Vijay K. Ramani
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Office: Room 235 Perlstein Hall
Phone: 312.567.3064
Fax: 312.567.8874
Email:
ramani@iit.edu
Web:
Research Group Webpage
Expertise
- Fuel cells
- Electrochemical engineering
- Multi-functional materials
- Thin films
- Ion containing polymers
Education
- B. E. from Annamalai University, India (Chemical Engineering, 2000)
- Ph.D. from University of Connecticut (Chemical Engineering, 2004)
Research
- Multi-functional electrode and electrolyte materials for fuel cells and batteries
- Component degradation and degradation mitigation in electrochemical systems
- Electrocatalysis of liquid fuels and oxidants
- Ion exchange and bipolar membranes for energy conversion and separations
- Kinetics and transport in porous electrodes
Projects (Currently funded)
- “Multi-functional materials for electrochemical energy conversion”; (NSF; CAREER grant; 2009-2014)
- “Fundamental study of reactive oxygen species generation and capture in PEM fuel cells” (NSF; regular grant; 2008-2011)
- “Advanced membranes and electrochemical diagnostics for DMFCs” (DOE; collaborative project with industry; 2010-2013)
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
- 2009-2014 - NSF CAREER Award
- 2008 - Elected Vice-Chair, IE&EE Division, Electrochemical Society Inc.
- 2008 and 2009 - ONR Summer Faculty Fellowship
- 2005 - H. H. Dow Memorial Award of the IEEE Division of the Electrochemical Society
- 2002 - Fuel Cell Gordon Research Conference Student Award
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
“Membrane and MEA development in polymer electrolyte fuel cells”, Panagiotis Trogadas* and Vijay Ramani, Polymer Membranes for Fuel Cells; Editors: T. Matsuura and S. M. J. Zaidi; Springer USA (2008), p 253-281. (Invited).
“Composite membranes for PEMFCs” P. Trogadas* and V. Ramani, Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources, Elsevier (2009) (Invited).
“Effect of in situ grown silicate particles on the performance and durability of Nafion® membranes”, Y. P. Patil, Satheesh Sambandam*, Vijay Ramani and K. A. Mauritz, J. Electrochem. Soc. 156 (9) (2009) B1092-B1098
“Effect of cathode binder IEC on kinetic and transport properties of all-SPEEK MEAs,” Satheesh Sambandam* and Vijay Ramani, Electrochimica Acta 53 (2008) 6328-6336.
“Photocatalytically Generated Pt/C–TiO2 Electrocatalysts with Enhanced Catalyst Dispersion for Improved Membrane Durability in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells”, N. R. de Tacconi, C. R. Chenthamarakshan, K. Rajeshwar, W. Lin, T. F. Carlson, L. Nikiel, W. A. Wampler, S. Sambandam*, Vijay Ramani, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155 (2008) B1102-B1109
“Degradation mitigation in PEMs using a regenerative free radical scavenger”, Panagiotis Trogadas*, Javier Parrondo and Vijay Ramani, Electrochemical and. Solid State Letters; 11 (2008) B113-B116.
“Pt/C-WO3 electrocatalysts for degradation mitigation in polymer electrolyte fuel cells”, Panagiotis Trogadas* and Vijay Ramani, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155 (2008) B696-B703.
“Membranes and MEAs based on sulfonated poly (ether ketone ketone) and heteropolyacids for PEFCs”, Vijay Ramani, Steven Swier, Robert A. Weiss, Montgomery T. Shaw, H. Russell Kunz, James M. Fenton, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155 (2008) B532-B537
“SPEEK/functionalized silica composite membranes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells”, Satheesh Sambandam* and Vijay Ramani, Journal of Power Sources, 170 (2007) 259-267.
“Effect of Nafion® / HPA composite membrane composition on high temperature / low relative humidity PEMFC performance”, V. Ramani, H. R. Kunz, J. M. Fenton, Journal of Membrane Science, 232 (2004) 31.
