Sustainable Catalysis and Energy Materials (SCEM) Lab

Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (RISE)
2025
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1. Tunable Charge Distribution in Self-Supported NiCoP through V and Mo Incorporation for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution in all pH Range and Alkaline Seawater.
Tanu Bagaria, Taranga Borgohain, Swati Jadhav, Tisita Das,* and Bharati Debnath*; Small 2025, 2503368, https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202503368.
2. Sn-Doped Co-P-Based Trifunctional Electrocatalysts for Accelerating Water Splitting and Hydrogen Generation Concurrent with Ethylene Glycol Electrooxidation.
Tanu Bagaria, Sougata Saha, Swapan K. Pati,* Anustup Sadhu,* and Bharati Debnath*; J. Mater. Chem. A 2025, 13, 15818 – 15831.
3. Synergistic Effect of Mo and Sn in Quaternary Metal Sulphide to Activate N2 Adsorption for Selective Solar-Driven Ammonia Production.
Srija Ghosh, Tanu Bagaria, Ashadul Adalder, Jaysree Pan,* Anuradha Amabalkar, Uttam Kumar Ghorai,* Anustup Sadhu,* and Bharati Debnath*; J. Mater. Chem. A 2025, 13, 13145 – 13156.
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2024-2020
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4. S-Scheme Interface Between K-C3N4 and FePS3 Fosters Photocatalytic H2 Evolution.
Philipp Bootz, Kilian Frank, Johanna Eichhorn, Markus Doblinger, Tanu Bagaria, Bert Nickel, Jochen Feldmann,* and Bharati Debnath*; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 65610 – 65619.
5. Core–shell Cu1−xNCo3−y/a-CuFeCo Antiperovskite as High-performance Anode for Li-ion Batteries.
Sk Mujaffar Hossain, Nikhil Kumar, Bharati Debnath,* and Satishchandra Ogale*; J. Phys. Energy 2024, 6, 015008.
6. Ultrafine Mix-Phase SnO-SnO2 Nanoparticles Anchored on Reduced Graphene Oxide Boost Reversible Li-ion Storage Capacity beyond Theoretical Limit.
Navpreet Kamboj,# Bharati Debnath,# Sakshi Bhardwaj, Tanmoy Paul, Nikhil Kumar, Satishchandra Ogale,* Kingshuk Roy,* and Ramendra Sundar Dey*; ACS Nano 2022, 16, 15358−15368. [# = Equal Contribution]
7. Construction of a 2D/2D g-C3N5/NiCr-LDH Heterostructure to Boost the Green Ammonia Production Rate under Visible Light Illumination.
Bharati Debnath,* Sk Mujaffar Hossain, Anustup Sadhu, Saideep Singh, Vivek Polshettiwar, and Satishchandra Ogale*; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 37076–37087.
8. Designing Nanoengineered Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation by Water Splitting and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Clean Fuels.
Reshma Bhosale,* Bharati Debnath,* and Satishchandra Ogale*; Chem. Rec. 2022, e202200110.
9. Visible Light Driven Highly Selective CO2 Reduction to CH4 using Potassium Doped g-C3N5.
Bharati Debnath, Saideep Singh, Sk Mujaffar Hossain, Shrreya Krishnamurthy, Vivek Polshettiwar,* and Satishchandra Ogale*; Langmuir 2022, 38, 3139 – 3148.
10. Efficient Nitrate Conversion to Ammonia on f-Block Single-Atom/Metal-Oxide Heterostructure via Local Electron-Deficiency Modulation.
Ashwani Kumar, Jinsun Lee, Min Gyu Kim, Bharati Debnath, Xinghui Liu, Yosep Hwang, Yue Wang, Xiaodong Shao, Amol R. Jadhav, Yang Liu, Harun Tüysüz, and Hyoyoung Lee*; ACS Nano 2022, 16, 15297−15309.
11. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy based insights into diffusion in electrochemical energy systems.
Viplove Tyagi, Bharati Debnath, Apurva Patrike, Satishchandra Ogale, and Shivprasad Patil*; Methods Appl. Fluoresc. 2022, 10, 044007.
12. The Perfect Imperfections in Electrocatalysts.
Rahul Majee, Sahanaz Parvin, Quazi Arif Islam, Ashwani Kumar, Bharati Debnath, Surajit Mondal, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Satarupa Das, Arun Kumar, and Sayan Bhattacharyya*; Chem. Rec. 2022, e202200070.
13. N, H Dual-Doped Black Anatase TiO2 Thin Films toward Significant Self-Activation in Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Media.
Swati Parmar, Tisita Das, Bishakha Ray, Bharati Debnath, Suresh Gosavi, G. Shiva Shanker,* Suwarna Datar,* Sudip Chakraborty,* and Satishchandra Ogale*; Adv. Energy Sustainability Res. 2022, 3, 2100137.
14. Discovering Ultrahigh-Loading of Single-Metal-Atom via Surface Tensile-Strain for Unprecedented Urea Electrolysis.
Ashwani Kumar, Xinghui Liu, Jinsun Lee, Bharati Debnath, Amol R. Jadhav, Xiaodong Shao, Viet Q. Bui, Yosep Hwang, Yang Liu, Min Gyu Kim, and Hyoyoung Lee*; Energy Environ. Sci. 2021, 14, 6494 – 6505.
15. Recent Developments in the Design of CdxZn1−xS Based Photocatalysts for Sustainable Production of Hydrogen.
Bharati Debnath, Suman Dhingra, and C. M. Nagaraja*; Sol. RRL 2021, 2100226.
16. Efficient photocatalytic generation of hydrogen by twin Zn0.5Cd0.5S nanorods decorated with noble metal-free co-catalyst and reduction of 4-nitrophenol in water.
Bharati Debnath, Suman Dhingra, Vishal Sharma, Venkata Krishnan, and C. M. Nagaraja*; Appl. Surf. Sci. 2021, 550, 149367.
17. Spin Disorder and Particle Size Effects in Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles with Unidirectional Anisotropy and Permanent Magnet-like Characteristics.
Bharati Debnath, Hemant G. Salunke, and Sayan Bhattacharyya*; J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 25992 – 26000.
18. Oxygen-Defect-Rich Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles for Practical Water Electrolysis with High Activity and Durability.
Bharati Debnath, Sahanaz Parvin, Harsha Dixit, and Sayan Bhattacharyya*; ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 3875 – 3886.
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Before 2020
19. Enhancing Multifunctionality Through Secondary Phase Inclusion by Self-assembly of Mn3O4 Nanostructures with Superior Exchange Anisotropy and Oxygen Evolution Activity.
Bharati Debnath, Ashwani Kumar, Hemant G. Salunke, and Sayan Bhattacharyya*; J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 25594 – 25602.
20. Surfactant-Mediated Resistance to Surface Oxidation in MnO Nanostructures.
Bharati Debnath, Hemant G. Salunke, Sonnada M. Shivaprasad, and Sayan Bhattacharyya*; ACS Omega 2017, 2, 3028 – 3035.
21. Efficient Dye Degradation Catalyzed by Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles and the Role of Cation Valence.
Bharati Debnath, Anupam Singha Roy, Sutanu Kapri, and Sayan Bhattacharyya*; ChemistrySelect 2016, 1, 4265 – 4273.
22. Enhancement of Magnetization through Interface Exchange Interactions of Confined NiO Nanoparticles within the Mesopores of CoFe2O4.
Bharati Debnath, Aprajita Bansal, Hemant G. Salunke, Anustup Sadhu, and Sayan Bhattacharyya*; J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 5523 – 5533.
23. One-step Synthesis, Structural and Optical Characterization of Self-assembled ZnO Nanoparticle Clusters with Quench-induced Defects.
Bharati Debnath, Ganga Halder, and Sayan Bhattacharyya*; Sci. Adv. Mat. 2014, 6, 1160 – 1169.
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