KIRANKUMAR VENKATESAN

Research focuses on advancing all-solid-state battery technologies from academic concepts to industrial applications. Integration of materials synthesis, electrochemical studies, and synchrotron techniques drives progress toward market readiness. Efforts enhance global collaboration in energy research while equipping students with essential skills in electrochemical analysis and materials development.

• Development of advanced cathode materials for all-solid-state Na/Li-ion, Na/Li-S, and Na/Li/Zn/Mg/K–CO₂ batteries
• Design and preparation of metal-based carbon materials, metal sulfides, single-atom catalysts, and metal oxide cathodes
• Synthesis, characterization, and enhancement of ionic conductivity in sulfide-based solid electrolytes, solid-polymer electrolytes, and NASICON-type electrolytes
• In situ/operando and Ex situ studies for all-solid-state batteries using Raman, XAS, TEM, XPS, SRX, and XANES techniques
• Translation of battery research into pouch-cell prototypes for applications in LEDs, drones, and electronic devices

37. V S Kirankumar*, P Garlapati, M Noufal, A Salem, and S Mukerjee “A Ruthenium-Based Carbon Nano-Onion Cathode Facilitates the Redox Kinetics of Sulfur in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries” Journal of the American Chemical Society (Under preparation)

36. V S Kirankumar*, P V Keerthivasan, S A Vallal, A R P Santiago, A K Anbalagan, Boosting Cathodic Performance of Ni-rich NCM811 via Uric Acid Derived Nitrogen-doped Carbon-Coating in Lithium-ion Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials (In Peer Review) (I.F: 5.5)

35. V S Kirankumar*, K Yang, H Dai, and S Mukerjee “Fe-N-C Single Atom Catalysts Facilitate the Fast Electron Transfer with MoS2/SnS2Cathode in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Energy (In peer review) (I.F: 21.8)

34. M-H Wu, W-K Chan, F-C Hu, A Anbalagan, V S Kirankumar, et al., “Exploring the Phenomenon of Ultrahigh Room Temperature Ferromagnetic Behavior in Gd-Doped MoS2 Sputtered Few-layered Thin Films”, Advanced Science (Accepted) (I.F: 15.4)

33. S. Suresh Balaji, D. Sangamithirai, V S Kirankumar, A. Pandurangan, and S Mukerjee “Multifarious Heteroatom-doped/Enriched Carbon-based Materials for Synthesis and Energy Storage Prospectives: A Crucial Insight” Progress in Materials Science 2025, 153, 101470 (I.F: 40.1)

32. V S Kirankumar, D Balaji, N Sudheer, M Bathwar, M Rangasamy, G K Dhandabani, S Shanmugam, K- V Kong, and V Rajagopalan “Effective Zn doped BaO2 and SrO2 Photocatalyst for the Photodegradation of Rhodamine-B under UV and Sunlight Irradiation” RSC Sustainability 2023, 2023, 1, 1511-1521. (I.F: 4.4)

31. T Banik, V S Kirankumar, I Bhattacharya, S Mukerjee, W Adepoju, O Abiodun Enhanced Performance of Sodium-Ion Battery Cathodes with Ti and V Co-Doped P2-Type Na0.67Fe0.5Mn0.5O2Co-Materials, Electrochem 2024, 5(4), 437-454. (I.F: 4.5)

30. V S Kirankumar, C-H Yi, J-Y, Huang, K Iputera, S-F Hu, and Ru-Shi Liu “All-solid-state Na-O2 batteries with long cycle performance” ACS Applied Energy Materials 2022, 5(11), 14280-14289. (I.F: 6.5)

29. V S Kirankumar, C-C Chen, Y-R Chen, Z Tong, K Iputera, F-M Wang, C-C Hsu, D-H Wei, S-F Hu, and Ru-Shi Liu “Effective Ru/CNT cathode for rechargeable solid-state Li-CO2 batteries” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13(17), 44266-44273. (I.F: 9.5)

28. V S Kirankumar, A Durgadevi, G Sivarasan, S Sumathi, V A Maridhas, N A Al-dhabi, N T Lan Chi and P Vinoth Kumar “Green synthesis of lignin nanorods/gC3N4 nanocomposite materials for efficient photocatalytic degradation of triclosan in environmental water” Chemosphere 2021, 272, 129801. (I.F: 8.8)

27. V S Kirankumar and S Sumathi “A review on photodegradation of organic pollutants using spinel oxide”

Materials Today Chemistry 2020, 18, 100355. (I.F: 7.3)

26. V S Kirankumar, N Mayank and S Sumathi “Photocatalytic performance of cerium doped copper aluminate nanoparticles under visible light irradiation” Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 2019, 95, 602-615. (I.F: 5.7)

25. V S Kirankumar and S Sumathi “Effect of Co-doping on structural, morphological, optical, magnetic and photocatalytic properties of zinc ferrite nanoparticles” Journal of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 2019, 101, 105-118. (I.F: 5.7)

24. V S Kirankumar and S Sumathi “Combustion synthesis of copper and cerium co-doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles: structural, morphological, optical, magnetic, photocatalytic properties” Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2019, 26, 19189-19206. (I.F: 5.8)

23. V S Kirankumar and S Sumathi “Photocatalytic and antibacterial activity of bismuth and copper co-doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 2018, 29(10), 8738-8746. I.F: 2.8)

22. V S Kirankumar and S Sumathi “Catalytic activity of bismuth-doped zinc aluminate nanoparticles towards environmental remediation” Materials Research Bulletin 2017, 93, 74–82. (I.F: 5.4)

21. V S Kirankumar and S Sumathi “Structural, optical, magnetic and photocatalytic properties of bismuth- doped copper aluminate nanoparticles” Materials Chemistry and Physics 2017, 197, 17-26. (I.F: 4.6)

20. V S Kirankumar and S Sumathi “Comparison of catalytic activity of bismuth substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles synthesized by combustion and co-precipitation method” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2017, 421, 113–119. (I.F: 2.7)

19. V S Kirankumar, V Lakshmi Priya, A Kavi Priya, S Sumathi “Adsorption of chromium (VI) on bismuth incorporated cobalt ferrite nanoparticles” IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2017, 263, 022022. (Scopus)

18. V S Kirankumar, B Hardik and S Sumathi “Photocatalytic degradation of congo red using copper substituted cobalt ferrite” IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2017, 263, 022027.

17. V S Kirankumar and S Sumathi “Dielectric studies on bismuth substituted zinc aluminate nanoparticles”

International Journal of Chem Tech Research 2015, 8(5), 97-103. (Scopus)

16. Bose, R., T. Varun, S. Ponnada, L. Anisetty, V S Kirankumar, D. Gorle, R. Sharma, “Two Dimensional Materials for Supercapacitor Applications,” A chapter in Advanced Two-Dimensional Material-Based Heterostructures in Sustainable Energy Storage Devices, Taylor and Francis Group. Book.

15. Sivasubramanian, PratimaDevi, Mohanraj Kumar, Ching-Lung Chen, V. S. Kirankumar, Melvin S. Samuel, and Jih-Hsing Chang. "A review of metal nanomaterials-based electrochemical biosensors for environmental wastewater monitoring and their remediation." Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management 2024, 101023.

14. R Sakthivel, K Thirumoorthy, V S Kirankumar, M Kumar, H-U Dahms, A K Anbalagan, M Gopalakrishnan, S Ganesan, Facile Fabrication of Amorphous Fe/Al Based Metal-Organic Framework as Effective Heterogeneous Fenton Catalyst for Environmental Remediation, Environmental Geochemistry and Health (Under Communication)

13. R Sakthivel, K Thirumoorthy, V S Kirankumar, M Kumar, H-U Dahms, A K Anbalagan, M Rangasamy, K-V Kong, Rapid Oil-Water Separation Using Modified Nonwoven Viscose Fabrics, Materials Chemistry and Physics 2023312, 128645 (I.F: 4.4)

12. R Singh, M S Samuel, M Ravikumar, S Ethiraj, V S Kirankumar, M Kumar, R. Arulvel, S Suresh, A novel approach to environmental pollution management/remediation techniques using derived advanced materials, Chemosphere 2023, 343, 140311. (I.F: 8.8)

11. R Singh, M S Samuel, M Ravikumar, S Ethiraj, V S Kirankumar, M Kumar, R. Arulvel, S Suresh, “Processing of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials for the Removal of Pollutants from Water/Wastewater Application” Water2023, 15(16), 3003. (I.F: 3.4)

10. P D Sivasubramanian, M Kumar, V S Kirankumar, M S Samuel, C-D Dong, J-H Chang, “Capacitive deionization and electrosorption techniques with different electrodes for wastewater treatment applications” Desalination 2023, 559, 116652. (I.F: 9.9)

9. S Ganesan, S Shanmugam, J K Alagarasan, A P Lingassamy, V S Kirankumar, H-M Lo, Vinoth Kumar P, “Novel African tulip fruit waste-derived biochar nanostructured materials for the removal of widespread pharmaceutical contaminant in wastewaters” Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 2022, 107, 1-13. (I.F: 4.0)

8. Melvin S. Samuel, V S Kirankumar, N. Chandrasekar, R. Balaji and E Selvarajan “Removal of environmental contaminants of emerging concern using metal-organic framework composite” Environmental Technology & Innovation 2022, 25, 102216. (I.F: 7.1)

7. S. Ganesan, S. Shanmugam, J. K. Alagarasan, A. P. Lingassamy, V S Kirankumar, H. M. Lo, and Vinoth Kumar P “Novel African tulip fruit waste-derived biochar nanostructured materials for the removal of a widespread pharmaceutical contaminant in wastewaters” Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 2022, 25, 1- 13. (I.F: 4.0)

6. Melvin S. Samuel, V S Kirankumar, and E Selvarajan “Fabrication of a metal-organic framework composite for removal of Aflatoxin B1 from water” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2021, 9(1), 104966. (I.F: 7.7)

5. Melvin S. Samuel, V S Kirankumar, and E Selvarajan “Synthesis of a copper (II) metal-organic framework for photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B dye in water” Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 28, 40835-40843. (I.F: 5.8)

4. G Sivarasan, K Kumaravel, N Chinnaya, A P Lingassamy, V S Kirankumar, and Vinoth Kumar P “Discarded biodiesel waste-derived lignocellulosic biomass as effective biosorbent for removal of sulfamethoxazole drug” Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020, 27, 17619–17630. ((I.F: 5.8)

3. D Mathivanan, V S Kirankumar, S Sumathi and S R Suseem “Facile biosynthesis of calcium hydroxide nanoparticles using Andrographis echinoides leaf extract and its photocatalytic activity under different light source” Journal of Cluster Science 2018, 29, 167–175. (I.F: 2.8)

2. A. Malathi, A. Prabhakarn, V S Kirankumar, J. Madhavan, and Abdullah M. Al-Mayouf. "An efficient visible- light-driven bismuth ferrite incorporated bismuth oxyiodide (BiFeO3/BiOI) composite photocatalytic material for degradation of pollutants" Optical Materials 2018, 84, 227-235. (I.F: 3.9)

1. S Sumathi and V S Kirankumar “Catalytic and electrical study of substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles”

LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing November 2016, Book.

• Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
• National Institute of Science and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
• SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Stanford), Menlo Park, California, United States
• Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Review Editor: Frontiers in Materials: Energy Materials journal
• Review activity: Applied Energy (1), Environmental Science and Pollution Research International (4), Heliyon (2), Materials Today (2), Chemosphere (2), Environmental Research (2), Next Sustainability (1), and The Journal of physics and chemistry of solids (12).

• Co-PI: Title “Novel Li-Sulfur Batteries for Commercial Electric Vehicles”, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center - Awarded 2023 – $ 300,000.
• Co-PI: Title “Expanding Research Capabilities in Advanced Energy, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering and Science with a High-Resolution TEM” National Science Foundation – Under Review 2024 – $ 3,850,056.
• Co-PI: Title “Novel and Safety Evaluation of All-Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries for Commercial Electrical Vehicles” National Science Foundation – Under Review 2024 – $ 800,685.
• Co-PI: Title “Cost-Effective All-Solid-State Sodium-Sulfur Battery Design, Recycling, and Evaluation for Electric Vehicles” Department of Energy – Under Preparation 2025 – $ 500,000.

Prof. Sanjeev Mukerjee, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dr. Andrew Walter, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States

Dr. Conan Weiland, National Institute of Science and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Prof. Derrick Kolling, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States

Prof. Momhamed Nofel, Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia, United States

Prof. Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Prof. Dahms Hans-Uwe, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Prof. S. Sumathi, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Prof. S. Kutti Rani, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India