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R. Vasant Kumar is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with specific emphasis on several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Automotive Engineering.

Their work focuses on a variety of topics related to battery technologies and materials. Key research areas include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Some of the frequent coauthors collaborating with R. Vasant Kumar are:

  • Kai Xi
  • Shujiang Ding
  • Amr M. Abdelkader
  • Wei Wang
  • Kai Jia

The scientist has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • ACS Nano
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Recent papers authored or coauthored by R. Vasant Kumar highlight ongoing contributions to battery research:

  • Potassium-ion batteries: outlook on present and future technologies, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Suppressing the Shuttle Effect and Dendrite Growth in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, 2020, ACS Nano
  • 2021 roadmap on lithium sulfur batteries, 2021, Journal of Physics Energy
  • Degradation Mechanisms of Electrodes Promotes Direct Regeneration of Spent Li-Ion Batteries: A Review, 2024, Advanced Materials
  • Blowing Iron Chalcogenides into Two-Dimensional Flaky Hybrids with Superior Cyclability and Rate Capability for Potassium-Ion Batteries, 2021, ACS Nano

Best Publications

  • Potassium-ion batteries: outlook on present and future technologies

    Xin Min;Xin Min;Jun Xiao;Minghao Fang;Wei (Alex) Wang

  • Carbon with hierarchical pores from carbonized metal–organic frameworks for lithium sulphur batteries

    Kai Xi;Shuai Cao;Xiaoyu Peng;Caterina Ducati

  • High Energy Density Lithium Batteries

    Katerina E Aifantis;R Vasant Kumar;Stephen A Hackney

  • High Energy Density Lithium Batteries: Materials, Engineering, Applications

    Katerina E. Aifantis;Stephen A. Hackney;R. Vasant Kumar

  • A critical review on secondary lead recycling technology and its prospect

    Wei Zhang;Jiakuan Yang;Xu Wu;Yuchen Hu

  • Nitrogen, sulfur-codoped graphene sponge as electroactive carbon interlayer for high-energy and -power lithium–sulfur batteries

    Ling-Bao Xing;Kai Xi;Qiuyan Li;Zhong Su

  • Binder free three-dimensional sulphur/few-layer graphene foam cathode with enhanced high-rate capability for rechargeable lithium sulphur batteries

    Kai Xi;Piran R. Kidambi;Renjie Chen;Chenlong Gao

  • Rational approach to guest confinement inside MOF cavities for low-temperature catalysis

    Tiesheng Wang;Tiesheng Wang;Lijun Gao;Jingwei Hou;Jingwei Hou;Servann J. A. Herou;Servann J. A. Herou

  • Construction of ultrafine ZnSe nanoparticles on/in amorphous carbon hollow nanospheres with high-power-density sodium storage

    Shiyao Lu;Tianxiang Zhu;Hu Wu;Yuankun Wang

  • A textile-based SnO2 ultra-flexible electrode for lithium-ion batteries

    Xin Min;Xin Min;Bin Sun;Shi Chen;Minghao Fang

  • Bamboo-like amorphous carbon nanotubes clad in ultrathin nickel oxide nanosheets for lithium-ion battery electrodes with long cycle life

    Xin Xu;Hui Tan;Kai Xi;Shujiang Ding

  • Ultrathin NiO nanosheets anchored on a highly ordered nanostructured carbon as an enhanced anode material for lithium ion batteries

    Zhaoyang Fan;Jin Liang;Wei Yu;Shujiang Ding

  • Leaching of spent lead acid battery paste components by sodium citrate and acetic acid.

    Xinfeng Zhu;Xiong He;Jiakuan Yang;Linxia Gao

  • Advanced Lithium–Sulfur Batteries Enabled by a Bio-Inspired Polysulfide Adsorptive Brush

    Teng Zhao;Yusheng Ye;Xiaoyu Peng;Giorgio Divitini

  • Preparation and characterization of nano-structured lead oxide from spent lead acid battery paste.

    Lei Li;Xinfeng Zhu;Xinfeng Zhu;Danni Yang;Linxia Gao

  • 2021 roadmap on lithium sulfur batteries

    James B Robinson;Kai Xi;R Vasant Kumar;Andrea C Ferrari

  • Sea urchin-like NiCoO2@C nanocomposites for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors

    Jin Liang;Kai Xi;Guoqiang Tan;Sheng Chen

  • Review on clean recovery of discarded/spent lead-acid battery and trends of recycled products

    Mingyang Li;Jiakuan Yang;Sha Liang;Huijie Hou

  • Preparation of basic lead oxide from spent lead acid battery paste via chemical conversion

    Xinfeng Zhu;Xinfeng Zhu;Lei Li;Xiaojuan Sun;Danni Yang

  • Soluble polysulphide sorption using carbon nanotube forest for enhancing cycle performance in a lithium–sulphur battery

    Kai Xi;Bingan Chen;Huanglong Li;Rongsi Xie

  • Solution-phase synthesis of single-crystalline Bi12TiO20nanowires with photocatalytic properties

    Jungang Hou;Jungang Hou;Yuanfang Qu;Dalibor Krsmanovic;Caterina Ducati

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai Xi
Kai Xi University of Cambridge
Jiakuan Yang
Jiakuan Yang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Sha Liang
Sha Liang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jingping Hu
Jingping Hu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Huijie Hou
Huijie Hou Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Bingchuan Liu
Bingchuan Liu University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Shujiang Ding
Shujiang Ding Xi'an Jiaotong University
Keke Xiao
Keke Xiao Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Wei Wang
Wei Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Caterina Ducati
Caterina Ducati University of Cambridge

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