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RLRao LabDepartment of Chemistry · Deccan Institute of Scienceraolab@example.edu

Department of Chemistry · Deccan Institute of Science

Better batteries, from the atom up

Safer, longer-lasting energy storage built from abundant elements.

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1SbSodium-ion batteries2SeSolid-state electrolytes3WwWatching batteries work4BlBatteries that last5ArProf. Ananya RaoPrincipal Investigator6DoDr. Daniel OkaforResearch Scientist7LfDr. Lena FischerPostdoctoral Researcher8AmDr. Arjun MehtaPostdoctoral Researcher9PnPriya NatarajanPhD Student10SkSam KowalskiPhD Student11McMei ChenPhD Student12RiRavi IyerPhD Student13FsFatima Al-SayedPhD Student14JbJonah BrooksPhD Student15AsAna SouzaMaster's Student16KdKiran DesaiUndergraduate Researcher17MpMeera PillaiLab Manager

We are chemists, physicists and engineers working on the materials that will store the world’s clean energy. Our batteries use cheap, abundant elements, survive thousands of cycles and fail safely.

We build our own instruments to watch batteries while they work, and we share our data and code openly.

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Our moisture-proof cathode is on the cover of Nature EnergyPriya’s paper shows that a thin phosphate shell keeps sodium cathodes stable in humid air. Congratulations to everyone involved!Welcome, Jonah and Ana!Two new members join the lab this semester: Jonah Brooks (PhD) and Ana Souza (MSc).Ananya Rao receives the Swarnajayanti FellowshipThe fellowship supports five years of work on safer batteries for the grid.

We’re recruiting

PhD positions in sodium-ion batteries · Postdoctoral researcher: operando X-ray methods · Summer research internships

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