Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Bankura Christian College, The University of Burdwan
Harmasra High School (H.S.), West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
Harmasra High School (H.S.), West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India
Ramanujan Fellow, Department of Humanities and Sciences, Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam, India
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Nanochemistry, Max Plank Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
§ 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.
§ 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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|
| ID | Details | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1. 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. xx & xx SCI/SCOPUS 10.1039/D4YA00178H Royal Society of Chemistry | 2024 |
| 2024 | 2. 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. xx & xx SCI/SCOPUS 10.1021/acsaem.3c03022 The American Chemical Society https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsaem.3c03022 | 2024 |
| 2024 | 3. 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 | 4. 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 | 5. 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 | 6. 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 | 7. 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 | 8. 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 | 9. 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 | 10. 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 | 11. 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 | 12. 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 | 13. 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 | 14. 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 | 15. 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 | 16. 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 | 17. 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 | 18. 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 | 19. 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 | 20. 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 | 21. 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 | 22. 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 | 23. 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 | 24. 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 | 25. 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 | 26. 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 | 27. 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 | 28. 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 | 29. 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 | 30. 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 |
| ID | Details | Year |
|---|
| ID | Details | Patent Filed Year |
|---|
Department of Chemistry
National Institute of Technology Durgapur
Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur – 713209, India
Email: slaha.ch@nitdgp.ac.in
Phone: +91-9434789077
ERP
Faculty Recruitment @2024 
