Publications
Postdoctoral Work:
2025 (03)
[60] V. Trivedi, S. Jain, R. Biswas, S. Bhattacharya, V. Vishal, A. Dutta. An Exclusive CO2-to-CO Converting Single stack Electrolyzer Driven by a Biomass-derived N-doped Carbon-based Bimetallic Electrocatalyst.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA07452A
[59] M Barman,# M Pal,# R Biswas,# A Dutta. A Comprehensive Review of Metal-air Batteries: Mechanistic Aspects, Advantages and Challenges. Catalysis Today, 2024, 115229. (# equally contributed) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2025.115229)
[58] A. Medda, R. Biswas, S. Ghosh, K. K. Haldar, A. Patra. Enhancing Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activity through Interface Charge Transfer in Two-Dimensional CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Nanoplatelet−Two-Dimensional MoS2 Nanosheet Composites. Energy & Fuels, 2024, 39(2), 1409–1417 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c05452)
2024 (15)
[57] A. Banerjee, S. Jain, S. G. Dastider, R. Biswas, S. Das, K. Mondal, V.Vishal, G. K. Lahiri, A. Dutta. Microwave-Assisted Fabrication of Copper Oxide/N-Doped Carbon Nanocatalyst for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Conversion to Liquid Fuels. Small, 2024, e2406765. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202406765)
[56] P Jain, R Biswas, L Saikia, A Dutta, OP Thakur, S Shankar. Production of Cost-effective Green Energy using Mn/Gd Co-substituted Cobalt Ferrites Hydroelectric Cells and their Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Journal of Energy Storage, 2024, 1010, 177419 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.177419)
[55] P. Rani, R. Biswas, A. Dutta*, P. S. Alegaonkar, A Hierarchical CoTe/MnO2/BN Ternary Composite Exhibiting Energy-Efficient O2 Evolution in Water. Energy & Fuels (DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c02226)
[54] C. Das, S. Ghosh, R. Biswas, G. K. Lahiri, A. Dutta*. A ligand-modulated photostable Mn(I)-carbonyl complex for preferential conversion of CO2 to CO in water. Chemical Communications, 2024 (DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03202K)
[53] T. Kaushik, S. Ghosh, T. Dolkar, R. Biswas, A. Dutta*. Noble metal plasmon-molecular catalyst hybrids for renewable energy-relevant small molecule activation. ACS Nanoscience Au, 2024, Accepted. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.4c00009)
[52] K. Kukreti, A. Roy, R. Biswas, Soumyashree Das Adhikari, Magan Himanshu, Ravi Pratap Singh, Arnab Dutta, MP Sharma, Kanhaiya Lal Yadav, Kamlesh Yadav. Role of oxygen vacancy enriched m-BiVO4/t-BiVO4 isotype heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B dye and in ferroelastic to paraelastic phase transition. Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 52, 104932, (DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2024.104932)
[51] M. Pal, R. Biswas, S. Barman, A. Dutta*. Strategic Ni-doping improved electrocatalytic H2 production by Bi3O4Br in alkaline water. Energy Advances (DOI: 10.1039/D4YA00228H)
[50] S. D. Adhikaria, A. Roy, P. Koura, K. Kukretia, M. Himanshua, R. P. Singha, R. Biswas, M. Kaurd, P. Chande, A. Upadhyaya, Sudesh, A. Dutta, K. Yadava. Bifunctional layered g-C3N4 incorporated NiSe2 nanocomposites as a highly efficient photocatalyst and electrode material for supercapacitor applications. Journal of Energy Storage, 2024, 92, 112205. (DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2024.112205).
Ph.D. Work:
[49] I. Ahmed, S. G. Dastider, R. Biswas, A. Roy, K. Mondal, K. K. Haldar, Design of Industrially Important Ir-W-Based Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Bifunctional Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions. ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2024, (DOI: 10.1021/acsaenm.4c00330)
[48] G. Kaur, R. Biswas, K. K. Haldar, T. Sen. Tailored Core–Shell Au/ZnO Hybrid Nanostars for Photochemical Water Splitting. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024, 7, (10) 11401–11410. (DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.4c01015)
[47] T. Rom, A. Agrawal, R. Biswas, KK Haldar, A. K. Paul. Superior Electrochemical Water Splitting and Energy-Storage Performances of In Situ Fabricated Charge-Separated Metal Organophosphonate Single Crystals.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16 (14), 17797-17811. (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c19079)
[46] Poojita, T. Rom, R. Biswas, K. K. Haldar, A. K. Paul. Intrinsic Specific Activity Enhancement for Bifunctional Electrocatalytic Activity towards Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions via Structural Modification of Nickel Organophosphonates. Inorganic Chemistry, 2024, 63(8), 3795–3806. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03960)
[45] I. Ahmed, S. G. Dastider, R. Biswas, A. Roy, K. Mondal, K. K. Haldar.Co3O4/WO3/C Nanorods with Porous Structures as High Performance Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, 7(4) 4035–4050. (DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c05592)
[44] S. Barik, R. Biswas, I. Ahmed, A. Roy, K. K. Haldar, Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Zn0.76Co0.24S‑Enriched ZnCo2S4/ZnCr2O4 Nanostructures. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, (DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c05739)
[43] N. Begum, R Biswas, A Roy, I Ahmed, P Thakur, KK Haldar. Composition‐Dependent NiS‐Enriched FeNi2S4/ZnCr2O4 Catalyst for Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ChemistrySelect, 2023, 9(3), e202302556. (DOI: 10.1002/slct.202302556)
2023 (11)
[42] A. Medda, R. Biswas, S. G. Dastider, S. Ghosh, K. Mondal, K. K. Haldar, A. Patra. Heterostructures of 2D Core/Shell Nanoplatelets with 2D MoS2 as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023
[41] P. RANI, I. Ahmed, S. Dastider, R. Biswas, K. Mondal, K. K. Haldar, S Patole, P. Alegaonkar. Exploring the Role of CoTe/Co3O4 Composite Catalyst for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2023.
[40] R. Biswas, S. G. Dastider, I. Ahmed, S. Barua, K. Mondal, K. K. Haldar. Unraveling the Role of Orbital Interaction in the Electrochemical HER of the Trimetallic AgAuCu Nanobowl Catalyst.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023, 14, 3146–3151.
[39] I. Ahmed, V. Burman, R. Biswas, A Roy, R. Sharma, and K. K. Haldar, Bifunctional electrochemical OER and HER activity of Ta2O5 nanoparticles over Fe2O3 nanoparticles. New Journal of Chemistry, 2023.
[38] R. Biswas, S. G. Dastider, I. Ahmed, S. Biswas, K. Mondal, and K. K. Haldar. Bio-assisted Synthesis of Au/Rh Nanostructure Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution and Methanol Oxidation Reactions: Composition Matters! Energy & Fuels, 2023.
[37] M. Vishesh, S. Bimli, D. Singh, R. Biswas, P. N. Didwal, K. K. Haldar, N. G. Deshpande, P. A. Bhobe, and R. S. Devan. Porous nanorods by stacked NiO nanoparticulate exhibiting corn-like structure for sustainable environmental and energy applications. RSC Advances, 13, no. 32 (2023): 21962-21970.
[36] I. Ahmed, R. Biswas, M. Iqbal, K. K. Haldar. NiS/MoS2 Anchored Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Generation and Energy Storage Applications. ChemNanoMat, 2023 , e202200550
[35] D. Ghosh, M. G. Chowdhury, R. Biswas, K. K. Haldar, A. Patra. Europium Molybdate/Molybdenum Disulfide Nanostructures with Efficient Electrocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.
ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, 6, (9) 7218–7228.
[34] K. K. Haldar, I. Ahmed, R. Biswas, S. Mete, R. A. Patil, Y. R. Ma. Efficient MoS2/V2O5 Electrocatalyst for Enhanced Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Electrocatalysis, 2023, 1-12.
[33] B. Borah, S. Swain , M. Patat, B. Kumar, K. K. Prajapat, R. Biswas , L. R. Chowhan. Liquid assisted Grindstone Chemistry: An eco-friendly scalable approach for diverse Brønsted acid-catalyzed mechanochemical domino multicomponent reactions by employing the reactivity of cyclic 1,3-diketones at ambient conditions. Scientific Reports, 2023, 13(1), 1386.
[32] I. Ahmed, R. Biswas, R. Sharma, V. Burman, K. K.Haldar. Access to carbon nanofiber composite hydrated cobalt phosphate nanostructure as an efficient catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. Frontiers in Chemistry, 2023, 11, 77
2022 (15)
[31] R. Biswas, P. Thakur, I. Ahmed, T. Rom, M. S. Ali, R. A. Patil , B. Kumar, S. Som, D. Chopra, A. K. Paul, Y.-R. Ma, K. K. Haldar. Coupling Nonstoichiometric Zn0.76Co0.24S with NiCo2S4 Com-posite Nanoflower for Efficient Synergistic Electrocatalytic Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions. Energy & Fuels, 2022, 37(1), 604–613
[30] R. Biswas, I. Ahmed, P. Manna, P. Mahata, R. S. Dhayal, A.Singh,J. Lahtinen, K. K. Haldar. Facile Fabrication of Ni9S8/Ag2S Intertwined Structures for Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions. ChemPlusChem, 2022. 88, e202200320, 1-9.
[29] I. Ahmed,# R. Biswas,# S. G. Dastider, H. Singh, S. Mete, R. A. Patil, M. Saha, A. K. Yadav, S. N. Jha, K. Mondal , H. Singh, Y. R. Ma, K. K. Haldar. Mechanism of Iron Integration into LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Energy & Fuels, 2022, 36 (19), 12160–12169. (# = equally contributed)
[28] D. K. Jangid, S. G. Dastider, R. Biswas, S. Khirid, S. Meena, P. Kumar, S. C. Sahoo, V. P. Verma, R. Jangir, R. D. Makde, A. Kumar, K. Mondal, K. K. Haldar, R. S. Dhayal. Dithiophosphonate Anchored Heterometallic (Ag (I)/Fe (II)) Molecular Catalysts for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61 (34), 13342–13354.
[27] D. Kubba, I. Ahmed, P. Kour, R. Biswas, H. Kaur, K. Yadav. K. K. Haldar. LaCoO3 Perovskite Nanoparticles Embedded in NiCo2O4 Nanoflowers as Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5 (11), 16344–16353.
[26] T. Rom, R. Biswas, K. K. Haldar, U. Saha, S. Rayaprol, A. K. Paul. Vanadate Encapsulated Polyoxoborate Framework with [V12B18] Clusters: An Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions. Crystal Growth & Design, 2022, 22 (8), 4666–4672.
[25] I. Ahmed, R. Biswas, H. Singh, R. A. Patil, R. Varshney, D. Patra, Y.R. Ma, K. K. Haldar. Green Synthesis of Hybrid Papain/Ni3(PO4)2 Rods Electrocatalyst for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction. New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 22237-22245
[24] V. Manjunath, S. Bimli, R. Biswas, P. N. Didwal, K. K. Haldar, M. Mahajan, N. G. Deshpande, P. Bhobe, R. S. Devan, Experimental investigations on morphology controlled bifunctional NiO nano-electrocatalysts for oxygen and hydrogen evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022, 47 (97), 39018-39029.
[23] K. K. Haldar, R. Biswas, A. Arya, I. Ahmed, S. Tanwar, A. L. Sharma. Construction of Three Dimensional Marigold Flower Shaped Ni3V2O8 for Efficient Solid‐State Supercapacitor Applications. Energy Storage, 2022, e378.
[22] P. Rani, Y. Jewariya, K. K. Haldar, R. Biswas, P. S. Alegaonkar. Synergistic photophysical and electrochemical response of Te@PANI for energy harvesting. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2022 (Accepted)
[21] P. Rani, A. P. Alegaonkar, R. Biswas, Y. Jewariya, K. K. Haldar, P. S.Alegaonkar. Reduced graphene oxide doped tellurium nanotubes for high performance supercapacitor. Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022, 10:1027554. DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.1027554.
[20] G. Kaur, R. Biswas, K. K. Haldar, T. Sen. DNA Origami-Templated Bimetallic Core−Shell Nanostructures for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 2022, 126 (16), 6915-6924.
[19] A. Halder, R. Biswas, P. P. Kushwaha, K. K. Halder, I. Ahmed, H. Singh, S. Kumar, K. K. Haldar. Green Synthesis of Bimetallic Au/Ag Nanostructures Using Aqueous Extract of Eichhornia crassipes for Antibacterial Activity. BioNanoScience, 2022, 1-7.
[18] H. Singh, R. Biswas, I. Ahmed, P. Thakur, A. Kundu, A. R. Panigrahi, B. Banerjee, K. K. Halder, J. Lahtinen, K. Mondal, K. K. Haldar. Dumbbell-Shaped Ternary Transition-Metal (Cu, Ni, Co) Phosphate Bundles: A Promising Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14 (5), 6570–6581.
[17] H. Singh, I. Ahmed, R. Biswas, S. Mete, K. K. Halder, B. Banerjee, K. K.Haldar.Genomic DNA-mediated formation of a porous Cu2(OH)PO4/Co3(PO4)2·8H2O rolling pin shape bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting reactions. RSC Advances, 2022, 12(6), 3738-3744.
2021 (06)
[16] I. Ahmed, R. Biswas, R. A. Patil, K. K. Halder, H. Singh, B. Banerjee, B. Kumar, Y.-R Ma, K. K. Haldar. Graphitic Carbon Nitride Composites with MoO3-Decorated Co3O4 Nanorods as Catalysts for Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, 4 (11), 12672-12681.
[15] G. Kaur, S. Tanwar, V. Kaur, R. Biswas, S. Saini, K. K. Haldar, T. Sen. Interfacial design of gold/silver core-shell nanostars for plasmon enhanced photocatalytic coupling of 4-aminothiophenol. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2021, 9, 15284-15294.
[14] T. Rom, R. Biswas, K. K. Haldar, S. Sarkar, U. Saha, A. K. Pau. Charge Separated One-Dimensional Hybrid Cobalt/Nickel Phosphonate Frameworks: A Facile Approach to Design Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions. Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60 (20), 15106–15111.
[13] R. Biswas, P. Thakur, G. Kaur, S. Som, M. Saha, V. Jhajhria, H. Singh, I. Ahmed, B. Banerjee, D. Chopra, T. Sen, K. K. Haldar. Interfacial Engineering of CuCo2S4/g-C3N4 Hybrid Nanorods for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60 (16), 12355-12366.
[12] S. Khirid, D. K. Jangid, R. Biswas, S. Meena, S. C. Sahoo, V. P. Verma, C. Nandi, K. K. Haldar, R. S. Dhayal, Ferrocene Decorated Homoleptic Silver (I) Clusters: Synthesis, Structure, and Their Electrochemical Behaviour,
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2021, 121923.
[11] R. Biswas, B. Banerjee, M. Saha, I. Ahmed, S. Mete, R. A. Patil, Y. R. Ma, K. K. Kaldar. Green Approach for the Fabrication of Au/ZnO Nanoflowers: A Catalytic Aspect. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125 (12), 6619-6631.
2020 (05)
[10] R. Biswas,# S. Singh,# I. Ahmed, R. A. Patil, Y. Ron Ma, and K. K. Haldar. Rational design of Bimetallic Au/Cu nanostructure: An Efficient Catalyst for Methanol Oxidation. ChemNanoMat. 2020, 7(2), 158-164. (# = equally contributed)
[9] S. Khirid,# R. Biswas,# S. Meena, R. A. Patil, Y. Ron Ma, R. S. Devan, R. S. Dhayal, and K. K. Haldar. Designing of Ag2S Nanowires from a Single-Source Molecular Precursor [(PPh3)2AgS2P(OiPr)2] for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ChemistrySelect, 5 (34), 10593-10598. (# = equally contributed)
[8] R. Biswas, A. Kundu, M. Saha, V. Kaur, B. Banerjee, R. S. Dhayal, R. A Patil, Y. -Ron Ma, T. Sen, K. K. Haldar. Rational design of marigold shape composite Ni3V2O8 flower: a promising catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction. New Journal of Chemistry, 2020, 44(28), 12256-12265.
[7] L. Dash, R. Biswas, R. Ghosh, V. Kaur, B. Banerjee, T. Sen, R. A Patil, Y.-Ron Ma, K. K Haldar. Fabrication of mesoporous titanium dioxide using Azadirachta indica leaves extract towards visible-light-driven photocatalytic dye degradation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2020, 112682.
[6] R. Biswas, S. Mete, M. Mandal, B. Banerjee, H. Singh, I. Ahmed, K. K. Haldar. Novel Green Approach for Fabrication of Ag2CrO4/TiO2/Au/r-GO Hybrid Biofilm for Visible Light-Driven Photocatalytic Performance.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020,124, 3373-3388.
2019 (03)
Project Fellow (2018-2019)
[5] R. Biswas, S. Khirid, M. Saha, C. W. Liu, R. S. Dhayal, K. K. Haldar. Seed free high yield gold nanorods synthesis from single precursor gold(I) dithiophosphate complex. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2019, e5220
[4] K. K. Haldar, S. Tanwar, R. Biswas, T. Sen, J. Lahtinen. Noble copper-silver-gold trimetallic nanobowls: An efficient catalyst. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2019, 556, 140-146.
[3] R. Biswas, H. Singh, B. Banerjee, K. K. Haldar, Zn (II) Di‐isobutyldithiocarbamate Complex Enabled Efficient Synthesis of Au/ZnS Nanocomposite Core‐shell in One Pot. ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 4003-4007.
2018 (02)
Master of Science (M.Sc.) (2016-2018)
[2] K. K. Haldar, R. Biswas, A. Patra, K. K. Haldar, T. Sen, Au/CdSe hybrid nanoflowers: a high photocurrent generating photoelectrochemical cells. Gold Bulletin, 2018, 51, 1-7.
[1] K. K. Haldar, R. Biswas, S.Tanwar, T.Sen, J. Lahtinen, One‐Pot Synthesis of Au Embedded ZnO Nanorods Composite Heterostructures with Excellent Photocatalytic Properties. ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3, 7882-7890. (Top 10% downloaded paper 2018-2019)
