IITKGP

Koushik Biswas

Professor

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

+91-3222-283244

k_biswas@metal.iitkgp.ac.in

Research Areas

  • Energy materials (Hydrogen storage - Solid Oxide Fuel Cell - Lithium Ion Battery)
    Electroceramics (Ferroelectric - Pyroelectric - Relaxor - Multiferroics)
    Structural Ceramics (ZrO2 - Al2O3 - TBC - SiC)
    Ceramic Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites (steel and Al-based MMC with SiC - TiC-other Carbide)
    Sintering (Conventional - Microwave - SPS)
    Abinitio (DFT) and MD Modeling
  • A high ionic conductive glass fiber-based ceramic electrolyte system for magnesium ion battery application Singh R., Janakiraman S., Agrawal A., Nayak D., Ghosh S., Biswas K. By Ceramics International 46 13677-13684 (2020)
  • A high thermally stable polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based gel polymer electrolyte for rechargeable Mg-ion battery Singh R., Janakiraman S., Khalifa M., Anandhan S., Ghosh S., Venimadhav A., Biswas K. By Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 31 22912-22925 (2020)
  • An amorphous poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) based gel polymer electrolyte for magnesium ion battery Singh R., Janakiraman S. , Agrawal A. , Ghosh S. , Adyam V. , Biswas K. By Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 858 113788- (2020)
  • Synthesis optimization and investigation on electrical properties of Fe+2-doped Mg2TiO4 ceramics for energy storage Singh R., Biswas K. By Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 31 12434-12443 (2020)
  • DFT study of Li2NiTiO4 and vanadium-doped Li2NiTiO4 Chakrabarti S., Biswas K. By Ionics 26 1357-1363 (2020)
  • High ionic conductive glass fiber-based ceramic electrolyte system for magnesium ion battery application Singh R., Janakiraman S. , Agrawal A. , Ghosh S. , Biswas K. By Ceramics International 46 13677-13684 (2020)
  • Effect of Heat Input on Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties of Electron-Beam-Welded Inconel 718 Sharma S. K., Biswas K. , Majumdar J. D. By Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 29 1706-1714 (2020)
  • Microstructural characterization of laser surface-melted Inconel 718 Sharma S.K., Biswas K., Nath A.K., Manna I., Majumdar J.D. By Journal of Optics (India) 49 494-509 (2020)
  • Microstructural change during laser welding of Inconel 718 Sharma S. K., Biswas K. , Nath A. K., Manna I. , Majumdar J. D. By Optik 218 165029- (2020)

Principal Investigator

  • Identification of problem in refractory castables in the rotary kiln of DRI plant in Rashmi Metaliks and suggested remedial
  • POWDER METALLURGY LABORATORY EQUIPMENT USAGE
  • Technology Development and Demonstration for Stanag Level 3/4 Rated Composite Integral Armour for Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs)

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Exploratory synthesis of Hard Carbon anode and identified cathode (TMO) and optimize in half-cell and full cells in coin cell, cylindrical and pouch formats for sodium ion batteries Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development

Ph. D. Students

Ayyappan M

Area of Research: Laser cladding of composite (metal-ceramic) materials for ballistic applications

Gobinda Chandra Mohanty

Area of Research: Nanomaterials for Energy Applications

Hari Shankar Mandi

Area of Research: Hydrogen storage materials

Ishani Ganguly

Area of Research: Solid oxide fuel cell

Parimi Vamsi Krishna

Area of Research: Structure-property relations of C fibre-SiC composites prepared by chemical vapor infiltration

Sanchayan Mahato

Area of Research: Battery materials

Shubhranshu Shekhar Panda

Area of Research: Laser cladding materials

Soma Maji

Area of Research: Thermal Barrier Coating

Subhajit Pan

Area of Research: Solid oxide fuel cell component materials