Nikita Luchinin

PhD student

Ph.D. thesis: “High-capacity alloying anode materials for sodium-ion batteries” 

Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Stanislav Fedotov

IDC committee members: Prof. Artem Abakumov, Prof. Evgeny Antipov and Assistant Prof. Stanislav Fedotov

Nikita was graduated Chemistry Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2020. His scientific interests are focused on the developing of technology of the hydrothermal synthesis of electrode materials for metal-ion batteries. Master thesis was devoted to potassium-ion rechargeable batteries. For this, a new titanium-containing cathode material with extraordinarily high redox potential was synthesized and characterized. This work first time demonstrated that titanium can be used to design prospective environmentally benign materials. Along with this work was also developed a process of fine carbon-coating of polyanion electrode materials using a special organic polymer for improving their rate capability and stability at high current densities. This technology was resulted into patent application at Skoltech.

Selected Publications
1. Katorova N.S., Fedotov S.S., Rupasov D.P., Luchinin N.D., Delattre B., Chiang Y., Abakumov A.M., Stevenson K.J., Effect of Concentrated Diglyme-Based Electrolytes on the Electrochemical Performance of Potassium-Ion Batteries // ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2019, V. 2, No. 8, P. 6051-6059, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b01173.

2. Fedotov, S.S., Luchinin N.D., Aksyonov, D.A.  et al., Titanium-based potassium-ion battery positive electrode with extraordinarily high redox potential // Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 1484, DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-15244-6

3. Morozova P.A., Luchinin N.D., Rupasov D.P., Katorova N.S., Fedotov S.S., Nikitina V.A., Stevenson K.J., Abakumov A.M., Electrochemical instability of bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide based ionic liquids as solvents in high voltage electrolytes for potassium ion batteries // Mendeleev Communications, 2020, V. 30, 5, P. 679-682, DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2020.09.043

Patents
RF № 2020107050, 14.02.2020, SkoltechLuchinin N. D., Fedotov S. S., Tyablikov O. A., Zakharkin M. V. and Antipov E. V, «Electrically conductive carbon coating for electrode materials of metal-ion batteries, application method and electrode composite material»

Conferences

1. Luchinin N.D., Fedotov S.S., Antipov E.V., Hydrothermal synthesis and electrochemical investigation of KTiPO4F as a cathode material for rechargeable batteries. Lithium Ion Battery Discussions “Electrode Materials”, 15-20 September 2019, Arcachon, France. Meeting Abstracts, p. 146. https://libd2019.sciencesconf.org
2. Luchinin N.D., Fedotov S.S., Antipov E.V. Hydrothermal synthesis and electrochemical investigation of KTiPO4F as a cathode material for rechargeable metal-ion batteries. XXI Mendeleev Congress on general and applied chemistry. 9-13 September 2019, St. Petersburg, Russia. Book of abstracts in 6 volumes: Book 3, p. 419. ISBN – 978-5-6043248-4-4
3. Luchinin N.D., Fedotov S.S. and Antipov E.V., Hydrothermal synthesis and electrochemical investigation of KTiPO4F as a cathode material for rechargeable batteries. 4th International conference of young scientists “Topical problems of modern electrochemistry and
   electrochemical materials science”, Moscow region, Vozdvizhenskoe, Russia (2019).