NANOMATERIALS

• Metal oxides, Metals, chalcogenides and 2-D Materials (Graphene & Mxenes)

• Defects, Surface modification, Electrochemistry & Opto-electronic properties

Clean Energy

• Hydrogen Generation from Water Splitting (Electrochemical and Photo-electrochemical)

• Next Generation Photovoltaics (Quantum Dots, CZTS, Perovskite)

• Electrodes for Metal-ion Batteries

Sensors

• Electrochemical Sensors 

• Sensors for soil & water pollutants

Memory Devices

• Bio-inspired artificial electronic synapse

• Metal oxide based resistive memory 

Functional Coating

• Self-cleaning, Photocatalytic & Super-hydrophobic/hydrophilic,

• UV- IR reflective, Anti-fouling, Anti-static, Electrochromic.

E-waste

• Green approach for metal recovery from electronic-waste (targeting precious well hazardous metals)

• Batteries waste management and metal/materials recovery

Corrosion

• Anti-corrosion coatings

• Electrochemical corrosion measurements

• Project-1: Wet chemical approach to fabricate visible near-infrared light harvesting photoelectrodes              

• Funding Agency: DST, Government of India

• Role: Principal Investigator

• Amount: INR-85 Lakhs

• Duration: 05 Years (2016-2021)

• Project-2: Lead Free Inorganic Halide Perovskite Nanostructures for Solution-Processable Photovoltaic cell 

• Funding Agency: SERB, Government of India

• Role: Principle Investigator

• Amount: INR-31.5 Lakhs 

• Duration: 03 Years (2018-2021)

• Project-3: Development of flexible electrode for flexible energy storage devices 

• Funding Agency: NPIU-TEQIP-III

• Role: Co-Investigator

• Amount: INR- 14.38 Lakhs 

• Duration: 01 Years (2019-2020)

• Project4: Internet of things (IoT) enabled portable water quality monitoring system                               

• Funding Agency: IIT Indore-CEERI Pilani

• Role: Co-Investigator

• Amount: INR-06 Lakhs

• Duration: 01 Years (2017-2018)

• Project-5: Low-Cost nano adsorbent for the removal of heavy metal ion from waste water

• Funding Agency: NPIU-TEQIP-III

• Role: Co-Investigator

• Amount: INR- 8.75 Lakhs 

• Duration: 01 Years (2019-2020)

• Project-6: Development of All Earth Abundant Elements based Nano- heterostructures for Solar Driven Water Splitting 

• Funding Agency: CSIR, Government of India

• Role: Principle Investigator

• Amount: INR-13.5 Lakhs 

• Duration: 03 Years (2019-2022)

• Project-7: Indo-South Korea Joint Network Center for Environmental Cyber Physical Systems             

• Funding Agency: DST, Government of India

• Role: Co-Principal Investigator

• Amount: INR-117 Lakhs

• Duration: 03 Years (2021-2024)