Nithiyanantham Udayashankar

About

My research interests include the development of nanomaterials for energy applications, particularly in the following areas: (i) thermal energy storage, (ii) thermoelectric materials, (iii) dye-sensitised solar cells, and (iv) supercapacitors.

Employment

• K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology Assistant Professor
  2025 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Postdoctoral Fellow
  2021 - 2025
• Central Electrochemical Research Institute CSIR Research intern
  2013 - 2015

Education

• National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli M.Sc
  2010 - 2012

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (40)

• Development and comparison of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and graphite nanoflakes dispersed solar salt: Structural formation and thermophysical properties
  Journal of Molecular Liquids 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2024.124787
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• Impact on thermophysical properties of solar salt with different concentrations of SiC nanoparticles for thermal energy storage system
  Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113130
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• Photothermal properties and performance of hybrid carbon-paraffin/water emulsions
  Journal of Energy Storage 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2023.109136
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• Development of a low-medium temperature T-history setup for the thermal storage characterization of non-homogeneous mixtures containing PCMs
  Journal of Energy Storage 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2023.109412
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• Effect of silica nanoparticle size on the stability and thermophysical properties of molten salts based nanofluids for thermal energy storage applications at concentrated solar power plants
  Journal of Energy Storage 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2022.104276
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• K2CO3–Li2CO3 molten carbonate mixtures and their nanofluids for thermal energy storage: An overview of the literature
  Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111525
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• Shape effect of Al2O3 nanoparticles on the thermophysical properties and viscosity of molten salt nanofluids for TES application at CSP plants
  Applied Thermal Engineering 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.114942
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• Spray-graphitization against molten salts corrosion for concentrated solar power plants
  AIP Conference Proceedings 2020 DOI: 10.1063/5.0028762
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• Wettability Control for Correct Thermophysical Properties Determination of Molten Salts and Their Nanofluids
  Energies 2019 DOI: 10.3390/en12193765
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• Preparation and characterization of nanofluids based on molten salts with enhanced thermophysical properties for thermal energy storage at concentrate solar power
  SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems 2019 DOI: 10.1063/1.5117736
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