Dr. Sai Gourang Patnaik
Topics of research
Electrochemistry, Polymeric materials, Lithium and post lithium batteries, Supercapacitors, 3D electrode architectures, Micro energy devices.
Professional career
– Nov 2018 – Sep 2020 : Post-doctoral fellow (ERC Consolidator Project 3D-CAP)
Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems (LAAS-CNRS), Toulouse, France.
Topic: 3D architectures for micro batteries andmicrosupercapacitors
Supervisor: Dr. David Pech
Publications
2021
– Sai Gourang Patnaik, David Pech, Low Temperature Deposition of Highly Cyclable Porous Prussian Blue Cathode for Lithium-Ion Microbattery. Wiley, Small, 2021, 2101615(As corresponding author)
– Sai Gourang Patnaik, Tejkiran Pindi Jayakumar, Yukihiro Sawamura, Noriyoshi Matsumi, Defined poly(borosiloxane) as artificial solid electrolyte interface layer for thin film silicon anodes. ACS Appl. Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 3, 2241–2247. (Selected for Cover art)
– Sai Gourang Patnaik, Jensheer Shamsudeen Seenath, David Bourrier, Sagar Prabhudev, Daniel Guay, David Pech, Porous RuOxNySz Electrodes for Microsupercapacitors and Microbatteries with Enhanced Areal Performances. ACS Energy Lett. 2021, 6, 131–139. (Selected for Cover art)
2020
– Sai Gourang Patnaik, Ankita Jadon, Chau Cam Hoang Tran, Alain Estève, Daniel Guay & David Pech, High Areal capacity porous Sn-Au Alloys with Long cycle Life for Li-ion Microbatteries. Nature Sci. Rep., 2020, 10 (1), 1–8.
– Maria-Iabel Mendoza-Diaz, Jérémy Cure, Mehdi Djafari Rouhani, Kui Tan, Sai Gourang Patnaik, David Pech, Manuel Quevedo-López, Teresa Hungria, Carole Rossi, Alain Esteve, On the UV–Visible Light Synergetic Mechanisms in Au/TiO2 Hybrid Model Nanostructures Achieving Photoreduction of Water. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020, 124, 46, 25421–25430.
– Ankita Jadon, Sagar Prabhudev, Gaëtan Buvat, Sai Gourang Patnaik, Mehdi Djafari-Rouhani, Alain Estève, Daniel Guay, David Pech, Rethinking Pseudocapacitance: a Way to Harness Charge Storage of Crystalline RuO2. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 4144−4148.
2019
– Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, Rational Design of BIAN Based Multi-functional Additive for Higher Durability and Performance of LiMn1/3Ni1/3Co1/3O2 Cathodes. RSC Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2019, 4, 939-950.
– Venkatesh Srinivasan, Sai Gourang Patnaik, Abhay Andar, Noriyoshi Matsumi, Govind Rao and Sai Sathish Ramamurthy, Fractal Carbon Islands on Plastic Substrates for Enhancement in Directional and Beaming Fluorescence Emission. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 10, 6103-6109.
2018
– Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, BIAN based electroactive polymer with defined active centers as metal-free electrocatalysts for ORR in aqueous and non-aqueous media. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1, 1183−1190.
– Sai Gourang Patnaik, Rohit Kumar Gagan, Raman Vedarajan, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Miyauchi and Noriyoshi Matsumi, BIAN-Fluorene Copolymer Bearing Ruthenium Pendant as Sensitizer of Titanium Nanotubes for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165, 15.
– Prerna Joshi, Katsuhito Iwai, Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan, Noriyoshi Matsumi, Reduction of charge-transfer resistance via artificial SEI formation using electropolymerization of borylated thiophene monomer on graphite anodes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165, 3, A493-A500.
– Dustin Bauer, Alexander J. Roberts, Sai Gourang Patnaik, Dan J.L. Brett, Paul R. Shearing, Emma Kendrick, Noriyoshi Matsumi, and Jawwad A. Darr, High Power Sodium-Ion Batteries and Hybrid Electrochemical Capacitors Using Mo or Nb-Doped Nano-Titania Anodes”. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165, 9, A1662-A1670.
– Manne Anupam Kumar, Sai Gourang Patnaik, V. Lakshminarayanan, and Sai Sathish Ramamurthy, Synergistic hybrid catalyst for ethanol detection: enhanced performance of platinum-palladium bimetallic nanoparticles decorated graphene on glassy carbon electrode. Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 73, No. 3, 266–276.
2017
– Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan, and Noriyoshi Matsumi, BIAN based functional diimine polymer binder for high-performance Li-ion batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 17909-17919.
– Pradeep Kumar Badiya, Sai Gourang Patnaik, Venkatesh Srinivasan, Narendra Reddy, Chelli Sai Manohar, Raman Vedarajan, Noriyoshi Mastumi, Siva Kumar Belliraj, Sai Sathish Ramamurthy, Ag-protein plasmonic architectures for surface plasmon-coupled emission enhancements and Fabry-Perot mode-coupled directional fluorescence emission. Chemical Physics Letters, 2017, 685, 139–145.
2016
– Manne Anupam Kumar, Sai Gourang Patnaik, V. Lakshminarayanan, & Sai Sathish Ramamurthy, Electrochemical Determination of Ethanol by a Palladium Modified Graphene Nanocomposite Glassy Carbon Electrode. Analytical Letters, 2016, 50:2, 350-363.
– Venkatesh Srinivasan, Anupam Kumar Manne, Sai Gourang Patnaik and Sai Sathish Ramamurthy, Cellphone Monitoring of Multi-Qubit Emission Enhancements from Pd-Carbon Plasmonic Nanocavities in Tunable Coupling Regimes with Attomolar Sensitivity. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 23281−23288.
Patents
– BIANODA based novel electropolymerisable diamine as additive for Li-rich MNC cathodes with enhanced high voltage performance. (Japanese Patent: JP-2018-145316)
– A novel porous gold-based material for a lithium battery (European Patent filed, EP20305185.9)
– Defined poly(borosiloxane) as artificial solid electrolyte interface layer for thin film silicon anodes (Japanese patent: JP-2020-158020)
Books and Book Chapters
K.S. Smaran, S.G. Patnaik, V. Raman, N. Matsumi, “Chapter: Energy Materials and Energy Harvesting” in Functional and Smart Materials, CRC Press, Taylor Francis, 2021.
Awards & Accomplishments
– May 2020 Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship for Postdoctoral researchers Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, by AvH Foundation
– Sep 2019 Young Invited Speaker, 6th International Conference on Advanced Capacitors 2019, Electrochemical Society of Japan
– Oct 2015 Monbukagakusho Scholarship (MEXT), Scholarship for Ph.D. JAIST, Japan, by Japanese Government.
– Nov 2015 Sri S.V Giri Gold Medal for best academic performance in M.Sc. Chemistry at SSSIHL, Puttaparthi, India.
– Mar 2015 Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE), India
Educational background
Oct 2015 – Sep 2018:
Doctoral student (MEXT scholarship, JP Govt.)
School of Materials Sciences, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Komatsu, Japan.
Topic: Imine based polymeric materials for Li-ion and Li-air batteries
Supervisor: Prof. Noriyoshi Matsumi
Mar 2010 – Apr 2015:
BS/MS (Chemistry)
Department of Chemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Topic: Graphene / metal composites for electrochemical sensing
Supervisor: Prof. Sai Sathish Ramamurthy
Conferences & Visits
Visits to other institutions
– June – July 2016: Research Intern, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Receiving side: Prof. Masahiro Miyauchi, Dr. Akira Yamaguchi
Project title: Photocatalytic solar hydrogen evolution using polymeric dye modified titanium nanotubes
Oral presentations
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Tejkiran Jayakumar Pindi, Yukihiro Sawamura, Noriyoshi Matsumi, “Self-healing poly(borosiloxane)s as artificial solid electrolyte interface layer for thin film silicon anodes” 61st Battery Symposium, Japan (Online meeting) Nov 2020.
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Ankita Jadon, Chau Cam Hoang Tran, Alain Estève1, Daniel Guay & David Pech, “Long life cycle porous Sn-Au alloys for Li-ion microbatteries”. 61st Battery Symposium, Japan (Online meeting) Nov 2020.
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Lotfi Benali Karroubi, Daniel Guay and David Pech, “Highly porous 3D platinum scaffold for RuO2 based pseudocapacitive microsupercapacitors”. 6th International conference on advanced capacitors (ICAC), Ueda, Japan. (Sep 8-12, 2019) – Young Invited Speaker.
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, “Bian Based Copolymer as Binder Material for Graphite Anode in Lithium Ion Batteries”. 255th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, Lousiana, USA. (Mar 18-23, 2018)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, “BIAN based electroactive polymer with defined active centers as metal free electrocatalysts for ORR in aqueous and non-aqueous media”. IPC (Inorganic Polymer Conference) Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan. (Nov 10, 2017)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, “Bian Based Copolymer as Binder Material for Graphite Anode in Lithium Ion Batteries”. 230th meeting of ECS (The Electrochemical Society) PRiME, Hawaii Convention Center, Hawaii, Honolulu, USA. (Oct 2-7, 2016)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, “BIAN Based Conjugated Polymer/Carbon Matrices as Li ion Secondary Battery Anode”. IPC (Inorganic Polymer Conference) Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan. (Nov 18, 2016)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, “Diimine Based Polymeric Binders with Enhanced Interfacial Properties for Li Ion Batteries”. The 57th Battery Symposium, Tokyo, Japan. (Nov 30, 2016)
Poster presentations:
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Lotfi Benali Karroubi, Daniel Guay, David Pech, “Electrodeposition of pseudocapacitive materials onto platinum porous current collectors for advanced micro-supercapacitors” EMRS Spring meeting, Nice, France. (27th-31st May 2019)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Yukihiro Sawamura, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, “Multifunctional binder designs for Li ion batteries.” 16th International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes, ISPE-16, Yokohama Symposia, Yokohama, Japan. (June 2018)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Yukihiro Sawamura, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, “Polyborosiloxane based binders for Li-ion battery anodes.” 67th SPSJ Annual meeting (Society of Polymer Science, Japan), Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan. (May 2018)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, “Defined BIAN-based Polymer as Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction”. Regional meeting, Chemical Society of Japan, in Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi city, Japan. (Mar 2018)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, “BIAN based electroactive polymer with defined redox centres as metal free electrocatalysts for fuel cells and Li air batteries.” 66th SPSJ (Society of Polymer Science, Japan), 66th Symposium on Macromolecules, in Johoku Campus, Ehime University, Matsuyama-city, Ehime, Japan. (Sep 2017)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Kaisei Kasagi, Eisuke Horiuchi, Raman Vedarajan, Noriyoshi Matsumi “Lithium Ion Secondary Batteries Using Phosphine Based Polymer Binder for Anode”. 66th SPSJ (Society of Polymer Science, Japan), fall meeting, in Makuhari Messe, Chiba-city, 261-8550 Japan. (May 2017)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan and Noriyoshi Matsumi, “BIAN Based Polymer/GO Composite for Metal Free Oxygen Reduction Reaction”. 66th SPSJ (Society of Polymer Science), fall meeting, in Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba-city, 261-8550 Japan, (May 2017)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan, Noriyoshi Matsumi, “BIAN-Fluorene Copolymer as Binder Material for Enhanced Performance of Li Ion Batteries”. JAIST Japan-India Symposium on Materials Science 2017, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan. (Mar 2017)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan, Noriyoshi Matsumi, “BIAN-Fluorene Co-polymers as Polymer Binder for Lithium Ion Batteries with Enhanced Interfacial Properties”. 65th SPSJ (Society of Polymer Science, Japan), fall meeting, in Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan. (Sep 2016)
Sai Gourang Patnaik, Raman Vedarajan, Noriyoshi Matsumi, “BIAN-Fluorene Co-polymer as binder for Lithium ion batteries with enhanced interfacial properties.”,SPSJ (Society of Polymer Science, Japan) Annual Spring Meeting in Kobe Convention Center, Kobe, Japan. (May 2016).