Research Interest
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Design of functional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) using green & sustainable route.
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Design of MOF derived functional porous nanomaterials (Metal carbide, metal oxide, sulfide, phosphide).
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Synthesis of transitional metal sulfides (TMS) with diverse morphology.
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Synthesis of Porous Organic Polymer (POP)
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Design of covalent organic framework (COF)
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Multimodal application of heterogeneous MOF/TMS, Metal carbide/oxide, metal carbide/sulfide etc-based multijunction materials.
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Photocatalytic Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), N2 reduction reaction (NRR), Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) & CO2 reduction rection (CO2RR).
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Photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical & agricultural contaminants (Pesticide, Insecticide, Herbicide & Biocide).
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction to value added chemicals.
Energy crisis and environmental pollution have emerged as the most pressing global issues which have attracted significant attention from scientific community. In the pursuit of renewable energies for future and sustainable remedial methods for environmental mitigation, the photocatalytic method has been recognized as the most promising technology which can provide long term solution to these global issues. Therefore, it is highly necessary to design an effective photocatalyst for renewable energy production and environmental remediation. In this context, Metal-organic frameworks (MOF) are regarded as a special class of porous material that have been evaluated as promising candidates for heterogeneous photocatalysis due to high surface area, well-defined pore structure, and tunable and flexible structurally.
1. During my doctoral research, my goal was to develop innovative high surface area MOF based multijunction photocatalyst for the renewable energy production and environmental remediation under benign conditions.
2. The use of Metal-organic frameworks (MOF), as precursors and sacrificial template have attracted significant attention towards fabrication of hollow functional nanomaterials including metal phosphides, metal sulfides, porous carbon materials and metal oxides. The resulting functional materials often retain the pore architecture of the parent MOF leading to formation of high surface materials. The developed MOF derived functional nanomaterials exhibits various fascinating features towards heterogeneous photocatalysis. Interestingly, when the coupling of MOF derived porous functional nanomaterials with ternary metal sulfides specifically with 2D nanosheet like morphology, the resulting heterostructure shows enhanced photocatalytic efficiency.
