Mullaivananathan Vadivazhagan
Calgary,AB
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada
03.2024 - Current
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- Research Focus: Hard carbon from waste material and demonstrated its application as an anode in sodium-ion batteries
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
08.2022 - 12.2023
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, United States
- Research Focus: Processed several sulfur-dry electrodes for lithium-sulfur batteries using various quantities of polymer binders to optimize performance
- Prepared flexible solid-state electrolytes with polymer binders for lithium-ion batteries.
Senior Project Associate
IISER-Thiruvananthapuram Campus
Vithura, Kerala, India
05.2022 - 07.2022
- Department of Mechanical Physics, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram Campus, Vithura, Kerala, India
- Research Focus: Automation and AI/ML-assisted development of solid-state battery technologies
CSIR-Senior Research Fellow
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute
Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
04.2019 - 03.2022
- CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
- Research Focus: Investigation of biomass-derived carbon electrodes for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries (LIBs and SIBs), as well as capacitors, and improved the electrochemical performance of metal oxide and metal sulfide anode materials
Project Assistant-II
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute
Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
01.2017 - 02.2019
- CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
- Research Focus: corn silk carbon electrodes for LIBs and SIBs, supercapacitor devices
Project Assistant-III
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute
Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
07.2014 - 03.2017
- CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
- Research Focus: Demonstrated the coir-pith carbon anode for LIBs and SIBs from waste-to-wealth attempts
Research Intern
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute
Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
03.2013 - 04.2014
- CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
- Research Focus: Studied the cyanide-free electrolytes for brass coating and explored self-assembled monolayer coatings for corrosion protection in NaCl solutions
Education
Doctorate in Science - Chemistry
ECPS Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute
Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India03.2022
Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Chemistry
Bishop Heber College
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India04.2012
Skills
- Synthesis Expertise: Proficient in solution and solid-state synthesis, with expertise in glovebox operations
- Electrode Preparation: Skilled in slurry cast coating and dry electrode coating techniques for battery electrodes
- Device Fabrication: Experienced in lithium/sodium half-cell, full-cell, and supercapacitor device fabrication
- Electrochemical Testing: Proficient in Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV), Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), Chronoamperometry (CA), Chronopotentiometry (CP), Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), and charge/discharge measurements
- Battery and Capacitor Testing: Skilled in electrochemical testing of Li/Na-ion batteries and capacitors using advanced instruments, including PARSTAT potentiostat, Neware-BTS, Autolab, Arbin, and Biologic/BT-lab workstation
- Microscopic and Spectroscopic Analysis: Experienced in performing and interpreting analyses using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Raman Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
Timeline
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Calgary
03.2024 - Current
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Delaware
08.2022 - 12.2023
Senior Project Associate
IISER-Thiruvananthapuram Campus
05.2022 - 07.2022
CSIR-Senior Research Fellow
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute
04.2019 - 03.2022
Project Assistant-II
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute
01.2017 - 02.2019
Project Assistant-III
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute
07.2014 - 03.2017
Research Intern
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute
03.2013 - 04.2014
Doctorate in Science - Chemistry
ECPS Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute
Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Chemistry
Bishop Heber College
Awards and fellowships
- Raman-Charpak Fellow, 2019-2020, University of Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France, Professor Sylvain Franger
- CSIR- Senior Research Fellow, 2019-2022
Publications
- V. Mullaivananathan, P Das, S Aryal, K Kourtakis, B Gould, KPC Yao, Time-efficient and solvent-less free-standing solid electrolyte with an advanced fluoropolymer matrix for hybrid solid-state lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Power Sources 617, 235090
- V. Mullaivananathan, Rahul Jayan, N. Kalaiselvi, Exploration of NaLiTi₃O₇ Decorated with Biocarbon as Anode Material for Lithium and Sodium Ion Batteries, Energy & fuels 36(2) (2022) 1081-1090.
- V. Mullaivananathan, N. K. Shakeel, N. Kalaiselvi, Demonstration of biocarbon-added NiS porous nanospheres as a potential anode for lithium-ion batteries, Energy & Fuels 35(10) (2021) 8991-9000.
- V. Mullaivananathan, N. Kalaiselvi, Sb2S3 added bio-carbon: Demonstration of potential anode in lithium and sodium-ion batteries, Carbon 144 (2019) 772-780.
- V. Mullaivananathan, P. Packiyalakshmi, M. Ulaganathan, N. Kalaiselvi, Waste-driven bio-carbon electrode material for Na-ion storage applications, ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 6(11) (2018) 13915-13923.
- V. Mullaivananathan, K.R. Saravanan, N. Kalaiselvi, Synthetically Controlled, Carbon-Coated Co2SnO4/SnO2 Composite Anode for Lithium-ion Batteries, JOM 69(9) (2017) 1497-1502.
- V. Mullaivananathan, P. Packiyalakshmi, N. Kalaiselvi, Multifunctional bio carbon: a coir pith waste derived electrode for extensive energy storage device applications, RSC Adv. 7(38) (2017) 23663-23670.
- V. Mullaivananathan, R. Sathish, N. Kalaiselvi, Coir pith derived bio-carbon: demonstration of potential anode behavior in lithium-ion batteries, Electrochim. Acta 225 (2017) 143-150.
- K.R. Saravanan, V. Mullaivananathan, N. Kalaiselvi, Dual hetero atom containing bio-carbon: multifunctional electrode material for high performance sodium-ion batteries and oxygen reduction reaction, Electrochim. Acta 176 (2015) 670-678.
Conferences
- 16th National Symposium in Chemistry (NSC-16), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, 02/01/14
- 2nd Indo-US Workshop on Engineered Nanocarbons for Electrochemical Energy Storage, CECRI, Karaikudi, 06/01/15
- ICONSAT-2016, IISER-Pune, India, 02/01/16
- ECS Indian School on Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion, Hotel Shervaroys, Yercaud, 08/01/16
- ISAEST-11, Kohinoor Asiana Hotel, Chennai, 12/01/16
- ECS India Section School 2017, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India, 12/01/17
- National Science Day, CECRI, Karaikudi, 02/01/18
- National Convention of Electrochemists (NCE-20), VIT-Vellore, 07/01/18
- ISAEST-12, Trident Hotel, Chennai, 01/01/19
Awards and fellowships
- Raman-Charpak Fellow, 2019-2020, Visited the University of Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France. (Host Supervisor: Professor Sylvain Franger)
- CSIR- Senior Research Fellow, 2019-2022
References
References available upon request.
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