Electrospinning for Advanced Energy Storage Applications (Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials)

Dr. Prasanth Raghavan is currently Professor in the Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), the leader of Materials Science and NanoEngineering Laboratory, CUSAT, and Visiting Professor at School of Materials Science and Energy Conversions, Gyenongsang National University, Republic of Korea. He pursued his Ph.D. from Geyongsang National University, Korea in 2009 under the prestigious Brain Korea (BK21) Fellowship. The focus of his doctorate degree was on the fabrication and investigation of nanoscale fibrous electrolytes for high performanceenergy storage devices from. He completed his B.Tech. and M.Tech. from CUSAT, India. Dr. Raghavan has been awarded with several fellowships such as Brain Korea Fellowship (2007), SAGE Research Foundation Fellowship, Brazil (2009), Estonian Science Foundation Fellowship, European Science Foundation Fellowship (2010), etc. He has developed many products such as high performance breaking parachute, flex wheels for space shuttles, high performance lithium ion batteries for leading portable electronic device and automobile industries. He has a general research interest in polymer synthesis and processing, nanomaterials, green/nanocomposites, and electrospinning. His current research is focused on nanoscale materials and polymer composites for printed and light weight charge storage solutions including high temperature supercapacitors and batteries.