Dr giddaerappa

About Dr. Giddaerappa

 Dr. Giddaerappa completed his Ph.D from the Department of Chemistry, from Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ballari. Karnataka in Dec-2022. His research interest is to develop redox-active Bio-Inspired N4-Macrocles for electrochemical applications. Later, He joined as National Postdoctoral Fellow (NPDF-SERB) to the SMAD Lab, YRC, Yenpoya (Deemed to be) University in April-2024.  Currently, He is working on the field development of Phthalocyanine molecules for the sustainable energy applications including Water splitting, Fuel cell and Batteries etc, under the mentorship of Prof. K. Sudakaraprasad YRC.

Awards/Honors

1)     Recived 2nd Rank in the MSc Chemistry in year 2017 to the VSK University, Karnataka

2)     Received Prestigious NPDF Fellowship from the DST_SERB, India in the year 2024

3)     Presented a paper entitled “Efficient Water Oxidation Using Non-Precious Macrocycle-Embedded carbon on Nickel Foam” in ICONMAT-2025, international Conference held on 12th - 14th February, 2025 at CUSAT, Kerala.

4) Attended Symposium on Advancement of Emerging Technologies in Energy Storage, held at Atria University on 5th February 2025.

5)  Presented a paper entitled “Thermal Treatment of CoFe Prussian Blue Analogues for High-Performance Water Electrolysis” in 3rd International Conference on Advances in Material Science and Technology (ICAMST-2025), on 24-26, 2025, Ramaiah University, Bengaluru. (Got best Oral Presentation Award).

6)  Presented a paper entitled “CoFe Prussian Blue Analogues for High-Performance Water Electrolysis” in WAMSEt-2025, Workshop on Advances Materials and Sustainable Energy Technologies, on 29 july-2nd August, 2025, University of Kerala, Kerala (Got best Oral Presentation Award).

Research Intrest:

Interfacial Electrochemistry, Water splitting reaction (HER and OER), Energy storage and conversion devices and Electrochemical sensors.

First Author Publications:

1. Giddaerappa, Sriram, Abdul Junaid, KS Lokesh, Naveen MH and K S Prasad. Non- Precious Macrocycle Embedded Hybrid Nanocomposites for Efficient Water Oxidation. Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2025 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SE00434A)

2. Giddaerappa, Arina A. Petukhova, Nataliya E. Borisova, Tatiana V. Dubinina, Lokesh Sannegowda, Biomimicking thienyl-substituted cobalt phthalocyanine with carbon nanoparticles as hybrid electrocatalyst for augmenting oxygen reduction reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 135, 2025, Pages 285-294. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.05.011)

3. Giddaerappa, Naseem Kousar, Uday Deshpande,    Lokesh Sannegowda.             Cobalt Phthalocyanine Based Metal Organic Framework as Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for        Water        Electrolysis.        ACS        Energy         and      Fuels. 2024. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c00037)

4.     Giddaerappa; Naseem Kousar; Shivalingayya Gaddimath; Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Macromolecule-Nanoparticle Based Hybrid Materials for Biosensor Applications. Biosensors. 2024. (https://doi.org/10.3390/bios14060277)

5. Giddaerappa, Naseem Kousar, Sharath Kumar, Mirabbos Hojamberdiev, Lokesh Koodlur. Substrate-Driven Electrocatalysis of Natural and Earth-Abundant Pyrite Towards Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Electrochemica acta. 2023. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.143575)

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Giddaerappa+, Neethu Christudas Dargily+, Rahul Mahadeo Mendhe+, Akshay Haridas, Ravikumar Thimmappa, Surbhi Sharma, Musthaf Ottakam  Thotiyl. Electro Fenton's reaction coupled Zn-air battery for in situ pollutant degradation. RSC Green Chemistry. 2023. (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC03155A)

7. Giddaerappa, Keshavananda Prabhu Channabasavana Hundi Puttaningaiah, Shambhulinga Aralekallu, Shantharaja, Naseem Kousar, Ashwini Chikkabasur Kumbara,

Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Uranium phthalocyanine-anchored acid-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes for water electrolysis. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2023. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c01328)

8. Giddaerappa, Manjunatha Nemakal Shantharaja, hojambardiev Mirabbos, Koodlur Sannegowda Lokesh. Nitrogen-rich palladium tetra amino-hippuric acid phthalocyanine complex and its hybrid composite with multi-walled carbon nanotubes for supercapacitor application. Journal of energy storage.2022. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.104696)

9. Giddaerappa, Manjunatha Nemakal, Shantharaja, hojambardiev Mirabbos, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Tetraphenolphthalein Cobalt(II) Phthalocyanine Polymer Modified with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as an Efficient Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction

Reaction. ACS Omega. 2022. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c01157)

10.  Giddaerappa, Manjunatha Nemakal, Shantharaja, Veeresh A Sajjan, Sannegowda Lokesh Koodlur. Novel amide coupled phthalocyanines: Synthesis and structure-property relationship for electrocatalysis and sensing of hydroquinone. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115657)

11.  Giddaerappa, Manjunatha Nemakal, Imadadulla Mohammed, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Mannich reaction derived phthalocyanine polymer for electrochemical detection   of   salicylic   acid.   Inorganica   Chimica   Acta.   2020.

(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2020.119895)

12.  N4 macrocyclic embedded Carbon for Oxygen evolution reaction. (Under review)

Co-Author Publications:

1.    Ashwini CK, Naseem Kousar, Giddaerappa, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Bioinspired cobalt phthalocyanine hybrid as bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen electrocatalysis. Journal of Energy storage. 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.112920)

2.     Naseem Kousar, Ravikumar Thimmappa, Giddaerappa, Manjunatha Palanna, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Phthalocyanine Polymer Anchored Ketjen Black Nanoparticles for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2024. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c01044)

3. Shivalingayya Gaddimath Chandrakala K B, Arunkumar Lagashetty, Giddaerappa, Santhoshkumar Dani, Keshavananda Prabhu C P, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Ilmenite- type NiTiO3 Nanoparticles for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-024-02118-8)

4.     Krishnappa B Badiger, Kantharaju Kamanna, Ramesha Hanumanthappa, KS Devaraju, Giddaerappa, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Synthesis, Antioxidant, and Electrochemical Behavior Studies of 2-Amino-4H-Chromene Derivatives Catalyzed by WEOFPA: Green Protocol. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds. (https://doi.org/10.1080/10406638.2023.2173620)

5.     Shantharaja, Giddaerappa, Sannegowda Lokesh Koodlur. Phthalocyanine based metal- organic frame work with carbon nanoparticles as hybrid catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction. Electrochimica Acta. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142405)

6.     Naseem Kousar, Giddaerappa, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Hybrid Cobalt Phthalocyanine Polymer as a Potential Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. International              Journal                                     of                         Hydrogen  Energy. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.06.296)

7.     Shantharaja, Giddaerappa, Veeresh A Sajjan, Koodlur Sannegowda Lokesh. Polymeric cobalt phthalocyanine on nickel foam as an efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution

reaction.       International          Journal         of                      Hydrogen               Energy. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.06.023)

8.     KB Chandrakala, Giddaerappa, KR Venugopal, KH Shivaprasad. Investigational undertaking descriptors for reduced graphene oxide-phthalocyanine composite based catalyst for electrochemical oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116558)

9.     Krishnappa B Badiger, Giddaerappa, Ramesha Hanumanthappa, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda, Kantharaju Kamanna. An Agro‐Waste Based Eco‐Friendly Synthesis, Electrochemical Behavior and Anti‐oxidant Properties Evaluation of Pyrano [2, 3‐c] pyrazole and Pyrazolyl‐4H‐chromenes Derivatives. Chemistry Select. (https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202104033)

10.  Shantharaja, Manjunatha Nemakal, Giddaerappa, Subramanya Gopal Hegde, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Novel biocompatible amide phthalocyanine for simultaneous electrochemical detection of adenine and guanine. Microchemical Journal. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2022.107223)

11.  Shantharaja, Manjunatha Nemakal, Giddaerappa, manjunath palanna, P sharath kumar, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Zinc phthalocyanine anchored magnetite particles: Efficient platform for sensing of thiocyanate. Journal of electroanalytical chemistry. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115385)

12.  Shantharaja, Manjunatha Nemakal, Giddaerappa, Koodlur Sannegowda Lokesh. Biocompatible Polymeric Pyrazolopyrimidinium Cobalt (II) Phthalocyanine: An Efficient Electroanalytical Platform for the Detection of L-Arginine . Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2021.112690)

13.   Shambhulinga Aralekallu, Giddaerappa, Manjunatha Nemakal, Imadadulla Mohammed, Lokesh Koodlur Sannegowda. Self-assembly of reactive difunctional molecules on nickel electrode. Surfaces and Interfaces. (https://doi:10.1016/j.surfin.2019.01.011)

Gmail ID: giddaerappa1234@gmail.com , 33898@yenepoya.edu.in

Google scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=v4mJRyEAAAAJ

ORCID: 0000-0003-4957-9183

ResearchGate:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Giddaerappa-Kuntoji