Our research lab is formally known as "Laboratory of Catalysis and Process Engineering" (LCPE) located in the second floor (Room No. 212, New Annex Building) of Chemical Engineering Department and the following research areas are currently investigated.
1. Development of low-cost bimetallic/alloy catalyst for CO2 and Alkane conversion
2. Microkinetic modelling, global rate kinetics for heterogeneously catalysed reactions
3. Design of anaerobic digester for organic waste conversion into bio-hydrogen and bio-methane
4. Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into value-added chemicals and fuels
5. Machine Learning enabled catalyst screening for process reactions
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Accelerating catalytic experimentation of water gas shift reaction using machine learning models by C S. K., Ray K. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 212 472-484 (2024)
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NaBH4-Assisted Synthesis of B-(Ni-Co)/MgAl2O4Nanostructures for the Catalytic Dry Reforming of Methane by Shakir M., Prasad M., Ray K., Sengupta S., Sinhamahapatra A., Liu S., Vuthaluru H.B. ACS Applied Nano Materials 5 10951-10961 (2022)
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CO2 hydrogenation on ruthenium: comparative study of catalyst supports by Baade G., Friedland J. , Ray K. , Güttel R. RSC Sustainability 2 3826-3834 (2024)
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Addition of CuO to form CuO/TiO2 and CuO/ZnO heterojunctions for photocatalytic CO2 conversion to methanol by Sahoo S. K., P A. , Ray K. , Pandey D. Chemical Physics Letters 856 141678-141687 (2024)
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Benchmarking potential catalysts and choice of descriptor for CO2 methanation using transition metal based catalysts by Kumar R., P A. , Prabhakar J. K., Nayak S. C., Apte P. A., Deo G. , Ray K. Applied Catalysis A, General 687 119957-119970 (2024)
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Machine learning-enhanced optimal catalyst selection for water-gas shift reaction by Golder R., Pal S. , C S. K., Ray K. Digital Chemical Engineering 12 100165-100175 (2024)
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The pivotal role of oxygen vacancy and surface hydroxyl in the adsorption and activation of CO2 on ceria-zirconia mixed oxide by Singh P. P., P A. , Kamaliny S. , Ray K. , Sengupta S. Molecular Catalysis 555 113855-113867 (2024)
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Density functional theory insights on photocatalytic ability of CuO/TiO2 and CuO/ZnO by Singha B., Ray K. Materials Today: Proceedings 72 451-458 (2023)
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Modelling of anaerobic digester for the conversion of organic waste into hydrogen & methane by Sahoo S. K., Arif M. , Ray K. Materials Today: Proceedings 72 299-305 (2023)
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Selective photo-reduction of CO2 to methanol using Cu-doped 1D-Bi2S3/rGO nanocomposites under visible light irradiation by Mandal A., Maitra S., Roy S., Hazra B., Ray K., Kargupta K. New Journal of Chemistry 47 1422-1434 (2023)
- Co-Principal Investigator
Ph. D. Students
Athira P
Area of Research: Experimental and Computational Heterogeneous Catalysis
Parna Pramanik
Area of Research: Solid State Inorganic Chemistry
Rahul Kumar
Area of Research: Experimental and Computational Heterogeneous Catalysis
Sunil Kumar Sahoo
Area of Research: Heterogeneous Photocatalysis
