The focus of our group is on designing, synthesis, and characterization of inorganic materials to discover technologically relevant novel materials and to understand and control the structure–property relationship. Of particular interest are materials for electrochemical energy storage applications. Primary research interests are (but not limited to) the following:
- Layered Oxides and NASICON type Electrodes for Li and Na Batteries
- Solid Electrolytes for Li/Na Batteries
- Microbatteries
- Operando Diffraction Measurements for Battery Electrodes
- In situ Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
- Polymer-Ceramic Composites
Development of Cost-Effective and High-Performance Sodium-ion Batteries for Scalable Energy Storage
Ongoing
2026–2029 | Funded by: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
Development of Mixed Phase Layered Oxide Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Ongoing
2024–2027 | Funded by: Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
MOF derived materials for high-performance energy storage devices (co-PI)
Ongoing
2023–2026 | Funded by: Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy
Integrated Clean Energy Material Acceleration Platform (IC-MAP): DST-Storage MAP
Completed
2022–2026 | Funded by: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
Polymer-Ceramic Composite Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries
Completed
2022–2025 | Funded by: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India
Compositionally and Microstructurally Engineered Lead-Free Ceramics for Piezoelectric Applications
Completed
2017–2020 | Funded by: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India
Development of Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
Completed
2015–2020 | Funded by: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
We gratefully acknowledge the funding received from the following agencies for the research work being carried out in our lab:
