Engineering

Bharat's Research Group

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Publications:

  1. Y. Sethi, Y. Li,and B. Suthar—Semi-Analytical Methodology to Correct Polarization Curve to Measure Tafel Slope for an Electronic Resistance Laden Catalyst Layer, ECS Advances (2025)

  2. S. Helmer, R. Morasch, J. Keilhofer, H.A. Gasteiger and B. Suthar—LiC6 Phase Mobility in Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite, Journal of The Electrochemical Society (2025) (Link)

  3. R Gupta, A Sarkar, AK Suresh, B Suthar—Electrochemical Impedance based Characterization of Membrane Separators, ECS Advances 4 (1), 014501 (2025) (Link)

  4. J. Keilhofer, F. A. Dorau, H.Hsiao, B. Suthar and R. Daub, Method—Impedance Modeling of Lithium Plating During Fast Charging of Lithium-Ion Cells to Derive Monitoring Strategies, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 171, 11, (2024) (Link)

  5. L. Reuter, J. L. S. Dickmanns, B. Strehle, L. Hartmann, F. Maglia, R. Jung, B. Suthar, H. A. Gasteiger, Methods–Temperature-Dependent Gassing Analysis by On-Line Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry of Lithium-Ion Battery Cells with Commercial Electrolytes, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 171 050551 (2024) (Link)

  6. R Morasch, HA Gasteiger, B Suthar, Li-Ion Battery Material Impedance Analysis II: Graphite and Solid Electrolyte Interphase Kinetics, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 171 (5), 050548 (2024) (Link)

  7. B. Choudhury, B. Suthar, Analytical Solutions to Characterize Through-Plane Inhomogeneity of Porous Electrodes Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, (2023) (JES Link, Download)

  8. R. Morasch, H. A. Gasteiger, B. Suthar, Li-Ion Battery Active Material Impedance Analysis I: Comparison of Measured NCM 111 Kinetics with ButlerVolmer Equation Based Predictions, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, (2023) (Link).

  9. Y. Li, D. Menga, H. A. Gasteiger, B. Suthar, Design of PGM-Free Cathode Catalyst Layers for PEMFC Applications: The Impact of Electronic Conductivity, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, (2023) (JES Link)

  10. B. Choudhury, A.S. Jangale, B. Suthar, Warburg Conductivity for Binary Electrolyte for Enabling Electrolyte Screening and Efficient Battery Operations, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, (2023) (Link, JES Link)

  11. A. Mishra, V. R. Subramanian, B. Suthar, Hexic Polynomial Approximation for Spherical Diffusion to Accelerate Accurate Lithium-Ion Battery Simulation, J. Electrochem. Soc. 169 120532 (2022) (Link, JES Link)

  12. R. Morasch, J. Keilhofer, H. Gasteiger, B. Suthar, Methods—Understanding Porous Electrode Impedance and the Implications for the Impedance Analysis of Li-Ion Battery Electrodes. J. Electrochem. Soc., 168 080519 (2021). (Link)

  13. R. Morasch, B. Suthar, H. A. Gasteiger, Simple Way of Making Free-Standing Battery Electrodes and their Use in Enabling Half-Cell Impedance Measurements via μ-Reference Electrode. J. Electrochem. Soc. 167, 100540 (2020). (Link)

  14. B. Suthar, J. Landesfeind, A. Eldiven, H. A. Gasteiger, Method to Determine the In-Plane Tortuosity of Porous Electrodes. J. Electrochem. Soc. 165, A2008-A2018 (2018). (Link)

  15. R. Morasch, J. Landesfeind, B. Suthar, H. A. Gasteiger, Detection of Binder Gradients Using Impedance Spectroscopy and Their Influence on the Tortuosity of Li-Ion Battery Graphite Electrodes. J. Electrochem. Soc. 165, A3459-A3467 (2018). (Link)

  16. M. A. Husted, B. Suthar, G. H. Goodall, A. M. Newman, P. A. Kohl, Coordinating microgrid procurement decisions with a dispatch strategy featuring a concentration gradient. Appl. Energ. 219, 394-407 (2018). (Link)

  17. G. Goodall, M. Scioletti, A. Zolan, B. Suthar, A. Newman, and P. Kohl., Optimal design and dispatch of a hybrid microgrid system capturing battery fade. Optimization and Engineering 20, 179-213 (2018). (Link)

  18. T. S. Chadha, B. Suthar, D. Rife, V. R. Subramanian, P. Biswas, Model Based Analysis of One-Dimensional Oriented Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes. J. Electrochem. Soc. 164, E3114-E3121 (2017). (Link)

  19. B. Suthar, P. W. C. Northrop, D. Rife, V. R. Subramanian, Effect of Porosity, Thickness and Tortuosity on Capacity Fade of Anode. J. Electrochem. Soc. 162, A1708-A1717 (2015). (Link)

  20. M. T. Lawder, V. Ramadesigan, B. Suthar, V. R. Subramanian, Extending explicit and linearly implicit ODE solvers for index-1 DAEs. Computers & Chemical Engineering 82, 283-292 (2015). (Link)

  21. B. Suthar, V. R. Subramanian, Lithium Intercalation in Core-Shell Materials–Theoretical Analysis. J. Electrochem. Soc. 161, A682-A692 (2014). (Link)

  22. B. Suthar, V. Ramadesigan, S. De, R. D. Braatz, V. R. Subramanian, Optimal charging profiles for mechanically constrained lithium-ion batteries. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 277-287 (2014). (Link)

  23. B. Suthar, P. W. C. Northrop, R. D. Braatz, V. R. Subramanian, Optimal Charging Profiles with Minimal Intercalation-Induced Stresses for Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Reformulated Pseudo 2-Dimensional Models. J. Electrochem. Soc. 161, F3144-F3155 (2014). (Link)

  24. P.W. C. Northrop, B. Suthar, V. Ramadesigan, S. Santhanagopalan, R. Braatz, and V. Subramanian, Efficient Simulation and Reformulation of Lithium-Ion Battery Models for Enabling Electric Transportation. J. Electrochem. Soc. 161, E3149-E3157 (2014). (Link)

  25. M. T. Lawder, B. Suthar, P.W. C. Northrop, S. De, M. Hoff, O. Leitermann, M. L Crow, S. Santhanagopalan, and V. Subramanian, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Battery Management System (BMS) for Grid-Scale Applications. Proceedings of the IEEE 102, 1014-1030 (2014). (Link)

  26. S. De, B. Suthar, D. Rife, G. Sikha, V. R. Subramanian, Efficient Reformulation of Solid Phase Diffusion in Electrochemical-Mechanical Coupled Models for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Effect of Intercalation Induced Stresses. J. Electrochem. Soc. 160, A1675-A1683 (2013). (Link)

 

Conference Proceedings:

  1. B. Suthar et al. (2013) Optimal control and state estimation of lithium-ion batteries using reformulated models. in 2013 American Control Conference, pp 5350-5355. (Link)

  2. B. Suthar, D. Sonawane, R. D. Braatz, V. R. Subramanian, Optimal Low Temperature Charging of Lithium-ion Batteries. IFAC-PapersOnLine 48, 1216-1221 (2015). (Link)

 

USA Patent:

  1. Subramanian, V., Ramdesigan, V., Northrop, P., De, S., Suthar, B. K., & Lawder, M. (2018). Systems and methods for improving battery performance. In: US Patent App. 14/079,490.

 

Conference Presentations: (Presenter underlined)

  1. A. Mishra, A. S. Jangale, V. R. Subramanian and B. Suthar. Frequency Response Informed Order Reduction Approaches for Pseudo-2D Model for Li-Ion Batteries, 244th ECS meeting, Sweden, (2023).

  1. B. Choudhury, A. S. Jangale, and B. Suthar. Defining Warburg Conductivity for Binary Electrolytes to Simplify Concentration Overpotential Calculation, 244th ECS meeting, Sweden, (2023).

  1. A. Mishra, V. R. Subramanian, B. Suthar. “Hexic Polynomial Approximation for Spherical Diffusion to Accelerate Accurate Lithium-Ion Battery Simulation”, International Chemical Engineering Conference, IIT Patna, India (2022)

  1. S. Helmer, R. Morasch, H. A. Gasteiger, and B. Suthar. "LiC6 Phase Mobility in Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG)." Meeting Abstracts 242, no. 3, pp. 266-266. The Electrochemical Society, (2022).

  1. Y. Li, B. Suthar, D. Menga, and H. A. Gasteiger. "Layer Design for PGM-Free Catalysts for PEMFCs: Impact of Electrical Conductivity & Diagnostic Tools." Meeting Abstracts prime2020, pp. 2139-2139. The Electrochemical Society, (2020).

  1. R. Morasch, B. Suthar, J. Keilhofer, and H. A. Gasteiger. "Understanding Graphite Impedance: Determining Solid Electrolyte Interphase, Charge Transfer, and Pore Resistance." Meeting Abstracts 237, pp. 414-414. The Electrochemical Society (2020).

  1. R. Morasch, B. Suthar and H. A. Gasteiger. A critical analysis of impedance derived tortuosities – Influence of homogeneity, film resistance and pore resistance on the impedance response and its effect on the performance on of LiB electrodes, Modval (2019)

  1. B. Suthar, J. Landesfeind, R. Morasch, A. Eldiven and H. A. Gasteiger, Method to Determine in-Plane Tortuosity of Battery Electrodes and Its Dependence on Particle Shape, Binder Content, and Porosity, Meeting Abstracts, p. 245, The Electrochemical Society (2018).

  1. R. Morasch, B. Suthar, J. B. Habedank, J. Landesfeind, M. F. Zaehb and H. A. Gasteiger, Experimental Validation of Simulated Ionic Resistances in Laser-Structured Electrodes Meeting Abstracts, ModVal (2018).

  1. R. Morasch, J. Landesfeind, B. Suthar and H. A. Gasteiger, Facile Detection of Binder Gradients Using Impedance Spectroscopy and Their Influence on the Tortuosity of Li-Ion Battery Electrode, Meeting Abstracts, p. 240, The Electrochemical Society (2018).

  1. B. Suthar, M. Scioletti, A. Newman and P. A. Kohl, Development and Implementation of Lithium-Ion Battery Performance and Capacity Fade Models for Resource Planning Tools, Meeting Abstracts, p. 17, The Electrochemical Society (2016).

  1. B. Suthar, P. A. Kohl, A. Newman and M. Scioletti, Simplified Model of a Redox Flow Battery for Deriving Design and Dispatch Strategies in a Resource Planning Tool, Meeting Abstracts, AIChE Annual Meeting (2016).

  1. B. Suthar, P. W. Northrop and V. Subramanian, Effect of Porosity Distribution on Intercalation-Induced Stresses and Plating Reaction in Li-Ion Battery, Meeting Abstracts, p. 129, The Electrochemical Society (2015).

  1. D. Sonawane, B. Suthar, M. Pathak, S. Santhanagopalan and V. Subramanian, Model Based Dynamic Optimization Strategies for Li-Ion Batteries, Meeting Abstracts, p. 612, The Electrochemical Society (2015).

  1. S. B. Lee, T. Soundappan, B. Suthar, D. Sonawane and V. R. Subramanian, Modeling and Analysis of All-Vanadium Redox Static Cells, Meeting Abstracts, p. 668, The Electrochemical Society (2015).

  1. B. Suthar, P. W. Northrop, S. Santhanagopalan and V. R. Subramanian, Model Based Optimal Control Strategies for Lithium-Ion Batteries-Theoretical Analysis of Performance Gains, Meeting Abstracts, p. 143, The Electrochemical Society (2014).

  1. B. Suthar, P. W. Northrop, S. De, V. Ramadesigan, R. D. Braatz and V. R. Subramanian, Optimal Charging Profile for Mechanically Constrained Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Reformulated Pseudo Two Dimensional Models, Meeting Abstracts, p. 321, The Electrochemical Society (2014).

  1. B. Suthar, P. W. Northrop, R. D. Braatz and V. R. Subramanian, Optimal Charging Profile for Lithium-Ion Batteries at Subzero Temperatures, Meeting Abstracts, p. 35, The Electrochemical Society (2014).

  1. M. Ramanathan, S. De, D. Rife, B. K. Suthar, T. Soundappan, V. R. Subramanian, K. L. Hawthorne, J. Wainright, R. F. Savinell and V. K. Ramani, Two Dimensional Electrokinetic Modeling of Porous Rotating Graphite Felt Electrodes for Flow Batteries, Meeting Abstracts, p. 385, The Electrochemical Society (2014).

  1. M. Pathak, D. Sonawane, B. Suthar, D. Rife and V. R. Subramanian, Moving Battery Models to Low-Cost Microcontrollers for Enabling Electric Transportation, Meeting Abstracts, p. 39, The Electrochemical Society (2014).

  1. P. W. Northrop, S. De, B. Suthar and V. R. Subramanian, Model Reformulation for Coupled Electrochemical-Mechanical Pseudo Two-Dimensional Model, Meeting Abstracts, p. 320, The Electrochemical Society (2014).

  1. B. Suthar, V. Ramadesigan, P. W. Northrop, S. Santhanagopalan, R. D. Braatz and V. R. Subramanian, Real Time State Estimation of Reformulated Lithium-Ion Battery Model for Advanced Battery Management Systems (BMS), Meeting Abstracts, p. 294, The Electrochemical Society (2013).

  1. B. Suthar, V. Ramadesigan, P. W. Northrop, B. Gopaluni, S. Santhanagopalan, R. D. Braatz and V. R. Subramanian, Optimal control and state estimation of lithium-ion batteries using reformulated models, 2013 American Control Conference, p. 5350, IEEE (2013).

  1. B. Suthar, V. Ramadesigan, S. De, R. D. Braatz and V. R. Subramanian, Optimal Charging Profile for Mechanically Constrained Lithium Ion Batteries, Meeting Abstracts, p. 253, The Electrochemical Society (2013).

  1. V. Ramadesigan, B. Suthar, P. W. Northrop, S. Santhanagopalan, R. D. Braatz and V. R. Subramanian, Optimal Control of Li-Ion Batteries Based on Reformulated Models, Meeting Abstracts, p. 293, The Electrochemical Society (2013).

  1. P. W. Northrop, B. K. Suthar and V. R. Subramanian, Model Reformulation for Lithium-Ion Battery Simulation, Meeting Abstracts, p. 256, The Electrochemical Society (2013).

  1. M. T. Lawder, A. Jagwani, B. Suthar, V. Ramadesigan, P. Biswas and V. R. Subramanian, Modeling of a Lithium-Ion Battery-Photovoltaic Solar Cell Hybrid System, Meeting Abstracts, p. 1036, The Electrochemical Society (2013).

  1. S. De, B. Suthar and V. R. Subramanian, Efficient Reformulation of Pressure Induced Solid Phase Diffusion in Coupled Electrochemical-Mechanical Models for Lithium Ion Batteries, Meeting Abstracts, p. 266, The Electrochemical Society (2013).

  1. B. Suthar, V. Ramadesigan, P. W. Northrop, W. Sung and V. Subramanian, Towards Onboard Battery Management Systems Using Physics-Based Efficient Reformulated Models, Meeting Abstracts, p. 486, The Electrochemical Society (2012).