Publications 

Aamir Suhail Khan, Tarak Mondal "Linking synthesis-structure-performance for low-temperature CO2 methanation over Pechini-derived Ni/CeO2 catalyst", Catalysis Today (2026) 115975, (IF: 5.1), DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2026.115975

Akanksha Goyal, Tarak Mondal, Arghya Banerjee, "Deciphering Binary and Ternary Interaction Effects in Inverse Cu–ZnO–ZrO2 Catalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol ", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2026, 9361-9373 (IF: 3.4). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6c01510  

Vijay Garule, Arjun Manal, Tarak Mondal, Rajendra Srivastava, "ZrO2 crystal phase mediated surface synergistic effect of Ni-ZrO2 for tuning furfural hydrogenation and rearrangement pathway in aqueous medium", Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Energy, (2026) 127112. (IF- 19.7). DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2026.127112

Anurag Jaswal, Vijay Garule, Piyush Pratap Singh, Omvir Singh, Tarak Mondal, Harnessing Earth-Abundant Mg-Fe Mixed Oxide Catalysts for Vapor Phase Furfural Transfer Hydrogenation", Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 103 (2026) 102727. (If: 3.4) DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2026.102727

Anurag Jaswal, Vijay Garule, Tarak Mondal, Engineering Cu catalysts on metal-modified mesoporous silica supports from rice husk ash for selective furfural hydrogenation, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, (2026) 141. (IF: 3.5) DOI: 10.1007/s13399-026-07080-3

Anurag Jaswal, Rajat Goswami, Piyush Pratap Singh, Tarak Mondal, “Optimizing pine needle pyrolysis: the role of pre-treatment in boosting bio-oil quality for sustainable energy production”, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, (2025) 1-15. (IF: 3.5) DOI: 10.1007/s13399-025-06588-4.

Akanksha Goyal, Piyush Pratap Singh, Arghya Banerjee, Tarak Mondal, “DFT insights into bio-oil model oxygenates interaction on Co and Fe doped LaNiO3 perovskite catalyst”, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 102 (2025) 101570. (IF=3.2) DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2025.101570.

Ajeet Kumar, Daya Shankar Pandey, Tarak Mondal, “Experimental investigation of process parameters for hydrogen-rich syngas production from rice husk gasification”, Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action, 6 (2025) 100061. DOI: 10.1016/j.scca.2025.100061.

Anurag Jaswal, Vijay Garule, Tarak Mondal,  “Transforming Waste into Wealth: Cu Catalysts Supported on Metal-Incorporated Mesoporous Silica Derived from Rice Husk Ash for Furfural Hydrogenation”, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, (2025) (IF: 3.5) (Under review).

Piyush Pratap Singh, Anurag Jaswal, Ajay Singh, and Tarak Mondal “From Waste to Clean Energy – An Integrated Pyrolysis and Catalytic Steam Reforming Process for Green Hydrogen Production from Agricultural Crop Residues”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 12 (2024) 2058-2069. (IF: 7.1) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c07519

Piyush Pratap Singh, Anurag Jaswal, Rajan Singh, Tarak Mondal, and Kamal K. Pant, “Green hydrogen production from biomass – An assessment of the potential of conventional and advanced bio-oil steam reforming processes”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 50 (2024) 627-639. (IF: 8.1) DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.10.099

Subhashini, Tarak Mondal, “The effect of heterogeneity of composition of littered real-world plastic waste on slow pyrolysis: kinetic models and reaction mechanism”, Journal of Energy Institute 117, (2024) 101853. (IF: 5.7) DOI: 10.1016/j.joei.2024.101853.

F Khan, C Shekhar, T Mondal, M Sabapathy, “Rapid removal of methylene blue and tetracycline by rough particles decorated with Pt nanoparticles”, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 26 (2024) 4. (IF=2.2) DOI: 10.1007/s11051-023-05904-1

Anurag Jaswal, Vijay Garule, Akansha Pandey, Piyush Pratap Singh, Tarak Mondal, Prakash Biswas, “Selective furfural hydrodeoxygenation over Cu-Fe catalysts with In-Situ Cu@ Fe3O4 formation”, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2024. (IF: 5.9) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2024.04.011 

Piyush Pratap Singh, Anurag Jaswal, Neelkanth Nirmalkar and Tarak Mondal, “Synergistic effect of transition metals on perovskite catalyst LaNi0.5M0.5O3 (M = Ni, Co, Cu, and Fe) for catalytic steam reforming of bio-oil to produce green hydrogen”, Renewable Energy, 207 (2023) 575-587. (IF: 9) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.03.057

Anurag Jaswal, Piyush Pratap Singh, Tarak Mondal, ‘Production of 2-methylfuran, a promising 2nd generation biofuel, by the vapor phase hyrodeoxygenation of biomass-derived furfural over TiO2 supported Cu-Ni bimetallic catalysts’, Fuel Processing Technology, 245 (2023) 107726-117743. (IF: 7.2) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2023.107726

Subhashini and Tarak Mondal, “Experimental investigation on slow thermal pyrolysis of real-world plastic wastes in a fixed bed reactor to obtain aromatic rich fuel grade liquid oil”, Journal of Environmental Management, 344 (2023) 118680-118691. (IF: 8) DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118680

Piyush Pratap Singh, Neelkanth Nirmalkar and Tarak Mondal ‘Catalytic steam reforming of simulated bio-oil for green hydrogen production using highly active LaNixCo1-xO3 perovskite catalyst’ Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 6 (2022) 1063-1074. (IF: 5) DOI: 10.1039/d1se01786a.

Anurag Jaswal, Piyush Pratap Singh, and Tarak Mondal ‘Furfural – A versatile, biomass-derived platform chemical for the production for renewable chemicals’, Green Chemistry, 24 (2022) 510-551. (IF: 9.3) DOI: 10.1039/D1GC03278J

Piyush Pratap Singh, Mohit Trivedi, Tarak Mondal and Neelkanth Nirmalkar, ‘A novel strategy to enhance the cooling effectiveness in a confined porous jet impingement using non-Newtonian fluids’ International Communication in Heat and Mass Transfer, 126 (2021) 105362-105370. (IF: 6.4) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105362.