Associate Professor and Chief Club Advisor

Dr Sujith Kalluri

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Interests

  1. Electronic Analysis of Renewable Energy Storage Systems
  2. Industrial-scale Manufacturing and Advanced Rechargeable Battery Electronic Materials
  3. Design of Rechargeable Battery Systems

Faculty Details

Education

2016

University of Wollongong, Australia
Ph.D.

2012

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India
M.Tech.

2010

Acharya Nagarjuna University, India
B.Tech.

Experience

  • Oct 2022 – April 2024 – Associate Professor – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amaravati Campus, India.
  • Feb 2018 – Sep 2022 – Assistant Professor – SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh, India.
  • Nov 2016 – Jan 2018 – Postdoctoral Research Associate – Samsung-UNIST Battery R&D Center, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea.
  • Jun 2016 - Oct 2016 - Career Launch Researcher - Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Australia.
  • Jul 2016 - Oct 2016 - Engineering Instructor - Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia.

Research Interest

  • In depth electronic analysis of the battery systems while their functioning in the real-time applications
  • Design of energy storage systems with emphasis on the improvement of the electronic and electrochemical properties

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2024 - Amrita Innovation and Research Award - Research Publication, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India.
  • 2022 - Hon. Secretary, IETE Vijayawada Centre.
  • 2022 - ICTSGS Service Award for Sustainable Development Goals, ICTSGS Conference, USA.
  • 2021 - Senior Member, IEEE, USA.
  • 2017 - Young Scientist Award, Venus International Foundation, India.
  • 2016 - Examiners' Commendation for Outstanding PhD Thesis, University of Wollongong, Australia.
  • 2015 - ISEM PhD Student Excellence Award 2014, University of Wollongong, Australia.
  • 2014 - First Prize Winner, Auto CRC Research Image Competition, Australia.
  • 2014 - Winner, Wiley-VCH 'Small' journal Best Poster Award at the 5th Australia-China Conference on Science, Technology and Education in conjunction with the 5th Australia-China Symposium on Materials Science, University of Wollongong, Australia.
  • 2014 - UOW - ANSTO Collaboration Research Award.
  • 2015 - Auto CRC Professional Development Funding for an internship at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea.
  • 2013 - 2016, Auto CRC Cooperative Research Centre Fellowship from Australian Government for research in Energy Storage Devices.
  • 2013 - 2016, International Postgraduate Tuition Award from the University of Wollongong, Australia for pursuing PhD at University of Wollongong.
  • 2016 - Research Career Launch Scholarship from the University of Wollongong, Australia.
  • 2010 - 2012, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Government of India Fellowship for pursuing Masters Degree at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University (2010-2012).

Memberships

  • Senior Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Reference number: 1-2857644941.
  • Life Member - The Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN).
  • Life Member - Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Membership number: LM 102829
  • Member - Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
  • Member - International Association of Engineers (IAENG). Membership number: 119411
  • Life Active Member - The Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology (SAEST), Membership number: LA411
  • Life Member - Powder Metallurgy Association of India (PMAI), Number: PMAI1508230153
  • Life Member - Energy Science Society of India (ESSI).
  • Life Member - Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI), Membership number: LM 1499.
  • Member - The Electrochemical Society (ECS), Membership number: 358898.
  • Member - International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), Membership number: 89713182157.
  • Life Member - Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Membership number: LMB1984.
  • Life Member - Solar Energy Society of India (SESI), Membership number: LM/1750/2012.
  • Life Member - High Energy Materials Society of India (HEMSI), Membership number: 269.
  • Life Member - Neutron Scattering Society of India (NSSI)

Publications

  1. Praneash Venkatachalam, Kamala Kumari Duru, Murali Rangarajan, Sambasivam Sangaraju, Pardha Saradhi Maram, S. Kalluri*, LiNbO3 coating on Mg-doped NCM-622 cathode—a dual modification to enhance the electrochemical performance at higher voltage for lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2024, 1. (I.F.=2.5)
  2. Maheshwaran Girirajan, Saisrinu Yarramsetti, S. Kalluri, Sudhahar Sakkarapani, Sambasivam Sangaraju, Pardha Saradhi Maram, A novel 2D bismuthene-molybdenum disulfide nanocomposite for high energy density supercapacitors and fabrication scaled to pouch cell, Journal of Energy Storage, 85, 2024. 111042. (I.F.=8.907)
  3. P. Venkatachalam, S. Kalluri* et. al., Delineating the importance of simultaneous Zr4+ doping and ZrO2 coating on NCM-622 – A pathway to facilitate high-performance cathodes for lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Materials Science, 59, 2024, 548. (I.F.=4.5)
  4. R. Muchakayala, S. Kalluri et. al., Modified ceramic coated polyethylene separator – A strategy for using lithium metal as anode with superior electrochemical performance and thermal stability, Journal of Energy Storage, 2023, 68, 107687. (I.F.=8.907)
  5. D Karthigaimuthu, B Arjun Kumar, T Elangovan, Gopal Ramalingam, Sujith Kalluri, Salah Addin Burhan Al Omari, Sambasivam Sangaraju, Redox-active pigeon excreta mediated metal oxides nanosheets for enhancing co-catalyst for photovoltaic performance in dye-sensitized solar cells, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023, 27, 4440. (I.F.=6.4)
  6. P. Venkatachalam, S. Kalluri* et. al., Critical Perspective on the Industry-centred Engineering of Single-Crystalline Ni-rich Cathodes, ChemNanoMat, 2023, e202200548. (I.F.=3.820)
  7. High Performance Graphene-Based Phase Change Material in Thermal Energy Storage, 2023 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Knowledge Economy (ICCIKE), IEEE, 2023, 249-251.
  8. K.K. Duru, S. Kalluri* et. al., Equivalent circuit model parameters estimation of Lithium-ion batteries using Cuckoo Search Algorithm, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2022, 169 (12), 120503. (I.F.=4.371)
  9. P. Venkatachalam, S. Kalluri* et. al., Challenges and Benchmarking in Scale-Up of Ni-Rich Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2022, 169 (7), 070536. (I.F.=4.371)
  10. K.K. Duru, P. Venkatachalam, C. Karra, A.A. Madhavan, K. Elumalai, and S. Kalluri, "Lithium-ion Battery Model Parameters Estimation Using Equivalent Circuit Model for E-mobility Applications", ECS Trans., Accepted.
  11. S.A.S. Mohammed, A. Aluri, K.K. Duru, V. Praneash, C. Karra, and S. Kalluri, "Iot Based Humidity, Temperature and Gas Monitoring Using Arduino Uno", ECS Trans., Accepted.
  12. C. Karra, P. Venkatachalam, K.K. Duru, PS Maram, A.A. Madhavan, and S. Kalluri "Application-Driven Industrial-Scale Manufacturing of Li/Na-Ion Battery Cathodes: Current Status and Future Perspective", J. Electrochem. Soc., vol. 168, pp. 050509, 2021. (I.F. = 4.17)
  13. K.K. Duru, C. Karra, P. Venkatachalam, S.A. Betha, A.A. Madhavan, and S. Kalluri, "Critical Insights into Fast Charging Techniques for Lithium-ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles", IEEE Trans Device Mater Reliab., vol. 1, pp. 137-152, 2021. (I.F. = 1.761)
  14. M. Satish, S. Santhosh, A. Yadav, S. Kalluri, and A.A. Madhavan, "Optimization and Thermal Analysis of Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Embedded Myristic Acid-Lauric Acid Phase Change Material”, J. Electron. Mater., vol. 50, pp. 1608-1614, 2021. (I.F. = 1.938)
  15. S. Santhosh, M. Sathish, S. Iyer, S. Kalluri, and A.A. Madhavan, "One-pot Synthesis of MoS2 Nanoflowers for Thermal Energy Storage Applications", Mater. Lett., Vol. 302, pp. 130343, 2021. (I.F = 3.423)
  16. S. Kalluri, H. Cha, J. Kim, H. Lee, H. Jang, and J. Cho, "Building High-Rate Nickel-Rich Cathodes by Self-Organization of Structurally Stable Macrovoid", Adv. Sci., vol. 7, pp. 1902844, 2020. (I.F. = 16.806)
  17. M. Satish, S. Santhosh, S. Kalluri, A. Yadav, and A.A. Madhavan, "Fe2O3 based Nanocomposites for Enhanced Thermal Energy Storage", 2020 IEEE 15th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2020, pp. 46-49, doi: 10.1109/ICIIS51140.2020.9342699.
  18. S. Kalluri, M. Yoon, M. Jo, H.K. Liu, S.X. Dou, J. Cho, and Z. Guo, “Feasibility of cathode surface coating technology for high-energy lithium-ion and beyond-lithium-ion batteries”, Adv. Mater., vol. 29, pp. 1605807, Dec. 2017. (I.F. = 30.85)
  19. S. Kalluri, M. Yoon, M. Jo, S. Park, S. Myeong, J. Kim, S.X. Dou, Z. Guo, and J. Cho, “Surface engineering strategies of layered LiCoO2 cathode material to realize high-energy and high-voltage Li-ion cells”, Adv. Energy Mater., vol. 7, pp. 1601507, Jan. 2017. (I.F. = 29.37) ‘Selected as Journal back cover’
  20. S. Kalluri, K.H. Seng, Z. Guo, A. Du, K. Konstantinov, H.K. Liu, and S.X. Dou, “Sodium and lithium storage properties of spray-dried molybdenum disulfide-graphene hierarchical microspheres”, Sci. Rep., vol. 5, 11989, pp. 1-8, Jul. 2015. (I.F. = 4.379)
  21. W.K. Pang*, S. Kalluri*, V.K. Peterson, N. Sharma, J. Kimpton, B. Johannessen, H.K. Liu, S.X. Dou, and Z. Guo, “Interplay between electrochemistry and phase evolution of the P2-type Nax(Fe1/2Mn1/2)O2 cathode for use in sodium-ion batteries”, Chem. Mater., vol. 27, pp. 3150-3158, Apr. 2015. (*Equally contributed for the first authorship, I.F. = 9.811)
  22. S. Kalluri, W.K. Pang, K.H. Seng, Z. Chen, Z. Guo, H.K. Liu, and S.X. Dou, “One-dimensional nanostructured design of Li1+x(Mn1/3Ni1/3Fe1/3)O2 as a dual cathode for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries”, J. Mater. Chem. A, vol. 3, pp. 250-257, Oct. 2014. (I.F. = 12.732)
  23. S. Kalluri, W.K. Pang, V.K. Peterson, Z. Guo, H.K. Liu, and S.X. Dou, “Better battery materials for balancing future energy demands”, The Vehicle Technology Engineer Magazine (SAE - Australasia Magazine), Issue 7, pp. 22-24, Oct. 2015.
  24. R. Ranjusha, T.S. Sonia, S. Roshny, V. Lakshmi, S. Kalluri, T.N. Kim, S.V. Nair, and A. Balakrishnan, “Synthesis, characterization and rate capability performance of the micro-porous MnO2 nanowires as cathode material in lithium batteries”, Mater. Res. Bull., vol. 70, pp. 1-6, Oct. 2015. (I.F. = 4.641)
  25. S. Kalluri, K.H. Seng, W.K. Pang, Z. Guo, Z. Chen, H.K. Liu, and S.X. Dou, “Electrospun P2-type Na2/3(Fe1/2Mn1/2)O2 hierarchical nanofibers as cathode material for sodium-ion batteries”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, vol. 6, pp. 8953-8958, Jun. 2014. (I.F. = 9.229)
  26. W.K. Pang, S. Kalluri, V.K. Peterson, S.X. Dou, and Z. Guo, “Electrochemistry and structure of the cobalt-free Li1+xMO2 (M = Li, Ni, Mn, Fe) composite cathode”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., vol. 16, pp. 25377-25385, Oct. 2014. (I.F. = 3.676)
  27. P. Anjali, A.M. Asha, R. Ranjusha, S. Kalluri, K.R.V. Subramanian, N. Sivakumar, T.N. Kim, S.V. Nair, and A. Balakrishnan, “Chemical and structural stability of porous thin film NiO nanowire based electrodes for supercapacitors”, Chem. Eng. J., vol. 220, pp. 360-366, Mar. 2013, (I.F. = 13.273)
  28. K. Sujith, A.M. Asha, P. Anjali, N. Sivakumar, K.R.V. Subramanian, S.V. Nair, and A. Balakrishnan, “Fabrication of highly porous conducting PANI-C composite fiber mats via electrospinning”, Mater. Lett., vol. 67, pp. 376-378, Jan. 2012. (I.F. = 3.423)
  29. S. Kalluri, A.M. Asha, B.P. Arun, R. Vani, P. Anjali, A.S. Nair, N. Sivakumar, K.R.V. Subramanian, S.V. Nair, and A. Balakrishnan, “Electrical properties of electrospun polyaniline-carbon black composite nanofibers”, Sci. Adv. Mater., vol. 4, pp. 1220-1225, Dec. 2012. (I.F. = 1.474)
  30. S. Parvathy, R. Ranjusha, K. Sujith, K.R.V.Subramanian, N. Sivakumar, S.V. Nair, and A. Balakrishnan, “Cycling performance of nanocrystalline LiMn2O4 thin films via electrophoresis”, J. Nanomater., vol. 2012, Article ID: 259684, 6 pages, Mar. 2012. (I.F. = 2.986)
  31. A.M. Asha, G. Gopika, S. Kalluri, J. John, N. Sivakumar, S.V. Nair, K.R.V. Subramanian, and A. Balakrishnan, “Effect of embedded plasmonic Au nanoparticles on photocatalysis of electrospun TiO2 nanofibers”, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., vol. 12, pp. 7963-7967, Oct. 2012. (I.F. = 1.35)
  32. R. Ranjusha, A.S. Nair, S. Ramakrishna, P. Anjali, K. Sujith, K.R.V. Subramanian, N. Sivakumar, T.N. Kim, S.V. Nair, and A. Balakrishnan, “Ultra fine MnO2 nanowire based high performance thin film rechargeable electrodes: Effect of the surface morphology, electrolytes and concentrations”, J. Mater. Chem., vol. 22, pp. 20465-20471, Aug. 2012. (I.F. = 12.732)
  33. A.M. Asha, S. Kalluri, K.C. Daya, T.A. Arun, N. Sivakumar, K.R.V. Subramanian, A.S. Nair, S. Nair, and A. Balakrishnan, “Electrical and optical properties of electrospun TiO2-graphene composite nanofibers”, RSC Adv., vol. 2, pp. 13032-13037, Oct. 2012. (I.F. = 3.361)
  34. S. Kalluri, K.H. Seng, Z. Guo, H.K. Liu, and S.X. Dou, “Electrospun lithium metal oxide cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries”, RSC Adv., vol. 3, pp. 25576-25601, Oct. 2013. (I.F. = 3.361)

Patents

  1. Battery holder for a bike, Design Patent (India), Design No.: 350858-001, Status: Design Patent Accepted and Granted.
  2. A method for recovering metals and metal oxides from waste lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, Patent No.: 518731, Status: Patent Granted (India).
  3. A process for preparing activated carbon from agricultural waste, Application No.: 202341054265, Status: Patent Published (India).

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