• Prof. S. Sathyanarayana Memorial Lecture Award 2026
• ISEAC 2010 Eminent Scientist
• CRSI Bronze medal 2013

Journal
• Vacancy-Engineered Vanadium Cathode for Fast-Charging Aqueous Zinc Batteries of Ultra-Long Cycle Life by Bag S., Thakur V.S., Bhadra A., Banerjee S., Kundu D., Raj C.R. Advanced Functional Materials 36 - (2026)
• Supercapacitors for energy storage: Fundamentals and materials design by Mallick S., Bag S., Retna Raj C. Journal of Chemical Sciences 137 - (2025)
• Effect of Ni-Doping on the Optical, Structural, and Electrochemical Properties of Ag29 Nanoclusters by Ahmed A.A.A., Havenridge S., Sahoo K., Thapa L., Baksi A., Clever G.H., Noei H., Kohantorabi M., Stierle A., Raj C.R., Parak W.J., Aikens C.M., Chakraborty I. Small 21 - (2025)
• Cyano-Bridged Bimetallic Polymer Network-Derived Pd3Fe Intermetallic for Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries by Ghora S., Satpati B., Jena B.K., Raj C.R. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 17 3426-3435 (2025)
• Electrochemical Engineering of Anode with Zincophilic Polymer Interface for Reversible Zinc Battery by Paswan A.M., Thakur V.S., Banerjee S., Raj C.R. Advanced Functional Materials 35 - (2025)
• Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Encapsulated CoSn Intermetallic Electrocatalyst for Neutral and Alkaline Zinc Air Batteries by Ghora S., Raj C.R. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 17 60490-60501 (2025)
• Paired Electrocatalysis: Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia Coupled with Anodic Upcycling of Biomass and Plastic Waste by Thapa L., Mallobarman S., Raj C.R. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 17 57803-57838 (2025)
• Harnessing the Potential of Amide-Linked Gemini Surfactants for Corrosion Inhibition and Antimicrobial Activity: From Molecular Design to Functional Performance by Dahal H., Paswan A.M., Dey J., Raj C.R. Langmuir 41 5455-5466 (2025)
• A Low Molecular Weight Iron Metallogel as an OER Catalyst by Dutta M., Ghora S. , Sahaw A. , Raj C. R., Bhattacharjee M. Langmuir 41 19606-19613 (2025)
• A Low Molecular Weight Iron Metallogel as an OER Catalyst by Dutta M., Ghora S., Sahaw A., Raj C.R., Bhattacharjee M. Langmuir 41 19606-19613 (2025)
• Transition metal phosphide-based oxygen electrocatalysts for aqueous zinc-air batteries by Ghora S., Chakraborty R., Bag S., Kumar M.M., Raj C.R. Chemical Communications 61 2636-2657 (2024)
• Tuning the oxygen electrocatalytic performance of metal-doped graphitic carbon nitride for the development of zinc-air battery by Samanta A., Kumar M.M., Ghora S., Ghatak A., Bhattacharya S., Kumar V., Raj C.R. Journal of Chemical Sciences 136 - (2024)
• Surface-Engineered Ni2P: An Efficient Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Battery by Manikanta Kumar M., Singh R., Raj C.R. Chemistry - An Asian Journal 19 - (2024)
• Surface Tailoring-Modulated Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis with CoP for Rechargeable Zn-Air Battery and Water Splitting by Kumar M.M., Aparna C., Nayak A.K., Waghmare U.V., Pradhan D., Raj C.R. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 16 3542-3551 (2024)
• Carbothermal reduction-induced oxygen vacancies in spinel cathodes for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries by Bag S., Kumar Choutipalli V.S., Bhadra A., Shuford K.L., Kundu D., Raj C.R. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 12 22998-23007 (2024)
• A heterostructured electrocatalyst for the electrochemical valorization of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural coupled with the hydrogen evolution reaction by Raj C. R., Thapa L. , Bhaumik A. , Mondal S. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 11 26242-26251 (2023)
• Morphology and Phase-Controlled Synthesis of Defect-Rich Layered Cobalt Hydroxide Nanostructures for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Raj C. R., Pradhan D. , Satpathy B. K., Nayak A. K. ACS Applied Engineering Materials 1 2698-2706 (2023)
• Nitrogen Electrocatalysis: Electrolyte Engineering Strategies to Boost Faradaic Efficiency by Thapa L., Retna Raj C. ChemSusChem 16 202300465- (2023)
• Heteroatom-Doped Carbon-Encapsulated FeP Nanostructure: A Multifunctional Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Battery and Water Electrolyzer by Raj C. R., Kumar M. M. ACS Applied Materials and Interface 14 15176-15186 (2022)
• Low-Noise Potentiostat Circuit for Electrochemical Detection of Heavy Metals or Metalloids by Raj C. R., Biswas K. , Mahato J. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 71 2003209- (2022)
• Facile room temperature synthesis of CoSn (OH) 6/g-C3N4 nanocomposite for oxygen evolution reaction by Raj C. R., Pradhan D. , Satpathy B. Electrochimica Acta 433 141250- (2022)
• Defect Engineered Ternary Spinel: An Efficient Cathode for an Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc-Ion Battery of Long-Term Cyclability by Mallick S., Choutipalli V.S.K., Bag S., Subramanian V., Raj C.R. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 14 37577-37586 (2022)
• Electrochemically Dealloyed Cu Pt Nanostructures for Oxygen Reduction and Formic Acid Oxidation by Raj C. R., Mondal S. , Kumar M. M. ACS Applied Nano Materials 4 13149-13157 (2022)
• Surface-engineered mesoporous carbon-based material for the electrochemical detection of hexavalent chromium by Raj C. R., Bhadra A. , Kundu A. Journal of Chemical Sciences 133 125- (2021)
• Electrochemically Dealloyed Cu Pt Nanostructures for Oxygen Reduction and Formic Acid Oxidation by Mondal S., Kumar M.M., Raj C.R. ACS Applied Nano Materials 4 13149-13157 (2021)
• Aqueous Rechargeable Zn-ion Batteries: Strategies for Improving the Energy Storage Performance by Mallick S., Raj C.R. ChemSusChem 14 1987-2022 (2021)
• Advanced Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Air-Breathing Electrode in Zn-Air Batteries by Kundu A., Mallick S., Ghora S., Raj C.R. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13 40172-40199 (2021)
• Hierarchical Hollow MOF-Derived Bamboo-like N-doped Carbon Nanotube-Encapsulated Co0.25Ni0.75Alloy: An Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Battery by Kundu A., Samanta A., Raj C.R. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 13 30486-30496 (2021)
• General Approach for the Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Encapsulated Mo and W Phosphide Nanostructures for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by Raj C. R., Chakrabartty S. , Sahu D. ACS Applied Energy Materials 3 9631-9643 (2020)
• Oxygen Electrocatalysis with Mesoporous Co-N- C Catalysts: Towards Understanding the Active Site and Development of Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries by Raj C. R., Samanta A. ChemElectroChem 7 2877-2887 (2020)
• Rationally designed mesoporous carbon-supported Ni NiWO4@NiS nanostructure for the fabrication of hybrid supercapacitor of long-term cycling stability by Mallick S., Mondal A., Raj C.R. Journal of Power Sources 477 229038- (2020)
• An Electrocatalytically Active Nanoflake-Like Co9S8-CoSe2Heterostructure for Overall Water Splitting by Chakrabartty S., Karmakar S., Raj C.R. ACS Applied Nano Materials 3 11326-11334 (2020)
• Transition metal alloy integrated tubular carbon hybrid nanostructure for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis by Raj C. R., Samanta A. , Ghatak A. , Bhattacharyya S. Electrochmica Acta 348 136274- (2020)
• Bifunctional Electrocatalytic Activity of Ordered Intermetallics Based on Pd and Sn by Raj A. R., Mondal S. , Choutipalli V. , Jena B. K., Subramanian V. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124 9631-9643 (2020)
• Bifunctional nitrogen-doped hybrid catalyst based on onion-like carbon and graphitic carbon encapsulated transition metal alloy nanostructure for rechargeable zinc-air battery by Raj C. R., Samanta A. Journal of Power Sources 455 227975- (2020)
• Mesoporous carbon-supported manganese tungstate nanostructures for the development of zinc air battery powered long lifespan asymmetric supercapacitor by Raj C. R., Mallick S. , Samanta A. Sustainable Energy and Fuel 4 4008-4017 (2020)
• A new approach for the synthesis of electrocatalytically active CoFe2O4 catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction by Raj C. R., Samanta A. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 847 113183- (2019)
• Morphology-dependent charge storage performance of Co3O4 nanostructures in an all-solid-state flexible supercapacitor by Satpathy B.K., Nayak A.K., Raj C.R., Pradhan D. New Journal of Chemistry 43 15177-15186 (2019)
• Carbothermal-Reduction-Assisted Phosphidation of Cobalt Affords Mesoporous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon-Embedded CoP Nanoelectrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction by Raj C. R., Kumar M. M. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2 643-648 (2019)
• Nitrogen and phosphorous co-doped graphitic carbon encapsulated ultrafine OsP2 nanoparticles: a pH universal highly durable catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction by Raj C. R., Chakrabartty S. , Barman B. K. ChemComm 55 4399-4402 (2019)
• Electrochemical Dealloying-Assisted Surface-Engineered Pd-Based Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Formic Acid Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction by Raj C. R., Mondal S. ACS Applied Materials and Interface 11 14110-14119 (2019)
• A Self Healing Metal Organic Hydrogel for All Solid Flexible Supercapacitor by Karan C. K., Mallick S. , Raj C. R., Bhattacharjee M. Chem. Eur. J. 25 14775-14779 (2019)
• Catalyst Support in Oxygen Electrocatalysis: A Case Study with CoFe Alloy Electrocatalyst by Raj C. R., Samanta A. J. Phys. Chem. C 122 15843-15852 (2018)
• Mo2C@NC nanowire bundle for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by Chakrabartty S., Raj C.R. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 43 19510-19520 (2018)
• Unzipping of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube for the Development of Electrocatalytically Active Hybrid Catalyst of Graphitic Carbon and Pd Nanoparticles by Raj C. R., Mondal S. , Ghosh S. ACS Omega 3 622-630 (2018)
• Nanostructured Sulfur-Doped Porous Reduced Graphene Oxide for the Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Detection and Efficient Removal of Hg(II) by Raj C. R., Manna B. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 6175-6182 (2018)
• Asymmetric Supercapacitor Based on Chemically Coupled Hybrid Material of Fe2O3 Fe3O4 Heterostructure and Nitrogen Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide by Mallick S., Jana P. P., Raj C. R. ChemElectroChem 5 2348-2356 (2018)
• Copper Nitride Nanostructure for the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen: Kinetics and Reaction Pathway by Raj C. R., Mondal S. J. Phys. Chem. C 122 18468-18475 (2018)
• Polymer-based hybrid catalyst of low Pt content for electrochemical hydrogen evolution by Raj C. R., S. C., Gopinath C. S. International journal of hydrogen energy 42 22821-22829 (2017)
• Inorganic Organic Hybrid 3D Redox Nanoarchitecture for the Electrocatalytic Sensing of Thiols by Raj C. R., Manna B. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 5 9412-9422 (2017)
• Facile shape-controlled growth of hierarchical mesoporous -MnO2 for the development of asymmetric supercapacitors by Raj C. R., Bag S. J. Mater. Chem. A 4 8384-8394 (2016)
• Rational functionalization of reduced graphene oxide with imidazolium-based ionic liquid for supercapacitor application by Raj C. R., Bag S. , Samanta A. , Bhunia P. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 41 22134- (2016)
• On the electrocatalytic activity of nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide: Does the nature of nitrogen really control the activity towards oxygen reduction? by Raj C. R., Bag S. J. Chem. Sci. 128 339-347 (2016)
• Hierarchical three-dimensional mesoporous MnO2 nanostructures for high performance aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors by Raj C. R., Bag S. J. Mater. Chem 4 587-595 (2016)
• Emerging new generation electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (Review) by Raj C. R., Samanta A. , Okajima T. , Mondal S. , Hyo Noh S. , Ohsaka T. J. Mater. Chem. A 4 11156-11178 (2016)
• Covalent functionalization and electrochemical tuning of reduced graphene oxide for the bioelectrocatalytic sensing of serum lactate by Raj C. R., Manna B. J. Mater. Chem. B 4 4585-4593 (2016)
• Visible-light-driven production of poly(a-terthiophene)Au nanoparticle functional hybrid material (selected for inside back cover) by Raj W. R., Bera R. , Bhunia P. , Chakrabartty S. ChemNanoMat 1 586-592 (2015)
• A Rationally Designed Thymidine-Based Self-Assembled Monolayer on a Gold Electrode for Electroanalytical Applications by Raj C. R., Pathak T. , Datta D. , Bera R. K., Jana S. , Manna B. , Roy D. , Anoop A. Chemistry Asian Journal 10 1554-1560 (2015)
• Facile Growth of Multi-twined Au Nanostructures by Raj C. R., Bera R. K., Bhaumik A. Journal of Chemical Sciences 127 2111-2118 (2015)
• Pt-Pd nanoelectrocatalyst of ultralow Pt content for the oxidation of formic acid: Towards tuning the reaction pathway by Raj C. R., Ghosh S. Journal of Chemical Sciences 127 949-957 (2015)
• Nitrogen and Sulfur Dual-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide: Synergistic Effect of Dopants Towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction by Raj C. R., Bag S. , Mondal B. , Das A. K. Electrochmica Acta 163 16-23 (2015)
• Electrochemical decoration of carbon nanotubes with Au nanostructures for the electroanalysis of biomolecules by Raj C. R., Das A. K. Analytical Sciences Analytical Sciences 711-714 (2015)
• Carbon Nanotube-Supported Dendritic Pt-on-Pd Nanostructures: Growth Mechanism and Electrocatalytic Activity Towards Oxygen Reduction by Raj C. R., Ghosh S. , Mondal S. J. Mater. Chem. A 2 2233-2239 (2014)
• Enzyme-integrated cholesterol biosensing scaffold based on in situ synthesized reduced graphene oxide and dendritic Pd nanostructure by Raj C. R., Dey R. Biosens. Bioelectron. 62 357-364 (2014)
• Layered inorganic organic hybrid material based on reduced graphene oxide and a-Ni(OH)2 for high performance supercapacitor electrodes by Raj C. R., Bag S. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2 17848-17856 (2014)
• Facile single-step synthesis of nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide-Mn3O4 hybrid functional material for the electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen by Raj C. R., Bag S. , Roy K. , Gopinath C. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 6 2692-2699 (2014)
• Shape-controlled growth of surface-confined Au nanostructures for electroanalytical applications by Raj C. R., Das A. K. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 717 140-146 (2014)
• Antimicrobial activity of fluorescent Ag nanoparticles by Raj C. R., Bera R. K., Mandal S. Letters in Applied Microbiology 58 520-526 (2014)
Book Chapter/Section
• Tetrafunctional Electrocatalysts: Advantages and Limitations by Thapa L., Raj C.R. RSC Catalysis Series 46 491-507 (2024)

Principal Investigator

• DEVELOPMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURED TRANSDUCERS FOR AMPEROMETRIC AND MICROGRAVIMETRIC SENSING APPLICATIONS
• CARBON NANOTUBES SUPPORTED NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR FUEL CELLS AND METAL AIR BATTERY APPLICATIONS
• Photoelectrochemical sensors based on functional materials
• Multifunctional materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices
• Non-Precious Nano-Alloy/Oxides/Chalcogenide Encapsulated N-doped Graphene Towards Renewable Energy Storage and Conversion
• Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Metal-Air Battery Applications
• Hierarchical Three-Dimensional Porous Materials for High Energy Density Supercapacitors
• Interface Engineering of Inorganic Nanomaterials utilizing 0D Carbonaceous Materials for Robust and Overall Water Splitting
• Functional Materials for the Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction Reaction and Oxidative Upgrading of Biorefinery Products
• Introducing Topological Insulator-based Nanocomposites as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable and Flexible Zn-Air Batteries
• Introducing Topological Insulator-based Nanocomposites as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable and Flexible Zn-Air Batteries

Co-Principal Investigator

• Development and Demonstration of Integrated Instrumentation System for Quantitative Detection of Water Contaminants with Information Database for Surveillance of Waterborne Diseases
• Development and Demonstration of Integrated Instrumentation System for Quantitative Detection of Water Contaminants with Information Database for Surveillance of Waterborne Diseases
• Development and Demonstration of Integrated Instrumentation System for Quantitative Detection of Water Contaminants with Information Database for Surveillance of Waterborne Diseases
• Development and Demonstration of Integrated InstrumentationSystem for Quantitative Detection of Water Contaminants withInformation Database for Surveillance of Waterborne Diseases
• Generation and applications of photo addressed surfaces
• Micro/Nano manufacturing and characterization facility for robotics in nano-scale manipulation
• New polymers and polymer composites: design, synthesis and advanced applications (SGDRI)