Amreen Bano is a Research Scientist at Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (RISE) of TCG Centres for Research and Education in Science and Technology (TCG-CREST). Dr. Amreen received her B.Sc. degree from Institute for Excellence in Higher Education (I.E.H.E), Bhopal with honors in Physics and awarded with a gold medal for holding 1st rank in science stream. She received her M.Sc. degree in Physics from Barkatullah University, Bhopal with distinction. She did her PhD (2016-2020) in the University Teaching Department (UTD)-Physics, Barkatullah University under the supervision of Prof. N. K. Gaur.
Following her postdoctoral experiences, she moved to department of Physics in IISER Pune (2020-2021) in Prof. Mukul Kabir’s group. Later, she joined department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Israel (2021-2024) in Prof. Dan T Major’s group.
Awards
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- Best Poster Award at Israel Electrochemical Society ISEL-2024 conference, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, July 2024.
- Invited as a Summer Visiting Researcher at Michigan Technological University by Prof. Ravindra Pandey, May-2019
- Best Poster award in Computational Physics in Nanotechnology at ICONN-2019, SRM University, Chennai, January 2019
- Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF), University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, 2016
- Meritorious Fellowship, University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, 2015
- Fellowship for training of Young Scientist (FTYS), M. P. Council of Science & Technology, Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology (MPCST), Bhopal, India, 2015
- University Topper (1st Rank), M.Sc. in Physics, Barkatullah University, Bhopal 2014
- Gold Medal, B.Sc. in Physics (Honors), Institute for Excellence in Higher Education, Bhopal 2012
Research Interests
My research focuses on the computational design and analysis of advanced materials for energy storage and sensing applications. I specialize in modeling and studying electrodes and electrolytes-both aqueous and non-aqueous-across Li-ion, Na-ion, and Zn-ion battery systems. Using state-of-the-art techniques such as Density Functional Theory (DFT), classical Molecular Dynamics (MD), and quantum MD simulations, I explore fundamental electrochemical processes to optimize battery performance. Additionally, I investigate 2D heterostructures to understand electron transport mechanisms for gas sensing, aiming to enhance sensitivity and selectivity. My work bridges fundamental science and practical applications, contributing to the development of sustainable energy and next-generation sensor technologies.
Email: banoamreen.7@gmail.com; amreen.bano@tcgcrest.org
For the full list of publications please refer to her Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=0IR8OWkAAAAJ&hl=en
Publications
Selected Publications
- Naresh Vangapally*, David Lustig*, Suman Rathod, Amreen Bano, Hadar Scalar, Sri Harsha Akella, Malachi Noked, Dan.T. Major, Shalom Luski, Ion C. Halalay, and Doron Aurbach, The Fluorinated Electrolytes Enabling the high-safety and Enhanced performances on NMCA/LixSiO-Graphite composite toward tri-layer Li-ion pouch cells. Small, 2403694 (2024). Impact Factor: 13.4
- Harshita Lohani, Ajit Kumar, Amreen Bano, Arpita Ghosh, Pratima Kumari, Aakash Ahuja, Abhinanda Sengupta, Dhruv Kumar, Dan Thomas Major, and Sagar Mitra, Inclusion of Anion Additives in the Inner Solvation Shell to Regulate the Composition of Solid Electrolyte Interphase, Advanced Energy Materials, 2401268 (2024). Impact Factor: 27.8
- Abhinanda Sengupta*, Ajit Kumar*, Amreen Bano, Aakash Ahuja, Harshita Lohani, Sri Harsha Akella, Pratima Kumari, Malachi Noked, Dan T. Major and Sagar Mitra, Unleashing Power and Longevity of Sodium-ion Battery Technology through Single Crystal Cobalt Free Heteroatom-doped P2-type Layered Oxide Cathode Material, Energy Storage Materials, 69, 103435, (2024). Impact Factor: 20.4
- Amreen Bano, Malachi Noked and Dan T Major, Theoretical Insights into High Entropy Ni-rich Layered Oxide Cathodes for Low-Strain Li-ion Batteries, Chemistry of Materials, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01182 (2023). Impact Factor: 10.58
- Nabil El Halya, Mohamed Aqil, Karim El Ouardi, Amreen Bano, Ayoub El Bendali, Loubna Hdidou, Rachid Amine, Seoung-Bum Son, Fouad Ghamouss, Dan Thomas Major, Khalil Amine, and Jones Alami, Biopolymer-Assisted Synthesis of P-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles for High-Performance Li-ion Batteries: A Comprehensive Study. Batteries and Supercaps, DOI: 10.1002/batt.202300424 (2023). Impact Factor: 5.7
- Amalraj Susai*, Amreen Bano*, Sandipan Maiti, Judith Grinblat, Arup Chakraborty, Hadar Sclar, Tatyana Kravchuk, Aleksandr Kondrakov, Maria Tkachev, Michael Talianker, Dan Thomas Major, Boris Markovsky, and Doron Aurbach, Stabilizing Ni-Rich High Energy Cathodes for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries: The Case of LiNi0.9Co0.1O2, Journal of Materials Chemistry A , DOI: 10.1039/D3TA00444A (2023). (* Equal authorship). Impact Factor: 11.9
- Amreen Bano and Dan T Major, Coexistence of Rashba Effect and Spin-valley Coupling in TiX2 (X= Te, S and Se) based Heterostructures, Applied Physics Letters, 122, 182403, (2023). Impact Factor: 4.0