Recent Research Trends in Energy Storage Devices

Yogesh Sharma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee. He pursued his M.Tech. and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee and the National University of Singapore, respectively. His areas of research interest lie in experimental condensed matter physics with special relevance to energy storage. He has authored more than 45 research articles in reputed journals and is a member of many professional societies, including the Electrochemical Society (USA), Material Research Society Singapore and the Indian Physics Association.G. D. Varma is a Professor in the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee. He pursued his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He has extensive research experience in the area of experimental condensed matter physics, centring on the synthesis and structural characterization of high temperature superconductors, colossal magnetoresistivematerials and carbon nanotubes. He has authored more than 60 research articles in reputed journals. Amartya Mukhopadhyay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay. He has done his M.Tech. and Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur and the University of Oxford, UK, respectively. His areas of research interest include materials for electrochemical energy storage and advanced structural ceramics/composites. He has authored 4 book chapters and more than 70 research papers in reputed journals, as well as holds 3 patents.Venkataraman Thangadurai is a Professor and Associate Head in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science in the University of Calgary, Canada, and the Associate Director of Calgary Advanced Energy Storage & Conversion Research – Technology. He pursued his Master’s and Ph.D. from Muthurangam Government Arts College (University of Madras), India and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India respectively. His research interests are in the area of solid-state ionic technologies, and in particular, materials development for energy conversion, storage and environmental applications. He has been the recipient of the Keith Laidler Award by the Canadian Society for Chemistry and the Outstanding Invention of 2013 by the University of Maryland, USA. He holds 4 patents and has authored more than 130 research papers in reputed journals and 2 book chapters.

• Fracture Characterization of Polycrystalline Graphene for Energy Storage.- Flexible Fibre Supercapacitor using Synthesized Biomass based Activated Carbon and Few Layer Graphene for Wearable Electronic Devices.- Combustion Synthesized MLi2Ti6O14 (M = Sr, Ba, Pb) Titanate Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries.- Role of Annealing Temperature on Structural Modification of Moo3 for Enhanced Electrochemical Properties.- Reversible Sodium and Potassium-ion Intercalation in Na0.44MnO2.- Cobalt-Phosphate Based Insertion Material as a Multifunctional Cathode for Rechargeable Hybrid Sodium-air Batteries.- Investigation of Charging and Discharging Characteristics of Lithium-ion Batteries for Application in Electric Vehicles.- Comparative Studies on Crystalline and Amorphous Vinylidene Fluoride based Fibrous Polymer Electrolytes for Sodium Ion Batteries.- Free Standing Bi Induced ZrO2 Nanoflake Array Photoanodes Fabrication for Photoelectrochemical (PEC) Water Splitting Applications.- Silicon/AcetyleneBlack Carbon Composite as an Anode for Lithium-Ion Battery.