DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS

KATCHALA NANAJI

Biography

Nanaji hails from kummarilova village in Tuni, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He completed his graduation and post graduation from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi. Later he joined as Junior Research Fellow at ARCI, Hyderabad and registered for Ph.D in the Department of Chemistry in the year 2014 under the guidance of Prof. U.V. Varadaraju. His research focuses on Design and Development of efficient electrode materials for supercapacitor and Li-ion battery applications from lab scale to pilot plant scale.

Education

  • M.Sc from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning.
  • B.Sc from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

Research Interests

  • Synthesis and Characterization of efficient electrode materials for energy storage systems such as supercapacitors, Li-ion capacitors and Li-ion batteries.
  • Tuning the morphology of porous carbon materials by various synthetic approaches suitable for supercapacitor applications.
  • Fabrication of Li-ion battery and Supercapacitor devices and electrochemical analysis.
  • Materials for visible light photocatalysis.

Representative Publications

 K. Nanaji, A. Jyothirmayi, U.V. Varadaraju, Tata N. Rao, S. Anandan, “Facile synthesis of mesoporous carbon from furfuryl alcohol-butanol system by EISA process for supercapacitors with enhanced rate capability”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 723, 488-497.

 K. Nanaji, Hari Mohan. E, Sarada V. B, Varadaraju U.V, N. Rao Tata, Anandan. S, “ One step synthesized hierarchical spherical porous carbon as an efficient electrode material for lithium ion battery”, Materials Letters, 2019, 237, 156-160.

 K. Nanaji, Varadaraju U.V, Tata N. Rao, S. Anandan “Robust, Environmentally Benign Synthesis of Nanoporous Graphene Sheets from Biowaste for Ultrafast Supercapacitor Application”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 2516-2529.

 K. Nanaji, R. K. Siri Kiran, Tata N. Rao, S. Anandan, “Energy Level Matching for Efficient Charge Transfer in Ag Doped-Ag Modified TiO2 for Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2019, 794, 662-671.

 T. Mitravinda, K.Nanaji , S. Anandan, A. Jyothirmayi, Ch. Sai Kiran, Tata N Rao, Chandra Sharma, Facile synthesis of corn silk derived nanoporous carbon for an improved supercapacitor performance, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165 (14) A3369-A3379.

 

Honors and Rewards

  • Recipient of prestigious Young Scientist award in chemistry from Dr. K.V. Rao Scientific Society for the year 2018-19.
  • Award for best poster presentation at “Battery Technologies & Electric Mobility” conference, organized by HP Green R & D Centre, Bangalore, March 8-9, 2018.
  • Award for best oral presentation at “National Conference on Carbon Materials 2015” conference, organized by NPL Delhi & Indian Carbon Society at New Delhi, November 28, 2015.
  • Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship sponsored by DST, Gov. of India. 4.Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2014.

KATCHALA NANAJI

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Guide

DR. VARADARAJU, U. V.