Publications 2025

P. K. Gupta, C. V. Ileperuma, R. Misra, F. D’Souza, Strong acceptor incorporated phenothiazine- C60 multi-redox push-pull conjugates: Demonstration of C60’s superior electron acceptor characteristics, 2025, submitted for publication.

R. R. Kaswan, D. Molina, L. Ferrer-Lopez, J. Ortiz, P. A. Karr, A. Sastre-Santos, F. D’Souza, Intervalance Charge Transfer, and Exothermic and Isoenergetic Symmetry Breaking Charge Separation in Far-Red Capturing Zinc Phthalocyanine Dimers, 2025, submitted for publication.

J. K Sharma, D. R. Subedi, P. A Karr, F. D’Souza, Nickel Porphyrin-C60 Dyads: Significance of Low-Lying Porphyrin Orbitals to Suppress Excited Charge Transfer, 2025, submitted for publication.

M. Wazid, Y. Rout, A. Z. Alsaleh, R. R. Kaswan, R. Misra, F. D’Souza, Perylenediimide promoted charge transfer in tetracyanobutadiene-triphenylamine (TCBD-TPA) and expanded- tetracyanobutadiene-triphenylamine (DCNQ-TPA) push-pull conjugates, 2025, submitted for publication.

K. Dhakal, D. Subedi, A. Hajiseyedjavadi, M. Guragain, A. Kafle, J. A. Kelber, T. R. Cundari, F. D’Souza, Porphyrin-based conductive polymer derived from tetrakis(biphenyl-bis(bithiophene)) porphyrinato cobalt(II) for efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia, ChemSusChem, 2025, in revision.

S. Das, P. K. Gupta, R. Misra, F. D’Souza, Acceptor Dependent Intervalence Charge Transfer and Separation Dynamics in Broad-Band Capturing Push-Pull Chromophores, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2025, in revision.

M. Guragain, A. Kafle, Q. Adesope, P. P. Kularathne, M. Gharaee, B. Sapkota, H. Yan, J. A. Kelber, T. R. Cundari, F. D’Souza, Boosting the Electrocatalytic Dinitrogen Reduction Reaction with Selenium Vacancy in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, ACS Energy and Fuels, 2025, in revision.

S. Das, P. Kumar Gupta, R. Misra and F. D’Souza, Acceptor Dependent Intervalence Charge Transfer and Separation Dynamics in Broad-Band Capturing Push-Pull Chromophores, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2025, in revision.

R. R. Kaswan, S. Washburn, U. Oji, H. Wang, F. D’Souza, Directly Fused Porphyrin- Tetracyanopentacenequinone Conjugates: Role of the Cross-Conjugated, Powerful Electron Acceptor in Promoting Highly Efficient Charge Separation, Chem. Eur. J. 2025, in press.

N. Holzer, J. K. Sharma, N. Zarrabi, V. N. Nesterov, F. D’Souza, P. K. Poddutoori, Tuning Redox Potentials of Phosphorus(V) Tetraarylporphyrins Without Altering Their Optical Properties, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 2025, in press.