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CRR Office: C110
Department of Chemistry
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IIT Kharagpur
Kharagpur 721302
Email: crraj@chem.iitkgp.ac.in
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Group news

  • Alumni Dr. Arpan Samanta, Dr. Siniya Mondal, Dr. Rajkumar Bera, and Dr. Sourav Mallick visited the lab
  • Mallick's paper accepted in ACS AMI
  • Ankit Das (CECRI) completed his summer internship
  • Rahul and Manick joined as M.Sc. project students
  • Kumar's paper accepted in ACS AMI
  • Our lab shifted to JCG-PCR science block (Lab No:406)
  • Siniya's paper accepted in ACS ANM
  • Post-doctoral position - Please contact Prof. C. R. Raj (crraj@chem.iitkgp.ac.in)

Recent Publications

Facile room temperature synthesis of CoSn(OH)6/g-C3N4 nanocomposite for oxygen evolution reaction

Facile room temperature synthesis of CoSn(OH)6/g-C3N4 nanocomposite for oxygen evolution reaction, Biraj Kanta Satpathy, C. Retna Raj, Debabrata Pradhan., Electrochimica Acta 433, 141250

Defect Engineered Ternary Spinel: An Efficient Cathode for an Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc-Ion Battery of Long-Term Cyclability

Defect Engineered Ternary Spinel: An Efficient Cathode for an Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc-Ion Battery of Long-Term Cyclability, Sourav Mallick, Venkata Surya Kumar Choutipalli, Saheb Bag, Venkatesan Venkatesan, C. Retna Raj., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14 (33), 37577-37586

Low-Noise Potentiostat Circuit for Electrochemical Detection of Heavy Metals or Metalloids

Low-Noise Potentiostat Circuit for Electrochemical Detection of Heavy Metals or Metalloids, Joydeep Mahato, C. Retna Raj, Karabi Biswas., IEEE Trans Instrum Meas 2022, 71, 1-9

Heteroatom-Doped Carbon-Encapsulated FeP Nanostructure: A Multifunctional Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Battery and Water Electrolyzer

Heteroatom-Doped Carbon-Encapsulated FeP Nanostructure: A Multifunctional Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Battery and Water Electrolyzer, Mopidevi Manikanta Kumar, C. Retna Raj., ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022, 14 (13), 15176-15186

Bifunctional Catalytic Activity of Solvothermally Synthesized CeO2 Nanosphere/NiO Nanoflake Nanocomposites

Bifunctional Catalytic Activity of Solvothermally Synthesized CeO2 Nanosphere/NiO Nanoflake Nanocomposites, Debanjali Ghosh, Mopidevi Manikanta Kumar, C. Retna Raj, Debabrata Pradhan., ACS Appl Energy Mater 2022, 5 (5), 5666-5679

Surface-engineered mesoporous carbon-based material for the electrochemical detection of hexavalent chromium

Surface-engineered mesoporous carbon-based material for the electrochemical detection of hexavalent chromium, Abhirup Bhadra, Aniruddha Kundu, C. R. Raj., J. Chem. Sci. 2021, 133,125

Electrochemically Dealloyed Cu-Pt Nanostructures for Oxygen Reduction and Formic Acid Oxidation

Electrochemically Dealloyed Cu-Pt Nanostructures for Oxygen Reduction and Formic Acid Oxidation, Siniya Mondal, Mopidevi Manikanta Kumar, C. R. Raj., ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021

Advanced Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Air-Breathing Electrode in Zn-Air Batteries

Advanced Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Air-Breathing Electrode in Zn-Air Batteries, Aniruddha Kundu, Sourav Mallick, Santanu Ghora, and C. R. Raj., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 40172-40199

Hierarchical Hollow MOF-Derived Bamboo-like N-doped Carbon Nanotube-Encapsulated Co0.25Ni0.75 Alloy: An Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Zinc–Air Battery

Hierarchical Hollow MOF-Derived Bamboo-like N-doped Carbon Nanotube-Encapsulated Co0.25Ni0.75 Alloy: An Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Battery, Aniruddha Kundu, Arpan Samanta, and C. Retna Raj, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021.

Aqueous Rechargeable Zn-ion Batteries: Strategies for Improving the Energy Storage Performance

Aqueous Rechargeable Zn-ion Batteries: Strategies for Improving the Energy Storage Performance. Sourav Mallick, C. R. Raj. ChemSusChem 2021, 14, 1987-2022.

Rationally designed mesoporous carbon-supported Ni-NiWO4@NiS nanostructure for the fabrication of hybrid supercapacitor of long-term cycling stability

Rationally designed mesoporous carbon-supported Ni-NiWO4@NiS nanostructure for the fabrication of hybrid supercapacitor of long-term cycling stability, Sourav Mallick, Amit Mondal and C. R. Raj. J. Power Sources 2020, 477, 229038.

An Electrocatalytically Active Nanoflake-Like Co9S8-CoSe2 Heterostructure for Overall Water Splitting

An Electrocatalytically Active Nanoflake-Like Co9S8-CoSe2 Heterostructure for Overall Water Splitting, Sukanta Chakrabartty, Subhajit Karmakar and C. R. Raj. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3, 11326-11334.

Three-Dimensional Nitrogen-Doped Graphitic Carbon-Encapsulated MnO-Co Heterostructure: A Bifunctional Energy Storage Material for Zn-Ion and Zn-Air Batteries

Three-Dimensional Nitrogen-Doped Graphitic Carbon-Encapsulated MnO-Co Heterostructure: A Bifunctional Energy Storage Material for Zn-Ion and Zn-Air Batteries, Arpan Samanta, Barun, Kumar Barman, Sourav Mallick, C. R. Raj. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 10108-10118.

Transition metal alloy integrated tubular carbon hybrid nanostructure for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

Transition metal alloy integrated tubular carbon hybrid nanostructure for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis, Arpan Samanta, Arnab Ghatak, Somnath Bhattacharyya, C. R. Raj. Electrochimica Acta 2020, 348, 136274.

Oxygen Electrocatalysis with Mesoporous Co- N- C Catalysts: Towards Understanding the Active Site and Development of Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries

Oxygen Electrocatalysis with Mesoporous Co- N- C Catalysts: Towards Understanding the Active Site and Development of Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries, Arpan Samanta and C. R. Raj, ChemElectroChem 2020, 7, 2877-2887.

Bifunctional electrocatalytic activity of ordered intermetallics based on Pd and Sn

Bifunctional electrocatalytic activity of ordered intermetallics based on Pd and Sn, S. Mondal, V. S. K. Choutipalli, B. K. Jena, V. Subramanian, and C. R. Raj, J. Phys. Chem C. 2020, 124, 9631

Transition metal alloy integrated tubular carbon hybrid nanostructure for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalys

Transition metal alloy integrated tubular carbon hybrid nanostructure for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalys, A. Samanta, A. Ghatak, S. Bhattacharyya,and C. R. Raj, Electrochim. Acta, 2020, 348, 136274

Mesoporous carbon-supported manganese tungstate nanostructures for the development of zinc-air battery powered long lifespan asymmetric Supercapacitor

Mesoporous carbon-supported manganese tungstate nanostructures for the development of zinc-air battery powered long lifespan asymmetric Supercapacitor, S. Mallick, A. Samanta and C. R. Raj, Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2020, 4, 4008

Oxygen Electrocatalysis with Mesoporous Co-N-C Catalysts: Towards Understanding the Active Site and Development of Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries

Oxygen Electrocatalysis with Mesoporous Co-N-C Catalysts: Towards Understanding the Active Site and Development of Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries, Arpan Samanta and C. R. Raj, ChemElectroChem 2020, 7, 2877

Bifunctional nitrogen-doped hybrid catalyst based on onion-like carbon

Bifunctional nitrogen-doped hybrid catalyst based on onion-like carbon and graphitic carbon encapsulated transition metal alloy nanostructure for rechargeable zinc-air battery., Arpan Samanta and C. R. Raj,
Journal of Power Sources 2020, 455, 227975.

General Approach for the Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Encapsulated Mo and W Phosphide Nanostructures

General Approach for the Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Encapsulated Mo and W Phosphide Nanostructures for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.
Sukanta Chakrabartty, Damini Sahu and C. R. Raj, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 3, 2811-2820.

Nitrogen and phosphorous co-doped graphitic carbon encapsulated ultrafine OsP2 nanoparticles

Nitrogen and phosphorous co-doped graphitic carbon encapsulated ultrafine OsP2 nanoparticles: a pH universal highly durable catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. Sukanta Chakrabartty, Barun Kumar Barman and C. R. Raj, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 4399-4402.

Electrochemical Dealloying-Assisted Surface-Engineered Pd-Based Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Formic Acid Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction.

Electrochemical Dealloying-Assisted Surface-Engineered Pd-Based Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Formic Acid Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction. Siniya Mondal and C. R. Raj, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 14110-14119.

Carbothermal Reduction-Assisted Phosphidation of Cobalt Affords Mesoporous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon-Embedded CoP Nanoelectrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Carbothermal Reduction-Assisted Phosphidation of Cobalt Affords Mesoporous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon-Embedded CoP Nanoelectrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Mopidevi Manikanta Kumar and C. R. Raj, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 643-648.
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