Corrosion and Degradation in Fuel Cells, Supercapacitors and Batteries

Viswanathan S. Saji is a Research Scientist-II/Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia (2022 – present). Before that, he was as a Research Scientist-III at KFUPM (2018-2022), Endeavour Research Fellow at University of Adelaide (2014) Australia, Research Professor at Korea University (2010-2013), Senior Research Scientist at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (2009-2010), Postdoctoral Researcher at Sunchon National University (2009), Research Professor at Chosun University (2008-2009), Postdoctoral Researcher at Yonsei University (2007-2008), and Research Associate at Indian Institute of Science (2005-2007) and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2004-2005). Dr. Saji received his M.Sc. (1997), M.Phil. (1999) and Ph.D. (2003) degrees from the University of Kerala, India. He has authored more than 100 journal publications and contributed 13 books and 22 book chapters. He has over 50 international/national conference presentations, invited talks and seminars, and has been awarded several fellowships and funding. His current research interest lies in electrochemistry and energy materials.

• Part I. Electrochemical energy storage and conversion.- 1. Electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices – Types and importance.- 2. Materials degradation in electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices – An overview.- Part II. Fuel cells.- 3. Corrosion and its mitigation approaches of metallic bipolar plates.- 4. Carbon corrosion in fuel cells- Fundamentals and mitigation approaches.- 5. Platinum dissolution and ionomer redistribution/degradation in fuel cells – An evaluation.- 6. Performance degradation of PEM fuel cells during startup-shutdown cycles – A case study.- Part III. Supercapacitors.- 7. Corrosion and degradation in supercapacitors and mitigation approaches.- 8. Carbon corrosion in supercapacitors.- Part IV. Batteries.- 9. Corrosion in Pb-acid batteries – Recent developments.- 10. Corrosion in nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH ) batteries– Recent developments.- 11. Corrosion of current collectors in metal-ion batteries.- 12. Novel corrosion-resistant nonmetallic current collectors for aqueous batteries.- 13. CEI and SEI formation in Li-ion batteries.- 14. Corrosion and degradation in aqueous Zn-ion batteries.- 15. Novel electrolytes and electrolyte additives for metal-ion and metal-air batteries – A case study of acetonitrile and LiCTFSI.- 16. Degradation in metal-air batteries - Recent developments.- 17. Anode corrosion and its mitigation in metal-air batteries - I (Li/Na/Al/Mg-air).- 18. Anode corrosion and mitigation in metal-air batteries – II (Zn-air).- 19. Electrolyte additives/corrosion inhibitors for anode corrosion in metal-air batteries.- 20. Approaches to construct high-performance Mg-air batteries.- 21. Corrosion and its control in redox-flow batteries.