Career Journey

Systems for the Hydrogen Energy Sector, LIMSET

• Development of layered double hydroxide and metal phosphide electrocatalysts for green hydrogen generation.
• Development of Inorganic Perovskite oxides for Oxygen reduction reaction in a Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell.

Systems for the Hydrogen Energy Sector, Green Energy Park

• First successful Demonstration of PV coupled 20 KW Mc Phy Piel M alkaline electrolyzer based hydrogen production at a micro pilot scale.
• Successful participation in fund raising program for OCP groups (125 Million $ from IFC and world bank).

Materials Science Energy and Nanoengineering Department

• Development of innovative anion exchange based electrolyzer and electrocatalyst with very low overpotential.
• Successful Project Application as PI for ENSUS core research grant worth 700K USD.

Centre for Nano and Materials Sciences

• Successful one-pot synthesis of pyramidal type hematite nanoarchitecture for PEC water splitting.
• Quasicrystal discovery in hematite nanocrystalline superlattices.

Laboratory of Energy Science and Engineering

• Discovery of the origin of the photostable bismuth vanadate and correlation of electrochemistry with transmission electron microscopy.

Laboratory for High-performance Ceramics

• Design and electrochemical understanding of highly stable electrocatalysts for water splitting.

Advanced Light Source

• Synchrotron, operando end station, commissioning and finding of the Fe L edge electronic structure change during PEC water splitting.