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Overview

Vilayanur V. Viswanathan is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with extensive work in the subfields of electrical and electronic engineering, automotive engineering, control and systems engineering, energy engineering and power technology, and electrochemistry.

The main topics covered in their research include advanced battery technologies research, advancements in battery materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, microgrid control and optimization, hybrid renewable energy systems, and electrochemical analysis and applications.

Viswanathan has contributed papers to several prominent publication venues, with a significant number appearing in the Journal of Power Sources and ECS Meeting Abstracts. Other venues include Energies, Advanced Energy Materials, and Materials.

  • Journal of Power Sources
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Energies
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Materials

Frequent co-authors in their work include Alasdair Crawford, Nimat Shamim, David Reed, Vincent Sprenkle, and Daiwon Choi.

  • Alasdair Crawford
  • Nimat Shamim
  • David Reed
  • Vincent Sprenkle
  • Daiwon Choi

Among their recent papers are:

  • Li-ion battery technology for grid application, 2021, Journal of Power Sources
  • An Evaluation of Energy Storage Cost and Performance Characteristics, 2020, Energies
  • Enabling Natural Graphite in High-Voltage Aqueous Graphite

Best Publications

  • Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries

    Jun Liu;Zhenan Bao;Yi Cui;Eric J. Dufek

  • Enhanced activity and stability of Pt catalysts on functionalized graphene sheets for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

    Rong Kou;Yuyan Shao;Donghai Wang;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Materials Science and Materials Chemistry for Large Scale Electrochemical Energy Storage: From Transportation to Electrical Grid

    Jun Liu;Jiguang Zhang;Zhenguo Yang;John P. Lemmon

  • Cost and performance model for redox flow batteries

    Vilayanur V. Viswanathan;Aladsair J. Crawford;David E. Stephenson;Soowhan Kim

  • Stabilization of Electrocatalytic Metal Nanoparticles at Metal−Metal Oxide−Graphene Triple Junction Points

    Rong Kou;Yuyan Shao;Donghai Mei;Zimin Nie

  • 3D printing technologies for electrochemical energy storage

    Feng Zhang;Min Wei;Vilayanur V. Viswanathan;Benjamin Swart

  • Effect of entropy change of lithium intercalation in cathodes and anodes on Li-ion battery thermal management

    Vilayanur V. Viswanathan;Daiwon Choi;Donghai Wang;Wu Xu

  • LiMnPO4 nanoplate grown via solid-state reaction in molten hydrocarbon for Li-ion battery cathode.

    Daiwon Choi;Donghai Wang;In Tae Bae;Jie Xiao

  • Energy Storage Technology and Cost Characterization Report

    Kendall Mongird;Vilayanur V. Viswanathan;Patrick J. Balducci;Jan E. Alam

  • Synthesis and Li-Ion Insertion Properties of Highly Crystalline Mesoporous Rutile TiO2

    Donghai Wang;Daiwon Choi;Zhenguo Yang;Vilayanur V. Viswanathan

  • Investigation on the charging process of Li2O2-based air electrodes in Li–O2 batteries with organic carbonate electrolytes

    Wu Xu;Vilayanur V. Viswanathan;Deyu Wang;Silas A. Towne

  • Redox Flow Batteries: An Engineering Perspective

    Babu R. Chalamala;Thiagarajan Soundappan;Graham R. Fisher;Mitchell R. Anstey

  • Reaction mechanisms for the limited reversibility of Li–O2 chemistry in organic carbonate electrolytes

    Wu Xu;Kang Xu;Vilayanur V. Viswanathan;Silas A. Towne

  • Energy Storage Technology and Cost Characterization Report

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  • 1 kW/1 kWh advanced vanadium redox flow battery utilizing mixed acid electrolytes

    Soowhan Kim;Edwin Thomsen;Guanguang Xia;Zimin Nie

  • Second Use of Transportation Batteries: Maximizing the Value of Batteries for Transportation and Grid Services

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  • Li-ion battery technology for grid application

    Daiwon Choi;Nimat Shamim;Alasdair Crawford;Qian Huang

  • Effects of entropy changes in anodes and cathodes on the thermal behavior of lithium ion batteries

    Ralph E. Williford;Vilayanur V. Viswanathan;Ji-Guang Zhang

  • An Evaluation of Energy Storage Cost and Performance Characteristics

    Kendall Mongird;Vilayanur Viswanathan;Patrick Balducci;Jan Alam

  • Li-ion batteries from LiFePO4 cathode and anatase/graphene composite anode for stationary energy storage

    Daiwon Choi;Donghai Wang;Vilayanur V. Viswanathan;In-Tae Bae

  • Method and apparatus for thermal swing adsorption and thermally-enhanced pressure swing adsorption

    Robert S. Wegeng;Scot D. Rassat;Victoria S. Stenkamp;Ward E. Tegrotenhuis

  • Design of graphene sheets-supported Pt catalyst layer in PEM fuel cells

    Sehkyu Park;Yuyan Shao;Haiying Wan;Peter C. Rieke

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Liu
Jun Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yong Wang
Yong Wang Washington State University
Yuyan Shao
Yuyan Shao Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Vincent L. Sprenkle
Vincent L. Sprenkle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Zhenguo Yang
Zhenguo Yang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Zimin Nie
Zimin Nie Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Daiwon Choi
Daiwon Choi Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Donghai Wang
Donghai Wang Pennsylvania State University
Ji-Guang Zhang
Ji-Guang Zhang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yuehe Lin
Yuehe Lin Washington State University

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