R.  Kannan, Islam, M. Nazrul, Rathod, D., Vijay, M., Kharul, U. K., Ghosh, P. C., and Vijayamohanan, K., ?2(7-3) fractional factorial optimization of polybenzimidazole based membrane electrode assemblies for H-2/O-2 fuel cells?, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 583-590, 2008.

R.  Kannan, Kakade, B. A., and Pillai, V. K., ?Polymer electrolyte fuel cells using nafion-based composite membranes with functionalized carbon nanotubes?, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, vol. 47, no. 14, pp. 2653-2656, 2008.

S.  Mahima, Kannan, R., Komath, I., Aslam, M., and Pillai, V. K., ?Synthesis of platinum Y-junction nanostructures using hierarchically designed alumina templates and their enhanced electrocatalytic activity for fuel-cell applications?, Chemistry of Materials, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 601-603, 2008.

D.  Rathod, Vijay, M., Islam, M. Nazrul, Kannan, R., Kharul, U. K., Kurungot, S., and Pillai, V., ?Design of an "allsolid-state'' supercapacitor based on phosphoric acid doped polybenzimidazole (PBI) electrolyte?, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 1097-1103, 2009.

R.  Kannan, Parthasarathy, M., Maraveedu, S. U., Kurungot, S., and Pillai, V. K., ?Domain size manipulation of perflouorinated polymer electrolytes by sulfonic acid-functionalized MWCNTs to enhance fuel cell performance?, Langmuir, vol. 25, no. 14, pp. 8299-8305, 2009.

R.  Kannan, Aher, P. P., Palaniselvam, T., Kurungot, S., Kharul, U. K., and Pillai, V. K., ?Artificially designed membranes using phosphonated multiwall carbon nanotube-polybenzimidazole composites for polymer electrolyte fuel cells?, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol. 1, no. 14, pp. 2109-2113, 2010.

M.  Parthasarathy, Kannan, R., Sreekumar, K., and Pillai, V. K., ?Bio-inspired catalyst compositions for enhanced oxygen reduction using nanostructured Pt electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells?, Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 20, no. 43, pp. 9651-9657, 2010.

R.  Kannan, Bipinlal, U., Kurungot, S., and Pillai, V. K., ?Enhanced electrocatalytic performance of functionalized carbon nanotube electrodes for oxygen reduction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells?, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 13, no. 21, pp. 10312-10317, 2011.

T.  Palaniselvam, Kannan, R., and Kurungot, S., ?Facile construction of non-precious iron nitride-doped carbon nanofibers as cathode electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells?, Chemical Communications, vol. 47, no. 10, pp. 2910-2912, 2011.

R.  Kannan, Kagalwala, H. N., Chaudhari, H. D., Kharul, U. K., Kurungot, S., and Pillai, V. K., ?Improved performance of phosphonated carbon nanotube-polybenzimidazole composite membranes in proton exchange membrane fuel cells?, Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 21, no. 20, pp. 7223-7231, 2011.

C. S. Suchand Sangeeth, Kannan, R., Pillai, V. K., and Menon, R., ?Charge transport in functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotube-Nafion composite?, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 112, no. 5, p. 053706, 2012.

S.  Vijayanand, Kannan, R., Potdar, H. S., Pillai, V. K., and Joy, P. Alias, ?Porous Co3O4 nanorods as superior electrode material for supercapacitors and rechargeable Li-ion batteries?, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 995-1003, 2013.