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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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Meet the team
Principal Investigator
Prof. Sebastian C. Peter
Post Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Soumi Mondal
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2014-2017)
Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya
(University of Burdwan)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2017-2019)
Visva Bharati University
Bolpur, Shantiniketan
Ph.D. (2019-2024)
JNCASR
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
Ashok Singh
B.Sc. PCM (2012-2015)
Kumaun University, Nainital
M.Sc. Physics (2015-2017)
Kumaun University, Nainital
Ph.D. (2020-present)
IIT Indore
Research Interest: Computational design and theoretical investigation of advanced materials for
energy conversion and storage applications.
Joined the group: Feb 2025
Other Interests: Playing cricket, discovering new places, cultures, and ideas
Contact: aksingh12795@gmail.com
Dr. Devender Goud
Integrated M.Sc. Chemistry
(2013-2018)
University of Hyderabad
Ph.D. (2019-2024)
JNCASR
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
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Dr. Nanigopal Bera
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2014-2017)
St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College
(Calcutta University)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2017-2019)
IIT Kharagpur
Ph.D. (2019-2024)
IIT Kharagpur
Research Interest: CO2 Capture
Joined the group: March 2025
Other Interests: Painting
Contact: nanigopalberachemistry@gmail.com
Ph.D. & Int Ph.D. Students
Subhajit Chakraborty
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
Diku Raj Deka
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: July 2022
Other Interests: Sports, Singing, Playing flute, Exploring new places.
Contact: dikuraj@jncasr.ac.in
Jagmeet Kaur
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2017-2020)
Akal University
M.Sc. Chemistry (2020-2022)
Akal University
Research Interest: Designing semiconductor materials and its applications in Photocatalysis
Joined the group: July 2023
Other Interests: Badminton, drawing, sketching, listening Music.
Contact: jagmeetk@jncasr.ac.in
Immanuel Jabez
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2018-2021)
St. Xavier’s college, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu.
M.Sc. Chemistry (2021-2023)
IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Research Interest: Electrochemical CO2 reduction, membrane fabrication.
Joined the group: July 2024
Other Interests: Listening Music, playing Cricket, Travel, photography.
Contact: immanueljabez2000@gmail.com
Nilutpal Dutta
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
Sayan Das
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: July 2022
Other Interests: Singing, music, writing poems, cricket
Contact: sayandas@jncasr.ac.in
Geetansh Chawla
B.Sc. (2018-2021)
Guru Jambeshwar University
Integrated PhD (2021-present)
JNCASR Bengaluru
Research Interest: Electrochemical CO2 reduction
Joined the group: June 2022
Other Interests: Cricket, Basketball, Travel
Contact: geetansh@jncasr.ac.in
Saurav Saha
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2017-2020)
B. Borooah College
(Gauhati University)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2020-2022)
Gauhati University
Research Interest: Electro and thermo chemical heterogenous catalysis for CO2 Reduction
Joined the group: August 2022
Other Interests: Cricket, Volleyball, and Travelling
Contact: sauravsaha@jncasr.ac.in
Saikat Das
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2018-2021)
R.k. Mission Vivekananda Centenary College
(West Bengal State University)
Integrated PhD (2022-present)
JNCASR Bengaluru
Research Interest: Catalyst design, utilization and mechanistic investigation of fuel-cells and water-splitting
Joined the group: May 2023
Other Interests: Travelling, Cricket, Gardening, Cooking, Collecting antique maps.
Contact: saikatdas@jncasr.ac.in
Yashas V Bharadwaj
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2019-2022)
Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences
Integrated PhD (2023-present)
JNCASR Bengaluru
Research Interest: Catalyst design, for CO2 electroreduction
Joined the group: May 2024
Other Interests: playing sports, watching movies and exploring new places
Contact: yashasb@jncasr.ac.in
Gopika G
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2017-2020)
Sacred Heart College
M.G. University, Kerala
M.Sc. Chemistry (2020-2022)
Sacred Heart College
M.G. University, Kerala
Research Interest: Designing materials for the thermocatalytic conversion of CO2 to multicarbon products including SAF
Joined the group: July 2024
Other Interests: singing, drawing, reading.
Contact: gopika@jncasr.ac.in
Vidhi Solanki
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2021-2024)
Zakir Hussain College
University of Delhi
Integrated PhD (2024-present)
JNCASR Bengaluru
Research Interest: Catalyst design, for CO2 photoreduction
Joined the group: May 2025
Other Interests: pBadminton, Cricket, Cooking and music
Contact: solanki@jncasr.ac.in
Research & Development Assistants
Sreelakshmi Vijayaraghavan
Rupsa Pranamik
Ankita Pradhan
BS-MS Dual Degree (2016-2021)
IISER Mohali
Research Interest: Thermochemical CO2 reduction
Joined the group: May 2023
Other Interests: Playing football
Contact: sreelakshmivijayan98@gmail.com
B.Sc. Chemistry (2019-2022)
Midnapore College (Autonomous)
M.Sc. Chemistry (2022-2024)
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune,
Research Interest: Development of integrated technologies for conversion of anthropogenic CO2 to value added chemicals
Joined the group: Feb 2025
Other Interests: Painting & Sketching, Playing Volleyball, Travelling
Contact:
B.Sc. Chemistry (2019-2022)
Calcutta University
M.Sc. Chemistry (2022-2024)
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Prjoect Intern (Jul 24-Feb25)
IIT Kanpur
Research Interest: Electrochemical CO2 reduction
Joined the group: April 2025
Other Interests: Photography & Sketching
Contact:
Project students
Soumitri Chatterjee
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2020-2023)
St. Xavier's College (Autonomous) Kolkata
MSc(2023-present)
JNCASR Bengaluru
Research Interest: Electro CO2 reduction
Joined the group: May 2024
Other Interests: Painting, listening music
Contact: soumitri@jncasr.ac.in
Abhay Pant
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2021-2024)
Hindu College, DU
M.Sc Chemistry (2024-present)
IIT Roorkee
Research Interest: Thermocatalytic CO2 reduction
Joined the group: May 2025
Other Interests: Music, Travelling, Movies
Contact: abhay_p@cy.iitr.ac.in
Niranjana P R
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry (2021-2024)
St. Thomas College Autonomous Thrissur
M.Sc Chemistry (2024-present)
JNCASR
Research Interest: Intermetallic electrocatalyst for enhanced Water splitting
Joined the group: May 2025
Other Interests: Singing, Dancing, Badminton
Contact: niranjanapr@jncasr.ac.in
Kanak Bhalkar
BS-MS Dual Degree (2022-present)
IISER Tirupathi
Research Interest: Electrochemical CO2 reduction
Joined the group: May 2025
Other Interests: Poetry, Drama, Videography
Sandra Surendran
BS-MS Dual Degree (2022-present)
IISER Kolkata
Research Interest: Electrochemical fuel cells and catalyst design
Joined the group: May 2025
Other Interests: Dance,Theatre,Drawing,Kabbadi
Contact: ss22ms073@iiserkol.ac.in
Ananya Malali
B.Sc. (Research) Chemistry (2022-present)
Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence, Delhi NCR
Research Interest: Thermocatalytic CO2 reduction
Joined the group: June 2025
Other Interests: Music and travelling
Contact: am833@snu.edu.in
Sonali Priyadarshini
Integrated MSc (2022-present)
NISER, Bhubaneswar
Research Interest: Photocatalytic CO2 reduction
Joined the group: May 2025
Other Interests: Playing Kho-Kho, Reading and Dancing
Contact: sonali.swain@niser.ac.in
Tanishkaa Kanthaswami
BSc Chemistry (2022-present)
PSGR Krishnammal College, Tamil Nadu
Research Interest: Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction
Joined the group: June 2025
Other Interests: Reading, Music, Painting
Contact: tanishkaa.k.swami@gmail.com
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K Divya Rani
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