Research

Research activities of the Centre for Renewable Energy & Storage (CRES) focus on New & Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency. We are internationally recognized for our research activities in the selected areas of research. The interdisciplinary oriented approach underlines the research programs that provide the most challenging and wide range of research opportunities:

1. Li/ Na-ion battery 
2. Hydrogen storage technology
3. high performance supercapacitors
4. Composite Materials for Energy Storage Technology
5. Other energy related topics

Recent Publications

1. Zinc oxide as promising anode material for Li-ion battery, Rini Singh, Takayuki Ichikawa, Ankur Jain in “Nanostructured Zinc Oxide” edited by Kamlendra Awasthi, Elsevier, 2021, ISBN No. 978-0-12-818900-9.
2. Ammonia a promising candidate for hydrogen economy, Ankur Jain, Shivani Agarwal, Takayuki Ichikawa in “Hydrogen Storage for Sustainability” edited by Marcel Van de Voorde, De Gruyter, 2021, ISBN No. 978-3-11-059623-6.
3. A Highly Stable Terbium (III) Metal-Organic Framework MOF-76(Tb) for Hydrogen Storage and Humidity Sensing, A. Garg, M. Almasi, R. Saini, V.S. Rao, P. Panchal, D.R. Paul, Ankur Jain, A. Sharma, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, xx (2022) xxx – xxx.
4. Improved hydrogen desorption properties of exfoliated graphite and graphene nanoballs modified MgH2, P Pal, S Agarwal, A Tiwari, T Ichikawa, Ankur Jain, A Dixit, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, xx (2022) xxx-xxx.
5. Milling induced surface modification of V-based catalyst to improve sorption kinetics of KSiH3: An XPS investigation, S Sharma, R Singh, T Ichikawa, Ankur Jain, S Agarwal, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, xx (2022) xxx-xxx.
6. A reversible tuning of Fermi level in BiSbTe3 thin films through ion implantation, J. Yadav, M.D. Anoop, R. Singh, N. Yadav, N. Srinivasa Rao, F. Singh, Ankur Jain, T. Ichikawa, K. Awasthi, M. Kumar, Material Letters, 306 (2022) 130923.
7. Modified transition metal chalcogenides for high performance supercapacitors: Current trends and emerging opportunities, Y. Dahiya, M. Hariram, M. Kumar, Ankur Jain, D. Sarkar, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 451 (2022) 214265.
8. Significance of Hydrogen as Economic and Environmentally Friendly Fuel, S. Sharma, S. Agarwal, Ankur Jain, Energies, 14 (2021) 7389.
9. Electrochemical Performance of Graphene-Modulated Sulfur Composite Cathodes Using LiBH4 Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Li-S Battery, T. Patodia, M. K. Gupta, R. Singh, T. Ichikawa, Ankur Jain, B. Tripathi, Energies, 14 (2021) 7362
10. Structural and Surface Morphological Study of rGO/Polystyrene Composites, N. Srivastava, Ankur Jain, K. B. Sharma, B. Tripathi, Macromolecular symposia, 399 (2021) 2100044.
11. Study of Adsorption Uptake via Spillover Mechanism for CNT/Cobalt Composites, Shalini Dixit, Tarun Patodia, Reena Verma, Anju Lavania, Anu Malhotra, K.B. Sharma, Ankur Jain, B. Tripathi, Macromolecular symposia, 399 (2021) 2100048.
12. Structural and Morphological Modifications Induced by Fe Ion Implantation in Sb2Te3 Thin Films, J. Yadav, A. M. Divakaran, N. Yadav, R. Singh, N. Srinivasa Rao, F. Singh, T. Ichikawa, Ankur Jain, K. Awasthi, M. Kumar, Macromolecular symposia, 399 (2021) 2100079.
13. Optimization of Cycling Performance for CNT Impregnated Sulfur Composite Cathode Using LiBH4 as Solid Electrolyte for All Solid-State Li-S Batteries, B Tripathi, T Patodia, Ankur Jain, T Ichikawa, R Katiyar, ECS Transactions, 104 (2021) 53.
14. The catalytic role of d-block elements and their compounds for improving sorption kinetics of hydride materials: A review, Pratibha Pal, Jyh-Ming Ting, Shivani Agarwal, Takayuki Ichikawa, Ankur Jain, Reactions, 2 (2021) 333 – 364.
15. Enhancement in hydrogenation dehydrogenation kinetics of KSiH3 by the addition of Ti-based catalysts, Materials Letters: X, S. Sharma, F. Guo, T. Ichikawa, Y. Kojima, Ankur Jain, S. Agarwal, Materials Letters: X, 11 (2021) 100086.
16. All-Solid-State Li-ion batteries using a combination of Sb2S3/Li2S-P2S5/Acetylene black as the electrode composite and LiBH4 as the electrolyte, K.Sharma, R. Singh, B. Tripathi, T. Ichikawa, M. Kumar, Ankur Jain, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4 (2021) 6269-6276. (IF:6.024)
17. Conversion reaction of TiFe hydride as anode material for all-solid-state Lithium-ion batteries, R. Singh, C.B. Fernando, T. Ichikawa, Ankur Jain, Materials Letters:X, 10 (2021) 100067.
18.  Sharma, A., Tyagi, V. V., Chen, C. R., & Buddhi, D. Review on thermal energy storage with phase change materials and applications. Renewable and Sustainable energy reviews, 13(2), 318- 345.
19.  Shukla, A., Buddhi, D., & Sawhney, R. L. Solar water heaters with phase change material thermal energy storage medium: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13(8),2119-2125.
20. Tyagi, V. V., Buddhi, D., Kothari, R., & Tyagi, S. K.. Phase change material (PCM) based thermal management system for cool energy storage application in building: An experimental study. Energy and Buildings, 51, 248-254.
21. Tyagi, V. V., Pandey, A. K., Buddhi, D., & Tyagi, S. K. Exergy and energy analyses of two different types of PCM based thermal management systems for space air conditioning applications. Energy conversion and management, 69, 1-8.
22. Tyagi, V. V., Pandey, A. K., Buddhi, D., & Kothari, R. Thermal performance assessment of encapsulated PCM based thermal management system to reduce peak energy demand in buildings. Energy and Buildings, 117, 44-52.