Dr. Venkateswara Rao Chitturi

In the Arava group

Postdoctoral researcher. Joined in July 2014 with a Wayne State OVPR Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014–2016). His work in the group covered lithium–oxygen battery cathodes, lithium–sulfur electrocatalysis and, with Prof. Aharon Gedanken’s group at Bar-Ilan University, solar-driven bioethanol.

Current position

Senior Scientist, Wonik Materials North America / Nova-Kem LLC

Honors

• Wayne State OVPR Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2014–2016

Publications with Prof. Arava (11)

• 2017B. Tabah, I. Pulidindi, V. Chitturi, L. Arava, A. Gedanken, Solar-energy driven bioethanol production from carbohydrates for transportation applications, Solar Energy and Solar Panels: Systems, Performance and Recent Developments. (2017) 1–66. Link ↗
• 2017Betina Tabah, Indra Neel Pulidindi, Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Alexander Varvak, Elizabeth Foran, and Aharon Gedanken. Solar-energy-driven conversion of biomass to bioethanol: a sustainable approach. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(30), 15486–15506 (2017). Link ↗
• 2016Hesham Al Salem, Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Ganguli Babu, Juan A. Santana, Deepesh Gopalakrishnan, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Stabilizing polysulfide-shuttle in a Li–S battery using transition metal carbide nanostructures. RSC Advances, 6(111), 110301–110306 (2016). Link ↗
• 2016Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Mahbuba Ara, Wissam Fawaz, K. Y. Simon Ng, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Enhanced Lithium–Oxygen Battery Performances with Pt Subnanocluster Decorated N-Doped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Cathodes. ACS Catalysis, 6(10), 7088–7097 (2016). Link ↗
• 2016Betina Tabah, Indra Neel Pulidindi, Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, and Aharon Gedanken. Utilization of solar energy for continuous bioethanol production for energy applications. RSC Advances, 6(29), 24203–24209 (2016). Link ↗
• 2015Hesham Al Salem, Ganguli Babu, Chitturi V. Rao, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava. Electrocatalytic Polysulfide Traps for Controlling Redox Shuttle Process of Li–S Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(36), 11542–11545 (2015). Link ↗
• 2015Negar Mosavati, Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Steven O. Salley, and K.Y. Simon Ng. Effects of Nickel Particle Size and Graphene Support on the Electrochemical Performance of Lithium/Dissolved Polysulfide Batteries. Electrochimica Acta, 185, 297–303 (2015). Link ↗
• 2015Betina Tabah, Indra Neel Pulidindi, Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, and Aharon Gedanken. Solar‐Energy Driven Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Starch to Bioethanol for Fuel‐Cell Applications. ChemSusChem, 8(20), 3497–3503 (2015). Link ↗
• 2015Effect of Metal Nanoparticles on the Polysulfide Conversion Reactions in Rechargeable Li-Sulfur Batteries. ECS Meeting Abstracts Link ↗
• 2011Chitturi Venkateswara Rao, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Yasuyuki Ishikawa, and Pulickel M. Ajayan. Synthesis and electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity of graphene-supported Pt3Co and Pt3Cr alloy nanoparticles. Carbon, 49(3), 931–936 (2011). Link ↗
• 2011Chitturi Venkateswara Rao, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Yasuyuki Ishikawa, and Pulickel M. Ajayan. LiNi_1/3Co_1/3Mn_1/3O₂–Graphene Composite as a Promising Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 3(8), 2966–2972 (2011). Link ↗