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Vilas G. Pol 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 Vilas G. Pol sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 340 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vilas G. Pol 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 Vilas G. Pol sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vilas G. Pol is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States and primarily conducts research in the field of engineering. Their work mainly spans several subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, automotive engineering, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research focuses extensively on advancements in battery materials and technologies, contributing to multiple domains such as advanced battery technologies research and supercapacitor materials and fabrication. Additional topics covered in their work include extraction and separation processes as well as MXene and MAX phase materials.

Frequent collaborators in Vilas G. Pol's research include Manikandan Palanisamy, Mihit H. Parekh, Jassiel R. Rodríguez, Daniel A. Gribble, and Haiyan Wang. These coauthors have contributed to a significant number of joint publications.

The scientist has published repeatedly in notable venues, including ECS Meeting Abstracts, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, SSRN Electronic Journal, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, and ACS Applied Energy Materials. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work, connecting materials science, energy, and engineering.

Some of Vilas G. Pol's recent papers include:

  • Non-polar ether-based electrolyte solutions for stable high-voltage non-aqueous lithium metal batteries, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Double transition metal MXene (TixTa4−xC3) 2D materials as anodes for Li-ion batteries, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Recent progress on key materials and technical approaches for electrochemical lithium extraction processes, 2022, Desalination
  • Room-temperature, high-voltage solid-state lithium battery with composite solid polymer electrolyte with in-situ thermal safety study, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Revealing the Thermal Safety of Prussian Blue Cathode for Safer Nonaqueous Batteries, 2021, Advanced Energy Materials

Best Publications

  • Sonochemical Deposition of Silver Nanoparticles on Silica Spheres

    V. G. Pol;D. N. Srivastava;O. Palchik;V. Palchik

  • Deposition of Gold Nanoparticles on Silica Spheres: A Sonochemical Approach

    V. G. Pol;A. Gedanken;J. Calderon-Moreno

  • Improving the high-temperature performance of LiMn2O4 spinel electrodes by coating the active mass with MgO via a sonochemical method

    J.S. Gnanaraj;V.G. Pol;A. Gedanken;D. Aurbach

  • Non-polar ether-based electrolyte solutions for stable high-voltage non-aqueous lithium metal batteries

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  • Ultrasound assisted design of sulfur/carbon cathodes with partially fluorinated ether electrolytes for highly efficient Li/S batteries.

    Wei Weng;Vilas G. Pol;Khalil Amine

  • Carbon spherules: synthesis, properties and mechanistic elucidation

    Vilas Ganpat Pol;Menachem Motiei;Aharon Gedanken;Jose Calderon-Moreno

  • LiF modified stable flexible PVDF-garnet hybrid electrolyte for high performance all-solid-state Li–S batteries

    Sourav Bag;Chengtian Zhou;Patrick J. Kim;Vilas G. Pol

  • Spherical carbon particles and carbon nanotubes prepared by autogenic reactions: Evaluation as anodes in lithium electrochemical cells

    Vilas G. Pol;Michael M. Thackeray

  • Coating noble metal nanocrystals (Ag, Au, Pd, and Pt) on polystyrene spheres via ultrasound irradiation.

    Pol Vg;Grisaru H;Gedanken A

  • Pollen-derived porous carbon by KOH activation: Effect of physicochemical structure on CO2 adsorption

    Seung Wan Choi;Jialiang Tang;Vilas G. Pol;Ki Bong Lee

  • Binder-Free N- and O-Rich Carbon Nanofiber Anodes for Long Cycle Life K-Ion Batteries.

    Ryan A. Adams;Jia Min Syu;Yunpu Zhao;Chieh Tsung Lo

  • Electrochemical performance of MXenes as K-ion battery anodes

    Michael Naguib;Ryan A. Adams;Yunpu Zhao;Dmitry Zemlyanov

  • Carbon Anodes for Nonaqueous Alkali Metal‐Ion Batteries and Their Thermal Safety Aspects

    Ryan A. Adams;Arvind Varma;Vilas G. Pol

  • Ordered Network of Interconnected SnO2 Nanoparticles for Excellent Lithium-Ion Storage

    Vinodkumar Etacheri;Gulaim A. Seisenbaeva;James Caruthers;Geoffrey Daniel

  • CO 2 Capture in the Sustainable Wheat-Derived Activated Microporous Carbon Compartments

    Seok Min Hong;Eunji Jang;Arthur D. Dysart;Vilas G. Pol

  • Upcycling: Converting Waste Plastics into Paramagnetic, Conducting, Solid, Pure Carbon Microspheres

    Vilas Ganpat Pol

  • Testing Carbon-Coated VOx Prepared via Reaction under Autogenic Pressure at Elevated Temperature as Li-Insertion Materials†

    Ayelet Odani;Vilas Ganpat Pol;Swati Vilas Pol;Maxim Koltypin

  • Spherical Carbon as a New High-Rate Anode for Sodium-ion Batteries

    Vilas G. Pol;Eungje Lee;Dehua Zhou;Fulya Dogan

  • Recent progress on key materials and technical approaches for electrochemical lithium extraction processes

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  • Porous carbon sphere anodes for enhanced lithium-ion storage

    Vinodkumar Etacheri;Chengwei Wang;Michael J. O'Connell;Candace K. Chan

  • Sonochemical Synthesis and Optical Properties of Europium Oxide Nanolayer Coated on Titania

    V. G. Pol;R. Reisfeld;A. Gedanken

  • Sonochemical Deposition of Air-Stable Iron Nanoparticles on Monodispersed Carbon Spherules

    V. G. Pol;M. Motiei;A. Gedanken;J. Calderon-Moreno

Frequent Co-Authors

Aharon Gedanken
Aharon Gedanken Bar-Ilan University
Michael M. Thackeray
Michael M. Thackeray Argonne National Laboratory
Vadim G. Kessler
Vadim G. Kessler Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Farshid Sadeghi
Farshid Sadeghi Purdue University West Lafayette
Jeffrey P. Youngblood
Jeffrey P. Youngblood Purdue University West Lafayette
Katsuhiko Ariga
Katsuhiko Ariga National Institute for Materials Science
Israel Felner
Israel Felner Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Arvind Varma
Arvind Varma Purdue University West Lafayette
Christopher S. Johnson
Christopher S. Johnson Argonne National Laboratory

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