
Energy Storage Laboratory
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School of Energy Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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Publications
38. Modulation of Na+ diffusion pathway in P2 type Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 cathode by Sn doping for high-rate performance in Na-ion batteries. A Kumar, S Puravankara; J Appl Electrochem 1-9 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-025-02357-3

37. Synergy Between Zn Current Collector and K+ Shielding Additives for High-Performance Na Plating/Stripping. P Verma, S Manna, J Chakraborty, S Puravankara; Batteries & Supercaps e202500396 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202500396

36. Enhanced high-rate performance of Zr-doped P2-Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 cathode for sodium-ion batteries. A Kumar, S Puravankara; Next Energy 8, 100323 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxener.2025.100323

35. Designing closed-pore hard carbon for enhanced potassium-ion Storage: Insights from a three-stage mechanistic study. S Manna, S Puravankara; Journal of Power Sources 647, 237335 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.237335

34. Sustainable, dendrite-suppressing, and robust citric acid cross-linked carboxymethyl cellulose-based quasi solid-state electrolyte for zinc-ion batteries. S Ganguly, S Puravankara; Journal of Power Sources 642, 237005 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.237005
33. Tilt Engineering in Prussian White Cathode Na(1+x)Fe[Fe(CN)6] via Mg‐doping for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance in Na‐ion Batteries. A Tyagi, S Puravankara; Batteries & Supercaps e202500045 (2025); http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/batt.202500045


32. Correlating storage mechanism and solid electrolyte interphase kinetics for high-rate performance of hard carbon anode in ether electrolytes for sodium-ion batteries. S Manna, P Verma, S Puravankara; Journal of Power Sources 631, 236234 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.236234

31. Revealing the storage mechanism of plateau-dominated S-doped hard carbon as high-performance anode for sodium-ion batteries. S Manna, S Puravankara; Next Materials 7, 100353 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxmate.2024.100353

30. Combination of a Phase-Field Model with Nucleation Kinetics to Simulate Lithium Dendrite Growth. P Verma, S Puravankara, J Chakraborty; The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 128 (41), 17328-17341 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c04588

29. On the structural evolution of pristine P2-type Na0. 67Ni0. 33Mn0. 67O2 for symmetric full cell application. A Kumar, S Puravankara; Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 964, 118328 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2024.118328

28. Hierarchically porous closed-pore hard carbon as a plateau-dominated high-performance anode for sodium-ion batteries. Nagmani, S Manna, S Puravankara; Chemical Communications 60 (22), 3071-3074 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC00025K

27. Utilization of PET derived hard carbon as a battery-type, higher plateau capacity anode for sodium-ion and potassium-ion batteries. Nagmani, S Puravankara; Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 946, 117731 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117731

26. The evolution of structure–property relationship of P2-type Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 by vanadium substitution and organic electrolyte combinations for sodium-ion batteries. D Pahari, A Chowdhury, D Das, T Paul, S Puravankara; Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 27 (8), 2067-2082 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05466-1

25. Role of Cyclopentyl methyl ether co-solvent in Improving SEI layer stability in Hard Carbon Anode for Sodium-ion Batteries. Nagmani, D Das, S Puravankara; ChemRxiv. (2023); https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-z1hq1
24. State-of-Health Estimation of Li-Ion Batteries Using Semiparametric Adaptive Transfer Learning. A Mondal, A Routray, S Puravankara; IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification 10 (1), 1080-1088 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1109/TTE.2023.3266499

23. Electrolytes, additives and binders for NMC cathodes in Li-Ion batteries—a review. D Das, S Manna, S Puravankara; Batteries 9 (4), 193 (2023); https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries9040193

22. Insights into the Morphological Evolution of Mossy Dendrites in Lithium Metal Symmetric and Full Cell: A Modelling Study. P Verma, S Puravankara, MN Nandanwar, J Chakraborty; Journal of The Electrochemical Society 170 (3), 030529 (2023); https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/acc211/meta

21. Utilization of single biomass-derived micro-mesoporous carbon for dual-carbon symmetric and hybrid sodium-ion capacitors. Nagmani, BK Satpathy, AK Singh, D Pradhan, S Puravankara; New Journal of Chemistry 47 (27), 12658-12669 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ01349A
20. Effect of pore morphology on the enhanced potassium storage in hard carbon derived from polyvinyl chloride for K-ion batteries. Nagmani, A Tyagi, P Verma, S Puravankara - Electrochimica Acta 464, 142903 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142903

19. Jute-fiber precursor-derived low-cost sustainable hard carbon with varying micro/mesoporosity and distinct storage mechanisms for sodium-ion and potassium-ion batteries. Nagmani, P Verma, S Puravankara; Langmuir 38 (50), 15703-15713 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02575


17. Symmetric sodium-ion batteries—materials, mechanisms, and prospects. A Kumar, Nagmani, S Puravankara; Materials Today Energy 29, 101115 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2022.101115
16. P2-type NaxTmO2 oxides as cathodes for non-aqueous sodium-ion batteries—Structural evolution and commercial prospects. D Pahari, A Kumar, D Das, S Puravankara; International Journal of Energy Research, 1-34 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1002/er.8543


15. Optimizing ultramicroporous hard carbon spheres in carbonate ester‐based electrolytes for enhanced sodium storage in half‐/full‐cell sodium‐ion batteries. Nagmani, A Kumar, S Puravankara; Battery Energy 1 (3), 20220007 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1002/bte2.20220007

14. Parameter identification and co-estimation of state-of-charge of Li-ion battery in real-time on Internet-of-Things platform. A Mondal, A Routray, S Puravankara; Journal of Energy Storage 51, 104370 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.104370

12. Opportunities in Na/K [hexacyanoferrate] frameworks for sustainable non-aqueous Na+/K+ batteries. A Tyagi, Nagmani, S Puravankara; Sustainable Energy & Fuels 6 (3), 550-595 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE01653A
13. Lithium-ion battery technologies for electric mobility–state-of-the-art scenario. Nagmani, D Pahari, A Tyagi, S Puravankara; ARAI Journal of Mobility Technology 2 (2), 233-248 (2022); https://doi.org/10.37285/ajmt.1.2.10

11. Insights into the diverse precursor-based micro-spherical hard carbons as anode materials for sodium–ion and potassium–ion batteries. Nagmani, A Tyagi, S Puravankara;Materials Advances 3 (2), 810-836 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00731A

10. The γ-brass type Cu–rich complex intermetallic phase Cu41Sn11: Structure and electrochemical study. S Misra, D Pahari, S Giri, F Wang, S Puravankara, PP Jana; Solid State Sciences 119, 106682 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2021.106682

9. Effect of Vanadium Substitution on the Ni-Site in P2-Type Na0. 67Ni0. 33Mn0. 67O2 in Optimized Carbonate Ester Electrolytes as Cathode for Sodium-Ion Batteries. D Pahari, S Puravankara; ChemRxiv. (2021); https://doi:10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-wcbvm
8. Synthesis, crystal structures, phase width and electrochemical performances of γ-brass type phases in Cu–Zn–Sn system. S Misra, D Pahari, S Giri, S Puravankara, PP Jana; Journal of Alloys and Compounds 855, 157372 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157372

7. Electrochemical alloying/dealloying mechanism of ternary intermetallic Cu6-δZn2+ δSb2 (δ= 0 and 1) as anode for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. D Pahari, S Misra, PP Jana, S Puravankara; Journal of Solid State Chemistry 292, 121660 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121660

6. Insights into the plateau capacity dependence on the rate performance and cycling stability of a superior hard carbon microsphere anode for sodium-ion batteries. Nagmani, S Puravankara; ACS Applied Energy Materials 3 (10), 10045-10052 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c01750

5. Greener, safer, and sustainable batteries: an insight into aqueous electrolytes for sodium-ion batteries. D Pahari, S Puravankara; ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8 (29), 10613-10625 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02145

4. On controlling the P2-O2 phase transition by optimal Ti-substitution on Ni-site in P2-type Na0. 67Ni0. 33Mn0. 67O2 (NNMO) cathode for Na-ion batteries. D Pahari, S Puravankara; Journal of Power Sources 455, 227957 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.227957

3. Large-scale surfactant-free synthesis of WS 2 nanosheets: an investigation into the detailed reaction chemistry of colloidal precipitation and their application as an anode material for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. P Sharma, A Kumar, S Bankuru, J Chakraborty, S Puravankara; New Journal of Chemistry 44 (4), 1594-1608 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NJ04662C

1. Magnesium Aluminium Layered Double Hydroxide Assisted Dispersion of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Reinforcement of Ethylene-co-Vinyl Acetate Matrix. B Bhuyan, SK Srivastava, S Puravankara, V Mittal; Macromolecular Research 26, 868-871 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-018-6133-x

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