Bhaghavathi Parambath researches with an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship from August 2015 onwards at HIU in the research group “Solid State Chemistry” leaded by Prof. Maximilian Fichtner. For Bhaghavathi Parambath one of the most attractive electrochemical systems is the combination of magnesium with sulfur as it offers a theoretical energy density of over 3200 Wh l−1, which is beyond that of a lithium sulfur battery. Compared to the substantial progress made on lithium sulfur batteries, the magnesium sulfur battery is still in a very early stage of research and development. Bhaghavathi Parambath is trying to change this with his investigation on the fabrication of high capacity and long cyclic stability electrode materials for magnesium sulfur battery systems.
Bhaghavathi Parambath has received his doctorate in physics in August 2013 at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai with an award for the best Ph.D. thesis. In his PhD thesis he investigated new materials for energy storage and energy conversion applications.
In providing Humboldt Research fellowships for postdoctoral researchers, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad who are just embarking on their academic careers and who completed their doctorates less than four years ago to spend extended periods of research in Germany. A Research Fellowship of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is in demand as it leads often to a remarkable career in academia. According to a survey of the Humboldt Foundation, four out of five scientists were appointed to a full professorship within 20 years after their research period in Germany.