Biography
I am a materials science researcher with 6+ years of experience in engineering materials to improve their performance in energy storage applications. I have strong expertise in materials synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical analysis, and I am particularly interested in developing scalable, high-performance electrode materials for next-generation batteries
Research Areas of Interest
Scalable electrode materials for Sodium-ion batteries including
- Sodium layered oxides
- Hard carbon
- Metal sulfides
Highest Qualification
List of Publications
Gopi, U.V., Reddi, U.S., and Smaran, K.S. Functional integration of MWCNT and LaNiO3-δ for next-generation stable and high-energy-density all-solid-state pseudocapacitors. J. Energy Storage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.117515
Gopi, U. V., S M, A. S. & Smaran, K. S. (2025) High energy density symmetric supercapacitors coupling redox-active gel polymer electrolytes with N-doped carbons. Nanotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ade71f
Gopi, U.V., Smaran, K.S. (2024) Heteroatom self ‑ doped hierarchical porous carbon from nitrogen ‑ rich jack bean meal for high ‑ performance supercapacitor and efficient oxygen reduction. Biomass Convers Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-06185-x
Gopi, U.V., Reddi, U.S., Karthik, M., and Smaran, K.S. (2024) Controlling phase transformation of La/Ni oxides by switching annealing conditions and their resultant pseudocapacitive behaviour. Nanotechnology, 35 (8), 85402. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ad0f54
Gopi, U.V., Bhojane, P., and Smaran, K.S. (2022) Engineering oxygen-deficient nanocomposite comprisingLaNiO3-δ and reduced graphene oxide for high-performance pseudocapacitors. J. Energy Storage, 54 (April), 105301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.105301
Gopi, Undavalli., Mary, Joseph., Arjun, K. K., Reji, Philip., Benoy, Anand., G. Nageswara Rao., (2021) Tuning thenonlinear optical properties by engineering donor-acceptor configurations in nitrochalone derivatives. Optical Materials, 115, 111024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2021.111024
Conference Proceedings
Undavalli Venkata Gopi, Yuva Keerthana R, B.V. Sarada “Crafting Sodium-Ready Hard Carbon Anodes from Lignin†Conference on Advanced Carbon Materials (18-20 February 2026, BITS Hyderabad)
Undavalli Venkata Gopi, Kumar Sai Smaran “Defect Engineering Pathways Towards Unlocking the Potentialof Perovskites in Supercapatteries†The 18th International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes, Langkawi,Malaysia (ISPE, 23-28 June 2024, Recipient of ISPE young researcher travel award)
Undavalli Venkata Gopi, Uday Sai Reddi, Kumar Sai Smaran “Strategies to enhance the pseudocapacitivebehaviour of lanthanum nickelate oxides via switching annealing conditions and composite formationâ€National Convention of Electrochemists 2023 (NCE’23, 04-05 January 2024, SRM, Chennai)
Undavalli Venkata Gopi, Kumar Sai Smaran, “Understanding Pseudocapacitive Behaviour of rGO-LaNiO3 AllSolid State Symmetric Configuration†Conference on Advances in Catalysis for Energy and Environment(CACEE, 31 Oct 2022-4 Nov 2022, TIFR, Mumbai)
Undavalli Venkata Gopi, Kumar Sai Smaran ‘Engineering Perovskite Oxide LaNiO3 as a SuperiorPseudocapacitive electrode’, Advanced Materials for Better Tomorrow (AMBT, 13-17 July, 2021, IIT BHU)
Awards & Honours
Recipient of the Young Researcher Travel Award for delivering an oral presentation titled “Defect Engineering Pathways Towards Unlocking the Potential of Perovskites in Supercapatteries” in the ”International Symposium om Polymer Electrolytes (ISPE-18)" at Langkawi, Malaysia
Affiliation to Professional Societies
Lifetime Member of Indian Carbon Society (ID: LM 753)