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Dipali Banerjee

About


I am currently serving as Professor, at the Department of Physics in IIEST, Shibpur. I completed my B.Sc (1978) in Physics from Hindu College (Delhi University) , M.Sc (1980) from Delhi University with specialisation in Experimental Solid State Physics and M. Phil in Polymer Physics under the supervision of Prof. V. S. Nanda from Delhi University. I obtained my P.hD degree from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, (Jadavpur University) Kolkata (1990) under the supervision of Prof. R. Bhattacharya in the field of Expeimental Condensed Matter Physics. I was a post doctoral fellow of CSIR during 1991- 1995 when I worked in the field of fabrication and characterization of materials for application in solar cell with Prof A. K. Barua in Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Then I joined B. E. College (Deemed University), Shibpur as a Reader in 1995. From the year of 2003, I have been teaching as a Professor in IIEST, Shibpur. Our group, with of my supervisor, collaborators, faculty members of different research groups and all the members of my research group, we have published more than sixty  research articles in various peer reviewed journals so far. Initially our  main focus was on solid state properties of crystalline materials and some thin films but  with the advent of nanostructure materials/composites our research interest has been synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials (inorganic & organic) including Graphene and Carbon nanotubes and composites to  explore their synergistic properties for green energy generation and environmental remediation. Seven research projects funded by various government aided agencies like UGC, DST and DRDO have been successfully completed by our research group.  

Academic Qualifications


  • Post Doc CSIR fellowship, IACS, Kolkata, India (1990-1995)
  • Ph. D in Science, IACS, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (1990)
  • M. Phil, Delhi University (1981)
  • M. Sc., Delhi University (1980)
  • B. Sc., Delhi university (1978)

Research Statement


Synthesis and characterization of low dimensional materials

Technology of low dimensional/composite materials is a newly emerging and frontier challenging area of science and engineering. Our research mainly focus on synthesis of nanostructured inorganic,organic and composite materials and characterization of  material for green energy generation and environmental remediation. As low dimensional materials exhibit shape, size and morphology dependent properties hence property enhancement of these material through controlled morphology is a practical challenge.

Nanomaterials for Green Energy Generation and environmetal remediation

We work on synthesis of materials like semi-metals, semiconductors(chacogenides), conducting polymers, carbon based materials (RGO and CNT) and their composites through different routes. Use of various surfactants induce unique shape, size and distribution of  nanostructures which in turn impart novelty in the property of the material.Theoretical prediction for enhancement of thermoelectric figure of merit in nanostructured composite material has made it a rigorous task for the experimental researcher to develop such thermoelectric module for practical applications. The same composites when prepared by vaying the percentage of constituents, the material can be used  as photocatalysts for waste water management and fuel cell application. Thin films of conducting polymers prepared through various routes show gas sensing properties. At present my research group is actively involved in synthesis and characterization of inorganic .organic and composite materials developed by hydrothermal, solvothermal, electrochemical, sol gel  and chemical polymerization techniques for various applications.

Application of Nanomaterials

We are  involved in the research area of thermoelectric, gas sensor, photocatalysis  photovoltaic and fuel cell  applications.  A brief graphical representation of our research works is as follows:

  • Reduction of graphene oxide through a green and metal-free approach:

Proposed reaction pathway for reduction of GO and HRTEM images & inset SAED of different FRGO sample

  • Reduced graphene oxide-polyaniline composites for thermoelectric applications:

Mechanism of the formation of rGO–PANI composite           Room temperature electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and fig. of merit

  • Inorganic-organic hybrids for photoluminescence and  visible-light assisted photo-degradation of organic contaminants: 

  • Morphology dependent ammonia sensing :

TEM image of nanostructure of SSA doped PANI synthesized by electrodeposition, Percentage response with time of SSA doped PANI and percentage response with surface to volume ratio

  • Electrodeposited thin films for photocatalytic and thermoelectric applications:

        

  • Conductivity of phosphoric acid: an in situ comparative study of proton in phosphoric acid fuel cell:

 Unit PAFC experimental set-up with electrolyte electrode assembly                                                                                Nyquist plots & Temperature dependence of proton conductivity

Latest Publications


  • 1 Pinaki Mandal, Soumyajit Maitra, Uday Ghorui, Prasenjit Chakraborty, Bibhutosh Adhikary and Dipali Banerjee, Effects of codoping on Tin Selenide nanomaterial to enhance thermoelectric performance above ambient temperature range, DOI: 10.1039/D3TC00460K, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023
  • 2 Soumalya Kundu a, Rahul Majumder a, Subhadip Roy b, Dipali Banerjee a, Manish Pal Chowdhury a, PANI/f-rGO/CuxZn1-xFe2O4 composite on flexible PVDF mat for trace-level detection of ammonia and thermoelectric characterization at room temperature, Volume 306, 15 September 2023,, 128059, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2023
  • 3 S Acharyya1 , P Mandal2 , S Maity1 * and D Banerjee2 *, Statistical analysis of cost-effective silicon solar cell with SnSe as BSF layer and metal oxide emitters, DOI 10.1007/s12648-023-02781-1, Indian Journal of Physics, 2023
  • 4 Sk. Taheruddin Ahamed , Swarnendu Baduri , Prasenjit Chakraborty, Dipali Banerjee ,Arindam Basak, Chinmoy Bhattacharya, Anup Mondal, Pd quantum dot induced changes in the photocatalytic, electrocatalytic, photoelectrochemical and thermoelectric performances of galvanically synthesized Sb2Se3 thin films, 178, 131133, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 2023
  • 5 Medha Rakshit, Subhadip Nath, Suman Chowdhury, Rajkumar Mondal, Dipali Banerjee and Debnarayan Jana, A study of anisotropic thermoelectric properties of bulk Germanium Sulfide in its Pnma phase: a combined first-principles and machine-learning approach, 97, Physica Scripta, 2022
  • 6 Pinaki Mandal, Soumyajit Maitra, Mukulika Jana Chatterjee, Mausumi Chattopadhyaya, KajariKargupta and Dipali Banerjee,, Polypyrrole-bismuth selenide (PPY-Bi2Se3) composite-thermoelectric characterization and effect of nickel doping, 289, 117119, Synthetic Metals, 2022
  • 7 Mukulika Jana Chatterjee, Prasenjit Chakraborty, and Dipali Banerjee, Charge Transport Through Polypyrrole and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composite: A Thermoelectric Material, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2022
  • 8 Pinaki Mandal, Uday Kumar Ghorui, Anup Mondal and Dipali Banerjee, Photoelectrochemical Performance of Tin Selenide (SnSe) Thin Films Prepared by Two Different Techniques, 18, 381-390, Electronic Materials Letters, 2022
  • 9 Medha Rakshit, Debnarayan Jana, Dipali Banerjee, General strategies to improve thermoelectric performance with an emphasis on tin and germanium chalcogenides as thermoelectric materials, 10, 6872- 6926, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022
  • 10 Prasenjit Chakraborty, Sk. Taheruddin Ahamed, Pinaki Mandal, Anup Mondal, Dipali Banerjee, Polypyrrole and a polypyrrole/nickel oxide composite – single-walled carbon nanotube enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light, 46, 14065, New Journal of Chemistry, 2022
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    Publications


  • 1 Pinaki Mandal, Soumyajit Maitra, Uday Ghorui, Prasenjit Chakraborty, Bibhutosh Adhikary and Dipali Banerjee, Effects of codoping on Tin Selenide nanomaterial to enhance thermoelectric performance above ambient temperature range, DOI: 10.1039/D3TC00460K, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023
  • 2 Soumalya Kundu a, Rahul Majumder a, Subhadip Roy b, Dipali Banerjee a, Manish Pal Chowdhury a, PANI/f-rGO/CuxZn1-xFe2O4 composite on flexible PVDF mat for trace-level detection of ammonia and thermoelectric characterization at room temperature, Volume 306, 15 September 2023,, 128059, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2023
  • 3 S Acharyya1 , P Mandal2 , S Maity1 * and D Banerjee2 *, Statistical analysis of cost-effective silicon solar cell with SnSe as BSF layer and metal oxide emitters, DOI 10.1007/s12648-023-02781-1, Indian Journal of Physics, 2023
  • 4 Sk. Taheruddin Ahamed , Swarnendu Baduri , Prasenjit Chakraborty, Dipali Banerjee ,Arindam Basak, Chinmoy Bhattacharya, Anup Mondal, Pd quantum dot induced changes in the photocatalytic, electrocatalytic, photoelectrochemical and thermoelectric performances of galvanically synthesized Sb2Se3 thin films, 178, 131133, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 2023
  • 5 Medha Rakshit, Subhadip Nath, Suman Chowdhury, Rajkumar Mondal, Dipali Banerjee and Debnarayan Jana, A study of anisotropic thermoelectric properties of bulk Germanium Sulfide in its Pnma phase: a combined first-principles and machine-learning approach, 97, Physica Scripta, 2022
  • 6 Pinaki Mandal, Soumyajit Maitra, Mukulika Jana Chatterjee, Mausumi Chattopadhyaya, KajariKargupta and Dipali Banerjee,, Polypyrrole-bismuth selenide (PPY-Bi2Se3) composite-thermoelectric characterization and effect of nickel doping, 289, 117119, Synthetic Metals, 2022 7 Mukulika Jana Chatterjee, Prasenjit Chakraborty, and Dipali Banerjee, Charge Transport Through Polypyrrole and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composite: A Thermoelectric Material, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2022 8 Pinaki Mandal, Uday Kumar Ghorui, Anup Mondal and Dipali Banerjee, Photoelectrochemical Performance of Tin Selenide (SnSe) Thin Films Prepared by Two Different Techniques, 18, 381-390, Electronic Materials Letters, 2022 9 Medha Rakshit, Debnarayan Jana, Dipali Banerjee, General strategies to improve thermoelectric performance with an emphasis on tin and germanium chalcogenides as thermoelectric materials, 10, 6872- 6926, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022
  • 10 Prasenjit Chakraborty, Sk. Taheruddin Ahamed, Pinaki Mandal, Anup Mondal, Dipali Banerjee, Polypyrrole and a polypyrrole/nickel oxide composite – single-walled carbon nanotube enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light, 46, 14065, New Journal of Chemistry, 2022
  • 11 Shiladitya Acharyya, Sourav Sadhukhan, Tamalika Panda, Dibyendu Kumar Ghosh, Nabin Chandra Mandal, Anupam Nandi, Sukanta Bose, Gourab Das, Santanu Maity, Partha Chaudhuri, Hiranmay Saha, Dipali Banerjee, Dopant-free materials for carrier-selective passivating contact Solar cells: A Review, 28, 101687, Surfaces and Interfaces, 2022
  • 12 Shiladitya Acharyya, Sourav Sadhukhan, Tamalika Panda, Dibyendu Kumar Ghosh, Nabin Chandra Mandal, Anupam Nandi, Sukanta Bose, Gourab Das, Dipali Banerjee, Santanu Maity, Ph.D Partha Chaudhuri Hiranmay Saha, Performance analysis of different tunneling dielectrics for solar cells with TOPCON structure, 21, 471-490, Journal of Computational Electronics, 2022
  • 13 Sk. Taheruddin Ahamed, Chiranjit Kulsi, Kirti, Dipali Banerjee, Divesh Narayan Srivastavac , Anup Mondal, Synthesis of multifunctional CdSe and Pd quantum dot decorated CdSe thin films for photocatalytic,electrocatalytic and thermoelectric applications, Volume 25, 101149, Surfaces and Interfaces, 2021
  • 14 Kundu, S. , Majumder, R. , Ghosh, R. , ... Banerjee, D. , Pal Chowdhury, M., Relative humidity sensing properties of doped polyaniline-encased multiwall carbon nanotubes: wearable and flexible human respiration monitoring application, 55(9), 3884-3901, Journal of Material Science, 2020
  • 15 Pinaki Mandal , Bibhutibhushan Show , Sk. Taheruddin Ahmed , Dipali Banerjee and Anup Mondal, Visible-Light Active Electrochemically Deposited Tin Selenide Thin Films: Synthesis, Characterization and Photocatalytic Activity, 31, 4708–4718, Journals of Material Science: Materials in electronics, 2020
  • 16 Mousumi Mitra, Sk. Taheruddin Ahamed, Amrita Ghosh, Anup Mondal, Kajari Kargupta, Saibal Ganguly, and Dipali Banerjee, Polyaniline/Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite-Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity for the Degradation of Organic Dyes,, 4 (1), 1623–1635, ACS Omega, 2019
  • 17 Mukulika Jana Chatterjee , Sk Taheruddin Ahamed , Mousumi Mitra , Chiranjit Kulsi , Anup Mondal, Dipali Banerjee, Visible-Light Influenced Photocatalytic Activity of Polyaniline - Bismuth Selenide Composite for the Degradation of Methyl Orange, Rhodamine B and Malachite Green dyes”, 470, 472-483, Applied surface science, 2019
  • 18 Chiranjit Kulsi, Mousumi Mitra, Kajari Kargupta, Dipali Banerjee,, Thermoelectric properties of nanostructured bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) with annealing time and its composite with reduced graphene oxide (RGO), 30, 1850 -1860, Journals of Material Science: Materials in electronics, 2019
  • 19 Shilpa Maity; Nayim Sepay; Chiranjit Kulsi; Arpan Kool; Sukhen Das; Dipali Banerjee; Krishanu Chatterjee,, Enhancement of thermoelectric performance in oligomeric PEDOT-SWCNT nanocomposite via band gap tuning, 3, 8992-8997, Chemistry Select, 2018
  • 20 Mousumi Mitra, Chiranjit Kulsi, Kajari Kargupta, Saibal Ganguly, Dipali Banerjee, “Composite of Polyaniline-Bismuth Selenide with Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance,” Jnal of Applied Polymer Science,, 135, 46887, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2018
  • 21 Shubhanwita Saha, , Mousumi Mitra , Ananta Sarkara, Dipali Banerjee , Saibal Ganguly , Kajari Kargupta, 6. Lithium assisted enhanced hydrogenation of reduced graphene oxide-PANI nanocomposite at room temperature,, 84, 103–111, Diamond & Related Materials, 2018
  • 22 Priyanka Ghosh, Chandan Kumar Dhole, Saibal Ganguly, Dipali Banerjee and Kajari Kargupta, Portable smart highly proton conductive all inorganic gel paste electrolyte with optimum phosphorous to silicon ratio for enhanced, durable operation of fuel cell ,, 2, 1737–1748., Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2018
  • 23 Mukulika Jana Chatterjee, Amrita Ghosh, Anup Mondal and Dipali Banerjee, “Polyaniline–single walled carbon nanotube composite – a photocatalyst to degrade rose bengal and methyl orange dyes under visible-light illumination”,, 7, 36403-36415, RSC Advances, 2017
  • 24 Chiranjit Kulsi, Kajari Kargupta, Saibal Ganguly, Dipali Banerjee,, 9. “Enhanced thermoelectric performance of n-type bismuth selenide doped with nickel”, 17, 1609-1615, Current Applied Physics, 2017
  • 25 Mousumi Mitra, Kajari Kargupta, Saibal Ganguly, Shyamaprosad Goswami and Dipali Banerjee, 10. , “Facile synthesis and thermoelectric properties of aluminum doped zinc oxide/polyaniline (AZO/PANI) hybrid”,, 228, 25–31, Synthetic Metals, 2017
  • 26 Mousumi Mitra, Amrita Ghosh, Anup Mondal, Kajari Kargupta, Saibal Ganguly and Dipali Banerjee,, “Facile synthesis of aluminium doped zinc oxide-polyaniline hybrids for photoluminescence and enhanced visible-light assisted photo-degradation of organic contaminants”, 418–428, Applied Surface Science, 2017
  • 27 S. Saha, A. Saha, L. Lepcha, S. Ganguly, D. Banerjee and K. Kargupta, “Graphene-rich G-Co-Ni nanomatrix;an optimized heterogeneous catalyst for hydrogen generation based on morphology performance mapping”, 2, 4309-4319, Chemistry Select, 2017
  • 28 Chiranjit Kulsi, Amrita Ghosh, Anup Mondal, Kajari Kargupta, Saibal Ganguly and Dipali Banerjee, “Enhanced photo catalytic performance of nickel doped bismuth selenide under visible light irradiation”, 4, 035902, Mater. Res. Express, 2017
  • 29 C. Kulsi, A. Ghosh, A. Mondal, K. Kargupta, S. Ganguly and D. Banerjee,, Remarkable photocatalytic degradation of malachite green by nickel doped bismuth selenide under visible light irradiation, 392, 540-548, Applied Surface Science, 2017
  • Patents


    # Patents Year

    Member


    Internal Complaint Committee, Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute
    Board of Studies , Ramakrishna Mission Residential College (Autonomous) Vivekananda Centre for Research
    Materials Research Society of India (MRSI, India), Executive Council Member (Calcutta Chapter)
    Indian Physical Society
    Forum of Scientists , Engineers and Technologists
    Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
    Indian Cryogenic Council

    Responsibilities


    Head, School of Management Science (SoMS)
    Oct 2022 -April 2023
    Head, School of VLSI Technology
    Oct 2021- April 2022
    Head, School of Advanced Materials, Green Energy and Solar System
    March - September 2021
    Head , M. N. Dastur School of Materials Science and Engineering
    Feb - March 2021
    Head , M. N. Dastur School of Materials Science and Engineering
    Feb - July 2020
    Convener, Committee for Central Research Facility( High-end Experimental Setup)
    2019-
    Appellate Authority of the Institute
    Dec 2019-
    Head, Center for Healthcare Science and Technology
    Jan - June 2019
    Chairperson--Cell for elimination of sexual harassment at work place
    (2012-2014)
    Secretary to the doctoral committee for Faculty of Basic and Applied Science
    (2009-2010)
    Head Department of Physics
    2005-2008
    Head Department of Physics
    1999-2002

     M. Sc course was introduced in the Department in 2001.

    Projects


    • Synthesis and characterization of composites of polypyrrole (PPy)--- with carbon nanotube (CNT) and graphene for thermoelectric applications, Sponsored
      Ongoing
    • Solar energy driven Green Hydrogen generation from Water using Reduced Graphene Oxide based Photo-catalyst and Co-catalyst", Sponsored
      Ongoing
    • Synthesis and characterization of (1) ultra-long carbon naotubes and resist free fabrication of carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNTFET) for sensor application and (2) carbon nanotube carpet for thermoelectric application, Sponsored
      Ongoing
    • Synthesis and Characterization of low dimensional structures of Bismuth Telluride for application in thermoelectric devices, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Generation of Silent Green Energy with Performance and Efficiency Enhancement using Inorganic-Organic hybridization and Nano-structuring in Fuel Cell System, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Expert system based Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data on performance and endurance of phosphoric acid fuel cell: Development of performance indices and neuro-fuzzy rules, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Synthesis & Characterization of Nano particle of Bismuth Telluride & its One dimensional Composite with Conducting Polymer, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Development of Phosphoric Acid Gel Electrolyte Matrix and Study of its Effect on Performance of Fuel Cell., Sponsored
      Completed
    • Development of an experimental test facility for process intensification of integrated fuel system for marine energy generation and storage, Sponsored
      Completed
    • Electrical Transport Properties of Thermoelectric Materials for Device Application, Sponsored
      Completed

    Research Groups


    Mukulika Jana Chatterjee
    Ph. D.
    98360 86082
    mukulika.jana@gmail.com

    Shiladitya Acharya
    Ph. D.
    9143202927
    acharyyashiladitya@gmail.com

    Pinaki Mandal
    Ph. D.
    8910576620 / 7278973914
    pinakim90@gmail.com

    Medha Rakshit
    Ph. D.
    9475831533
    medharakshit2013@gmail.com

    Prasenjit Chakraborty
    Ph. D.
    9038531307
    chakraprasen@yahoo.com

    Avra Banerjee
    Ph. D.
    9002926614
    avrabanerjee1@gmail.com

    Krishanu Chatterjee
    Ph. D.
    itskrishanu@gmail.com

    Mousumi Mitra
    Ph. D.
    Mousumimitrabesu@gmail.com

    Chiranjit Kulsi
    Ph. D.
    chiranjit099@gmail.com

    Soumalya Kundu
    Ph. D.
    physics.soumalya@gmail.com

    Research:
    Carbon nanotubes, conducting polymers, gas sensors

    Citations


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    Created: 23 November 2019