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Dr. PADMINI M

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Assistant Professor

EEE

Pondicherry University

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Sustainable Energy Technologies

Energy Storage || Heterogeneous catalysis || Electrochemistry || Semiconductor materials

Mail: m.padmini@sru.edu.in

Educational
Qualifications
(From Highest)

2025

PhD in Green Energy Technology from Pondicherry University, Puducherry

2016

M. Tech in Green Energy Technology from Pondicherry University, Puducherry

2014

B. Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Pondicherry University, Puducherry

Professional
Experience

2023

Research Fellow at National Taiwan University, Taiwan, from 2023-04-05 to 2023-08-04.

2017

Project Associate at Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore, from 2017-07-19 to 2019-07-18.

Student
Supervision

Ph.D

PG

UG

Key Publications

1. M. Padmini, K. Sakthivel, Tim Albrecht, S Karthik Kiran, Plasmonic heterostructures enabled energy storage devices, 2025, ChemComm, 61 (73), 13753-13779.

2. M S Jeena, P Sowmiya, K Sakthivel, M Padmini, R Balaji, G Anvesh, S Karthik Kiran, Magnetic field driven Nanomaterial fabrication and its redox Kinetic manipulation for next generation Supercapacitor, Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev., 2025, 219, 115876.

3. K Sakthivel, S Karthik Kiran, M Padmini, R Balaji, C Narendhar, T Albrecht, Bifunctional Electrocatalytic Hybrid Heterostructures for Polysulfide Anchoring/Conversion for a Stable Lithium-Sulfur Battery, Nanoscale, 2024, 16 (48), 22240-22251.

4. M Padmini, T Balaganapathi, P Thilakan, Rutile-TiO2: Post heat treatment and its influence on the photocatalytic degradation of MB dye, Ceramics International, 48 (2022), 16685-16694.

5. M Padmini, P Elumalai, P Thomas, Symmetric supercapacitor performances of CaCu3Ti4O12 decorated polyaniline nanocomposite, Electrochimica Acta, 292, 558-567.

Research Projects / Patents

Project
PREPARATION OF RUTILE TIO2 SOL-GEL

Awards and Honors / Achievements

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4. Best poster presentation in symposium organized by Energy Science Society of India.

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3. Awarded Prize for Short Invited Lecture, International Conference on Nanomaterials (ICN- 2022) held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

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2. Awarded MNRE fellowship in M.Tech programme.

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1. Awarded Department of Science and Technology (DST)-SERB fellowship

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