Dr. Binson Babu obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM) (2019) and M.Sc. in Physics from Kariavattom Campus, University of Kerala (2012). After his Ph.D., he joined as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany (2019-2022), where he worked on the ‘LiNaKon’ project focusing on the development and characterization of electrode and electrolyte materials for high-power energy storage devices. In 2022, he joined as a post-doctoral researcher in an industrial collaborated project ‘HYDRA’, in the Department of Chemistry and Materials for Energy (MOST – IMCN), Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, where his focus was on developing high voltage Li-ion batteries. He has published 24 articles in peer-reviewed journals and co-authored a book chapter. He has given several oral and poster presentations at many national and international conferences. His research interest is primarily in developing novel energy storage materials and advanced (liquid/solid) electrolytes for different electrochemical energy storage devices such as rechargeable batteries, electrochemical capacitors, and hybrid-ion capacitors.
Teaching Interests:
Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Condensed Matter Physics, Electronics, Thermal and Statistical Physics, Mathematical methods for Physics, Electrodynamics, Experimental Methods in Physics, Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices, Materials & Device Characterization Technique (Physical and Electrochemical Measurements), Nanoscale Physics, Materials growth, Processing, and Characterization techniques.
Teaching Courses:
- PHY 206: Electronics I (Lab)
Research Interests:
Electrode materials and electrolytes for electrochemical energy storage devices such as Metal (Li/Na/K)-ion batteries, Metal batteries, Metal- Sulphur batteries, Metal-air batteries, Solid-state batteries, Anode-free batteries, Dual-ion batteries, Organic batteries, Hybrid-ion capacitors, and Supercapacitors; Interfacial and bulk electrochemistry; Flexible and miniaturized energy storage devices.
- 7nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, 29th August – 3rd September, 2021, Jeju Island, Korea.
- 1st German-French Summer Workshop on high power devices, 14-17 September 2020, FSU-Jena, Germany.
- MRS Spring Meeting -2018, April 2-6, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona, US.
- E-MRS Spring Meeting-2017, May 22-26, Strasbourg Convention Centre, France.
- Cochin Nano 2016 conference, 2016, Feb 20-23 CUSAT, Kochi, Kerala, India.
- IUMRS-ICYRAM 2016 conference, Dec 11-15, IISC-Bangalore, India.
- ETAFM 2016 conference, 2016, Jan 18-21 Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India.
- ICAER 2015 conference, 2015, Dec 15-17, IITB Mumbai, India.
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022 (HORIZON-TMAMSCA-PF-EF) by the European Commission. (Not pursuing it as I got an assistant professorship at SNIoE).
SERB-DST International Travel Support (ITS) Grand
Grand for attending MRS Spring Meeting -2018, April 2-6, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona, US.
Best Poster Presentation Award
Award at Cochin Nano 2016 conference, Feb 20-23 CUSAT, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), 2013