Research Scientist

Dr. Bharati Debnath obtained her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in chemistry from University of Kalyani. She received her Ph.D. (2019) in Chemical Sciences from IISER Kolkata under supervision of Prof. Sayan Bhattacharyya. Her doctoral studies were based on synthesis of transition metal-oxide nanomaterials with different morphology and their low-temperature magnetic interactions and catalytic properties. During Ph.D. she worked on electrocatalytic water splitting. After completing her Ph.D. she joined IIT Ropar as a postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Dr. C. M. Nagaraja where she focused on nanomaterial synthesis and studied their photocatalytic H2 generation. Then she joined Prof. Satishchandra Ogale’s group as a postdoctoral research fellow at IISER Pune. There she worked on photocatalytic CO2 reduction and photocatalytic N2 reduction. Also she contributed in the area of high Nickel rich cathode materials for Li ion batteries. Bharati guided several masters’ students and summer interns during her Ph.D. and Postdoctoral tenure. In 2021 she joined Research Institute of Sustainable Energy (RISE) under TCG CREST as a research scientist. Dr. Debnath’s research interests are in the area of development of catalysts with controlled size and shape and their application in the area of green fuel production.


Awards:

  • Secured prestigious rank in JOINT CSIR-UGC NET in chemical sciences (All India Rank-83)
  • University Gold Medal: Ranked 1st in M.Sc.
  • Award of DST-INSPIRE Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.



Publications
  1. Visible Light Driven Highly Selective CO2 Reduction to CH4 using Potassium Doped g-C3N5. Bharati Debnath, Saideep Singh, Sk Mujaffar Hossain, Shrreya Krishnamurthy, Vivek Polshettiwar* and Satishchandra Ogale.* Langmuir 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03127)
  2. Recent Developments in the Design of CdxZn1−xS Based Photocatalysts for Sustainable Production of Hydrogen. Bharati Debnath, Suman Dhingra and C. M. Nagaraja.* Sol. RRL 2021, 2100226.
  3. Efficient Photocatalytic Generation of Hydrogen by Twin Zn0.5Cd0.5S Nanorods Decorated with Noble Metal-Free Co-catalyst and Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol in Water. Bharati Debnath, Suman Dhingra, Vishal Sharma, Venkata Krishnan and C. M. Nagaraja.* Appl. Surf. Sci. 2021, 550, 149367.
  4. Oxygen-Defect-Rich Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles for Practical Water Electrolysis with High Activity and Durability. Bharati Debnath, Sahanaz Parvin, Harsha Dixit and Sayan Bhattacharyya.* ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 3875–3886.

For the full list of publications please refer to her Google Scholar page (https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=5ZwTXs8AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate).

 

Contact: bharati.debnath@tcgcrest.org, bharatidebnathchem@gmail.com