Publications

23.  N. Sikdar,   S. Laha,   R. Jena,   A. Dey,   F. A. Rahimi  and  T. K. Maji,   An Adsorbate Biased Dynamic 3D Porous Framework for Inverse CO2 Sieving over C2H2, Chem. Sci., 2024, Just Accepted, (doi.org/10.1039/D3SC06611H).

22.   V. Chanda, J. R. C. Junqueira, N. Sikdar, I. Sanjuán Moltó, M. Braun, S. Dieckhöfer, S. Seisel, J. Weidner, T. Bobrowski, W. Schuhmann and C.  Andronescu, A CuOx/Cu/C electrocatalyst-based gas diffusion electrode for the electroreduction of CO2 with high selectivity to C2H4, Electrochem. Sci. Adv., 2023, 3, e2100200 (doi.org/10.1002/elsa.202100200).

21.  X. Wang, C. Tomon, T. Bobrowski, P. Wilde, J. R. C. Junqueira, T. Quast, W. He, N. Sikdar, J. Weidner and W. Schuhmann, Gaining the freedom of scalable gas diffusion electrodes for the CO2 reduction reaction, ChemElectroChem, 2022, e202200675 (doi.org/10.1002/celc.202200675).

20.  A. Ghosh, N. Sikdar and T. K. Maji, An excited-state intramolecular proton-transfer responsive nanoscale MOF for the dual sensing of water and chromate ions, J. Mater. Chem C, 2022, 10, 7558-7566 (doi.org/10.1039/D1TC06021J).

19.   N. Sikdar#, J. R. C. Junqueira#  (#equal), D. Öhl, S. Dieckhöfer, T. Quast, M. Braun, H. B. Aiyappa, S. Seisel, C. Andronescu and W. Schuhmann, Redox replacement of Ag on MOF-derived Cu/C-nanoparticles on gas diffusion electrodes for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28,  e2021042 (doi.org/10.1002/chem.202104249).

18.      D. Morales#, D. Jambrec# (#equal), M. Shuvaeva, M. Braun, N. Sikdar, A. Koul, C. Andronescu and W. Schuhmann, Electrocatalytic conversion of glycerol to oxalate on Ni oxide nanoparticles-modified oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 2, 982–992 (doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c04150).

17.       F. Huq#, I. Sanjuán# (#equal), S. Baha, M. Braun, A. Kostka, V. Chanda, J. R. C. Junqueira, N. Sikdar, A. Ludwig and C. Andronescu, Influence of the PTFE membrane thickness on the CO2 electroreduction performance of sputtered Cu-PTFE gas diffusion electrodes, ChemElectroChem, 2022, 9, e20210127 (doi.org/10.1002/celc.202101279).

16.      N. Sikdar#, J. R. C. Junqueira# (#equal), S. Dieckhöfer, T. Quast, M. Braun, Y. Song, H. B. Aiyappa, S. Seisel, J. Weidner, D. Öhl, C. Andronescu and W. Schuhmann, A metal-organic framework derived CuxOyCz catalyst for electrochemical CO2 reduction and impact of local pH change, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 23427–23434 (doi.org/10.1002/anie.202108313).

15.      N. Sikdar, P. Schwiderowski, D. Medina, S. Dieckhöfer, T. Quast, A. C. Brix, S. Cychy, M. Muhler, J. Masa and W. Schuhmann, Trace metal loading of B‐N‐Co‐doped graphitic carbon for active and stable bifunctional oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution electrocatalysts, ChemElectroChem, 2021, 8, 1685–1693 (doi.org/10.1002/celc.202100374).

14.      Y. Song, J. R. C. Junqueira, N. Sikdar, D. Öhl, S. Dieckhöfer, T. Quast, S. Seisel, J. Masa, C. Andronescu and W. Schuhmann, B-Cu-Zn gas diffusion electrodes for CO2 electroreduction to C2+ products at high current densities, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 9135–9141 (doi.org/10.1002/anie.202016898).

13.  T. Singh, C. Das, N. Bothra, N. Sikdar, S. Das, S. K. Pati and T. K. Maji, MOF derived Co3O4@Co/NCNT nanocomposite for electrochemical hydrogen evolution, flexible zinc-air batteries, and overall water splitting, Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 3160–3170 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03516).

12.   N. Sikdar, A. Hazra, D. Samanta, R. Haldar and T. K. Maji, Guest-responsive reversible electron transfer in a crystalline porous framework supported by a dynamic building node, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 18479–18484 (doi.org/10.1002/anie.202008189).

11.   S. Mukherjee#, N. Sikdar# (#equal), D. O. Nolan, D. M. Franz, V. Gascón, A. Kumar, N. Kumar, H. S. Scott, D. G. Madden, P. E. Kruger, B. Space and M. J. Zaworotko, Trace CO2 capture by an ultramicroporous physisorbent with low water affinity, Sci. Adv., 2019, 5, eaax9171 (doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax9171).

10.   Z. Wang, N. Sikdar, S.-Q. Wang, X. Li, M. Yu, X.-H. Bu, Z. Chang, X. Zou, Y. Chen, P. Cheng, K. Yu, M. J. Zaworotko and Z. Zhang, Soft porous crystal based upon organic cages that exhibit guest-induced breathing and selective gas separation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 9408–9414 (doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b04319).

9.   N. Sikdar, B. Konkena, J. Masa, W. Schuhmann and T. K. Maji, Co3O4@Co/NCNT Nanostructure derived from a dicyanamide-based metal-organic framework as an efficient bi-functional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions, Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 18049–18056 (doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704211).

8.  N. Sikdar, M. Bhogra, U. V. Waghmare and T. K. Maji, Oriented attachment growth of anisotropic meso/nanoscale MOFs: tunable surface area and CO2 separation, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 20959–20968 (doi.org/10.1039/C7TA02896B).

7.   N. Sikdar, D. Dutta, R. Haldar, T. Ray, A. Hazra, A. J. Bhattacharyya and T. K. Maji, Coordination-driven fluorescent J-aggregates in a perylenetetracarboxylate-based MOF: permanent porosity and proton conductivity, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 13622–13629 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b04347).

6.  N. Sikdar, S. Bonakala, R. Haldar, S. Balasubramanian and T. K. Maji, Dynamic entangled porous framework for hydrocarbon (C2-C3) storage, CO2 capture, and separation, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 6059–6070 (doi.org/10.1002/chem.201505217).

5.  R. Haldar, K. L. Gurunatha, N. Sikdar and T. K. Maji, 1D chains, 2D networks and 3D interdigitated frameworks of isoorotic acid or 4,4′-bipyridyl and isoorotic acid: syntheses, structures, and sorption properties, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 278–289 (doi.org/10.1039/C4QI00129J).

4.   R. Haldar, N. Sikdar and T. K. Maji, Interpenetration in coordination polymers: structural diversities toward porous functional materials, Mater. Today, 2015, 18, 97–116 (doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2014.10.038). (Review Article)

3.  N. Sikdar, K. Jayaramulu, V. Kiran, K. V. Rao, S. Sampath, S. J. George and T. K. Maji, Redox-active metal-organic frameworks: highly stable charge-separated states through strut/guest-to-strut electron transfer, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 11701–11706 (doi.org/10.1002/chem.201501614).

2.    S. Roy, S. Choubey, K. Bhar, N. Sikdar, J. S. Costa, P. Mitra and B. K. Ghosh, Counter anion dependent gradual spin transition in a 1D cobalt (II) coordination polymer, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 7774–7776 (doi.org/10.1039/C5DT00056D).

1.  N. Sikdar, A. Hazra and T. K. Maji, Stoichiometry-controlled two flexible interpenetrated frameworks: higher CO2 uptake in a nanoscale counterpart supported by accelerated adsorption kinetics, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 5993–6002 (doi.org/10.1021/ic500234r).