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Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
58
Citations
15762
World Ranking
7575
National Ranking
1877

Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 235 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science. Their work primarily focuses on advancements in battery materials and technologies, with an emphasis on improving the performance and safety of energy storage systems.

The main fields of study for Viswanathan include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Key subfields contributing to their research output are:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Catalysis

Viswanathan's research covers a number of specific topics, including:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction

The scientist's corpus of recent papers includes:

  • Challenges in Lithium Metal Anodes for Solid-State Batteries, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • The challenges and opportunities of battery-powered flight, 2022, Nature
  • Dynamic electrochromism for all-season radiative thermoregulation, 2023, Nature Sustainability
  • Direct correlation between void formation and lithium dendrite growth in solid-state electrolytes with interlayers, 2022, Nature Materials
  • Universal chemomechanical design rules for solid-ion conductors to prevent dendrite formation in lithium metal batteries, 2020, Nature Materials

Frequent publication venues where Viswanathan has contributed include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Joule

Among frequent co-authors are:

  • Shashank Sripad
  • Pin-Wen Guan
  • Lance Kavalsky
  • Dilip Krishnamurthy
  • Yet-Ming Chiang

Best Publications

  • Twin Problems of Interfacial Carbonate Formation in Nonaqueous Li-O2 Batteries.

    B. D. McCloskey;A. Speidel;R. Scheffler;D. C. Miller

  • Solvating additives drive solution-mediated electrochemistry and enhance toroid growth in non-aqueous Li–O2 batteries

    Nagaphani B. Aetukuri;Bryan D. McCloskey;Jeannette M. García;Leslie E. Krupp

  • Review—Practical Challenges Hindering the Development of Solid State Li Ion Batteries

    Kian Kerman;Alan Luntz;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Yet-Ming Chiang

  • Review—Practical Challenges Hindering the Development of Solid State Li Ion Batteries

    Kian Kerman;Alan Luntz;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Yet-Ming Chiang

  • Electrical conductivity in Li2O2 and its role in determining capacity limitations in non-aqueous Li-O2 batteries.

    V. Viswanathan;Kristian Sommer Thygesen;J.S. Hummelshøj;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Universality in Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis on Metal Surfaces

    Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Heine Anton Hansen;Jan Rossmeisl;Jens K. Nørskov

  • The challenges and opportunities of battery-powered flight

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  • Challenges in lithium metal anodes for solid state batteries

    Kelsey B. Hatzell;Xi Chelsea Chen;Corie L. Cobb;Neil P. Dasgupta

  • Unifying Kinetic and Thermodynamic Analysis of 2 e– and 4 e– Reduction of Oxygen on Metal Surfaces

    Heine A. Hansen;Heine A. Hansen;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Jens K. Nørskov;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Direct observation of the oxygenated species during oxygen reduction on a platinum fuel cell cathode

    Hernan Sanchez Casalongue;Sarp Kaya;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Daniel J. Miller

  • Importance of Correlation in Determining Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Activity on Cobalt Oxides

    Mónica García-Mota;Michal Bajdich;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Aleksandra Vojvodic

  • Unifying the 2e(-) and 4e(-) Reduction of Oxygen on Metal Surfaces.

    Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Heine Anton Hansen;Jan Rossmeisl;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Enhancing electrochemical intermediate solvation through electrolyte anion selection to increase nonaqueous Li-O2 battery capacity.

    Colin M. Burke;Colin M. Burke;Vikram Pande;Abhishek Khetan;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

  • One- or Two-Electron Water Oxidation, Hydroxyl Radical, or H2O2 Evolution

    Samira Siahrostami;Guo Ling Li;Guo Ling Li;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Jens K. Nørskov;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Enhanced strength and temperature dependence of mechanical properties of Li at small scales and its implications for Li metal anodes

    Chen Xu;Zeeshan Ahmad;Asghar Aryanfar;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

  • Machine Learning Enabled Computational Screening of Inorganic Solid Electrolytes for Suppression of Dendrite Formation in Lithium Metal Anodes.

    Zeeshan Ahmad;Tian Xie;Chinmay Maheshwari;Jeffrey C. Grossman

  • Li–O2 Kinetic Overpotentials: Tafel Plots from Experiment and First-Principles Theory

    V. Viswanathan;J. K. Nørskov;J. K. Nørskov;A. Speidel;R. Scheffler

  • Direct correlation between void formation and lithium dendrite growth in solid-state electrolytes with interlayers

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  • Performance Metrics Required of Next-Generation Batteries to Make a Practical Electric Semi Truck

    Shashank Sripad;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

  • Tunneling and Polaron Charge Transport through Li2O2 in Li–O2 Batteries

    A. C. Luntz;A. C. Luntz;V. Viswanathan;V. Viswanathan;J. Voss;J. B. Varley;J. B. Varley

  • Selective Electrochemical Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide from Water Oxidation

    Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan;Heine Anton Hansen;Heine Anton Hansen;Jens K. Nørskov;Jens K. Nørskov

  • Stability of Electrodeposition at Solid-Solid Interfaces and Implications for Metal Anodes.

    Zeeshan Ahmad;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

  • Trade-Offs in Capacity and Rechargeability in Nonaqueous Li-O2 Batteries: Solution-Driven Growth versus Nucleophilic Stability.

    Abhishek Khetan;Abhishek Khetan;Alan Luntz;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

  • Machine Learning Enabled Computational Screening of Inorganic Solid Electrolytes for Dendrite Suppression with Li Metal Anode.

    Zeeshan Ahmad;Tian Xie;Chinmay Maheshwari;Jeffrey C. Grossman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Alan C. Luntz
Alan C. Luntz SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Heinz Pitsch
Heinz Pitsch RWTH Aachen University
Jay Whitacre
Jay Whitacre Carnegie Mellon University
Bryan D. McCloskey
Bryan D. McCloskey University of California, Berkeley
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
David A. Howey
David A. Howey University of Oxford
Jan Rossmeisl
Jan Rossmeisl University of Copenhagen
Drew Higgins
Drew Higgins McMaster University

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