In the Arava group
Postdoctoral fellow.
Research: Fundamental Electrochemistry & Electrocatalysis
Current position
Senior Researcher, Lyten (previously Reliance Industries, New Energy battery R&D)
Education
- Ph.D., ChemistryCSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), India
2016 - M.Sc., ChemistryBharathiar University, India
2008 - B.Sc., ChemistryBharathiar University, India
2006
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Publications with Prof. Arava (33)
- 2022Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Kiran Mahankali, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Nanoscale Visualization of Reversible Redox Pathways in Lithium-Sulfur Battery Using In Situ AFM-SECM. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169(6), 060501 (2022). Link ↗
- 2022Kiran Mahankali, Sundeep Varma Gottumukkala, Nirul Masurkar, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Rahul Jayan, Abdulrazzag Sawas, Sudhan Nagarajan, Md Mahbubul Islam, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Unveiling the Electrocatalytic Activity of 1T′-MoSe2 on Lithium-Polysulfide Conversion Reactions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14(21), 24486–24496 (2022). Link ↗
- 2022Investigating Mixed Cationic and Anionic Redox Chemistry in Chalcogen Based Cathodes for Li-Ion Batteries. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2021Deepesh Gopalakrishnan, Samia Alkatie, Andrew Cannon, Sathish Rajendran, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Neha Bhagirath, Emily M. Ryan, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Anisotropic mass transport using ionic liquid crystalline electrolytes to suppress lithium dendrite growth. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 5(5), 1488–1497 (2021). Link ↗
- 2021Keiko Kato, Anand B. Puthirath, Ali Mojibpour, Mikhail Miroshnikov, Sitakanta Satapathy, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Kiran Mahankali, Liangliang Dong, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, George John, Palash Bharadwaj, Ganguli Babu, and Pulickel M. Ajayan. Light-Assisted Rechargeable Lithium Batteries: Organic Molecules for Simultaneous Energy Harvesting and Storage. Nano Letters, 21(2), 907–913 (2021). Link ↗
- 2021Nirul Masurkar, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Sally Yurgelevic, Sundeep Varma, Gregory W. Auner, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Reliable and highly sensitive biosensor from suspended MoS2 atomic layer on nano-gap electrodes. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 172, 112724 (2021). Link ↗
- 2021Sudhan Nagarajan, Sooyeon Hwang, Mahalingam Balasubramanian, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Mixed Cationic and Anionic Redox in Ni and Co Free Chalcogen-Based Cathode Chemistry for Li-Ion Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143(38), 15732–15744 (2021). Link ↗
- 2021Sathish Rajendran, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Samia Alkatie, Yi Ding, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Y, Gd, and Pr tri-doped perovskite-type proton conducting electrolytes with improved sinterability and chemical stability. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 870, 159431 (2021). Link ↗
- 2021Chalcogen-Based Anion Redox Cathode Chemistry for Li-Ion Batteries. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2020Kiran Mahankali, Sudhan Nagarajan, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Sathish Rajendran, Munaiah Yeddala, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Metal-Based Electrocatalysts for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: A Review. Catalysts, 10(10), 1137 (2020). Link ↗
- 2020Kiran Mahankali, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Daryna Gopchenko, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Atomically Engineered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Liquid Polysulfide Adsorption and Their Effective Conversion in Li-S Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(24), 27112–27121 (2020). Link ↗
- 2020Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Sanket Mundhe, Md Mahbubul Islam, Golam Newaz, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Probing of Internal Short Circuit in Lithium-Ion Pouch Cells by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy under Mechanical Abusive Conditions. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167(16), 160553 (2020). Link ↗
- 2020Mikhail Miroshnikov, Kiran Mahankali, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Sitakanta Satapathy, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and George John. Bioderived Molecular Electrodes for Next‐Generation Energy‐Storage Materials. ChemSusChem, 13(9), 2186–2204 (2020). Link ↗
- 2020Mikhail Miroshnikov, Hsin Wang, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Kiran Mahankali, Sitakanta Satapathy, Keiko Kato, Ganguli Babu, Kizhmuri P. Divya, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and George John. Nature-Inspired Purpurin Polymer for Li-Ion Batteries: Mechanistic Insights into Energy Storage via Solid-State NMR and Computational Studies. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124(33), 17939–17948 (2020). Link ↗
- 2020Sathish Rajendran, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Hanping Ding, Yi Ding, Dong Ding, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Tri-Doped BaCeO3–BaZrO3 as a Chemically Stable Electrolyte with High Proton-Conductivity for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOECs). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(34), 38275–38284 (2020). Link ↗
- 2020Sathish Rajendran, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Kiran Mahankali, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Toward Moisture-Stable and Dendrite-Free Garnet-Type Solid-State Electrolytes. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(7), 6775–6784 (2020). Link ↗
- 2020Insights into the Reversible Redox Pathways in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries By in Situ AFM-SECM Coupled Raman Spectroscopy. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2020Electrochemical Impedance Studies of Internal Short Circuits of Lithium-Ion Batteries Under Mechanical Abusive Conditions. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2020In-Situ Electrochemical Mapping of Lithium-Sulfur Battery Interfaces Using AFM-SECM. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2020Engineered Electrode-Electrolyte Interface for Moisture-Stable, Dendrite-Free Garnet-Type Solid-State Electrolytes. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2019Kiran Mahankali, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Yi Ding, Susil K. Putatunda, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Interfacial behavior of water-in-salt electrolytes at porous electrodes and its effect on supercapacitor performance. Electrochimica Acta, 326, 134989 (2019). Link ↗
- 2019Kiran Mahankali, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. In Situ Electrochemical Mapping of Lithium–Sulfur Battery Interfaces Using AFM–SECM. Nano Letters, 19(8), 5229–5236 (2019). Link ↗
- 2019Mikhail Miroshnikov, Keiko Kato, Ganguli Babu, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Kiran Mahankali, Edward Hohenstein, Hsin Wang, Sitakanta Satapathy, Kizhmuri P. Divya, Harrison Asare, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, and George John. Made From Henna! A Fast-Charging, High-Capacity, and Recyclable Tetrakislawsone Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7(16), 13836–13844 (2019). Link ↗
- 2019Abdulrazzag Sawas, Ganguli Babu, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Electrocatalysis driven high energy density Li-ion polysulfide battery. Electrochimica Acta, 307, 253–259 (2019). Link ↗
- 2019A Proton Conducting Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell with Tri-Doping Electrolyte and Three-Phase Conducting Steam Electrode for Sustainable Hydrogen Production. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2019Suspended 2D Material Biosensor for Reliable Sensing. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2019Proton Conducting Lithium Super Ionic Conductor for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cell. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2018Ganguli Babu, Abdulrazzag Sawas, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Two-Dimensional Material-Reinforced Separator for Li–Sulfur Battery. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(20), 10765–10772 (2018). Link ↗
- 2018Deepesh Gopalakrishnan, Andrew Lee, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Facile synthesis of electrocatalytically active NbS 2 nanoflakes for an enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2(1), 96–102 (2018). Link ↗
- 2018Nirul Masurkar, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. CVD-Grown MoSe 2 Nanoflowers with Dual Active Sites for Efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(33), 27771–27779 (2018). Link ↗
- 2018Water-in-Salt Electrolytes for High-Voltage Supercapacitors. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2018Electrocatalysis of Polysulfide Redox in Lithium-Sulfur Battery. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
- 2017Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Deepesh Gopalakrishnan, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Understanding Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis of Lithium Polysulfide Redox on Pt and WS2Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(23), 12718–12725 (2017). Link ↗
Other publications (5)
Papers from before and after the Arava group.
- 2015Structural and electronic modification of MoS₂ nanosheets using S-doped carbon for efficient electrocatalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction. Chemical Communications Link ↗
- 2014Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis at Single Gold Nanoparticles Attached to Carbon Nanoelectrodes. ChemElectroChem Link ↗
- 2014Ferrocene-functionalized polydopamine as a novel redox matrix for H₂O₂ oxidation. Journal of Materials Chemistry B Link ↗
- 2011Enzymeless creatinine estimation using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) -β-cyclodextrin. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Link ↗
- 2011A novel potentiometric hydrogen peroxide sensor based on pKa changes of vinylphenylboronic acid membranes. Materials Letters Link ↗