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Faculty Profile

Dr. Yogesh Kumar

Assistant Professor@ARSD College,
Department of Physics
University of Delhi
Email: ykb.ssi@gmail.com

 

Educational Qualification

Degree

Institution

Year

B.Sc.

CCS University, Meerut

2002

M.Sc.

University of Delhi

2004

Ph.D.

University of Delhi

2012


Career Profile

Working on "Electrochemical Supercapacitor" in various dimensions for 13 years, each of following involves materials and device fabrication related activity.

Post-Doctoral Researcher (2013-2014)
Institute of Chemistry and Technical Electrochemistry, Poznan University of Technology
Pl. M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 5, Rektorat (B-1) p.50860-965 Poznan (Poland)

Industrial experience: worked with Nissan-Renault (Chennai) project on electrolyte materials for sodium ion batteries for electric vehicles

Achievements:

  • Selected for IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Research Fellowship in 2013, conducted by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 
  • 2012: Selected for Research Associateship (RA) of Council of Scientific &IndustrialResearch (CSIR) ACK. No. 263190/2K11/1, File No.9/45(1202)/2012-EMR-I
  • Junior Research Fellowship of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) (Govt. of India), India. (NET-JRF) Date: 18.12.2005, Roll No. 507751 qualified.
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE): GATE Score-376, (Year-2006) and AIR 422, conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur qualified.
Areas of Specialization / Interest

  • Graphene and Graphene Oxide based electrodes for Supercapacitors and batteries.
  • Nanostructured conducting polymers (Polyaniline, polypyrrole, polythiophene and their derivatives etc.) and their oxide composites for supercapacitor applications.
  • Nanostructured oxide materials for cathode applications in magnesium and lithium ion batteries.
  • Carbon and carbon polymer composites for energy storage technology.
  • Bucky gels of MWCNTs, Conducting polymer (polyaniline, polypyrrole etc.), Oxides (V2O5, MoO3, MnO2 etc.), Carbon (Carbon nanotube, Grapheneetc) and Composites based electrodes.
  • Ionic liquid based gel polymer electrolytes (new generation materials for energy conversion and storage-greener approach) for batteries and supercapacitors applications.
  • Plastic crystal-Ionic liquid-polymer based electrolytes: "Plastic crystal" as a ‘solid plasticizer' and ‘Ionic Plastic Crystal.
  • Ionic liquid based Li+, Na+, Mg2+ and K+ ion conducting polymer gel electrolytes for cationic effect and salvation size effect on double layer formation.
  • Technology development for the electrochemical energy storage/conversion devices particularly for supercapacitors, rechargeable batteries (Magnesium Batteries, Lithium Polymer Batteries, Lithium Ion Batteries, Sodium batteries), solar cells, Fuel cells.
  • To work for environment friendly advanced materials in the applications for energy storage/conversion. Better energy density & power density, cycling in "Hybrid Capacitors or Hybrid Batteries"
Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Research Grant:

DST SERB (Government of India) Early Career Research Award Scheme Project (2016): File Number: ECR/2016/001871 project titled "Design and optimization of performance parameters of hybrid capacitors using graphene (nano-carbons)/metal-oxide nano-composites electrodes with sodium ion based electrolytes". Cost: ~ 23 Lakh

International Research Project Grant from Russian Government (2014):

Research Grant: 1.16 Crore INR, under international scientist scheme top 100/5 at International Research Projects Department, National University of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Industrial experience: worked with Nissan-Renault (Chennai) project on electrolyte materials for sodium ion batteries for electric vehicles

Membership of Learned Societies: 1. The Electrochemical Society, USA

2. Indian Solid State Ionics Society

Member of Editorial Board:

1. Journal of Pure Applied and Industrial Physics

2).Journal of Materials Science and Surface Engineering,

Reviewer in various reputed journals of RSC, AIP, ECS, IOP, ACS, Elsevier and Springer

Achievements:

Ø Selected for IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Research Fellowship in 2013, conducted by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, atBhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai

Ø 2012: Selected for Research Associateship (RA) of Council of Scientific &IndustrialResearch (CSIR) ACK. No. 263190/2K11/1, File No.9/45(1202)/2012-EMR-I

Ø Junior Research Fellowship of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) (Govt. of India), India. (NET-JRF) Date: 18.12.2005, Roll No. 507751 qualified.

Ø Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE): GATE Score-376, (Year-2006) and AIR 422, conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur qualified.

Awards: Young Scientist AwardforBest Paper (Oral), ‘Seventh National Conference on Solid State Ionics', at A.P.S. University Rewa (MP), 1-3 November, 2007.

Chapter@Book

Molybdenum-based Compounds For Energy Storage Aand Conversion" Qamar Abbas,

Yogesh Kumar, (2014) in "Molybdenum, Molybdenum oxides: Chemical, Electrochemical

properties and Industrial applications" Nova Science Publishers, NY USA, ISBN: 978-1-63321-213-8

Major Collaborations:

Dr. Canan VARLIKLI, Associate Professor Ege University, Solar Energy Institute 35100 Bornova-Izmir-Turkey,Email:canan.varlikli@ege.edu.tr

Prof. Y.M. Shulga,Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, andNational University of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia

Publications Profile

Research papers published or accepted in SCI Journals:

  1. Bucky gel" of multiwalled carbon nanotubes as electrodes for high performance, flexible electric double layer capacitor by Singh, Manoj; Kumar, Yogesh; Hashmi, S.A. Nanotechnology24 (2013) 90465704, ISSN: 0957-4484, Impact factor (2018): 3.399
  2. Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Succinonitrile Based Gel Polymer Electrolytes: Role of Ionic Liquid Addition, Mohd. Suleman, S. A. Hashmi, Yogesh Kumar J. Phy. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 7436-7443, ISSN: 1520-6106, Impact factor: 3.146 (2017)
  3. Gel Polymer Electrolytes Based Electrical Double Layer Supercapacitors: A Comparative Study with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Activated Carbon Electrodes, Yogesh Kumar, G. P. Pandey, S. A. Hashmi, Accepted to publishJ. Phy. Chem. C, 116, 2012, 26118-26127,Cited by 2, IF=4.4, ISSN 1932-7447
  4. Lithium ion transport and ion-polymer interaction in PEO based polymer electrolyte plasticized with ionic liquid, Yogesh Kumar, S. A. Hashmi, G. P. Pandey, Solid State Ionics, 201 (2011) 73-80Cited by 4, ISSN 0167-2738, IF 2.3
  5. Ionic liquid mediated magnesium ion conduction in poly(ethylene oxide) based polymer electrolyte, Yogesh Kumar, S.A. Hashmi,G.P.Pandey, Electrochim Acta,56 (2011) 3864 Cited by 12 ISSN 0013-4686, IF 5.1
  6. Ionic liquid incorporated PEO based polymer electrolyte for electrical double layer capacitors: A comparative study with lithium and magnesium systems, G.P. Pandey, Yogesh Kumar, S. A. Hashmi, Solid State Ionics(Elsevier), 190 (2011) 93-98 Cited 10
  7. Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for All Solid State Electrical Double Layer Capacitors with Ionic Liquid based Gel Polymer Electrolyte, G. P. Pandey, S. A. Hashmi, Yogesh Kumar, J. Electrochem. Soc., 157 (1) A 105-A 114 (2010). Cited by 17
  8. Performance Studies of Activated Charcoal Based Electrical Double Layer Capacitors with Ionic Liquid Gel Polymer Electrolytes, G. P. Pandey, S. A. Hashmi, Yogesh Kumar Energy Fuels'(ACS)24, (2010), 6644-6652 Cited by 7
  9. Ionic liquid incorporated polymer electrolytes for supercapacitor application, G P Pandey, Yogesh Kumar, S AHashmi, Ind. J. Chemistry, 49A, (2010) 743-751.Cited by 11
  10. Structural Aspects, Biological and Nonlinear Optical Response of New N,N′-Di(2- tolyl)formamidiniumTosylate, Ram Kishan, Taruna Singh, SandeepGarg, N. Vijayan, Rustam Singh, Yogesh Kumar, B. Rupini, BrijeshRathi, Advanced Chemistry Letters, 1, (2013) , 134-139
  11. Flexible electric double-layer capacitors fabricated with micro-/mesoporous carbon electrodes and plastic crystal incorporated gel polymer electrolytes containing room temperature ionic liquids Mohd. Suleman ,Yogesh Kumar, S. A. Hashmi, J Solid State Electrochem 2015, 19,1347-1357DOI 10.1007/s10008-014-2731-5.
  12. A novel configuration of electrical double layer capacitor with plastic crystal based gel polymer electrolyte and graphenenano-platelets as electrodes: A high rate performance Manoj K. Singh, MohdSuleman, Yogesh Kumar, S.A. Hashmi, Energy 80 (2015) 465-473.
  13. Journal: ElectrochimicaActa, 2015, S.A. Hashmi, Mohd. Suleman, Yogesh Kumar, High-rate supercapacitive performance of GO/r-GO electrodes interfaced with plastic-crystal-based flexible gel polymer electrolyte. 182, 2015, 995-1007, Published
  14. Journal: Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2015, S.A. Hashmi, Mohd. Suleman, Yogesh Kumar, Solid-state electric double layer capacitors fabricated with plastic crystal based flexible gel polymer electrolytes: Effective role of electrolyte anions. 163, 2015, 161-171
  15. Yogesh Kumar, S.A. Baskakov, Y.V. Baskakova, V.M. Martynenko, A.S. Lobach, S.A. Vasiliev, Y.M. Shulga, A.A. Arbuzov , A.A. Volodin, Y.M. Volfkovich, V.E. Sosenkin, N.Y. Shulga , Y.N. Parkhomenko, A. Michtchenkod and A.L. Gusev, "Composite Of Graphene Oxide And Humic Acids: Results Of High-Temperature Treatment", International Scientific Journal for Alternative Energy and Ecology, 09-10 (2016) 197-198. (ISSN: 1608-8298)
  16. Yogesh Kumar, Vinod Kumar Kasana, Pushpa Singh, S. Dixit, "Experimental Studies on Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) Electrode Based Supercapacitors: A Comparison of Electrolytic Species", Journal of Materials Science & Surface Engineering, 4 (2) (2016) 364-367. (ISSN: 2348-8956)
  17. Ashwani Kumar, Amit Sanger, Arvind Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, Ramesh Chandra, An efficient α-MnO2 nanorods forests electrode for electrochemical capacitors with neutral aqueous electrolytes, Electrochim Acta 220 (2016) 712-720. (ISSN No. 0013-4686)
  18. Ashwani Kumar, Amit Sanger, Arvind Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, Ramesh Chandra, Sputtered Synthesis of MnO2 Nanorods as Binder Free Electrode for High Performance Symmetric Supercapacitors, Electrochim Acta 222 (2016) 1761-1769. (ISSN No. 0013-4686)
  19. Preparation of graphene oxide-humic acid composite-based ink for printing thin film electrodes for micro-supercapacitors, Y.M. Shulga, S.A. Baskakov, Y.V. Baskakova, A.S. Lobach, E.N. Kabachkov,Y.M. Volfkovich, V.E. Sosenkin, N.Y. Shulga, S.I. Nefedkin, Y. Kumar, A. Michtchenko, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 730 (2018) 88-95
  20. Mohd. Suleman, M.A.R. Othman, S.A. Hashmi, Yogesh Kumar, Mohamad Deraman, R. Omar, M.R.M. Jasni, Activated graphene oxide/reduced graphene oxide electrodes and low viscous sulfonium cation based ionic liquid incorporated flexible gel polymer electrolyte for high rate supercapacitors, J. Alloys and Compounds, 695 (2017) 3376-3392. (ISSN No. 0925-8388)
  21. Y.M. Shulga, S.A. Baskakov, Y.V. Baskakova, A.S. Lobach, Y.M. Volfkovich, V.E. Sosenkin, N.Y. Shulga, Y.N. Parkhomenko, A. Michtchenko, Y. Kumar, Hybrid porous carbon materials derived from composite of humic acid and graphene oxide, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 245 (2017) 24-30
  22. Physico-chemical properties of polymer blended task specific novel S-(+)-2-3-dihydroxy-N, N, N-tributylpropanaminiumtriflate and1-(2-propoxy)-3-methylimdazolium-borohydride room temperature ionic liquids, Yogesh Kumar, HaydarAkdag, C. Varlikli, B. Rathi, B. Rupini, Ind. J. Pure Applied Physics, 55, 07, 503-511, (2017)
  23. Fabrication of current collector using a composite of polylactic acid and carbon nano-material for metal-free supercapacitors with graphene oxide separators and microwave exfoliated graphite oxide electrodes, Electrochimica Acta ( IF 4.798 ) 2018 , DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.12.102,S.А. Baskakov, Y.V. Baskakova, N.V. Lyskov, N.N. Dremova, A.V. Irzhak, Y. Kumar, A. Michtchenok, Y.М. Shulga
  24. S.A.Baskakov, R.A.Manzhos, A.S.Lobach, Y.V.Baskakova, A.V.Kulikov, V.M.Martynenko, F.O.Milovich, YogeshKumar, A.Michtchenko, E.N.Kabachkova, A.G.Krivenko, Y.M.Shulg, Properties of a granulated nitrogen-doped graphene oxide aerogel, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 498, (2018), 236-243
  25. M.K.Kokare, N. A. Jadhav, YogeshKumar, K.M.Jadhav, S.M.Rathod, Effect of Nd3+ doping on structural and magnetic properties of Ni0.5Co0.5Fe2O4 nanocrystalline ferrites synthesized by sol-gel auto combustion method, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 748, (2018), 1053-1061
  26. S.S. Gaur, P. K. Singh, A. Gupta, R. Singh, Yogesh Kumar, Synthesis and Analysis of Planar Optical Waveguides as pH Sensors, Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering, (2018), 11, 40-44
  27. Shulga YM, Melezhik AV, Kabachkov EN, Milovich FO, Lyskov NV, Irzhak AV, Dremova NN, Gutsev GL, Michtchenko A, Tkachev AG, Kumar Y. Characterisation and electrical conductivity of polytetrafluoroethylene/graphite nanoplatelets composite films. Applied Physics A. 2019 Jul 1;125(7):460. Springer
  28. Aarya, Suveda, Yogesh Kumar, and R. K. Chahota. "Recent Advances in Materials, Parameters, Performance and Technology in Ammonia Sensors: A Review." Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials (2019): 1-22. Springer
  29. Gupta, Meenal, P. K. Singh, B. Bhattacharya, Y. M. Shulga, N. Y. Shulga, and Yogesh Kumar. "Progress, status and prospects of non-porous, heteroatom-doped carbons for supercapacitors and other electrochemical applications." Applied Physics A 125, no. 2 (2019): 122 Springer
  30. Kumar, Yogesh, Sangeeta Rawal, Bhawana Joshi, and S. A. Hashmi. "Background, fundamental understanding and progress in electrochemical capacitors." Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 23, no. 3 (2019): 667-692. Springer
  31. Rawal, Sangeeta, Bhawana Joshi, and Yogesh Kumar. "Synthesis and characterization of activated carbon from the biomass of Saccharum bengalense for electrochemical supercapacitors." Journal of Energy Storage 20 (2018): 418-426.
  32. M. Tripathi, Yogesh Kumar, M. Gupta, Comparative studies on ionic liquid and polymer ionic liquid blend for application in EDLCs, Macromolecular Symposia (2019)
  33. Kaswan, Rajinder, S. C. Sivasubramanian, Yogesh Kumar, and Anshuman Dalvi. "Conductivity and capacitance studies of silica glass composites containing [BMIM] Br and LiCl." Materials Research Express 6, no. 10 (2019): 105202.

Research papers published in conference proceedings/ Book Chapters:

  1. Electrochemical supercapacitors: Towards solid state type configuration with polymer based electrolytes S.A.Hashmi, ManojK.Singh, Sellam, Mohd.Suleman and Yogesh Kumar "Electroactive Polymer- Materials and Devices" Vol V, Series Ed. Suresh Chandra (Allied Publishers India Ltd, 2015)
  2. Electrochemical Supercapacitors: Fundamental and Recent Advances, S.A.Hashmi, Manoj K. Singh, Yogesh Kumar, chapter in Learning manual, National Workshop on Energy Storage/Conversion Devices using Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes (NWESD-2012), Department of Physics, Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology, Guna, M. P.
  3. Ionic Liquid Based Lithium Ion Conducting Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Electrical Double Layer Capacitors, Yogesh Kumar, G.P. Pandey, S.A. Hashmi, Electroactive Polymers: Meterials& Devices" Vol. 4; Series Ed. Suresh Chandra(Macmillan Publishers India Ltd., New Delhi, 2011)
  4. Ionic Liquid based Polymer Electrolyte for Electrical Double Layer Capacitors with MWCNT Electrodes, G.P.Pandey, S.A.Hashmi,Yogesh Kumar, "Solid State Ionics-Fundamental Researches and Technological Applications" Ed. B.V.R. Chowdari etal,Wuhan University of Technology Press, China (2010), pp. 1117-1124
  5. Studies on PVdF-HFP based alkaline gel polymer electrolyte, Yogesh Kumar, S.A. Hashmi"Solid State Ionics" Ed. B.V.R. Chowdari (Macmillan India Ltd New Delhi, 2008) p. 587
  6. Experimental studies on magnesium containing PVdF-HFP based compositepolymeric gel electrolytes, D. K. Rai, S.A. Hashmi, Yogesh Kumar, G.P. Pandey,"Electroactive Polymer- Materials and Devices" Vol II, Series Ed. Suresh Chandra (Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 2007) p. 407
  7. Molybdenum-based Compounds For Energy Storage Aand Conversion" Qamar Abbas, Yogesh Kumar, (2014) in "Molybdenum, Molybdenum oxides: Chemical, Electrochemical properties and Industrial applications" Nova Science Publishers, NY USA, ISBN: 978-1-63321-213-8
  8. An Introduction of Spectroscopy in Industries and Research, Pankaj Singh, Parul Singh, Yogesh Kumar, (2015) inTrends in physics, Editor : Dr. Vijay sharma , page no. 81-104 Apple books, Delhi, India, isbn 978-93-8996-51-3.
  9. Y. Kumar, Pushpa Singh, M. Gupta, "Environmental aspects of renewable energy harvesting sources and energy storage devices" 4th Chapter, page no. 51-70, published in book named "Environmental Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities (2018)" Ed. Dr. P. Agnihotri, ISBN: 9789-3877-39062, published by International Book Publication, JHERF Corporate Office, Jabalpur, M.P.
  10. B. Rupini, Yogesh Kumar, P. Singh, M. Gupta, Chemical disaster management and environmental impact: a review on the present day scenario in india, environmental degradation, JRF International Book Publication, Ch No. 10, pp. 143-155, 2018, ISBN - 978-93-87739-20-8

Book (Edited):

Chief Editor: Prof. Geeta Singh, Editors: Dr. Yogesh Kumar, Dr. Pankaj Singh, (2017) Climate change and Disaster Management, Shivalik Publishers, New Delhi

Conference Participation / Presentations

Invited speaker/Workshop/ Training/courses:

  1. Invited lecture "International Summer School and Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of Solar Energy" held 24th-30th August, 2013 in Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physics, ITAP,Turunc, Turkey
  2. Invited speaker Third International Conference on Energy and Environment-Related Nanotechnology (ICEEN 2014) held on October 24-27, 2014 in Beijing, China.
  3. To speak at the first UK Energy Storage conference (UKES2014) from the 25th to the 27th November 2014, hosted by the Energy Storage Research Network of Imperial College London.
  4. Invited speaker for National Conference on Recent Trends on Renewable Energy Education, sponsored by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, 22nd-23rd April, 2015, Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.
  5. Delivered a Lecture on "Physics of Capacitors and Energy Storage (Electricity)" on 12th June 2015 during IN service Course for PGTs Physics from all over the India at KV No. 3 Delhi Cantt, Ring Road, Naraina
  6. Delivered a Lecture on "SuperCapacitorsto Autonomous Solar Power" on 18thFeb 2016SGDSD College, Palwal Haryana
  7. "NMR and Mass Spectroscopy in Biological Systems" on 24.02.2016 @SSN College, DU
  8. "Second International Conference On Science and Engineering of Materials (ICSEM 2018)" during Jan 06-08, 2018 at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India, delivered an INVITED TALK in the conference.
  9. Delivered a lecture on Supercapacitors in one day workshop on Supercapacitors on 25th Jan, 2017 at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India
  10. National Conference on Functional Materials: State of Art" during August 4-5, 2017 at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.
  11. National Conference on Trends in Nanobiotechnology (NCTN-2016) organized by CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. lecture entitled "Nano Carbons for Industrial Application in Energy Storage/Conversion and water purification "as Invited talk.
  12. Delivered Invited talk in National Conference on Materials and Devices (NCMD-2018) during July 31 to August 1, 2018 at Sharda University, Greater Noida.
  13. National Conference on "Current Trends in Physics-II" (23 rd - 24 th September, 2017) under Centre of Advanced Studies (CAS) Scheme of UGC, at BHU Varanasi.
  14. Delivered Invited talk in International Conference ICEFN&SEM-2019 during 24-26 May 2019 at Kumaun University Nainital, India
  15. 3rd International Conference On Science and Engineering of Materials (3rd ICSEM 2019)" during July19-21, 2018 at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India, delivered an INVITED TALK in the conference.

International Workshops/Schools:

  1. Workshop on Materials Science for Energy Storage | (smr 2758), The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy, from 11 to 15 May 2015.
  2. The Indo-German workshop on Organic and Inorganic Advanced Materials for Future Energy Requirements, jointly organized by the University of Delhi, India and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, 29th Nov. to 1st Dec. 2012
  3. Symposium on the Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Materials and Medicine held on 21st Nov. 2006 at Department of Chemistry I.I.T. Delhi.
  4. 18th AGM, Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Theme Symposium "Materials for Energy Generation, Conservation and Storage", 12-14 Feb., 2007 N.P.L. New Delhi.
  5. ‘2nd International Conference on Electroactive Polymer: Materials & Devices (ICEP-2007)', Goa, 19-24 Feb. 2007. Following paper was presented by me:‘Experimental Studies on Magnesium containing PVdF-HFP based Composite Polymeric Gel Electrolyte' D. K. Rai, S.A. Hashmi, Yogesh Kumar, G.P. Pandey
  6. Workshop on ‘Nanotechnology-Current Status and Challenges',Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (IIT, Delhi) 17-18 March, 2007
  7. ‘Seventh National Conference on Solid State Ionics', at A.P.S. University, Rewa (MP), 1-3 November, 2007. Following paper was presented in the form of an oral presentation: ‘Effect of MgO dispersion in the magnesium containing polymer gel electrolyte'
  8. 11th Asian Conference on Solid State Ionics" at BU-DRDO Centre for Life Science Bharathiar University, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India. 9-13 June 2008. ‘Studies on PVdF-HFP based alkaline gel polymer electrolyte'Yogesh Kumar, S.A. Hashmi(Oral)
  9. ‘3rd International Conference on Electroactive Polymer: Materials & Devices (ICEP-2007)', Jaipur, 12-17 Oct. 2008. Following paper was presented:‘Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Based Sodium Ion Conducting Gel Polymer Electrolyte: Electrical & Electrochemical Properties'
  10. 3rd Congress on Ionic Liquids, 31stMay-4 June 2009, Cairns, Australia Following paper was presented:(i) Ionic Liquid Based Gel Polymer Electrolyte Membrane for Electrical Double Layer Capacitors Using MWCNT As Electrodes, G. P. Pandey, S. A. Hashmi, Yogesh Kumar(ii) Polyethylene Oxide based Lithium Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes: Effect of Ionic Liquid Addition, Yogesh Kumar, S.A. Hashmi, G.P.Pandey.
  11. ‘8th National Conference on Solid State Ionics' at Dr. H. S. Gaur University, Sagar6-9 Dec. 2009. Following paper was presented: ‘Structural and Electrochemical Studies on Ionic Liquid based Polymer Electrolyte' Yogesh Kumar, S.A.Hashmi,G.P. Pandey.
  12. ‘XII International Symposium on Polymer electrolyte' 29th Aug.-3rd Sep. 2010, Padova, Italy. Following paper was presented & abstract published Editors: V. Di Noto, M. Guarnieri, S. Lavina, F. Moro, E. Negro, K. Vezzu."Ionic liquid Incorporated PEO based Polymer Electrolyte for the Electrical Double Layer Capacitors: A comparative Study with Lithium and Magnesium system."G. P. Pandey, S. A. Hashmi, Yogesh Kumar
  13. 4thInternationalConferenceonElectroactivePolymer:Materials&Devices(ICEP-2010), 21-24 Nov.2010.‘Ionic-Liquidbased Lithium Ion Conducting Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Electrical Double Layer Capacitors'Yogesh Kumar, G.P.Pandey,S.A.Hashmi
  14. ‘9th National Conference on Solid State Ionics' at JIIT University, Noida,17-19 Dec., 2011"A Comparative Study on Solid-State Supercapacitors with Lithium and Magnesium IonConducting Gel Polymer Electrolytes"Yogesh Kumar, G. P. Pandey, S. A. Hashmi(Oral )
  15. 5th International Conference on Electroactive Polymer: Materials&Devices(ICEP-2012), 4-9Nov.2012.‘Solid state supercapacitors with coconut-shell derived carbon electrodes and gel polymer electrolytes'M. Suleman, Yogesh Kumar, S.A.Hashmi(Oral Presentation)
  16. National Workshop On Energy Storage / Conversion Devices Using Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes (NWESD-2012), December 10-12, 2012, Department of Physics, Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology, Guna, M. P.
Research Guidance

3 Ph.D. students currently working

Other Activities

Awards: Young Scientist AwardforBest Paper (Oral), ‘Seventh National Conference on Solid State Ionics’, at A.P.S. University Rewa (MP), 1-3 November, 2007.Membership of Learned Societies: 1. The Electrochemical Society, USA
2. Indian Solid State Ionics Society

Member of Editorial Board:

  1. Journal of Pure Applied and Industrial Physics
  2. Journal of Materials Science and Surface Engineering, 

Reviewer in various reputed journals of RSC, AIP, ECS, IOP, ACS, Elsevier and Springer

Ph.D.: 2011 

Dissertation: ‘Studies on Polymeric Gel Electrolytes based Electrochemical Supercapacitors'

Key Work: Project-2

  1. Synthesis of polymer based electrolyte i.e. ionic liquid based polymer gel electrolyte.
  2. Optical microscopy and XRD for structural studies, DSC and TGA for thermal studies, FTIR and Raman studies to investigate the salt ion-polymer interaction and the ion conduction mechanism and the interactions of ionic liquid with host polymer
  3. The impedance spectroscopy (LCR meter, HIOKI, Japan) to evaluate the ionic conductivity and to identify the cationic motion in the electrolytes.
  4. The cyclic voltammetric studies were performed to study the electrochemical stability window of the gel/polymer electrolytes and to confirm the cationic conduction.
  5. The transport number measurements to study the contribution of the cations and anions in the polymer/gel electrolytes using combined a.c. and d.c. technique followed by Bruce-Vincent or Watanabe method.
  6. Variable temperature solid-state 7Li NMR measurements were performed to confirm the lithium ion conduction in polymer electrolyte.
  7. Morphology of electrodes (activated charcoal (AC) and MWCNT) by FESEM and Surface area and porosity analysis (Micromeritics, USA) by BET, BJH, t-plot method.
  8. EDLCs using AC and MWCNT electrodes with optimized Li+ and Mg2+ ion conducting polymer based electrolytes. The impedance spectroscopy was performed to evaluate the specific capacitance at low frequency region and high frequency resistances of the cells
  9. The cyclic voltammetric studies (CH instruments, USA)for electrochemical stability of electrode-electrolyte interfaces and specific capacitance for different scan rates.
  10. Charge-discharge studies (Arbin BT2000, USA) to evaluate specific capacitance, energy and power densities with SCTS software.

Project-3: (During the CSIR JRF and SRF Research Project)

  1. Chemical synthesis of bulk & nanostructured (nanotubes, nanorods, nanofibers etc.) conducting polymers(Polyaniline, polypyrrole, polythiophene and their derivatives etc.), in-situ composite with CNTs, Graphene, MoO3, MnO2, V2O5.
  2. Chemical synthesis of nano-structured Ni(OH)2, Co(OH)2, NiOx, CoOx, RuO2, MnO2 for pseudo-capacitors and batteries.
  3. Electro-deposition of the thin films of conducting polymers, oxides and α-phase of CoO2
  4. Nano-composite gel polymer electrolytes using nanofillers SiO2, MgO etc.
  5. Electrochemical studies of conducting polymers & nano-composites electrodes for rechargeable batteries and redox-capacitors

Technical Skills:

  • Electrolyte synthesis by Standard solution cast technique, hot press technique.
  • Synthesis of Ionic liquids and Activated Carbon from coconut shell, nano-materials (high temperature furnace and centrifuge)
  • Chemical synthesis and electro-deposition of conducting polymers & oxides
  • Inkjet printing, spin coating techniques for electrodes & electrolytes
  • Experience with various cell fabricating machines such as Mixing, Coating, Ultrasonic and Electrolyte Filling.
  • Handling as well as basic maintenance of glove box of Cole-Parmer (USA)
  • Managing purchase, lab maintenance, progress&schedule analysis of projects
  • Supervision of undergraduate student for his dissertation work
  • Capable of both collaborative and independent research, Able to identify experimental problems and resolve them independently
  • Good communication skills, good imagination and creativity in writing the projects,creating new methodologies