Bio/CV:
Rohith Srinivaas Mohanakrishnan is currently a 4th year Ph.D. student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering where he is advised by Professor. Kristin A. Persson. Rohith Srinivaas received a B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and M.Tech in Computational Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, where he worked on the thermodynamic modelling of bio-medical alloys and phase diagram generation of nano-particles.
Rohith Srinivaas's doctoral research focuses on developing computational methods to investigate the electrolyte reactivity near the cathode interface of Li-ion batteries. The electrode-electrolyte interface is one of the most important but the least understood components of a battery as operando / in situ experimental studies are difficult to perform.
As a Kavli ENSI fellow, Rohith Srinivaas will work on developing a dynamic cathode electrolyte interphase(CEI) formation model incorporating detailed chemical and electrochemical pathways to evaluate competing charge transfer processes and identify dominant mechanisms. Preliminary results from the McCloskey Group & Persson Group show species like peroxide/superoxide are more close to the true nature of reactive oxygen species that are formed during the high charge of the cathodes in Li-ion batteries. Working closely with the McCloskey group, he plans to use the methods he has developed in his Ph.D. to develop the electrochemical reaction networks for understanding the voltage-dependent oxidative degradation of various battery electrolytes and map the electromechanical degradation mechanism.
As a Kavli ENSI fellow, Rohith Srinivaas will work on developing a dynamic cathode electrolyte interphase(CEI) formation model incorporating detailed chemical and electrochemical pathways to evaluate competing charge transfer processes and identify dominant mechanisms. Preliminary results from the McCloskey Group & Persson Group show species like peroxide/superoxide are more close to the true nature of reactive oxygen species that are formed during the high charge of the cathodes in Li-ion batteries. Working closely with the McCloskey group, he plans to use the methods he has developed in his Ph.D. to develop the electrochemical reaction networks for understanding the voltage-dependent oxidative degradation of various battery electrolytes and map the electromechanical degradation mechanism.
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