Battery and Fuel Cell Technology

Biography

Dr. Milind V. Kulkarni presently working as ‘Senior Scientist’ and ‘Head’ Nanocomposite Laboratory, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Pune, under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in ‘Polymer Chemistry’ from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India in 1996, with first rank. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2002 from University of Pune, Pune, India by working on ‘Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Conducting Polyanilines as Chemical Sensors’. In 2001, he has started his career as ‘Scientist-B’ at C-MET, Pune , His main field of current scientific interest is synthesis and characterization of conducting/electroactive polymers and their nanocomposites, organic electronics, ‘flexible and wearable’ electronics devices, nanomaterials and polymer based sensor devices, organic molecules and polymers for thin film transistors, OLEDs, displays and flexible solar cells, flexible hybrid Li-ion batteries, polymer-CNTs nanocomposites and nanomaterials for ‘ink-jet printed, flexible electronics’ and energy applications. Recently, he has developed polyaniline-CNTs nanocomposite coated E-fabric/smart fabric and actively working on development of nanomaterials and glass/polymer nanocomposites for lead free, X-ray absorption/attenuation application and developed successfully a prototype light weight, lead free apron for biomedical applications. Presently, he is engaged in the development of polymer nanocomposites for biological applications and development of ‘Electronic Nose’ (E-Nose) and ‘Electronic Tongue’ (E-Tongue) for chemical and biomedical applications. He has received a major grant (~Rs. 5.00 Crore) from MeitY, New Delhi for the development of Active materials (Cathode and Anode) for Li –ion battery with fabrication of prototype cell/battery. He also have developed and demonstrated polyaniline based thin, flexible, light weight and ultra low cost battery. Recently, he is developing ‘Na - ion’ and ‘Li-air’ batteries for Automobile applications (Hybrid Electrical Vehicles). Dr. Kulkarni has published about 80 research paper in international journals of high repute. His Google Scholar h-index =30 with citations more than 2806. He has filed 17 patents (including 1 US Patent). Also, he has presented more than 130 papers in National and International conferences and delivered ~ 35 invited lectures. He has guided 3 Ph.D students (2 more students are currently working under his guidance) and 5 M.Phil and 25 B.E/M.Sc./M.Tech students. He has awarded the ‘JRF’ and ‘SRF’ from DST, and CSIR, New Delhi, India respectively. He is the recipient of the prestigious “Young Associate” award in 2009 and “Fellow” of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences in Year 2013.

Research Interest

Synthesis and characterization of conducting/electroactive polymers and their nanocomposites, organic electronics, ‘flexible and wearable’ electronics devices, nanomaterials and polymer based sensor devices, organic molecules and polymers for thin film transistors, OLEDs, displays and flexible solar cells, flexible hybrid Li-ion batteries, polymer-CNTs nanocomposites and nanomaterials for ‘ink-jet printed, flexible electronics’ and energy applications.