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2025
Investigation of electrode-electrolyte interfaces to enable non-flammable Li-ion batteries operating up to 125°C with liquid electrolyte.
Sudhan Nagarajan, Sooyeon Hwang, Cherno Jaye, Conan Weiland, Debora Motta Meira, Mahalingam Balasubramanian, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Cell Reports Physical Science 6(5), 102597 (2025).
A Boron-Based Anion-Receptor Additive for High-Loading Lithium–Sulfur Batteries under Lean Electrolyte Conditions.
Veka Sri Ganesan, Sudhan Nagarajan, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
ACS Applied Energy Materials 8(5), 2810–2818 (2025). IF 5.5
2024
Unleashing the Potential of Fast Charging Batteries: Leveraging Anion Redox Chemistry in Ni- and Co-Free Cathodes.
Sudhan Nagarajan, Subhayan Roychoudhury, Conan Weiland, Debora Motta Meira, Mahalingam Balasubramanian, David Prendergast, Sooyeon Hwang, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Chemistry of Materials 36(18), 8623–8638 (2024). IF 7.1
Electrochemical instability of room-temperature ionic liquids with LiTFSI at elevated temperature and its consequences in Li/Li-ion based half-cells and full-cells.
Sathish Rajendran, Veka Sri Ganesan, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Electrochimica Acta 498, 144599 (2024). IF 5.8
2023
Regulating Li‐Ion Transport through Ultrathin Molecular Membrane to Enable High‐Performance All‐Solid‐State–Battery.
Sathish Rajendran, Antony George, Zian Tang, Christof Neumann, Andrey Turchanin, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Small 19(44), 2303625 (2023). IF 11.9
2022
Nanoscale Visualization of Reversible Redox Pathways in Lithium-Sulfur Battery Using In Situ AFM-SECM.
Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Kiran Mahankali, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Journal of The Electrochemical Society 169(6), 060501 (2022). IF 3.5
Unveiling the Electrocatalytic Activity of 1T′-MoSe2 on Lithium-Polysulfide Conversion Reactions.
Kiran Mahankali, Sundeep Varma Gottumukkala, Nirul Masurkar, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Rahul Jayan, Abdulrazzag Sawas, Sudhan Nagarajan, Md Mahbubul Islam, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14(21), 24486–24496 (2022). IF 7.9
Depth-Dependent Understanding of Cathode Electrolyte Interphase (CEI) on the Layered Li-Ion Cathodes Operated at Extreme High Temperature.
Sudhan Nagarajan, Conan Weiland, Sooyeon Hwang, Mahalingam Balasubramanian, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Chemistry of Materials 34(10), 4587–4601 (2022). IF 7.1
2021
An All-Solid-State Battery with a Tailored Electrode–Electrolyte Interface Using Surface Chemistry and Interlayer-Based Approaches.
Sathish Rajendran, Aparna Pilli, Olatomide Omolere, Jeffry Kelber, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Chemistry of Materials 33(9), 3401–3412 (2021). IF 7.1
Giant persistent photoconductivity in monolayer MoS2 field-effect transistors.
A. George, M. V. Fistul, M. Gruenewald, D. Kaiser, T. Lehnert, R. Mupparapu, C. Neumann, U. Hübner, M. Schaal, N. Masurkar, L. M. R. Arava, I. Staude, U. Kaiser, T. Fritz, and A. Turchanin.
npj 2D Materials and Applications 5(1), 15 (2021). IF 9.2
Anisotropic mass transport using ionic liquid crystalline electrolytes to suppress lithium dendrite growth.
Deepesh Gopalakrishnan, Samia Alkatie, Andrew Cannon, Sathish Rajendran, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Neha Bhagirath, Emily M. Ryan, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Sustainable Energy & Fuels 5(5), 1488–1497 (2021). IF 4.6
Light-Assisted Rechargeable Lithium Batteries: Organic Molecules for Simultaneous Energy Harvesting and Storage.
Keiko 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.
Nano Letters 21(2), 907–913 (2021). IF 9.1
Reliable and highly sensitive biosensor from suspended MoS2 atomic layer on nano-gap electrodes.
Nirul Masurkar, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Sally Yurgelevic, Sundeep Varma, Gregory W. Auner, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Biosensors and Bioelectronics 172, 112724 (2021). IF 11.8
Mixed Cationic and Anionic Redox in Ni and Co Free Chalcogen-Based Cathode Chemistry for Li-Ion Batteries.
Sudhan Nagarajan, Sooyeon Hwang, Mahalingam Balasubramanian, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 143(38), 15732–15744 (2021). IF 16.6
Inhibition of Lithium Dendrite Formation in Lithium Metal Batteries via Regulated Cation Transport through Ultrathin Sub‐Nanometer Porous Carbon Nanomembranes.
Sathish Rajendran, Zian Tang, Antony George, Andrew Cannon, Christof Neumann, Abdulrazzag Sawas, Emily Ryan, Andrey Turchanin, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Advanced Energy Materials 11(29), 2100666 (2021). IF 25.5
Y, Gd, and Pr tri-doped perovskite-type proton conducting electrolytes with improved sinterability and chemical stability.
Sathish Rajendran, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Samia Alkatie, Yi Ding, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 870, 159431 (2021). IF 6.7
2020
In situ x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of lithium carbonate removal from garnet-type solid-state electrolyte using ultra high vacuum techniques.
Jessica C. Jones, Sathish Rajendran, Aparna Pilli, Veronica Lee, Natasha Chugh, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, and Jeffry A. Kelber.
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films 38(2), 023201 (2020). IF 2.5
Metal-Based Electrocatalysts for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: A Review.
Kiran Mahankali, Sudhan Nagarajan, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Sathish Rajendran, Munaiah Yeddala, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Catalysts 10(10), 1137 (2020). IF 4.5
Atomically Engineered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Liquid Polysulfide Adsorption and Their Effective Conversion in Li-S Batteries.
Kiran Mahankali, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Daryna Gopchenko, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12(24), 27112–27121 (2020). IF 7.9
Supported and Suspended 2D Material-Based FET Biosensors.
Nirul Masurkar, Sundeep Varma, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Electrochem 1(3), 260–277 (2020).
Probing of Internal Short Circuit in Lithium-Ion Pouch Cells by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy under Mechanical Abusive Conditions.
Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Sanket Mundhe, Md Mahbubul Islam, Golam Newaz, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Journal of The Electrochemical Society 167(16), 160553 (2020). IF 3.5
Bioderived Molecular Electrodes for Next‐Generation Energy‐Storage Materials.
Mikhail Miroshnikov, Kiran Mahankali, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Sitakanta Satapathy, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and George John.
ChemSusChem 13(9), 2186–2204 (2020). IF 6.0
Nature-Inspired Purpurin Polymer for Li-Ion Batteries: Mechanistic Insights into Energy Storage via Solid-State NMR and Computational Studies.
Mikhail 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.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124(33), 17939–17948 (2020). IF 3.4
Direct Assessment of Separator Strain in Li-Ion Batteries at the Onset of Mechanically Induced Short Circuit.
Golam Newaz, Sanket Mundhe, Leela Arava, Min Zhu, Omar Faruque, and Saeed Barbat.
Energies 13(3), 669 (2020). IF 3.9
Tri-Doped BaCeO3–BaZrO3 as a Chemically Stable Electrolyte with High Proton-Conductivity for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOECs).
Sathish Rajendran, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Hanping Ding, Yi Ding, Dong Ding, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12(34), 38275–38284 (2020). IF 7.9
Toward Moisture-Stable and Dendrite-Free Garnet-Type Solid-State Electrolytes.
Sathish Rajendran, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Kiran Mahankali, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
ACS Applied Energy Materials 3(7), 6775–6784 (2020). IF 5.5
2019
Experimental Studies and Numerical Simulation of Polypyrrole Trilayer Actuators.
Shuangjie Liu, Nirul Masurkar, Sundeep Varma, Ivan Avrutsky, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
ACS Omega 4(4), 6436–6442 (2019). IF 5.2
Interfacial behavior of water-in-salt electrolytes at porous electrodes and its effect on supercapacitor performance.
Kiran Mahankali, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Yi Ding, Susil K. Putatunda, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Electrochimica Acta 326, 134989 (2019). IF 5.8
In Situ Electrochemical Mapping of Lithium–Sulfur Battery Interfaces Using AFM–SECM.
Kiran Mahankali, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Nano Letters 19(8), 5229–5236 (2019). IF 9.1
Nature-Derived Sodium-Ion Battery: Mechanistic Insights into Na-Ion Coordination within Sustainable Molecular Cathode Materials.
Mikhail Miroshnikov, Keiko Kato, Ganguli Babu, Naresh Kumar, Kiran Mahankali, Edward Hohenstein, Hsin Wang, Sitakanta Satapathy, Kizhmuri P. Divya, Harrison Asare, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and George John.
ACS Applied Energy Materials 2(12), 8596–8604 (2019). IF 5.5
Made From Henna! A Fast-Charging, High-Capacity, and Recyclable Tetrakislawsone Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries.
Mikhail 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.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7(16), 13836–13844 (2019). IF 7.6
Electrocatalysis driven high energy density Li-ion polysulfide battery.
Abdulrazzag Sawas, Ganguli Babu, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Electrochimica Acta 307, 253–259 (2019). IF 5.8
2018
A common tattoo chemical for energy storage: henna plant-derived naphthoquinone dimer as a green and sustainable cathode material for Li-ion batteries.
Mikhail Miroshnikov, Keiko Kato, Ganguli Babu, Kizhmuri P. Divya, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and George John.
RSC Advances 8(3), 1576–1582 (2018). IF 6.1
Porous graphene current collectors filled with silicon as high-performance lithium battery anode.
Khalid Ababtain, Ganguli Babu, Sandhya Susarla, Hemtej Gullapalli, Nirul Masurkar, Pulickel M Ajayan, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Materials Research Express 5(1), 014004 (2018).
Electrocatalytically Active Niobium Sulfide Modified Carbon Cloth for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries.
Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Deepesh Gopalakrishnan, and Andrew Lee.
Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 15(1), 011005 (2018). IF 2.6
Two-Dimensional Material-Reinforced Separator for Li–Sulfur Battery.
Ganguli Babu, Abdulrazzag Sawas, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122(20), 10765–10772 (2018). IF 3.4
Facile synthesis of electrocatalytically active NbS 2 nanoflakes for an enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction (HER).
Deepesh Gopalakrishnan, Andrew Lee, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2(1), 96–102 (2018). IF 4.6
Millimeter-scale lithium ion battery packaging for high-temperature sensing applications.
Nirul Masurkar, Ganguli Babu, Sanjeev Porchelvan, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Journal of Power Sources 399, 179–185 (2018). IF 8.4
CVD-Grown MoSe 2 Nanoflowers with Dual Active Sites for Efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.
Nirul Masurkar, Naresh Kumar Thangavel, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10(33), 27771–27779 (2018). IF 7.9
Lateral heterostructures of two-dimensional materials by electron-beam induced stitching.
Andreas Winter, Antony George, Christof Neumann, Zian Tang, Michael J. Mohn, Johannes Biskupek, Nirul Masurkar, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Thomas Weimann, Uwe Hübner, Ute Kaiser, and Andrey Turchanin.
Carbon 128, 106–116 (2018). IF 12.7
2017
Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Atomic Layers for Lithium Polysulfides Electrocatalysis.
Ganguli Babu, Nirul Masurkar, Hesham Al Salem, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 139(1), 171–178 (2017). IF 16.6
A flexible solar cell/supercapacitor integrated energy device.
Pei Dong, Marco-Tulio F. Rodrigues, Jing Zhang, Raquel S. Borges, Kaushik Kalaga, Arava L.M. Reddy, Glaura G. Silva, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Jun Lou.
Nano Energy 42, 181–186 (2017). IF 16.7
Environmental Effects on the Polypyrrole Tri-layer Actuator.
Nirul Masurkar, Kawsar Jamil, and Leela Arava.
Actuators 6(2), 17 (2017).
Mesoscale Interplay in Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond.
Partha P. Mukherjee, Leela M. Arava, and Amit Pandey.
JOM 69(9), 1467–1468 (2017). IF 2.3
B. 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.
Understanding Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis of Lithium Polysulfide Redox on Pt and WS2Surfaces.
Naresh Kumar Thangavel, Deepesh Gopalakrishnan, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121(23), 12718–12725 (2017). IF 3.4
Solar-energy-driven conversion of biomass to bioethanol: a sustainable approach.
Betina Tabah, Indra Neel Pulidindi, Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Alexander Varvak, Elizabeth Foran, and Aharon Gedanken.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 5(30), 15486–15506 (2017). IF 9.2
2016
Ionic Liquid–Organic Carbonate Electrolyte Blends To Stabilize Silicon Electrodes for Extending Lithium Ion Battery Operability to 100 °C.
Khalid Ababtain, Ganguli Babu, Xinrong Lin, Marco-Tulio F. Rodrigues, Hemtej Gullapalli, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Mark W. Grinstaff, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8(24), 15242–15249 (2016). IF 7.9
Stabilizing polysulfide-shuttle in a Li–S battery using transition metal carbide nanostructures.
Hesham Al Salem, Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Ganguli Babu, Juan A. Santana, Deepesh Gopalakrishnan, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
RSC Advances 6(111), 110301–110306 (2016). IF 6.1
Enhanced Lithium–Oxygen Battery Performances with Pt Subnanocluster Decorated N-Doped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Cathodes.
Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Mahbuba Ara, Wissam Fawaz, K. Y. Simon Ng, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
ACS Catalysis 6(10), 7088–7097 (2016). IF 13.6
High temperature electrical energy storage: advances, challenges, and frontiers.
Xinrong Lin, Maryam Salari, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Mark W. Grinstaff.
Chemical Society Reviews 45(21), 5848–5887 (2016). IF 48.3
Power from nature: designing green battery materials from electroactive quinone derivatives and organic polymers.
Mikhail Miroshnikov, Kizhmuri P. Divya, Ganguli Babu, Ashokkumar Meiyazhagan, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and George John.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4(32), 12370–12386 (2016). IF 9.2
Hexagonal Boron Nitride‐Based Electrolyte Composite for Li‐Ion Battery Operation from Room Temperature to 150 °C.
Marco‐Tulio F. Rodrigues, Kaushik Kalaga, Hemtej Gullapalli, Ganguli Babu, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Advanced Energy Materials 6(12), 1600218 (2016). IF 25.5
Utilization of solar energy for continuous bioethanol production for energy applications.
Betina Tabah, Indra Neel Pulidindi, Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, and Aharon Gedanken.
RSC Advances 6(29), 24203–24209 (2016). IF 6.1
2015
Electrocatalytic Polysulfide Traps for Controlling Redox Shuttle Process of Li–S Batteries.
Hesham Al Salem, Ganguli Babu, Chitturi V. Rao, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 137(36), 11542–11545 (2015). IF 16.6
Electrocatalysis of Lithium Polysulfides: Current Collectors as Electrodes in Li/S Battery Configuration.
Ganguli Babu, Khalid Ababtain, K. Y. Simon Ng, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
Scientific Reports 5(1), 8763 (2015). IF 4.9
Graphene-decorated graphite–sulfur composite as a high-tap-density electrode for Li–S batteries.
Ganguli Babu, and Leela Mohana Reddy Arava.
RSC Advances 5(59), 47621–47627 (2015). IF 6.1
Quasi-Solid Electrolytes for High Temperature Lithium Ion Batteries.
Kaushik Kalaga, Marco-Tulio F. Rodrigues, Hemtej Gullapalli, Ganguli Babu, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7(46), 25777–25783 (2015). IF 7.9
Effects of Nickel Particle Size and Graphene Support on the Electrochemical Performance of Lithium/Dissolved Polysulfide Batteries.
Negar Mosavati, Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Steven O. Salley, and K.Y. Simon Ng.
Electrochimica Acta 185, 297–303 (2015). IF 5.8
Solar‐Energy Driven Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Starch to Bioethanol for Fuel‐Cell Applications.
Betina Tabah, Indra Neel Pulidindi, Venkateswara Rao Chitturi, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, and Aharon Gedanken.
ChemSusChem 8(20), 3497–3503 (2015). IF 6.0
Nanobiocomposite from Collagen Waste Using Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Its Conversion Into Magnetic Nanocarbon†.
P. Thanikaivelan, T. N. Narayanan, B. K. Gupta, A. L. M. Reddy, and P. M. Ajayan.
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 15(6), 4504–4509 (2015).
2014
Electromechanical Properties of Polymer Electrolyte‐Based Stretchable Supercapacitors.
Daniel P. Cole, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Myung Gwan Hahm, Ryan McCotter, Amelia H. C. Hart, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Shashi P. Karna, and Mark L. Bundy.
Advanced Energy Materials 4(3), 1300844 (2014). IF 25.5
2013
Conversion of Industrial Bio-Waste into Useful Nanomaterials.
Meiyazhagan Ashokkumar, Narayanan Tharangattu Narayanan, Bipin Kumar Gupta, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Avanish Pratap Singh, S. K. Dhawan, Bangaru Chandrasekaran, Dinesh Rawat, Saikat Talapatra, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Palanisamy Thanikaivelan.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 1(6), 619–626 (2013). IF 7.6
Supercapacitor Operating At 200 Degrees Celsius.
Raquel S. Borges, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Marco-Tulio F. Rodrigues, Hemtej Gullapalli, Kaushik Balakrishnan, Glaura G. Silva, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Scientific Reports 3(1), 2572 (2013). IF 4.9
Graphene Based Energetic Materials: A Case Study.
Sarah Claypool, Kaushik Kalaga, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Luke J. Currano, Madan Dubey, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Graphene 1(1), 11–15 (2013).
Eco-Efficient Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons and Its Application in Electrochemical Supercapacitors.
Dijo Damien, Binson Babu, T. N. Narayanan, A. Leelamohana Reddy, P. M. Ajayan, and M. M. Shaijumon.
Graphene 1(1), 37–44 (2013).
M. Dubey, R. Nambaru, M. Ulrich, M. Ervin, M. Chin, B. Nichols, E. Zakar, A. Matin, O.M. Nayfeh, A. Birdwell, others, Graphene-based nanoelectronics, ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD, 2013.
Thin micropatterned multi-walled carbon nanotube films for electrodes.
Niina Halonen, Jani Mäklin, Anne-Riikka Rautio, Jarmo Kukkola, Antti Uusimäki, Geza Toth, Leela Mohana Reddy, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Krisztian Kordas.
Chemical Physics Letters 583, 87–91 (2013). IF 2.9
Increased mobility for layer-by-layer transferred chemical vapor deposited graphene/boron-nitride thin films.
Osama M. Nayfeh, A. Glen Birdwell, Cheng Tan, Madan Dubey, Hemtej Gullapalli, Zheng Liu, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Applied Physics Letters 102(10), 103115 (2013). IF 3.8
Graphene as an atomically thin interface for growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes.
Rahul Rao, Gugang Chen, Leela Mohana Reddy Arava, Kaushik Kalaga, Masahiro Ishigami, Tony F. Heinz, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Avetik R. Harutyunyan.
Scientific Reports 3(1), 1891 (2013). IF 4.9
Correction to “Multisegmented Au-MnO2/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Coaxial Arrays for High-Power Supercapacitor Applications”.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Manikoth M. Shaijumon, Sanketh R. Gowda, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117(42), 22169–22169 (2013). IF 3.4
Diameter-Dependent Bending Modulus of Individual Multiwall Boron Nitride Nanotubes.
Adrienne E. Tanur, Jiesheng Wang, Arava L. M. Reddy, Daniel N. Lamont, Yoke Khin Yap, and Gilbert C. Walker.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 117(16), 4618–4625 (2013). IF 3.2
2012
3D Nanoporous Nanowire Current Collectors for Thin Film Microbatteries.
Sanketh R. Gowda, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Xiaobo Zhan, Huma R. Jafry, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Nano Letters 12(3), 1198–1202 (2012). IF 9.1
Transforming collagen wastes into doped nanocarbons for sustainable energy applications.
Meiyazhagan Ashokkumar, Narayanan Tharangattu Narayanan, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Bipin Kumar Gupta, Bangaru Chandrasekaran, Saikat Talapatra, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Palanisamy Thanikaivelan.
Green Chemistry 14(6), 1689 (2012). IF 10.6
Three-Dimensionally Engineered Porous Silicon Electrodes for Li Ion Batteries.
Sanketh R. Gowda, Victor Pushparaj, Subramanya Herle, G. Girishkumar, Joseph G. Gordon, Hemtej Gullapalli, Xiaobo Zhan, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Arava Leela Mohana Reddy.
Nano Letters 12(12), 6060–6065 (2012). IF 9.1
Highly Luminescent–Paramagnetic Nanophosphor Probes for In Vitro High‐Contrast Imaging of Human Breast Cancer Cells.
Bipin Kumar Gupta, Tharangattu N. Narayanan, Sajna Antony Vithayathil, Yean Lee, Shyny Koshy, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Avishek Saha, V. Shanker, V. N. Singh, Benny Abraham Kaipparettu, Angel A. Martí, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Small 8(19), 3028–3034 (2012). IF 11.9
Carbon Nanotube–Nanocup Hybrid Structures for High Power Supercapacitor Applications.
Myung Gwan Hahm, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Daniel P. Cole, Monica Rivera, Joseph A. Vento, Jaewook Nam, Hyun Young Jung, Young Lae Kim, Narayanan T. Narayanan, Daniel P. Hashim, Charudatta Galande, Yung Joon Jung, Mark Bundy, Shashi Karna, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Robert Vajtai.
Nano Letters 12(11), 5616–5621 (2012). IF 9.1
Controlled, Stepwise Reduction and Band Gap Manipulation of Graphene Oxide.
Akshay Mathkar, Dylan Tozier, Paris Cox, Peijie Ong, Charudatta Galande, Kaushik Balakrishnan, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 3(8), 986–991 (2012). IF 4.5
Probing of Ni-Encapsulated Ferromagnetic Boron Nitride Nanotubes by Time-Resolved and Steady-State Photoluminescence Spectroscopy.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Bipin Kumar Gupta, Tharangattu N. Narayanan, Angel A. Martí, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Gilbert C. Walker.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116(23), 12803–12809 (2012). IF 3.4
Lithium storage mechanisms in purpurin based organic lithium ion battery electrodes.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Subbiah Nagarajan, Porramate Chumyim, Sanketh R. Gowda, Padmanava Pradhan, Swapnil R. Jadhav, Madan Dubey, George John, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Scientific Reports 2(1), 960 (2012). IF 4.9
Lightweight carbon nanotube-based structural-energy storage devices for micro unmanned systems.
Monica Rivera, Daniel P. Cole, Myung Gwan Hahm, Arava L. M. Reddy, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Shashi P. Karna, and Mark L. Bundy.
SPIE Proceedings 8377, 837706–837706–13 (2012).
Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage.
Mauro Coelho dos Santos, Olivera Kesler, and Arava Leela Mohana Reddy.
Journal of Nanomaterials 2012(1), 159249 (2012).
Paintable Battery.
Neelam Singh, Charudatta Galande, Andrea Miranda, Akshay Mathkar, Wei Gao, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Alexandru Vlad, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Scientific Reports 2(1), 481 (2012). IF 4.9
Binary and Ternary Atomic Layers Built from Carbon, Boron, and Nitrogen.
Li Song, Zheng Liu, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Narayanan Tharangattu Narayanan, Jaime Taha‐Tijerina, Juan Peng, Guanhui Gao, Jun Lou, Robert Vajtai, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Advanced Materials 24(36), 4878–4895 (2012). IF 29.1
Roll up nanowire battery from silicon chips.
Alexandru Vlad, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Anakha Ajayan, Neelam Singh, Jean-François Gohy, Sorin Melinte, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109(38), 15168–15173 (2012). IF 9.5
Hybrid Nanostructures for Energy Storage Applications.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Sanketh R. Gowda, Manikoth M. Shaijumon, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Advanced Materials 24(37), 5045–5064 (2012). IF 29.1
2011
Graphene Growth via Carburization of Stainless Steel and Application in Energy Storage.
Hemtej Gullapalli, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Stephen Kilpatrick, Madan Dubey, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Small 7(12), 1697–1700 (2011). IF 11.9
Direct laser writing of micro-supercapacitors on hydrated graphite oxide films.
Wei Gao, Neelam Singh, Li Song, Zheng Liu, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Lijie Ci, Robert Vajtai, Qing Zhang, Bingqing Wei, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Nature Nanotechnology 6(8), 496–500 (2011). IF 37.7
Building Energy Storage Device on a Single Nanowire.
Sanketh R. Gowda, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Xiaobo Zhan, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Nano Letters 11(8), 3329–3333 (2011). IF 9.1
Conformal Coating of Thin Polymer Electrolyte Layer on Nanostructured Electrode Materials for Three-Dimensional Battery Applications.
Sanketh R. Gowda, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Manikoth M. Shaijumon, Xiaobo Zhan, Lijie Ci, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Nano Letters 11(1), 101–106 (2011). IF 9.1
Flexible Carbon Nanotube–Cu2O Hybrid Electrodes for Li‐Ion Batteries.
Anubha Goyal, Arava L. M. Reddy, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Small 7(12), 1709–1713 (2011). IF 11.9
Optical Bifunctionality of Europium-Complexed Luminescent Graphene Nanosheets.
Bipin Kumar Gupta, Palanisamy Thanikaivelan, Tharangattu N. Narayanan, Li Song, Wei Gao, Takuya Hayashi, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Avishek Saha, Virendra Shanker, Morinobu Endo, Angel A. Martí, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Nano Letters 11(12), 5227–5233 (2011). IF 9.1
Direct Synthesis of Lithium-Intercalated Graphene for Electrochemical Energy Storage Application.
Ashavani Kumar, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Arnab Mukherjee, Madan Dubey, Xiaobo Zhan, Neelam Singh, Lijie Ci, W. Edward Billups, John Nagurny, Gandhi Mital, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
ACS Nano 5(6), 4345–4349 (2011). IF 17.3
Synthesis and electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity of graphene-supported Pt3Co and Pt3Cr alloy nanoparticles.
Chitturi Venkateswara Rao, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Yasuyuki Ishikawa, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Carbon 49(3), 931–936 (2011). IF 12.7
Carbon nanocoils for multi-functional energy applications.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Razack Imran Jafri, Neetu Jha, S. Ramaprabhu, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Journal of Materials Chemistry 21(40), 16103 (2011).
Thermal Decomposition Properties of NaClO4 Functionalized CNT Arrays.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Ashavani Kumar, Luke J. Currano, Wayne Churaman, Madan Dubey, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11(2), 1111–1116 (2011).
LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2–Graphene Composite as a Promising Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries.
Chitturi Venkateswara Rao, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Yasuyuki Ishikawa, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 3(8), 2966–2972 (2011). IF 7.9
Ultrathin Planar Graphene Supercapacitors.
Jung Joon Yoo, Kaushik Balakrishnan, Jingsong Huang, Vincent Meunier, Bobby G. Sumpter, Anchal Srivastava, Michelle Conway, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Jin Yu, Robert Vajtai, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Nano Letters 11(4), 1423–1427 (2011). IF 9.1
2010
Synthesis Of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Films For Lithium Battery Application.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Anchal Srivastava, Sanketh R. Gowda, Hemtej Gullapalli, Madan Dubey, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
ACS Nano 4(11), 6337–6342 (2010). IF 17.3
L. Currano, W. Churaman, C. Becker, C. Morris, L. Reddy, A. Ihnen, P. Ajayan, W. Lee, Energetic materials for integration on chip, in: Proceedings-14th International Detonation Symposium, IDS, 2010: pp. 30–36.
Synthesis of Catalytic Porous Metallic Nanorods by Galvanic Exchange Reaction.
Melinda Mohl, Ashavani Kumar, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Akos Kukovecz, Zoltan Konya, Imre Kiricsi, Robert Vajtai, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114(1), 389–393 (2010). IF 3.4
Performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Using Pt/MWNT–Pt/C Composites as Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells.
A. Leela Mohana Reddy, M. M. Shaijumon, N. Rajalakshmi, and S. Ramaprabhu.
Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology 7(2), 021001 (2010).
Multisegmented Au-MnO2/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Coaxial Arrays for High-Power Supercapacitor Applications.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Manikoth M. Shaijumon, Sanketh R. Gowda, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114(1), 658–663 (2010). IF 3.4
Synthesis and hydrogen storage properties of different types of boron nitride nanostructures.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Adrienne E. Tanur, and Gilbert C. Walker.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 35(9), 4138–4143 (2010). IF 9.2
2009
A non-aqueous electrolyte-based asymmetric supercapacitor with polymer and metal oxide/multiwalled carbon nanotube electrodes.
F. Estaline Amitha, A. Leela Mohana Reddy, and S. Ramaprabhu.
Journal of Nanoparticle Research 11(3), 725–729 (2009). IF 3.5
Coaxial MnO2/Carbon Nanotube Array Electrodes for High-Performance Lithium Batteries.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Manikoth M. Shaijumon, Sanketh R. Gowda, and Pulickel M. Ajayan.
Nano Letters 9(3), 1002–1006 (2009). IF 9.1
2008
Hydrogen diffusion studies in Zr-based Laves phase AB2 alloys.
A. Leela Mohana Reddy, and S. Ramaprabhu.
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 460(1-2), 268–271 (2008). IF 6.7
Electron field emitters based on multiwalled carbon nanotubes decorated with nanoscale metal clusters.
R. B. Rakhi, A. Leela Mohana Reddy, M. M. Shaijumon, K. Sethupathi, and S. Ramaprabhu.
Journal of Nanoparticle Research 10(1), 179–189 (2008). IF 3.5
High Power Density from Pt Thin Film Electrodes Based Microbial Fuel Cell.
Tushar Sharma, A. Leela Mohana Reddy, T. S. Chandra, and S. Ramaprabhu.
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 8(8), 4132–4134 (2008).
Development of carbon nanotubes and nanofluids based microbial fuel cell.
T SHARMA, A MOHANAREDDY, T CHANDRA, and S RAMAPRABHU.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 33(22), 6749–6754 (2008). IF 9.2
Cobalt-polypyrrole-multiwalled carbon nanotube catalysts for hydrogen and alcohol fuel cells.
Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Natarajan Rajalakshmi, and Sundara Ramaprabhu.
Carbon 46(1), 2–11 (2008). IF 12.7
Pt–Ru/multi-walled carbon nanotubes as electrocatalysts for direct methanol fuel cell.
N JHA, A LEELAMOHANAREDDY, M SHAIJUMON, N RAJALAKSHMI, and S RAMAPRABHU.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 33(1), 427–433 (2008). IF 9.2
Hydrogen adsorption properties of single-walled carbon nanotube—Nanocrystalline platinum composites.
A LEELAMOHANAREDDY.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 33(3), 1028–1034 (2008). IF 9.2
Exfoliated single-walled carbon nanotube-based hydrogen sensor.
M. Krishna Kumar, A. Leela Mohana Reddy, and S. Ramaprabhu.
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 130(2), 653–660 (2008). IF 8.3
Asymmetric Flexible Supercapacitor Stack.
A. Leela Mohana Reddy, F. Estaline Amitha, Imran Jafri, and S. Ramaprabhu.
Nanoscale Research Letters 3(4), 145–151 (2008). IF 6.7
Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Metal-encapsulated Multi-walled Carbon Nanobeads.
A Leela Mohana Reddy, and S Ramaprabhu.
Nanoscale Research Letters 3(2), 76 (2008). IF 6.7
Template assisted synthesis of aligned carbon nanotubes and their supercapacitor applications.
A. Leela Mohana Reddy, and S. Ramaprabhu.
International Journal of Nanomanufacturing 2(5), 507 (2008).
2007
Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides Dispersed Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Supercapacitor Electrodes.
A. Leela Mohana Reddy, and S. Ramaprabhu.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111(21), 7727–7734 (2007). IF 3.4
Pt/SWNT−Pt/C Nanocomposite Electrocatalysts for Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells.
A. Leela Mohana Reddy, and S. Ramaprabhu.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111(44), 16138–16146 (2007). IF 3.4
Hydrogen storage properties of nanocrystalline Pt dispersed multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
A REDDY, and S RAMAPRABHU.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 32(16), 3998–4004 (2007). IF 9.2
Design and fabrication of carbon nanotube-based microfuel cell and fuel cell stack coupled with hydrogen storage device.
A REDDY, and S RAMAPRABHU.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 32(17), 4272–4278 (2007). IF 9.2
Single step process for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes and metal/alloy-filled multiwalled carbon nanotubes.
M. M. Shaijumon, A. Leela Mohana Reddy, and S. Ramaprabhu.
Nanoscale Research Letters 2(2), 75 (2007). IF 6.7
Hydriding and electrical resistivity properties of MmTM3-hydrogen (TM=FeTM=Fe, Co and Ni) system.
A. Leela Mohana Reddy, G. Srinivas, and S. Ramaprabhu.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 32(15), 3356–3362 (2007). IF 9.2
2006
Alloy hydride catalyst route for the synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes and magnetic metal-filled multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
A Leela Mohana Reddy, M M Shaijumon, and S Ramaprabhu.
Nanotechnology 17(21), 5299–5305 (2006).
PEM Fuel Cells With Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Catalyst Support Material.
A. Leela Mohana Reddy, M. M. Shaijumon, N. Rajalakshmi, and S. Ramaprabhu.
ASME 2006 Fourth International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Parts A and B 951–963 (2006).
Structural and hydrogen absorption kinetics studies of polymer dispersed and boron added Zr-based AB2AB2 alloy.
A LEELAMOHANAREDDY, and S RAMAPRABHU.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 31(7), 867–876 (2006). IF 9.2
2005
Studies of hydrogen dynamics and structural aspects of polymer dispersed and boron added MmNi3.5Al0.5Fe0.5Co0.5.
A Leela Mohana Reddy, and S Ramaprabhu.
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 17(48), 7531–7546 (2005).
Patents
9 granted US patents, 9 patent applications and 4 Indian patent applications, newest first.
Granted US patents
- US 12,700,6442026L.M.R. Arava, N.K. Thangavel, S. Rajendran, Z. Tang, A. George, A. Turchanin. Inhibition of lithium dendrite growth using ultra-thin sub-nanometer porous carbon nanomembrane in conventional and solid-state lithium-ion batteriesgranted Google Patents ↗
- US 12,525,6392026L.M.R. Arava, S. Rajendran, J. Kelber, A. Pilli. Stabilizing garnet-type solid-state electrolytes through atomic layer deposition of ultra-thin layered materials and methods of making the samegranted Google Patents ↗ Pub. US 2022/0271334 ↗
- US 12,507,4542025L.M.R. Arava, N. Masurkar. Method for fabricating wafer scale/nano submicron gap electrodes and arrays via photolithographygranted Google Patents ↗
- US 12,062,7992024L.M.R. Arava, N. Masurkar, B. Ganguli. Fabrication of micro/millimeter-scale power sources and the process flow thereforgranted Google Patents ↗
- US 11,876,3982024J.E. Heath, G.D. Beskardes, W. McAliley, C.J. Weiss, M. Ahmadian-Tehrani, L.M.R. Arava, et al. Systems, methods and computer program products for charging autonomous wireless sensors in subsurface environmentsgranted Google Patents ↗
- US 11,784,2272023L.M.R. Arava, N. Masurkar. Method for fabricating wafer scale/nano sub micron gap electrodes and arrays via photolithographygranted Google Patents ↗
- US 11,469,4162022G. Babu, K. Ababtain, L.M.R. Arava, A. Sawas. Binder free silicon electrodes for lithium ion battery operabilitygranted Google Patents ↗
- US 11,075,3992021L.M.R. Arava, G. Babu, A. Sawas, N. Thangavel. Ionic receptors to regulate the polysulfide shuttle in lithium-sulfur batteriesgranted Google Patents ↗
- US 9,312,5402016S.R. Gowda, A.L.M. Reddy, F.S. Ou, M.M. Shaijumon, P.M. Ajayan. Conformal coating of thin polymer electrolyte layer on nanostructured electrode materials for three-dimensional micro/nanobattery applicationsgranted Google Patents ↗
Patent applications (US and international)
- US App. 19/072,0902025 · Pub. US 2025/0286114S. Nagarajan, L.M.R. Arava. Electrolyte composition for operating Li-ion battery cells at high temperaturepending Google Patents ↗ WO 2025/189024 ↗
- US App. 18/636,6272024 · Pub. US 2024/0347724S. Nagarajan, L.M.R. Arava. Stabilized cathode materials for lithium-ion batteriespending Google Patents ↗ EP 4699172 ↗
- US App. 18/238,6482024 · Pub. US 2024/0072237L.M.R. Arava, S. Rajendran. High temperature lithium-ion battery and method of making samepending Google Patents ↗ WO 2024/049763 ↗ AU 2023333340 ↗
- US App. 18/409,9722024 · Pub. US 2024/0223000L.M.R. Arava et al. Divisional application in the same patent familypending Google Patents ↗
- US App. 18/085,8792023 · Pub. US 2023/0207879S. Nagarajan, L.M.R. Arava. Rechargeable batteries using ionic liquid based electrolytespending Google Patents ↗ WO 2023/129455 ↗
- WO 2016/0576192016L.M.R. Arava, G. Babu, S. Ng, K. Ababtain. Electrocatalysis of lithium polysulfides: current collectors as electrodes in Li/S battery configurationpublished Google Patents ↗
- US 2014/03150962014R. Borges, A.L.M. Reddy, K. Balakrishnan, G.G. Silva, P.M. Ajayan. Clay-based energy storage compositions for high temperature applicationspublished Google Patents ↗
- WO 2014/0078662014N. Singh, A. Mathkar, A. Vlad, A.L.M. Reddy, P.M. Ajayan. Methods of making multilayer energy storage devicespublished Google Patents ↗ US 2015/0027615 ↗
- WO 2011/0722552011S.R. Gowda, A.L.M. Reddy, F.S. Ou, M.M. Shaijumon, P.M. Ajayan. Conformal coating of thin polymer electrolyte layer on nanostructured electrode materials for three-dimensional micro/nanobattery applicationspublished Google Patents ↗ granted as US 9,312,540 ↗
Indian patent applications
- IN 408/CHE/20082008S. Ramaprabhu, A.L.M. Reddy, N. Jha. Synthesis of carbon nanotube based magnetic nanofluidsIndia IIT Madras patent list ↗
- IN 666/CHE/20072007S. Ramaprabhu, A.L.M. Reddy. Large scale synthesis of multi walled carbon nanotubular coils (MWNTC) over alloy hydride catalystIndia IIT Madras patent list ↗
- IN 667/CHE/20072007S. Ramaprabhu, K. Sethupathi, A.L.M. Reddy, R.B. Rakhi. Flexible carbon nanotube based field emittersIndia IIT Madras patent list ↗
- IN 669/CHE/20072007S. Ramaprabhu, A.L.M. Reddy. Multi walled carbon nanocoils (MWNC) as catalyst support materials for fuel cell applicationsIndia IIT Madras patent list ↗
Conference presentations, 2018–2026
- 2026250th ECS Meeting (Oct 25–29, 2026)V.S. Ganesan, S. Nagarajan, et al., L.M.R. Arava. Enhancing thermal safety up to 100 °C in Li-ion full cells using nitrile-based single-solvent–single-salt electrolytes
- 2025248th ECS MeetingS. Nagarajan, H.N. Kumaresan, L.M.R. Arava. Mechanistic understanding of the interfacial evolution using advanced X-ray techniques in a cylindrical cell
- 2025248th ECS MeetingV.S. Ganesan, S. Nagarajan, L.M.R. Arava. Electrolyte design using a boron-based anion receptor additive for practical lithium–sulfur batteries DOI ↗
- 2025MRS Spring Meeting (Apr 7–8, 2025)L.M.R. Arava et al.. Electrode–electrolyte interfaces for extreme temperatures; nickel- and cobalt-free cathodes
- 2023ORNL Neutron Scattering & Electrochemistry Workshop (Aug 31, 2023)S. Nagarajan. Contributed talk Link ↗
- 2023243rd ECS MeetingS. Nagarajan, et al., L.M.R. Arava. Evaluating the electrode–electrolyte interfacial properties of Li-ion cathodes for high temperature applications
- 2022242nd ECS MeetingS. Nagarajan, S. Hwang, M. Balasubramanian, N.K. Thangavel, L.M.R. Arava. Investigating mixed cationic and anionic redox chemistry in chalcogen based cathodes for Li-ion batteries DOI ↗
- 2022NSLS-II & CFN Users’ Meeting, Brookhaven National LaboratoryS. Nagarajan et al.. Poster presentation Link ↗
- 2022241st ECS Meeting (invited)L.M.R. Arava. Fundamental understanding and challenges in cathode materials for next generation Li-ion batteries DOI ↗
- 2021240th ECS MeetingS. Nagarajan, S. Hwang, M. Balasubramanian, N.K. Thangavel, L.M.R. Arava. Chalcogen-based anion redox cathode chemistry for Li-ion batteries DOI ↗
- 2021240th ECS MeetingS. Rajendran, A. Pilli, O. Omolere, J. Kelber, L.M.R. Arava. All-solid-state battery using interface engineering of garnet-type solid electrolytes DOI ↗
- 2021ASME (IMECE 2021)S. Mundhe, G. Newaz, N.K. Thangavel, L. Arava, M. Islam. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for the prediction of deformation-induced internal short circuit in Li-ion batteries DOI ↗
- 2020PRiME 2020 (ECS)N.K. Thangavel, K. Mahankali, L.M.R. Arava. Insights into the reversible redox pathways in lithium–sulfur batteries by in situ AFM-SECM coupled Raman spectroscopy DOI ↗
- 2020PRiME 2020 (ECS)S.S. Mundhe, N.K. Thangavel, M. Islam, L.M.R. Arava, G. Newaz. Electrochemical impedance studies of internal short circuits of lithium-ion batteries under mechanical abusive conditions DOI ↗
- 2020PRiME 2020 (ECS)S. Rajendran, N.K. Thangavel, K. Mahankali, L.M.R. Arava. Engineered electrode–electrolyte interface for moisture-stable, dendrite-free garnet-type solid-state electrolytes DOI ↗
- 2019236th ECS MeetingS. Rajendran, N.K. Thangavel, L.M.R. Arava. Proton conducting lithium super ionic conductor for intermediate temperature solid oxide electrolyzer cell DOI ↗
- 2019236th ECS MeetingH. Ding, S. Rajendran, L. Arava, Y. Ding, N.K. Thangavel, K. Centeck, D. Ding. A proton conducting solid oxide electrolysis cell with tri-doping electrolyte and three-phase conducting steam electrode for sustainable hydrogen production DOI ↗
- 2019235th ECS MeetingN. Masurkar, N.K. Thangavel, S. Yurgelevic, G.W. Auner, L.M.R. Arava. Suspended 2D material biosensor for reliable sensing DOI ↗
- 2018256th ACS National MeetingA. Sawas, G. Babu, N.K. Thangavel, L.M.R. Arava. Electrocatalytically active electrodes for high energy density Li–S and Li-ion sulfur batteries
- 2018256th ACS National MeetingG. John, M. Miroshnikov, K. Kato, L.M.R. Arava, P. Ajayan. Natural dye based organic lithium ion battery electrodes: lithium storage mechanistic studies
- 2018256th ACS National MeetingM. Miroshnikov, K. Kato, G. Babu, D.K. Parappuram, L.M.R. Arava, P. Ajayan, et al.. Common tattoo chemical for energy storage: henna-inspired naphthoquinone materials for green lithium-ion batteries
- 2018233rd ECS MeetingN.K. Thangavel, K. Mahankali, Y. Ding, L. Arava. Water-in-salt electrolytes for high-voltage supercapacitors DOI ↗
- 2018233rd ECS MeetingN.K. Thangavel, N. Masurkar, A.R. Sawas, L. Arava. Electrocatalysis of polysulfide redox in lithium–sulfur battery DOI ↗
Dissertations and theses
All Ph.D. dissertations and M.S. theses directed by Prof. Arava.
- August 2026Ph.D. dissertationSundeep Varma Gottumukkala. Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) for Semiconductor and Electrochemical Applications (Electrical Engineering; advisor Prof. Ivan Avrutsky, co-advised by Prof. Arava)
- 2025Ph.D. dissertationSudhan Nagarajan. Fundamental Understanding and Designing of Nickel and Cobalt Free Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries ↗
- 2023Ph.D. dissertationSathish Rajendran. Designing Interfaces for All-Solid-State Batteries with Garnet-Type Solid Electrolytes ↗
- 2022Ph.D. dissertationMaher A. Almohammedali. Assessment of Small-Scale Mechanical Damage on Safety Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries (co-advised with Prof. Golam Newaz) ↗
- April 2021Ph.D. dissertationKiran Mahankali. Nanoscale Level Insights into Lithium-Sulfur Redox System Using In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy-Based Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy and Raman Spectroscopy (In Situ AFM-SECM-Raman)
- August 2020Ph.D. dissertationDeepesh Gopalakrishnan. Advanced Electrodes and Electrolytes for Long-Lived and High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries ↗
- August 2019Ph.D. dissertationNirul Masurkar. 2D Suspended FET Technology: Overcoming Scattering Effect for Ultrasensitive Reliable Biosensors (co-advised with Prof. Gregory Auner) ↗
- December 2016Ph.D. dissertationKhalid Ababtain. Design and Optimization of Lithium Ion Battery for High Temperature Applications ↗
- January 2016Ph.D. dissertationHesham Al Salem. Electrocatalysis in Li-S Batteries ↗
- 2021M.S. thesisDevang Marvania. M.S. thesis directed by Prof. Arava
- 2020M.S. thesisSathish Rajendran. M.S. thesis directed by Prof. Arava
- 2019M.S. thesisKiran Mahankali. M.S. thesis directed by Prof. Arava
- August 2018M.S. thesisBassam Bitar. M.S. thesis directed by Prof. Arava
- December 2015M.S. thesisChalicheemalapalli J. Deviprasad. M.S. thesis directed by Prof. Arava
Book chapters and editorials
- 2023EditorialL.M.R. Arava, D. Datta, W.K.S. Chiu. Special Section on 2D Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion (guest editorial). Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 20(2), 020301 (2023). DOI ↗
- 2018EditorialC.T. Love, P.K. Das, S. Thiele, P.P. Mukherjee, R. Chen, A. Jain, G.J. Nelson, et al. (incl. L.M.R. Arava). Emerging Investigators in Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 2018 (editorial). Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, 15(1), 010201 (2018). DOI ↗
- ChapterB. Tabah, I. Pulidindi, V. Chitturi, Leela M. R. Arava, A. Gedanken, Solar-energy-driven bioethanol production from carbohydrates for transportation applications, Solar Energy and Solar Panels, ed. Joel G. Carter, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York (2017)
- ChapterArava Leela Mohana Reddy, and S. Ramaprabhu, Springer: Hybrid Nanostructured Materials For Energy Storage And Conversion, Handbook of Nanomaterials, ed. Robert Vajtai, Springer publishers (2013)
- ChapterMauro Coelho dos Santos, Olivera Kesler and Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Editorial: Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage, Journal of Nanomaterials, doi:10.1155/2012/159249