Faculty at School of Natural Sciences

Arnab Ghosh

Arnab Ghosh

Assistant Professor

School of Natural Sciences


Contact Information

  • Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Monash University (Australia), 2016-2021
  • M.Sc., Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, 2012-2014
  • B.Sc. (Hons.), Chemistry, University of Burdwan, 2009-2012

  • Marie-Skłodowska Curie postdoctoral fellow, IMDEA Materials Institute, Spain (with Professor De-Yi Wang) (2023-2025)
  • Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Yokohama National University, Japan (with Professor Masayoshi Watanabe) (2022-2023)
  • Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (with Professor Sagar Mitra) (2014-2016)

  • Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Sodium-Sulfur Batteries, Sulfur Cathodes, Nonaqueous Electrolytes, Solid Polymer Electrolytes, Battery Failure Analysis, Battery Safety

  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowship in 2023
  • Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at Yokohama National University (Japan) in 2022 
  • Best Ph.D. thesis award in Energy Storage from KPIT Technologies (an Indian multinational software company) in 2021
  • Best Ph.D. thesis award from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2021
  • Indo-Australian joint research fellowship for the Ph.D. program in 2016
  • All India Rank of 352 in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2014
  • Qualified for CSIR-NET examination for Lectureship in Chemical Sciences in 2014
  • All India Rank of 233 in Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) in 2012

  • Awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowship in 2023

 

  1. A. Ghosh, S. Kaur, G. Verma, C. Dolle, R. Azmi, S. Heissler, Y. Eggeler, K. Mondal, D. Mager, A. Gupta, J. Korvink, D.-Y. Wang, A. Sharma, and M. Islam, Enhanced performance of laser-induced graphene supercapacitors via integration with candle-soot nanoparticles. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 40313. 
  2. A. Ghosh, J. Liu, S. Li, K. Ueno, K. Dokko, and M. Watanabe, Lithium aluminate nanoflakes as an additive to sulfur cathodes for enhanced mass transport in high-energy-density lithium–sulfur pouch cells utilizing sparingly solvating electrolytes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 23104.
  3. J. Xiao, J. Hobson, A. Ghosh, M. Haranczyk, and D.-Y. Wang, Flame retardant properties of metal hydroxide-based polymer composites: A machine learning approach. Compos. Commun., 2023, 40, 101593.
  4. R. Motoyoshi, S. Li, S. Tsuzuki, A. Ghosh, K. Ueno, K. Dokko, and M. Watanabe, Carbonaceous-material-induced gelation of concentrated electrolyte solutions for application in lithium-sulfur battery cathodes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 45403.
  5. M. Krishna, A. Ghosh, D. Muthuraj, S. Das, and S. Mitra, Electrocatalytic activity of polyaniline in magnesium–sulfur batteries. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2022, 13, 1337.
  6. A. Kumar, A. Ghosh, A. Ghosh, A. Ahuja, A. Sengupta, M. Forsyth, D. R. MacFarlane, and S. Mitra, Sub-zero and room-temperature sodium–sulfur battery cell operations: A rational current collector, catalyst and sulfur-host design and study. Energy Storage Mater., 2021, 42, 608.
  7. A. Ghosh, P. Cherepanov, C. Nguyen, A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, A. Ahuja, M. Kar, D. R. MacFarlane, and S. Mitra, Simple route to lithium dendrite prevention for long cycle-life lithium metal batteries. Appl. Mater. Today, 2021, 23, 101062.
  8. A. Kumar,# A. Ghosh,# A. Ghosh, A. Ahuja, M. Forsyth, D. R. MacFarlane, and S. Mitra, Approach to increase the utilization of active material in a high sulfur-loaded cathode for high areal capacity room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries. ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2021, 4, 384. (#Equal contribution)
  9. D. Muthuraj, M. Pandey, M. Krishna, A. Ghosh, R. Sen, P. Johari, and S. Mitra, Magnesium polysulfide catholyte (MgSx): Synthesis, electrochemical and computational study for magnesium- sulfur battery application. J. Power Sources, 2021, 486, 229326.
  10. A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, T. Das, A. Ghosh, S. Chakraborty, M. Kar, D. R. MacFarlane, and S. Mitra, Lewis acid-base interactions between polysulfides and boehmite enables stable room-temperature sodium–sulfur batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2020, 30, 2005669.
  11. A. Kumar,# A. Ghosh,# M. Forsyth, D. R. MacFarlane, and S. Mitra, Free-radical catalysis and enhancement of redox kinetics for room-temperature sodium–sulfur batteries. ACS Energy Lett., 2020, 5, 2112. (#Equal contribution)
  12. A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, A. Roy, C. Nguyen, A. Ahuja, M. Adil, M. Chatti, M. Kar, D. R. MacFarlane, and S. Mitra, Ultrathin lithium aluminate nanoflakes-inlaid sulfur as a cathode material for the lithium–sulfur batteries with high areal capacity. ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2020, 3, 5637.
  13. M. Monisha, P. Permude, A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, S. Zafar, S. Mitra, and B. Lochab, Halogen-free flame-retardant sulfur copolymers with stable Li–S battery performance. Energy Storage Mater., 2020, 29, 350.
  14. P. H. Wadekar,# A. Ghosh,# R. Khose, P. Dattatray, S. Mitra, and S. Some, A novel chemical reduction/co-precipitation method to prepare sulfur functionalized reduced graphene oxide for lithium-sulfur batteries. Electrochim. Acta, 2020, 344, 136147. (#Equal contribution)
  15. M. R. Panda, A. K. Raj, A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, D. Muthuraj, S. Sau, W. Yu, Y. Zhang, A. K. Sinha, M. Weyland, Q. Bao, and S. Mitra, Blocks of molybdenum ditelluride: A high-rate anode for sodium-ion battery and full-cell prototype study. Nano Energy, 2019, 64, 103951.
  16. A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, A. Roy, M. R. Panda, M. Kar, D. R. MacFarlane, and S. Mitra, Three-dimensionally reinforced freestanding cathode for high-energy room temperature sodium-sulfur batteries. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 14101.
  17. A. Kumar,# A. Ghosh,# A. Roy, M. R. Panda, M. Forsyth, D. R. MacFarlane, and S. Mitra, High-energy density room temperature sodium-sulfur battery enabled by sodium polysulfide catholyte and carbon cloth current collector decorated with MnO2 nanoarrays. Energy Storage Mater., 2019, 20, 196. (#Equal contribution)
  18. D. Muthuraj, A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, and S. Mitra, Nitrogen and sulfur-doped carbon cloth as a current collector and polysulfide immobilizer for magnesium‐sulfur batteries. ChemElectroChem, 2018, 6, 684.
  19. B. Patra, S. K. Das, A. Ghosh, A. Raj, P. Moitra, M. Addicoat, S. Mitra, A. Bhaumik, S. Bhattacharya, and A. Pradhan, Covalent organic framework-based microspheres as anode material for rechargeable sodium batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 16655.
  20. A. Roy, A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, and S. Mitra, A high-performance sodium anode composed of few-layer MoSe2 and N, P doped reduced graphene oxide composites. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018, 5, 2189.
  21. A. Ghosh, and S. Mitra, In situ surface coating of squaric acid with conductive polyaniline for a high‐capacity and sustainable lithium battery anode. ChemElectroChem, 2018, 5, 159.
  22. A. Ghosh, S. Shukla, M. Monisha, A. Kumar, B. Lochab, and S. Mitra, Sulfur copolymer: A new cathode structure for room-temperature sodium–sulfur batteries. ACS Energy Lett., 2017, 2, 2478.
  23. A. Ghosh, R. Manjunatha, R. Kumar, and S. Mitra, A facile bottom-up approach to construct hybrid flexible cathode scaffold for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8, 33775.
  24. S. Shukla, A. Ghosh, S. Mitra, and B. Lochab, Cardanol benzoxazines – A sustainable linker for elemental sulphur-based copolymers via inverse vulcanization. Polymer, 2016, 99, 349.
  25. A. Ghosh, S. Shukla, G. S. Khosla, B. Lochab, and S. Mitra, Sustainable sulfur-rich copolymer/ graphene composite as lithium-sulfur battery cathode with excellent electrochemical performance. Sci. Rep., 2016, 6, 25207.
  26. S. Shukla, A. Ghosh, U. K. Sen, S. Mitra, and B. Lochab, Cardanol benzoxazine-sulfur copolymers for Li-S batteries: Symbiosis of sustainability and performance. ChemistrySelect, 2016, 3, 594.
  27. A. Ghosh, and S. Mitra, Facile synthesis of viologen and its reversible lithium storage property in organic lithium-ion batteries. RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 105632.
  28. R. Sydam, A. Ghosh, and M. Deepa, Enhanced electrochromic write–erase efficiency of a device with a novel viologen: 1, 1′-bis [2-(1H-indol-3-yl) ethyl]-4, 4′-bipyridinium diperchlorate. Org. Electron., 2015, 17, 33.

 

  1. A. Ghosh, M. Kar, D. R. MacFarlane, and S. Mitra, PROTECTIVE LITHIUM ANODE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES, Indian Patent, Application no. 202121003790. [GRANTED]
  2. A. Ghosh, M. Kar, D. R. MacFarlane, and S. Mitra, CATHODE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM- SULFUR BATTERIES, Indian Patent, Application no. 201921040500. [GRANTED]
  3. A. Kumar, A. Ghosh, S. Mitra, and M. R. Panda, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL INCLUDING OPTICAL WINDOW MADE OF TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE TAPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF, Indian Patent, Application no. 201821048139. [GRANTED]
  4. M. R. Panda, A. R. Kathribail, A. Ghosh, A. Kumar, S. Mitra, and Q. Bao, RECHARGEABLE SODIUM-ION BATTERIES BASED ON LAYERED ELECTRODE MATERIALS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME, Indian Patent, Application no. 201821032876. [GRANTED] 

1.P. Dutta, A. Ghosh, S. Mitra, ‘Chapter-7: Sodium-Ion Battery Anode Stabilization’ in Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices, WILEY, pp. 375−420.

Invited as a speaker at the China-Spain New Energy and Materials Forum for Academic and Industrial Cooperation on 12 November 2024, organized by the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China.

  • Invited as a speaker at the China-Spain New Energy and Materials Forum for Academic and Industrial Cooperation on 12 November 2024, organized by the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China.

 

  1. International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER) on 15 December 2015, organized by the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay.
  2. MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibits on 25-30 November 2018, organized by the Materials Research Society.
  3. 37th Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry on 9-12 June 2024 in Stresa, Italy.

  • Reviewer for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Batteries & Supercaps, ChemElectroChem, Journal of Power Sources, and RSC Sustainability.

 

  1. Participated in the Electrochemical Techniques workshop on 14 December 2015, organized by the Department of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay.
  2. Participated in the Energy Storage Materials workshop on 20 December 2019, jointly organized by Monash University and Deakin University.