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Prof. Mukul Pradhan

PhD (IIT Kharagpur)

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Chemistry

Room No: 505   +91-870-246
mukulchem@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Catalyst (composites) for generation of hydrogen from water 

 Energy storage (super-capacitor & battery) application 

  Novel composite nanomaterials synthesis  

 Oxygen reduction reaction 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Seminar - II(CY5248)
  • Engineering Chemistry(CY1161)
  • General Chemistry Laboratory - I(CY2103)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory-I(CY16009)
  • Main Group and Transition Metal Chemistry(CY16001)
  • Environmental Chemistry(CYI311)
  • Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis Laboratory - I(CY5205)
  • Nanomaterials(CY5204)
  • Quantitative Analysis Laboratory(CYI252)
  • Inorganic Chemistry(CYI251)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory-II(CY16008)
  • Dissertation Work(CY5299)
  • Comprehensive Viva-Voce(CY5297)
  • Advanced Inorganic Materials(CY16032)
  • Main Group and Transition Metal Chemistry(CY4102)
  • Engineering Chemistry(CY133)
  • General Chemistry Laboratory-I(CYI102)
  • Engineering Chemistry(CY185)
  • Basic Organometallic Chemistry(CYI361)
  • Fundamental Methods of Chemical Analysis(CY395)
  • Organometallic Chemistry(CY4162)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory(CY4155)
  • Chemical, Electrochemical and Biosensors(CY5213)
  • Chemistry Laboratory for Mechanical Engineering(CY136)
  • Chemistry Laboratory(CY184)
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=48V5RIcAAAAJ&hl=en


  • Transformation of Waste Agarwood Leaves into Heteroatom-Doped Microporous Carbon for Highly Active Metal-Free Catalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Efficient Capacitive Energy Storage Application., By R. Chakraborty, A. Sharma, P. Majee, Pooja, P. K. Maji, R. Pawar, Y. N. Banothu*, and M. Pradhan*., American Chemical Society, ACS Sustainable Resource Management, vol.1, pp.28-41, 2023
  • Investigation of Electrical Transport Properties in Solution-Processed Bi2Se3-AgMnOOH Nanocomposite., By R. Chakraborty, S. Das, S. Rudra, A. K. Nayak, P. K. Maji, U. Nandi * and M. Pradhan*., Royal Society of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol.25, pp.14606, 2023
  • Facile hydrothermal synthesis of Au-Mn3O4 decorated graphene oxide nanocomposites for solid-state supercapacitor, By S. Rudra, N. Deka, A. K. Nayak, M. Pradhan*, G. K. Dutta*, Elsevier, Journal of Energy Storage, vol.50, pp.104615, 2022
  • Intercalation pseudocapacitance in Bi2Se3-MnO2 nanotube composite for high electrochemical energy storage, By M. Pradhan*, R. Chakraborty, S. Rudra, S. Koley, P. K. Maji, A. K. Nayak, S. Das, U. Nandi, Elsevier, Electrochimica Acta, vol.367, pp.137531, 2021
  • Inherent Oxygen and Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Derived from Biomass of Tamarind Leaf for High-Performance Supercapacitor Application., By Chakraborty, P. K. Maji*, C. Verma, A. K. Nayak, Shib Shankar Singha, M. Pradhan*, Wiley, Energy Technology, vol.9, pp.2000734, 2021
  • Intercalation pseudocapacitance in chemically stable Au-α-Fe2O3-Mn3O4 composite nanorod: Towards highly efficient solid-state symmetric supercapacitor device, By S. Rudra, R. Chakraborty, P. K. Maji, S. Koley, A. K. Nayak, D. Paul, M. Pradhan*, Elsevier, Electrochimica Acta, vol.324, pp.134865, 2019
  • Redox-Mediated Shape-transformation of Fe3O4 Nanoflake to Chemically Stable Au-Fe2O3 Composite Nanorod for High-Performance Asymmetric Solid-State Supercapacitor Device, By S. Rudra, A. K. Nayak, S. Koley, R. Chakraborty, P. K. Maji, M. Pradhan*, American Chemical Society, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol.7, pp.724, 2019
  • Synthesis of Au-V2O5 composite nanowires through the shape transformation of a vanadium(III) metal complex for high-performance solid-state supercapacitors, By S. Rudra, A.K. Nayak, R. Chakraborty, P. Maji and M. Pradhan*, Royal Society of Chemistry, Inorg. Chem. Front., vol.5, pp.1836-1843, 2018
  • Synthesis and characterization of Pd-Fe2O3 nanocomposite and its application as a magnetically recyclable catalyst in ligand-free Suzuki-Miyaura reaction in water, By D Paul, S Rudra, P Rahman, S Khatua, M Pradhan*, PN Chatterjee.*, Elsevier, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 871, pp.96-102, 2018
  • Large-area two-dimensional bismuth selenide crystals synthesized by solution-based control of the nucleation environment, By M. Pradhan, I. Song, J. Lee, M. Lee, C. Park and H. C. Choi, Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Adv, vol.6, pp.106960, 2016

Sunlight-mediated conversion of plastic/bio-waste to heteroatom doped graphene-based hybrid materials: Application in energy harvesting, storage, and environmental remediation.

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DRDO
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 7226382
  • Status Ongoing

Novel Biocompatible Nanocomposites for SERS-Based Sensing of Biomolecules and Toxic Metal Ions

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST
  • Duration 72 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3500000
  • Status Completed


Mr. Avinash Sharma

  • Area of Research: Synthesis of composite nanomaterials for energy application

Ms. Amulya Jakke

  • Area of Research: Carbon-based nanocomposites for energy applications

Ms. Rishika Chakraborty

  • Area of Research: 1D and 2D Nanostructures: Design, Synthesis and Properties
  • CSIR-UGC NET, 2007
  • DST INSPIRE Faculty Award, 2016
  • GATE, 2007
  • IBS Research Fellowship, 2013
  • NTU Research Fellowship, 2016
  • Faculty Advisor (Continuing from January, 2024)
  • Institute Ranking Committee (June, 2023 - December, 2023)
  • Hostel Warden (Continuing from April, 2022)
  • 1st B.Tech Theory Course Coordinator (July, 2020 - July, 2021)