Publications

2026

Suchismita Subhadarshni, Ritu Saraswat, Mokshi Sharma, Tapta Kanchan Roy, Ashwin Mekkad, Vinod M. Janardhanan, Tushar Jana, Post-crosslinking of sulfonated polybenzimidazole to develop mechanically robust PEM at elevated electrolyte loading, Polymer 355, 129992 (2026) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2026.129992)

Ashwin Mekkad, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Experimental evaluation of OER in phosphoric acid: Effect of temperature and concentration, Electrochim. Acta 554, 148333 (2026) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2026.148333)

2025

Ashwin Mekkad, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Performance evaluation of high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: An experimental investigation, J. Appl. Electrochem. 55, 931-941 (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-024-02226-5)

2023

Prakash V. Ponugoti and Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Fuel Processing Systems. In modeling of chemical process systems. Syed Ahmad Imtiaz (Ed.) Elsevier (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823869-1.00008-9)

Prakash Ponugoti, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Investigating reforming kinetics of synthetic biogas mixture on Ni: Model development and experimental validation, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 62, 9993-10011 (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00975)

Ahmed Mohiuddin, Babneet Kaur, Suhanya Duraiswamy, Deepa Melepurath, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Performance evaluation of HCOOH micro-fluidic fuel cell using Ni wire electrode, J. Electroanal. Chem. 932, 117245 (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117245)

Prakash V. Ponugoti, Priya Pathmanathan, Jyotsna Rapolu, A. Gomathi, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, On the stability of Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalyst and the effect of H2O and O2during biogas reforming Appl. Catal. A. 651, 119033 (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119033)

2022
2021

Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Microkinetic modeling of CO2 and H2O electrolysis on Ni in a solid oxide electrolysis cell: A critical evaluation, J. Electrochem. Soc. 168, 124507 (2021) (https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac40c8)

Vivek Pawar, Prakash V. Ponugoti, Vinod M. Janardhanan and Srinivas Appari, Experimental studies of catalyst deactivation due to carbon and sulphur during CO2 reforming of CH4 over Ni washcoated monolith in the presence of H2S, Can. J. Chem. Eng. 100, 1858 (2021) (https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.24266)

Ramakrishna Chava, Devendra Purbia, Banasri Roy, Vinod M. Janardhanan, Bahurdeen A, Srinivas Appari, Effect of calcination time on the catalytic activity of Ni/gamma-Al2O3 cordierite monolith for dry reforming of biogas, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 46, 6341–6357 (2021) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.11.125)

2020
2019

Sweta Lal, Melepurath Deepa*, Kirti Chandra Sahu, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Methanol based fuel cell on paper support with N-doped graphene oxide/nickel cobaltite composite catalyst, J. Electrochem. Soc. 166, F190–F197 (2019) (https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0301904jes)

Anusree Unnikrishnan, N Rajalakshmi, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Kinetics of electrochemical charge transfer in HT-PEM fuel cells, Electrochim. Acta 293, 128–140 (2019) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2018.09.171)

2018

S. Chandra, Sweta Lal, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Kirti Chandra Sahu, Melepurath Deepa*, Ethanol based fuel cell on paper support, J. Power Sources 396, 725–733 (2018) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.068)

Anusree Unnikrishnan, Vinod M. Janardhanan, N. Rajalakshmi, K.S. Dhathathreyan, Chlorine contaminated anode and cathode PEMFC-recovery perspective, J. Solid State Electrochem. 22, 2107–2113 (2018) (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-018-3921-3)

Anusree Unnikrishnan, N Rajalakshmi, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Mechanistic modeling of electrochemical charge transfer in HT-PEM fuel cells, Electrochim. Acta 261, 436–444 (2018) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.12.150)

2017

Vivek Pawar et al., A study of the combined deactivation due to sulfur poisoning and carbon deposition during biogas dry reforming on supported Ni catalyst, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 56, 8448–8455 (2017) (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01662)

Prakash V. Ponugoti et al., A new framework for modeling coal devolatilization and combustion in boiler furnaces, Int. J. Energy Res. 41, 2051–2062 (2017) (https://doi.org/10.1002/er.3766)

Sweta Lal et al., Paper based hydrazine monohydrate fuel cells with Cu and C composite catalysts, Electrochim. Acta 232, 262–270 (2017) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.02.118)

2016
2015

Vivek Pawar, Debjyoti Ray, Ch. Subrahmanyam, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, A study of short term catalyst deactivation due to carbon deposition during biogas dry reforming on supported Ni catalyst, Energy & Fuels 29, 8047–8052 (2015) (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01862)

Sweta Lal, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Melepurath Deepa*, Anand Sagar, Kirti Chandra Sahu*, Low cost environmentally benign porous paper based fuel cells for micro-nano systems, J. Electrochem. Soc. 162, F1402–F1407 (2015) (https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0251514jes)

Chengyi Li, Srinivas Appari, Ryota Tanaka, Yeonkyung Lee, Kyoko Hanao, Shinji Kudo, Jun-ichiro Hayashi, Vinod M. Janardhanan, Hiroaki Watanabe, Koyo Norinaga, A CFD study on the reacting flow of partially combusting hot coke oven gas in a bench-scale reformer, Fuel 159, 590–598 (2015) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2015.07.023)

Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Internal reforming of biogas in SOFC: A model based investigation, J. Solid State Electrochem. 19, 2981–2990 (2015) (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-015-2909-5)

Srinivas Appari, Ryota Tanaka, Chengyi Li, Shinji Kudo, Jun-ichiro Hayashi, Vinod M. Janardhanan, Hiroaki Watanabe, Koyo Norinaga, Predicting the temperature and reactant concentration profiles of reacting flow in the partial oxidation of coke oven gas using detailed chemistry and a one-dimensional flow model, Chem. Eng. J. 266, 82–90 (2015) (https://doi.org/10.1149/06801.3051ecst)

Vikram Menon, Qingxi Fu, Vinod M. Janardhanan, Olaf Deutschmann, A model based understanding of solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) for syngas production by H2O/CO2 co-electrolysis, J. Power Sources 274, 768–781 (2015) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.09.158)

2014

Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Dayadeep S. Monder, Sulfur Poisoning of SOFCs: A Model Based Explanation of Polarization Dependent Extent of Poisoning, J. Electrochem. Soc. 161, F1427–F1436 (2014) (https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0611414jes)

BVRSN Prasad, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Modeling sulfur poisoning of Ni-based anodes in solid oxide fuel cells, J. Electrochem. Soc. 161, F208–F213 (2014) (https://doi.org/10.1149/2.031403jes)

Srinivas Appari, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Ranjit Bauri, Sreenivas Jayanti, and Olaf Deutschmann, A detailed kinetic model for biogas steam reforming on Ni and catalyst deactivation due to sulfur poisoning, Appl. Catal. A 471, 118–125 (2014) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2013.12.002)

Srinivas Appari, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Ranjit Bauri, and Sreenivas Jayanti, Deactivation and regeneration of Ni catalyst during steam reforming of model biogas: An experimental investigation, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 39, 297–304 (2014) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.10.056)

Vikram Menon, Vinod M. Janardhanan, and Olaf Deutschmann, A mathematical model to analyze solid oxide electrolyzer cells (SOECs) for hydrogen production, Chem. Eng. Sci. 110, 83–93 (2014) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2013.10.025)

Prashil Lakhete, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Modeling process intensified catalytic plate reactor for synthesis gas production, Chem. Eng. Sci. 110, 13–19 (2014) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2013.05.021)

2013
2012
2011

VTSR Kumar Reddy, V. M. Janardhanan, and K. C. Sahu, Effects of wall heating on linear stability characteristics of pressure driven two layer channel flow, Chem. Eng. Sci. 66, 6272–6279 (2011) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2011.09.003)

Vinod M. Janardhanan* and Olaf Deutschmann, Modeling diffusion limitation in solid-oxide fuel cells, Electrochim. Acta 56, 9775–9782 (2011) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2011.08.038)

Srinivas Appari, Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Sreenivas Jayanti, Steffen Tischer, and Olaf Deutschmann, Micro-kinetic modeling of NH3 decomposition on Ni and its application to solid-oxide fuel cells, Chem. Eng. Sci. 66, 5184–5191 (2011) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2011.07.007)

Vinod M. Janardhanan*, Srinivas Appari, Sreenivas Jayanti, and Olaf Deutschmann, Numerical study of on-board fuel reforming in a catalytic plate reactor for solid-oxide fuel cells, Chem. Eng. Sci. 66, 490–498 (2011) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2010.11.023)

Vinod M. Janardhanan and Olaf Deutschmann, Computational fluid dynamics of catalytic reactors. In modeling of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions: From the molecular processes to the technical system, O. Deutschmann (Ed.) Wiley-VCH, Weinheim Ch 8, (2011) (https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527639878.ch8)

2010

Abhijeet Raj, Markus Sander, Vinod M. Janardhanan, and Markus Kraft, A study on the coagulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon clusters to determine their collision efficiency, Combust. Flame 157, 523–534 (2010) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.10.003)

2008

Vinod M. Janardhanan, Vincent Heuveline, and Olaf Deutschmann, Three-phase boundary length in solid-oxide fuel cells: A mathematical model, J. Power Sources 178, 368–372 (2008) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.11.083)

Koyo Norinaga, Vinod M. Janardhanan, and Olaf Deutschmann, Detailed chemical kinetic modeling of pyrolysis of ethylene, acetylene and propylene at 1073–1373 K with a plug flow reactor model, Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 40, 199–208 (2008) (https://doi.org/10.1002/kin.20302)

R. U. Khan, S. Bojohr, D. Buchholz, R. Reimert, H. D. Mihn, K. Norinaga, V. M. Janardhanan, S. Tischer, and O. Deutschmann, Pyrolysis of propane for vacuum carburizing of steel: An experimental and modeling study, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis 81, 148–156 (2008) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2007.09.012)

2007

Vinod M. Janardhanan and Olaf Deutschmann, Modeling solid oxide fuel cells (invited review), Z. Phys. Chem. 221, 443–478 (2007) (https://doi.org/10.1524/zpch.2007.221.4.443)

D. Lysenkiv et al., Nonaligned carbon nanotubes anchored on porous alumina: Formation, process modeling, gas-phase analysis, and field-emission properties, Small 3, 974–985 (2007) (https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.200600595)

Vinod M. Janardhanan, Vincent Heuveline, and Olaf Deutschmann, Performance evaluation of planar solid oxide fuel cells, J. Power Sources 172, 296–307 (2007) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.07.000)

Vinod M. Janardhanan and Olaf Deutschmann, Numerical study of mass and heat transport in solid oxide fuels running on humidified methane, Chem. Eng. Sci. 62, 5473–5486 (2007) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2007.01.043)

Vinod M. Janardhanan and Olaf Deutschmann, Modeling of mass and heat transport, heterogeneous reactions, and electrochemistry in a solid-oxide fuel cell, Chem. Ing. Tech. 79, 1347 (2007) (https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.200750388)

2006

Vinod M. Janardhanan and Olaf Deutschmann, CFD analysis of a solid oxide fuel cell with internal reforming: Coupled interactions of transport, heterogeneous catalysis and electrochemical processes, J. Power Sources 162, 1192–1202 (2006) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.08.017)

2005

H. Zhu, R. J. Kee, V. M. Janardhanan, O. Deutschmann, and D. G. Goodwin, Modeling elementary chemistry and electrochemistry in solid oxide fuel cells, J. Electrochem. Soc. 152, A2427–A2440 (2005) (https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2116607)