PUBLICATIONS

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Nanofillers and their Polymer Nanocomposites by Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Ramanuj Narayan, and KVSN Raju for a book on ‘Spectroscopy of Polymer Nanocomposites’, Elsevier 2016, pp.158-180 (ISBN: 9780323401838)

• Advanced carbon materials for electrochemical energy storage by Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, NA Kumar, Ramanuj Narayan, KVSN Raju, and X S Zhao for a book on ‘Nanomaterials Synthesis: Design, Fabrication and Applications, Elsevier 2019, pp. 385-418 (ISBN: 9780128157510)

• Energy storage and challenges in sodium-ion batteries: An Introduction by Rohit R. Gaddam and X.S. Zhao for Handbook of Sodium-Ion Batteries: Materials and Characterizations, Jenny Stanford Publishing 2023, pp 1-32. (ISBN 978-981-4968-15-7.)

EDITED  BOOKS

Handbook of Sodium-Ion Batteries: Materials and Characterizations, Jenny Stanford Publishing, Edited by: Rohit Gaddam (IISER-Bhopal) and Prof George Zhao (The University of Queensland, Australia), 2023, ISBN 978-981-4968-15-7.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• S D Pinjari, P Mudavath, R C Dutta, I Pal, D Kundu, S Parshanaboina, A K Singh, A K Nanjundan, Rohit R Gaddam*. Single-Phase Solid-Solution Reaction Facilitated Sodium-Ion Storage in Indium-Substituted Monoclinic Sodium-Iron Phosphomolybdate Cathodes. Small, 2025, 10, 2501004. 

• S D Pinjari, R C Dutta, S Parshanaboina, P Mudavath, S Singha, D Dubal, X Wang, J Bell, A K Nanjundan, Rohit R. Gaddam*. Multivalent cation substitution boosted sodium-ion storage in NASICON-type iron-phospho-sulphate cathodes. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 (DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.157979).

• S D Pinjari, R C Dutta, S Chen, P Mudavath, X Huang, J Bell, S K Bhatia, A K Nanjundan and Rohit R Gaddam*. Site-selective Mg-doping regulated charge storage in NaFe2PO4(SO4)2 for high energy sodium-ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 (DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.152485). 

• X Fan, M Tebyetekerwaa, Y Wu, Rohit R Gaddam, and X S Zhao. The Origin of Excellent Charge Storage Properties of Defective Tin Disulfide in Magnesium/Lithium Ion Hybrid Batteries. Nano-micro-letters, 2022  (Accepted) 

• Yverick Rangom, Rohit R. Gaddam, Timothy T. Duignan, Yilan Wu and X. S. Zhao. Charge Storage Behavior of Carbon Nanoparticles toward Alkali Metal Ions at Fast-Charging Rates, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 11, 13272–13278. 

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam*†, Leon Katzenmeier†, Xaver Lamprecht†, Aliaksandr Bandarenka Review on Physical Impedance Models in Modern Battery Research. for RSC-Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021, 23, 12926. Part of themed collection PCCP perspectives. 

• C Xiao, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Yilan Wu, Xiaoming Sun, Yan Liang, Yibing Li, XS Zhao, Improvement of the Electrocatalytic Performance of FeP in Neutral Electrolytes with Fe Nanoparticles, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 408, 127330. 

• A K Nanjundan, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, A H Farokh Niaei, P K Annamalai, Deepak P Dubal, D J Martin, Y Yamauchi, D J Searles, XS Zhao Potassium‐ion storage in cellulose derived hard carbon: The role of functional groups. Batteries & Supercaps, 2020, 6. 

• Yilan Wu†, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam†, C Zhang, H Lu, C Wang, D Goldberg and X.S. Zhao. Stabilising Cobalt Sulphide Nanocapsules with Nitrogen-Doped Carbon for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Storage. Nano-Micro Letters, 2020, 12, 48. (Co-first author)

• X Fan, S Garai, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, PV Menezes, DP Dubal, Y Yamauchi, PW Menezes, AK Nanjundan and XS Zhao. Uncovering giant nanowheels for magnesium ion-based batteries. Materials Today Chemistry 2020, 16, 100221. 

• H Lu, L Zhang, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, X Sun, C Xiao, T dugnan, J Zhu nad X S Zhao, Microcrystalline Cellulose-derived Porous Carbons with Defective Sites for Electrochemical Applications, Journal of materials chemistry A, 2019, 39, 22579. 

• Y Wu, X Fan, Y Cehn, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Y Feng, C Xiao, C Lin, Q Zhao, X Sun, H Wang, C Liu, J Li and X S Zhao, Fluorine Substitution Enabling Pseudocapacitive Intercalation of Sodium Ions in Niobium Oxyfluoride, Journal of materials chemistry A, 2019, 36, 20813. 

• Y Rangom, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, T Duignan and X. S. Zhao, Improvement of hard carbon electrode performance by manipulating SEI formation at high charging rates, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2019, 38, 34796. 

• X Sun, H Lu, T.E. Rufford, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Timothy Duignan, Xin Fan, and X. S. Zhao, A flexible graphene-carbon fiber composite electrode with high surface area-normalized capacitance, Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2019 (DOI: 10.1039/C9SE00099B)

• Yilan Wu, Rohit Ranaganathan Gaddam, Xin Fan, Qinglan Zhao, Dongfang Yang, Xiaoming Sun, Xiu Song Zhao, Mesoporous niobium pentoxide/carbon composite electrodes for sodium-ion capacitors, Journal of Power Sources, 2018, 408, 82-90. 

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Nanjundan Ashok Kumar and X S Zhao, Carbon nanoparticle-based three-dimensional binder-free anode for rechargeable alkali-ion batteries, Materials Today Energy, 2018, 8, 29-36.

• Qinglan Zhao, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Dongfang Yang, Ekaterina Strounina, Andrew K. Whittaker, and X. S. Zhao, Pyromellitic dianhydride-based polyimide anodes for sodium-ion batteries, Electrochemica Acta, 2018, 265, 702-708.

• X Sun, H Lu, Peng Liu, T E Rufford, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam; X Fan and X S Zhao, A reduced graphene oxide-NiO composite electrode with a high and stable capacitance, Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2018 (DOI: 10.1039/C7SE00420F). 

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, A. H. F. Niaei, Marlies Henkel, Debra Searles, Nanjundan Ashok Kumar and X.S. Zhao, Capacitance enhanced sodium-ion storage in nitrogen-rich hard carbons, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 22186-22192.

• D Yang, X Sun, K Lim, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, NA Kumar, K Kang, X S Zhao, Pre-sodiated nickel cobaltite for high-performance sodium-ion capacitors, Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 362, 358-365. 

• H Lu, X Sun, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, N A Kumar and X.S. Zhao, Electrocapacitive properties of nitrogen-containing porous carbon derived from cellulose, Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 360, 634-641. 

• Xin Fan, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Nanjundan Ashok Kumar and X.S. Zhao, A Hybrid Mg2+/Li+ Battery Based on Interlayer-Expanded MoS2/Graphene Cathode, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7, 1700317. N A Kumar, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Moorthy Suresh, Srinivasa Rao Varanasi, Suresh Kumar Bhatia and Xiu Song Zhao, Porphyrin-based Graphene Oxide Frameworks for Long Life Sodium Ion Batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 13204-13211. 

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Edward Jiang, Nasim Amiralian, Pratheep K. Annamalai, Darren Martin, Nanjundan Ashok Kumara and X. S. Zhao, Spinifex Nanocellulose Derived Hard Carbon as Anodes for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries, Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2017,1, 1090-1097. (Listed in the 2017 Sustainable Energy and Fuels HOT Articles)

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Sudip Mukharjee, Neelambaram Punugupati, D Vasudevan, Chitranjan Patra, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Facile synthesis of Carbon dot and residual carbon nanobeads: Implications for ion sensing, medicinal and biological applications, Materials Science & Engineering C, 2017, 73, 643-652. 

• NA Kumar†, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam†, SR Varanasi, Dongfang Yang, SK Bhatia and X.S. Zhao, Sodium ion storage in reduced graphene oxide, Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 214, 319-325. 

• Srinivasarao Pilla, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Novel nanocarbon/polyurethane composites for corrosion resistant coatings, Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) Plastic Research Online; DOI: 10.2417/spepro.006780.

• Srinivasarao Pilla, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Nitrogen Rich Hyperbranched Polyurethane-Carbon Nanohorn Composite: Implications on the Development of Multifunctional Coatings, Polymer composite, DOI 10.1002/pc.24208, 2016. 

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Dongfang Yang, Ramanuj Narayan, KVSN Raju, Nanjundan Ashok Kumar and X.S. Zhao, Biomass Derived Carbon Nanoparticle as anodes for High Performance Sodium and Lithium Ion Batteries, Nano-Energy, 2016, 26, 346-352. 

• Srinivasarao Pilla, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Bio-sourced graphitic nanoparticle loaded hyperbranched polyurethane nanocomposites- applications as multifunctional high-performance coatings, RSC-New Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 39, 7219. 

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Sasidhar K, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Recent developments of camphor-based carbon nanomaterial: Their latent applications and future prospects, Nano-structures and Nano-objects, 2015, 3, 1-8.

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Srinivasarao Pilla, D Vasudevan, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Facile synthesis of bio-sourced graphitic nano-particle anchored silica nano-particle hybrid for the development of functional polyurethane composite, Progress in Organic Coatings, 2015, 87, 45.

• D Vasudevan, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Adrian Trinchi and Ivan Cole, A review on Core Shell Quantum Dots: Properties and applications, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015, 636, 395.

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Sasidhar Kantheti, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Bulk synthesis of green carbon nanomaterials from Desmostachya bipinnata for the development of functional polyurethane hybrid coatings, Progress in organic coatings, 2015, 79, 37. 

• Malavika Arun, Sasidhar Kantheti, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Surface modification of TiO2 nanoparticles with 1,3,5-triazine based silane coupling agent and its cumulative effect on the properties of polyurethane composite coating, Journal of Polymer Research, 2014, 21, 600. 

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, D Vasudevan, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Controllable synthesis of biosourced blue-green fluorescent carbon dots from camphor for the detection of heavy metal ions in water, RSC Advances 2014, 4, 57137. 

• Sasidhar kantheti, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Hyperbranched polyol decorated carbon nanotube by click chemistry for functional polyurethane urea hybrid composites, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 24420. 

• Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Sasidhar kantheti, Ramanuj Narayan and KVSN Raju, Graphitic nanoparticles from thermal dissociation of camphor as an effective filler in polymeric coatings, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 23043.

• Ziaudeen Syed Abuthahir, Rohit Ranganathan Gaddam, Praveen Kumar Pallapothu, Manoj Krishna Sugumar and Jagannathan Rangarajan, Supra gap excitation properties of differently confined PbS-nanostructured materials studied with opto-impedance spectroscopy, Journal of Nanophotonics, 2013, 7, 073075.