Joined the Institute as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology, Shibpur (formerly, BESUS), Howrah – 711 103, West Bengal on 23rd June 2006.
Promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIESTS on 22nd Feb. 2019.
Professional Recognition & Award, Fellowship received
01. Global Alumni Association of BESU: Young Faculty Research Award (YFRA) 2016, B.E. College Alumni Association – Washington Metro Area (BECAA-WMA), GAABESU India, and GAABESU Shibpur USA foundation, 2016
02. DST-BOYSCAST Fellowship (2010-2011) to work with Professor Allen J. Bard of The University of Texas at Austin, USA for 01 year. , SERB-DST (Govt. of India), 2011-12
03. Professor S.R. Palit Memorial Award (presentations of contributory papers) in the 44st Annual convention of chemists – 2007, MGIAS, Jaipur., Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata, 2007
04. DST-WOS-A, Govt. of India – acted as Scientist Mentor (2019-2022); PI : Ms. Sangeeta Ghosh.
Research Activities
Details of PhD students Guided and Ongoing
No. of PhD students Guided: 09
No. of PhD Students working: 03
Awards and Recognitions of the Research group at IIEST, Shibpur
The Research scholars working under the supervision of the PI have been awarded the best prize in different National & International Conferences.
- Young scholar award – Elsevier for best paper presentation (oral) at Conference on Electrochemistry in Advanced Materials, Corrosion and Radiopharmaceuticals (CEAMCR-2018) February 15-17, 2018, BARC, Mumbai
- 1st Prize (Prof. S.R. Palit Memorial award in the 53rd Annual Convention of Chemists, at Gitam University, Visakhapatanam – 2016.
- 2nd in Poster Presentation in National Conference on Recent Development of Bio-active Molecules (RDBAM)-2016 at Haldia Government College.
- 2nd in Poster Presentation in National Seminar on Recent Trends in Chemical Research-2016 at Sarojini Naidu College, Kolkata
- 1st in Poster Presentation in ICMAT-2014 at IIEST, Shibpur.
- Best paper in Oral Presentation in Indian Chemical Society (ICS)- 2016 at Calcutta University.
- Dr. Biswanath Samanta: 1st in Oral Presentation in WB State Science & Technology Congress-2016 at Presidency University, Kolkata.
- Dr. Harahari Mandal:
- Young scholar award – Elsevier for best paper presentation (poster) at Conference on Electrochemistry in Advanced Materials, Corrosion and Radiopharmaceuticals (CEAMCR-2018) February 15-17, 2018, BARC, Mumbai
- 3rd in Poster Presentation in National Convocation of Electrochemists (NCE-19) - 2016 at NIT Trichi.
- Dr. Debasis Sariket: Best paper in Poster Presentation in International Conference on Electrochemistry in Industry, Health and Environment (EIHE–2020) January 21-25, 2020, BARC, Mumbai.
- Dr. Swarnendu Baduri:
- Best paper presentation (Prof. S. S. Bhatnagar Young Scientist Award) in International Seminar on “Recent advances in Chemistry and Materials Science, (RACMS-2022)”, Organized by: Indian Chemical Society, hosted by: Department of Chemistry Jadavpur University, during Aug. 2-3, 2022.
- 2nd prize in Poster Presentation at National Symposium on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Future: Materials & Technology Development & ChEMSPARK-2020, February 27-28, 2020, HIT, Kolkata.
- 1st Prize in Poster Presentation in International Conference on Electrochemistry in Industry, Health and Environment (EIHE–2024), VIT, Vellore.
- Best paper presentation (Prof. S. R. Palit Memorial Award) in 59th Annual Convention of Chemists & International Seminar on “Recent Trends in Chemical Science” (RTCS-2022), Organized by: Indian Chemical Society, hosted by: Department of Chemistry; Chemical Biology, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, during Dec. 16-18, 2022.
- Best paper presentation in Twenty-Second National Convention of Electrochemists (NEC-22) held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, organized by the Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology (SEAST) CSIR-CECRI Campus, during Aug 26- 27, 2022; title of Presentation: WO3-CaWO4 Composite Semiconductor for Improved Photoelectrochemical Application.
- Best paper presentation in SPARC Workshop on Catalysis for Energy and Environment Technology 2024 (SWCEET- 2024), organized by the Department of Physics, Central University of Rajasthan, during Sept. 9-13, 2024; title of the presentation: Intensification of Photoelectrochemical Efficacy of Hydrothermally Grown WO3 Photoanode by Selective Addition of Calcium.
- Best paper presentation in DAE- BRNS Conference on Electrochemistry for Industry, Health and Environment, EIHE 2025, held at DAE convention centre, Anushakti Nagar, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, organized by the Indian Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (BARC) during January 21- 25, 2025; title of the presentation: Supporting role of Galvanostatically Deposited Bi Nanoparticles as the Substrate for Photoelectrochemical Application of Bi- W- oxide based Photoanode.
- Mr. Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo:
- Best paper presentation in DAE- BRNS Conference on Electrochemistry for Industry, Health and Environment, EIHE 2025, held at DAE convention centre, Anushakti Nagar, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, organized by the Indian Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (BARC) during January 21- 25, 2025; title of the presentation: Enhanced photoelectrochemical performance of indium doped wurtzite zinc oxide thin films for water splitting applications.
Research facilities developed at the Electrochemistry Lab in the Department of Chemistry, IIEST, Shibpur
- Electrochemical workstation (Potentiostat-Galvanostat) – Electrochemical Impedance analyzer (EIS) – AUTOLAB – 302 & AUTOLAB –204; Metrohm Autolab; Switzerland with Scanning electrochemical microscope (SECM); Sensolytics, Germany
- Electrochemical workstation (Potentiostat) – Electrochemical Impedance analyzer (EIS) – CHI-650E and CH 601E; CH Instruments, USA.
- Electrochemical Quartz crystal Microbalance (EQCM); Metrohm Autolab; Switzerland
- Xenon lamp for ‘white light’ source; Excelitas, USA
- Spin coating unit and Successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR)
- Chemical Synthesis Reactor (Microwave-assisted) – Nuwav-Pro; Nutech.
- Photochemical Reactor (Xenon lamp assisted) – Tech Instro
- Programmable Muffle & Tube furnace with controlled atmosphere (working temperature upto 1000oC) – Indigenous.
- Vacuum oven (working temperature upto 150oC) – Indigenous.
- High speed centrifuge - REMI
- Quartz double-distillation unit.
- PhD (Science, 2006)
- M.Sc. (Chemistry, 2000)
- Photocatalytic water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen using semiconductor photocatalysts.
- Development of mixed metal oxides based on Ti, Fe, Zn, Bi, In, Cu, Cd etc. of different structures like and their modified compounds.
- Selection of the suitable dopants at an optimum level through scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) – pico-liter solution dispenser under illuminated conditions.
- Studies on corrosion behavior of Al alloys & metal matrix composites under different environmental conditions.
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S. Ghosh, J. K. Singh, S. Baduri, D. Ray, C. Bhattacharya, Selective Additions of Dopants, Co-Catalyst and Surfactant on the Hydrothermally Synthesized BiVO4 Semiconductors for Outstanding Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Behavior, 192, 112112, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2024
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S. Ghosh, P. Hajra, S. Kundu, S. Baduri, D. Ray, Dr. C. Bhattacharya, Associative role of g-C3N4 to BiVO4 via favorable crystallinity and rapid charge carrier transport for improved photoelectrochemical water oxidation process: an in-situ composite explored through different Carbon Nitride precursors, 1, 2892–2902, ACS Appl. Eng. Mater, 2023
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S. Ghosh, D. Laha, P. Hajra, D. Sariket, D. Ray, S. Baduri, H. S. Sahoo, Dr. C. Bhattacharya, Development of Transition Metal Incorporated Bismuth?Based Oxide Semiconductors as Potential Candidates for Solar Assisted Water Splitting Applications, 10, e202201062, ChemElectroChem, 2023
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S. Ghosh, A. Poddar, H. S. Sahoo, S. Baduri, D. Ray, Dr. C. Bhattacharya, Designing of photoelectrochemical device towards practical solar water splitting: A review on recent progress of BiVO4 photoanodes, 6, 124-148, Bulletin of Indian Society for ElectroAnalytical Chemistry, 2023
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Sk T. Ahamed, S. Baduri, P. Chakraborty, D. Banerjee, A. Basak, C. Bhattacharya, A. Mondal, Pd quantum dot induced changes in the photocatalytic, electrocatalytic, photoelectrochemical and thermoelectric performances of galvanically synthesized Sb2Se3 thin films, 178, 111333, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2023
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D. Sariket, A. Maity, S. Kundu, C. Bhattacharya*, In situ chemical synthesis of g-C3N4/In2O3 semiconductor composites for photoelectrochemical water oxidation, 315, 123484, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2022
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N. Pan, S. Ghosh, Md N. Hasan, S. A Ahmed, A. Chatterjee, J. Patwari, C. Bhattacharya, J. Qurban, A. S Khder, S.K. Pal, Plasmon-Coupled Donor–Acceptor Type Organic Sensitizer-Based Photoanodes for Enhanced Photovoltaic Activity: Key Information from Ultrafast Dynamical Study, 36, 9272-9281, Energy & Fuels, 2022
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S. Mondal, N. Pan, R. Ghosh, A. Bera, D. Mukherjee, T. K. Maji, A. Adhikari, S. Ghosh, Dr. C. Bhattacharya, Prof. S. K. Pal, Interaction of a Jaundice Marker Molecule with a Redox-Modulatory Nano-Hybrid: A Combined Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Study toward the Development of a Theranostic Tool, e202100660, ChemMedChem, 2022
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S. Baduri, D. Sariket , D. Ray , S. Ghosh , J.K. Singh , H.S. Lee , C. Bhattacharya, Optimization of semiconductor–electrolyte interfacial phenomena for stable and efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation behavior of Bi2Mo2O9–Bi2MoO6 heterojunction, 372, 137754, Electrochimica Acta, 2021
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D. Sariket, D. Ray, S. Baduri, S. Ghosh, A. Maity & C. Bhattacharya*, Synthesis of g-C3N4/InVO4 Semiconductor for Improved Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Applications, 32, 2535-2544, Electroanalysis, 2020