Research
Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)
Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Soft Photocatalysis: Water Splitting
Heterogeneous Catalysis and Photocatalysis
Research Interests:
Extended crystalline organic materials: Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for photocatalysis.
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for visible light-induced radical polymerization.
Synthesis of novel two- and three-dimensional COFs for heterogeneous catalysis and energy applications.
Metal organic framework (MOF) derived porous carbons and carbon composites for supercapacitor, ORR, electrochemical water splitting and heterogeneous catalysis.
Synthesis of metal nanoparticle immobilised MOF composites and their applications for hydrolysis of ammonia borane and dehydrogenation of formic acid.
Synthesis and applications of graphene oxide-metal nanoparticle composite materials for dehydrogenation of formic acid for hydrogen generation.
Synthesis of functionalized and interpenetrated MOFs for reversible hydrogen storage and CO2 capture.
Expertise:
Synthesis of chemically stable two- and three-dimensional COFs for various applications.
Photocatalysis: Water splitting, photocatalytic CO2 reduction and photo-oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO).
Synthesis of metal nanoparticle-COF hybrids for heterogeneous catalysis.
Preparation of porous carbon from MOFs, COFs and porous polymers for their electrochemical applications such as supercapacitors and ORR.
Synthesis of MOFs and COFs through solvothermal and hydrothermal conditions.
Applications of MOFs for CO2 adsorption and gas separation at room temperature.
Targeted functionalization and interpenetration in metal-organic frameworks for gas adsorption.
Expertise in handling sensitive chemicals through glove-box and Schlenk line.
Characterization of organic linkers through spectroscopic analyses such as NMR, FT-IR, UV-Vis, Elemental analyses, etc.
Detailed characterization of supramolecular species and linkers through single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Refinement of crystal data, structure solution, disorder modeling, void calculation and presentation of data for publication.
Handling and operation of instruments like Single Crystal X-Ray Diffractometer (Agilent Supernova), Powder X-ray Diffractometer (Rigaku and Panalytical), High and low pressure gas adsorption instrument (Quantachrome Autosorb, Quadrasorb, iSorb-HP), GC-MS instrument (Agilent).
Electrochemical analyses: Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), Galvanostatic charge-discharge studies and Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analyses.