Arunachala Mada Kannan, Ph.D. Professor, The Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Arizona State University; Phone # 480-727 1102; Email amk@asu.edu (A) Education and Training • Madurai Kamaraj University, India, B.S., Chemistry, 1983 • Madurai Kamaraj University, India, M.S., Chemistry, 1985 • Indian Institute of Science, India, Ph.D., Batteries and Fuel Cells, 1990 • Madras University, M.B.A., Statistical Process Control, 1999 (B) Research and Professional Experience Dr. Kannan has extensive experience in nanomaterials design, synthesis, electrodes development PECs. His expertise in the areas of design of experiments and process control tools for performance optimization will contribute critically to the progress & development of proposed research work. • Professor, ASU at the Polytechnic campus, since Fall 2014 • Associate Professor, ASU at the Polytechnic campus, Fall 2005 to spring 2014 • Chief Scientist, Hoku Scientific Inc., Honolulu, Oct. 2002 to June 2005 • Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin, July 1999 to Sept. 2002 • Head – Technical, Exide Industries, Madras 1997-1999 (C) Collaborators and Affiliations: • Prof. Peiwen (Perry) Li, The University of Arizona, Collaborator • Prof. Ghasemi Nejhad, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Collaborator • Prof. Mao Samuel, University of California, Berkeley, Collaborator • Prof. Manthiram Arumugam, University of Texas at Austin, Post-doc Advisor • Prof. Ashok Shukla, Indian Institute of Science, Ph.D. Advisor (D) Publications and Synergistic Activities 1. K Rajagopalan, B Ramasubramanian, S Velusamy, S Ramakrishna, A.M. Kannan, Examining the Economic and Energy Aspects of Manganese Oxide in Li-Ion Batteries, Materials Circular Economy 4 (2022) 1-22. 2. G Athanasaki, A Jayakumar, AM Kannan, Gas diffusion layers for PEM fuel cells: Materials, properties and manufacturing–A review, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2022. 3. A Jayakumar, DK Madheswaran, AM Kannan, U Sureshvaran, J Sathish, Can hydrogen be the sustainable fuel for mobility in India in the global context? International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022. 4. S Ahmad, T Nawaz, A Ali, MF Orhan, A Samreen, AM Kannan, An overview of proton exchange membranes for fuel cells: Materials and manufacturing, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy , 9, 2022. 5. MN Hossain, P Prslja, C Flox, N Muthuswamy, J Sainio, AM Kannan, Temperature dependent product distribution of electrochemical CO2 reduction on CoTPP/MWCNT composite, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 304 (2022) 120863. 6. J Prakash, S Saxena, P Kumar, S Dass, AM Kannan, R Shrivastav, Bilayered nano-hetero-structured n/n junction thin-film electrodes, WO3/Yb-Mo-BiVO4, for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting, J. Applied Electrochemistry 52 (2022) 535-558. 7. Environmental Research 204, 112028M Menisha, SLN Senavirathna, K Vignarooban, N Iqbal, H Pitawala, AM Kannan, Synthesis, electrochemical and optical studies of poly (ethylene oxide) based gel-polymer electrolytes for sodium-ion secondary batteries, Solid State Ionics 371 (2021) 115755. 8. Ravi Nivetha, Kannan Gothandapani, Vimala Raghavan, George Jacob, Raja Sellapan, A.M.Kannan, Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu, Saravanan Pandiaraj, Aljawhara H. Almuqrin, Abdullah Alodhay, Muthumareeswaran Muthuramamoorthy, Quyet Van Leh, Soon Kwan Jeongi, Andrews Nirmala Grace, NH2-MIL-125(Ti) doped CdS/Graphene composite as electro and photo catalyst in basic medium under light irradiation, Environmental Research, 200 (2021), 111719. 9. G. Athanasaki, N. Chauhan, R. Ahmad and A.M. Kannan, Accelerated stress testing of PUREBLACK® carbon-based gas diffusion layers with pore forming agent for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46 (2021) 31754-31763 10. Pavan Badami, Stefan Smetaczek, Andreas Limbeck, Daniel Rettenwander, Candace K. Chan and Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Facile Synthesis of Al-Stabilized Lithium Garnets by Solution-Combustion Technique for All Solid-State Batteries, Materials Advances, 2 (2021) 5181. 11. Umesh Prasad, James L. Young, Justin C. Johnson, Deborah L. McGott, Hengfei Gu, Eric Garfunkel and Arunachala M. Kannan, Enhancing interfacial charge transfer in WO3/BiVO4 photoanode heterojunction through gallium and tungsten co-doping and sulfur modified Bi2O3 interfacial layer, J. Materials Chemistry A, 9 (2021) 16137. 12. A.M. Kannan, J. Prakash and D. Roan, Design and performance of an off-grid solar combisystem using phase change materials, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 164 (2021) 120574. 13. N Tangaemsakul, A Kannan, N Tantavichet, NiCoS/carbon black based bifunctional air electrode for Zn-air secondary batteries, J. Alloys and Compounds 873 (2021) 159749. 14. Vinay Gupta, Fahad Alam, Pawan Verma, AM Kannan, Shanmugam Kumar, Additive manufacturing enabled, microarchitected, hierarchically porous polylactic-acid/Lithium iron phosphate/carbon nanotube nanocomposite electrodes for high performance Li-Ion batteries, Journal of Power Sources, 494 (2021) 229625. 15. Badami, Pavan; Weller, Jon; Wahab, A.; Redhammer, Günther; Ladenstein, Lukas; Rettenwander, Daniel; Wilkening, H. Martin; Chan, Candace; Kannan, Arunachala Nadar, Highly Conductive Garnet-Type Electrolytes: Access to Li6.5La3Zr1.5Ta0.5O12 Prepared by Molten Salt and Solid-State Methods, ACS Applied Materials & Interface 2020, 12, 48580−48590. 16. R Vaidya, V Selvan, P Badami, K Knoop, AM Kannan, PHEV and Second‐Life Applications of L-Ion at Elevated Temp., Batteries & Supercaps, 1 (2018) 75-82. 17. P Badami, A Opitz, L Shen, R Vaidya, A Mayyas, K Knoop, A Razdan and A.M. Kannan, Performance of 26650 Li-ion cells at elevated temperature under simulated PHEV drive cycles, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 42 (2017) 12396-12404. 18. A. Opitz, P. Badami, L. Shen, K. Vignarooban, A.M. Kannan, Can Li-Ion Batteries be the Panacea for Automotive Appln.? Ren & Sus Energy Reviews 68 (2017), 685-692 19. P Badami, A Opitz, L Shen, R Vaidya, A Mayyas, K Knoop, A Razdan, A.M. Kannan, Performance of 26650 Li-ion cells at elevated temperature under simulated PHEV drive cycles, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42 (2017), 12396-12404 Synergistic Activities • Fuel cells - CNTs, Graphene, Electrocatalysts, GDLs, Polymer electrolytes and Membrane/Electrode Assembly, single cells, multi cell stacks for automotive applications • Batteries - Li-ion (Passive Thermal Management, Charging Protocol etc.)