Palani Balaya

10.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
116 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Palani Balaya is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Palani Balaya has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 32 papers in Materials Chemistry and 26 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Palani Balaya's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (80 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (70 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (24 papers). Palani Balaya is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (80 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (70 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (24 papers). Palani Balaya collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, India and Germany. Palani Balaya's co-authors include Joachim Maier, Saravanan Kuppan, Ashish Rudola, Hong Li, Markas Law, C. W. Mason, Vishwanathan Ramar, Jagadese J. Vittal, Jelena Popović and Yong‐Sheng Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Palani Balaya

116 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Fundamentals, status and promise of sodium-based batteries

2021 1.0k citations Robert Usiskin, Yaxiang Lu et al. Nature Reviews Materials profile →
The First Report on Excellent Cycling Stability and Superior Rate Capability of Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃ for Sodium Ion Batteries

2012 721 citations Saravanan Kuppan, Ashish Rudola et al. profile →
Fully Reversible Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Li Storage in RuO₂ with High Capacity

2003 575 citations Palani Balaya, Joachim Maier et al. profile →
Li-Storage via Heterogeneous Reaction in Selected Binary Metal Fluorides and Oxides

2004 548 citations Palani Balaya, Joachim Maier et al. Journal of The Electrochemical Society profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Palani Balaya	8.5k	3.2k	2.4k	2.1k	1.2k	116	9.7k
J.‐M. Tarascon	8.8k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	83	10.2k
Zheng‐Wen Fu	8.3k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	865 0.7×	203	9.2k
Neeraj Sharma	7.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	229	8.1k
Pedro Lavela	7.8k 0.9×	3.2k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	203	8.7k
Laure Monconduit	7.7k 0.9×	3.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	187	8.7k
Shigeto Okada	10.1k 1.2×	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.5×	1.6k 1.3×	266	11.1k
Yunhui Huang	9.4k 1.1×	4.8k 1.5×	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	865 0.7×	113	10.3k
Robert Dominko	12.9k 1.5×	3.0k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	4.1k 1.9×	2.3k 1.8×	228	14.0k
Hun‐Gi Jung	11.3k 1.3×	3.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	3.7k 1.8×	1.2k 1.0×	194	11.9k
Philipp Adelhelm	13.4k 1.6×	4.0k 1.2×	4.2k 1.8×	3.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	145	15.3k

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Padhy, Harihara, et al.. (2024). Dilithium pyridine-2, 5-dicarboxylate as potential anode material for Li-ion battery. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 962. 118283–118283. 1 indexed citations

Dwivedi, Sushmita, Sudharshan Vasudevan, & Palani Balaya. (2024). A dual aliovalent ion doped NASICON ceramic filler embedded in the PEO–NaTFSI polymer matrix for high-performance solid-state sodium-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(34). 22867–22882. 4 indexed citations

Law, Markas, et al.. (2024). Defect-Enhanced Lithium Storage Performance of Nanostructured Mesoporous LiFePO₄ for a High-Power Lithium-Ion Battery. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 171(2). 20502–20502. 3 indexed citations

Vasudevan, Sudharshan, et al.. (2024). Investigation of Solid Polymer Electrolytes for NASICON-Type Solid-State Symmetric Sodium-Ion Battery. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(38). 50736–50746. 9 indexed citations

Li, Jing, Markas Law, Zhaoyu Chen, et al.. (2024). In-situ assembly of 3D VS2/Reduced graphene oxide with superior lithium ion storage performance: The role of heterojunction. Journal of Power Sources. 621. 235296–235296. 7 indexed citations

Gajjela, Satyanarayana Reddy, et al.. (2022). A Study on the Capacity Degradation in Na _3.2 V _1.8 Zn _0.2 (PO ₄ ) ₃ Cathode and Hard Carbon Anode Based Sodium-Ion Cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(8). 80507–80507. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Chen, et al.. (2022). A study on heat generation characteristics of Na3V2(PO4)3 cathode and hard carbon anode-based sodium-ion cells. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 147(16). 8631–8649. 6 indexed citations

Camacho, Paula Sanz, Mathieu Duttine, Alain Wattiaux, et al.. (2021). Impact of Synthesis Conditions in Na-Rich Prussian Blue Analogues. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(36). 42682–42692. 54 indexed citations

Wang, Chen, et al.. (2021). A fire-retarding electrolyte using triethyl phosphate as a solvent for sodium-ion batteries. Chemical Communications. 58(4). 533–536. 25 indexed citations

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Usiskin, Robert, Yaxiang Lu, Jelena Popović, et al.. (2021). Fundamentals, status and promise of sodium-based batteries. Nature Reviews Materials. 6(11). 1020–1035. 1021 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Chen, et al.. (2020). A comprehensive study on the electrolyte, anode and cathode for developing commercial type non-flammable sodium-ion battery. Energy storage materials. 29. 287–299. 55 indexed citations

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Rudola, Ashish, et al.. (2020). Analysis of Heat Generation and Impedance Characteristics of Prussian Blue Analogue Cathode-based 18650-type Sodium-ion Cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167(11). 110504–110504. 31 indexed citations

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Xi, Shibo, et al.. (2020). Introducing Na-sufficient P3-Na_0.9Fe_0.5Mn_0.5O₂ as a cathode material for Na-ion batteries. Chemical Communications. 56(73). 10686–10689. 24 indexed citations

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Rudola, Ashish, et al.. (2019). Developing an O3 type layered oxide cathode and its application in 18650 commercial type Na-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(45). 25944–25960. 55 indexed citations

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Rudola, Ashish, Saravanan Kuppan, S. Devaraj, Hao Gong, & Palani Balaya. (2013). Na2Ti6O13: a potential anode for grid-storage sodium-ion batteries. Chemical Communications. 49(67). 7451–7451. 190 indexed citations

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Hariharan, S., Saravanan Kuppan, Vishwanathan Ramar, & Palani Balaya. (2013). A rationally designed dual role anode material for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries: case study of eco-friendly Fe3O4. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(8). 2945–2945. 160 indexed citations

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Hu, Yong‐Sheng, Yu‐Guo Guo, Wilfried Sigle, et al.. (2006). Electrochemical lithiation synthesis of nanoporous materials with superior catalytic and capacitive activity. Nature Materials. 5(9). 713–717. 212 indexed citations

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Zhukovskii, Yuri F., Palani Balaya, E. A. Kotomin, & Joachim Maier. (2006). Evidence for Interfacial-Storage Anomaly in Nanocomposites for Lithium Batteries from First-Principles Simulations. Physical Review Letters. 96(5). 58302–58302. 205 indexed citations

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Balaya, Palani, et al.. (2004). Dielectric and conductivity studies on lead silicate glasses having mixed alkali and alkaline earth metal oxides. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 2 indexed citations

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Krishna, P. S. R., et al.. (1997). Structure of highly conducting amorphous carbon. Physica B Condensed Matter. 241-243. 921–923. 2 indexed citations

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