Welcome to Advanced Functional Materials Research Group (AFMRG) official webpage at IIT Indore. Our group is dedicated to pionering researxch in sustainable energy and functional materials, focusingon the design and development of advanced batteries, supercapacitors, solar cells, hydrogen and oxygen evolution catalysts, gas sensors, and superconductors.
Through innovative materials engineering and interdisciplinary collaboration, we strive to address global challenges in clean energy conversion, storage, and environmental sustainability. Stay tuned for the latest updates on our research breakthroughs, publications, scientific initiatives, and new openings.
News
Congratulations to Prof. Shirage, Miss Archana, and AFMRG lab for recieving Best Research paper Award on 17th foundation day of IIT Indore for the research "Heteroatom Doping Strategy for Enhanced Sodium-Ion Storage in Na2Fe1.5Mn1.5(PO4)3".
Miss Shraddha selected in Mehta Rice Engineering Scholars Exchange Program at Rice University, Houston-USA.
Miss Archana won best poster presentantion in International Union of Materials Research Society, International Conference in ASIA-2024, held at UCC Auditorium, DAVV-Indore.
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Mr. Shubham (DST INSPIRE), Mr. Pratik (TA), and Mr. Pravin< (TA) joined our group as PhD Scholar, 2025.
Mr. Jena Akash received Best Oral Presenter award at International Conference on AMSCA Maverick-2022, held at Dept. of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University.
Dr. Manish joined AFMRG lab as Translational Research Fellow in 2025 and working on industry standards gas sensors.
Academic Activities
Organized International Workshop on "Energy Conversion and Sustainable Future" at Department of MEMS, IIT Indore from January 23-24, 2024.
Conducted SERB Karyashala (AV/KAR/2022/0668) on "Energy Materials Synthesis, Characterization, and Device Fabrication", July 3-8, 2023, IIT Indore.
Organized AICTE ATAL FDP (F.No.01/AICTE/ATAL-HQ/2022-23/159) on "Recent Development in Energy Materials for Sustainable Future", November 21-December 2, 2022-23, IIT Indore.
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Conducted a short term course on "One-dimensional metal-oxide nanostructures: Recent Developments in Synthesis, Characteristics, and Applications", at Chonnam Nationat University, Gwangju-South Korea, April 1-10, 2019.
Delivered a shorth term course on "Basic Principles and Applications of Photovoltaic Devices" in collaboration with Prof. Yuan-Ron Ma, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, December 10-20, 2018.
Presented a short term course on "High-Pressure Synthesized Materials: A Chest of Treasure and Hints" in collaboration with Prof. Akira Iyo, AIST Japan, July 11-19, 2016.
