Mr. Chander Pratap Singh

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Postdoctoral work

• Singh, C.; Shimoni, R.; Hod, I.* Bio-inspired metal-organic framework derived amorphous iron sulphide for efficient nitrogen to ammonia conversion. Manuscript under preparation.
• Singh, C.; Liberman, I.; Hod, I.* Vanadium oxide hexagonal rods for selective electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide at low overpotential. Manuscript under preparation.• Singh, C.; Liberman, I.; Shimoni, R.; Ifraemov, R.; Hod, I.* Pristine versus pyrolyzed metal−organic framework-based oxygen evolution electrocatalysts: Evaluation of intrinsic activity using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 3630-3636. (IF: 6.475, ISI journal ranking in chemistry, physical 38/162, Q1)
• Singh, C.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Hod, I.* Metal-organic framework derived nanomaterials for electrocatalysis: recent developments for CO2 and N2 reduction. Nano Convergence 2021, 8, 1-10. (IF: 8.526, ISI journal ranking in material science, multidisciplinary 48/335, Q1)
• Karjule, N.; Singh, C.; Barrio, J.; Hod, I.;* Shalom, M.* Carbon Nitride‐Based Photoanode with Enhanced Photostability and Water Oxidation Kinetics. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2101724. (IF: 18.808, ISI journal ranking in material science, multidisciplinary 15/335, Q1)
• Liberman, I.; Shimoni, R.; Ifraemov, R.; Rozenberg, I.; Singh, C.; Hod, I.* Active-site modulation in an Fe-porphyrin-based metal–organic framework through ligand axial coordination: Accelerating electrocatalysis and charge-transport kinetics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 119, 11382-11390. (IF: 15.419, ISI journal ranking in chemistry, multidisciplinary 15/179, Q1)
• Mondal, B.; Karjule, N.; Singh, C.; Shimoni, R.; Michael, V.; Hod, I.;* Shalom, M.* Unraveling the Mechanisms of Electrocatalytic Oxygenation and Dehydrogenation of Organic Molecules to Value-Added Chemicals Over a Ni-Fe Oxide Catalyst. Adv. Energy Mater. 2021, 2101858. (IF: 29.368, ISI journal ranking in material science, multidisciplinary 10/335, Q1)
• Ghosh, S.; Kadam, S. R.; Kolatkar, S.; Neymann, A.; Enyashin, A. N.; Singh, C.; Bar-Ziv, R.; Bar-Sadan, M.* W doping in Ni12P5 as a platform to enhance overall electrochemical water splitting. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 581-589. (IF: 9.229, ISI journal ranking in material science, multidisciplinary 44/334, Q1)

Doctoral work

• Singh, C.;# Mehra, P.;# Cherian, I.; Giri, A.; Paul, A.*Deciphering the incredible supercapacitor performance of conducting biordered ultramicroporous graphitic carbon. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 4416-4427. (IF: 6.024, ISI journal ranking in material science, 87/335, Q2)
• Singh, C.; Paul, A.* Immense microporous carbon@hydroquinone metamorphosed from nonporous carbon as a supercapacitor with remarkable energy density and cyclic stability. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2018, 6, 11367-11379. (IF: 8.471, ISI journal ranking in engineering, chemical 14/143, Q1)
• Singh, C.; Santosh, N.; Jana, A.; Mishra, A. K.*; Paul, A.* Proton conduction through oxygen functionalized few-layer graphene. Chem.Commun. 2016, 52, 12661–12664. (Appeared in “New Frontiers of Indian research” collection) (IF: 6.22, ISI journal ranking in chemistry, multidisciplinary 44/179, Q1)
• Bandhopadhyay, S.; Singh, C.; Paul, A.*; Patra, A.* Redox-active pyrene-based pristine porous organic polymers for efficient energy storage with exceptional cyclic stability. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6796-6799. (Themed collection of “Emerging Investigator 2018”) (IF: 6.22, ISI journal ranking in chemistry, multidisciplinary 44/179, Q1)
• Singh, C.; Mishra, A. K.*; Paul, A.* Highly conducting reduced graphene synthesis via low temperature chemically assisted exfoliation and energy storage application. J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 18557-18563. (IF: 12.73, ISI journal ranking in material science, 29/335, Q1)
• Singh, C.; Paul, A.* Physisorbed hydroquinone on activated charcoal as a supercapacitor: An application of Proton-coupled electron transfer. J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 11382-11390. (IF: 4.48, ISI journal ranking in material science, multidisciplinary 124/335, Q2)

• Maqbool, Q.; Singh, C.; Jash, P.; Paul, A.*; Srivastava, A.* Nano “Koosh balls” of mesoporous MnO2: Improved supercapacitor performance through superior ion transport. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 4216-4226. (IF: 5.236, ISI journal ranking in chemistry, multidisciplinary 52/179, Q2)
• Maqbool, Q.; Singh, C.; Paul, A.*; Srivastava, A.* Uniform spheroidal nano-assemblies of magnetite using Tween surfactants: Influence of surfactant structure on morphology and electrochemical performance. J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3, 1610-1618. (IF: 7.393, ISI journal ranking in material science, multidisciplinary 65/335, Q1)
• Roy Chowdhury, D.; Singh, C.; Paul, A.* Role of graphite precursor and sodium nitrite in graphite oxide synthesis. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 15138-15145. (IF: 3.39, ISI journal ranking in chemistry, multidisciplinary 81/179, Q2)

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• Oral presentation at Israel electrochemical society (ISEL-2021), Bar-Ilan University, Israel “Metal-organic framework derived amorphous iron sulphide for efficient N2 to NH3 conversion under ambient condition”

• Oral presentation at Second In-house Symposium, InTeRaCTiONS-2015, IISER Bhopal “Physisorbed Hydroquinone on activated Charcoal as a Supercapacitor: An Application of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer”

• Oral presentation in 5th Inter IISER Chemistry Meet (IICM-2015) held at IISER Thiruvananthapuram “Highly Conducting Reduced Graphene Synthesis via Low Temperature Chemically Assisted Exfoliation and Energy Storage Application”

• Poster presentation in Pre-ICOS Conference organized by IISER Bhopal during December 9-10, 2016 “Solid State Proton Conduction through Oxygen Functionalized Few-layer Graphene”

• Poster presentation in 5th Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry SABIC 2017 held in Kolkata “Physisorbed hydroquinone on activated charcoal as a supercapacitor: An application of Proton-coupled electron transfer”

• Poster presentation at JNCASR-I2CAM (December 2017) school on “Clean and Renewable Energy Technologies via Chemical Route”

RESEARCH SKILLS AND STRENGTHS

• Electrochemistry techniques such as Cyclic Voltammetry, Chronopotentiometry, Chronoamperometry, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Rotating Ring Disk Electrode
• Characterization techniques, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Powder X-ray diffraction, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, BET, RAMAN, FT-IR, Gas chromatography, Karl Fischer, and NMR
• Microsoft office, ChemDraw, OriginLab, XPSPEAK, CasaXPS, EIS analysis, EC-lab, ImageJ, Graphics Software
• High temperature furnace, pore size engineering, and modulation of the properties of nanomaterials
• Design and synthesis of p-type and n-type semiconductors, metal oxide, MOFs, and carbon-based nanostructured materials for energy and environment applications
• Excellent laboratory management skill and trained several fresh PhD as well as BS-MS students

 HONORS AND AWARDS

• Received grant for postdoctoral studies, Planning & Budgeting Committee (PBC) of the Council for Higher Education (CHE) 2020-2021, grant of €68,470
• Qualified Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)–University Grant Commission (UGC)–National Eligibility Test (NET) Examination, 2012 and secured 53/1054 rank
• Best oral presenter award during 5th Inter IISER Chemistry Meet (IICM-2015) at Thiruvananthapuram
• First position in science exhibition during celebration of National Science Day-2011 at Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal (Haryana)