Sandeep Kumar

Battery scientist with five years of post-Ph.D.

experience in lithium-ion, sodium-ion, and next-generation battery technologies, spanning battery materials development, cell fabrication, electrochemical characterization, and prototype validation. Hands-on experience in electrode/electrolyte formulation, coin and pouch cell assembly, advanced materials characterization, and battery performance analysis. Currently expanding expertise in Battery Management Systems (BMS), battery pack engineering, battery modeling, SOC/SOH estimation, thermal management, and MATLAB/Simulink-based battery system simulation.

Author of multiple peer-reviewed publications with international research experience across India, the United Kingdom, and Sweden, focused on developing safe, high-performance, and sustainable battery technologies.

Postdoctoral Researcher - Uppsala University - Sweden

(2023-03 - 2026-03)

Project: Iron-based rechargeable Li-ion batteries for more environmentally friendly energy storage

• Synthesis of iron-based electrode materials at room temperature and cost-effective method.
• Characterization of these materials by using XRD, FE-SEM, FTIR, Raman, BET, XPS, TGA, HR-TEM, and operando XAS.
• Electrode and coin cell Fabrication.
• Electrochemical investigation of iron-based coin cells in fluorine free electrolytes for Li-ion battery application
• Visit for Beamline experiments at MAX IV, Laboratory, Lund, Sweden.
• Data analysis, report preparation, and manuscript writing for publication.
• Authored three manuscripts and contributed to research funding applications.

Project Engineer - University of Warwick - United Kingdom

(2021-12 - 2022-07)

Project: Innovation in lithium-ion battery manufacture and testing of electrochemical power devices

• Electrode fabrication: Slurry preparation, coating, and calendaring of anode (Si/graphite composite)/ cathode (LiFePO4 & LiMn0.6Fe0.4PO4) materials.
• Fabrication of solid-state batteries (LiFePO4//LICGC//Li4Ti5O12) by electrophoretic deposition.
• Li ion coin cell assembling in half/full configuration.
• Fabrication of anode-less Li-ion coin cells against the LiFePO4 & LiMn0.6Fe0.4PO4 cathode.
• Fabrication of single layer pouch cells.
• Conducted electrochemical testing (CV, GCD, EIS, GITT) and data analysis.
• Guided MSc/PhD students in their project work.

Research Associate - IIT Delhi - India

(2021-06 - 2021-09)

Project: Investigation of phosphate and sulfate based polyanionic compounds as cathode materials for Sodium ion batteries

• Synthesis of polyanion based cathode materials by combustion and solid state method and their structural and morphological charectirizations.
• Slurry preparation and electrode fabrication.
• Assembled and tested sodium-ion coin cells.
• Electrochemical testing: CV, GCD, cyclability, GITT, and EIS.
• Analysis the electrochemical data and report preparation.

Ph.D. - Physics - Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (2014-12 - 2021-05)

M.Tech. - Solid State Electronics Materials - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee (2012-07 - 2014-06)

M.Sc. - Physics - G.B.P.U.A.T. Pantnagar (2009-08 - 2012-04) Uttarakhand, India