Ankit Kumar

1. Various chemistry cell design for energy and power cell; Electrode mass loading, thickness, number of layers, packing ratio, overhang, n/p ratio, current collector design, electrolyte amount, capacity & power calculations, etc. 2. Led LFP cell formation and aging processes, including electrolyte filling, cell teardown and other process optimization. (dq/dv, AC-IR, Coulombic efficiency) 3. Part of LFP B to C sample transfer team to integrate innovations into the formation process, improving cell performance and reliability. 4. Directed cross-functional coordination with different teams to ensure seamless production flow and high operational efficiency. 5. Managed team leadership, data analysis, and budgeting, focusing on skill development, trend analysis, process improvements, and cost-effective operations

1. Formulated advanced electrolytes for NMC(pouch and Prismatic), LFP(Pouch and prismatic), and LMNO/ X(Pouch) chemistries, enabling stable SEI and CEI formation to enhance cycle life, efficiency, and safety. 2. Developed carbonate-based liquid electrolyte systems with optimized additives, improving long-term stability and overall cell performance. 3. Led pouch cell teardown to understand the cell failure throughout development cycle. 4. Separator screening for LFP prismatic cells. 5. Responsible for LMNO/X A-sample development(190 Prismatic cells). 6. Engineered solvent and salt compositions to meet high-voltage stability, extended cycle retention, and enhanced rate capability targets. 7. Cross functional team collaboration to integrate electrolyte innovations seamlessly into cell development and production. 8. Led team development, data analysis, and budgeting initiatives, driving process improvements, cost reduction, and performance optimization.

1. Material characterization using various techniques such as BET, FE-SEM, EDS, XRD, TGA, DSC, Li-NMR, CT X-ray Scan etc. 2. Testing and validation at cell level and modules level. 3. Failure and safety analysis of commercialized NMC(56 Ah Pouch cell) and LFP(100, 150, 200 Ah Prismatic) based lithium ion (Li-ion) cells using post-mortem/tear down analysis. 4. Collaborative work with industrial and academic partners. 5. Thermal runaway and propagation studies at module level(LFP and NMC chemistry). 6. Equivalent circuit modelling and RC parameters extraction using PYTHON 7. Supervised and led employees to high-performance levels in cross-functional matrix management structure.

1. Optimization and characterization of polymer electrolyte materials for lithium-ion batteries. 2. Fabricating coin cell and electrochemical testing of Li-ion batteries. 3. Literature survey of polymer electrolytes for Li-ion batteries to remain up to date. 4. Lead a team of research scholars for the development of electrolytes for Li-ion batteries. 5. Design and execution of new experiments for Li-ion battery chemistry.

1. Literature survey, writing research articles. 2. Optimization and characterization of electrode materials for supercapacitors, batteries and hybrid ultracapacitors. 3. Developing new electrode material for electrochemical energy storage. 4. Morphological characterization of electrode materials using SEM, TEM, XRD, XPS, BET, TGA, etc. 5. Supervising masters students for the development of new electrode materials. 6. Design and execution of new experiments for battery, supercapacitors applications. 7. Fabricating cell and electrochemical testing of electrode material using two and three electrode setup.

Research Supervisors Professor A K Shukla & Professor Satish Patil During my PhD I was working in the field of electrochemical energy storage devices mainly metal oxides , metal carbides and activated carbon based supercapacitors.

Research Supervisors Professor A K Shukla & Professor Satish Patil Conductive Polymer and Activated carbon based material development for Supercapacitors application

Honours in chemistry with mathematics and physics as minor subjects