Our research has major focuses on
- Emphasis on the use of Earth Abundant Materials for cost effectiveness of applications
- Novel Device Concepts & Architectures
- Intellectual Property Creation Keeping Pace with Emerging Technology Trends
- Outstanding Human Resource Creation
Batteries and Supercapacitors
- Solid State Batteries
- Flexible Batteries
- Thin Film Batteries
- Li and Na-ion Batteries with enhanced Performance in coin and Pouch Cell Formats
- Novel and Scalable Synthesis of Battery Materials
- Battery Systems for Electric Mobility
- Battery Systems for Grid Scale Storage
- Dynamic Analysis of National and International Trends in Battery Materials, Chemistries, Device Architectures and Applications
- Computational and modelling studies
Hydrogen Energy
- Hydrogen Generation Schemes
- Hydrogen Storage
- Hydrogen Transportation
- Fuel Cell Materials and system components
- Novel catalysts based on Earth Abundant and 2D materials for Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) & Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER)
- New Materials for membranes and Gas diffusion layer
- Weight, Cost, Performance and Application Domain analysis
CO2 Reduction and Clean Fuels
- Evaluation of different schemes for CO2 reduction, Interface Engineering, and Identification of Challenges
- Computation Surface Science of Molecular Adsorption Phenomena and Energetics for CO2 activation
- Development of Novel Catalysts, Photocatalysts, electrocatalysts for CO2 conversion to Clean Fuels
- Studies on Specific Crystal Facets, Nanomaterials (Metal Oxides, Sufides, Nitrides), Nanocomposites, and 2D Materials (Chalcogenides, g-C3N4, Layered Double Hydroxides, and MXene Phases
- System Design, Cost and Safety Considerations for Realistic Applications