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Electrochemical CO2 Utilisation
CO2 Capture & Utilisation
CO2 Capture & Utilisation
CO2 Capture & Utilisation
CO2 Capture & Utilisation
Power production from combustion of fossil fuels releases CO2, which is mainly responsible for global warming and cause severe problems to both ecology and human beings. The rise in atmospheric CO2 levels must be slowed or reverted to avoid undesirable climate change. Materials capable of cost-effective CO2 conversion into chemicals and fuels would help in stabilizing the atmospheric levels of greenhouse gas. The potential products can be obtained with CO2 conversion are formic acid, methanol, CO and ethylene. At present there is no commercially viable process for the conversion of CO2 to useful chemicals and the current state-of-the-art materials are expensive, which limit commercial implementation. For example, although several materials are known for the electrochemical conversion of CO2, until now only precious metals such as Au and Ag could promote this process with Faradaic efficiency more than 80%. Because of the durability and poisoning effect many efficient catalysts are far beyond commercialization. We strategically focus on the synthesis of nanomaterials in various forms (metals, bimetals, alloys, intermetallic, core shell etc.) and study their efficiency in the photochemical, electrochemical and heterogeneous conversion of CO2 into fuel and chemicals. The reaction mechanism and kinteics are completely understood by a detailed electronic structure calculations. Our materials and methods are expected to have the potential to convert waste CO2 to produce gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and industrial chemicals.
Power production from combustion of fossil fuels releases CO2, which is mainly responsible for global warming and cause severe problems to both ecology and human beings. The rise in atmospheric CO2 levels must be slowed or reverted to avoid undesirable climate change. Materials capable of cost-effective CO2 conversion into chemicals and fuels would help in stabilizing the atmospheric levels of greenhouse gas. The potential products can be obtained with CO2 conversion are formic acid, methanol, CO and ethylene. At present there is no commercially viable process for the conversion of CO2 to useful chemicals and the current state-of-the-art materials are expensive, which limit commercial implementation. For example, although several materials are known for the electrochemical conversion of CO2, until now only precious metals such as Au and Ag could promote this process with Faradaic efficiency more than 80%. Because of the durability and poisoning effect many efficient catalysts are far beyond commercialization. We strategically focus on the synthesis of nanomaterials in various forms (metals, bimetals, alloys, intermetallic, core shell etc.) and study their efficiency in the photochemical, electrochemical and heterogeneous conversion of CO2 into fuel and chemicals. The reaction mechanism and kinteics are completely understood by a detailed electronic structure calculations. Our materials and methods are expected to have the potential to convert waste CO2 to produce gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and industrial chemicals.
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Prof. Sebastian C. Peter
Meet the team
Principal Investigator
Prof. Sebastian C. Peter
Post Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Koushik Das
Dr. Veenu Mishra
Dr. Mohd Riyaz
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2007-2010)
Scottish Church College
(University of Calcutta)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2010-2012)
IIT Madras
Ph.D. (2013-2020)
IISER Kolkata
Research Interest: Photocatalytic, Photo-electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, Supramolecular chemistry
Joined the group: February 2021
Other Interests: Listening music, Watching movies
Contact: kousik1178@gmail.com
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2004-2007)
G. F. College, Shahjahanpur
(Rohilkhand University)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2007-2009)
Lucknow University
Ph.D. (2011-2016)
IIT Indore
Post Doctoral Fellow (2017-2018)
IISc. Bangalore (NPDF)
Research Interest: Synthesis, Structural & Photo-physical Properties of Coordination and Organometallic Complexes, Molecular Catalysis with CO2 Utilisation.
Joined the group: December 2021 (D. S. Kothari Fellow)
Other Interests: Dancing, Singing, Cooking, badminton and Carrom
Contact: mishraveenu6@gmail.com
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2010-2013)
Panjab University
M.Sc. Chemistry (2013-2015)
Panjab University
Ph.D. (2016-2021)
Panjab University
Research Interest: Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modelling, Designing efficient materials for Energy Conversion and Storage
Joined the group: March 2022
Other Interests: Playing Cricket, Volleyball and Internet surfing
Contact: riyazpu@gmail.com
Dr. Sujit Kumar Guchhait
Dr. Bishnubasu Giri
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2005-2008)
Panskura Banamali College (Vidyasagar University)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2008-2010)
Govt G N A PG College (Pt Ravishankar Shukla University)
M.Tech Material Engineering
(2011 – 2013)
Jadavpur University
Ph.D. (2013-2018)
Jadavpur University
Post Doc. 1 (2017 – 2021)
Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali
Post Doc. 2 (2021 – 2022)
SSS National Institute of Bio-Energy, Punjab
Research Interest: Electrochemistry, Fuel Cell, Corrosion, Nanomaterials and their catalytic
Application, OER/HER, CO2 Capture and Utilisation, Waste to Wealth
Joined the group: August 2022
Other Interests: Playing Cricket, Badminton, Travelling and Cooking
Contact: sujitguchhait.chem@gmail.com
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2009-2012)
Presidency College, Kolkata, (University of Calcutta)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2013-2015)
IIT Indore
Ph.D. (2016-2021)
IIT Hyderabad
Research Interest: Electrocatalysis, CO2 reduction, water oxidation,
Proton reduction, Metal nitrosyl chemistry, drug delivery, Photodynamic
Therapy, Peptide based drugs and natural product
Joined the Group: August, 2022
Other interests: Wildlife Photography, Cricket, Deep Sea Diving
Contact: bishnubasugiri@gmail.com
Dr. Risov Das
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2012-2015)
R.K. Mission Residential College,
Narendrapur
(University of Calcutta)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2015-2017)
IIT Madras
Ph.D. (2017-2022)
JNCASR
Research Interest: Photocatalytic CO2 reduction
Joined the group: August 2017
Other Interests: Playing cricket, Basketball and travelling
Contact: risov@jncasr.ac.in
Dr. Ram Mohan
B.Tech Chemical Engineering (2012-2015)
MVGR College of Engineering (JNTU Kakinada)
M.Tech Industrial Pollution Control and Engineering (2017-2019)
Andhra University
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2019-2023)
IIT Guwahati
Research Interest: Conversion of biomass and its derivatives to value added chemicals and fuels
Joined the Group: March, 2023
Other interests: Walking and swimming
Contact: rammohan.chemicalengg@gmail.com
Ph.D. Students
Ashutosh Singh
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2013-2016)
Ramjas College, Delhi
(University of Delhi)
Research Interest: Synthesis of Rare-earth based compounds, Electronic properties of topological materials
Joined the group: May 2017
Other Interests: Movies and Music, Playing Volleyball, Table Tennis
Contact: ashutosh@jncasr.ac.in
Bitan Ray
Devender Goud
Soumi Mondal
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2013-2016)
Hooghly Mohsin College
(University of Burdwan)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2016-2018)
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Research Interest: CO2 Capture (Direct Air & Point Sources), and its Thermochemical Conversion
Joined the group: July 2018
Other Interests: Traveling and Photography
Contact: bitanray@jncasr.ac.in
Integrated M.Sc. Chemistry
(2013-2018)
University of Hyderabad
Research Interest: Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of nanostructured materials towards Thermochemical CO2 Reduction
Joined the group: August 2019
Other Interests: Playing Cricket, Watching Movies, and Listening to Music.
Contact: devender@jncasr.ac.in
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2014-2017)
Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya
(University of Burdwan)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2017-2019)
Visva Bharati University
Bolpur, Shantiniketan
Research Interest: Catalyst design for its applications in room temperature fuel cells and water splitting
Joined the group: July 2019
Other Interests: Singing, Penning poems and Photography
Contact: mondal@jncasr.ac.in
Subhajit Chakraborty
Nilutpal Dutta
Geetansh Chawla
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2015-2018)
New Alipore College
(University of Calcutta)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2018-2020)
IIT Kharagpur
Research Interest: Heterogeneous Catalysis for Photochemical CO2 Reduction and Solid State Structural Chemistry
Joined the group: September 2020
Other Interests: Playing Cricket, Voiceovers, Music and Crafts new things.
Contact: subhajitchakraborty@jncasr.ac.in
B.Sc. Chemistry (2016-2019)
Tezpur University
M.Sc. Chemistry (2019-2021)
IIT Hyderabad
Research Interest: Electrochemical CO2 reduction.
Joined the group: September 2021
Other Interests: Football, Travelling.
Contact: duttanilutpal33@gmail.com
B.Sc. (2018-2021)
Guru Jambeshwar University
Integrated PhD
JNCASR Bengaluru
Research Interest: Electrochemical CO2 reduction
Joined the group: June 2022
Other Interests: Cricket, Basketball, Travel
Contact: geetansh@jncasr.ac.in
Sayan Das
Diku Raj Deka
Saurav Saha
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2017-2020)
R. K. Mission Residential College,
Narendrapur
(University of Calcutta)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2020-2022)
IIT Kharagpur
Research Interest: Catalyst design, utilization and mechanistic investigation of fuel-cells and water-splitting.
Joined the group: August 2022
Other Interests: Singing, music, writing poems, cricket
Contact: sayandas@jncasr.ac.in
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2017-2020)
B. Borooah College
(Gauhati University)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2020-2022)
University of Hyderabad
Research Interest: Thermochemical CO2 Reduction
Joined the group: August 2022
Other Interests: Sports, Singing, Playing flute, Exploring new places.
Contact: dikuraj@jncasr.ac.in
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2017-2020)
B. Borooah College
(Gauhati University)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2020-2022)
Gauhati University
Research Interest: Heterogenous catalysis for CO2 Reduction
Joined the group: August 2022
Other Interests: Cricket, Volleyball, Badminton and Travelling
Contact: sauravsaha@jncasr.ac.in
Research & Development Assistants
Manami Banerjee
B.Sc. Chemistry (2015-2018)
University of Calcutta
M.Sc. Chemistry (2018-2020)
Diamond Harbour Womens' University, West Bengal
Research Interest: CO2 Capture and Utilisation
Joined the group: August 2022
Other Interests: Dancing, Writing and Recitation
Contact: manamibanerjeesrij@gmail.com
Madhurima Sarkar
B.Sc. Chemistry (2016-2019)
Institute of Science,
Banaras Hindu University
M.Sc. Chemistry (2019-2021)
Department of Chemisrty,
Banaras Hindu University
Research Interest: CO2 Capture and Utilisation
Joined the group: August 2022
Other Interests: Painting, Classical Dance & Singing
Contact: madhurima.jal98@gmail.com
Sanjay Sajeev
B.Sc. Chemistry (2017-2020)
St. Thomas College Palai
(Mahatma Gandhi University)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2020-2022)
University College, Thiruvananthapuram
(University of Kerala)
Research Interest: Photochemical CO2 reduction
Joined the group: March 2023
Other Interests: Watching movies, poetry, quizzing
Contact: sanjaysajeev3110@gmail.com
Upasha Acharyya
B.Sc. Chemistry (2016-2019)
Tezpur University
M.S Materials Research (2019-2023)
IISC Bangalore
Research Interest: Photo- Electrochemical CO2 reduction
Joined the group: March 2023
Other Interests: Debating, singing, bharatnatyam dance
Contact: upashaj@gmail.com
Anu P
B.Sc. Chemistry (2016-2019)
Farook College, Calicut
(Autonomous)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2019-2021)
Farook College, Calicut
(Autonomous)
Research Interest: Development of integrated technologies for conversion of anthropogenic CO2 to methanol value added chemicals
Joined the group: September 2022
Other Interests: Recitation, Singing, and Travelling
Contact: anukrishna0422@gmail.com
Scientific Administrative Assistant
Ragina K K
B.Sc. Computer Science (2006-2009)
College of Applied Sciences, Calicut
(University of Calicut)
Masters of Computer Applications (2009-2012)
MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram (University of Calicut)
Joined the group: March 2022
Contact: ragina24@gmail.com
Laboratory Assistant
B.Sc. Chemistry, Botany, Biotechnology (2015-2018)
Government Science College
(Bangalore University)
MSc Environmental Science (2018-2020)
Jnana Bharathi Campus (Bangalore University )
R & D Assistant (June 2022-Oct 2022)
CeNS, Bangalore
Research Interest : CO2 capture and utilisation
Joined the group: October 2022
Other interests : Hiking, Travelling, Singing, Dancing
Contact: savithanarayan24@gmail.com
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