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  • Electrocatalysis, Electrochemical & Materials Engineering
  • Na-ion battery development - cathode and anode materials.
  • Supercapacitor anode / cathode materials development
  • Direct Alcohol Flowing Electrolyte Alkaline Fuel Cell
  • Direct Alcohol PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) Fuel Cell (DAPEMFC)
  • Hydrogen generation from water using PEM electrolyzer
  • Development of electrocatalysts for DAPEMFC, PEM electrolyzer
  • Degradation of PEMFC catalysts and MEA
  • Degradation of Ni-YSZ in SOFC Anode
  • Anode (Cu-Co, Cu-Mo-ceria/YSZ, Perovskite LSCTA-/YSZ) for direct hydrocarbon SOFC
  • Electrolyte (GDC, LDC, SDC and carbonates) for low temp solid oxide fuel cell
  • Direct Glucose Fuel Cell - micro fuel cell
  • Microfluidic electrolyser and microfluidic fuel cell tandem operaton
  • Electro-reduction of CO2 to organic compounds
  • Photochemical and photo-electrochemical water splitting for H2 and O2 generation
  • C1, C2, C3 and platform chemical conversion using electrochemical route
  • Bio-mass conversion to platform chemical through photochemical route
  • FeNi L10 magnetic materials development
  • Interfacial Engineering & Separation Tech - Waste Water Treatment
  • Removal of Dye by Liquid/liquid Extraction Using Reverse Micelles
  • Extraction of Dyes by Colloidal Gas Aphrons
  • Aggregation and Sedimentation of Clay Particles Dispersed in Water by Cationic Surfactants
  • Extraction metals (Li, Co) from spent LIB and M-H batteries
  • Surfactants & Fluid Flow Phenomena - Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
  • Oil Droplet Detachment from Solid Surface in Shear Flow and in the Presence of Surfactants
  • De-wetting dynamics of oil droplet on solid substrate in the presence of surfactants
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1. Model development for the removal of mobile oil from the solid substrates in the presence of surfactants (1999-2001) Unilever Research / HLL 4.2 lacs
2. Development of direct ethanol fuel cell (2002–06) Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, Govt of India 27 lacs
3. Oil droplet detachment from solid substrate in shear field – application in EOR (2004-07) Department of Science Technology, Govt of India 20 lacs
4. Aggregation & sedimentation of dispersed clay particles in the presence of surfactants 2004-06 IIT Delhi Thrust Area 6.0 lacs
5. Workshop on Recent Challenges in Fuel Cell Technology: India's Perspective (2006-07) DST 5.3 lacs
6. Development of direct alcohol fuel cell and test protocols (2008–11) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy 86 lacs
7. Hydrogen generation by electrolyses of water (2008-2011) Using high temp PEMWE (Shared with Prof. Keith Scott of Newcastle Univ. upon Tyne) UKIERI-DST (Shell Hydrogen Corporate Champ) 42,354
8 Is CO2 sequestration possible through electrochemical route to generate organic compounds (2009-12) KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Riyal 2,14,000
9. Scope of Fuel Cell Tech in India 2009 NEDO Japan 5.5 lacs
10. Direct Glucose Fuel Cell (2009 – 12) Department of Science Technology, Govt of India 40 lacs
11. Direct hydrocarbon SOFC (2008 - 2011) MNRE 46 lacs
12. Transference number measurement of GDC and SDC (2011 - 2014) CSIR 12.5 lacs
13. Low Temperature solid oxide electrolyzer for conversion of CO2 to organic compounds (2012 - 2014) UKIERI 16 lacs
14. Electrocatalyst for PEM water electrolyzer (2011-2013) ISRO 22.5 lacs
15. Non-silicon based technologies for nano fabrication and nano scale devices. (One out of eleven PIs/CO-PIs); Nano Research Facility, IITD (2010 - 2017) MCIT 49.25 crores
16. Solar energy based multifunctional device with integrated holographic, photovoltaic and photo-electro-chemical cells. As PI with four Co-PIs (2011 - 2014) DST 3.92 Crores
17. Mind the Gap’ – jumping the hurdles limiting polymer fuel cell performance and commercialisation. Collaborative project with Imperial college, UCL, Newcastle Univ, IITM, CFCT, Chennai (2012-2015) RCUK-DST 92 lacs (For IITD)
18. Development of novel electochemical catalyst for solid state electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons.(2014-2016) GAIL 68 lacs
19. Novel Anode nanaocatalysts and electrolyte for ethylene glycol as fuel for fuel cells (2014 - 2017) GITA (Indo-Taiwan Project) 22.5 lacs
20. Electrochemical characterization metal and molten metal based anode for SOFC (2015 - 16) Alfaisal University / Robert Gordon University, UK 2.05 lacs
21. Multi-Functional Nanocomposite Materials for Low-temperature Ceramic Fuel Cells (Collaborative project with Finland, Norway, Turkey, Portugal and India) (2014 - 17) New Indigo (EU-DST) 53 lacs
22. Development of direct hydrocarbon solid oxide fuel cell (2015 - 2018) DRDO 1.32 crores
23. Anode development for direct hydrocarbon solid oxide fuel cell (2015 - 2017) UKIERI 24.99 lacs
24. Scale up of Direct Hydrocarbon SOFC for ONGC Well Head (2016 - 2019) ONGC 2.54 crores
25. Improvement of Electrolytic Gold Refining Process through Optimum Current Efficiency for Gold Deposition and Gold Recovery from Effluent (UAY project scheme) (2017 - 2019) MMTC-PAMP and MHRD and Ministry of Mines 94.25 lacs
26. CO2 Reduction to Organic Compounds in Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell – II nd Phase (2019 - 2021) GAIL R&D 67 lacs
27. Conversion Emitted CO2 To Chemical Fuels (2018 - 2021) Ministry of Steel 77 lacs
28. DST-IIT Delhi Energy Storage Platform of Battery (ESPOB) - participated by IISc, ARCI, IICT, CGCRI, IMMT (2019 - 2024) DST MECSP 10.37 crores
  • Fundamentals
  • CO2 to platform chemical conversion using electrochemical route
  • Bio-mass conversion to platform chemical through photochemical route
  • Anode for direct hydrocarbon 500 W SOFC stack
  • Microfluidics - microplant, lab on a chip, micro fuel cell
  • Glucose fuel cell - power source for body implants
  • Application
  • Fuel Cell stack for Emergency Power for portable equipment
  • Micro fuel cell for medical implants
  • Artificial leaf (leaf on a chip)
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