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Name
Dr. K S Dhathathreyan
Designation
Associate Director
Qualification
Ph.D.
Research areas of interest
All aspects of Hydrogen Technology (Hydrogen generation, fuel cells, Hydrogen storage ,
Hydrogen sensors), Energy conversion devices (batteries, super capacitor), Renewable Energy,
Electric vehicles, Materials research, Polymer Science
List of journal publications
Refereed International Journals
1. Prasannan Karthika, Hamed Ataee-Esfahani, Hongjing Wang,Malar Auxilia Francis,
Hideki Abe, Natarajan Rajalakshmi,Kaveripatnam S. Dhathathreyan, Dakshinamoorthy
Arivuoli,] and Yusuke Yamauchi , “Synthesis of Mesoporous Pt–Ru Alloy Particles with
Uniform Sizes by Sophisticated Hard-Templating Method, Chem. Asian J. 2013, 00, 0 –
0 [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201201107 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201201107
2. K. Ramya, K.S. Dhathathreyan, J. Sreenivas, S. Kumar and S. Narasimhan , “ Hydrogen
production by alcoholysis of sodium borohydride “ , Int. J. Energy Res. (2013)
,Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI: 10.1002/er.3006
3. Viswanath Sasank Bethapudi, Rajalakshmi N., and Dhathathreyan K. S., “Design and
Optimization of a Closed Two Loop Thermal Management Configuration for PEM Fuel
Cell Using Heat Transfer Modules ‘International Journal of Chemical Engineering and
Applications, Vol. 3, No. 4, August 2012
4. M Maidhily, N Rajalakshmi, K S Dhathathreyan, “Electrochemical impedance
spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool for the evaluation of flow field geometry in polymer
electrolyte membrane fuel cell “ , Renewable Energy ( Accepted for Publication ) 2012
5. P Karthika ,N Rajalakshmi and K S Dhathathreyan , “Phosphorus doped Exfoliated
Graphene for Supercapacitor Electrodes “ J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnolgy (
Accepted for Publication ) 2012
6. S. Nagarajan, P. Sudhagar, V. Raman, Woohyung Cho, K. S. Dhathathreyan and Yong
Soo Kang , “A PEDOT-reinforced exfoliated graphite composite as a Pt- and TCO-free
flexible counter electrode for polymer electrolyte dye-sensitized solar cells” in Journal of
Materials Chemistry A, DOI: 10.1039/c2ta00091a
7. K S Dhathathreyan, K. Jeyakumar and S Pandiyan, “Forced air breathing PEMFC Stack
“ International Journal of Electrochemistry, Volume 2012, Article ID 216494
8. S Naveen Kumar , N Rajalakshmi and K S Dhathathreyan , Efficient Power Conditioner
for a fuel cell stack- Ripple Current Reduction using Multiphase Converter , “Smart Grid
and Renewable Energy , doi:10.4236/sgre.2012 ( in Press) . 2012
9. P Karthika, N Rajalakshmi and K S Dhathathreyan , “Functionalised Exfoliated
Graphene Oxide as Supercapacitor Electrodes “ Soft Nanoscience Letteers , 2012, 2,
59-66
10. B. P. Vinayan, Rupali Nagar, V. Raman, N. Rajalakshmi, K. S. Dhathathreyan and S.
Ramaprabhu, Synthesis of graphene-multiwalled carbon nanotubes hybrid nanostructure
by strengthened electrostatic interaction and its lithium ion battery application , J. Mater.
Chem., 2012, xx, 1–9
11. P. Karthika, N. Rajalakshmi, R. Imran Jaffri, S. Ramaprabhu, and K. S. Dhathathreyan ,
“Functionalised 2D Graphene Sheets as Catalyst Support for Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cell Electrodes” in Advanced Science Letters, Vol. 4, 1–6, 2012
12. S Pandiyan , A Elayaperumal, N Rajalakshmi, K S Dhathathreyan and N
.Venkateshwaran, “Design and analysis of a proton exchange membrane fuel cells (
PEMFC) , Renewable Energy xxx(2012), 1-5
13. K S Dhathathreyan , Fuel cell development in India”” , The Journal of Fuel Cell
Technology, Japan , (2011) , 11(1) , 36-49.
14. K. Ramya, J. Sreenivas, K.S. Dhathathreyan, Study of a porous membrane
humidification method in polymer electrolyte fuel cells , Int. J. Hydrogen Energy , 36 (
2011) 14866-14872
15. V. Senthil Velan , G. Velayutham, Neha Hebalkar , K.S. Dhathathreyan , Effect of SiO2
additives on the PEM fuel cell electrode performance , Int. J. Hydrogen Energy , 36 (
2011) 14815-14822
16. M Maidhily, N Rajalakshmi, K S Dhathathreyan, “Electrochemical impedance diagnosis
of micro porous layer in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell electrodes , Int. J.
Hydrogen Energy , 36 ( 2011) 12352-12360
17. B Yamini Sarada, K S Dhathathreyan and M Ramakrishna , Meliorated oxygen reduction
reaction of PEM fuel cell in the presence of cerium-zirconium oxide , Int. J. Hydrogen
energy , 36 ( 2011) 11886-11894
18. K. S. Dhathathreyan, “ The ARCI Fuel Cell Programme “ ISOFT e-Bulletin Vol. 02
No.01, June 1, page 2, 2011
19. Yamini Sarada Bhagvantalu, Maruthi T Bhagavantulu, and K S Dhathathreyan,
“Application of Artificial neural network in performance prediction of PEM fuel cell “, Int.
J. Energy research , (2011) , DOI 10.1002/er,1870
20. K S.Dhathathreyan and N.Rajalakshmi ,Challenges in PEM Fuel Cell Development , in “
Fuel Cells “ INCAS Bulletin, Vol. VIII No.3, 2009, 214-228 - Published in Nov. 2010
21. V Samrot, P.Senthikumar, K.Pavankumar, Akilandeswari.G.C, N.Rajalakshmi and
K.S.Dhathathreyan, , “Electricity generation by Enterobacter cloacae SU-1 in mediator
less microbial fuel cell “, Antony Int Journal of Hydrogen Energy Vol. 35, pp7723-29,
2010
22. C S Ramya, C K Subramaniam and K S Dhathathreyan ,”Perfluorosulfonic acid based
electrochemical double layer capacitor “, J.Electrochem. Soc., USA , 157(5), A600-
A605, 2010
23. B K Kakati, V K Yamsani , K S Dhatahthreyan, D. Sathyamurthy and A Verma , The
Electrical conductivity of a composite bipolar plate for fuel cell applications “”, Carbon
(2009 ) – In Press
24. N Rajalakshmi, S Pandiyan and K S Dhathathreyan , “Vibrational tests on a PEM fuel
cell stack usable in transportation application , Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 34, Issue 9,
pp.3833-3837, 2009
25. , N. Rajalakshmi, G. Velayutham and K S Dhathathreyan , “” Sensitivity Analysiis of a
2.5 kW Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel cell stack by Statistical Method”, J. Fuel Cell
Science and Technology, 6 (1): 011003-1-6. 2009
26. N. Rajalakshmi, N. Lakshmi, K.S. Dhathathreyan , “Nano titanium oxide catalyst support
for proton exchange membrane fuel cells , International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
xxx ( 2008) 1 – 6
27. G Velayutham, K S Dhathathreyan , N Rajalakshmi and D Sampangi Raman , “”
Assessment of factors responsible for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel cell electrode
performance by Statistical Analysis “, J. Power Sources , ( in Press) , 2008
28. B. Krishnamurthy, S. Deepalochani, and K. S. Dhathathreyan , “Effect of Ionomer
Content in Anode and Cathode Catalyst Layers on Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Performance , FUEL CELLS 00, 2008, No. 0, 1–6 ( Science Direct)
29. G. Vasu, A.K. Tangirala, B. Viswanathan and K.S. Dhathathreyan , “” Continuous bubble
humidification and control of relative humidity of H2 for a PEMFC system , International
Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 33, Issue 17, September 2008, Pages 4640-4648
30. N. Rajalakshmi and K.S. Dhathathreyan , “” Nanostructured platinum catalyst layer
prepared by Pulsed Electro- Deposition for use in PEM fuel cells , International Journal
of Hydrogen Energy 33 ( 2008 ) 5672 – 5677
31. K.Ramya and K.S.Dhathathreyan, “ Methanol crossover studies on heat-treated Nafion®
membranes “J Membrane Science 311, 121-127 ,2008”
32. S.Pandian, K.Jayakumar, N.Rajalakshmi and K.S.Dhathathreyan, “Thermal and
Electrical Energy management in a PEMFC stack – An analytical approach, I Journal of
Heat and Mass transfer 2007
33. N. Rajalakshmi, S. Pandiyan, K.S. Dhathathreyan. “ Design and development of modular
fuel cell stacks for various applications” Int. Journal Of Hydrogen Energy 33, 449-454,
2008
34. K S Dhathathreyan , “Fuel cell Research at CFCT-ARCI “, HFCC Bulletin , Issue 5, p.8,
2006
35. G Velayutham , J Koushik, N.Rajalakshmi and K S Dhathathreyan , “Effect of PTFE
Content in Gas Diffusion Media and Microlayer on the Performance of PEMFC Tested
under Ambient Pressure”, Fuel cells Issue No 1, 2007, No. 1- 5
36. N.Rajalakshmi and K.S.Dhathathreyan Electrochemical reactivity mapping of the catalyst
layer of the PEMFC electrode by Scanning Electro Chemical Microscope(SECM),
Presented at the GRC conference at Rhode Island, Smithfield during July 22nd to 27th
July, 2007
37. S Pandiyan, N Rajalkshmi and K S Dhathathreyan , “Cost benefit analysis of commercial
bipolar plates for PEMFC, K Jayakumar, in J.Power Sources 161,454-459 ( 2006)
38. N. Rajalakshmi and K.S. Dhathathreyan, “Catalyst layer in PEMFC electrodes—
Fabrication, characterization and analysis , “ Chemical Engineering Journal, (In
Press) Available on line December 2006,
39. K. Ramya, G. Velayutham, C.K. Subramaniam, N. Rajalakshmi, K.S. Dhathathreyan ,
“Effect of solvents on the characteristics of Nafion®/PTFE composite membranes for fuel
cell applications “, Journal of Power Sources 160 (2006) 10–17.
40. N Lakshmi, N Rajalakshmi and K S Dhathathreyan , “Functionalisation of various
carbons for use in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell electrodes – Analysis and
Characterization “ , J Phys. D Appl. Phys , 39 (2006) 2785–2790
41. G. Velayutham, C Ramesh, N. Murugesan, V. Manivannan, K S Dhatahthreyan, G
Periaswami , “Nafion based Ameprometric Hydrogen Sensor , IONICS, (2004) 10: 1-5
42. Ganesh Mohan, B.Prabhakar Rao, Sarit K Das, S.Pandian, N.Rajalakshmi and
K.S.Dhathathreyan , Journal of Energy Resource Technology, “”Analysis of Flow
maldistribution of fuel and oxidant in a PEMFC”, Trans ASME 126,
262-270.(2004)
43. N.Rajalakshmi1, Hojin Ryu1 and K.S.Dhathathreyan, “ Platinum Catalysed Membranes
for Proton exchange Membrane fuel cells – Higher performance”, Chemical Engineering
Journal 102,241-247 , 2004
44. N. Rajalakshmi, T. T. Jayanth, R. Thangamuthu, G. Sasikumar, P. Sridhar and K. S.
Dhathathreyan, , “Water transport characteristics of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel
cell”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 29, Issue 10, August 2004,
Pages 1009-1014
45. N.Rajalakshmi, T.T.Jayanth and K.S.Dhathathreyan , “Effect of Carbon dioxide and
Ammonia on the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cell stack performance” in FUEL
CELLS ( in Press) , 2003
46. C. Ramesh, G. Velayutham, N. Murugesan , K S Dhathathreyan, G Periasami and
Ganesan “ An improved polymer electrolyte based amperometric hydrogen sensor” in
Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry , (2003),7:511-526
47. Gautam Gundiah, Govindaraj A , Rajalakshmi N, Dhathathreyan K S and Rao C N R ,
Hydrogen storage in carbon nanotubes and related materials, J. Materials Chem . ( 2003
) in Press
48. Ramya K and Dhathathreyan K S, Direct Methanol Fuel Cells: determination of fuel
cross over in a polymer electrolyte membrane, J. Electroanalytical Chem. 542, 109-115,
2003.
49. Rajalakshmi N, Sridhar P and Dhathathreyan K S , Identification of humidification
parameters for external humidification in PEMFC, Journal of Power Sources, 109, 452-
457,2002
50. Rajalakshmi N, Raja M and Dhathathreyan K S , Evaluation of current distribution in a
proton exchange membrane fuel cell by segmented cell approach, J Power Sources,
112, 331-336, 2002
51. Ramya K and Dhathathreyan K S , Poly(phenylene oxide) based polymer electrolyte
membranes for fuel cell applications, Journal of Applied Polymer Science (In Press)
52. Vishnupriya B , Ramya K and Dhathathreyan K S , Synthesis and characterization of
sulphonated poly(phenylene oxides) as membranes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells,
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 83(8),1792-1798,2002.
53. Raja M, Dhathathreyan K S , Balasubramanian K K and Venkatachalam C S, Cathodic
reduction of N-(2-iodophenyl)-N-alkylcinnamides: a novel sequential electrochemical
radical cyclisation and hydroxylation – in J.Chem.Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 ,2001, 1154-
1166
54. Rajalakshmi N, Dhathathreyan K S and Ramaprabhu S , Electrochemical investigations
of ZrCrmFenCopVo ( m+n+o+p =2 ) electrode for Ni-MH battery applications – Int.J
Hydrogen Energy, 26,1097,2001
55. Ramya K , Vishnupriya B and Dhathathreyan K S , Methanol permeability studies on
sulphonated polyphenylene oxide membrane for DMFC J.New materials for
Electrochemical systems, 4., No.2,115-120,2001
56. Sridhar P, Ramkumar Perumal, Rajalakshmi N, Raja M and Dhathathreyan K S ,
Humidification studies on polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell J.Power Sources,4332,
pp.1-7, 2001
57. Rajalakshmi N , Dhathathreyan K S , Govindaraj A and Satishkumar B C, Electrohemical
investigation of single walled carbon nanotubes for hydrogen storage, Electrochimia
Acta 45, 4511, 2000
58. Rajalakshmi N , Dhathathreyan K S , Ramaprabhu S , Investigation of novel metal
hydride electrode for Ni_MH batteries , Advances in Hydrogen Energy, p. 121, 2000
59. Rajalakshmi N , Dhathathreyan K S and Ramaprabhu S , in ACS National Meeting
series, 44(4), 957, 1999
60. Rajalakshmi N and Dhathathreyan K S , Evaluation of thermodynamic parameters for
hydrogen in the storage device ST-90, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 24,1067, 1999
61. Dhathathreyan K S ,Sridhar P, Sasikumar G, Ghosh K K, Velayutham G, Rajalakshmi
N, Subramaniam C K, Raja M and Ramya K , Development of polymer electrolyte
membrane Fuel Cell Stack , Int.J.of Hydrogen Energy, 24,1107 ,1999
62. Rajalakshmi N and Dhathathreyan K S , The Hydrogen solubility and thermodynamics of
dissolved hydrogen in Ti0.45Fe0.45B0.1 alloy system , Int.J.Hydrogen Energy, 23,879,
1998
63. Devanathan S , Lakshmi Brinda B, Dhathathreyan K S , Parthasarathy S and Srinivasan
V , Hydrogen absorption- desorption studies with hydrogen Storage unit ST-90
containing the alloy Mm Ni 4.6 Al 0.4 , Int.J.Hydrogen Energy, 20,441, 1995
64. Dhathathreyan K S , Brinda B L , Devanathan , S and Parthasarathy S , Hydrogen
desorption studies on hydrogen Storage unit ST-90 containing the alloy Mm Ni 4.6 Al 0.4 –
Identification of two hydride phases Int.J.Hydrogen Energy, 18,391,1993
65. K S Dhathathreyan and H Diebler , Interaction of Poly(nucleic acids) with Cobalt and
Zinc -,- Int.J. Phys.Chem., 1991
66. T Chivers, K S Dhathathreyan and T Ziegler, n2-S-S-1,5-Dithia-2,4,6,8-tetrazocine
analogues of n2-alkene complexes : Preparation and electronic structure of Pt[1.5-
(Me2N)2C2N4S2] (PPh3)2 - J Chem.Soc.,Chem.Commn. 86, 1989
67. T Chivers,K S Dhathathreyan,C Lensink, A Meetsma, J C van de Grampel amd J L de
Boer, Cyclophospha(III)thiazenes : Preparation and structural comparison of cis
(CO)5Cr[tBuP(NSN)PBut] Cr(CO)5 and trans -(CO)5Cr[iPrNP(NSN)PNPri2]Cr(CO)5 and a
rational synthesis of the PIIIN3S2 rings - Inorg.Chem., 28,4150,1989
68. T Chivers,K S Dhathathreyan, C Lensink, and W Liblong, Synthesis and structures of
metal carbonyl complexes of P(III)-N-S rings and the ligand properties of P(V)-N-S rings
-, Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silica., 41,85,1989
69. T Chivers, K S Dhathathreyan, S W Liblong, and T Parks, Specific synthesis of the
unsaturated phosphorus -nitrogen-sulfur rings, Ph2PN3S2,1,5-(R2P)2N4S2 and R2PN5S3
(R=Ph,Me) - Inorg.Chem., 27,1305,1988
70. T Chivers, K S Dhathathreyan, C Lensink, and J F Richardson , Preparation and ligand
properties of thionylimino derivatives of aresenic (III) - X-ray crystal structure of
Cr(CO)5(Ph2AsNSO) - Inorg.Chem., 27, 1570, 1988
71. K S Dhathathreyan, A.P Jekel and J C van de Grampel, . Reactions of lithium enolates
with (NPCl2)3-n(NSOPh)n ( n+1,2) - J Chem.Soc.,Dalton Trans., 1099, 1988
72. J C van de Grampel,A Jekel, K S Dhathathreyan,C W Allen, and d e Brown, Polymers
containing cyclothiaphosphazene units - ACS Symposium Series 1987
73. S Ganapathiappan, K S Dhathathreyan, and S S Krishnamurthy, New initiators for the
ring opening polymerization of Hexachlorocyclotriphosphazenes- Macromolecules,
20,1501, 1987
74. H W Roesky,Th.Gries,K S Dhathathreyan and H Lueken , Chelate- like sandwich
complexes of the tripod ligand Tris(diethoxyphosphoryl) phosphane with bivalent cations
of Mn,Fe,,Co and Ni - Z . Anorg.All.Chem., 547, 199,1987
75. F J Viersen, B de Ruiter, K S Dhathathreyan , J C van de Grampel, and F von Bolhuis ,
Friedel-Crafts reaction of (NPCl2)2(NSOCl) and cis NPCl2(NSOCl)2 with mono
substituted benzenes - Phosphorus and Sulfur, 26,265, 1986.
76. H W Roesky, V M Pogatski, K S Dhathathreyan, A Thiel, G Schmidt, M Dyrbusch, M
Noltemeyer and G M Sheldrick, Synthesis and structures of bicyclic phosphoranes -
product resulting from the reaction of hexafluoroacetone with mercury salts - Chem.
Ber. 119, 2687, 1986.
77. H Hoeve, K S Dhathathreyan, J C van de Grampel and F von Bolhuis , . Spirocyclic
derivatives of NPCl2(NSOX)2 (X=Ph,Cl,F) - Phosphorus and Sulfur 26, 293,1986
78. H W Roesky,J Lucas,K Keller, K S Dhathathreyan,M Noltemeyer and G M Sheldrick,
Reactions of hexafluoroacetone with alkalicyanates , , Chem .Ber. 118,2659,1985
79. P Y Narayanawamy,K S Dhathathreyan, and S S Krishnamurthy, Mechanism of
formation of bicyclicphosphazemnes – isolation of a versatile tetrakis(amino)intermediate
N4P4Cl4(Nme2)2(NHEt)2 , Inorg.Chem. 24,640,1985
80. H W Roesky, K S Dhathathreyan, M Noltemeyer, and G M Sheldrick, Reactions of
hexafluorothioacetone dimer with cyanides of phosphorus, arsenic and germanium,
Z.Naturforsch. 40B, 240, 1985
81. H W Roesky,and K S Dhathathreyan, Insertion of P(CN)3and As(CN)3 as their isonitrile
forms into the dimer of hexafluorothioacetone, J.Chem.soc.Chem.Commn. 1053,1984
82. K S Dhathathreyan, S S Krishnamurthy, A R Vasudevamurthy, R A Shaw and M Woods,
Studies of Phophazenes Part 15 – Chloro(phenoxy)cyclotetraphosphazenes,
J.Chem.Soc.Dalton Trans. 2151,1982
83. K S Dhathathreyan, S S Krishnamurthy, A R Vasudevamurthy, R A Shaw and M Woods,
Studies of Phosphazenes Part 14 – The tautomerism of oxocyclotriphosphazadienes ,
J.Chem.soc.Dalton trans. 1549,1982
84. K S Dhathathreyan, S S Krishnamurthy, A R Vasudevamurthy, R A Shaw and M Woods,
Studies of Phosphazenes Part 13- Thermal rearrangement reactions of some
methoxycyclophosphazenes - J.Chem.Soc. Dalton Trans. 1928,1980
85. K S Dhathathreyan, S S Krishnamurthy, A R Vasudevamurthy, R A Shaw and M
Woods,, Tautomeric forms of Hydroxycyclotriphosphazatrienes
J.Chem.Soc.Chem.Commn.231, 1980
86. K S Dhathathreyan, S S Krishnamurthy, A R Vasudevamurthy, R A Shaw and M
Woods, Thermal rearrangement reactions of methoxycyclophosphazenes –
Inorg.Nucl.Chem.Letters, 15,109,1979
Refereed National Journals
1. Subramaniam C K , Rajalakshmi N, Ramya K and Dhathathreyan K S , High
performance gas diffusion electrodes for PEMFC , Bull.Electrochem. 16,350,2000
2. Velayutham G, Pugazhendhi P and Dhathathreyan K S, Polymer electrolyte membrane
Fuel cell electrodes using screen printing Method, J.Electrochem.Soc.India, 48-3, 235-
241, 1999
3. Ghosh K K , Velayutham G and Dhathathreyan K S , Issues pertaining to PEMFC Stack
design , Bull. Of Electrochemistry, 15, 385, 1999
4. P Ramabrahmam, K S Dhathathreyan, S S Krishnamurthy, and M Woods, Studies of
Phosphazenes Part 16 – Spectroscopic investigations of bicyclic phosphazenes of types
N4P4(NHR)6(NR) and N4P4(Nme2)5(NHR)(NR) –Ind.J Chem. 22,1,1983
Conference proceedings
Papers presented at International conferences
1. B. Viswanath Sasank, N.Rajalakshmi and K.S. Dhathathreyan, “PEMFC stack
activation through thermal management, 11th ASME conference on fuell cells science
engineering and technology, at Minneapolis, USA during July 16th 2013
2. N.Rajalakshmi,J.A.Preeti,R.Imran Jaffri and K.S.Dhathathtreyan , “Graphene based Pt
electrocatalyst for SO2 tolerance in PEMFC” , Hypothesis – 2013 ,Edinburgh , UK 2013
3. P.Karthika, N.Rajalakshmi and K.S.Dhathathreyan , and D.Arivouli, “Pt-Graphene
catalyst for enhanced electrochemical performance towards methanol oxidation in fuel
cell”, Hypothesis – 2013 ,Edinburgh, UK 2013
4. B.Sasank, N.Rajalakshmi and K.S.Dhathathreyan, “PEMFC for transport application at
CFCT, ARCI “, Hypothesis -2013, Edinburgh , UK 2013
5. B.Sasank, N.Rajalakshmi and K.S.Dhathathreyan,DCM and PCM based thermal
management for fuel cells”” , Hypothesis-2013, Edinburgh , UK 2013
6. K S Dhathathreyan, “Design , Development and Operational Experience of Non-
humidified PEMFC systems built with light weight bipolar plates”, at PETROTECH 2012
, N. Delhi , Oct. 14-17, 2012
7. R. Delma Jones Rufina, P. S. Karthi, K.S. Dhathathreyan and Raman Vedarajan “CdS
Nanorods Deposited Titania Nanotubes Array for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen
generation” at ICONSAT-2012 , Hyderabad , Jan. 20-23, 2012
8. Vinayan B P, Rupali Nagar, Raman Vedarajan, K. S. Dhathathreyan, N. Rajalakshmi
and S. Ramaprabhu, Polyelectrolyte functionalized graphene-multi walled carbon
nanotube hybrid nanomaterial as anode for Li-ion battery, International Conference on
nanoscience and nanotechnology, Kochi, Kerala, August 14-17, 2011
9. K S Dhathathreyan , “Fuel cell Activities in India “ at Indo-Korean Workshop on “Energy
& Environment” at Seoul, South Korea during May 2-5, 2011
10. PEM Fuel Cell Stack Development and Application Demonstration at ARC-International ,
K S Dhathathreyan , N Rajalakshmi , K Ramya and G Velayutham , IUMRS-ICEM 2010
, Aug. 22-27, 2010 , Seoul, S. Korea
11. Role of Cobalt in carbon supported Pt-Co catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction activity
in PEMFC , N Rajalakshmi , P Karthika , M.Maidhily and K S Dhathathreyan , Gordon
Research Conference on Fuel cells , Bryant univ. Smithfield, Rhode Island , USA ,
Aug.1-6, 2010
12. Challenges in PEMFC stack operation- Humidity Balance Perspective , R. Arvind Vivek,
N.Rajalakshmi and .S.Dhathathreyan , FUCETECH-2009, Mumbai , Nov. 11-13, 2009
13. Effect of SiO2 additives on the PEM Fuel Cell electrode performance, V.Senthil Velan1
G.Velayutham1, Neha Hebalkar2 and K.S.Dhathathreyan1 FUCETECH-2009, Mumbai ,
Nov. 11-13, 2009
14. Effect of micro-layer PTFE on the performance of PEM Fuel Cell electrodes
G.Velayutham and K.S.Dhathathreyan1 FUCETECH-2009, Mumbai , Nov. 11-13, 2009
15. Study Of A Porous Membrane Humidification Method In Polymer Electrolyte Membrane
Fuel Cells (PEMFC) K.Ramya, J.Sreenivas and K.S.Dhathathreyan FUCETECH-2009,
Mumbai , Nov. 11-13, 2009
16. Fuel Cell development at Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, ARC-International, K S
Dhathathreyan FUCETECH-2009, Mumbai , Nov. 11-13, 2009
17. Forced air breathing PEMFC stacks ,K.S.Dhathathreyan, N.Rajalakshmi, K.Jayakumar,
S.Pandian FUCETECH-2009, Mumbai , Nov. 11-13, 2009
18. N.Rajalakshmi and K.S.Dhathathreyan , “Design & Development of Modular Fuel cell
stacks for various applications” at International Workshop on “Hydrogen Energy ,
production, storage and application (IWHE 2006)” Jaipur, India Nov. 2006
19. Influence of gas Diffusion Substrate ( GDS) on the performance of PEM fuel cell – G
Velayutham, J Kaushik and K S Dhathathreyan – International Symposium on Materials
Chemistry , Mumbai, India Dec. 4-8, 2006
20. Characterization and optimization of Low Cost activated carbon fabric as substrate layer
for PEM Fuel cell Electrode - N Rajalakshmi , G Velayutham, K Ramya, C K
Subramaniam and K S Dhathathreyan - Third ASME International Conference on Fuel
cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Ypsilanti, Michigan U S A May 23-25, 2005
21. High performance Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel cell Electrodes - N.Rajalakshmi*,
R.Rajini and K.S.Dhathathreyan Technical paper – Second ASME International
Conference on Fuel cell Science, Engineering and technology, Rochester Univ, U S A
(2004)
22. PEM Fuel Cell Stack Development – Grafoil bipolar materials- a feasibility study -
N.Rajalakshmi*, V,Vijay, S.Pandian and K.S.Dhathathreyan Technical paper - Second
International Conference on Fuel cell science, Engineering and Technology, Rochester
Univ, U S A (2004)
23. Hydrogen Technology Development at SPIC Science Foundation at the World
Conference on Hydrogen and Fuel cells , Vancouver, Canada, June11-14, 2003
24. P. Pugazhendhi, G Velayutham and K.S.Dhathathreyan “ Development of larger area
PEMFC electrodes” Presented in Symposium on hydrogen-electrochemistry and
energetics” Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondhein, Norway June
16-18, 1999.
25. K S Dhathathreyan et.al., “ Synthetic and structural studies of cyclophosphathiazenes
and their adducts with Lewis acids “ – International conference on Phosphorus
Chemistry, Bonn, W.Germany, 1987
26. K S Dhathathreyan et. Al., “ Polymers containing thiaphosphazene units – proceedings
of the 193rd ACS National Meeting, Denver, U s A 1987
27. H W Roesky, K S Dhathathreyan, J Lucas – Conference on Fluorine Chemistry,
Bayreuth, W. Germany, 1984
28. K S Dhathathreyan, S S Krishnamurthy, A R Vasudevamurthy, R A Shaw and M
Woods,” Chloro(phenoxy)cyclotetraphosphazenes” – at the Conference on Inorganic
Heterocycles ( IRIS), Graz, Austria, 1981
29. K S Dhathathreyan, S S Krishnamurthy, A R Vasudevamurthy, R A Shaw and M Woods,
“ Tautomeric forms of Hydroxy ccylcophosphazenes” – at the Conference on Inorganic
Heterocycles ( IRIS), Graz, Austria, 1981
Papers presented at National conferences
1. P Karthika, N Rajalakshmi and K S Dhathathreyan , “Phophorus doped graphene for
super capacitor “ , National Symposium on Electrochemical Science and Technology
(NSEST-2011), IISc, Bangalore, Aug. 19-20, 2011
2. Yamini Sarada and K S Dhathathreyan , “ Synergistic effect of hydrothermally
synthesized alpha – MNO2 nano rods in PEM Fuel cells , in National Conference on
Recent Developments in Renewable energy ( RET-2011) , Velammal college, Chennai,
7-8 April, 2011
3. P Karthika, N Rajalakshmi and K S Dhathathreyan , “ Graphene as catalyst support for
PEMFC Electrodes “ in National Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced Energy
materials ( NCRTEM-2010), March , 10-11, 2010, Alagapa Univeristy, Karaikudi – 630
003
4. J Sreenivas , K Ramya and K S Dhathathreyan , “ Study of low cost hydrophilic
membrane based humidification for fuel cells “ , 14th National Convention of
electrochemists , IGCAR, Kalpakkam , Dec. 6-7, 2007 - Awarded Best Poster Award –
3rd prize.
5. Development of an Air cooled PEMFC stack with less parasitic power , S.Pandiyan, K
Jayakumar N. Rajalakshmi, K.S. Dhathathreyan, march 2007
6. Effects of residence time and humidifier temperature on relative humidity of H2 in a
bubble humidifier - An experimental study, V. Gollangi, A.K. Tangirala, B. Viswanathan,
K.S. Dhathathreyan, CHEMCON 2006 , Ankleshwar, India Dec, 2006
7. PEMFC power system development - An optimization study, K.Jayakumar, K. Balaji,
S.Pandiyan, N.Rajalakshmi* and K.S. Dhathathreyan, Presented at the National Work
shop on “ Emerging trends in power source systems for aerospace and related
applications” during Oct 6- 7,2006 at Hyderabad.
8. G. Sasi Kumar, C.K. Subramaniam, K.S. Dhathathreyan, P. Sridhar, G Velayutham, N
Rajalakshmi, M. Raja, K. Ramya, “Battery-Fuel Cell hybrid electric vehicle development
at SPIC Science Foundation” Paper presented In National conference on Electric
Vehicles- February 2001 New Delhi.
9. C Ramesh , Murugesan , G Velayutham, K.S. Dhathathreyan, G Periasami and
Ganesan, “ Polymer electrolyte membrane based hydrogen sensor’ Paper presented in
Fourth National Conference on Solid State Ionics- 2000 IIT, Powai Mumbai March 2000.
10. K K Ghosh, G Velayutham and K S Dhathathreyan, Issues pertaining to PEMFC stack
design, 6th International Symposium on Electrochem. Science & Tech., Chennai, Nov.
98
11. N Rajalakshmi, P Sridhar, K.S. Dhathathreyan, Comparative performance Evaluation
of MmNi4.9B0.1 Electrode prepared by various methods, National Symposium on
Electrochemistry in Aerospace Systems, SAES-98 at ISRO Satellite Centre,
Bangalore,20th & 21st Nov.98
12. G Velayutham, P Pugazhendhi and K S Dhathathreyan, Polymer Electrolyte Membrane
Fuel Cell Electrodes using screen printing method, National Symposium on
Electrochemistry in Aerospace Systems, SAES-98 at ISRO Satellite Centre,
Bangalore,20th & 21st Nov.98
13. P Sridhar, K K Ghosh & K S Dhathathreyan, Internally Humidified Polymer Electrolyte
Fuel Cell Stack, National Symposium on Electrochemistry in Aerospace Systems,
SAES-98 at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore,20th & 21st Nov.98
14. C K Subramaniam, K. Ramya, N. Rajalakshmi & K S Dhathathreyan, Catalyst Coated
Polymer Membrane for PEMFC, IGCAR Symposium, 10th Feb. 1998
15. G. Velayutham, K.K. Ghosh & K S Dhathathreyan, Selection of Materials for Bipolar
Plates used in PEM Fuel Cell, IGCAR Satellite Symposium on Alternative Energy
Materials , Kalpakkam, India , 10th Feb. 1998.
16. K S Dhathathreyan, et.al., “ Polymer electrolyte Membrane Fuel cell “ at the 3rd Indo-
German seminar on “ Modern aspects of Electrochemistry” held during Sep.26-Oct.1,
1996 at I I S C., Bangalore.
17. K S Dhathathreyan, S S Krishnamurthy, S Ganapathiappan and S Karthikeyan –
“ New synthetic routes to Poly( phosphazenes) ” – Annual convention of Chemists,
Madras, India 1981
Contribution to books
Books
1. N.Rajalakshmi and K.S.Dhathathreyan, “Present Trends in Fuel Cell Technology
Development ”, NOVA Science Publishers Inc., NY, USA (2008)
Book chapters
2. K.S.Dhathathreyan and N.Rajalakshmi ,Challenges in PEM Fuel Cell Development , in “
Fuel Cells “ INCAS Bulletin, Vol. VIII No.3, 2009, 214-228 - Published in Nov. 2010
3. N.Rajalakshmi and K.S.Dhathathreyan, “Present Trends in Fuel Cell Technology
Development ”, in “Progress in Fuel Cell Research “ Ed. Petr. V. Alemo , NOVA
Publishers, USA (2007)
4. K S Dhathathreyan and N Rajalakshmi on “ Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell” in
“ Recent Trends in Fuel Cell Scienec and Technology “ ed. S Basu, 2006 , Anamaya
Publishers , New Delhi, India
5. N Rajalakshmi and K S Dhathathreyan on Hydrogen Energy Technologies , in “The
New Energy Economy “ Ed. G M Pillai , World Institute of Sustainable Energy , 2005 ,
Pune – 411006, India
6. A C Sau, K S Dhathathreyan, P Y Narayanaswamy and S S Krishnamurthy on “
Aminocyclotetraphosphazens and Transannualr bridged bicyclic phosphazenes “ in
Inorganic Synthesis “ 25, 15, 1989
7. M Witt, K S Dhathathreyan and H.W Roesky on “ Inorganic Chemistry of Hexafluoro
Acetone “ in Advances in Inorg. and Radio Chemistry , 30, 223- , 1986
Invited lectures
1. K S Dhathathreyan, “Architecture of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells” at the
CSIR Sponsored National Workshop on “Opportunities and challenges for fuel cells in
India” at Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, T.N
21.01.2013
2. K S Dhathathreyan, “Design and Development of Fuel Cell Stacks “Technology
Appreciation Programme on Fuel Cells , December 21, 2012, IC&SR Hall 2, IIT Madras
3. K S Dhathathreyan, “Production of PEM Fuel Cell Systems – Challenges “Asian
Academic Seminar: Manufacturing, Design and Innovation, Dec.3-7, 2012, IIT-B ,
Mumbai, India.
4. K S Dhathathreyan, “Status of PEM Fuel Cell development at ARCI “ at
1st meeting of Sub-Committee for Fuel Cell Development, MNRE, New Delhi,
Nov.29,2012
5. K S Dhathathreyan, “Status of PEM Fuel cell Research in India“ at 1st meeting of Sub-
Committee for Fuel Cell Development , MNRE , New Delhi , Nov.29,2012
6. K S Dhathathreyan, “Carbon in Hydrogen Technologies “ at National Conference on
Carbon Materials 2012 (ccm12) , 1st – 3rd November, 2012, Training School Complex,
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, India
7. K S Dhathathreyan, “Fuel cells - Powering the World” at CSIR Renewable Energy PhD
Program ACSIR, Chennai , October 26, 2012
8. K S Dhathathreyan, “Nanostructured Electro Catalysts: A Journey in the Advance of
Catalysts for Low Temperature Fuel Cells” at ANM-2012
17-19 October 2012, Indian Institute of Technology- Madras , Chennai
9. K S Dhathathreyan, “Hydrogen Research at Centre for fuel cell technology, ARCI”,
aSeventeenth National Convention of Electrochemists (NCE-17) at B.S. Abdur Rahman
University , Chennai
September 14-15, 2012
10. K S Dhathathreyan, “ Wind Energy Integration and Hydrogen “9th International Training
Course on “Wind Turbine Technology and Applications” , C-WET, Chennai -600 100
September 05-27, 2012
11. K S Dhathathreyan, “ Fuel Cells for Electric Vehicle- Stack design, Issues in system
development and system integration” at Workshop on
“Automotive Power Sources and EMS for EV and HEV” at Vellore Institute of
Technology, Vellore,T.N 2nd – 4th August 2012
12. K S Dhathathreyan, “ Recent Advances in Materials for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane
Fuel Cell ( PEMFC) “INDO-UK Workshop on Advanced Materials Engineering &
Technology , Session: MATERIALS FOR ENERGY, Anna University , July 27-28,
2012
13. K S Dhathathreyan, “ Recent Developments in Fuel cells “at REaction 2012 , Chennai ,
July 26-28, 2012
14. K S Dhathathreyan, “Energy Storage Research In India “at DST-EPSRC meeting on
Smart Grids and Energy Storage “ June 27, 20-12 , Bath, U.K
15. K S Dhathathreyan , “Building Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel cells” at DST
Sponsored Two days National Workshop on
" Exigent Apprehensions in Scaling up & Stacking Fuel Cells" at Department of
Automobile Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 22.06.2012
to 23.06.2012
16. K S Dhathathreyan , “Fuel cell for automobile applications: Stack design, Issues in
system development and system integration ” at DST Sponsored Two days National
Workshop on "Exigent Apprehensions in Scaling up & Stacking Fuel Cells" at
Department of Automobile Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
22.06.2012 to 23.06.2012
17. K S Dhathathreyan, System Integration - PEM Fuel cells” at the “EICOON” School on
"Science &Technology of Renewable and Clean Energy Sources“(EICOON-2012) ,
1.5.2012 , CGCRI, Kolkata
18. K S Dhathathreyan, “Role of Hydrogen and Fuel cell Technologies for a Sustainable
Energy Future at “International Workshop and Conference on Renewable Energy and
Climate Change – Exploring Opportunities for Sustainable Development (IWCRECC-
2012) April 05 – 07, 2012” organized by School of Energy, Environment and Natural
Resources, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai in collaboration with PEN and
Thiyagaraja Eng College, Madurai , Tamilnadu
19. K S Dhathathreyan, Inaugural address at SWIVEL 2012” , a National level technical
Symposium organized by the Mechanical Engineers’ Association , MNM College of
Engineering, Chennai
20. K S Dhathathreyan, Latest development in Hydrogen Research at Centre for Fuel Cell
Technology, ARCI at Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan on
19.12.2011
21. K S Dhathathreyan, “The Importance of Nano Technology in Electronics and Energy
conversion devices” at AICTE Faculty Development Programme on Fundamentals of
Nanoscience and Technology organised by Crystal Growth Centre, ANNA University
,Dec. 7-21, 2011 ( 16.12.2011)
22. K S Dhathathreyan, “PEM Fuel Cell Development – from Materials to System” at ICAM-
2011- Indo-Norwegian Workshop on Materials for Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cells
December 13-15, 2011 organised by Department of Physics, PSG College of
Technology ,Coimbatore-641 004, Tamil Nadu, India ( 14.12.2011)
23. K S Dhathathreyan, “Fuel Cell Catalysts - Should we revert to unsupported catalysts for
low temperature fuel cells?” at National Workshop on Catalysis -NCCR, 11-13
DECEMBER 2011, Chennai ( 12.12.2011)
24. K S Dhathathreyan, “Status of Fuel cell Research in India and the way forward” at
Hydrogen Association of India Workshop on “ Hydrogen Production , Storage, Safety
and Application” at New Delhi during Dec. 1-2, 2011.
25. K S Dhathathreyan, “Supported Catalysts to Mesoporous Metal Catalysts: A Journey in
the Advance of Catalysts for Hydrogen Energy” at NMD-ATM-2011 , 13-16 ,
NOVEMBER 2011,Hyderabad ( 15.11.2011)
26. K S Dhathathreyan, Inaugural address, Training program on "Functioning and
Maintenance of the "Solar Radiation Resource Assessment". at C-WET , 10.10.2011
27. K S Dhathathreyan, ”Characterizing PEM fuel Cell Electrodes “, at Asia-Pacific
Workshop on characterisation of materials 22-24, September, 2011 Anna University,
Chennai -600 100 ( 23.9.2011)
28. K S Dhathathreyan, “Integration of Wind Energy with Other Energy sources – The
Hydrogen Option” at International Training Course -2011 , C-WET, Chennai -600 100
on Aug.23,2011
29. K S Dhathathreyan, “Sustainable Hydrogen Energy - Role of Wind Power” at Global
Wind Day-2011 ,C-WET, Chennai -600 100 on 15.6.2011
30. K S Dhathathreyan, “Nanotechnology in Renewable Energy” at AICTE Staff
Development Program on Nano Technology, Vivekanandha College of Engineering for
Women, Thiruchengode , T.N on 10.6.2011
31. K S Dhathathreyan “Renewable Energy and Nanotechnology” at National conference on
Renewable Energy Technologies RET-2011 , Organised by Dept. of Physics and
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Velammal Engineering College , Chennai -600
066 during 07-08 April 2011 ( 7.4.2011)
32. K S Dhathathreyan, Inaugural Address at National conference on Renewable Energy
Technologies RET-2011 , Organised by Dept. of Physics and Electrical and Electronics
Engineering, Velammal Engineering College , Chennai -600 066 during 07-08 April
2011 ( 7.4.2011) K Ramya and K S Dhathathreyan - Nafion/PTFE composite
membrane for Fuel cell applications at International Conference on Advancements in
Polymeric materials, CIPET, Chennai , March 25-27,2011
33. K S Dhathathreyan - Fuel Cell Technologies - Recent Developments at “Recent Trends
in Renewable Energy Systems (ICRTIRES – 11)” On 17th & 18th March 2011 at
Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science, Chennai 603 103
34. K S Dhathathreyan - Status of PEM Fuel Cell development at Centre for Fuel Cell
Technology, ARC-International at ISEM-2011,CGCRI, Kolkata , March 1-2, 2011
35. K S Dhathathreyan - Fuel Cell development at Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, ARC-
International – from Materials to System at ICR2ER , IICT, Hyderabad, Jan. 29-31, 2011
36. K S Dhathathreyan - Perspective of Hydrogen Technologies in Renewable Energy
Sector at Va Vo Va -2011, International Expo & Conference on Renewable Energy
,Date: 14-16 January 2011, Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India
37. K S Dhathathreyan - Hydrogen Technologies at Annual Meeting , Institution of
Engineers, NLC ,Neyveli, Jan 10, 2011
38. K S Dhathathreyan -Hydrogen and Fuel cells at Faculty Development Programme
(FDP) on Energy Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of
Engineering, OMR, Kalavakkam, Chennai - 603 110 , Dec. 9-10 , 2010
39. K S Dhathathreyan - Developing High Performance Materials for PEM Fuel Cells -The
Challenges at the International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science and
Technology ( ICMST 2010),Thiruvananthapuram , India ,October 28-31, 2010
40. K S Dhathathreyan - The Art of PEM Fuel Cell Development , PSGIAS, Coimbatore ,
Oct. 18.10.2010
41. K S Dhathathreyan - PEM Fuel Cell Stack Development and Application Demonstration
at ARC-International at Nanyang Technology University , Singapore, 2.9.2010
42. K S Dhathathreyan - PEM Fuel Cell Stack Development and Application Demonstration
at ARC-International at National University of Singapore , Singapore , 1.9.2010
43. K S Dhathathreyan – Steps to develop PEM Fuel at National Cheng-Kung University ,
Tainan, Taiwan 29.8.2010
44. K S Dhathathreyan , Pathway to PEM Fuel Cell Stack Development and Application
Demonstration at ARC-International at ITRC, Taiwan 27.8.2010
45. K S Dhathathreyan - Fuel cells – Recent Developments at GREEN POWER 2010 ,
International Conference-cum-Exposition on Renewable Energy Technologies ,14 & 15
July 2010 , Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India
46. K S Dhathathreyan -Fuel cell in Transportation Application , at AICTE sponsored Staff
Development Program on “ Recent Developments in Hydrogen Engines “ May 10-21,
2010 at KCG College of Technology , OMR, Chennai – 600097
47. K S Dhathathreyan, “PEM Fuel Cell Development Challenges in translating laboratory
results to large scale operation “3rd International Symposium on Hydrogen in Matter
( ISOCHIM 2009) , December 13-16, 2009 , Chennai , India
48. K S Dhathathreyan, “ Hydrogen and Fuel cell Technologies for a Sustainable Energy
Future at Cleaner Technologies for The Sustainable Development at JNTU , Hyderabad
Dec.9-10,2009
49. K S Dhathathreyan, PEMFC and DMFC - Aspects of Technology ,Recent Developments
and Technological Challenges , 16.9.2009, IIT-Guwahati
50. K S Dhathathreyan, Fuel Cell Technology - Balance of Systems and System
Integration16.9.2009, IIT-Guwahati
51. K S Dhathathreyan, “What is new in Materials? Does Materials Science (Nano Science
& Technology ) have anything to do with Electronics and Electrical Engineering? ,
Arupadaiveddu Institute of Technology, Chennai , Sep. 14, 2009
52. K S Dhathathreyan, “PEM Fuel cells – Scale-up Challenges”, World Hydrogen
Technologies Convention -2009 ,26-28 Aug. New Delhi , India
53. K S Dhathathreyan Nanotechnology in Fuel cell Development, DRDO sponsored
Workshop on Nanotechnology Aug.20-21 , 2009, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
54. K S Dhathathreyan, Fuel Cell Technology -Challenges for Electrical and Electronic
Engineers , at SRM University EEE Students Association Inaugural Function , 31st July
2009
55. K S Dhathathreyan, “Recent Developments in Fuel Cell Technology” at the AICTE
sponsored National Seminar on Recent Trends in Renewable Energy , Organized by
Dept. of Mech. Engg, Mookambigai College of Engineering , Kalamavur, Pudukkottai-
622502 , April 17-18, 2009
56. K S Dhathathreyan, “Hydrogen Research at the Centre for Fuel Cell Technology ,
ARCI” , at Indo French Workshop on Metal Hydride and Applications , March 22 – 27
2009, Jaipur, India
57. K S Dhathathreyan, “ Introduction to Fuel Cell Technology , A Tutorial for the delegates
attending the National Workshop on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy
Systems , Organized by SSN College of Engineering, Chennai , 18.3.2009
58. K S Dhathathreyan, “Balance of Systems and System Integration in Fuel Cell
Technology “ , A Tutorial for the delegates attending the National Workshop on Power
Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems , Organized by SSN College of Engineering,
Chennai , 18.3.2009
59. K S Dhathathreyan, “Fuel Cell Technology” at the workshop on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
Technologies for Future Energy Options , JNTU, Hyderabad , Dec. 22-23. 2008
60. K S Dhathathreyan ,” Introduction to Fuel Cell Components and Systems”
at Bharath University, Selaiyur, Chennai– 600 073, T.N,5th August 2008
61. K S Dhathathreyan,”Nano Materials in Hydrogen Energy Research “ at STTP-QIP
COURSE on Nanotechnology for clean energy, June 02- 14, 2008, IIT-M , Chennai
62. K S Dhathathreyan, Relevance of Fuel cell Technology in Indian Context and the
Present Status at CII conference „Green Power 2008“ at Chennai , 6th May 2008
63. G Sundararajan and K S Dhathathreyan , “Advances in PEM Fuel Cell Development and
Demonstration at ARC-International”, Millennium Energy Summit -2007 (MES-2007),
Kolkata, September 27-29, 2007
64. K S Dhathathreyan, “Fundamentals of Fuel Cell Technology and its Applications” at Sri
Sai Ram Engineering College , Tambaram , Chennai– 600 044, T.N, Sep. 10, 2007
65. K S Dhathathreyan Overview of Fuel Cell Technology , ISTE Chapter, SSN College of
Engineering , Kalvakkam –603110, T.N August 18, 2007
66. K S Dhathathreyan , “Catalyst Development for PEM Fuel cells at the
First Anniversary Function of the National Centre for Catalysis Research IIT-M ,
Chennai 600 036 , July 28, 2007
67. K S Dhathathreyan , “Developing PEM Fuel Cell Technology – from Electrode to Total
System” , National Symposium on Electrochemical Science and Technology, NSET -
2007 , Indian Institute of Science , Bengaluru July 20-21, 2007
68. K S Dhathathreyan, "Nanomaterials for Energy Storage" and "Nanotechnology for
Energy Saving" , AICTE-STTP Course on "Processing and Applications of Nano-
Structured Materials" Nanotechnology and Energy Systems , 9-13 July 2007, IIT-M,
Chennai
69. K S Dhathathreyan Aspects of Developing Fuel Cell Technology , at
70. AICTE-SDP-EERE-2007 organized by Periyar Maniammal College of Technology for
Women ,Vallam, Tanjavur, July 2-3, 2007
71. K S Dhathathreyan , “Clean Energy Systems - Fuel cells” , Indo-German Workshop on
Major Aspects of Energy Research in India and Germany: The Challenges for the Future
20-21 June 2007, Organised by Anna University, Chennai , India and Helmholtz
Association , Germany
72. K S Dhathathreyan , Nanotechnology in Fuel cell Development , 10th May 2007, IIT-M
73. K S Dhathathreyan “ Clean Energy Systems for Tomorrow - Hydrogen Fuel cells ,
Technology Day at Lucas TVS , Chennai 12.5.2007
74. K S Dhathathreyan, “ Role of Fuel Cells in the Future Energy Scenario “ , at the AICTE
Sponsored Short Term Training program on " FUELCELLS : POWER SOURCE OF THE
FUTURE" IIT Madras ,01 Dec to 07 Dec2007
75. PEM Fuel cell Development at ARC-International at the Indo-German Workshop on
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Energy , CGCRI,Kolkata, India , January 29 - 31, 2007
76. Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Energy Conversion Devices , National
workshop on nano-materials and their Applications , SMC , Chennai Jan. 23-25, 2007
77. Fuel Cells : research Challenges and Prospects at Advances in Energy research ( AER-
2006) , Dec. 4-5, 2006, IIT-B, Mumbai
78. Challenges in PEMFC System Integration, National Seminar on Challenges in Fuel Cell
Technology: India’s Perspective ,Dec. 1- 2,2006,IIT-Delhi, New Delhi, India
79. Relevance of Fuel Cell technology in Indian Energy Scenario, INSAC-2006(Energy
Foresight-India 2050 ), BARC, Mumbai, Nov. 21-24, 2006
80. Role of Carbon in Membrane Fuel cell development at Carbon –2006, Nov.9-10, 2006,
Bhopal India
81. Critical Analysis of Fuel cell technology development at International workshop on
Hydrogen Energy, ( IWHE-2006) , Jaipur ,India Nov. 5-9, 2006
82. Fuel Cell technology Development at Centre for Fuel cell technology , at Chem. Engg.
Dept., IIT-D, May , 2006
83. Challenges and opportunities in PEM fuel Cell Technology Development - DST
Summer School on Fuel Cells , IIT-B, Mumbai , June 4-16, 2005
84. Fuel cells for Automobiles – International conference on Road Map to Hydrogen
Economy, Hyderabad, March 4-5, 2005
85. Hydrogen Supply option for Fuel cells – International Conference on Solid State
Hydrogen Storage – Materials and applications – Hyderabad , Jan31-Feb.1, 2005
86. Fuel cells – A Select overview , Brain Storming Meting on Bio energy , TIFAC, New
Delhi , Jan 24, 2005
87. “Fuel cells for Power generation “ at the National Hydrogen Board organized meeting
at BHEL, New Delhi , Dec. 2,2004, New Delhi
88. “PEM Fuel Cell Components –Design & Fabrication Options” at the Fuel- Fuel Cell
conference at IICT , Hyderabad 2004
89. Hydrogen Technology Development at SPIC Science Foundation at the Indo-Candian
joint workshop at NRC- Fuel cell Innovation Centre, Vancouver, Canada, June14-15,
2003
90. Issues /Challenges in the development of PEM Fuel cell technology ( in India) , SAEST ,
Madras Chapter Meeting, CECRI, Taramani, Madras, Jan.17,2003
91. Fuel Cell activities in India , International Workshop on Fuel cells organized by INDO-
US S&T Forum in Washington DC during June 3-6 , 2002
92. Issues in Chracterisation of PEM fuel cell materials - Workshop on Materials at
IGCAR, Kalpakkam, June 2002
93. FUEL CELLS -The Power of The Future , International Conference on Micro & Green
Power , GREEN POWER 2002, Chennai, India, Feb.15-16 2002
94. Status Of R&D On Hydrogen Storage Materials At SPIC Science Foundation, Indo-
German Workshop, IIT-Madras, 31.12.2001
95. Options and Selection of Balance of Plant in Fuel cell systems - Work shop on Fuel
cells- Science & Technology , IIT-M , Chennai , Dec. 21-28 , 2001
96. Status of PEM Fuel cell development at SPIC Science Foundation , International
Conference on Fuel cell technology : applications & Opportunities , Gurgaon, India ,
Nov. 26-27, 2001
97. PEM Fuel cell development at SPIC Science Foundation, at the International
Conference on Clean Climate Initiatives and Renewable Energy markets, , Tata Energy
Research Institute, New Delhi, March 1, 2001
98. Fuel Cells – Will They Take To The Roads? At the Seminar on Lead Acid batteries for
Motor Vehicles- Trends and Challenges, Organized by Technology Advance Centre,
Chennai 1st and 2nd March, 2001
99. Fuel Cell - an energy efficient power device for Railway Electrical Systems ,
International seminar on Electric Energy Management in rail sector organized by
Institution of Railway Electrical Engineers , New Delhi , 2nd and 3rd Feb. 2001
100. Development on fuel cells for use in stationary applications in Railways , RDSO,
Lucknow, 3.10.2000
List of patents
Patents Granted
1. Arun Tangirala, Vasu Gollangi , B Viswanathan and K S Dhathathreyan , A method of
and an apparatus for the continuous humidification of hydrogen delivered to fuel cells”” ,
Indian Patent No. 247547 dated 22.4.11 ( Appln.No. 670/CHE/2007)
2. Raja Munusamy, Sridhar Parthasarathi, Ramkumar Perumal, Rajalakshmi Natatarajan
and Dhathathreyan Kaveripatnam Samban ,A method of rendering porous graphite
plates impervious to fluids, Indian Patent No. IN239949 dated 23.4.2010 (Application
No.326/MAS/2001)
3. Velayutham Guruviah, Dhathathreyan Kaveripatnam Samban and Subramaniam Chittor
Krishnaswamy , A fuel cell based UPS system” , Indian Patent No. 202784 dated
24.7.2009 (Patent Application No. 409/MAS/2002)
4. Ramkumar Perumal, Raja Munusamy, Sridhar Parthasarathi and Dhathathreyan
Kaveripatnam Samban , A coolant flow field plate for a fuel cell, Indian Patent No.
217204 dt. 23.5.2008 (Application No 552/MAS/2001)
5. Ghosh Kalyan Kumar , Velayutham Guruviah and Dhathathreyan Kaveripatnam
Samban , A coolant flow field plate for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel cell, Indian
Patent No. IN 215911 dt. 31.3.2008 (Application No 545/MAS/99)]
6. Ramkumar Perumal , Velayutham Guruviah, Sridhar Parthasarathi ,and Dhathathreyan
Kaveripatnam Samban A fuel cell inlet manifold for fuel and oxidant gases, ; Indian
Patent No. IN210248 dt. 14.12.2007 (Application No. 551/MAS/2001);
7. Ramkumar Perumal , Velayutham Guruviah, Sridhar Parthasarathi , Raja Munusamy,
Rajalakshmi Natarajan and Dhathathreyan Kaveripatnam Samban , A fuel cell stack ,
Indian Patent No. IN210249 dated 14.12.2007(Application No. 554/MAS/2001
8. Ramkumar Perumal, Sridhar Parthasarathi and Dhathathreyan Kaveripatnam Samban ,
A Fuel gas flow field plate for a fuel cell, Indian Patent NO. in210719 dt. 14.12.2007
(Application No 553/MAS/2001).
9. Sasikumar Gangadharan , Subramaniam Chittor Krishnaswamy and Dhathathreyan
Kaveripatnam Samban , Fuel cell battery hybrid power source for electric vehicle”
Indian Patent No. 206298 dated 29.6.2007 ( Patent Application No. 592/MAS/2001)
10. Dhathathreyan Kaveripatnam Samban and Ramya Krishnan , A composite membrane
for use in electrochemical apparatuses and processes”” ; Indian Patent No. 201621
dated 23.2.2007 ( Patent Application NO. 975/MAS/2002 )
11. Sridhar Parthasarathi , Raja Munusamy, Rajalakshmi Natatarajan, Ramkumar Perumal,
and Dhathathreyan Kaveripatnam Samban , A device for surface polishing of graphite
plates, Indian Patent No. IN201855 dated 23.2.2007(Application No. 396/MAS/2001)].
12. Raja Munusamy, Sridhar Parthasarathi, Rajalakshmi Natatarajan and Dhathathreyan
Kaveripatnam Samban , A porous electrode for use in Electrochemical cells,”, Indian
Patent No. 203532 dated 2.2.2007 ( Patent Application No. 286/MAS/2001)
13. Dhathathreyan Kaveripatnam Samban, Ramya Krishnan and Vishnupriya
Bhakthavatsalam , A Blend Membrane, Indian Patent No. IN199151 dated 23.2.2006
(Application No. 303/MAS/2001)
Patent Applications filed
14. A method of preparation of platinum nano particle catalyst supported on carbon in
tubular flow reactor via polyol process ((Under review process)
15. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Balaji Rengarajan, Ramya Krishnan and
Natarajan Rajalakshmi, “ A Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) cell and a method of
producing hydrogen from aqueous organic solutions in pulse current mode “Patent
application no. 3313/DEL/2012 Dated 29/10/2012
16. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Ranganathan
Vasudevan, Thandalam Parthasarathy Sarangan, “Electronically and ionically
conducting multi- layer fuel cell electrode and a method for making the same” Indian
Patent Application No. 2198/DEL/2012 dated 17.7.2012
17. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Bethapudi Viswanath
Sasank , Sundara Ramaprabhu, Tessy Theres Baby , “Enhanced Thermal Management
System for Fuel Cell Applications using Nanofluid Coolant “ Indian Patent Application
No.
18. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Bethapudi Viswanath
Sasank , “Fuel cell system equipped with oxygen enrichment system using magnet “”
Indian Patent Application No.
19. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Bethapudi Viswanath
Sasank “A Device for, and, a Method of , Cooling fuel cells “ - Patent Appln. No.
1409/DEL/2012 Date : 8.5.2012
20. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Guruviah Velayutham,
Lakshmanan Babu, Ranganathan Vasudevan , Thandalam Parthasarathy Sarangan,
Radhakrishnana Parthasarathy , An Improved gas and coolant flow filed plate for use in
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells “( PEMFC) - Patent Appln. No.
1449/DEL/2010 Date : 22.6.2010
21. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Subramaniam Pandiyan
, Ranganathan Vasudevan , Lakshmanan babu, Thandalam Parthasarathy Sarangan,
Radhakrishnana Parthasarathy , An improved gas flow field plate for use in polymer
electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC)" , Patent Application No .: 2339/DEL/2008,
dated 13/10/2008.
22. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Guruviah Velayutham,
Ranganathan Vasudevan , Thandalam Parthasarathy Sarangan, “Improved Electrode
membrane assembly and a method of making the assembly “ ; Patent application No.
631/DEL/2008 filed on 13.3.2008
23. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Ramya Krishnaan , Jindam Sreenivas ,
Srinivasan Narasimhan , Shanmugam Kumar , “An Improved Method for the Generation
of Hydrogen from Metal-Hydrogen Compound “ - Patent Appln. No. 1106/DEL/2007
Date : 23.5.2007
24. Natarajan Rajalakshmi and Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , An improved fuel
cell having enhanced performance” , Patent Appln. No. 606/DEL/2007 dt. 21.3.2007
25. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Ramya Krishnaan , Jindam Sreenivas , A
hydrophilic membrane based humidifier useful for fuel cells”” , Patent Appln. No.
95/DEL/2007 dated
26. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Tata Narasinga Rao ,
“An improved process for preparing nano tungsten carbide powder useful for fuel cells “
, Patent Appln. No. 81/DEL/2007 dated 12.1.2007
27. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Krishnadass Jayakumar
, Kalyanarangan Balaji , “An improved test control system useful for fuel cell stack
monitoring and controlling “ , patent Appln. No. 1989/DEL/2006 , complete specification
filed on 12.1.2007
28. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Ramya Krishnaan , “An improved hydrophilic
membrane useful for humidification of gases in fuel cell and a process for its preparation
“ , Patent appln. No. 1207/DEL/2006
29. Kaveripatnam Samban Dhathathreyan , Natarajan Rajalakshmi, Subramaniam Pandiyan
, “An improved process for the preparation of exfoliated graphite separator plates useful
in fuel cells, the plates prepared by the process and a fuel cell incorporating the said
plates,” Patent No. 1206/DEL/2006
Affiliation to Professional societies
1. International Society for Hydrogen energy
2. Electrochemical Society of USA
3. American Chemical Society
4. Society for Advancement of Electro chemical Science & Technology
5. Chemical Research Society of India
6. Materials Research Society of India
7. Indian Institute of Metals
8. Indian Carbon Society
9. Electrochemical Society of India
10. The Energy & Fuel Users’ Association of India ( ENFUSE)
11. Madras Science Foundation
12. Society for Hydrogen Energy
Awards and honors
1. Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
2. Technology Award, SPIC Science Foundation
3. Prof. B Sanjiva Rao Medal in M.Sc.,
Contact information
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Taramani
Chennai - 600 113
Phone: +91-44-66632701 / 2723
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