"......... Nissangastwe Nirmohattwam".
"What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean."----- Sir Issac Newton _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Profesor Shigeto OKADA
Professor and Group Leader,
Institute of Materials Chemistry and Engineering,
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN.
Collaboration: We have active collaboration since 2013 on electrochemical analyses of battery insertion materials for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. Apart from non-aqueous battery testing, we also jointly investigate various cathode
materials for aqueous batteries with various electrolytes.
Professor and Group Leader,
Institute of Materials Chemistry and Engineering,
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN.
Collaboration: We have active collaboration since 2013 on electrochemical analyses of battery insertion materials for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. Apart from non-aqueous battery testing, we also jointly investigate various cathode
materials for aqueous batteries with various electrolytes.
Prof. Maxim AVDEEV
Instrument Scientist,
ECHIDNA High-resolution Diffractometer,
Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation, Kirrawee, AUSTRALIA.
Collaboration: Since 2011, we have active collaboration on crystal and magnetic structure determination of various battery insertion materials. It is pursued by low-temperature neutron powder diffraction at ANSTO and data analyses with FullProf suite of program.
Instrument Scientist,
ECHIDNA High-resolution Diffractometer,
Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation, Kirrawee, AUSTRALIA.
Collaboration: Since 2011, we have active collaboration on crystal and magnetic structure determination of various battery insertion materials. It is pursued by low-temperature neutron powder diffraction at ANSTO and data analyses with FullProf suite of program.
Prof. Chris D. LING
Professor and Associate Head,
School of Chemistry,
The University of Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA.
Collaboration: Since 2011, we have active collaboration on crystallography and magnetic properties measurement of variety of battery insertion materials. It is pursued by low-temperature susceptibility measurement and occasional synchrotron powder diffraction.
Professor and Associate Head,
School of Chemistry,
The University of Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA.
Collaboration: Since 2011, we have active collaboration on crystallography and magnetic properties measurement of variety of battery insertion materials. It is pursued by low-temperature susceptibility measurement and occasional synchrotron powder diffraction.
Prof. Rajeev AHUJA
Professor of Materials Theory,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
Uppsala University, Uppsala, SWEDEN.
Collaboration: We have active collaboration on theoretical study of battery insertion materials since 2014. Various polyanionic insertion materials are being investigated using first principle density functional theory (DFT) calculations shedding light on their electronic and electrochemical properties.
Professor of Materials Theory,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
Uppsala University, Uppsala, SWEDEN.
Collaboration: We have active collaboration on theoretical study of battery insertion materials since 2014. Various polyanionic insertion materials are being investigated using first principle density functional theory (DFT) calculations shedding light on their electronic and electrochemical properties.
Prof. Valerie PRALONG
Professor of Materials Chemistry,
ENSICAEN, CNRS CRISMAT,
Normandie University, Caen, FRANCE.
Collaboration: We have started collaborative research on various polyanionic framework insertion materials for rechargeable batteries since 2017. Using solvothermal (soft chemistry) synthesis and various electrochemical characterization, we are trying to discover new battery insertion materials.
Professor of Materials Chemistry,
ENSICAEN, CNRS CRISMAT,
Normandie University, Caen, FRANCE.
Collaboration: We have started collaborative research on various polyanionic framework insertion materials for rechargeable batteries since 2017. Using solvothermal (soft chemistry) synthesis and various electrochemical characterization, we are trying to discover new battery insertion materials.
Prof. Stefan ADAMS
Professor of Materials Science,
Department of Materials Science & Engineering,
National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE.
Collaboration: Since 2015, we have collaborative research effort on secondary battery materials. Prof. Adams has
taught our group Bond Valence Site Energy (BVSE) calculations using Soft BV approach. It renders insights on
ionic mobility and diffusion pathways illustration in open framework materials.
Professor of Materials Science,
Department of Materials Science & Engineering,
National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE.
Collaboration: Since 2015, we have collaborative research effort on secondary battery materials. Prof. Adams has
taught our group Bond Valence Site Energy (BVSE) calculations using Soft BV approach. It renders insights on
ionic mobility and diffusion pathways illustration in open framework materials.
Prof. Madhavi SRINIVASAN
Professor of Materials Science,
School of Materials Science & Engineering,
Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE.
Collaboration: Since 2018, we have started collaborative research work on physical and electrochemical
characterisations of secondary battery materials. We intend to work on new insertion compounds for both
aqueous and non-aqueous batteries with focus on Na-ion and Zn-ion batteries.
Professor of Materials Science,
School of Materials Science & Engineering,
Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE.
Collaboration: Since 2018, we have started collaborative research work on physical and electrochemical
characterisations of secondary battery materials. We intend to work on new insertion compounds for both
aqueous and non-aqueous batteries with focus on Na-ion and Zn-ion batteries.
Prof. S. B. KRUPANIDHI
Professor & J.C. Bose Fellow,
Materials Research Centre,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, INDIA.
Collaboration: From 2016 onwards, we are having an active collaboration with Prof. Krupanidhi. He has kindly
extended pulsed laser deposition facility, which is being used to develop thin-film micro-batteries.
Professor & J.C. Bose Fellow,
Materials Research Centre,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, INDIA.
Collaboration: From 2016 onwards, we are having an active collaboration with Prof. Krupanidhi. He has kindly
extended pulsed laser deposition facility, which is being used to develop thin-film micro-batteries.
Prof. M. ESWARAMOORTHY
Professor of Materials Chemistry,
Chemistry & Physics of Materials Unit,
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, INDIA.
Collaboration: Since 2018, Prof. Eswaramoorthy group has been kindly helping us with the electrocatalysis
experiments on our battery insertion materials. We are trying to survey low cost battery materials with potential
application in water splitting and metal-air batteries.
Professor of Materials Chemistry,
Chemistry & Physics of Materials Unit,
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, INDIA.
Collaboration: Since 2018, Prof. Eswaramoorthy group has been kindly helping us with the electrocatalysis
experiments on our battery insertion materials. We are trying to survey low cost battery materials with potential
application in water splitting and metal-air batteries.
Dr. Sudhindra RAYAPROL
Scientist - F,
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Unit,
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, INDIA.
Collaboration: Since 2016, we have collaboration with Dr. Rayaprol for (low-temperature) neutron diffraction
and magnetic structure investigation on various battery insertion materials.
Scientist - F,
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Unit,
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, INDIA.
Collaboration: Since 2016, we have collaboration with Dr. Rayaprol for (low-temperature) neutron diffraction
and magnetic structure investigation on various battery insertion materials.
Prof. Manickam SASIDHARAN
Professor of Chemistry,
SRM Research Institute and Department of Chemistry,
SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, INDIA.
Collaboration: Starting 2018, we have set-up collaboration with the dynamic group led by Prof. Sasidharan at
SRM University. We are jointly working on various Li-ion and post Li-ion battery materials. Prof. Sasidharan has
kindly extended his wonderful state-of-the-art facility involving in-situ X-ray diffraction and HRTEM microscopy.
Professor of Chemistry,
SRM Research Institute and Department of Chemistry,
SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, INDIA.
Collaboration: Starting 2018, we have set-up collaboration with the dynamic group led by Prof. Sasidharan at
SRM University. We are jointly working on various Li-ion and post Li-ion battery materials. Prof. Sasidharan has
kindly extended his wonderful state-of-the-art facility involving in-situ X-ray diffraction and HRTEM microscopy.
