School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

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Soobhankar Pati

Dr. Soobhankar Pati

Associate Professor
  • Room No: 109, SMMME
  • spati@iitbbs.ac.in
  • School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
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Electrometallurgy and Electrochemical Engineering: Extraction and Recycling of Metals, Batteries, Solid Oxide Fuel/Electrolytic Cells, Polymer Electrolyte Fuel/Electrolytic Cells.
  1. Electrodeposited wear and corrosion resistant nanocrystalline coatings IIT Bhubaneswar-Seed Grant 05/2013-05/2015 – Completed
  2. Green Production of Hydrogen Storage Material from Natural Grade Iimenite DST 07/2014-07/2017 – Completed
  3. Chemical Vapour Infiltration (CVI) process for Fabrication of Carbon Reinforced Carbon Matrix Composites ASL-DRDO, Hyderabad 10/2014-10/2016 – Completed
  4. Value added Electrochemical Devices from Zircon Obtained from Beach Sands of Odisha Ministry of Mines – Indian Rare Earth Ltd. 3/2018-09/2020 – Completed
  5. Center of Excellence for Novel Energy Materials ( as Co-PI) MHRD 09/2014-09/2021 – Completed
  6. Evaluation of Coal Tar Derived Hard/Soft Carbon Anodes for Li-ion Batteries Tata Steel 06/2021-06/2022 – – Completed
  7. Low temperature electro refining process for production of high purity aluminium (4N and above)- NALCO 02/2019 – 05/022 – Completed
  8. Centre for H2 Solutions – Materials Energy Systems (H2 – M & ES)-Consortium Project DST 04/2019 – 04/2024 – Ongoing
  9. Fast Charging High Energy Density Lithium Ion Batteries with Nanoporous Silicon Anodes- SERB 12/2020 – 12/2023 – Ongoing
  10. Manufacturing of 2-wheeler Lithium-ion battery pack witth hard/soft carbon anode and the possibility of utilizing gamma-MnO2 in lithium-ion battery cathode Tata Steel 12/2022 – 12/2024 – Ongoing
  11. Integrity and Corrosion Resistance Study of Konarka Iron Beams DST-SHRI Scheme 03/2023 – 04/2025 – Funds Awaited – Ongoing
Undergraduate Level:
Thermodynamics of Materials
Chemical Metallurgy
Materials in Archaeology
Graduate Level:
Advanced Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Principles of Extractive Metallurgy
Advanced Electrochemical Methods: Theory and Applications
  1. Anil Pathak (Graduated 2019)
  2. Uttam Chanda (Graduated 2020)
  3. Satya Prakash Padhee (Graduated 2022)
  4. Ashwani Pandey (Expected 2023)
  5. Siddharth Shradhasagar( Co-Supervisor: Expected 2023)
  6. Somen Jena (Expected 2024)
  7. Diptikanta Sahoo (Expected 2024)
  8. Deepak Nayak (Co-Supervisor, Sponsored: Expected 2023)
  9. Ajay Behera (Sponsored : Expected 2023)
  10. Nigam Ray (Sponsored : Expected 2024)
  11. Jitendra Sadangi (Sponsored : Expected 2025)
  1. Sradhasagar, Siddharth; Mallick, Sagar; Rath, Ashutosh; Pati, Soobhankar; Roy, Amritendu; Role of Fe3+ doping vis-à-vis secondary phases on the electrical transport of LiTi2 (PO4) 3 solid electrolyte, Materials Today Communications, 105621, 2023
  2. Tripathy, Subhrasmita; Sahoo, Diptikanta; Roy, Sudesna; Pati, Soobhankar; Effect of Substrate Heating on Corrosion Behavior of Nickel Coated on AISI 1020 Steel by Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 1-7, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07500-1
  3. Padhee, Satya Prakash; Roy, Amritendu; Pati, Soobhankar; Role of Mn-substitution towards the enhanced hydrogen storage performance in FeTi, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47, 15, 9357-9371, 2022
  4. Padhee, Satya Prakash; Chanda, Uttam Kumar; Singh, Randhir; Roy, Amritendu; Mishra, Bighnaraj; Pati, Soobhankar; Electro-deoxidation process for producing FeTi from low-grade ilmenite: tailoring precursor composition for hydrogen storage, Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 7, 1178-1189, 2021
  5. Nayak, Deepak; Ray, Nigamananda; Dash, Nilima; Rath, Swagat S; Pati, Soobhankar; De, Partha S; An Optimal Route for the Preparation of Metallized Composite Pellets from Ilmenite Concentrate, Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 7, 1102-1115, 2021
  6. Acharya, Truptimayee; Chaupatnaik, Anshuman; Pathak, Anil; Roy, Amritendu; Pati, Soobhankar; Effect of calendering on rate performance of Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 anodes for lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Electroceramics, 01-Aug, 2020
  7. Nayak, Deepak; Ray, Nigamananda; Dash, Nilima; Rath, Swagat S; Pati, Soobhankar; De, Partha S; Induration aspects of low-grade ilmenite pellets: Optimization of oxidation parameters and characterization for direct reduction application, Powder Technology, 380, 408-420, 2021
  8. Pathak, Anil D; Samanta, Kousik; Sahu, Kisor K; Pati, Soobhankar; Mechanistic insight into the performance enhancement of Si anode of a lithium-ion battery with a fluoroethylene carbonate electrolyte additive, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 51 143-154, 2021
  9. Singh, Veerendra; Pati, Soobhankar; Kumar, Kishan; Development of a process to produce manganese nanomaterials from low grade ferruginous manganese ores, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 130, 4, 324-331, 2021
  10. Chanda, Uttam K; Padhee, Satya Prakash; Pandey, Ashwani K; Roy, Sudesna; Pati, Soobhankar; Electrodeposited Ni–Mo–Cr–P coatings for AISI 1020 steel bipolar plates, International journal of hydrogen energy, 45, 41, 21892-21904, 2020
  11. Pathak, Anil D; Chanda, Uttam K; Samanta, Kousik; Mandal, Animesh; Sahu, Kisor K; Pati, Soobhankar; Selective leaching of Al from hypereutectic Al-Si alloy to produce nano-porous silicon (NPS) anodes for lithium ion batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 317, 654-662, 2019

Book Chapters

  1. Sradhasagar, Siddharth; Pati, Soobhankar; Roy, Amritendu; Methods and Techniques of Solid-State Batteries Solid State Batteries Volume 1: Emerging Materials and Applications, 39-89, 2022
  2. Available technologies for remanufacturing, repurposing, and recycling lithium-ion batteries: an introduction, A Pandey, S Patnaik, S Pati, Nano Technology for Battery Recycling, Remanufacturing, and Reusing, 33-51, 2022

Patents

  1. Uday B Pal, Rachel Delucas, Soobhankar Pati, “Magnesiothermic SOM process for production of Metals” Publication Number: WO/2008/046018.
  2. Adam Powell, Soobhankar Pati, Jason Douglas, Steve Derenzinski, “Method and Apparatus for Condensing Liquid Magnesium and Other Volatile Metals from Low-Pressure Metal Vapor” USPTO Application Number: 61505958
  3. Adam Powell, Soobhankar Pati, Uday B Pal, Steve Derezinski, “Liquid Anodes and Fuels for Production of Metals from Their Oxides by Molten Salt Electrolysis with a Solid Electrolyte” USPTO App Number: 61526129.
Degree Discipline Year School
  Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering 2010 Boston University
  M.Tech Metallurgy 2005 IIT Kharagpur
  B.Tech Ceramic Engineering 2002 NIT Rourkela

Associate Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar : 2022 – Till date Assistant Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar : 2013 – 2022 Assistant Professor on contract, IIT Bhubaneswar : 2012 – 2013 Research Engineer, Infinium Metals Inc (previously Metal Oxygen Separation Technologies) : 2010 – 2012

  • IOCL Start-up Award
  • 2012 TMS Young Professional Development Award
  • 2009 Mann Redmayne Award (IOM3)
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