Sri R. Narayan Ph. D.
Curriculum Vitae
CURRENT POSITION
May 2010 – present Professor (Research), Department of Chemistry, Loker
Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
90089
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (Electrochemistry):1988 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Best
Thesis Award in Chemistry for 1988.
M.S (Chemistry) First Class /Distinction: 1981 IIT Madras (Chennai), India
B.Sc. (Chemistry) First Class /Distinction: 1979, University of Madras, India
POST-DOCTORAL EDUCATION:
Jan 1990 - June 1992: Resident Research Associate of the National Research Council,
Washington, DC, (Independent Research Investigator), at NASAJet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena.
March 1989-Jan1990: Research Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Exeter,
England. Adviser: Dr. RCT Slade
PROFESSIONAL CHRONOLOGY:
July 2003- May 2010: Technical Group Supervisor, Electrochemical Technologies
Group, NASA-JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Sep 2006- May 2010 Principal Member of Engineering Staff, Electrochemical
Technologies, Power Systems Section, NASA-JPL, Caltech
Oct 2002 – July2003 Senior “A” Member of Technical Staff,
NASA-JPL, Caltech, Pasadena.
June 1996- Sep 2002 Senior Member of Technical Staff,
Electrochemical Technologies Group,
NASA-JPL, Caltech, Pasadena
June 1992 - Jun 1996: Member of Technical Staff, Electrochemical Technologies Group
NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena
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AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS/ SCHOLARSHIPS:
Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award 2015 , awarded in recognition of the body
of research in the area of electrical energy storage.
Individual Award from the Pauchon Research Foundation 2014, in recognition of
efforts in the area of energy storage with global impact. Cash award of $10,000
Elected as the FELLOW of the Electrochemical Society of America, in recognition of
individual contributions to the area of Electrochemistry in the area of fuel cells, Oct 2012.
NASA-JPL Explorer Award 2009: In recognition of contribution to the development of
fuel cell technology and commercialization.
NASA Space Act Awards 2003. “Direct Liquid Feed Methanol Fuel Cell” And
“Organic Fuels for Fuel Cells”.
In recognition of creative development of a
technological contribution which has been determined of significant value in the
advancement of space and aeronautical activities of NASA.
NASA-JPL Award for Technical Excellence, Fuel Cell Team Performance, awarded by
October 2001. Dr. Narayan was Team Leader.
NASA-JPL Exceptional Technical Achievement Award Technology Applications
Program for Development of Membrane-Electrode Assembly for Direct Methanol Fuel
Cells. (1996).
NASA-JPL Nova Award for Leadership, for Team Leadership and Technical
Excellence, awarded by NASA- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, June 2001
National Research Council, Resident Research Associateship Award (Washington,
DC, USA.) Awarded in Sep 1990, to conduct 2-year independent research at the NASAJet Propulsion Lab., Caltech, Pasadena.
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RECOGNITIONS IN THE PRESS MEDIA
USC Press Release June 2014: “USC Scientists Create New Battery That’s Cheap,
Clean, Rechargeable… and Organic”
https://pressroom.usc.edu/usc-scientists-create-new-battery-thats-cheap-cleanrechargeable-and-organic/
USC Press Release July 2012 : “Breaking the Barriers for Large Scale Energy Storage”.
http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/1215/breaking-the-barriers-for-low-cost-energystorage/
These press releases resulted in numerous citations including NBC News, KCET News,
UPI.com, Greentechgrid, etc. featuring USC’s leadership in Energy Storage Research .
National Research Council, Resident Research Associateship Award (Washington,
DC, USA.) Awarded in Sep 1990, to conduct 2-year independent research at the NASAJet Propulsion Lab., Caltech, Pasadena.
Cited and quoted in the Los Angeles Times in their lead article on methanol fuel cells
(1994, 2000).
Cited in Chemical and Engineering News as part of lead article on fuel cells (2000)
Cited and quoted in The Economist (2002) for research in fuel cells as part of quarterly
review of technology.
Materials Chemistry (2002) featured recent development of new portable fuel cell
technology based on JPL’s work.
Space News 2000 featured article on new fuel cells with references to Narayanan’s work
on portable fuel cell development
Other Professional Recognitions:
Invited to participate in Battery Energy Storage Hub Proposal Review as the Lead
for Metal-Air Batteries, by Central University of Florida, Went to DoE as an expert for
responding to a review panel in Washington DC
Invited to Participate as PI to lead USC team for NSF- Innovation Corps Feb 2013
on Commercialization of Iron-Air Batteries for Grid Scale Storage.
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SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Career research experience spans various fundamental and applied aspects of
electrochemical processes in batteries, polymer electrolyte fuel cells, hydrogen storage,
portable power sources, and electrosynthesis of carbon compounds. Specific areas of
research and technical accomplishments include:
Batteries/Energy Storage
 Development of a high-efficiency and long-life iron electrode for iron-air and nickeliron alkaline batteries for grid-scale energy storage.
 Novel Organic redox flow batteries for large-scale energy storage based on watersoluble redox couples.
 Development of inexpensive bifunctional air electrodes for iron-air batteries
 Identifying the role of transition metal oxides as co-catalysts for carbon in oxygen
reduction at air electrodes.
 Development of new concepts for water-based organic redox flow batteries suitable for
large-scale energy storage.
 Development of a new high-efficiency inexpensive iron-chloride redox flow battery
 Development of approaches to improve the performance of the lithium-sulfur battery
 Design and development of methods to that protect lithium batteries during overcharge.
 Charge Methodology for lithium-ion batteries.
 Studies on electrochemical and electrophysical properties of organic passive films that
protect reactive metals such as lithium and magnesium in batteries.
 Analysis of the voltage delay and passivation in lithium-sulfur dioxide cells used in
Mars Exploration Rover Missions.
 Electrochemistry of intercalation processes in cathode materials for lithium batteries.
 Design of Hybrid Power Systems for Portable Power Applications
 Phenomenological modeling and mathematical analysis of the electrochemical energy
systems (fuel cells and batteries) for performance prediction and failure analysis.
Fuel Cell Materials, Processes and Systems
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Invention and demonstration of the first polymer electrolyte liquid-feed direct methanol
fuel cell.
Development of new electrode designs and cell configurations for the direct utilization
of methanol in PEM fuel cells.
Preparation and characterization of fine-particle platinum-ruthenium and other alloy
catalysts for methanol oxidation.
Development of novel strategies for reducing catalyst loading in PEM direct methanol
fuel cells using sputter deposition of thin films.
Development of novel sulfonic acid based polymer electrolytes based on the
interpenetrating networks for reduction of methanol crossover in fuel cells
Development of an electrochemical methanol concentration sensor for direct methanol
fuel cells.
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Demonstration of liquid feed PEM fuel cells based on aqueous organic fuels such as
trioxane, dimethoxymethane and trimethoxymethane.
Mechanistic studies for organic oxidation in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.
Developed novel “water free” proton conductors for polymer electrolyte membrane
fuel cells.
Development of high activity catalysts materials for methanol oxidation by sol-gel
processing
Development of new electrochemical techniques for non-destructive evaluation of
organic coatings, processes and failure mechanisms in batteries and fuel cells.
Design and development of electrode fabrication methods for improved cathodes that
operate at low air flow rates.
Design and demonstration of novel monopolar stack designs for portable fuel cell
applications
Development of low pressure drop bipolar plate stack designs for polymer electrolyte
direct methanol fuel cells.
Development of complete system design for direct methanol system, and
demonstration of the same in integrated systems.
Electro-synthesis/ Other Technologies
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Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon dioxide to formate in membrane cells.
Development of catalytic materials for electro-oxidation processes in effluent treatment
of cyanides.
Design of systems for high pressure electrolysis of water
Development of materials and cell configuration for electrosynthesis routes for
carbonaceous fuels from carbon monoxide, hydrogen.
Design of novel catalytic burner designs for conversion of heat to thermoelectricity
Design of frequency response techniques for the determining the state of water in soils
Hydrogen Technology
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Development of materials and processes relating to the storage and generation of
hydrogen using magnesium hydride.
Electrolysis of methanol solutions for the generation of hydrogen
High Pressure (2000 psi Balanced pressure) Electrolyzer Development for Space
Applications
Development of high efficiency catalyst for oxygen evolution in PEM electrolyzers
Photoelectrolysis of water on niobium pentoxide and lanthanum rhodate.
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LIST OF JOURNAL ARTICLES /PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
Notations:
# = Papers published based on research performed at USC since May 2010.
Underline refers to Prof. Narayan’s student or post-doctoral fellow
* = corresponding author
1. # A.K. Manohar, Kyu Min Kim , E. Plichta, M. Hendrickson S. Rawlings , and S.
R. Narayanan* “A High Efficiency Iron–Chloride Redox Flow Battery for LargeScale Energy Storage” . Collaborators from the Army Research Lab ( E.P, M.H
and S.R) J. Electrochem. Soc. 163 (2016) A5118-A5125.
2. #A. K. Manohar, Chenguang Yang, and S. R. Narayanan*. "The Role of Sulfide
Additives in Achieving Long Cycle Life Rechargeable Iron Electrodes in Alkaline
Batteries." J. Electrochem. Soc.162 (2015) A1864-A1872.
3. # D. Moy, A. Manivannan, and S. R. Narayanan*. "Direct Measurement of
Polysulfide Shuttle Current: A Window into Understanding the Performance of
Lithium-Sulfur Cells." J. Electrochem. Soc. 162 (2015) A1-A7. Note: A.
Manivannan is a collaborator from DoE-NETL, Morgantown who suggested
cycling test conditions.
4. #M. Abreu-Sepulveda, P. Trinh, S. Malkhandi, S. R. Narayanan, J. Jorne, D.
Quesnel, J. Postonr Jr., and A. Manivannan*, “Investigation of Oxygen Evolution
in LaRuO3, La3.5Ru4O13, and La2RuO5.” Electrochim. Acta, 180 (2015) 401-408. .
This work was collaborative with authors from DoE-NETL. Narayanan’s group
carried out the electrochemical investigations.
5. #S. Malkhandi, P. Trinh, A. K. Manohar, A. Manivannan, M. Balasubramanian,
G. K. Surya Prakash, and S. R. Narayanan*. "Design Insights for Tuning the
Electrocatalytic Activity of Perovskite Oxides for the Oxygen Evolution
Reaction." J. Phys. Chem. C 119, no. 15 (2015): 8004-8013. Note: Dr.
Manivannan (NETL) and Dr. Balasubramanian (Argonne National Lab) are
collaborators who contributed to XPS, EXAFS analysis; Dr. Prakash’s role was to
suggest preparation techniques for the oxides.
6. # B.Yang, S. Malkhandi, A. K. Manohar, G.K Surya Prakash, and S. R.
Narayanan*. "Organo-sulfur molecules enable iron-based battery electrodes to
meet the challenges of large-scale electrical energy storage," Energy &
Environmental Science 7 (2014) 2753-2763#; Prof. Surya Prakash’s role was to
suggest explanations for properties of some of the organo-sulfur molecules
studied here.
7. # B.Yang, L. Hoober-Burkhardt, F. Wang, G.K. Surya Prakash, and S. R.
Narayanan*. "An Inexpensive Aqueous Flow Battery for Large-Scale Electrical
Energy Storage Based on Water-Soluble Organic Redox Couples," J.
Electrochem. Soc., 161(2014) A1371-A1380; Prof. Prakash contributed to the
selection of candidate organic molecules for study. F. Wang was Prof. Prakash’s
student who performed DFT calculations of redox potentials.
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8. # A. K. Manohar and S. R. Narayanan*. "Efficient Generation of Electricity from
Methane using High Temperature Fuel Cells–Status, Challenges and Prospects."
Israel Journal of Chemistry 54 (2014) 1443-1450.
9. # A. Goeppert, H. Zhang, M.Czaun, R. B. May, G. K. Prakash, George A. Olah*,
and S. R. Narayanan. "Easily Regenerable Solid Adsorbents Based on Polyamines
for Carbon Dioxide Capture from the Air," ChemSusChem 7 (2014) 1386-1397.
S. R. Narayanan helped define the test methods and conditions for testing.
10. # S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, A. K Manohar, G. K. Surya Prakash, and S. R.
Narayanan*, “Self-assembled monolayers of n-alkanethiols suppress hydrogen
evolution and increase the efficiency of rechargeable iron battery electrodes,” J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 135 (2013) 347-353 ; Prof. Prakash’s role was to select some of
the organo-sulfur molecules studied here.
11. # A. K. Manohar, C.Yang, S. Malkhandi, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan*,
S.R*. “Enhancing the Performance of the Rechargeable Iron Electrode in Alkaline
Batteries with Bismuth Oxide and Iron Sulfide Additives “ J. Electrochem. Soc.
160 (2013) A2078-A2084; Prof. Prakash contributed to the analysis of the results.
12. # S. Malkhandi, P.Trinh, A.K. Manohar, K. C. Jayachandrababu, A. Kindler, G.
K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan*, “Electrocatalytic Activity of Transition
Metal Oxide-Carbon Composites for Oxygen Reduction in Alkaline Batteries and
Fuel Cells,” J. Electrochem. Soc. 160 (2013) F943-F952. # Dr. A. Kindler of JPL
prepared some of the oxide materials; Prof. Prakash helped with the preparation
methods of the electrodes.
13. # A. Manohar, C. Yang, S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, G. K. Surya Prakash and S. R.
Narayanan*, “Understanding the Factors Affecting the Formation of Carbonyl
Iron Electrodes in Rechargeable Alkaline Iron Batteries,” J. Electrochem. Soc.,
159 (2012) A2148-A2155. Prof. Prakash participated in the analysis of the test
data and provided suggestions.
14. # A. Manohar, S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, C. Yang , G. K. Surya Prakash and S. R.
Narayanan*, “A High Performance Rechargeable Iron Electrode for Large Scale
Energy Storage”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 159 (2012) A1209-A1214. Prof. Prakash
contributed to the analysis of the rate-capability data.
15. # A. Sun, F. Beck, D. Haynes, J. A. Poston Jr., S. R. Narayanan, P. Kumta, A.
Manivannan*, “ Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemical Studies of
Chemically Synthesized NaFePO4 ”, Material Science and Engineering B, 177
(2012) 1729–1733. Prof. Narayanan analyzed the impedance spectroscopy data
presented in the paper. Other contributors are from outside USC.
16. # S. R. Narayanan*, G. K. Surya Prakash, A. Manohar, Bo Yang and S.
Malkhandi “Materials Challenges and Technical Approaches for Realizing
Inexpensive and Robust Iron-Air Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage,” Solid
State Ionics 216 (2012) 105–109. Prof. Prakash defined materials for carbon
dioxide absorption.
17. # S. Malkhandi , B. Yang , A. K. Manohar , A. Manivannan , G. K. Surya Prakash
, and S. R. Narayanan* “Electrocatalytic Properties of Nanocrystalline CalciumDoped Lanthanum Cobalt Oxide for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrodes,” J. Phys.
Chem. Lett., 3 (2012) 967–972; Prof. Prakash suggested methods for preparation
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of the oxides; Dr. Manivannan, collaborator from DoE-NETL, measured the XPS
data.
18. # A. Goeppert, M. Czaun, R.May, G. K. Surya Prakash*; G. Olah, and S. R.
Narayanan, "Carbon Dioxide Capture from the Air Using a Polyamine Based
Regenerable Solid Adsorbent," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 (2011) 20164–20167.
Narayanan suggested methods of testing and analysis of data.
19. # B. Yang, A. Manohar, G. K. Surya Prakash, Weibo Chen and S. R. Narayanan*,
“Anhydrous Proton Conducting Membranes based on Poly-4-vinylpyridinium
phosphate for Electrochemical Applications” J. Phys. Chem. B, 115 (2011) :
14462–14468 . Weibo Chen, Creare Inc., devised the testing protocols; Prof.
Prakash contributed to the selection of materials.
20. # S. R. Narayanan*, A. Kindler, T. I.Valdez, A. Kisor, R. Roy, C. Eldridge, B.
Murach, M. Hobercht, and J. Graf, “Dual-Feed Balanced High Pressure
Electrolysis of Water in a Lightweight Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Stack” J.
Electrochem. Soc., 158 (2011) B1-B10. Collaborators are outside USC, from
NASA-JPL, NASA-GRC, and Hamilton Sundstrand who contributed to the
design and testing of the electrolyzers.
21. # G.K. Surya Prakash*, F. C. Krause , F. A. Viva , S.R. Narayanan and G. A.
Olah, “Study of operating conditions and cell design on the performance of
alkaline anion exchange membrane based direct methanol fuel cells,” Journal of
Power Sources, 196 (2011) 7967-7972; Narayanan contributed to the analysis of
the results and understanding the role of carbonate formation on the power
density.
22. # B. Haines, T. I. Valdez, J. Soler and S. R. Narayanan* “Electrochemical
Conversion of Carbon Dioxide in an Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Membrane
Cell,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 158 (2011) A167-A173. Collaborators on the paper
were from the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory contributed to making the
measurements.
23. S. R. Narayanan*, T. I. Valdez and S. Firdosy, “Analysis of the Performance of
Nafion-based Hydrogen-Oxygen Fuel Cells,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 156 (2009)
B152-B159.
24. C. C. Hays, James Kulleck, Brennan Haines, and S. R. Narayanan*. "Thin Film
Platinum Alloys for Use as Catalyst Materials in Fuel Cells." ECS Transactions
25 (2009) 619-623.
25. T. I. Valdez, K. Billings, F. Mansfeld and S. R. Narayanan*, “Iridium and Lead
Doped Ruthenium Oxide Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution,” ECS Transactions
25(2009) 1371-1382.
26. J. F. Whitacre, T. I. Valdez, S. R. Narayanan* “A high-throughput study of
PtNiZr catalysts for application in PEM fuel cells,” Electrochimica Acta, 53
(2008) 3680-3689.
27. W. West*, J. Whitacre, N.Liefer, S.Greenbaum, M.Smart, R.Bugga, M.Blanco
and S R. Narayanan, “Reversible Intercalation of Fluoride-Anion Receptors
Complexes in Graphite”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 154 (2007) A929-A936.
28. G. K. Surya Prakash*, M. C. Smart, G. A. Olah and S. R. Narayanan,
“Performance of dimethoxymethane and trimethoxymethane in liquid-feed direct
oxidation fuel cells” J. Power Sources 173 : 102-109 (2007)
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29. B. V. Ratnakumar*, M. C. Smart, R.C. Ewell, L.D. Whitcanack, A. Kindler, S. R.
Narayanan and S. Surampudi, “Potentiostatic Depassivation of Lithium-Sulfur
Dioxide Batteries on Mars Exploration Rovers”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 154 (2007)
A715-A724.
30. K. B. Chin, M. G. Buehler *,S. Seshadri S, D. Keymeulen, R. C. Anderson, S.
Dutz, S. R. Narayanan, “Investigation of water and ice by ac impedance using
electrochemical properties cup,” Rev. Sci. Instruments, 78 (2007) 016104
31. S. R. Narayanan*, Shao-Pin Yen, S. Greenbaum, “Anhydrous Proton Conducting
Polymer Electrolytes for Fuel Cells” J. Phys. Chem. B 110 (2006) 3942.
32. T. I. Valdez, S. Firdosy, B. Koel, S. R. Narayanan*, “Investigation of Ruthenium
Dissolution in Advanced Membrane Electrode Assemblies for Direct Methanol
Based Fuel Cell Stacks” ECS Transactions, 1 (2006) 293-303.
33. J. F. Whitacre, T. I. Valdez and S. R. Narayanan*, “Investigation of direct
methanol fuel cell electrocatalysts using a robust combinatorial technique,” J.
Electrochem. Soc., 152 (2005) A1780-1789.
34. G. K. S. Prakash*, M.C. Smart, Q. J. Wang, Atti A, V. Pleynet, B.Yang, K.
McGrath, G. A. Olah, S. R. Narayanan, W. Chun, T. I. Valdez, S. Surampudi,
“High efficiency direct methanol fuel cell based on poly(styrenesulfonic) acid
(PSSA)-poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) composite membranes,” J. Fluorine
Chemistry, 125(2004) 1217-1230.
35. J.Y. Kim , Z. G. Yang, C.C. Chang, T. I. Valdez, S. R. Narayanan, P. N. Kumta*,
“A sol-gel-based approach to synthesize high-surface-area Pt-Ru catalysts as
anodes for DMFCs,” J. Electrochemical Soc. 150 (2003) A1421-A1431.
36. D. A. Boysen, C. R. Chisholm, S. M. Haile*, S. R. Narayanan, “Polymer solid
acid composite membranes for fuel-cell applications,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 147
(2000) 3610-3613.
37. S. R. Narayanan*, T. I. Valdez, W. Chun “Design and operation of an
electrochemical methanol concentration sensor for direct methanol fuel cell
systems," Electrochem. Solid State Letters, 3 (2000) 117-120.
38. C. K. Witham, W. Chun, T. I. Valdez, R. Ruiz and S. R. Narayanan*, “Performance
of direct methanol fuel cells with sputter-deposited anode catalyst layers”,
Electrochem. Solid State Letters, 3 (2000) 497-500.
39. S. R. Narayanan*, E. Vamos, S. Surampudi, H. Frank, G. Halpert, G. K. Surya
Prakash, M. C. Smart, R. Knieler, G. A. Olah, J. Kosek and C. Cropley, “ Direct
Electro-oxidation of Trimethoxymethane, Dimethoxymethane and Trioxane in Fuel
Cells”, J. Electrochemical Soc., 144 (1997) 4195-4201.
40. S.Surampudi*, S. R. Narayanan, E. Vamos, H. Frank and G.Halpert, A. Laconti, J.
Kosek, G. K. Surya Prakash, and G. A. Olah, “Advances in Direct Methanol Fuel
Cells”, J. Power Sources, 47 (1994) 377-385. This article has been cited 365 times
since it has been published and is one of the most cited papers on this topic.
41. S. R. Narayanan*, S. Surampudi, A. I. Attia and G. Halpert, “Electrochemical
Impedance Spectroscopy of Lithium-Titanium Disulfide Rechargeable Cells”,J.
Electrochem. Soc., 140 (1993) 1854-1861.
42. S. Surampudi*, D. Shen, S. R. Narayanan and A.I. Attia, “Effect of Cycling on the
Lithium-Electrolyte interface in organic electrolytes,” J. Power Sources, 43 (1993)
21-26.
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43. S. R. Narayanan*, S. Surampudi, A. I. Attia and C. P. Bankston, “ Analysis of redoxadditive based overcharge protection for lithium rechargeable cells,” J. Electrochem.
Soc., 138(1991) 2224-2229.
44. R. C. T. Slade*, S. R. Narayanan, J. A. Knowles and G. P. Hall, “ The electroreduction
of carbon monoxide at metal/zirconium hydrogen phosphate interfaces,” J. Appl.
Electrochemistry, 21(1991) 552-554.
45. S. R. Narayanan and S. Sathyananarayana*, “Equivalent circuit parameters of the
magnesium/ electrolyte interface in magnesium/manganese dioxide dry cell from
transient and a.c.impedance measurements,” J. Electroanal. Chem., 265:103-115
(1989).
46. S. R. Narayanan*, “Analysis of the failure mechanisms in magnesium/ manganese
dioxide dry cells,” J. Power Sources, 34 (1991) 13-24.
47. S. R. Narayanan and S. Sathyanarayana*, “Voltage delay during constant current and
constant resistance discharge in magnesium/manganese dioxide dry cells”, J. Appl.
Electrochem., 19 (1989) 495-499.
48. S. R. Narayanan and S. Sathyanarayana*, “Alternating current impedance of
magnesium-manganese dioxide dry cells in the absence of anode-film breakdown”,
J. Power Sources, 24 (1998) 51-69.
49. S. R. Narayanan and S. Sathyanarayana*, “ Experimental and theoretical investigation
of voltage transients of magnesium/manganese dioxide dry cells in the absence of
anode-film breakdown,” J. Power Sources, 24 (1988) 295-327.
50. S. R. Narayanan and S. Sathyanarayana*, “ Electrochemical determination of anode
film resistance and double layer capacitance in magnesium/manganese dioxide dry
cells” J. Power Sources, 15 (1985) 27-43.
51. B. Viswanathan*, S. R. Narayanan, R.P. Viswanath, and T. K. Varadarajan,
“Photo-electrochemical properties of Lanthanum Rhodate”, Ind. J. Tech. 20
(1982) 199-200.
52. S. R. Narayanan*, B. Viswanathan, R. P. Viswanath, and T. K. Varadarajan, “
Photoelectrochemical Properties of Niobium Pentoxide” Ind. J. Tech. 19 (1981):
449-452.
Most downloaded paper of Aug 2012 “A High Performance Rechargeable Iron
Electrode for Large Scale Energy Storage”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 159 (2012) , A1209A1214.
Most downloaded paper of the month Jan 2012 “Understanding the Factors Affecting
the Formation of Carbonyl Iron Electrodes in Rechargeable Alkaline Iron Batteries”, J.
Electrochem. Soc., 159 (2012) A2148-A2155.
Most Read Articles of the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Sep 2015. An
Inexpensive Aqueous Flow Battery for Large-Scale Electrical Energy Storage Based on
Water-Soluble Organic Redox Couples, J. Electrochem. Soc. 2014 161(9): A1371A1380;
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Proceedings Volume Publications:
53. S. R. Narayanan* and T. I. Valdez,“Factors Affecting Durability of Direct
Methanol Fuel Cells”, Proceedings of the Small Fuel Cells Conference 2006.
54. N. Luo, G. H. Miley*, J. Mather, R. Burton, G. Hawkins, R. Gimlin, J. Rusek, T. I.
Valdez and S. R. Narayanan, “NaBH4/H2O2 Fuel Cells for Lunar and Mars
Exploration” AIP Conference Proceedings, STAIF 2006, 813, pp 209-221,
February 12-16 (2006).
55. T. I. Valdez, and S. R. Narayanan* “Effect of fabrication technique on direct
methanol fuel cells designed to operate at low airflow” Proceedings Electrochemical Society, v PV 2002-31, Proton Conducting Membrane Fuel Cells
III - Proceedings of the International Symposium, 2005, p 506-517
56. N. Marzwell*, J. Morrison, P.Wilson, J. Mora, Joseph, S. R. Narayanan, J. F.
Whitacre, J. Mathews,“Hybrid power system for high energy density space
systems,” Collection of Technical Papers - , Collection of Technical Papers - 5th
International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2007, 1037-1057
57. J. F.Whitacre, L.Whitcanack, S. R. Narayanan, B. V. Ratnakumar*, “The use of
high rate Li-ion cells in hybrid fuel-cell/battery power systems for application in
large robotic vehicles,” Collection of Technical Papers - 5th International Energy
Conversion Engineering Conference, 2007, 389-394.
58. T. I. Valdez, S. Firdosy, B. E.Koel, S. R. Narayanan*, “Investigation of ruthenium
dissolution in advanced membrane electrode assemblies for direct methanol based
fuel cell stacks,” ECS Transactions, V 1, n 6, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel
Cells V, In Honor of Supramaniam Srinivasan, 2005, 293-303.
59. M. C. Smart, R. C. Ewell, L. D. Whitcanack, A. Kindler, S. R. Narayanan, S.
Surampudi, B. V. Ratnakumar* “Lithium-sulfur dioxide batteries on Mars Rovers”
Collection of Technical Papers - 2nd International Energy Conversion Engineering
Conference, 2004, 1755-1762
60. S. R. Narayanan* and T. I. Valdez, "Analysis of Voltage Transients in Direct
Methanol Fuel Cells", Proceedings of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Symposium,
ECS Publication, (2001) 164-173.
61. C. Witham, T. I. Valdez and S. R. Narayanan*, "Methanol Osxidation Activity of
Co-sputter deposited Pt-Ru catalysts", Proceedings of the Direct Methanol Fuel
Cell Symposium, ECS Publication, 2001-4 (2001) 114-122
62. S. R. Narayanan*, F. Clara and T. I. Valdez, "Development of Miniature Fuel Cell
for Portable Applications", Proceedings of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Symposium, ECS Publication, 2001-4 (2001), 254-265.
63. S. Mukerjee*, R.C. Urian, C. K. Witham, T. I. Valdez and S. R. Narayanan, "
Bifunctionality on Pt-Alloy Nanocluster Electrocatalysis for Enhanced Methanol
Oxidation and CO-tolerance in PEM Fuel Cells: Electrochemical and in situ
Synchrotron Spectroscopy", Proceedings of the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Symposium, ECS Publication, 2001-4 (2001), 136-152.
64. T. I. Valdez, S. R. Narayanan*, C. Lewis and W. Chun, " Hydrogen Peroxide
Oxidant Fuel Cell Systems for Ultra-Portable Applications", Proceedings of the
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Symposium, ECS Publication, 2001-4, 265-273.
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65. S. R. Narayanan*, T.I. Valdez, N. Rohatgi, J. Christiansen, W.Chun and G. Halpert,
" Electrochemical Factors in the Design of Direct methanol Fuel Cell Systems",
Proceedings of the Second International Symposium of PEM Fuel Cells, ECS
Publication Volume 98-27, (1999) 316-326.
66. T. I. Valdez and S.R. Narayanan*, " Recent Studies on Methanol Crossover in
Liquid-Feed Direct Methanol Fuel Cells" Proceedings of the Second International
Symposium of PEM Fuel Cells, ECS Publication Volume 98-27 (1999) 380-387.
67. S. R. Narayanan*, W.Chun, T. Valdez, B. J. Nakamura and G. Halpert, “Liquid Feed
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Army applications” Proceedings of the Power Sources
Conference, Cherry Hill New Jersey, June 1996 .
68. S. R. Narayanan* “ Recent advances in Direct methanol fuel cells” , Proceedings
of the Physical Electrochemistry Symposium on Small Molecule Oxidation, The
Electrochemical Society (1996).
69. S. R. Narayanan*, A. Kindler, B. Jeffries-Nakamura, W. Chun, H. Frank, M.Smart,
T. I. Valdez , S. Surampudi, J. Kosek and C. Cropley, " Recent Advances in PEM
Liquid Feed Direct Methanol Fuel Cells," Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual
Battery Conference on Applications an Advances, Long Beach, CA, January 1996.
70. S. R. Narayanan*, A. Kindler, B. Jeffries-Nakamura, W. Chun, H. Frank, M.Smart,
S. Surampudi and G. Halpert, “Performance of PEM Liquid-Feed Direct Methanol
Fuel Cells” Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Proton
Conducting Fuel Cells I, ( Eds. S. Gottesfeld, G. Halpert and A. Landgrebe) ( 1995)
The Electrochemical Society 261-277.
71. S. R. Narayanan*, H. Frank, B. Jeffries-Nakamura, M. Smart, W.Chun, G.
Halpert, J. Kosek and C. Cropley, “Studies on Methanol Crossover in Direct
Methanol Fuel Cells”, Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Proton
Conducting Fuel Cells I, ( Eds. S. Gottesfeld, G. Halpert and A. Landgrebe) , The
Electrochemical Society, (1995) 278-283
72. S. R. Narayanan*, T. I. Valdez, N. Rohatgi, J. Christiansen and G. Halpert, “Factors
affecting design of direct methanol fuel cell systems”, Proceedings of the 37th
Power Sources Conference, Cherry Hill, NJ June 1998.
73. J. Kosek*, C.C. Cropley, A. B. La Conti, G. Wilson, S. R. Narayanan, E. Vamos,
S. Surampudi and H. Frank, “ A Direct Methanol Fuel Cell”, Proceedings of the
Intersociety Energy Conversion and Engineering Conference, 1993, Volume 1, p.
1209.
74. D. H. Shen, C. Huang, S. R. Narayanan, A. Attia, S. Surampudi, G. Halpert*,
“Secondary lithium cells for space applications,”NASA Conference Publication
3140 (1991) 501.
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BOOKS/ CHAPTERS:
* = Principal Author/Editor
Metal-Air Batteries, S. R. Narayanan* and Aswin Manohar, Springer, Under contract
for submission of manuscript in December 2015.
Handbook of Solid State Batteries and Capacitors, Chapter 1, “Fundamentals of Ion
Transport,” S. R. Narayanan*, Aswin Manohar and B.V. Ratnakumar, Wiley
Interscience, 2015
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells 10 Co-Editor, Electrochemical Society
Transactions, Las Vegas October 2010, Volumes I and II.
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells 11, Co-Editor, Electrochemical Society
Transactions, October 2011, Volumes I and II.
Handbook of Fuel Cells, “Portable Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Systems”, S. R.
Narayanan*, T. I.Valdez, in Vol IV Part 1, (Eds. H. Gasteiger, A. Lamm and W.
Veilstich), Wiley Interscience ( March 2003)
Handbook of Fuel Cells, “Design of Portable Fuel Cell Systems”, S. R. Narayanan*, T.
I. Valdez and N. Rohatgi, Volume IV Part 2. ( Eds. H. Gasteiger, A. Lamm and W.
Veilstich), Wiley Interscience ( March 2003)
Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, (Eds. S. R. Narayanan, S. Gottesfeld and T. Zawodinski) ,
Electrochemical Society, PV 2001-4, Pennington, NJ.
“Handbook of Solid State Batteries and Capacitors,” Chapter 1 “Ionic Conduction in
Solids,” S. R. Narayanan* and B. V. Ratnakumar, Wiley Interscience, (1996, 2015)
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List of 49 Issued U.S. PATENTS:
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
US Patent
Issued
No.
9,099,751
8,758,948
8,603,400
8,202,663
8,183,174
7,951,349
7 7,695,849
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
7,585,577
7,488,548
7,470,478
7,445,859
7,425,384
7,416,809
7,416,803
15 7,282,291
16 7,147,958
17 7,125,621
18
7,108, 934
19 7,056,428
20 6,821,659
21
6,756,145
22 6,740,434
23 6,703,150
24 6,680,139
25 6,589,684
26 6,533,919
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
6,485,851
6,468,684
6,444,343
6,440,594
6,432,284
6,420,059
6,391,486
6,368,492
Title of Patent
Nanostructured Platinum Alloys for use as Catalyst Materials.
Iron-Air Rechargeable Battery
Nanostructured platinum alloys for use as catalyst materials
Solid acid electrolytes for electrochemical devices
Iridium-doped ruthenium oxide catalyst for oxygen evolution
Method and system for storing and generating hydrogen
Low Pt content direct methanol fuel cell anode catalyst: nanophase
PtRuNiZr
Monopolar fuel cell stack coupled together without use of top or bottom
cover plates or tie rods
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Organic fuel cell methods and apparatus
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Catalyst materials for fuel cells
Solid acid electrolytes for electrochemical devices
Water free proton conducting membranes based on poly-4vinylpyridinebisulfate for fuel cells
Membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell
Proton conducting membrane using a solid acid
Proton conducting membranes for high temperature fuel cells with solid
state "water free" membranes
Hydrogen generation by electrolysis of aqueous organic solutions
Organic fuel cell methods and apparatus
Electrode and interconnect for miniature fuel cells using direct methanol
feed
Organic fuel cell methods and apparatus
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Reduced size fuel cell for portable applications
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Hydrogen generation by electrolysis of aqueous organic solutions
Power generation in fuel cells using liquid methanol and hydrogen
peroxide
Proton conducting membrane using a solid acid
Aerosol feed direct methanol fuel cell
Aerosol feed direct methanol fuel cell
Hydrogen generation by electrolysis of aqueous organic solutions
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Fabrication of a membrane having catalyst for a fuel cell
Hydrogen generation by electrolysis of aqueous organic solutions
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# US Patent
Issued #
35 6,306,285
36 6,303,244
37 6,299,744
38 6,277,447
39 6,265,093
40 6,254,748
41 6,248,460
42 6,221,523
43 6,171,721
44 6,146,781
45 6,042,964
46
47
48
5,945,231
5,795,496
5,773,162
49
5,599,638
Title of Patent
Techniques for sensing methanol concentration in aqueous environments
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Hydrogen generation by electrolysis of aqueous organic solutions
Direct deposit of catalyst on the membrane of direct feed fuel cells
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Organic fuel cell methods and apparatus
Direct deposit of catalyst on the membrane of direct feed fuel cells
Sputter-deposited fuel cell membranes and electrodes
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Thermally regenerative battery with intercalatable electrodes and
selective heating means.
Direct liquid-feed fuel cell with membrane electrolyte and manufacturing
thereof
Polymer material for electrolytic membranes in fuel cells
Direct methanol feed fuel cell and system
Aqueous liquid feed organic fuel cell using solid polymer electrolyte
membrane
LIST OF ISSUED WORLD PATENTS ISSUED UNDER PATENT COOPERATION
TREATY (PCT)
1. (WO 2008/030277) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING AND
GENERATING HYDROGEN
13.03.2008
2. (WO 2003/088398) METHANOL MONOPOLAR, MINIATURE FUEL CELL
AND METHOD OF FABRICATING A STACK OF THE SAME 23.10.2003
3. (WO 2003/063266) PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES FOR HIGH
TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS DEVELOPED WITH SOLD STATE 'WATER
FREE' PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES 31.07.2003
4. (WO 2003/012894) SOLID ACID ELECTROLYTES FOR
ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES 13.02.2003
5. (WO 2002/058179) IMPROVED ELECTRODE AND INTERCONNECT FOR
MINIATURE FUEL CELLS USING DIRECT METHANOL FEED 25.07.2002
6. (WO 2001/097314) REDUCED SIZE FUEL CELL FOR PORTABLE
APPLICATIONS
20.12.2001
7. (WO 2000/045448) IMPROVED MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY
FOR A FUEL CELL 03.08.2000
8. (WO 2000/045447) PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANE USING A SOLID
ACID 03.08.2000
9. (WO 2000/044055) MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES FOR DIRECT
METHANOL FUEL CELLS 27.07.2000
10. (WO 1999/039841) DIRECT DEPOSIT OF CATALYST ON THE MEMBRANE
OF DIRECT FEED FUEL CELLS 12.08.1999
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11. (WO 1999/016137) SPUTTER-DEPOSITED FUEL CELL MEMBRANES AND
ELECTRODES 01.04.1999 C23C 14/06
12. (WO 1998/045694) METHANOL CONCENTRATION SENSOR FOR
AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS
15.10.1998
13. WO 1998/022989) NOVEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES FOR
USE IN FUEL CELLS
28.05.1998
14. (WO 1997/021256) DIRECT METHANOL FEED FUEL CELL AND SYSTEM
12.06.1997 H01M 4/32
15. (WO 1997/019480) NEW POLYMER MATERIAL FOR ELECTROLYTIC
MEMBRANES IN FUEL CELLS 29.05.1997
16. (WO 1996/012317) ORGANIC FUEL CELL, AND METHODS OF
OPERATION THEREOF AND MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRODE
THEREOF 25.04.1996
List of New U. S. Patent Applications Since arriving at USC:
1. S. R. Narayanan, G. K. Surya Prakash, Bo Yang, Lena Hoober, Sankar Ganesh
Krishnamoorthy, “Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery”, Full Appication June
2014.
2. S. R. Narayanan, G. K. Surya Prakash, Chenguang Yang, A. K. Manohar and R.
Aniszfeld, “ High Efficiency Nickel Iron Battery” Full Application June 2014
3. S. R. Narayanan, G. K. Surya Prakash, A. Manohar, S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, R.
Aniszfeld, “High Efficiency Iron Electrodes and Additives for Use in
Rechargeable Iron-Based Batteries, Full Applications filed June 15, 2012.
4. S. R. Narayanan, A. Kindler, G. K. Surya Prakash, “A Robust and Inexpensive
Iron-Air Rechargeable Battery” Full Application filed June 2011.
5. Gani Ganapathi, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan, “Zero Carbon Based
Energy Generation”. Full Application Filed June 2013.
6. Andrew Kindler and S. R. Narayanan,“ Nanostructured Catalyst Layers”, July
2012. ( Provisional Patent Application, update 2015)
New Technology Disclosures Filed with USC Stevens: 12 disclosures
since May 2010;
1. S. R. Narayanan, A. Kindler, G. K. Surya Prakash, “A Robust and
Inexpensive Iron-Air Rechargeable Battery”(Patent ISSUED).
2. High Efficiency Electrodes and Additives for Iron –Air Battery (Patent
ISSUED)
3. New High-Energy Low-Cost Cathodes based on bridge framework lithium
manganese oxalates (Provisional Patent App.).
4. Zero-Carbon emission System for Utilization of methane ( Utility Appl filed)
5. High conductivity air electrode for metal-air batteries (Provisional Filed.)
6. An Inexpensive Metal-free Organic Redox Flow Battery (ORB) for GridScale Storage (Utility Patent Application field.) Start-up company
negotiating license for this technology.
7. Efficient and Sustainable Production of Iron by an Electrochem. Process
(Prov. Patent App filed)
8. A High-Performance Nickel-Iron Rechargeable Battery (Utility Application
filed).
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9. High Performance Iron Electrode (Full Utility Application filed).
10. Lithium-ion mixed conductor improves performance of lithium-sulfur battery
( Provisonal Filed)
11. A new Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery with Bifunctional Redox Active
Materials ( Provisional Filed)
12. A water-based organic redox flow battery based on alkaline electrolytes (
Provisional Filed)
SIGNIFICANCE OF ISSUED PATENTS
1. Narayan’s body of US patents on the new concept and technology of direct
methanol fuel cells has been licensed by Smart Fuel Cell Corporation, Munich,
Germany has licensed the US Patent portfolio on direct methanol fuel cells (items# 8
-11, 12, 15,18, 20-24, 29-41 and 45-48) and posted > 50 Million Euros in sales of
fuel cells in 2014. These fuel cells provide back-up power for the special operations
in the Defense Sector, Oil and Gas Production Systems in US and Canada, and as a
battery charger for use in European recreational vehicles. Among other major
licensees of the direct methanol fuel cell patent portfolio is Ballard Power Systems
Inc, Canada, a publicly traded, largest manufacturer of polymer electrolyte
membrane fuel cells for automotive and portable applications. Oorja Inc. of
Fremont, CA is a growing fuel cell manufacturer with products based on Narayan’s
technology for forklift applications, yet to obtain license to the technology.
2. SAFCell, in Pasadena, CA has licensed patents 3, 13 and 16,17 - new solid-acid
electrolyte based fuel cell technology to commercialize the innovation to produce
power sources that offer significant cost and performance advantages compared to
other fuel cell technologies using methane for military and residential applications.
Proton conducting solid electrolytes operating at 200-300oC allow the use of
complex fuels such as methanol in the place of hydrogen.
3. Ecotality North America, a Phoenix based electric vehicle technology company
has licensed the method of storing and releasing hydrogen using magnesium
hydrides ( Item 5) for their fuel cell electric vehicles. The compact hydrogen storage
systems possible with this technology is key to the successful deployment of fuel
cell vehicles.
4. 3M Corporation is currently manufacturing nano-phase noble metal alloy
catalysts for fuel cells by a fast roll-to-roll method that uses sputter deposition
developed originally conceived by Narayan in the items 2, 6 and 42. Caltech is still
under negotiation with 3M for the licensing these technologies.
5. The innovation of a high-efficiency and long-life Iron-Air rechargeable battery
(item 1) developed under ARPA-E projects provides a cost-effective solution for
grid-scale energy storage with the potential to replace lead-acid and lithium ion
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batteries. With the growing need to store energy from renewable resources such as
solar PV and wind in a cost-effective manner, this new technology is of strong
interest to De Nora Corporation, BASF and other energy materials companies.
Also, ENCELL, a new company in the Gainsville, FL has begun manufacturing of
iron-based batteries using technology similar to that disclosed in the patents by
Narayan (item 1).
6. ITN Inc. of Denver, CO, is currently evaluating the commercialization of the new
development of a sustainable large-scale energy storage solution based on the
“Organic Redox Flow Battery” (US Patent filing No. 61/835746 June 17, 2013 ) and
associated disclosures for commercialization of under an ARPA-E funded project. If
successful, this type of battery technology will change the paradigm in flow batteries
by eliminating heavy metals.
LIST OF INVITED TALKS
1. “Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Portable Applications” Fuel Cell Seminar 1998,
Orlando, FL , Lead Speaker at Symposium on Portable Fuel Cells.
2. “Materials issues in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells” Annual Meeting of American
Ceramic Society , May 1999, opening speaker for fuel cell session.
3. “Advances in Materials for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells” Small Fuel Cells and
Batteries Conference 1999, New Orleans, LA, Key Speaker in the Session on
Direct methanol Fuel Cells
4. “Materials Development for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells”, invited speaker at
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University
1999
5. “Recent Advances in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Portable Applications” Fuel
Cell Seminar 2000, Portland, OR
6. “ Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Portable Applications” Small Fuel Cells and
Batteries Conference, 2000 Bethesda, MA
7. “Progress in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells” Department of Environmental
Engineering, University of Southern California, 2001
8. “ Advances in Materials for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells” Small Fuel Cells and
Batteries Conference, 2001, Washington ,DC
9. “ Membrane Materials for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells” DoE Workshop on
Membrane Materials, Baltimore MD, 2001.
10. “Materials and Engineering Opportunities for Fuel Cells”
Department of
Materials and Mechanical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, University
of Texas, Austin, TX, 2002.
11. “ Novel Polymer Electrolytes and System Issues in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells”
Polymer Electrolytes Conference 2002, Santa Fe, NM
12. “ Advances in Materials and Stacks for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells” Fuel Cell
Seminar 2002, Palm Springs, CA
13. “Materials for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells”, American Chemical Society,
Division of Polymer Science, Asilomar CA, February 2003.
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14. Invited speaker “Technology of Portable Fuel Cells”, at the 21st International
Battery and Fuel Cell Seminar 2004, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
15. Invited lecture on “Durability issues with direct methanol Fuel cells” at the Fuel
Cell Conference on Durability, December 2005, Washington DC.
16. Invited speaker at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering Colloquia, University of
California, Riverside, CA, July 2006.
17. Invited speaker at the Symposium on Nanomaterials for Batteries and Fuel Cells,
211st Electrochemical Society Meeting, Chicago, May 2007.
18. Invited speaker at “Emerging Trends in Energy Technology”, Indo-US
Workshop, March 2007, New Delhi.
19. “ Advances in Methanol Fuel Cell Development “, California Hydrogen Business
Council Meeting, Sponsored Event by Honda Motor Company, Feb 2008
20. Invited speaker at the University of Southern California, NSF Workshop on
Carbon Dioxide Mitigation “ Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide,
Prospects and Challenges”, July 2008
21. Invited speaker at the “International Conference on Electrochemical Power
Systems 2008”, Trivandrum, India, Nov 2008.
22. Invited Speaker at the Department of Solid State and Structural Chemistry, Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore India, November 2, 2010. “Meeting the
Challenge of Sustainable Energy through Electrochemical Energy Conversion and
Storage”.
23. Seminar Lecturer “Materials Challenges for Large Scale Energy Storage”,
University of Maryland, MD, October 2011.
24. Invited Lecture “ Electrochemical Energy Storage”, Winston Chung Global
Energy Center, University of Riverside, Riverside, CA, May 2012.
25. Invited Lecture, “ Overview of Metal-Air Batteries”, Symposium on Metal-Air
Batteries at the Electrochemical Society Meeting, Boston, May 2012.
26. Invited Lecture, “Fundamentals of Electrochemical Energy Storage”, AIChE
Conference, Oct 2012, Pittsburgh, PA.
27. “Novel Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells”, Sep 2010, American
Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA
28. “Iron -Air Battery for Grid-Scale Energy Storage”, Feb 2011, ARPA-E Summit
Washington DC.
29. “Materials Challenges for Iron-Air Batteries”, June 2011, European Materials
Society-Bilateral Energy Conference, Nice, France
30. “Materials Challenges for Large Scale Energy Storage”, Oct 2011,
Distinguished Lecture Series -Viterbi School,USC Viterbi School of Engg ,
31. “Iron-Air Battery for Large-Scale Energy Storage” Oct 2011, ARPA-E GridScale Energy Storage Summit, San Diego, CA
32. Special Invitation, “Effect of Organic Additives on Efficiency of Iron Electrode”,
Jan 2012, Gordon Conference on Energy Storage, Ventura, CA.
33. Key-Note Speaker, “Metal-Air Batteries- Overview of Technology Status”, May
2012, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Seattle, WA.
34. “Electrochemical Energy Storage”, Winston Chung Global Energy Center,
University of Riverside, Riverside, CA, May 2012.
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35. Seminar Speaker, “ Materials Challenges for Large-Scale Energy Storage”, April
2013, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
36. “Iron-Chloride Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage”, June 2013, US Army
CERDEC-Electronics Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
37. Key Note Speaker- Materials Challenges for Grid-Scale Energy Storage”, June
2013, Massive Energy Storage ECI Conference, Newport Beach, CA.
38. “Challenges and Solutions for Large-Scale Energy Storage”, August 2013,
Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Voted the Best Lecture. Of the
Symposium.
39. “Approaching the Problem of Inexpensive Batteries for Energy Storage”, August
2013, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. –Host: Prof. Michael Aziz.
40. “Inexpensive Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage”, August 2014, NUCRET,
Invited Presentation, Boston.
41. Invited Presentation, “Challenges and Prospects of Energy Storage for Grid-Scale
Applications”, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, Oct 8, 2014.
42. Invited talk at the International De Nora Symposium, November 2014,
Cleveland, OH, “Advances in Aqueous Rechargeable Batteries for Large-Scale
Energy Storage”
43. Invited talk at the Materials Research Society Dec 2014. Grid-Scale Energy
Storage Technologies Symposium - Inexpensive Aqueous Batteries for large-Scale
Energy Storage
44. Invited talk at the “Center for Electrochemistry” Feb 8 2015, A workshop hosted
by University of Texas at Austin, TX. “Advances in Aqueous Batteries for GridScale Applications”
45. Invited Speaker at the “Beyond Lithium Batteries”, “Recent Advances in
Inexpensive Aqueous Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage” Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, June 2015.
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
Over 400 technical presentations at various technical conferences in the last 22
years. A comprehensive list can be provided if needed.
2010-2014 List of presentations at Major Conferences :
*= Principal or Presenting Author.
1. S. R. Narayanan*, B.Haines, J. Soler and T. Valdez, “ High Efficiency
Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Formate in a Polymer
Electrolyte Membrane Cell”, Meeting Abstracts, No. 274, The Electrochemical
Society Meeting 2010.
2. B. Yang, A. Manohar, S Malkhandi, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan*
“Designing stable catalysts for methanol oxidation fuel cells,” ACS Meeting
Abstracts, 241, American Chemical Society Meeting Fall 2011.
3. B. Yang, S. Malkhandi, A. K.Manohar, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan*
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“Effect of Chain Length of Linear Alkanethiols on the Inhibition of Electrode
Processes on Iron in Alkaline Medium,” Meeting Abstracts 41, 2443-2443
Electrochemical Society Meeting, 2011.
4. A. K. Manohar, S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, G. K. S. Prakash, and S. R. Narayanan*.
"Electrochemical Properties of Carbonyl Iron Electrodes for Iron-Air Batteries,"
In Meeting Abstracts, no. 7, pp. 303-303. The Electrochemical Society, 2011.
5. S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, A. K.Manohar, GK Surya Prakash, SR Narayanan*,
“Organo-Sulfur Additives for Suppressing Hydrogen Evolution in Iron-Air
Battery,” Meeting Abstracts, 13, 688-688 Electrochemical Society Meeting 2011.
6. S. Malkhandi, A. K.Manohar, B.Yang, G.K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan*,
“Properties of Calcium-Doped Lanthanum Cobalt Oxide Perovskite
Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution in Alkaline Medium” Meeting Abstracts, 7
292-292, Electrochemical Society Meeting 2011.
7. S. R. Narayanan*, A. K. Manohar, S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, G. K. Surya Prakash,
A. Kindler, " Metal-Air Rechargeable Batteries-Challenges and Recent
Developments," Meeting Abstracts 9, 477-477, The Electrochemical Society
Meeting 2012.
8. A. K. Manohar, S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, C. Yang, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R.
Narayanan*, “Effect of Various Additives on the Efficiency and Rate Capability
of Carbonyl Iron Electrodes for Iron-Air Batteries,” Meeting Abstracts, 7, 366366, Electrochemical Society Meeting 2012.
9. A. K. Manohar, C. Yang, S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R.
Narayanan*, “Effect of Bismuth Additives on the Performance of Iron Electrodes
in Alkaline Batteries,” Meeting Abstracts, 11, 1187-1187 Electrochemical
Society Meeting 2012.
10. S. Malkhandi, P. Trinh, A. K. Manohar, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan*,
A Manivannan, “Effect of Substitution of Cobalt by Manganese on the Properties
of Calcium-Doped Lanthanum Cobalt Oxide for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in
Alkaline Medium” Meeting Abstracts, 11, 1162, Electrochemical Society Meeting
2012.
11. A. K. Manohar, C. Yang, S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R
Narayanan*, “Mechanism of Formation of Carbonyl Iron Electrodes in Alkaline
Batteries,” Meeting Abstracts, 5, 371-371 The Electrochemical Society Meeting
2012.
12. P. Trinh, S. Malkhandi, N. Moreno, A. K. Manohar, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R.
Narayanan*, A.Manivannan, “Effect of Substitution of Cobalt by Manganese on
the Properties of Calcium-Doped Lanthanum Cobalt Oxide for Oxygen Evolution
Reaction in Alkaline Medium,” Meeting Abstracts 5, 370-370, The
Electrochemical Society Meeting 2012.
13. A. K Manohar, C. Yang, S. Malkhandi, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan*,
“Role of Bismuth and Sulfide Additives On the Performance of Iron Electrodes in
Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries,” Meeting Abstracts, 5, 288-288 , The
Electrochemical Society Meeting, 2013.
14. S. Malkhandi, P.Trinh, A. K. Manohar, K.C. Jayachandrababu, A. Kindler, G. K.
Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan*, “Understanding the Performance of Transition
Metal Oxide-Carbon Composite Catalysts in Air Electrodes for Metal-Air
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Batteries and Alkaline Fuel Cells,” Meeting Abstracts 5, 290-290, The
Electrochemical Society Meeting 2013.
15. K. M. Kim A. K. Manohar , E. Plichta, M. Hendrickson, S. Rawlings,G. K.
Surya Prakash, S.R. Narayanan*, “Improvement of Faradaic Efficiency of Iron
Electrode for Iron-Chloride Redox Flow Battery,” Meeting Abstracts #237, The
Electrochemical Society Meeting 2013.
16. S. Malkhandi, P. Trinh, A. K. Manohar, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan
“The Effect of Dispersion of Metal Oxides on Carbon on the Electrocatalytic
Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media,” Meeting Abstracts
4, 373-373 The Electrochemical Society Meeting 2014.
17. A. K. Manohar, C. Yang, S.Malkhandi, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan
“Cycling Behavior of Iron Electrodes in Alkaline Batteries,” Meeting Abstracts,
4, 370-370, The Electrochemical Society Meeting 2014.
18. S. Malkhandi, P. Trinh, A.K. Manohar, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan*,
“Investigation of Various Calcium-Based Transition Metal Oxides Compounds
for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media,” Meeting Abstracts, 4 368368 The Electrochemical Society Meeting 2014.
19. C. Yang, A. K. Manohar, S. Malkhandi, G. K. Surya Prakash, S. R. Narayanan*
“Performance of Sintered Iron Electrodes for Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries for
Large Scale Energy Storage,” Meeting Abstracts 4 , 376-376, The
Electrochemical Society Meeting 2014.
20. S. R. Narayanan, A. K. Manohar, S. Malkhandi, B. Yang, C. Yang, P.Trinh, L.
Hoober-Burkhardt, K. M. Kim, G. K. Surya Prakash, “Recent Advances in
Inexpensive Aqueous Batteries for Large Scale Electrical Energy Storage,”
Meeting Abstracts, 1, 19-19, The Electrochemical Society Meeting 2014.
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NASA RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS OF INNOVATIVE
CONTRIBUTIONS
Innovative contributions to technology areas are filed as New Technology Reports and are
reviewed and subsequently reviewed by NASA’s technical team and published as NASA
Tech Briefs. The following is a partial list of NASA Tech Briefs published with S.R.
Narayanan as the author or co-author.
NASA
NPO#
43541
43220
41916
41661
41068
40892
40841
40789
40539
40503
40415
40228
30873
30840
30830
30829
30570
30500
TITLE OF NASA TECH BRIEF
HIGH CAPACITY REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM BASED
ON PIPERAZINE AND PYRAZINE
MULTI-ELECTRODE TEST SYSTEM FOR RAPID ELECTROCHEMICAL
SCREENING OF OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYSTS
SOLID-STATE ELECTROCHEMICAL RADIOISOTOPE GENERATOR
ELEMENT (SERGE)
A COMPACT DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL OPERABLE ON NEAT
METHANOL
A NOVEL HYBRID SOLID-STATE BATTERY USING A THIN-FILM
INORGANIC ELECTROLYTE LAYER WITH A POLYMER-BASED
COMPOSITE CATHODE
CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION BATTERY FOR VENUS SURFACE
APPLICATIONS
A LOW PT CONTENT DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL ANODE
CATALYST: NANOPHASE PTRUNIZR
SELF PASSIVATING, HIGH RATE LITHIUM|SOLID
ELECTROLYTE|IODINE BATTERY
HIGH-EFFICIENCY NANOCOMPOSITE ORGANIC DYE-SENSITIZED
PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL
PERFLUOROALKANESULFONIC ACIDS AND PERFLUOROALKANESULFONIMIDES AS ELECTRODE ADDITIVES FOR DMFCS
CORROSION RESISTANT MATERIALS FOR FUEL CELLS BASED ON
NANOPHASE NICKEL-ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
COMPOSITE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES BASED ON ORGANOSILICA
HYBRID PROTON CONDUCTORS FOR FUEL CELLS
WATER FREE PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES BASED ON POLY4-VINYLPYRIDINEBISULFATE FOR FUEL CELLS
NOVEL NANO-ENGINEERED CATALYSTS FOR DIRECT METHANOL
FUEL CELL (DMFC)
IMPROVED ANODE FOR DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL
IMPROVED CATHODE STRUCTURES FOR DIRECT METHANOL FUEL
CELL
NOVEL LIGHTWEIGHT STACK FOR DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS
NOVEL SOL-GEL PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF FUEL CELL
CATALYSTS
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21141
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20745
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20645
20644
20378
20290
20250
20249
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PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE FUEL
CELLS
DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL POWER SOURCE FOR LOW POWER
APPLICATIONS
THERMAL IMAGING A TOOL FOR FUEL CELL DIAGNOSTICS
IMPROVED ELECTRODE AND INTERCONNECT DESIGN FOR
MINIATURE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS
MICRO OR MINIATURE FUEL CELL POWER SOURCE FOR SMALL
PORTABLE APPLICATIONS
AEROSOL FEED DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL
HIGH PERFORMANCE MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES FOR
DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS
NOVEL POLYMER-SOLID ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITE (PSEC)
MEMBRANES FOR FUEL CELLS
IMPROVED MEA FABRICATION TECHNIQUES FOR PSSA-PUDF
COMPOSITE MEMBRANE IN DMFC APPLICATIONS
NOVEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES FOR USE IN FUEL
CELLS
INTEGRATED SULFUR DIOXIDE SENSOR
SPUTTER-DEPOSITED FUEL CELL ELECTRODES AND MEMBRANES
WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE AND LOW-COST: A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR
COMMERCIALIZATION OF FUEL CELLS
POWER GENERATION IN FUEL CELLS USING LIQUID METHANOL AND
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
A METHANOL CONCENTRATION SENSOR FOR AQUEOUS
ENVIRONMENTS
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY THE ELECTROLYSIS OF METHANOL
A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF
MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR METHANOL FUEL CELL BY
AN IMPROVED SPRAY DEPOSITION METHOD
A HIGH PERFORMANCE MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR
METHANOL FUEL CELLS
CELLS III
METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR CATALYST PREPARATION,
ELECTRODE FABRICATION AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE
ASSEMBLY FOR LIQUID FEED DIRECT OXIDATION METHANOL FUEL
CELL
REGENERATIVE BATTERY UTILIZING INTERCALATION
PHENOMENON IN GRAPHITE
ADVANCED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE ASYMMETRIC MEMBRANE
AND BINDER
TRIOXANE, A NEW FUEL FOR DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL CELLS
DIMETHOXYMETHANE, A NEW FUEL FOR DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL
CELLS
TRIMETHOXYMETHANE, A NEW FUEL FOR DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL
CELLS
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PERFLUOROOCTABESULFONIC ACID, A STABLE AND
ELECTROINACTIVE WETTING AGENT FOR LIQUID FEED FUEL CELLS
NAFION COATINGS FOR EMPLOYING HIGH-TEFLON CONTENT
ELECTRODES IN LIQUID FEED FUEL CELLS
CARBON-SUPPORTED ALLOY ELECTROCATALYST BY AN
ELECTRODEPOSITION PROCEDURE
LIQUID FEED DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL WITH PROTON
EXCHANGE MEMBRANE ELECTROLYTE
N, N, N', N' - TETRAMETHYL - 1,4 - PHENYLENEDIAMINE FOR
OVERCHARGE PROTECTION OF LITHIUM-TITANIUM DISULFIDE
RECHARGEABLE CELLS
FINITE LINEAR DIFFUSION MODEL FOR DESIGN OF OVERCHARGE
PROTECTION IN RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES
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COMPETED RESEARCH FUNDING RAISED FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL
RESEARCH
Raised a total of $24 M of R&D funding in the last 14 years at JPL and USC in the
area of Electrochemical Technologies largely through competitive proposal processes in
the areas of batteries, fuel cells, electrolyzers, hydrogen production, hydrogen storage
and hybrid power systems.
Total Research Funds Raised after 2010 at USC ($5.95M).
 2010-2014 : Raised $3.47 M for Energy Storage research
 2015o $2.5M of funding awarded for DoE ARPA-E Project for period, 05/2015 –
04/2017 for “Inexpensive and Eco-Friendly Organic Redox flow Battery”
(Dr. John Lemmon/Dr. Grigorii Soloveichik, Program Managers at
ARPA-E).
o $200 K from US Army CERDEC for research in the area of “Iron
Chloride Flow Batteries” Feb 2015- Feb 2016.
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Partial list funds raised for research provided here for reference:
1. ARPA-E Award, $ 2.5 M for “Development of Organic Redox Flow Batteries”
May 2015-April 2017.
2. US Army Research Office CERDEC, “ Iron-Chloride Batteries for Energy
Storage” $200K Feb 2015- Feb 2016
3. Competed ARPA-E Award , “ Metal-free Aqueous Organic Flow Battery”, Feb
2013- May 2015, $795,000.
4. US Army Research Office Research Contract, “ Redox Flow Batteries based on
Iron”, $160 K, March 2013- Dec 2014
5. NSF- I-Corps program “Iron Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage” $50K
Jan 2013- May 2013.
6. Competed ARPA-E Award, “Inexpensive and Robust Iron-Air Batteries for GridScale Energy Storage”, Oct 2010- Sep 2013. $1.82 M
7. US Army Research Office Research Contract, “ Redox Flow Batteries based on
Iron”, $190K, 1 year Jan 2012- Dec 2012
8. DURIP Award from US Army, “A Versatile Thin Film Deposition System for
Battery and Fuel Cell Research and Education”, $150K, Oct 2012- Sep 2013.
9. Research Sub-Contract from Creare Inc., “Electrochemical Pumping of dry
hydrogen”, $35K Oct 2010- March 2011.
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10. Research Sub-Contract from Creare Inc., “Advanced membranes for
Electrochemical Compression of Hydrogen” March 2013- Sep 2013. $35K
11. “Collaborate Research Opportunity Funding for Fuel Cells” from NASA-JPL,
$20K, 3 months, June 2014- Sep 2014.
12. “ Utilization of Stranded Methane”- A short project from Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Feb 2015- April 2015, $15K
13. Competed DoE Award from EERE “Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Catalyst
Development” Co-PI on NREL project. $300K/year June 2009- May 2011.
14. Competed DoE Award from EERE “ Nanophase catalyst materials for oxygen
electrode reaction “, Co-PI on project with Argonne National Laboratory, $250K
/year for four years for the period June 2009- May 2013.
15. Competed DoE Award from EERE “Advanced catalysts for alkaline fuel cells”,
Co-I on project with Los Alamos National Laboratory, $150K/year for two years
for the period June 2009-2011
16. Development of an alcohol-based hydrogen generation system: $265K/ 12 month
U. S. Army CECOM, Oct 2008-Sep 2009.
17. Innovative concept of a Redox Flow Battery, RTD funding internally competed at
JPL for $50K/ 4 month effort, Jan 2009- May 2009.
18. Development of Advanced High-Pressure Electrolyzer for Regenerative Fuel
Cells under an Innovative Partnership Program from NASA-ESMD program
:$250K, Sep 2008- Sep 2009.
19. Development of Cathode Catalysts for Fuel Cells, Project funded by DoE,
performed in collaboration with 3M Inc., $988K, for 2006-2009.
20. Development of a magnesium-based hydrogen generation system for vehicular
applications, funded by Ecototality Inc., $1 M, 2006- 2008.
21. Artificial Photosynthetic Systems, Project Funded by NASA’s Advanced
Concepts office $150K Feb 2007- Feb 2008.
22. High Performance MEAs for hydrogen/oxygen fuel cells, a task funded through
NASA-GRC $1M for 2006-2009.
23. Development of Advanced Catalysts and MEAs for NASA’s Lunar Program,
$750K for 2010.
24. Development of Advanced Catalysts of Oxygen Reduction: DoE Office of
Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infra structure : $200K for Oct 2005- Sep 2006.
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25. Development of Advanced Electrochemical Storage Systems: NASA Exploration
Technologies Office, Co-PI on Fuel Cells Task , $4M/ 4 years 2005-2007
26. Development of a hybrid direct methanol fuel cell system, CECOM, $128K.
27. Enhanced 300-Watt Direct Methanol Fuel Cell for Army Applications : $100K
/1 year, US Army Research Lab, MD. 2005-2006
28. Development of an hydrogen-fueled hybrid power system, Warner-Robins Air
Force Base, $270K, Oct 2004- Sep 2006.
29. Development of “water free” proton conductors for fuel cells, DoE Office of
Transportation technology $300K/ 12 months, Oct 2002- Sep 2003.
30. Development of 300 Watt DMFC for Army applications, Army Fort Hood,
$650K/18 months, Sep 2002- March 2004.
31. Development of advanced catalyst materials for DMFC, DOE Transportation
Technologies Program. $1.1 M/ 3 years, June 2001- May 2004.
32. Life Cycle Assessment of Fuel Cells, EPA (Cincinnati, OH) 150K/ 18 months,
Sep 2002- March 2004,
33. Development of Microfuel cells, funded by Tech Systems Inc, $ 550K, 2 years
Oct 2002- Sep 2004.
34. New systems for "artificial photosynthesis", a seed effort funded for $50K/6
months, Jan-June 2002
35. “High-Performance 150 W Portable Power System” a proposal submitted to
DARPA in response to BAA-96 $3M for 3 years Sep 1996- March 2000.
Collaboration with University of Southern California, Carnegie-Mellon
University and Giner Inc.
36. “Replacement of a BA-5590 battery by a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell” DARPA
funded to the extent $1.8 M for 3 years Jan 1994 – Sep 1996.
37. “Direct methanol Fuel Cell technology for Mobile electric Power” MURI through
the University of Minnesota to the Army Research Office $1M for 5 years, Sep
1996-2001
38. Development of Li-ion batteries for Tactical Mobile Robots for DARPA , $100K
for Oct 2001-Sep 2002.
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COLLABORATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PROPOSAL ACTIVITIES
WITH USC COLLEAGUES IN CHEMISTRY AND ENGINEERING
1.
Proposal to NSF Jan 2012 –“ A Holistic Vision for a Sustainable Energy Pathway
based on Formic Acid” Lead PI, in collaboration with Travis Williams, Surya
Prakash, Malancha Gupta (Chem E), Adam Rose ( School of Public Policy),
Nicos Petasis, Kyung Jung - Proposal received good reviews but not awarded.
2. Collaborative proposal with Prof. Surya Prakash to ARPA-E, “ Iron-Air
Batteries for Grid-Scale Energy Storage”, Funded $1.8M, September 2010.
3. Proposal to NSF DMREF- Feb 2014 “Computationally-Guided Design of Metal
Air Batteries” Lead by Priya Vasishta (Chem Engg/Material Science) and a large
team from Engineering Departments
4. Proposal to DoE Basic Energy Sciences Program, Energy Frontier Research
Center, Oct 2013 “ A Center for Sustainable Mega-Scale Energy Storage”,
Lead PI with support from Richard Brutchey, Brent Melot, Surya Prakash and
Caltech, North Eastern University, CUNY, Case Western University. Excellent
comments and review but not awarded.
5. Collaborative proposal with Prof. Surya Prakash To ARPA-E , “ Organic Redox
Flow Batteries”, Funded $746K, Feb 2013.
6. Proposal to NSF-CyberSEES program Feb 2015 “ A Scalable Holistic Integration
of Distributed Energy Storage for Sustainable Demand Response” with Prof.
Viktor Prasanna as Lead from Engineering. Under Review.
7. Proposal to the Department of Energy –Energy Storage Hub- “Battery and Energy
Storage Technology Hub”, Led by University of Central Florida, with USC
Activities led by Narayan. Finalist, but not awarded because of shortage of funds.
8. Proposal to NSF call for Scalable Manufacturing, “Manufacturing of Nanoparticles
for catalysis”, Led by Noah Malmstad, Co-PI Richard Brutchey. Excellent review
comments, not funded. Oct 2014
9. Currently working on submission of a collaborative proposal between Dornsife and
Viterbi with Prof. Viktor Prasanna, Prof. Mohammed Beshir of Electrical
Engineering on “Holistic and Sustainable Integration of Energy Storage with
Photovoltaics” to DoE SHINES Program, submitted, 2015.
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COURSES TAUGHT
Designed four new graduate level courses in Electrochemical Energy Science and
Electrochemistry; taught eight semesters with excellent student evaluation.
Course Title
Dates
#Students
Materials and Processes for
Electrochemical Energy
Conversion and Storage
Jan 2011
13
Course
Evaluation*
4.29
Electrode KineticsFundamentals and
Applications
Aug 2011
12
4.57
Materials and Processes for
Electrochemical Energy
Conversion and Storage
Jan 2012
9
4.33
Introduction to Surface
Aug 2012
Chemistry and Electrocatalysis
9
5
Electrode Kinetics –
Fundamentals and
Applications
Jan 2013
10
4.63
Materials and Processes for
Electrochemical Energy
Conversion and Storage
Aug 2013
10
4.83
Introduction to Surface
Jan 2014
Chemistry and Electrocatalysis
10
4.5
Electrode Kinetics- Theory
and Applications
Aug 2014
10
4.32
Fundamentals of
Electrochemical Energy
Systems
Jan 2015
10
4.5
A Teaching Statement attached here explains plans and teaching philosophy.
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GRADUATE STUDENT AND POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW ADVISING
1. Current Graduate Students at USC: Kyu Min Kim(2010), Phong Trinh (2010),
Lena Hoober (2011), Derek Moy( 2011), Chenguang Yang (2012), Dan Fang (2012),
B. Jayathilake (2015), D. Mitra (2015)
2. Master Students at USC: Chenguang Yang (2011) , Krishna Jayachandrababu
(2011), Vasish Narayan ( 2012), Chaoron Lu (2015)
3. Co- thesis adviser for the Ph.D thesis of Dr. Marshall Smart of University of Southern
California, 1995-1998. Marshall Smart worked at JPL under the supervision of S. R.
Narayanan to carry out a major part of his experimental work on electro-organic
oxidations.
4. Co-thesis adviser for the Ph.D. thesis of Dr. Anthony Atti of University of Southern
California, 1998-2001. Dr. Atti worked at JPL almost full time, to carry out all his
studies on polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells.
5. Co-adviser for Thomas Valdez, Ph.D student at USC, Dept of Materials
Science/Chemistry.
6. Co-Adviser for Keith Chin, registered Ph. D student at USC, Dept of Chemical
Engineering and Material Science.
7. Post-Doctoral Mentor to Dr. Aswin Manohar, Post Doctoral Fellow 2010- current
8. Post-Doctoral Mentor to Dr. Souradip Malkhandi, Post Doctoral Fellow 2010-2014,
now at the University of Singapore, as Research Staff.
9. Post-Doctoral Mentor to Dr. Bo Yang , Post Doctoral Fellow, 2010- current.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING
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Nick Popov (Senior, UC Irvine, Chemical Engineering), Summer 2015
Nicos Moreno ( Senior, University of Southern California), 2011- 2013
Keith Billings (Senior, California Polytechnic University, Pomona) 12 months
Brennan Haines (Senior , California Polytechnic University, Pomona) 18 months
Michael Errico ( Undergraduate, California Polytechnic University, Pomona), 12
months
Robert Paddilla ( Senior, University of Colorado, Boulder ) 3 months
Anna Rosen ( Senior, University of California, Berkeley) , 3 months
Kenneth Perez ( Senior, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan), 3 months
Michael Xu , (EE, Sophomore, Caltech), 3 Months
Ivy Marr ( Chemistry, Senior, Cornell University) 3 months
J. Christiansen (Chemical Engineering, Senior, Caltech) 12 months,
Thomas Valdez( Materials Science, Freshman-Senior, UC Irvine) 4 years
Choy Lewis ( Physics, Senior and Masters, Hunter College, NY) 2 years
F. Clara ( Electrical Engineering, Junior and Senior, University of Washington,
Seattle), 2 years
E. Vamos ( Industrial Engineering, Senior Stanford) 2 years
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EDUCATIONAL
AND
OUTREACH
ACTIVITIES
RELATING
TO
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
 Mentored ten minority high-school students under Caltech's Young Engineering
and Science Scholars Program 2001 and 2003. Developed a curriculum that
engaged full time with selected high school students over a three-week period. The
program consisted of lectures and laboratory exercises on concepts of
thermodynamics and energy conversion in fuel cells.
 Currently working with Duarte High School to improve the experimental science
curriculum for Advanced Placement Physics and Chemistry. 2005-2009
 Special Lecture at Harvey Mudd College, on “Fundamentals of Fuel Cell Materials
Design” to Graduate Class on Energy Materials. 2007
 Lecture at Caltech to graduate students in Electrochemistry on “Impedance
methods for understanding life time and degradation processes in rechargeable
lithium batteries” 2000.
 Lectured at the Chevron Summer Camp for High School Students on Energy
Storage. May 2011, June 2015.
 USC Graduate Level course “Materials and Processes in Electrochemical Energy
Conversion and Storage” Jan 2011, Jan 2012
 USC Graduate Level course,“Electrochemical Kinetics- Theory and Applications”,
Sep 2011, 2013, 2014
 USC Graduate Level Course, “Introduction to Surface Chemistry and
Electrocatalysis”, Sep 2012, 2014, 2015
 Guest Lecturer “Alternative Energy Systems” Undergraduate Course in Electrical
Engineering Oct 2011.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES WITH THE ELECTROCHEMICAL
SOCIETY OF AMERICA
 Chairman, Energy Technology Division, 2009-2011
 Vice Chairman Energy Technology Division, 2007-2009
 Secretary, Energy Technology Division, 2005-2007
 Treasurer, Energy Technology Division 2003-2005
 Member of the Board of Directors, Electrochemical Society, 2009-2011.
 Member of the Symposium Sub-Committee, Electrochemical Society, 2003-2011.
 Member of the Interface Advisory Board, Electrochemical Society, 2003-2011
 Member of the Individual Membership Committee, Electrochemical Society,
2011 Member of the ECS Transactions Sub-Committee, Electrochemical Society,
2010-2011.
 Guest Editor for the Interface Winter 2008, Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells.
 Award Coordination for the Supramaniam Srinivasan Award. Initiated, helped
with raising seed funds and instituted award as part of ETD, 2010.
 Organized or Co-organized over 30 symposia at the Electrochemical Society
Meetings and severed as session chair for several sessions at each meeting since
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1999. Currently organizing a Summit on Manufacturing and Materials for
Sustainability at San Diego, May 2016.
OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Consultant to Sun Edison Inc, on the development of Energy Storage Systems April
2014- Oct 2014.
Technical Expert for DoE Review Panel for Evaluation of the Joint Center for Energy
Storage at Argonne National Laboratory, May 2014, June 2015
Technical Expert on Energy Storage for NSF Review Panel for FREEDM Engineering
Center for Smart Grid at NC State University. May 2013, May 2014, Oct 2014, May
2015.
Lead Organizer for Symposium on “Stationary and Large-Scale Energy Storage” at
the Electrochemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2015.
Special Editor for Solid State Ionics- Bilateral Energy Conference Proceedings
Co-Organizer, Bilateral Energy Conversion Conference, EMRS, Nice France, May
2011.
Associate Editor, Materials Science and Engineering B, Elsevier Journal. 2001-2009
Chairman, Energy Technology Division, Electrochemical Society of USA 2009-2011.
Treasurer, Secretary and Vice Chair of Energy Technology Division of ECS 20032009
Fellow, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California,
2001- current
Lecturing at Chevron Summer Camp for Talented High Schoolers May 2011.
Mentor for Duarte High School students on Solar Boat Project. May 2009.
Active Member of the Electrochemical Society of the USA.
Organized the First Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Symposium of the Electrochemical
Society, March 2001, Washington DC. This was a very well-attended symposium and
we received excellent feedback on its impact.
Served as Chairman at the first Gordon Research Conference on Fuel Cells 2000 for
session on methanol fuel cells.
Co-organizer of the first symposium on Nano-phase materials for Batteries and Fuel
Cells, at the Centennial Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, in May 2002.
Chaired over 30 technical sessions and organized at least 10 different Symposia at the
Annual meetings of the Electrochemical Society over the last five years. (see list)
Organizer of the Symposium on “Nanomaterials for Energy Storage” at the Cleveland
American Chemical Society Meeting, 2009.
On the Advisory Board and Review Board of ONR Program for “Materials and
Manufacturing of Fuel Cells” 2008- 2011.UT Austin.
On the review panel for DOE and NASA for the SBIR proposals in the area of batteries
and fuel cells. Served as a technical reviewer for papers for Science, Journal of the
Electrochemical Society, Electrochimica Acta, Nature, J. Physical Chemistry and J.
American Chemical Society, and other journals in the area of batteries, fuel cells,
electrolysis, eletrocatalysis and electrochemical energy conversion.
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