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Prof. Sanghamitra Moharana

Assistant Professor Gr-II

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

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Room No: MM205 +91-870-2462504 sanghamitram@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

    Key Notes

    • Journal(s): 8
    • Conference(s): 4
    • PhD: Current - 5
    • Event(s) Organized: Conference - 1

    12

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    5

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    1

    PROJECT

    Research Areas

    Li-ion batteries, Degradation, Characterisation techniques,
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy WMG, University of Warwick, UK 2022
    Master of Technology IIT BBS 2017
    Bachelor of Technology IGIT Sarang 2013
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Energy Materials(MM317) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Light Metals and Alloys(MM36008) 3-0-0 3 PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Fast-charging lithium-ion battery protocols: LMFP pouch cells as a rate capability case study, By Gerard Bree, Veronika Majherova, Eleni Fiamegkou, Sanghamitra Moharana, Louis FJ Piper, The Electrochemical Society, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol.172, pp.020526, 2025
    From Salar to Cells: Validating Brine‐Sourced Li2CO3 from Salar de Uyuni for Lithium‐Ion Battery Cell Manufacture, By Satish Bolloju, Edgar Bautista Quisbert, Gerard Bree, Gaurav C Pandey, Galo J Páez Fajardo, Matthew JW Ogley, Ashok S Menon, Paola Patiño Gutiérrez, Danitza Delgado Bobarin, Sanghamitra Moharana, Muhammad Ans, Eleni Fiamegkou, Rebecca A Sellers, Louis FJ Piper, Wiley, Energy & Environmental Materials, vol.8, pp.e70053, 2025
    Assessing the Impact of First-Life Lithium-Ion Battery Degradation on Second-Life Performance, By Sadia Tasnim Mowri, Anup Barai, Sanghamitra Moharana, Aniruddha Gupta, James Marco, MDPI, Energies, vol.17, pp.501, 2024
    Development and Application of a Poly (acrylic acid)-Grafted Styrene–Butadiene Rubber as a Binder System for Silicon-Graphite Anodes in Li-Ion Batteries, By Michael J Jolley, Tanveerkhan S Pathan, Alan M Wemyss, Ivan Prokes, Sanghamitra Moharana, Chaoying Wan, Melanie J Loveridge, American Chemical Society, ACS Applied Energy Materials, vol.6, pp.496-507, 2023
    Combined Stabilizing of the Solid–Electrolyte Interphase with Suppression of Graphite Exfoliation via Additive-Solvent Optimization in Li-Ion Batteries, By Sanghamitra Moharana, Geoff West, Ashok S Menon, Wilgner Lima da Silva, Marc Walker, Melanie J Loveridge, American Chemical Society, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol.15, pp.50185-50195, 2023
    Controlling Li dendritic growth in graphite anodes by potassium electrolyte additives for Li-ion batteries, By Sanghamitra Moharana, Geoff West, Marc Walker, Xinjie S Yan, Melanie Loveridge, American Chemical Society, ACS applied materials & interfaces, vol.14, pp.42078-42092, 2022
    Operando electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and its application to commercial Li-ion batteries, By Noël Hallemans, Widanalage Dhammika Widanage, Xinhua Zhu, Sanghamitra Moharana, Muhammad Rashid, Annick Hubin, John Lataire, Elsevier, Journal of Power Sources, vol.547, pp.232005, 2022
    A study on the influence of lithium plating on battery degradation, By Upender Rao Koleti, Ashwin Rajan, Chaou Tan, Sanghamitra Moharana, Truong Quang Dinh, James Marco, MDPI, Energies, vol.13, pp.3458, 2020
    Conference(s)
    Optimising LMFP cathode formulation for high-density and high-power cells, By S. Moharana, G. Bree, E. Fiamegkou, V. Majherova, J. Gott, G. West, L. Piper, Faraday Institution Early Career Researcher Conference 2024, 2024
    Prevention of dendrites on graphite by K+ cation addition to electrolyte By S. Moharana, C. Busa, M. Walker, G. West, M. Loveridge, Prime 2020, 2020
    Prevention of dendrites on graphite anode by cation addition By S. Moharana, T. Amietszajew, D. Proprentner, R. Bhagat, UK surface forum winter meeting 2019, 2019
    Electrochemical Characterisation of Ionic Liquid in Lithium-ion Batteries By S. Moharana, S. Ferrari, R. Bhagat, 70th Annual Technical Meeting 2016, Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), 2016
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    Enabling Fast Charging in Lithium-Ion Cells: Insights into Electrolyte Formulation and Interphase Chemistry
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: ANRF - ARG
    Project Cost (INR): 8710080
    Date of Commencement: 18-12-2025  
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    Banothu Sandeep Nayak
    Area of Research: Advanced Automotive Steels
    Kinthada Veera Babu
    Area of Research: Synthesis of cathode materials in sodium-ion batteries
    P. Naveen Kumar
    Area of Research: High temperature corrosion resistance materials.
    Rohith A
    Area of Research: Advanced anode material for SIB application
    Vikram Prasad
    Area of Research: Role of Coating in joining automotive materials
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    3rd International Conference on Advances in Minerals, Metals, Materials, Manufacturing and Modelling (ICAM5)- 2025
    25-Sep-2025 → 27-Sep-2025
    Event Type: Conference
    Role: Coordinator
    Funding Agency: ANRF, DRDO,
    AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
    2022
    Nominated for Best PhD Thesis Award 2022 in WMG department at University of Warwick, UK
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  Faculty Advisor (Continuing from June, 2025)
    •  PIC - Library (Continuing from May, 2025)
    •  Coordinator of Academic Research Group - Energy materials (Continuing from July, 2024)
     Last updated on February 18, 2026