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Gaganjot Singh is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Nanofabrication, Optoelectronic, and Energy Applications (NOA) Research Group headed by Dr. Pedro Salome and is involved in the Thin Film Batteries Project (BP-6), which focuses on the development of All Solid-State Batteries (ASSB) with an emphasis on the development of new solid state electrolytes materials and fabrication processes for Na-ion and Li-ion batteries.
He completed his doctorate in Thin Flim Flexible Printable Batteries at India Institute of Technology Kanpur in India [December 2023] under the supervision of Prof. Monica Katiyar of Department of Materials Science & Engineering. He developed polymer based different flexible electrolytes, electrodes and current collectors along with the thin film fabrication process for flexible printable batteries.
Prior to joining INL, he started working as a Project Scientist at the National Centre for Flexible Electronics, India (NC-FlexE) at Institute of Technology Kanpur in India [January 2024]. Here his work was focused on increasing the shelf life of Zinc-Silver flexible printable primary batteries by suppressing the hydrogen evolution using gas inhibitors. As a Project Scientist at NC-FlexE, IIT Kanpur, he actively participated in industrial initiatives that specifically aim to commercialize lithium-ion coin cells. The focus of this project was on the development of standard Li-ion coin cells using commercial materials like MCMB, LCO, and LiPF6. He also contributed to the team involved with the development of oxide-based and carbon-based composites for anode materials for Li-ion batteries.
For his master’s degree [2014] in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering from School of Physics & Materials Science, Thapar University, Patiala (India), he worked with Prof. Poonam Uniyal on the development of TiO2 nanoparticles for their applications in photocatalysis.
He obtained his bachelor's degree [2011] and polytechnic degree [2008] in Mechanical Engineering. He has an experience of 2.5 years where he worked as a Tool Design Engineer in the manufacturing sector.