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Exploring the Future of Photovoltaics: A Talk by Prof. Vikram Dalal CKC hosted Prof. Vikram Dalal (Iowa State Univ.) at IIT Kanpur today for an engaging session on the future of solar energy -- highlighting rapid PV growth, perovskite breakthroughs, green hydrogen storage,

🌞 CKC Talk Series | IIT Kanpur 🌿 Join us for an insightful talk on “Advances in Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells” by Prof. Vikram Dalal, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University 📅 Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 🕛 Time: 12:00 PM 📍 Venue: Seminar Room,

🎓 Congratulations to Our Award-Winning Scholars! We are proud to celebrate the winners of the Chandrakanta Kesavan Best Research Project Award - Ridhav Arora from the Department of Material Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur, and Sneh Omer from the Department of Chemical

🎓 Congratulations to Our Award-Winning Scholars! We are proud to celebrate the winners of the Chandrakanta Kesavan Best Research Thesis Award - Siddharth Raj from the Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering, IIT Kanpur, Mansi Kumawat, and Manish Gupta from the Department of

🔋 Toward Practical Li-S Batteries with Carbonate Electrolytes: A Materials-Centric Approach 🔋 Despite their high theoretical capacity, Li-S batteries have long been hindered by polysulfide shuttling, poor rate capability, and instability in carbonate electrolytes. In our

⚡ Enhancing Grid-Scale Storage: A Synergistic Approach to LMB Performance🔋 Liquid Metal Batteries (LMBs) are novel solutions for large-scale renewable energy storage — however, a crucial obstacle still needs to be addressed. During discharge, an undesirable intermetallic

📢 BREATHE EASY IN CLASSROOMS: IT'S TIME TO ACT! 🏫💨 🚨 Shocking Revelation from Our Latest Study! Children in naturally ventilated (NV) classrooms are exposed to up to 10x higher levels of particles compared to those in mechanically ventilated (MV) classrooms in Kanpur, India,

🔋 Advancements in Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries: Exploring Organic Cathodes⚡ The battery lab@SEE at IIT Kanpur has developed a high-performance solid-state Li-ion battery (SSB) using an organic pyrene-tetraone (PTO) cathode and a polymer-sulfide composite electrolyte --

IIT Kanpur’s Cleanliness Drive @ Ganga Barrage Driveway & Atal Ghat – March 2025 🌊♻️ Chandrakanta Kesavan Center (CKC ) in its continued stride towards a cleaner Kanpur, joined hands with Kanpur Ploggers to clean and rejuvenate the sacred banks of the Ganga—at Ganga Barrage

🔧 Decarbonizing India's Steel Industry Starts with BF-BOF! The blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) route contributes to 46% of India's steel production -- and it's also the most energy- and emission-intensive. 🇮🇳 Producing 57.37 million tons of crude steel

🌞 Revolutionizing Metal Heat Treatment with Solar Energy! 🔥 Electricity and gas-based heat treatment processes are highly energy-intensive. To address this, a team of researchers, led by Prof. Laltu Chandra, has developed an open volumetric air receiver-based solar convective

🏡 Understanding Residential Energy Consumption at IIT Kanpur ⚡📊 A research team led by Profs Anubha Goel & Aakash C Rai analyzed electricity consumption patterns across various residential buildings on the IIT Kanpur campus, focusing on end-use energy consumption and

Advancing Solar Thermochemical Research at IIT Kanpur - Dr. Vaibhav K. Arghode With generous support from Kesavan Center, IIT Kanpur, an electronic ballast was procured which enabled a significant upgrade to the High Flux Solar Simulator Facility (HFSS) at IIT Kanpur. This

Mr. Manojit Sengupta, Delivery Centre Head at Tata Consultancy Services(TCS), Kolkata, and co-lead of the TCS Energy and Utility Practice, shared valuable insights on the progress of #energy transition within the global utility industry on 11 Feb 2025 during the lecture of

CKC conducted many Life and Carbon Climate Change Awareness events on Saturdays and Sundays in October 2024. These events were attended by over 200 enthusiastic students from Sunshine Public School, Prayas, and Opportunity School participating, the event sparked thought-provoking

In a Cleanliness Drive, an initiative conducted by the Chandrakanta Kesavan Centre (CKC), with over 150 motivated IIT Kanpur students, collected upto 300 kg of plastic waste from locations like Ganga Barrage and various parks like Kargil Park. These drives happened from August to

Please join us for a talk by Dr Sudhanshu Shukla, a senior researcher at Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec), Belgium as part of the Chandrakanta Kesavan Lecture Series titled “Addressing the Material Challenges for Photoelectrochemical Solar Fuels Generation: Lessons