IIEST, Shibpur

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

(Formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur)

Empowering the nation since 1856

आई आई ई एस टि, शिवपुर

भारतीय अभियांत्रिकी विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, शिवपुर

(पूर्व में बंगाल इंजीनियरिंग एंड साइंस यूनिवर्सिटी)

१८५६ से देश को सशक्त बनाना

Prof. Chinmoy Bhattacherjee, Department of Chemistry

Dr. Chinmoy Bhattacharya

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD (Science, 2006)
  • M.Sc. (Chemistry, 2000)

Contact

Phone

  1. Mobile: +91 94336 39041

Address

  1. Office: Department of Chemistry, IIEST, Shibpur
  2. Residence: R.N.T. Road, Harinavi, Kolkata – 700148
  3. EMail: chinmoy@chem.iiests.ac.in, cbhattacharya.besus@gmail.com, c.bhattacharya@rediffmail.com

Area of Research

  • Photocatalytic water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen using semiconductor photocatalysts.
  • Development of mixed metal oxides based on Ti, Fe, Zn, Bi, In, Cu, Cd etc. of different structures like and their modified compounds.
  • Selection of the suitable dopants at an optimum level through scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) – pico-liter solution dispenser under illuminated conditions.
  • Studies on corrosion behavior of Al alloys & metal matrix composites under different environmental conditions.

Courses Undertaken

  • UG CHEMISTRY – 1st and 2nd Semester (all branches) (CH 1201) : Electrochemistry:
  • PG (M.Sc. CHEMISTRY)
  • 1st Semester Physical Chemistry – I (PGC – 101): Chemical Thermodynamics
  • 2nd Semester Physical Chemistry – II (PGC – 201): Chemical Kinetics
  • 3rd Semester Physical Chemistry - III (PGC – 301): Photochemistry
  • 4th Semester Applied Physical Chemistry I (PGC 401):
  • Materials Electrochemistry
  • Metallic materials and their characteristics
  • Corrosion Chemistry

Recent Publications (2013 - onwards)

 

Title of the Paper

Authors

Journal

Page no.

Vol (Year)
1 Amplification of PEC Hydrogen Production through Synergistic Modification of Cu2O using Cadmium as Buffer Layer and Dopant S. Shyamal, A. Maity, A.K. Satpati, C. Bhattacharya* Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 111-119 246 (2019)

2

Synthesis of oxygen deficient bismuth oxide photocatalyst for improved photoelectrochemical applications,

P. Hajra, S. Shyamal, H. Mandal, D. Sariket, A. Maity, S. Kundu, C. Bhattacharya*

Electrochimica Acta

357-365

299 (2019)

3

Solvent Effects on the Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Behaviour of TiO2 Semiconductors,

A. Bera, P. Hajra, S. Shyamal, H. Mandal, D. Sariket, S. Kundu, S. Mandal, C. Bhattacharya*

Materials Today: Proceedings 

10161-10168

5 (2018)

4

Halide‐Modulated Functionality of Wide Band Gap Zinc Oxide Semiconductor Nanoparticle,

T.K. Maji, P. Kar, H. Mandal, C.Bhattacharya, D. Karmakar, S.K. Pal

Chemistry Select

6382-6393

3 (2018)

5

Fundamentals of Photocatalytic Water Splitting (Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution),

S. Shyamal, P. Hajra, H. Mandal, A. Bera, D. Sariket, C. Bhattacharya*

Chapter 3 in Visible Light‐Active Photocatalysis: Nanostructured Catalyst Design, Mechanisms, and Applications 2018, Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

6

Improvement of Photocatalytic Activity of Surfactant Modified In2O3 towards Environmental Remediation

D. Sariket, S. Shyamal, P. Hajra, H. Mandal, A. Bera, A. Maity, C. Bhattacharya*

New Journal of Chemistry

2467-2475

42 (2018)

7

Eu modified Cu2O thin films: Significant enhancement in efficiency of photoelectrochemical processes through suppression of charge carrier recombination

S. Shyamal, P. Hajra, H. Mandal, A. Bera, D. Sariket, A.K. Satpati, M.V. Malashchonak, A.V. Mazanik, O.V. Korolik, A.I. Kulak, E.V. Skorb, A. Maity, E.A. Streltsov, C. Bhattacharya*

Chemical Engineering Journal

676–684

335 (2018)

8

Effect of Reinforcing Bar Microstructure on Passive Film

Exposed to Simulated Concrete Pore Solution

R. R. Hussain, J. K. Singh, A. Alhozaimy, A. Al-Negheimish, C. Bhattacharya, R. S. Pathania, D.D.N. Singh

ACI Materials Journal

181

115 (2018)

9

Temperature controlled fabrication of chemically synthesized cubic In2O3 crystallites for improved photoelectrochemical water oxidation

D. Sariket, S. Shyamal, P. Hajra, H. Mandal, A. Bera, A. Maity, S. Kundu, C. Bhattacharya*

Materials Chemistry and Physics

7 – 17

201 (2017)

10

Photo-induced electronic properties in single quantum well system: effect of excitonic lifetime

J. Patwari, H. Ghadi, S. Sardar, J. Singhal, B. Tongbram, S. Shyamal,  C. Bhattacharya, S. Chakrabarti, S.K. Pal

Materials  Research Express

016301

4 (2017)

11

Sensitized ZnO nanorod assemblies to detect heavy metal contaminated phytomedicines:

spectroscopic and simulation studies

D. Bagchi, T.K. Maji, S. Sardar, P. Lemmens, C. Bhattacharya, D. Karmakare & S.K. Pal

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

2503--2513

19 (2017)

12

Benign role of Bi on an electrodeposited Cu2O semiconductor towards photo-assisted H2generation from water

S. Shyamal,P. Hajra, H. Mandal, A. Bera, D. Sariket, A.K. Satpati, S. Kundu and C. Bhattacharya*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

9244–9252

4 (2016)

13

Development of ternary iron vanadium oxide semiconductors for applications in photoelectrochemical water oxidation

H. Mandal, S. Shyamal, P. Hajra, A. Bera, D. Sariket, S. Kundu and C. Bhattacharya*

RSC Advances

4992–4999

6 (2016)

14

Enhanced photovoltage in DSSCs: synergistic combination of a silver modified TiO2 photoanode and a low cost counter electrode

S. Sardar, S. Ghosh, H. Remita, P. Kar, B. Liu, C. Bhattacharya, P. Lemmens and S.K. Pal

RSC Advances

33433–33442

6

(2016)

15

Photocurrent switching effect on platelet-like BiOI electrodes: influence of redox system, light wavelength and thermal treatment

M.E. Kazyrevich, M.V. Malashchonak, A.V. Mazanik, E.A. Streltsov, A.I. Kulak, C. Bhattacharya

Electrochimica Acta

612–619

190

(2016)

16

 Optimization of Triton-X 100 surfactant in the development of Bismuth Oxide thin film semiconductor for improved photoelectrochemical water oxidation behaviour

 P. Hajra, S. Shyamal, A. Bera, H. Mandal, D. Sariket, M. Kundu, S. Pande, C. Bhattacharya*

Electrochimica Acta

229–235

185 (2015) 

17

Effect of substrates on the photoelectrochemical reduction of water over cathodically electrodeposited p-Type Cu2O Thin Films

S. Shyamal, P. Hajra, H. Mandal, J. K. Singh, A.K. Satpati, S. Pande, and C. Bhattacharya*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

 18344−18352

7 (2015) 

18

Photocatalytic activity of Bi2O3 nanocrystalline semiconductor developed via chemical-bath synthesis

P. Hajra, S. Shyamal, H. Mandal, P. Fageria, S. Pande, C. Bhattacharya*

Electrochimica Acta

494–500

123 (2014)  

19

Improved photoelectrochemical water oxidation using wurtzite ZnO semiconductors synthesized through simple chemical bath reaction

H. Mandal, S. Shyamal, P. Hajra, B. Samanta,P. Fageria, S. Pande, C. Bhattacharya*

Electrochimica Acta

294–301

141 (2014)

20

Rapid screening by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) of dopants for Bi2WO6 improved photocatalytic water oxidation with Zn doping

C. Bhattacharya H. C. Lee, and A. J. Bard

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

9633−9640

117 (2013)

 

List of Ongoing / Completed Major R&D Projects (as PI)

  1. Modifications of Aurivillius type semiconducting Photocatalysts through incorporation of dopants and cocatalysts for improvement of Photoelectrochemical water oxidations behavior, Sponsored by CSIR - ongoing.
  2. Preparation and characterizations of binary and ternary metal sulphide semiconductors for applications in photoelectrochemical H2 production from water. Sponsored by DST, Govt. of West Bengal - ongoing.
  3. Development of n-type ‘Scheelite’ type semiconductors (like BiVO4, InVO4, PbMoO4, CaWO4, Pb2CrO5) using the principle of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) for identification of suitable dopants and cocatalysts for enhancement of Photoelectrochemical water oxidations behavior. Sponsored by SERB-DST, Govt. of India (completed).
  4. Preparation and characterization of stable nano-crystalline p-type Cu2O semiconductors modified with different metal doping for their applications in photoelectrochemical water splitting for Hydrogen generation. Sponsored by BRNS-DAE, Govt. of India (completed).
  5. Photoelectrochemical solar cells based on semiconductor bismuth compounds. Sponsored by DST Govt. of India, (International Division) (completed).
  6. Studies on development of cheap and efficient binary and ternary compound semiconductor-conducting polymer composite thin films for their potential applications in photoelectrochemical solar cells  - SERB DST Fast Track scheme (completed).

Details of PhD students Guided and Ongoing

No. of students Guided

  Name of the Candidate Title of the Thesis     Awarded

1

Biswanath Samanta

Role of different anions on electrochemical corrosion behavior of 6061 Al alloy and its SiCp, Al2O3 reinforced metal matrix composites

2014

2

Harahari Mandal

Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Binary and Ternary Metal Oxide Semiconductor and Their Photoelectrochemical Applications in Water Oxidation and Decomposition of Dyes

2016

3

Jitendra Kr Singh

Role of Chemistry, Microstructure and Surface Treatment of Steel Reinforcement Bars on Kinetics and Mechanism of Corrosion and its Control in Concrete Environment

2017

4

Paramita Hajra

Development of n-type Bi-based binary and ternary metal oxide semiconductors and their application in photoelectrochemical water oxidation

2017

5

Sanjib Shyamal

Photoelectrochemical H2 production using Cu2O based materials

 2018

 

 

 

On-Going Ph.D. Students

  1. Aparajita Bera - thesis submitted (2018)
  2. Debasis Sariket
  3. Swarnendu Baduri
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