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Ph.D. Scholar

Name: Manish Chauhan

Research area: Water splitting reaction, Chemical Vapour Deposition

Gajiram Murmu, Manish Chauhan (equal author), Pradip Kumar, S. Singh *(corresponding), Sumit Saha, Assessing MXene-supported polyoxometalate electrocatalysts: Is MXene always a miracle material for HER and OER applications? Inorganic Chemistry Communications 178, 114601 (2025). IF=5
Manish Chauhan, Yashmeen Budania, Akshay Modi, Pradip Kumar, Sarvesh Kumar Pandey, S. Singh *(corresponding). Trifunctional nature of heteroatoms (B, N, S, O) doped waste diesel soot: Turning pollutants into potential energy catalysts for HER, OER and ORR. Carbon Neutralization, 4, e195 (2025) IF=~18* (Research highlighted in Nature India doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d44151-025-00047-9 ) (Research highlighted in Science X/Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2025-03-pollution-power-method-carbon-nanoparticles.html )

Name: Yashmeen Budania

Research area: Urea oxidation reaction, Microbial fuel cell, Microbial desalination

Yashmeen Budania, Manish Chauhan, Shraddha Mishra, S. Singh *(corresponding). N/NiO-Ornated Graphitic Fiber-Engrained Micro-Carbon Beads: Innovative Packed Bed Type Capacitive Electrodes for Microbial Fuel Cells. Chemical Engineering Journal 499, 156018 (2024) I.F.= 16.5 Research highlighted in Science X/ phys.org https://phys.org/news/2024-09-pollution-power-merging-wastewater-treatment.html#google_vignette
Smriti Mishra, Yashmeen Budania, Ankit Tyagi, Sheelendra Pratap Singh, Pradip Kumar, S. Singh *(corresponding). Copper Oxide Anchored Carbon Nanofibers: A Versatile Platform for Multiplex Detection of Antibiotics, Heavy Metals and Pesticides. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. (2024),19, e202400241. I.F.= 4.6 Graphics published as cover page of journal https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.2024810013.
Yashmeen Budania, Smriti Mishra, Aradhana Mishra, Animesh Jana, Akshay Modi, Ankit Tyagi, Pradip Kumar, S. Singh *(corresponding). Multi-heteroatom doped vehicle exhaust soot derived nano-onion based economical and efficient electrodes for microbial fuel cell: A waste to wealth strategy. Chemical Engineering Journal 474, 145627 (2023). I.F.= 16.5 Research highlighted in Nature India doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d44151-023-00143-8) (Research highlighted in Science X/TechXplore https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-harnessingpower-microbial-fuel-cells.html

Name: Ankita Chaurasia

Research area: Bioelectrochemical CO2 reduction, Microbial fuel cell

Ankita Chaurasia, Yashmeen Budania, Goldy Shah, A. Mishra, S. Singh *(corresponding), Carbon-Based Electrodes for Photo-Bio-electrocatalytic Microbial Fuel and Electrolysis Cells: Advances and Perspectives. Materials Horizons, (Accepted, 2025). IF=14

Name: Nandini Bansal

Research area: Hydrazine oxidation, Hydrogen generation