2 publications

• Published Subscription Original Research 22 Aug 2024

  Steam Activated Carbon Material from the Fruit Shells of Sterculia foetida for Energy and Environmental Applications

  By Vignesh Sridharan, Indra Neel Pulidindi, Prakash Vaithyanathan, Varadarajan Thirukallam Kanthadai, Viswanathan Balasubramanian

  Abstract: Steam activation of the biochar from Sterculia foetida forms a green route for the synthesis of activated carbon material with high specific surface area (1017 m2/g). The corresponding value with a chemical activating agent (K2CO3) is much lower (596 m2/g). Structural parameters of the activated carbon materials were deduced from XRD studies. Moreover the thermal stability of the activated carbon materials from steam activation is nearly 100°C higher than that …

  Published in Journal of Water Pollution & Purification Research · Vol. 11, Issue 1, 2024 · pp. 23–33 Read article →

• Published Subscription Review Article 8 Jul 2024

  Challenges in the Commercialization of Lithium (Li)–Sulphur (S) Batteries †

  By Indra Neel Pulidindi, Varadarajan Thirukallam Kanthadai, Viswanathan Balasubramanian

  Abstract: Li-S batteries can be used in drones owing to their high gravimetric energy density (2600 Wh/kg of sulphur) as well as the high theoretical specific capacity values (1674 mAh/g) values. Most of the ground breaking inventions in energy sources occurred during war time (1st September 1939-2nd September 1945), including the discovery of the famous nuclear fission process that lead to the origin of the little boy and the fat man. …

  Published in International Journal of Advance in Molecular Engineering · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 26–36 Read article →