Dr. Ditty Dixon

Associate Professor

School of Chemical Sciences

Mahatma Gandhi University

Priyadarsini Hills P.O.

Kottayam 686560, Kerala

E-mail : ditty.dixon@gmail.com

Ph: +91-9400243084

Academic Background

Ph.D :   PhD in Chemistry, Technisch Universität Darmstadt, Germany.
             Prof: Christina Roth (2011)
M.Sc.:  School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam,
             Kerala, India (2006)
B.Sc.:   Sacred Heart College, Thevara

Research Experience

• 07/2018-03/2022 : Ramanujan Fellow, Central Electrochemical Research Institute(CSIR-CECRI), Karaikudi,TamilNadu,India
  Diagnostic and development of Zn/Br redox flow batteries, Inoperando investigation of Li-Na ionbatteries. Development of Fe and Zn air batteries
• 2017 – 2018 : Post Doc (CIC Fellowship), Frei University Berlin,
                In operando XAS investigation of Alkaline fuel cells
• 2011 – 2016 :  Research Scientist: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Applied Materials-Energy Storage Systems

Working Area: In situ XAS characterization of Lithium-Ion Batteries.             

Projects

Handling two projects with a total sum of 1.3 crores INR from SERB, India.

Selected Publication (Total 21)

1) D Dixon*, S Mangold, M Knapp, H Ehrenberg, A Bhaskar, Direct Observation of Reductive Coupling Mechanism between Oxygen and Iron/Nickel in Cobalt‐Free Li‐Rich Cathode Material: An in operando X‐Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study, Advanced Energy Materials, 2021, 11, 2100479 

2) K. S. Archana, R. Naresh, H. Enale, V. Rajendran, A.M. V. Mohan, A. Bhaskar, P. Ragupathy, D. Dixon*, Effect of positive electrode modification on the performance of zinc-bromine redox flow batteries, Journal of Energy Storage, 2020, 29, 101462

3) D. Dixon*, M. Avila, H. Ehrenberg, A. Bhaskar, Difference in the electrochemical mechanism of SnO2 in Lithium-ion and Sodium-ion Batteries: Combined in operando and ex situ XAS investigations, ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 9731-9738

4) D. Dixon*, A. Schoekel, C. Roth, Spatially resolved quantification of Ruthenium oxide phase in a direct methanol fuel cell operated under normal and fuel starved conditions, Electrochimica Acta, 2019, 298, 52-58

5) D. Wang, X. Bei, Q. Fu, D. Dixon, N. Bramnik, Y. Hu, F. Fauth, Y. Wei, H. Ehrenberg, G. Chen & F. Du, “Sodium vanadium titanium phosphate electrode for symmetric sodium-ion batteries with high power and long lifespan”, Nature communications, 8 (2017) 1-7

6) D. Dixon*, D. J. Babu, J. Langner, H.-M. Bruns, L. Pfaffmann, A. Bhaskar, J. J. Schneider, F. Scheiba, H. Ehrenberg, “Effect Of Oxygen Plasma Treatment On The Electrochemical Performance Of The Rayon And PAN Based Carbon Felt For VRFB Application”, J. Power Sources, 332 (2016) 240–248

7) D. Dixon, A. Habereder, M. Farmand, S. Kaserer, C. Roth, D. E. Ramaker, Space resolved, in operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy: Investigations on both the anode and cathode in a direct methanol fuel cell, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, C 116 (13) (2012) 7587.