Materials Research Lab, IIT Jammu

IIT Jammu Researchers' Breakthrough in Zinc Ion Batteries Published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Led by the innovative efforts of Dr Rahul R Salunkhe's research group, including Mr Prakash Kumar Pathak and Dr Nitish Kumar, a postdoctoral researcher at Chalmers Institute of Science and Technology Sweden, the study sheds light on the advancements and potential of zinc ion batteries, a promising avenue for energy storage technologies.

The interested readers can access the paper via the following link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/TA/D3TA05805K

Our recent work displays a comprehensive study on "Non-aqueous zinc ion battery ". Congratulations to all the authors for putting in their enormous efforts.

Please visit https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA05805K to read the accepted version of the manuscript.

Spinel Zinc Manganate-based High-Capacity and High-Stability Non-Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery For the aqueous zinc ion batteries (ZIBs), the poor cyclability originates from undesired side reactions, leading to dendrite formation and thermodynamic instability. Strategies such as surface modifications of electrodes, utilization of electrolyte additives, tuning the crystallinity and electronic...

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We are pleased to announce that our student Ved Prakash Joshi has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on “Development of Ionic Liquid-Assisted Manganese Oxide for Energy Storage Applications ”. We wish you all the best for your future journey at Montana State University, USA. We also thank external expert Prof. Sagar Mitra, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, for his insightful feedback and for traveling to IIT Jammu to serve as an external expert

📢 Exciting Research Announcement! 📢

We are thrilled to share our latest research from the Materials Research Lab IIT Jammu! 🚀🔬 Introducing "Metal-Organic Framework derived Inverse Opal type 3D Graphitic Carbon" - a game-changer for Highly Stable Lithium-ion Batteries! 💡⚡

Our innovative approach showcases the controlled synthesis of this unique 3D graphitic carbon material, derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks, as a superior anode for Li-ion batteries. 🔄🔋 The results are astounding - nearly twice the performance of graphite, with exceptional ultra-long stability lasting over 2000 cycles!📈

Congratulations to authors; Nitish Kumar, Prakash Pathak, and Dr. Rahul Salunkhe

Read the full article by clicking the below link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372689988_Metal-Organic_Framework_derived_Inverse_Opal_type_3D_Graphitic_Carbon_for_Highly_Stable_Lithium-ion_Batteries

We are happy to announce our recent work on Ionic liquid assisted MnO2 Nanorods for Zinc ion batteries. Many Congratulations to Mr. Ved Prakash Joshi, Nitish Kumar, Prakash Kumar Pathak, Dr. Rahul Salunkhe and other co-authors.

Ionic-Liquid-Assisted Synthesis of Mixed-Phase Manganese Oxide Nanorods for a High-Performance Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) provide a safer and cost-effective energy storage solution by utilizing nonflammable water-based electrolytes. Although many research efforts are focused on optimizing zinc anode materials, developing suitable cathode materials is still challenging. In this study, o...

We are delighted to announce that our student Nitish Kumar has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on “ZIF-67 Derived Nanoarchitectured Porous Carbons for Energy Storage Applications”. This is a milestone for our research group as he is the first Ph.D. holder from our group and the Physics department. As a first Ph.D. student; we appreciate his efforts in setting up the lab, instrument facilities, and training juniors. We also thank external expert Prof. Prabeer Barpanda, MRC@IISc Bangalore, for his insightful feedback and for traveling to IIT Jammu to serve as an external expert.

We are delighted to announce our latest publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, in collaboration with Amity university, ICS Jadavpur, and NTU Taiwan. MRL, Materials Research Lab, IIT Jammu congratulates all the authors. Read the complete article here:

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MRL is happy to announce that Dr. Rahul Salunkhe is again listed in the world's top 2 % of scientists as per the Stanford university database. Dr. Rahul Salunkhe consecutively secured the first rank at IIT Jammu in the last five years. The ranking database can be accessed from the link below:

https://www.adscientificindex.com/?university=Indian+Institute+of+Technology+IIT+Jammu&sl5h=1

Happy to announce that MRL members just published an article titled "Sea-Urchin-like Iron-Cobalt Phosphide as Advanced Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery" in "Material Advances" journal. Congratulations to team MRL and all the authors. Read the full article via clicking the link below:
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00610C

Sea-Urchin-like Iron-Cobalt Phosphide as Advanced Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the most advanced and well-developed renewable energy storage solutions developed significantly over the last three decades. Resourceful and cost-effective transition metal phosphides (TMPs) have gained immense attention for various energy storage devices due to thei...

Happy to announce that MRL researchers Nitish Kumar, Neetu Bansal, and Dr. Rahul Salunkhe recently published an interesting research article on “Two-dimensional Layered Heterostructures of Nanoporous Carbons using Reduced Graphene oxide and Metal-organic Frameworks.” This work is done in collaboration with Prof. Yusuke Yamauchi from The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, and published in the journal of Chemistry of Materials (ACS Publications). Many congratulations to the team IIT JAMMU.

Read the full article at
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360752157_Two-Dimensional_Layered_Heterostructures_of_Nanoporous_Carbons_Using_Reduced_Graphene_Oxide_and_Metal-Organic_Frameworks

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00160

Two-Dimensional Layered Heterostructures of Nanoporous Carbons Using Reduced Graphene Oxide and Metal–Organic Frameworks Two-dimensional (2D) layered carbon heterostructures with controlled porosity and high graphitic degree have attracted considerable attention in recent years. They provide a crucial role in optimizing the overall performance of different devices in various applications. Here, we have introduced a pr...

Recent collaboration work published in "Sustainable Energy and Fuels" as a full research article on the utilization of multifunctional porous carbon for supercapacitor and solar steam generation. Congratulations to all authors Nitish Kumar, Tawseef Wani, Prakash Pathak, Ashok Bera and Rahul Salunkhe

Read the full article at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359094817_Multifunctional_nanoarchitectured_porous_carbon_for_solar_steam_generation_and_supercapacitor_applications
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SE00092J

MRL members Mr. Nitish Kumar and Mr. Ved Prakash Joshi presented a poster at the National Conference held at the Department of Physics, IIT Jammu. The "Energy Materials and Device Physics" conference was conducted in hybrid mode during 20-21 December 2021.