Energy Storage & Conversion

A main charter point of the Energy Consortium is to focus on exploratory and collaborative research. The TREND Setter program is one such initiative with an aim to identify the long-range research initiatives of the industry and build capability within the consortium to address it. Faculty members are invited to address industry challenges, and eight […]

Organic macrocycles are cyclic molecules that have potential applications in energy storage. They generally offer high specific capacities, cost-effectiveness, environmental friendliness, and ready tunability of structure and function. When the macrocycles are composed of redox-active conjugated π-systems (aromatic or antiaromatic), they can be applied in organic rechargeable batteries as they can switch between different states

Nitrogen has a very important role on the earth for e.g., it is a major component of protein and nucleic acids. However, it is abundant in the atmosphere but cannot be used for humankind unless it is converted to some reactive form (such as ammonia) because N2 is chemically inert due to strong 𝑁 ≡

Due to the growing world’s population, the current energy consumption is ~ 580 million terajoules per year, according to The World Count. About 83% of this energy demand is derived from the fossil fuels causing deleterious effects on the nature & environment leading to global warming. Therefore, due to continuous depletion of fossil fuels and the increase

Many technologies, such as batteries, fuel cells, ultracapacitors, etc., have been developed for implementation in electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid vehicles. Among these technologies, lithium-ion batteries have evolved to be the most sought-after ones despite exhibiting some challenges related to safety, cost, and limited energy density. Before diving into buying their first electric mobility adventure,

Metal-ion batteries, specifically, Li-ion batteries (LIB) are being realized as the next-generation battery technology due to their overwhelming advantages, including high energy density (270 Wh kg-1) and high cell voltage (3.6 V). However, safety is the major limitation for the conventional LIB because the explosion in portable devices such as laptop, PCs, smartphones, electric vehicles,

India is the third largest energy-consuming country in the world. With the government making huge advancements to provide electrification (according to the Renewable Energy Report 2021 by IEA, 100 million people gained access to residential electricity in 2018 alone) for residential users, India has an enormous energy demand. To tackle this, the government has planned

Lead is very cheap and abundant; most importantly it is globally recycled about 99% In our daily life, we are totally depending upon power whether it is an electric vehicle, mobile charger or laptop charger, they always carry a letter ‘V’ means Volt -the electricity unit named after the physicist Alessandro Volta. This physicist developed

An electric battery has become ubiquitous necessity in modern life with its presence in everything from toys to cell phones to electric bikes and cars. It is an electric power source which stores the energy in the electrochemical systems. The device contains two electrodes, a negative terminal (anode) acts as carrier of electrons which pass