Abraham, K.M. - Northeastern University

个人简介

Dr. K. M. Abraham is Research Professor at Northeastern University Center for Renewable Energy Technologies, or NUERC. He is also the principal of E-KEM Sciences, a battery consulting company in Needham, MA. He was previously President of Covalent Associates, Inc, Woburn, MA, and Senior Scientist, Group Leader, Vice President and Director of Battery Research and Development at EIC Laboratories, Inc., Norwood, MA. Dr. Abraham received his undergraduate education in chemistry, physics, and mathematics from St Berchmans’ College of Kerala University, India, where he was a gold medallist and a National Merit Scholarship winner. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Tufts University, Medford, MA, and conducted post-doctoral research at Vanderbilt University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Abraham received the Battery Research Award from the Electrochemical Society in 1995 for outstanding research on primary and secondary lithium batteries. In 2000 he was elected a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society. He was Chair of the Battery Division of the Electrochemical Society and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Power Sources

研究领域

KM has over 30 years of experience in lithium battery research and development with major emphasis on rechargeable Lithium and Li-ion batteries. His work in the 1980s on organic liquid electrolytes and the secondary lithium electrode, and in the 1990s on gel polymer electrolytes has contributed significantly to the development of rechargeable lithium and lithium-ion batteries. In early nineteen eighties he and his colleagues at EIC Laboratories, Inc. were among the first to demonstrate practical rechargeable lithium batteries. The work he and his colleagues carried out between 1990 and 1995 on gel polymer electrolytes and those supported on micro-porous polymer membranes form the basis of commercial lithium-ion polymer batteries. Dr. Abraham is the inventor of many new lithium and sodium battery chemical couples including the ultrahigh energy density non-aqueous lithium-air battery. His unique background includes both an in-depth understanding of battery materials science and battery engineering. He has designed and developed a variety of Li-ion batteries including high power batteries for applications such as HEV, PHEV, portable electronics and power tools. His industrial experience includes hands-on laboratory research, supervision of R&D groups, planning and administration of laboratory projects and contracts, management of multi-million dollar research programs, and strategic planning of corporate business. In his consulting activities KM advises clients on lithium primary and secondary battery technology development and applications, advanced electrode, electrolyte and separator materials for Li-ion batteries, battery design and optimization, battery safety and performance, and industrial applications of Li-ion batteries such as portable power for consumer products, backup power for cable TV and telecom, and batteries for HEV and PHEV. He provides battery technology assessment and due diligence studies, and battery industry analysis to investors, corporate management and government agencies. Modular Energy Devices, Inc, the company, he co-founded to manufacture large format Li-ion battery packs from small Li-ion cells with the use of a novel electronic architecture has received investment from EnerSys Inc., the largest lead-acid battery company in the world, and became an EnerSys company through stock acquisition.

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The Prospects and Limits of Energy Storage in Batteries KM Abraham American Chemical Society A Study of the Influence of Lithium Salt Anions on Oxygen Reduction Reactions in Li-Air Batteries I Gunasekara, S Mukerjee, EJ Plichta, MA Hendrickson, KM Abraham Journal of The Electrochemical Society 162 (6), A1055-A1066 A high rate Li-rich layered MNC cathode material for lithium-ion batteries MN Ates, S Mukerjee, KM Abraham RSC Advances 5 (35), 27375-27386 Electrolyte-Directed Reactions of the Oxygen Electrode in Lithium-Air Batteries KM Abraham Journal of The Electrochemical Society 162 (2), A3021-A3031 A High Rate Lithium-Rich Layered MNC Cathode with Low Capacity Fade for Li-Ion Batteries KM Abraham 2014 ECS and SMEQ Joint International Meeting (October 5-10, 2014) A High Rate Lithium-Rich Layered MNC Cathode with Low Capacity Fade for Li-Ion Batteries MN Ates, S Mukerjee, KM Abraham Meeting Abstracts, 284-284 Invited Presentation: Striving Toward an Ultrahigh Energy Density Li-Air Battery KM Abraham Meeting Abstracts, 125-125 Layered 2D Electrode Architecture for High-Power Lithium Ion Microbatteries A Shah, S Kotz, KM Abraham, S Somu, A Busnaina Meeting Abstracts, 507-507 Solvent-Coupled Catalysis of the Oxygen Electrode Reactions in Lithium-Air Batteries MJ Trahan, I Gunasekara, S Mukerjee, EJ Plichta, MA Hendrickson, ... Journal of The Electrochemical Society 161 (10), A1706-A1715 Structured Carbon Nanotube/Silicon Nanoparticle Anode Architecture for High Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries S Kotz, A Shah, S Somu, KM Abraham, S Mukerjee, A Busnaina MRS Proceedings 1643, mrsf13-1643-cc04-11 Microelectrode Diagnostics of Lithium-Air Batteries I Gunasekara, S Mukerjee, EJ Plichta, MA Hendrickson, KM Abraham Journal of The Electrochemical Society 161 (3), A381-A392 A Li-Rich Layered Cathode Material with Enhanced Structural Stability and Rate Capability for Li-on Batteries MN Ates, S Mukerjee, KM Abraham Journal of The Electrochemical Society 161 (3), A355-A363 Mitigation of layered to spinel conversion of a Li-rich layered metal oxide cathode material for Li-ion batteries MN Ates, Q Jia, A Shah, A Busnaina, S Mukerjee, KM Abraham Journal of The Electrochemical Society 161 (3), A290-A301 A Layered Carbon Nanotube Architecture for High Power Lithium Ion Batteries A Shah, MN Ates, S Kotz, J Seo, KM Abraham, S Somu, A Busnaina Journal of The Electrochemical Society 161 (6), A989-A995 Microelectrode Investigations of Oxygen Reduction Reactions in Lithium-Air Batteries KM Abraham 224th ECS Meeting (October 27–November 1, 2013) Lithium Air Batteries 1 KM Abraham 224th ECS Meeting (October 27–November 1, 2013) Lithium Rich Layered NMC Cathode Active Materials With Improved Performance for Li-Ion Batteries MN Ates, A Shah, AA Busnaina, S Mukerjee, KM Abraham Meeting Abstracts, 813-813 Microelectrode Investigations of Oxygen Reduction Reactions in Lithium-Air Batteries I Gunasekara, S Mukerjee, KM Abraham Meeting Abstracts, 449-449 Rechargeable Sodium and Sodium‐Ion Batteries KM Abraham Lithium Batteries: Advanced Technologies and Applications, 349-367 Lithium batteries: advanced technologies and applications John Wiley & Sons