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U.K.G. RESEARCH GROUP
Molecule - Material - Product (M.M.P.) Lab
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Publications :
Enhancing Electrochemical Reactivity with Magnetic Fields: Unraveling the Role of Magneto-Electrochemistry
Koushik Mitra, Ashadul Adalder, Sumit Mandal, Uttam Kumar Ghorai
Small methods, 2024, Accepted, (I.F. - 12.4)
Fe(TCNQ)2 nanorod arrays: An efficient electrocatalyst for electrochemical Ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction reaction
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, Accepted, (I.F. - 11.9)
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA05300H )
Controlling the Metal−Ligand Coordination Environment of Manganese Phthalocyanine in 1D−2D Heterostructures for Enhancing Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia
ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 20, 13516–13527, (I.F. - 12.9)
Iron phthalocyanine hollow architecture enabled ammonia production via nitrate reduction to achieve 100 % Faradaic efficiency
Sougata Sarkar, Ashadul Adalder, Sourav Paul, Samadhan Kapse, Ranjit Thapa and Uttam Kumar Ghorai
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 343, April 2024, 123580, (I.F. - 22.1)
1D/2D interface engineering of a CoPc–C3N4 heterostructure for boosting the nitrogen reduction reaction to NH3
Sourav Paul, Sougata Sarkar, Dependu Dolui, Debashrita Sarkar, Marc Robert, and Uttam Kumar Ghorai
Dalton Trans., 2023, Advance Article (I.F. - 4)
(Invited Article)
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DT01790G )
Selective Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Nitrogen to Nitric Acid Using Manganese Phthalocyanine
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 29, 34642–34650 (I.F. - 9.5)
Progress of electrocatalytic urea synthesis: Strategic design, reactor engineering, mechanistic details, and techno-commercial study
Sourav Paul, Ashadul Adalder and Uttam Kumar Ghorai
Mater. Chem. Front., 2023,7, 3820-3854 (I.F. - 7) (Invited Article)
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QM00433C )
Carbon black supported manganese phthalocyanine: Efficient electrocatalyst for nitrogen reduction to ammonia
Ashadul Adalder, Santosh R. Waghela, Sachin A. Shelukar, Nilmadhab Mukherjee, Swati Das, Uttam Kumar Ghorai
Engineering Reports, 2023, (I.F. - 2.7) (Invited Article)
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12705 )
Dual Metal Site–Mediated Efficient C–N Coupling toward Electrochemical Urea Synthesis
Sourav Paul, Sougata Sarkar, Ashadul Adalder, Amitava Banerjee and Uttam Kumar Ghorai
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,(I.F. - 11.9) Advance Article
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA01011B )
Progress of electrochemical synthesis of nitric acid: catalyst design, mechanistic insights, protocol and challenges.
Ashadul Adalder, Sourav Paul, Uttam Kumar Ghorai *
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,11, 10125-10148, (I.F. - 11.9) Advance Article
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA08928A)
Strengthening the Metal Center of Co–N4 Active Sites in a 1D–2D Heterostructure for Nitrate and Nitrogen Reduction Reaction to Ammonia
Sourav Paul, Sougata Sarkar, Ashadul Adalder, Samadhan Kapse, Ranjit Thapa, Uttam Kumar Ghorai *
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11, 16, 6191–6200;
(IF - 9.224)
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c07114 )
Shyamal Murmu #, Sourav Paul #, Angshuman Santra, Marc Robert, Uttam Kumar Ghorai * Catalysis Today, 2022, 113938 (IF - 6.562) {# Equal Contribution} (Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.10.020)
Solvothermal synthesis of α–CuPc nanostructures for electrochemical nitrogen fixation under ambient conditions
Jit Mukherjee #, Ashadul Adalder #, Nilmadhab Mukherjee, Uttam Kumar Ghorai * Catalysis Today, 2022, 113905
(IF - 6.562) {# Equal Contribution}
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.09.011)
Understanding the Site-Selective Electrocatalytic Co-Reduction Mechanism for Green Urea Synthesis Using Copper Phthalocyanine Nanotubes
Jit Mukherjee, Sourav Paul, Ashadul Adalder, Samadhan Kapse, Ranjit Thapa, Sumit Mandal, Biswajit Ghorai, Sougata Sarkar and Uttam Kumar Ghorai*
Adv. Func. Mat. 2022, 32, 2200882. (IF - 19.924),
(Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.202200882)
Scalable Production of Cobalt Phthalocyanine Nanotubes: Efficient and Robust Hollow Electrocatalyst for Ammonia Synthesis at Room Temperature
Uttam Kumar Ghorai*, Sourav Paul, Biswajit Ghorai, Ashadul Adalder, Samadhan Kapse, Ranjit Thapa, Abharana Nagendra, and Amal Gain
ACS Nano 2021, 15, 3, 5230–5239 (IF - 15.881)
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c10596)
Unveiling the genesis of the high catalytic activity in nickel phthalocyanine for electrochemical ammonia synthesis
S. Murmu, S. Paul, S. Kapse, R. Thapa, S. Chattopadhyay, Abharana N, S. N. Jha, D. Bhattacharyya, U. K. Ghorai*
J. Mater. Chem. A (IF – 11.9), 2021,9, 14477-14484.
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA00766A )
Cost effective and wireless portable device for estimation of hexavalent Chromium, Fluoride and Iron in drinking water
Debmalya Santra, Subhradeep Mandal, Angshuman Santra, Uttam Kumar Ghorai*
Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 21, 12815–12823 (IF -8.008).
(Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b03337 )