Research Expertise

Research Projects

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2021 – Present:  Research Fellow in Na-ion batteries electrode/electrolyte interfaces.

University College London. Funding body: Faraday Institute, Project: NEXGENNA

 

Research: Study the Na-ion battery characteristics using operando X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. As Faraday Institute research fellow I am designing a one of a kind wet electrochemical XPS facility in collaboration at UCL. This research is unique as it requires combined expertise in electrochemistry and surface science. I have successfully developed a new in operando XPS electrochemistry module, which required me to work with industry partner as well as collaborators from several universities (Cambridge and Lancaster). This has been used to reveal time resolved chemical information during sodium plating and stripping for the first time.

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2019-2021:  Research Associate. The Open University, UK. Recycling Lithium ion batteries for a sustainable technological and economic development.

Funding body: UKIERI-DST RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS

 

Research: Designing a new plasma jet based technique to upcycle spent Li-ion battery electrodes. Project in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad  and Nile Limited. I devised a new technique to extract and reuse graphite anodes from spent recycled batteries. In all these projects I had partnerships with industries e.g WATSAN Envirotech Private Limited (India), Nile Limited (India), Nanofique Limited (UK). I used these projects to develop technologies by integrating my knowledge materials chemistry and electrochemistry.

https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Science/Research/Highlights/2022/plasma-jet-printing-helps-with-whole-battery-recycling.html

During this tenure, I successfully collaborated with several industrial partners, on products up to TRL 4. I was coinvestigator on a project with NHS funded through HEIF “hydrophobic coating of single use hypodermic needles for its ultrasound location”, which resulted in further collaborations with Tata Steel and Lohmann Technologies. Here I demonstrated, plasma-jets can be used for applications such as superhydrophobic coating on hypodermic needles (with NHS), anticorrosive coatings for fuel cells (with TATA Steel), conductive coating on adhesive tapes (with Lohmann technologies)

 

2018-2019: Industry waste-water treatment; Integrated Waste-Water Management. Funding bodies: Global Challenges Research Fund & Royal Academy of Engineering.

 

Research: Plasma jet printing low cost electrodes for electrocatalytic waste water treatment. New methologies for energy from waste. Here my research was focused on utilizing earth abundant materials and renewable energy sources for electrocoagulation and degradation of industrial effluents and water wastes.

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