The following research topics are currently being exercised in LCPE. Here is a brief glimpse of the title of the topics.

• Catalytic processes using CO2 for the chemical value chain: Catalyst formulation by developing structure-activity relationships.

  • Low-temperature, Low-cost, Active and stable Methanation catalyst development

  • Mixed metal oxides (MMO) catalyst development for direct and oxidative Propane dehydrogenation 

  • Effect of second metal in Ni3M (M= Fe, Co, Cu) catalyst for the activity, stability aspects in DRM: A combined experimental and theoretical studies.

  • Strategic tuning of CeO2-ZrO2 supported bimetallic Ni1-xCox for DRM: Insights into Ce/Zr ratios and Oxygen Storage Capacity (OSC).

  • Photocatalytic CO2 valorization towards higher oxygenates and hydrocarbons

• Machine Learning (ML) based model innovation for energy and environmental applications 

  • Catalyst screening and optimization using robust ML models

  • Estimation of state-of-charge of Lithium-ion batteries and its application in Electric Vehicles.

  • Physics Informed ML for optimization of the membrane electrode assembly in PEM Fuel cells 

• Ab-initio (DFT) studies for reaction mechanism and new catalyst formulation

  • CO2 activation using Carbide and Alloy catalysts

• MOU with Dr -Ing Robert Güttel, Institute of Chemical Engineering, University of Ulm, working on CO2 methanation on Ru based catalyst.

• MOU with ORSL for carbon capture and utilization (CCU) addressing one of the most pressing challenges of our time.

• IIT Kanpur & IIT(ISM) Dhanbad: Benchmarking potential catalysts and choice of a descriptor for CO2 methanation using transition metal based catalyst.

• BARC: ongoing

• IIT BHU: ongoing