Patent (Filed /Granted): Indian Patent
1. Vijendra Kumar Yadav, Taraknath Das, "An Iron and Manganese oxide double impregnated modified alumina supported catalyst and its method of preparation", (202211035354 dated 20/06/2022). Granted on 07/02/2024 and the granted patent number is IN507958B . Link
2.Krunalsinh Y. Chauhan,Taraknath Das, "A robust catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of cycloalkane to cycloalkene". (Filed), (Application number: 202511007749)(Filed on: 30th Jan 2025)
3.Akanksa Singh Rajput, and Taraknath Das, "A synthesis of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MW-CNTs) and Regeneration of Nickel-Ceria Catalyst for dry reforming of methane", (Filed)(2025) with application no. 202511029236 dated 27/03/2025
In refereed Journal Articles (Papers): (Complete List of publications) (Google Scholar link) (Scopus link) (ORCID link)
34.Nisha Rathi, Taraknath Das*,Exploring Biomass Pyrolysis for Sustainable Hydrogen-rich Gas Production," Biomass and Bioenergy 202 (2025) 108162 Link
33.Nisha Rathi, Taraknath Das*, "Pyrolysis of Sawdust with Perovskite-Type Catalyst LaNixFe(1-x)O3/(Support) to Produce Hydrogen-Rich Gas," International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 145 (2025) 732-751 Link
32.Krunalsinh Y. Chauhan,Taraknath Das, "A robust catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of cycloalkane to cycloalkene". (Filed)(2025), (Application number: 202511007749). "Indian Patent (Filed)"
31. Krunalsinh Y. Chauhan,Taraknath Das*,"Effect of Oxidants on Product Distribution in Conversion of Cyclohexane over Phosphorus-Modified Catalyst: in-situ Spectroscopic, Kinetic, and Thermodynamic Studies", Applied Surface Science 699 (2025) 163131 Link
30. Krunalsinh Y. Chauhan,Taraknath Das*,"Gas Phase Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Cyclohexane over Alumina-Supported Copper-Manganese Oxide Catalyst: in-situ DRIFTS Studies", Chemical Engineering Science 288 (2024)119847 Link
29. Akanksa Singh Rajput, and Taraknath Das, "A synthesis of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MW-CNTs) and Regeneration of Nickel-Ceria Catalyst for dry reforming of methane",(2025) with application no. 202511029236 dated 27/03/2025. "Indian Patent (Filed)"
28.Akanksa Singh Rajput, Krunalsinh Y. Chauhan; Aridaman Singh; Uday Kumar Mahto; Taraknath Das*,” in-situ DRIFTS and Kinetic-Thermodynamic Evaluation of Dry Reforming of Methane over La-modified Alumina-Supported Ni-Ce-Fe Catalyst ", Fuel 400 (2025) 135816 Link
27.Akanksa Singh Rajput, Taraknath Das*,” Dry Reforming of HCs over a 40Ni0.75(Ce1-xFex)0.25/Al2O3 Catalyst: A comparative study," Sustainable Energy & Fuels 8 (2024) 3372-3385 Link
26.Akanksa Singh Rajput, Taraknath Das*,” Production of syngas by dry reforming of methane over the catalyst ZNi1-xCex: The catalyst calcination and reduction temperature effect", Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 98 (3) (2023) 567-828 Link
25.Mamleshwar Kumar, Taraknath Das*,"Effect of Temperature and Pressure on Hydrogen Generation from Sodium borohydride by Thermolysis using Catalyst" , Energy and Fuels 38 (9) (2024) 8345–8354 Link
24.Mamleshwar Kumar, Taraknath Das*, “Study on the catalytic thermal decomposition of metal-hydride (NaH) to enhance the hydrogen desorption characteristics” , International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 50 (2024) 367-378 Link
23.Mamleshwar Kumar, Taraknath Das*, “Hydrogen Generation from metal chloride doped Sodium-borohydride by thermolysis at low temperature: The effect of material preparation methods”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 944 (2023) 169173 Link
22. Vijendra Kumar Yadav, "AN IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDE DOUBLE IMPREGNATED MODIFIED ALUMINA SUPPORTED CATALYST AND ITS METHOD OF PREPARATION (202211035354 dated 20/06/2022). Granted (2024) and granted patent number is IN507958B. ("Indian Patent Granted)". Link
21.Vijendra Kumar Yadav, Krunalsinh Y. Chauhan, Taraknath Das*,"Spectroscopic and Kinetic Study of Cyclohexane Oxidation Reaction in Vapor phase over the Catalyst 20FeMnOδ/(3CeAl)" Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 62 (2023) 20170-20188 Link
20. Vijendra Kumar Yadav, Taraknath Das*,”The effect of MgO and preparation techniques of FeMnOδ/MgO-Al2O3 catalyst used for the vapor phase oxidation of cyclohexane", Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 7 (2022) 2298-2312. Link
19.Vijendra Kumar Yadav, Taraknath Das*,”Vapor-phase Oxidation of Cyclohexane over Supported Fe-Mn Catalysts: In-Situ DRIFTS studies", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 23 (2021) 13612 - 13622, Link
18. Vijendra Kumar Yadav, Hrushikesh Pramod Shinde,Taraknath Das*,” Oxidation of cyclohexane using Copper-Nickel catalyst ”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 47 (2022) 5601-5612. Link
17.Pradeep K. Yadav, Preeti Dahiya, Tapas Kumar Mandal, Taraknath Das*,"The bulk and supported Perovskite-type catalysts for the CO2 reforming of methane: The effect of ceria and magnesia ", Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 140 (2022) 104509. Link
16.Pradeep K. Yadav, Taraknath Das*, Prasenjit Mondal “Effect of the Magnesia and Alumina in the modified-supported Perovskite-type Catalysts for the Dry Reforming of Methane”, Fuel 302 (2021) 121233. Link
15. Pradeep K. Yadav,Taraknath Das*, “Study the perovskite-type catalysts 40LaNi0.75Fe0.25-X MXO3/SiO2 (M=Ce, Zr) for dry reforming of methane: Effect of promoters”, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis 132 (1) (2021)279-300
14. Pradeep K. Yadav, Taraknath Das*, "Production of syngas from carbon dioxide reforming of methane by using LaNixFe1-xO3 perovskite type catalysts", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44 (3) (2019) 1659-1670.
13.Prashant Kumar Singh, Taraknath Das*, "Hydrogen Generation through Sodium borohydride Hydrolysis over Supported Cobalt Catalysts and the effect of total dissolved solids in water ", Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis 134 (2021) 677-696, Link
12.Prashant Kumar Singh, Ishwar Sharan, Mamleshwar Kumar, Taraknath Das*,"Generation of Hydrogen from Sodium Borohydride at low Temperature using Metal Halides additive",International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 44 (2019) 20191-20202.
11.Prashant Kumar Singh,Taraknath Das*,"Generation of hydrogen from NaBH4 solution using metal-boride (CoB, FeB, NiB) catalysts",International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42(49) (2017) 29360-29369.
10.Mumtaz Shah, Taraknath Das, Prasenjit Mondal*, “Development of nanocrystalline mesoporous Pt promoted Co-based catalysts for carbon dioxide reforming of methane”, Fuel 313 (2022) 122683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122683
9.Taraknath Das*, Jeong Gil Choi, In Hwan Oh "Synthesis of Highly Effective α-Fe2O3 Catalyst for the Spin Conversion of Liquid Hydrogen" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences 90 (2020) 399-409.
8.Taraknath Das*, In Wook Nah, Jeong-Gil Choi, In Hwan Oh, “Synthesis of iron oxide catalysts using various methods for the spin conversion of hydrogen” Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis 118 (2 ) (2016) 669-681.
7. Taraknath Das, Soon-Cheol Kweon, In Wook Nah, Jeong-Gil Choi, Seo Young Kim, In Hwan Oh, “Spin conversion of hydrogen using iron catalyst at low temperature”, Cryogenics, 69 (2015) 36-43.
6. Taraknath Das, Soon-Cheol Kweon, Jeong-Gil Choi, Seo Young Kim, In Hwan Oh, “Spin conversion of hydrogen over LaFeO3/Al2O3 catalysts at low temperature: synthesis, characterization and activity”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ,2015, 40, 383-391.
5. I.W. Nah, Jung Hyun Kim, T.Das, Soon-Cheol Kwon, In-Hwan Oh,” A study on the ortho-para hydrogen conversion characteristics of liquefied hydrogen by perovskite catalysts”, Trans. Of the Korean Hydrogen and New Energy Society, 26 (1) (2015) 15-20.
4. Taraknath Das, Siddhartha Sengupta and Goutam Deo, “Effect of calcination temperature during the synthesis of Co/Al2O3 catalyst used for the hydrogenation of CO2”, Reac. Kinet. Mech. Cat: 110, (2013) 147-162.
3. Taraknath Das and Goutam Deo, “Promotion of alumina supported cobalt catalysts by iron”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry: C 116 (39) (2012) 20812-20819.
2. Taraknath Das and Goutam Deo, “Effect of metal loading and support of supported cobalt catalyst”, Catalysis Today 198 (1) (2012)116-124.
1. Taraknath Das and Goutam Deo, “Synthesis, characterization and in situ DRIFTS during the CO2 hydrogenation reaction over supported cobalt catalysts”, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 350 (2011) 75-82.
Conferences and workshops (National and International):
8.Mamleshwar Kumar, Taraknath Das*, "LiAlH4 dehydrogenation properties enhanced by using metal oxide additives at low temperature", Net-zero Emission Technologies for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities, N0ET-2022, Dec-12-13, 2022, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, India (Awarded: (1st) best poster presentation)
7.Krunalsinh Y. Chauhan,Taraknath Das*, "Mechanistic approach for vapor phase oxidative dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons: in-situ DRIFTS Studies", 4th National Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, ACES-2023, 31st March-01st April 2023, Department of Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal, India (Awarded: (1st) best oral presentation)
6.Akanksha Singh Rajput, Taraknath Das*, "Production of hydrogen via dry reforming of propane using CeFeNi/Al2O3 catalyst", 4th National Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, ACES-2023, 31st March-01st April 2023, Department of Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal, India (Awarded: (1st) best oral presentation)
5.Vijendra Kumar Yadav, T. Das, "In-Situ DRIFTS Analysis of Vapor Phase Oxidation of Cyclohexane using Supported Fe-Mn Mixed-Metal Oxides", International Conference on Reaction Engineering (ICRE-2021), 7-8 May 2021, NIT-Raipur, India
4.T.Das,"International workshop on Hydrogen storage materials" December 07, 2018, IOCL, R&D, Faridabad, Haryana,India
3.Pradeep Kumar Yadav, T.Das,” Production of synthesis gas from CO2 reforming of CH4 using LaNixFe1-xO3 perovskite type catalyst” December 27-30, 2018, Chemcon2018, NIT Jalandhar, India
2.Prashant Kumar Singh, T.Das, "Generation of hydrogen using Co,Fe, and Ni boride catalysts from NaBH4 solution",27-30thDec,2016, Chemcon2016, India
1. P. K.Singh, A.Jain, T. Das, " Generation and storage of hydrogen from NaBH4 solution using metal boride catalysts" June 13-16, 2016, 21st WHEC2016, Zaragoza, Spain.
NPTEL Online Courses: Advanced Reaction Engineering {link]
B.Tech. Student's Contribution (UG Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee)
4. Uday Mahto, Aridaman Singh (2026 pass out), and Taraknath Das*, AS Rajput "in-situ DRIFTS and Kinetic-Thermodynamic Evaluation of Dry Reforming of Methane over La-modified Alumina-Supported Ni-Ce-Fe Catalyst ",Fuel 400 (2025) 135816 Link
3. Aridaman Singh, Uday Mahto (2026 pass out), and Taraknath Das*, K.S Chauhan" Integrated Thermodynamic-Kinetic Framework for Cyclohexane Oxidative Dehydrogenation: Empirical and Mechanistic Insights ,"(2025)(Under Review)
2. Hrushikesh Pramod Shinde (2017 Pass out),Taraknath Das*, Vijendra Kumar Yadav” Oxidation of cyclohexane using Copper-Nickel catalyst ”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 47 (2022) 5601-5612. Link
1. Aviral Jain (2016 pass out), T. Das*, P.K. Singh " Generation and storage of hydrogen from NaBH4 solution using metal boride catalysts" June 13-16, 2016, 21st WHEC2016, Zaragoza, Spain (International Conference).