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Sourav Laha Assistant Professor
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Joined the Institute in June 2022
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Publication

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Publications

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Sponsored Projects

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Consultancy Projects
Education

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Post Doctoral

5

Doctoral Students

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UG Students

13

PG Dissertation
Education
  • 2016 PhD (Integrated PhD)                                                               

Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

  • 2016 Master of Science (Integrated PhD)                                                            

Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

  • 2008 Bachelor of Science, Chemistry (Honours)                                                         

Bankura Christian College, The University of Burdwan

  • 2004 Higher Secondary, Science                                                            

Harmasra High School (H.S.), West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education

  • 2002 Secondary                                                            

Harmasra High School (H.S.), West Bengal Board of Secondary Education

 

 

 

 

Work Experiences
  • June 2022 - present                                                                 

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India

  • December 2021 - June 2022                                           

Ramanujan Fellow, Department of Humanities and Sciences, Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam, India

  • February 2017 - October 2021                                                         

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Nanochemistry, Max Plank Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany

Research Interest
  • Solid state and materials chemistry.
  • Transition metal oxides, halides, chalcogenides.
  • Exploration of new and efficient energy materials.
  • Exfoliation of layered transition metal oxide to nanosheets.
  • Electrocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction.
  • Supercapacitive and pseudocapacitive energy storage.

 

Teachings

Postgraduate:

§ Organometallic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (Spring, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp

§ Group theory, Applied Electro Chemistry and X-ray structure analysis (Autumn, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp.

§ Spectrophotometric Estimation of Cations and Anions (Laboratory, Autumn, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp.

  Undergraduate:

§ Chemistry of elements and Radioactivity, (Spring, Instructor) at NIT Dgp

§ Chemistry in Solution and Solid State Chemistry (Autumn, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp.

§ Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding (Autumn, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp.

§ Quantitative Estimation of Metal ions in Mixture (Laboratory, Autumn, Co-instructor) at   NIT Dgp.

§ Engineering Chemistry (B. Tech.), (Spring, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp

§ Chemistry Laboratory (B. Tech.), (Autumn and spring, Instructor) at NIT Dgp.

     § Nuclear, Wind and Geothermal Energy (Elective-III, Spring 2021-2022) at IIPE, Visakhapatnam.

UG Students

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PG Students

Arundhati Mondal

Arundhati Mondal

Transition metal based electro catalysts for chlorine evolution reaction  
Arundhati Mondal

Arundhati Mondal

Transition metal based electro catalysts for chlorine evolution reaction  
Priya Pant

Priya Pant

Transition metal based electro catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction  
Priya Pant

Priya Pant

Transition metal based electro catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction  
Somdatta Paul

Somdatta Paul

Transition metal based electro catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction  
Somdatta Paul

Somdatta Paul

Transition metal based electro catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction  
Pratiksha Nayak

Pratiksha Nayak

New materials for removal of copper from water waste 
Pratiksha Nayak

Pratiksha Nayak

New materials for removal of copper from water waste 
Vivek Vijayakumar

Vivek Vijayakumar

MOFs in photocatalytic water splitting and 
Vivek Vijayakumar

Vivek Vijayakumar

MOFs in photocatalytic water splitting and 
Nayanika Mahata

Nayanika Mahata

New materials for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction
Nayanika Mahata

Nayanika Mahata

New materials for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction
Sanchayan Maity

Sanchayan Maity

New materials for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction
Sanchayan Maity

Sanchayan Maity

New materials for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction
Vinay Kumar

Vinay Kumar

Synthesis of ZIF-8 derived materials
Vinay Kumar

Vinay Kumar

Synthesis of ZIF-8 derived materials
Niharika Sarma

Niharika Sarma

Synthesis of zirconium hydroxide heterostructure for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction 
Niharika Sarma

Niharika Sarma

Synthesis of zirconium hydroxide heterostructure for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction 
Amit Kumar Chhanda

Amit Kumar Chhanda

Green hydrogen production using metal organic framework
Amit Kumar Chhanda

Amit Kumar Chhanda

Green hydrogen production using metal organic framework
Priyadarshi Saswat Sagar

Priyadarshi Saswat Sagar

Development of MOF-based sensors for detection of transition metal ions
Priyadarshi Saswat Sagar

Priyadarshi Saswat Sagar

Development of MOF-based sensors for detection of transition metal ions
Soma Dey

Soma Dey

Metal sensing based on metal organic framework
Soma Dey

Soma Dey

Metal sensing based on metal organic framework
Ipsita Barik

Ipsita Barik

Development of MOF-based sensors for detection of heavy metal ions
Ipsita Barik

Ipsita Barik

Development of MOF-based sensors for detection of heavy metal ions

Post-Doctoral Students

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Doctoral Students

Pulak Pradhan

Pulak Pradhan

Doctoral Scholar
Exploration of new materials for efficient energy and environmental applications. 
Pulak Pradhan

Pulak Pradhan

Doctoral Scholar
Exploration of new materials for efficient energy and environmental applications. 
Pallav Mondal

Pallav Mondal

Doctoral Scholar
Exploration of new materials for efficient energy and environmental applications. 
Pallav Mondal

Pallav Mondal

Doctoral Scholar
Exploration of new materials for efficient energy and environmental applications. 
Bhaskar K. Brahma

Bhaskar K. Brahma

Doctoral Scholar
Exploration of new materials for efficient energy and environmental applications. 
Bhaskar K. Brahma

Bhaskar K. Brahma

Doctoral Scholar
Exploration of new materials for efficient energy and environmental applications. 
Prakash Kumar Mondal

Prakash Kumar Mondal

Doctoral Scholar
Exploration of new materials for efficient energy and environmental applications. 
Prakash Kumar Mondal

Prakash Kumar Mondal

Doctoral Scholar
Exploration of new materials for efficient energy and environmental applications. 
Dudekula Khasim Vali

Dudekula Khasim Vali

Doctoral Scholar
Exploration of new materials for efficient energy and environmental applications. 
Dudekula Khasim Vali

Dudekula Khasim Vali

Doctoral Scholar
Exploration of new materials for efficient energy and environmental applications. 

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Transition metal oxide nanosheets for efficient and cost-effective green hydrogen production Dr. Sourav Laha Not Applicable Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology 3,300,000 Sponsored Ongoing 2023-12-21 2025-12-20
2 Exploring new transition metal oxide nanosheets for renewable energy applications: Electrocatalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction Dr. Sourav Laha Not Applicable Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology 11,900,000 Sponsored Completed 2021-12-10 2022-06-29

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Transition metal oxide nanosheets for efficient and cost-effective green hydrogen production Dr. Sourav Laha Not Applicable Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology 3,300,000 Sponsored Ongoing 2023-12-21 2025-12-20
2 Exploring new transition metal oxide nanosheets for renewable energy applications: Electrocatalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction Dr. Sourav Laha Not Applicable Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology 11,900,000 Sponsored Completed 2021-12-10 2022-06-29

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
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Journals

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2026 1. Electronic Synergism in Amorphous Zr0.9Mn0.1(OH)4-δ for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Green Hydrogen Production in Alkaline Seawater Pulak Pradhan, Pallav Mondal, Niharika Sarma, Kaushik Baidya, Utpal Adhikari, Jitamanyu Chakrabarty, Sourav Laha,* Small e13454 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1002/smll.202513454 Wiley https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smll.202513454 2026
2026 2. Optimizing Ni/Co Ratios in NiCo-LDH for Enhanced Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions in Overall Water Splitting Pachaiyappan V, Pallav Mondal, Debdyuti Mukherjee, Sourav Laha,* Sujoy Sarkar,* J. Power Sources 671 & 239607 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2026.239607 Elsevier B.V. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775326003575?via=ihub 2026
2026 3. Enhancing Zn-Ion Battery Performances with Hydrogel Electrolytes: Synergistic use of Mn-Vanadate Positive and Metal–Organic Framework-Derived CuO Negative Electrodes Apurba Maiti, Subhrajyoti Debnath, Nandini Barman, Pulak Pradhan, Arijit Dey, Pappu Naskar, Sourav Laha,* Anjan Banerjee,* Energy Technology 14 & e202501982 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1002/ente.202501982 Wiley https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ente.202501982 2026
2025 4. Entropy as a Design Principle for Boosting Water Splitting: A Case Study on 1,3,5-Benzenetricarboxylic Acid-Based Metal-Organic-Frameworks Subarna Mandal, Deblina Banerjee, Pallav Mondal, Sourav Laha,* Anjan Banerjee* ChemistrySelect 10 & e03296 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1002/slct.202503296 Wiley https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.202503296 2025
2025 5. In Quest of an Efficient Positive Electrode Material for Aqueous Al-Ion Hybrid Capacitor: Investigation of a High Entropy Prussian Blue Analog Arijit Dey, Sribas Mondal, Pallav Mondal, Pappu Naskar, Sourav Laha,* Anjan Banerjee* ChemPlusChem 2025 & e202500375 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1002/cplu.202500375 Wiley https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cplu.202500375 2025
2025 6. Exploring Synergy: Pd/HyMn0.8Co0.2O2 Nanocomposite for enhanced Overall Water Splitting towards Sustainable Green Hydrogen Production Phulladweepa Patra, Somnath Ghosh*, Sourav Laha* Energy & Fuels  39 & 11926-11937 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c00879 American Chemical Society https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c00879 2025
2025 7. Unlocking Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution with Bimetal-Organic Framework: A Synergistic Approach Chhatan Das, Pappu Naskar, Anjan Banerjee,* Sourav Laha*, Moumita Mukherjee, Ayan Datta*, Partha Mahata* Chem. Commun. 61 & 9107-9110 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1039/D5CC00680E Royal Society of Chemistry https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/cc/d5cc00680e 2025
2025 8. Boosting Aqueous Zn-Ion Battery Performances with Mg-Vanadate Positive and Cu-MOF Negative Electrodes in Inorganic Gel Electrolyte Subhrajyoti Debnath, Apurba Maiti, Pappu Naskar, Arijit Dey, Sourav Laha*, Anjan Banerjee* ChemNanoMat 2025 & 2500077 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1002/cnma.202500077 Wiley https://aces.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cnma.202500077 2025
2025 9. Electron Deficient Oxygen Species in Highly OER Active Iridium Anodes Characterized by X-ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy Lorena Alzate-Vargas, Lorenz Falling, Sourav Laha, Bettina Lotsch, Jau-Wern Chiou, Ting-Shan Chan, Way-Faung Pong, Cheng-Hao Chuang, Juan Velasco-Vélez, T. E. Jones Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 27 & 9252-9261 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1039/D4CP03415E Royal Society of Chemistry https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/cp/d4cp03415e 2025
2025 10. Analogous Copper Nanoclustures (Cu16/17) with Two Electron Superatomic and Mixed Valence Copper(II)/Copper(I) and Copper(I)/Copper(0) Characters Shibaditya Kumar,# Saikat Mishra,# Aniruddha Das, Kuldeep Mahiya, Sourav Laha, Milan Maji, Apurba K. Patra (#these authors contributed equally) Nanoscale 17 & 982-991 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1039/d4nr03578j Royal Society of Chemistry https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/nr/d4nr03578j 2025
2024 11. Investigating the Impact of Copper and Zinc Doping in High-Entropy Prussian Blue Analogues for Na-Ion Batteries: From Material Analysis to Device Fabrication Pappu Naskar, Pallav Mondal, Biplab Biswas, Sourav Laha,* and Anjan Banerjee* Energy Technol. 2024 & 2401733 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1002/ente.202401733 Wiley https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ente.202401733 2024
2024 12. CeO2-Mn3O4 Solid-Solutions with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity towards Degradation of Phenolic Compounds Pulak Pradhan, Deboshree Mukherjee, Sourav Laha*, Jitamanyu Chakrabarty* ChemistrySelect 9 & e202404369 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1002/slct.202404369 Wiley https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.202404369 2024
2024 13. Atomic Insights into the Competitive Edge of Nanosheets Splitting Water Lorenz J. Falling, Woosun Jang, Sourav Laha, Thomas Götsch, Maxwell W. Terban, Sebastian Bette, Rik Mom, Juan-Jesus Velasco-Vélez, Frank Girgsdies, Detre Teschner, Andrey Tarasov, Cheng-Hao Chuang, Thomas Lunkenbein, Axel Knop-Gericke, Daniel Weber, Robert Dinnebier, Bettina V. Lotsch, Robert Schlög J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146 & 27886-27902 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1021/jacs.4c10312 The American Chemical Society https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.4c10312 2024
2024 14. Prussian Blue Analogues with Na2NixCoyMnzFe(CN)6-Multimetallic Structures as Positive and Hydrogen Vanadate as Negative Electrodes in Aqueous Na-Ion Batteries for Solar Energy Storage Applications Pappu Naskar, Biplab Biswas, Sourav Laha*, Anjan Banerjee* Energy Adv. 03 & 1401-1413 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1039/D4YA00178H Royal Society of Chemistry https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2024/ya/d4ya00178h 2024
2024 15. Exfoliated Cobalt Doped Manganese Oxide Nanosheets: Efficient and Stable Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Medium Phulladweepa Patra, Sourav Laha*, Somnath Ghosh* ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 07 & 3577–3589 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1021/acsaem.3c03022 The American Chemical Society https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsaem.3c03022 2024
2024 16. Calcium Based Metal-Organic Framework: Detection and Idiosyncratic Removal of Copper by Nano-particles Deposition Pallav Mondal, Bhaskar K. Brahma, Joydeep Ray, Jyothirlatha V. N. Kasu, Avishek Gangopadhyay, Subarna Samanta, Sourav Laha*, Utpal Adhikari* Chem. Eur. J. 30 & e202400587 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1002/chem.202400587 Wiley-VCH https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.202400587 2024
2024 17. Acoustic Shock Wave-Induced Solid-State Fusion of Nanoparticles: A Case Study of the Conversion of One-Dimensional Rod Shape into Three-Dimensional Honeycomb Nanostructures of CdO for High Performance Energy Storage Materials Sivakumar Aswathappa, Lidong Dai, S. Sahaya Jude Dhas, S. A. Martin Britto Dhas, Sourav Laha, Raju Suresh Kumar, Abdulrahman I. Almansour Inorg. Chem. 63 & 576-592 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03461 The American Chemical Society https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03461 2024
2023 18. An Enduring Na-Ion Solar Battery Configured with Na2Co0.5Ni0.5Fe(CN)6 Positive and NaTi2(PO4)3 Negative Electrodes in Na2SO4-SiO2 Hydrogel Electrolyte Pappu Naskar, Shubhrajyoti Mondal, Biplab Biswas, Sourav Laha*, Anjan Banerjee* J. Electrochem. Soc. 170 & 090535 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1149/1945-7111/acf95f The Electrochemical Society https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/acf95f/meta 2023
2023 19. Low Cost & Quasi Solid State Na2Mn0.5Ni0.5Fe(CN)6//NaxFe2O3 Hybrid Na-Ion Batteries for Solar Energy Storage Pappu Naskar, Shubhrajyoti Mondal, Biplab Biswas, Sourav Laha*, Anjan Banerjee* Sustainable Energy Fuels 7 & 4189-4201 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1039/D3SE00583F Royal Society of Chemistry https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/se/d3se00583f 2023
2023 20. Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering from Electronic Excitations in α-RuCl3 Nanolayers  Z. Yang, L. Wang, S. Laha, D. Zhao, M. Luo, A. Güth, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, B. V. Lotsch, J. H. Smet, M. Minola, H. Gretarsson, B. Keimer Phys. Rev. B 108 & L041406 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.L041406 The American Physical Society https://journals.aps.org/prb/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.L041406 2023
2023 21. The Weyl Semimetals MIrTe4 (M = Nb, Ta) as Efficient Catalysts for Dye-sensitized Hydrogen Evolution Manisha Samanta, Hengxin Tan, Sourav Laha, Hugo Alejandro Vignolo-González, Lars Grunenberg, Sebastian Bette, Viola Duppel, Peter Schützendübe, Andreas Gouder, Binghai Yan, Bettina V. Lotsch Adv. Energy Mater. 13 & 2300503 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1002/aenm.202300503 Wiley https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aenm.202300503 2023
2023 22. High-Performance and Scalable Aqueous Na-Ion Batteries Comprising a Co- Prussian Blue Analogue Framework Positive and Sodium Vanadate Nanorod Negative Electrodes for Solar Energy Storage Pappu Naskar, Subhrajyoti Debnath, Biplab Biswas, Sourav Laha*, Anjan Banerjee* ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 06 & 4604-4617 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1021/acsaem.2c04107 The American Chemical Society https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaem.2c04107 2023
2023 23. Sonication-Assisted Liquid Exfoliation and Size-Dependent Properties of Magnetic Two-Dimensional α-RuCl3 Kevin Synnatschke, Martin Jonak, Alexander Storm, Sourav Laha, Janis Köster, Julian Petry, Steffen Ott, Beata Szydłowska, Georg S. Duesberg, Ute Kaiser, Rüdiger Klingeler, Bettina Lotsch, Claudia Backes J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 56 & 274001 SCI/SCOPUS 10.1088/1361-6463/accc3e IOPscience https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6463/accc3e 2023
2023 24. Morphology Matters: 0D/2D WO3 Nanoparticle-Ruthenium Oxide Nanosheet Composites for Enhanced Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Rates Hugo A. Vignolo-González, Andreas Gouder†, Sourav Laha†, Viola Duppel, Sol Carretero-Palacios, Alberto Jiménez-Solano, Takayoshi Oshima, Peter Schützendübe, Bettina V. Lotsch († These authors contributed equally) Adv. Enrgy. Mater. 13 & 2203315 (1 to 11) SCI 10.1002/aenm.202203315 Wiley https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aenm.202203315 2023
2023 25. Rare-earth (Nd and Eu) Induced Structural Transformation and Optical Properties of Brownmillerite-type Sr2ScGaO5 Oxide Tanmay Rom, Sourav Laha*, Srushti Gadiyaram, Pradip K. Maji, Avijit Kumar Paul* J. Solid State Chem. 317 & 123696 SCI 10.1016/j.jssc.2022.123696 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022459622008210 2023
2022 26. Origin of Oscillatory Structures in the Magnetothermal Conductivity of the Putative Kitaev Magnet α-RuCl3 J. A. N. Bruin, R. R. Claus, Y. Matsumoto, J. Nuss, S. Laha, B. V. Lotsch, N. Kurita, H. Tanaka, H. Takagi APL Mater. 10, 090703 SCI 10.1063/5.0101377 American Institute of Physics https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0101377 2022
2021 27. Proximate Ferromagnetic State in the Kitaev Model Material α-RuCl3 H. Suzuki, H. Liu, J. Bertinshaw, K. Ueda, H. Kim, S. Laha, D. Weber, Z. Yang, L. Wang, H. Takahashi, K. Fürsich, M. Minola, B. V. Lotsch, B. J. Kim, H. Yavas¸ M. Daghofer, J. Chaloupka, G. Khaliullin, H. Gretarsson, B. Keimer Nat. Commun. 12, 4512 SCI 10.1038/s41467-021-24722-4 Springer Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24722-4 2021
2020 28. Towards Standardized Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Rates using RuO2@TiO2 as a Benchmark Hugo A. Vignolo-González, Sourav Laha, Alberto Jiménez- Solano, Takayoshi Oshima, Viola Duppel, Peter Schützendübe, Bettina V. Lotsch Matter 03, 464-484 SCI 10.1016/j.matt.2020.07.021 Elsevier and Cell Press https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590238520303799 2020
2019 29. Magnetic Frustration in Partially Ordered Double Perovskites Ln3Ni2RuO9 (Ln = La, Nd) S. Laha, J. Gopalakrishnan, S. Natarajan, J. Romero de Paz, E. Solana- Madruga, A. J. Dos Santos-García, S. García-Martín, O. Fabelo, E. Morán- Miguélez, R. Sáez-Puche J. Alloys Compd. 806, 1509-1516 SCI 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.07.354 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838819328695 2019
2019 30. Ruthenium Oxide Nanosheets for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Catalysis in Acidic Medium Sourav Laha, Yonghyuk Lee, Filip Podjaski, Daniel Weber, Viola Duppel, Leslie M. Schoop, Florian Pielnhofer, Kathrin Müller, Ulrich Starke, Karsten Reuter, Bettina V. Lotsch Adv. Energy Mater. 9, 1803795 SCI 10.1002/aenm.201803795 Wiley https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/aenm.201803795 2019
2018 31. IrOOH Nanosheets as Acid Stable Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Daniel Weber, Leslie M. Schoop, Daniel Wurmbrand, Sourav Laha, Filip Podjaski, Viola Duppel, Kathrin Müller, Ulrich Starke, Bettina V. Lotsch J. Mater. Chem. A 6, 21558-21566 SCI 10.1039/C8TA07950A Royal Society of Chemistry https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/ta/c8ta07950a 2018
2018 32. Bottom-up Formation of Carbon-Based Structures with Multilevel Hierarchy from MOF–Guest Polyhedra Tiesheng Wang, Hyun-Kyung Kim, Yingjun Liu, Weiwei Li, James T. Griffiths, Yue Wu, Sourav Laha, Kara D. Fong, Filip Podjaski, Chao Yun, R. Vasant Kumar, Bettina V. Lotsch, Anthony K. Cheetham, Stoyan K. Smoukov J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 6130–6136 SCI 10.1021/jacs.8b02411 American Chemical Society https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.8b02411 2018
2017 33. Color Tuning in Garnet Oxides: The Role of Tetrahedral Coordination Geometry for 3d Metal Ions and Ligand–Metal Charge Transfer (Band-Gap Manipulation) Anupam Bhim, Sourav Laha, Jagannatha Gopalakrishnan, Srinivasan Natarajan Chem. Asian J. 12, 2734–2743 SCI 10.1002/asia.201701040 Wiley https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/asia.201701040 2017
2016 34. Unique Colours of 3d Transition Metal Substituted Lyonsite Molybdates and Their Derivatives: The Role of Multiple Coordination Geometries and Metal–Metal Charge Transfer Sourav Laha, Srinivasan Natarajan, Jagannatha Gopalakrishnan Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 3883–3891 SCI 10.1002/ejic.201600687 Wiley https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejic.201600687 2016
2016 35. Stabilization of Tetrahedral (Mn5+O4) Chromophore in Ternary Barium Oxides as a Strategy towards Development of new Turquoise/Green Colored Pigments Sourav Laha, Subramani Tamilarasan, Srinivasan Natarajan, Jagannatha Gopalakrishnan Inorg. Chem. 55, 3508–3514 SCI 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02957 American Chemical Society https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02957 2016
2016 36. YIn0.9Mn0.1O3-ZnO Nano-Pigment Exhibiting Intense Blue Color with Impressive Solar Reflectance Sheethu Jose, Anaswara Jayaprakash, Sourav Laha, S. Natarajan, K. G. Nishanth, M. L. P. Reddy Dyes and Pigments 124, 120-129 SCI 10.1016/j.dyepig.2015.09.014 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143720815003617 2016
2016 37. Exploring the Colour of 3d Transition-Metal Ions in Trigonal Bipyramidal Coordination: Identification of Purple-Blue (CoO5) and Beige-Red (NiO5) Chromophores in LiMgBO3 Host Subramani Tamilarasan, Sourav Laha, Srinivasan Natarajan, Jagannatha Gopalakrishnan Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 288–293 SCI 10.1002/ejic.201501064 Wiley https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejic.201501064 2016
2015 38. Li2MnO3: A Rare Red-Coloured Manganese(IV) Oxide Exhibiting Tunable Red– Yellow–Green Emission S. Tamilarasan, Sourav Laha, S. Natarajan J. Gopalakrishnan J. Mater. Chem. C 3, 4794-4800 SCI 10.1039/C5TC00616C Royal Society of Chemistry https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/tc/c5tc00616c 2015
2015 39. Oxygen-participated Electrochemistry of New Lithium-rich Layered Oxides Li3MRuO5 (M = Mn, Fe) S. Laha, S. Natarajan, J. Gopalakrishnana, E. Morán, R. Sáez-Puche, M. Á. Alario-Franco, A. J. Dossantos-García, J. C. Pérez-Flores, A. Kuhn, F. García-Alvarado Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 3749-3760 SCI 10.1039/C4CP05052E Royal Society of Chemistry https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/cp/c4cp05052e 2015
2014 40. Green Colored Nano-Pigments Derived from Y2BaCuO5: NIR Reflective Coatings S. Jose, A. Prakash, S. Laha, S. Natarajan, M. L. P. Reddy Dyes and Pigments 107, 118-126 SCI 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.03.025 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143720814001053 2014
2013 41. Li3MRuO5 (M = Co, Ni), New Lithium-Rich Layered Oxides Related to LiCoO2: Promising Electrochemical Performance for Possible Application as Cathode Materials in Lithium Ion Batteries S. Laha, E. Morán, R. Sáez-Puche, M. Á. Alario- Franco, A. J. Dossantos-Garcia, E. Gonzalo, A. Kuhn, S. Natarajan, J. Gopalakrishnana, F. García-Alvarado J. Mater. Chem. A. 01, 10686-10692 SCI 10.1039/C3TA12186K Royal Society of Chemistry https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/ta/c3ta12186k 2013
2013 42. New Rocksalt-Related Oxides Li3M2RuO6 (M = Co, Ni) : Synthesis, Structure, Magnetism and Electrochemistry S. Laha, E. Morán, R. Sáez-Puche, M. Á. Alario- Franco, A. J. Dossantos-Garcia, E. Gonzalo, A. Kuhn, F. García-Alvarado, T. Sivakumar, S. Tamilarasan, S. Natarajan, J. Gopalakrishnan J. Solid State Chem. 203, 160-165 SCI 10.1016/j.jssc.2013.03.054 Elsevier https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022459613001771 2013
2011 43. Ba3(P1−xMnxO4)2 : Blue/Green Inorganic Materials Based on Tetrahedral Mn(V) Sourav Laha, Rohit Sharma, S. V. Bhat, M. L. P. Reddy, J. Gopalakrishnan, S. Natarajan Bull. Mater. Sci. 34, 1257-1262 SCI 10.1007/s12034-011-0164-7 Springer https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12034-011-0164-7 2011

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“Nano-MOFs and MOF-Derived Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting" (chapter no. 6) in the book “Nanomaterials for Energy Applications”, edited by L. Syam Sundar, Shaik Feroz, Faramarz Djavanroodi, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,

by Subhradeep Mistry, Sourav Laha, 2023, eBook ISBN: 9781003364825, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003364825-6


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“Nano-MOFs and MOF-Derived Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting" (chapter no. 6) in the book “Nanomaterials for Energy Applications”, edited by L. Syam Sundar, Shaik Feroz, Faramarz Djavanroodi, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,

by Subhradeep Mistry, Sourav Laha, 2023, eBook ISBN: 9781003364825, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003364825-6


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Awards and Recognitions
  • Ramanujan Fellowship, awarded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, August 2021.
  • Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart scholarship for Postdoctoral position (February, 2017–January, 2019).
  • Invited to Universidad Complutense and Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain (EU) to work with Prof. M A Alario-Franco and Prof. F. García-Alvarado’s research group at for seven months in 2012.
  • Joint Admission to M.Sc. (JAM)–2008, conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
  • Integrated Ph.D-2008, conducted by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.

 

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Department of Chemistry  

National Institute of Technology Durgapur                  

Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur – 713209, India

Email: slaha.ch@nitdgp.ac.in

Phone: +91-9434789077

 

 

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