New materials and new processes of electrodes for advanced Li-ion batteries
Cost-effective or cobalt-free cathode materials and Flammable Resistant (FR) electrolytes for Li-ion battery
To improve the safety of the cell as compared to the Conventional Li-ion battery
Alternative energy storage technologies (e.g. Na-ion, Li-air, Li-S etc.), including solid-state batteries
Develop innovative processes for recycling batteries
Optimised 3D printing processes to improve the capacity, charge acceptance and cycle life
Slurry mixture, Film coater, Hot air over, Muffle Furnace
Controlled atmosphere tube furnaces
Stirrer Reactors
Publications
Chanakya Karra, Praneash Venkatachalam, Kamala Kumari Duru, Pardha Saradhi Maram, Asha Anish Madhavan and Sujith Kalluri. Application-Driven Industrial-Scale Manufacturing of Li/Na-Ion Battery Cathodes: Current Status and Future Perspective, Journal of The Electrochemical Society (Q1), 2021. (IF - 3.9)
Kamala Duru, Praneash Venkatachalam, Chanakya Karra, Asha Anish Madhavan, Karthikeyan Elumalai and Sujith Kalluri. Lithium-Ion Battery Model Parameters Estimation Using Equivalent Circuit Model for E-mobility Applications, ECS Transactions (Q4), 2022.
Praneash Venkatachalam, Chanakya Karra, Kamala Kumari Duru, Pardha Saradhi Maram, Asha Anish Madhavan and Sujith Kalluri. Challenges and Benchmarking in Scale-Up of Ni-Rich Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries, Journal of The Electrochemical Society (Q1), 2022. (IF - 3.9)
Kamala Kumari Duru, Praneash Venkatachalam, Chanakya Karra, Asha Anish Madhavan, Sangaraju Sambasivam, Sujith Kalluri. Equivalent Circuit Model Parameters Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Cuckoo Search Algorithm, Journal of The Electrochemical Society ( Q1), 2022. (IF - 3.9)
Praneash Venkatachalam, Chanakya Karra, Kamala Kumari Duru, Pardha Saradhi Maram, Sangaraju Sambasivam, Hua Kun Liu, Sujith Kalluri. Critical Perspective on the Industry-centred Engineering of Single-Crystalline Ni-rich Cathodes, ChemNanoMat (Q1), 2023. (IF - 3.8)
Sumit Khatua, Y. Bhaskara Rao, K. Ramakrushna Achary, L. N. Patro. Li-ion transport studies of NASICON-type LiZr2(PO4)3 solid electrolyte crystallizing in rhombohedral structure at room temperature. Surfaces and Interfaces (Q1), 2023. (IF - 6.2)
Y. Bhaskara Rao, Y. Saisrinu, Sumit Khatua, K. Kamala Bharathi, L. N. Patro. Nitrogen doped soap-nut seeds derived hard carbon as an efficient anode material for Na-ion batteries, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Q1), 2023. (IF - 6.2)
Katapalli Ramakrushna Achary, Yenduri Bhaskara Rao, Ramesh Kumar Kamadurai, Laxmi Narayana Patro. Mechanochemical synthesis and fluoride ion conductivity studies in SrSnF4 polymorphs. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Q1), 2023. (IF - 3.7)
Y. Bhaskara Rao, K. Ramakrushna Achary K. Kamala Bharathi, L. N. Patro. Enhanced ionic conductivity of Na-excess Na3Zr2Si2PO12 solid electrolyte by tuning its elemental composition and sintering temperature. Journal of Materials Scince (Q1), 2023. (IF - 4.5)
Y.Bhaskara Rao, K. Ramakrushna Achary, L.N. Patro. Enhanced electrochemical performance of the Na3V2(PO4)3/C cathode material upon doping with Mn/Fe for Na-ion batteries, ACS Omega (Q1), 2022. (IF - 4.1)
K. Ramakrushna Achary, Y Bhaskara Rao, D. Bhosale L N Patro. Fast ion transport in mechanochemically synthesized SnF2 based solid electrolyte, NH4Sn2F5, Solid State Ionics (Q2), 2022. (IF - 3.2)
Patent
Pankaj Pathak, Pardha Sarathi M., Sujith Kalluri (2023) “A method for recovering metals and metal oxides from waste Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries”, Application No. 202241072287.
