IIT Bombay Chemical Engineering

Bharatkumar Suthar

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Address
Department of Chemical Engineering

Designation
Associate Professor

Full Name
Prof. Bharatkumar Suthar
Email
bharat.k.suthar@iitb.ac.in

 

Profiles

 

Background

  1. B.Tech., Department of Chemical Engineering, IITB, Powai, Mumbai, India, 2005-2009

  2. M.Sc., Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (WUStL), MO, USA, 2011-2013

  3. Ph.D. (with Prof. Venkat Subramanian), Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (WUStL), MO, USA, 2011-2015

  4. Postdoctoral Researcher (with Prof. Paul Kohl), School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2015-2017

  5. Postdoctoral Researcher (with Prof. Hubert Gasteiger), Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, 2017-2019

 

Research Interests:

  1. Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation: Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies

    • Batteries: Li-ion, Na-ion, Li-S, Zn etc batteries,

    • Fuel cells and Electrolyzers 

  2. Parameter Determination:

    • Transport parameters: ionic and electroinc resistance (tortuosity), diffusion coefficients etc.

    • Kinetic parameters: function of lithiation degree and lithium ion concentrations.

    • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS): Design of Experiments and modeling of EIS (based on physical processes rather than fitting circuit elements).

  3. Inhomogeneity in transport parameters

  4. Fast Charging and Optimal Design of Li-ion batteries

    • Addressing plating side reaction

    • Adderssing particle cracking