Chemical Engineering

• Best Paper (CHEMCON)
• Best Poster (ENMAT-II)
• Putatunda Memorial (JU)
• Academic Excellence (IITK)
• Young Researchers (IICHE)

Journal
• The pivotal role of oxygen vacancy and surface hydroxyl in the adsorption and activation of CO2 on ceria-zirconia mixed oxide Singh P. P., P A. , Kamaliny S. , Ray K. , Sengupta S. By Molecular Catalysis 555 113855-113867 (2024)
• Modelling of anaerobic digester for the conversion of organic waste into hydrogen & methane Sahoo S. K., Arif M. , Ray K. By Materials Today: Proceedings 72 299-305 (2023)
• Density functional theory insights on photocatalytic ability of CuO/TiO2 and CuO/ZnO Singha B., Ray K. By Materials Today: Proceedings 72 451-458 (2023)
• Ni/CexZr1-xO2 catalyst prepared via one-step coprecipitation for CO2 reforming of CH4 to produce syngas: role of oxygen storage capacity (OSC) and oxygen vacancy formation energy (OVFE) Prasad M., Ray K. , Sinhamahapatra A. , Sengupta S. By Journal of Materials Science 57 2839-2856 (2022)
• NaBH4-Assisted Synthesis of B-(Ni-Co)/MgAl2O4Nanostructures for the Catalytic Dry Reforming of Methane Shakir M., Prasad M., Ray K., Sengupta S., Sinhamahapatra A., Liu S., Vuthaluru H.B. By ACS Applied Nano Materials 5 10951-10961 (2022)
• Selective photo-reduction of CO2 to methanol using Cu-doped 1D-Bi2S3/rGO nanocomposites under visible light irradiation Mandal A., Maitra S., Roy S., Hazra B., Ray K., Kargupta K. By New Journal of Chemistry 47 1422-1434 (2022)
• Activity and stability descriptors of Ni based alloy catalysts for dry reforming of methane: A density functional theory study Ray K., Sandupatla A. S., Deo G. By International Journal of Quantum Chemistry e26580 1-7 (2020)
• Thermodynamic equilibrium analysis on oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO2: Finding a suitable reactant ratio for propylene formation Kumar G., Pattnaik A. , Sehgal S. , Ray K. , Pandey D. By Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 97 1-5 (2020)
• Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over alumina supported vanadia catalyst Effect of carbon dioxide and secondary surface metal oxide additive Sandupatla A. S., Ray K. , Thaosen P. , Sivananda C. , Deo G. By Catalysis Today 354 176-182 (2019)
• Promotion of unsupported nickel catalyst using iron for CO2 methanation Pandey D., Ray K. , Bhardwaj R. , Bojja S. , Chary K. , Deo G. By International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 43 4987-5000 (2018)
• Developing descriptors for CO 2 methanation and CO 2 reforming of CH 4 over Al 2 O 3 supported Ni and low-cost Ni based alloy catalysts Ray K., Bhardwaj R. , Singh B. , Deo G. By Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20 15939-15950 (2018)
• A potential descriptor for the CO2 hydrogenation to CH4 over Al2O3 supported Ni and Ni-based alloy catalysts Ray K., Deo G. By Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 218 525-537 (2017)
• Reforming and cracking of CH4 over Al2O3 supported Ni, Ni-Fe and Ni-Co catalysts Ray K., Sengupta S. , Deo G. By Fuel Processing Technology 156 195-203 (2017)
• Effects of modifying Ni/Al2O3 catalyst with cobalt on the reforming of CH4 with CO2 and cracking of CH4 reactions Sengupta S., Ray K. , Deo G. By International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39 11462-11472 (2014)

Principal Investigator

• Development of Efficient Catalyst using Transition Metals for CO2 Hydrogenation
• Development of SiO2 Supported FE Catalyst for CO2 Methanation: A Combined Investigation using Drifts and DFT