Professor of Energy, School of Chemistry
Biography
Prof. Venkataraman Thangadurai is a professor and Chair in Energy at the School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, Scotland. He is the inaugural Faraday Adjunct Professor at the School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews. He was elected fellow of The Electrochemical Society (USA) (2020), Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2014), and Royal Society of Canada (2023). His research interests are the clean energy conversion and storage technologies, including solid oxide fuel cells, all-solid-state metal batteries, Li-S battery, redox flow batteries, and electrochemical methods for carbon removal and storage, and fundamental understanding of structure-composition-property relationship in solids.
Selected publications
M. Shoaib, P. Vallayil, N. Jaiswal, P. I. V. Suba, S. Sankararaman, K. Ramanujam,* and V. Thangadurai,* “Advances in Redox Flow Batteries – A Comprehensive Review on Inorganic and Organic Electrolytes and Engineering Perspectives,” Adv. Energy Mater., 13 2400721 (2024) (open access).
S. Sarkar, C. Santos, J. Glenneberg, I. Bardenhagen, J. Schwenzel, and V. Thangadurai,* “Probing Alkaline Earth-Doped Garnet-Type Li7La2.75A0.25Zr1.75(Nb/Ta)0.25O12 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba) Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li Metal Batteries ”, Chem. Mater., 36 (6), 2685-2697 (2024) (Invited Prof. C. N. R. Rao @ 90) (cover page).
P.I.V. Suba, A. Gopalakrishnan, J. Radović, B. M. Tutolo, S. Larter, K. Karan and V. Thangadurai*, “Electrochemical Ocean alkalinity enhancement using a calcium ion battery,” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 130, 104012 (2023).
A. Ndubuisi and V. Thangadurai*, “Oxygen Reduction Mechanism on PrSrCo2-xFexO5+d (x = 0, 1, 2) and Sm0.2Ce0.8O1.9 Composite Cathodes for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells,” ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 6 (21), 10761–10772 (2023).
A. M. Abraham, K. Thiel, M. Shakouri, Q. Xiao, A. Paterson, J. Schwenzel, S. Ponnurangam, and V. Thangadurai*, “Ultra High Sulfur Loading Tolerant Cathode Architecture with Extended Cycle Life for High Energy Density Lithium – Sulfur Batteries,” Adv. Energy Mater., 2201494 (2022).
