Institute of Nano Science and Technology

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Dr. Vivek Bagchi

Scientist-E (Associate Professor), Editorial Board Member (Energy), Scientific Reports (Nature)

Energy and Environmental Research Laboratory: We are working on the design and synthesis of new nanoscale materials for Energy Conversion/Storage, Catalysis and Environmental Remediation... Students from chemistry and physics background, can contact directly to the supervisor through email at bagchiv@inst.ac.in. For more details please visit the Personal Group page: www.vivekbagchi.in

Contact Information :

E-mail:
bagchiv@inst.ac.in
Personal Webpage:
Personal Webpage

We are working on designing and synthesizing new nanoscale materials and structures with an emphasis on rational control of morphology, size, structure, composition and doping of metal carbides, nitrides, sulphides, phosphides, oxides etc on multiple scales for Energy and Environmental Applications.

Energy Conversions:

• Hydrogen Generation

• Oxygen Evolution for Air Battery applications

• Oxygen Reduction for Fuel Cell Applications

Carbon-di-Oxide Reduction

• Capture

• Conversion: Electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion

• Utilization

Energy Storage

• Supercapacitors

• Metal-ion Batteries

Environmental Remediation

• Material Development for Air/Water Purification

Catalysis

• Artificial and Biomimetic Catalysis

• C-H Bond Activation and Functionalization

Hydrogen is one of the cleanest forms of energy which can solve several issues, including environmental pollution and depletion of fossils fuels. Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), being a carbon-neutral process can reduce the carbon footprint in the earth’s atmosphere. Molybdenum based solids are among the most popular electrocatalysts, which have been explored extensively for HER processes as an alternative to Platinum or Platinum based materials.
Transition metal sulfides have been established as an excellent hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst but their oxygen evolution reaction behaviour is still less explored and needs further investigations. Oxygen evolution reaction has a huge potential for fuel cell and air battery applications. Ashish et al. have synthesized MoS2 nanolayers on N-doped carbon wrapped cobalt submicrospheres shows excellent OER catalytic activity.
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critically important in energy converting systems, and the advancement of a catalyst that accelerates the process is vital. Here, an ORR electrocatalyst was developed by the stoichiometric addition of Co(II) ions to a model composite (FePH) and termed as γ-CoFePH. The developed electrocatalyst shows a significant enhancement in ORR activity with improved Eonset and E1/2 (3 mA cm−2) values, where E1/2 is −0.29 V as compared to −0.60 V for FePH, drifting toward Pt/C and exhibits a limiting current density of −6.3 mA cm−2 which exceeds the commercially available Pt/C. The γ- CoFePH also displays superior resistance toward methanol poisoning and stability of over 40 000 s retaining 83.6% of the current 11 density under alkaline medium.

Current Group Members

PhD Scholar
Post Docs/RA

CHARU LATA GOYAL

Email: charu.ph23206@inst.ac.in

Reg. No.: PH23206
ALOK KUMAR

Email: alok.ph23205@inst.ac.in

Reg. No.: PH23205
ROHIT BISHT

Email: rohit.ph23204@inst.ac.in

Reg. No.: PH23204
MS. REKHA RANI

Email: rekha.ph22219@inst.ac.in

Reg. No.: PH22219
AASHI

Email: aashi.ph21230@inst.ac.in

Reg. No.: PH21230
VIKAS PUNDIR

Email: vikas.ph20235@inst.ac.in

Reg. No.: 20235_
KRISHANKANT

Email: krishankant.ph20236@inst.ac.in

Reg. No.: PH20236_
RAJDEEP KAUR

Email: rajdeep.ph21257@inst.ac.in

Reg. No.: PH21275
MR. DEEPAK UPRETI

Email: deepak.ph19240@inst.ac.in

Reg. No.: PH19240 (CSIR)

ROHIT BISHT

Email: rohit.rp1112321@inst.ac.in

Reg. No.: RP1112321
SRINIVASAN ALAGAR

Email: sbn.chem@gmail.com

Reg. No.: Postdoc_1

Alumni

ZUBAIR AHMED

Reg. No.: RP121621

Designation: PhD Scholar

Aug 2017 - Sep 2021
RITU RAI

Reg. No.: PH14205

Designation: PhD Scholar

Aug 2014 - Aug 2018
MR. RAJINDER KUMAR

Reg. No.: PH14214 (Past Student)

Designation: PhD Scholar

Jul 2014 - Sep 2020
AASHI SHARMA

Reg. No.: RP07 Aashi

Designation: Post Docs/RA

Apr 2014 - Apr 2015
KANIKA SONI

Reg. No.: RP07

Designation: Post Docs/RA

Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
MANU SHARMA

Reg. No.: PDF1619

Designation: Post Docs/RA

Apr 2015 - Apr 2016
KASINATH OJHA

Reg. No.: PDF1617

Designation: Post Docs/RA

Apr 2015 - Apr 2016
MS. SHILPA KUMARI

Reg. No.: PH18216 (INST)

Designation: PhD Scholar

Aug 2018 - Nov 2022
MR. ASHISH GAUR

Reg. No.: PH18212

Designation: PhD Scholar

Aug 2018 - May 2023

Journal Publications

1.
Laser-induced crafting of modulated structural defects in MOF-based supercapacitor for energy storage application , Aashi, Rekha Rani, Srinivasan Alagar, Jatin Sharma, Arun K and Vivek Bagchi* , ACS Materials Letters , 2024 , 6 , 1769–1778 , 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c00206
2.
Unfolding the Electrocatalytic Efficiency of Ultra-Stable CoFeLDH-Nanorods by Creating Oxygen Vacancies for OER , Krishankant, Aashi, Ayushi Jain, Jatin Sharma, Rekha Rani, Chandan Bera, and Vivek Bagchi* , ACS Applied Energy Materials , 2024 , 7, 3 , 1027–1036 , 10.1021/acsaem.3c02468
3.
Electronic Redistribution Through the Interface: A Prodigy that Enhances Electrocatalysis , Ashish Gaur, Jatin Sharma and Vivek Bagchi* , ChemCatChem , 2023 , Accepted* , 10.1002/cctc.202301438
4.
Atomically Precise Copper Nanoclusters as Potential Catalyst for Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction , Vishal Saini,† Krishankant,† Shweta Choudhary, Ashish Gaur, Swastika Banerjee,* Vivek Bagchi* and V. Venkatesh* , Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 2023 , 11 , 24754-24763 , 10.1039/D3TA04477G
5.
Curtailing the Excess eg-Orbital Filling of a Ni Atom by Enhanced Interatomic Charge Transfer within a Bimetallic 2D Metal–Organic Framework for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction , Ashish Gaur, Vikas Pundir, Rajdeep Kaur, Shambhu Nath Jha, and Vivek Bagchi* , ACS Appl. Energy Mater , (2023) , 6 , 5360–5367 , 10.1021/acsaem.3c00395
6.
Synergistic Modulation in a Triphasic Ni5P4-Ni2P@Ni3S2 System Manifests Remarkable Overall Water Splitting , Vikas Pundir; Ashish Gaur; Rajdeep Kaur; Jatin Sharma; Rajinder Kumar and Vivek Bagchi* , Journal of Colloids and Interface , (2023) , 651 , 579-588 , 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.07.112
7.
Strong Coupling effect induced surface reconstruction of CeF3-Ni3N to form CeF3-NiOOH for oxygen evolution reaction , Rajdeep Kaur,†Ashish Gaur,† Jatin Sharma, Vikas Pundir, Aashi and Vivek Bagchi* , Sustainable Energy & Fuels , (2023) , 7 , 3919-3925 , 10.1039/D3SE00679D
8.
Rapid synthesis of CuZn-MOF via controlled electrodeposition: Manifest enhanced overall electrocatalytic water splitting , Aashi, Srinivasan Alagar, Krishankant, Ashish Gaur, Chandan Bera and Vivek Bagchi* , Sustainable Energy & Fuels , (2023) , 7 , 3692-3700 , 10.1039/D3SE00595J
9.
NiWO4-NiO Induces Collegial Enhancement in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Medium: , Ashish Gaur; Krishankant ; Vikas Pundir; Takahiro Maruyama; Chandan Bera and Vivek Bagchi* , Journal of Colloid and Interface Science , (2023) , 641 , 82-90 , 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.02.153
10.
Nano-interfacial interactions in 2-D Ni3S2-Ni3N nanosheets for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline medium: , Vikas Pundir,† Ashish Gaur,† Rajdeep Kaur, Aashi, and Vivek Bagchi* , Energy Advances , (2023) , 2 , 321-327 , 10.1039/D2YA00296E
11.
An Electronegativity Induced Valence States Augmentation of Ni and Co through Electronic Redistribution between Co-Ni3N/CeF3 Interfaces for Oxygen Evolution Reaction: , Ashish Gaur, Joel Mathew John, Vikas Pundir, Rajdeep Kaur, and Vivek Bagchi* , ACS Applied Energy Materials , (2023) , 6 , 1763–1770 , 10.1021/acsaem.2c03656
12.
Strategic Design of Li-Rich Hierarchical Li1.2Mn0.54Ni0.13Co0.13O2 Microcubes as High Capacity Cathodes for Li-ion Batteries: , Srinivasan Alagar; Muthukumar Ganesan; Chelladurai Karuppiah; Chun-Chen Yang; Vivek Bagchi; Shakkthivel Piraman , ACS Applied Energy Materials , (2023) , 6 , 622–635 , 10.1021/acsaem.2c02372
13.
3D-Hierarchical Flower like Architecture of Anion Induced Layered Double Hydroxides for Competing Anodic Reactions , Krishankant, Aashi, Baljeet Kaur, Jatin Sharma, Chandan Bera and Vivek Bagchi* , Energy Advances , (2023) , 10.1039/D3YA00188A
14.
Valence state modulation of Mn/FePO4 nanostructures for oxygen reduction reactions: , Zubair Ahmed, Krishankant ., Parrydeep Kaur Sachdeva, Rajdeep Kaur, Shilpa Kumari, Chandan Bera and Vivek Bagchi* , (2022) , Sustainable Energy and Fuels , 10.1039/D2SE00842D
15.
High-Performance Mg-Ion Supercapacitor Designed with an N-doped Graphene wrapped CoMn2O4 and Porous Carbon Spheres: , Srinivasan Alagar, Shilpa Kumari, Deepak Upreti, Aashi, and, Vivek Bagchi* , (2022) , Energy and Fuels , https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c02760
16.
Nano-interfaced tungsten oxide inwrought with layer double hydroxides for oxygen evolution reaction: , Krishankant ., Aashi Chauhan, Zubair Ahmed, A. Srinivasan, Ashish Gaur, Rajdeep Kaur and Vivek Bagchi* , (2022) , -: - , Sustainable Energy Fuels , https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SE00929C
17.
In-situ modulation of Al traces and interlayer spacing in Ti3C2Tx -A2 MXene: Supercapacitor with ultrahigh capacitance and energy density: , Shilpa Kumari, Srinivasan Alagar, Amit Kumar Sharma, Deepak Upreti, Aashi, Garima Agrawal, and Vivek Bagchi , (2022) , -: - , Advanced Materials and Interfaces , https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202200919
18.
Micropores within N, S co-doped mesoporous 3D graphene-aerogel enhances supercapacitive performance: , Shilpa Kumari, Ekta Verma, Rajinder Kumar, Deepak Upreti, Bhanu Prakash,Takahiro Maruyama,and Vivek Bagchi* , (2021) , New Journal of Chemistry, , https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ00459J
19.
Intense nano-interfacial interactivity stimulates the OER in a MOF-derived superhydrophilic CuO–NiO heterostructure: , Ashish Gaur, Krishankant, Vikas Pundir, Ashwinder Singh, Takahiro Maruyama, Chandan Bera and Vivek Bagchi* , (2021) , Sustainable Energy Fuels , https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE01235E
20.
Current trends and perspectives on emerging Fe-derived noble metal-free oxygen electrocatalysts: , Zubair Ahmed ,Vivek Bagchi* , (2021) , -: -. , New J. Chem , https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ05062A
21.
Interfacial interaction induced OER activity of MOF derived superhydrophilic Co3O4–NiO hybrid nanostructures: , Ashish Gaur, Vikas Pundir, Krishankant, Ritu Rai, Baljeet Kaur, Takahiro Maruyama, Chandan Bera and Vivek Bagchi , Dalton Transactions , (2021) , 51 , 2019-2025 , 10.1039/D1DT03810A
22.
Unraveling a Graphene Exfoliation Technique Analogy in the Making of Ultrathin Nickel–Iron Oxyhydroxides@Nickel Foam to Promote the OER: , Zubair Ahmed, Krishankant, Ritu Rai, Rajinder Kumar, Takahiro Maruyama, Chandan Bera, and Vivek Bagchi , ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces , (2021) , 13 , 55281-55291 , 10.1021/acsami.1c19536
23.
Strong Interactions between the Nanointerfaces of Silica-Supported Mo2C/MoP Heterojunction Promote Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: , Rajinder Kumar,Ashish Gaur,Takahiro Maruyama,Chandan Bera,and Vivek Bagchi* , (2020) , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 10.1021/acsami.0c18196
24.
Ultrathin MoS2 wrapped N-doped carbon-coated cobalt nanospheres for OER application: , Ashish Gaur,Parrydeep Sachdeva,Rajinder Kumar, Takahiro Maruyama,Chandan Bera,and Vivek Bagchi* , (2020) , Sustainable Energy Fuels , https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SE01543A
25.
Promoting electrocatalytic oxygen reduction in a model composite using selective metal ions: , Zubair Ahmed, Parrydeep K Sachdeva, Ritu Rai, Rajinder Kumar, Takahiro Maruyama,Chandan Bera ,and Vivek Bagchi* , (2020) , 3: 3645 , ACS Applied Energy Materials , https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00129
26.
Probing into the effect of heterojunctions between Cu/Mo2C/Mo2N on HER performance: , Rajinder Kumar, Zubair Ahmed, Harwinder Kaur, Chandan Bera,Vivek Bagchi* , (2020) , 10: 2213 - 2220 , Catalysis Science and Technology , https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CY02526J
27.
In-situ modulation of silica-supported MoO2/Mo2C heterojunction for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction: , Rajinder Kumar, Zubair Ahmed,Ravi Kumar,b Shambhu Nath Jha,b Dibyendu Bhattacharyya,b Chandan Bera,and,Vivek Bagchi , (2020) , Catalysis Science and Technology , https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CY00890G
28.
Hydrated FePO4 nanoparticles supported on P-doped RGO show enhanced ORR activity compared to their dehydrated form in an alkaline medium,: , Zubair Ahmed, Ritu Rai, Rajinder Kumar,Takahiro Maruyama,and Vivek Bagchi* , (2019) , 9: 24654-24658 , RSC Advances , https://doi.org/10.1039/C9RA04070F
29.
Uniformly Decorated Molybdenum Carbide/Nitride Nanostructures on Biomass Templates for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Applications,: , Rajinder Kumar, Zubair Ahmed, Ritu Rai, Ashish Gaur, Shilpa Kumari, Takahiro Maruyama, Vivek Bagchi* , (2019) , 491: 4155-14161 , ACS Omega, , https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b02321
30.
Environmentally Benign Metal-Free Reduction of GO Using Molecular Hydrogen: A Mechanistic Insight: , Ritu Rai, Zubair Ahmed, Rajinder Kumar, Rameshwar L Kumawat, Kalyani Chordiya, Takahiro Maruyama,Md. Ehesan Ali,Vivek Bagchi* , (2018) , 3: 15112-15118 , ACS Omega , 10.1021/acsomega.8b00848
31.
Comparative Nitrene-Transfer Chemistry to Olefinic Substrates Mediated by a Library of Anionic Mn(II) Triphenylamido-Amine Reagents and M(II) Congeners (M = Fe, Co, Ni) Favoring Aromatic over: , Vivek Bagchi, Anshika Kalra , Purak Das, Amitava Choudhury, Zhicheng Sun , Thomas R. Cundari, and Pericles Stavropoulos , (2018) , 8: 9183–9206 , ACS Catalysis , 10.1021/acscatal.8b01941
32.
Nano-structured hybrid Molybdenum Carbides / Nitrides generated in-situ for HER Applications;: , Rajinder Kumar, Ritu Rai, Seema Gautam, Abir De Sarkar, N. Tiwari, Shambhu Nath Jha, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya, Ashok K Ganguli,Vivek Bagchi* , Journal of Materials Chemistry A , (2017) , 5 , 7764-7768 , 10.1039/C7TA01815K
33.
A Versatile Tripodal Cu(I) Reagent for C–N Bond Construction via Nitrene-Transfer Chemistry: Catalytic Perspectives and Mechanistic Insights on C–H Aminations/Amidinations and Olefin Aziridin: , Vivek Bagchi, Patrina Paraskevopoulou, Purak Das, Lingyu Chi, Qiuwen Wang, Amitava Choudhury, Jennifer S. Mathieson, Leroy Cronin, Daniel B. Pardue, Thomas R. Cundari, George Mitrikas, Yiannis Sanakis, Pericles Stavropoulos , J. Am. Chem. Soc. , (2014) , 136 (32) , 11362–11381 , 10.1021/ja503869j

Research Experience / Profile
Research Grants Secured

Post Doctoral Research Associate:Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla,, MO, USA (August 2009 to September 2012 )
Scientist D (Assistant Professor):Institute of Nano Science and Technology,, Mohali, Punjab (January 2014 to Present till date )
Editorial Board Member (Energy):Scientific Reports (Nature), __ (February 2023 to Present till date )

Title: Embedded single/cluster atoms on the 2-D matrices for energy conversion and storage applications

PI: Dr. Vivek Bagchi

Tenure: 2023-2026

Funding Agency: DST-SERB
Title: Design and development of large scale prototype photochemical reactor for hydrogen generation (As Co-PI)

PI: Dr. Vivek Bagchi

Tenure: 2017-2020

Funding Agency: DST Nanomission
Title: Air purification device for removal of harmful gases such as ammonia, VOC’s in poultry farms (PI)

PI: Dr. Vivek Bagchi

Tenure: 2016-2019

Funding Agency: Technology Development Program
Title: Nano-structured Materials Synthesized from Transition Metal Carbides / Nitrides for Electrocatalytic Applications

PI: Dr. Vivek Bagchi

Tenure: 2015-2018

Funding Agency: Sanctioned by SERB, DST
Title: Low cost diagnostic system for public health surveillance targeting bacterial enteric pathogens (as Co-PI)

PI: Dr. Vivek Bagchi

Tenure: 2015-2018

Funding Agency: DST Nano Mission
Title: First-Row Transition Metals in Catalytic Atom / Group -Transfer Functionalization of Hydrocarbons

PI: Dr. Vivek Bagchi

Tenure: 2014-2017

Funding Agency: Sanctioned by SERB, DST
Title: Design of controlled and targeted agricultural pesticide delivery nano-carrier with copper- graphene oxide composite

PI: Dr. P.S.Vijayakumar

CO-PI: Dr. Vivek Bagchi

Tenure: 3 years

Funding Agency: DST nano mission