Parth Desai

Postdoctoral Associate · Argonne National Laboratory

With 8 years of experience in battery electrochemistry — from synthesizing electrode materials at IIT Bombay, to solving real commercial cell challenges at Collège de France and Tiamat Energy in Paris, to current research at Argonne National Laboratory — I've spent my career working on lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery materials, electrolyte design, and cell degradation analysis, trying to understand what actually happens inside a battery cell, why it fails, and how to engineer solutions on the basis of that diagnosis.

Faraday Notes is where I write about battery science and energy storage technology in depth — for scientists, engineers, and anyone curious about what's actually happening inside these cells, beyond the press releases.

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Publications

Addressing Bottlenecks to Achieve High-Energy Sodium-Ion Cells Using Tin Anodes

Advanced Energy Materials, 2026 · First author

Battery State of Charge and Aging Monitoring via Temperature Differential Analysis for Real World Application

Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2026 · Co-author

From lab to market with sustainable sodium-ion batteries

Nature Sustainability, 2025 · Co-author · 8 citations

An Iron-Based Fluorophosphate Cathode Material for K-Ion Batteries

ChemSusChem, 2024 · Co-author · 1 citation

Operando Entropy Profiling of Sodium-Ion Batteries via Optical Fiber Sensing

Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2024 · Co-author · 22 citations

Achieving Na-ion Battery Advancements through Decoding Degradation Pathways and Electrolyte Engineering

PhD Thesis, Sorbonne Université, 2023 · 3 citations

Influence of Formation Temperature on Cycling Stability of Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃|HC Cells

Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2023 · Co-author · 11 citations

Unravelling Thermal and Enthalpy Evolutions of Commercial Sodium-Ion Cells via Fiber Optic Sensors

Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2023 · Co-author · 19 citations

Mastering the Synergy between Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃ Electrode and Electrolyte: A Must for Na-Ion Cells

Energy Storage Materials, 2023 · First author · 64 citations

Zero Volt Storage of Na-Ion Batteries: Performance Dependence on Cell Chemistry

Journal of Power Sources, 2022 · First author · 43 citations

Practicality of Methyl Acetate as a Co-Solvent for Fast Charging Na-Ion Battery Electrolytes

Electrochimica Acta, 2022 · First author · 24 citations

Deciphering Interfacial Reactions via Optical Sensing to Tune the Interphase Chemistry for Optimized Na-Ion Electrolyte Formulation

Advanced Energy Materials, 2021 · First author · 53 citations

Non-Aqueous Electrolytes for Sodium-Ion Batteries: Challenges and Prospects Towards Commercialization

Batteries & Supercaps, 2021 · Co-author · 38 citations

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