
Ph.D. (2010)
Condensed Matter Physics, Materials For Energy Storage (Li-Ion, Li-S batteries), Thin-Film Micro-batteries, 2D Materials, Nanomaterials, PVD, CVD.
Associate Professor (June 2023- present)
School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
New Delhi India
Head Intellectual Properties (2022- May 2023)
Theion GmbH, Berlin Germany
Scientist (Core Team) (Oct 2021- 2022)
Theion GmbH, Berlin Germany
Senior Postdoctoral Associate (Jan 2018- Oct 2021)
Mentor: Prof. Carl V. Thompson
Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA
SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellow (Aug 2017- Dec 2017)
Mentor: Dr. Manjusha V Shelke
Senior Principal Scientist
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
Senior Scientist (Jan 2017- 2017)
Energy Storage Division
CIDETEC- Spain
Postdoctoral Fellow (March 2015- June 2016)
Mentor: Prof. Lain-Jong Li
Professor, Materials Science & Engineering,
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia
Postdoctoral Fellow (Oct 2012- Feb 2015)
Mentor: Prof. Lain-Jong Li
Professor, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science,
Academia Sinica, Taipei Taiwan
P.I. & Postdoctoral Fellow (Oct 2011- Sept 2012)
Department of Materials Engineering
University of Concepcion, Chile
Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow (Jan 2011- Sept 2011)
University of Allahabad,
Allahabad, India
- SAGE, FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship, DST-India.
- FONDECYT Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chile.
- Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship, UGC- India
- Senior Research Fellowship, UGC- India
- Junior Research Fellowship, UGC- India
- Prof. Lung-Hao Hu (Taiwan) – Research Collaboration
- Prof. Jun Ming (China) – Research Collaboration
- Dr. Manjusha V Shelke (India) – Research Collaboration
- High-performance graphene/sulphur electrodes for flexible Li-ion batteries using the low-temperature spraying method, P. Kumar, FY Wu, LH Hu, SA Abbas, J Ming, CN Lin, J Fang, CW Chu and L-J Li, Nanoscale 7 (17), 2015, 8093-8100.
- Green Strategy to Single Crystalline Anatase TiO2 Nanosheets with Dominant (001) Facets and Its Lithiation Study Toward Sustainable Cobalt-Free Lithium-Ion Full Battery, H Ming, P. Kumar, W Yang, Y Fu, J Ming, WJ Kwak, LJ Li, Y Sun, J Zheng, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 3 (12), 2015, 3086-3095.
- Multilayer Approach for Advanced Hybrid Lithium Battery, J. Ming, M. Li, P. Kumar, and L.-J. Li, ACS Nano, 10 (6), 2016, 6037-6044.
- Redox Species-Based Electrolytes for Advanced Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery, J. Ming, P. Kumar, M. Li, A. Lu, W. Wahyudi, and L.-J. Li, ACS Energy Letters, 1 (3), 2016, 529-534.
- New insights on graphite anode stability in rechargeable batteries: Li-ion coordination structures prevail over solid electrolyte interphases, J. Ming, Z. Cao, W. Wahyudi, M. Li, P. Kumar, Y. Wu, J. Hwang, M. N. Hedhili, L. Cavallo, Y. -K. Sun, and L.-J. Li, ACS Energy Letters 3 (2), 2018, 335-340.
- RuO2 as Cathode Material of Thin Film Lithium-Ion Micro-batteries, L. Xu, X. Wang, P. Kumar, D. Perego, A. Weathers, B. Wang, M. Chon, Carl V. Thompson, MIT-Press (https://ilp.mit.edu/node/41994).
- 2D layered transition metal dichalcogenides (MoS2): Synthesis, applications, and theoretical aspects, P. Kumar*, A. K. Singh*, D. J. Late, A. Kumar, S. Patel and J. Singh, Applied Materials Today, 13, 2018, 242-270.
- Kumar P., Dwivedi P.K., Yadav P., Shelke M.V. (2019) Nanostructured Materials for Li-Ion Battery Applications. In: Rajendran S., Naushad M., Raju K., Boukherroub R. (eds) Emerging Nanostructured Materials for Energy and Environmental Science. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 23. Springer-Nature.
- “Lithium batteries, anodes, and methods of anode fabrication” granted US 10840539 B2 on November 17, 2020.
Also published as CN107925052 A on April 17, 2018.
Also published as WO 2016/207722 A1 on December 29, 2016. - “Method of preparation a battery electrode by spray coating, an electrode and a battery made by method thereof” granted TW I552420 B on October 01, 2016.
Also published as CN106663779 A on May 10, 2017.
Also published as WO 2016/022117A1 on February 11, 2016.
Also published as US20170229703A1 on August 10, 2017. - “Heterogeneous layers, Polyacrylnitrile (PAN) nanofibers Anode for Rechargable Batteries” European Patent Application no. EP 22157 422.1, (Accepted).
- “3D Current Collector, For Battery Electrode” PCT Application no. PCT/EP2023/054737.