Research

  • Design and development of materials/catalysts for Energy and Environmental applications.
  • Organic transformations using metal free porous oxide catalysts
  • Gold Catalysis
  • Composite thin film model surfaces for surface science studies

Interests

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Synthesis of inorganic porous oxides
  • Development of catalytically active thin film model surfaces
  • Environmental Catalysis
  • Nanocatalysis
  • Gas and Liquid Phase Catalysis

Research Projects

  • Engineering Ni@meso-Ceria core-shell nanocatalysts for the dry reforming of methane (DRM)

    Dry reforming of methane carried out at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 2017-2018

    The utilisation of CO2 to generate fuels and value added commodities is one of the best ways to maintain carbon balance as well as reduce the amount of green house gases. In this respect dry reforming of methane using CO2 is identified as one of the best choices by industry since this methodology results in the conversion of green house gases CO2 and methane into valuable syngas
    with H    2/CO ratio 1; ideal for the production of methanol and other value added petrochemicals by Fischer-Tropsch process.