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About Us
National Meeting on Sodium (-ion) Batteries (NMSB-1)
Organized by : Advanced Batteries & Ceramics Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science along with IIT Bombay Research Hub for Green Energy & Sustainability.
Endorsed by :
Battery Research Society (of India)
The Electrochemical Society of India (ECSI)
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National Meeting on Sodium(-ion) Batteries; a premier gathering of leading researchers and industry experts in this field. This meeting will serve as a platform for sharing cutting-edge research, innovative technologies and practical applications wr.t sodium(-ion) battery technology. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in discussions, network with peers, and explore the latest advancements driving the development and deployment f sodium(-ion) batteries for sustainable energy solutions. In addition to the speakers mentioned below (not exhaustive), there will also be representatives from battery industries in India and special invitees.
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Discussion Topics
The meeting will discuss, but is not limited to, the following topics :
- - Cathode
- - Anode
- - Electrolyte and Interface
- - Cell Technology
- - Solid-State
- - Na metal and anodeless
- - Na/Air
(Tentative) Program Schedule
Organized and Endorsed by :
Day1 (October 4)
| Inaugural Session (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| 09:05 AM - 09:10 AM | Welcoming Guests, by Convener, NMSB-1 |
| 09:10 AM - 09:30 AM | Inaugural address, by Director, IIT Bombay |
| 09:30 AM - 09:40 AM | About Green Energy and Sustainability Hub (GESH), by Prof. in charge, GESH |
| 09:40 AM - 09:45 AM | About Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), by HOD, MEMS |
| 09:45 AM - 09:50 AM | Launching of the website of the "Battery Research Society" (of India), briefing |
| 09:50 AM - 09:55 AM | Overview of Battery Research at IIT Bombay, by Convener, NMSB-1 |
| 09:55 AM - 10:00 AM | Vote of Thanks, by Co-Convener, NMSB-1 |
| 10:05 AM - 10:45 AM | High Tea (venue: ground floor foyer, VMCC) |
| Cathode Session 1 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Dr. K Ramesha, CSIR-CECRI |
| 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM | Cathode talk 1: "Development and electrochemical performance of cobalt-free cathodes for enhanced sodium-ion battery applications" by Prof. Rajendra Kumar Singh, BHU |
| 11:20 AM - 11:50 PM | Cathode talk 2: "Exploration of Nax(Mn-Ni-Al)O2 phase diagram for high-performance cathodes for Na-ion batteries" by Prof. Sunil Kumar, IIT Indore |
| 11:50 PM - 12:20 PM | Cathode talk 3: "Accelerating cathode material discovery for next-generation sodium-ion batteries using first-principles calculations and machine learning potentials" by Dr. Mudit Dixit, CLRI Chennai |
| Journal Talk of RSC; Session Chair: Prof. Srinivasan Ramakrishnan, IIT Bombay | |
| 12:20 PM - 12:35 PM | Talk on New Journal by Dr. Aayushi Arora, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 12:40 AM - 1:40 AM | Lunch (venue: ground floor and 3rd foyer, VMCC) |
| Industry Session 1 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Prof. Tata N Rao, IIT Hyderabad | |
| 01:45 PM - 02:10 PM | Industry talk 1: "Sodium-ion Battery Technology developed at KPIT and its applications in Indian market" by Dr. Sarika Phadke-Kelkar, KPIT, Pune |
| 02:10 PM - 02:35 PM | Industry talk 2: "Commercialization of Na ion materials in India (Bharat)" by Shri. Mahesh Godi, GODI Energy, Hyderabad |
| Cell Technology Session 1 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Dr. Ranjith Krishna Pai, DST | |
| 02:35 PM - 03:05 PM | Cell Technology talk 1: "Development of sodium-ion battery technology: challenges and opportunities" by Prof. Yogesh K. Sharma, IIT Roorkee |
| 03:05 PM - 03:35 PM | Cell Technology talk 2: "Making NIBs a viable solution for India - correlating with its much lower carbon footprint than LIBs" by Prof. Amreesh Chandra, IIT Kharagpur |
| 03:35 PM - 03:55 PM | Tea/Coffee (venue: 3rd floor foyer, VMCC) |
| Electrolyte and Solid-State Session 1 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Prof. Abhik Banerjee, RISE (TCG-CREST) | |
| 03:55 PM - 04:25 PM | Electrolyte and Solid-State talk 1: "Exploring polymer electrolytes for Na-based batteries" by Prof. Aninda J. Bhattacharya, IISc Bengaluru |
| 04:25 PM - 04:55 PM | Electrolyte and Solid-State talk 2: "Electrolyte and interface modification for all-solid-state sodium batteries" by Prof. M M Shaijumon, IISER Thiruvananthapuram |
| 04:55 PM - 05:25 PM | Electrolyte and Solid-State talk 3: "Development of solid-state sodium ion batteries" by Prof. Shobit Omar, IIT Kanpur |
| 05:25 PM - 05:40 PM | Tea/Coffee with snacks (venue: ground floor foyer, VMCC) |
| 05:40 PM - 07:40 PM | Round Table Discussion 1 (only by invitation) |
Day2 (October 5)
| Anode/Anodeless Session 1 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Prof. Aninda J Bhattacharya, IISc | |
| 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Anode/ Anodeless talk 1: "Sodium metal anode: investigations into the mode of nucleation" by Dr. Manjusha Shelke, NCL Pune |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Anode/ Anodeless talk 2: "Altering Na-ion solvation to suppress dendrite growth for sodium metal batteries" by Prof. Vipin Kumar, IIT Delhi |
| 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Tea/Coffee (venue: ground floor foyer, VMCC) |
| Anode/'Anodeless' Session 2 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Session Chair: Dr. Vijay Radhakrishnan, Reliance Industries Ltd | |
| 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM | Anode/ Anodeless talk 3: "Sodium storage and dynamics in Sn based electrodes" by Prof. Thangavelu Palaniselvam, IIT Madras |
| 11:20 AM - 11:45 AM | Anode/Anodeless talk 4: "Ideal interfaces for 4.5 V anode free solid-state Na metal batteries" by Prof. Abhik Banerjee, RISE (TCG-CREST), Kolkata |
| 11:45 AM - 11:50 AM | Demonstrations on (i) "Thermal and mechanical abuse of solid-state battery", (ii) "Electric vertical take-off and landing using ultra-light Na ion battery" by Prof. Abhik Banerjee, RISE (TCG-CREST), Kolkata (venue: ground floor foyer, VMCC) |
| 11:55 AM - 01:00 PM | Poster Session (with tea/coffee) (venue: ground floor foyer, VMCC) |
| 01:00 PM - 01:45 PM | Lunch |
| Industry Session 2 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Prof. Rajendra Kumar Singh, BHU | |
| 01:55 PM - 02:20 PM | Industry talk 3: "Challenges and opportunities of scaling up sodium ion cell manufacturing in India" by Dr. Robin George, Log9 Materials, Bengaluru |
| 02:20 PM - 02:45 PM | Industry talk 4: "Anode and cathode for sodium ion batteries from steel plant by-product" by Dr. Chandan Ghanty, TATA Steel, Jamshedpur |
| 02:45 PM - 03:10 PM | Industry talk 5: Perspective on Sodium-ion use cases and engineering" by Mr. Gautam Patil, Cygni Energy, Hyderabad |
| 03:10 PM - 03:25 PM | Tea/Coffee (venue: 3rd floor foyer, VMCC) |
| Cell Technology Session 2 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Prof. M M Shaijumon, IISER Thiruvananthapuram | |
| 03:25 PM - 03:55 PM | Cell Technology talk 3: "Advancements in sodium-ion battery technology: Novel cathode materials to full-cell systems" by Dr. A. S. Prakash, CECRI, Karaikudi |
| 03:55 PM - 04:25 PM | Cell Technology talk 4: "Development and realization of practical Sodium-ion cells - challenges and mitigation strategies" by Prof. S. K. Martha, IIT Hyderabad |
| Cathode Session 2 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Dr. B. V.Sarada, ARCI | |
| 04:25 PM - 04:55 PM | Cathode talk 4: "Complex chemical landscape of NASICON electrodes for Na-ion batteries" by Prof. Premkumar Senguttuvan, JNCASR, Bengaluru |
| 04:55 PM -05:25 PM | Cathode talk 5: "Quest for high-energy density Na-ion intercalation Cathodes" by Prof. Urmimala Maitra, IACS, Kolkata |
| 05:25 PM - 05:55 PM | Cathode talk 6: "Computational exploration of oxyfluorides as possible sodium ion cathodes" by Prof. Sai G. Gopalakrishnan, IISc Bengaluru |
| 05:55 PM - 06:15 PM | Tea/Coffee (venue: ground floor foyer, VMCC) |
| 06:15 PM - 08:15 PM | Round Table Discussion 2 (only by invitation) |
Day3 (October 6)
| Cathode Session 3 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Prof. Sai G Gopalakrishnan, IISc | |
| 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Cathode talk 7: "Studying the sodiation of Berlin green and developing a deeper understanding on the physical properties of Prussian white" by Prof. Priya Johari, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Cathode talk 8: "Polyanionic materials as potential cathode for sodium-ion batteries" by Prof. Rajendra S. Dhaka, IIT Delhi |
| 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM | Tea/Coffee (venue: ground floor foyer, VMCC) |
| Cathode Session 4 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Prof. V Aravindan, IISER Tirupati | |
| 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM | Cathode talk 9: "Na-O2 batteries reveal origins of coulombic efficiency losses in Li-O2 batteries", by Prof. Naga Phani Aetukuri, IISc Bengaluru |
| 11:20 AM - 11:50 PM | Cathode talk 10: "Novel cathode materials for SIBs", by Prof. Dimple Dutta, BARC, Mumbai |
| Cell Technology Session 3 (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Prof. Amartya Mukhopadhyay, IIT Bombay | |
| 11:50 PM -12:20 PM | Cell Technology talk 5: "Large scale design of high performance cathode materials for sustainable sodium-ion batteries" by Dr.Bijoy K. Das, ARCI, Hyderabad |
| Battery Recycling Session (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) | |
| Session Chair: Prof. Venkat Ramadesigan, IIT Bombay | |
| 12:20 PM -12:50 PM | Recycling talk 1: "Moving from dead Li-ion to active Na-ion chemistries" by Prof. V. Aravindan, IISER Tirupati |
| 12:50 PM - 01:15 PM | Valedictory Session (venue: Lecture Hall 22, 2nd floor, VMCC) |
| 1:15 PM - 02:25 PM | Lunch (venue: Ground floor foyer, VMCC) |
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