Research Interests
Catalysis (Carbon Capture; CO2 to Fuels/Chemicals; Biomass to Green Hydrogen/Syngas; Coal to Chemicals; Methane Upgradation; Renewable Energy driven thermal/non-thermal Plasma catalysis), Reaction Engineering (Reaction Kinetics, Reactor Design), Machine Learning (Descriptor Engineering; Catalyst Property Prediction; Reaction Mechanism Prediction; Data-Driven Catalysis; Feature Engineering; Active Site Identification), Electrochemistry (Electrochemical CO2 Reduction (CO2 RR); Green Hydrogen Production; Tailoring of Catalyst-Electrolyte Microenvironments), Green Engineering
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Research
Deciphering Mn modulated structure-activity interplay and rational statistical analysis for CO2 rich syngas hydrogenation to clean methanol
2022
K. Tripathi, V. Gupta, K. K. Pant, S. Upadhyayula | Elsevier
Journal: Journal of Cleaner Production
Forecasting Catalytic PropertyPerformance Correlations for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol via Surrogate Machine Learning Framework
2023
K. Tripathi, V. Gupta, V. Awasthi, K. K. Pant, S. Upadhyayula | Wiley-VCH
Journal: Advanced Sustainable Systems
Origin of Cu0 /Cu+ surface active centers for CO2 containing syngas conversion to DME via tandem catalysis
2021
K. Tripathi, S. Asthana, R. Singh, K. K. Pant and S. Upadhyayula | RSC Publishing
Journal: Sustainable Energy & Fuels
Unravelling synergetic interaction over tandem CuZnO-ZrO2/hierarchical ZSM5 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol and DME
2022
R. Singh, K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant, J. K. Parikh | Elsevier
Journal: Fuel
Investigating the role of oxygen vaccines and basic site density in tuning methanol selectivity over Cu/CeO2 catalyst during CO2 hydrogenation
2022
R. Singh, K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant | Elsevier
Journal: Fuel
Impact of La engineered stable phase mixed precursors on physico-chemical features of Cu- based catalysts for conversion of CO2 rich syngas to methanol
2022
S. Asthana, K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant | Elsevier
Journal: Catalysis Today
Chemical recycling processes of waste polyethylene terephthalate using solid catalysts
2023
A. Bohre, P. R. Jadhao, K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant, B. Likozar, B. Saha | Wiley-VCH
Journal: ChemSusChem
Design Framework for DME Production from Coal and Biomass Derived Syngas via Simulation Approach
2023
K. Tripathi, V. Gupta, V. Awasthi, K. K. Pant, S. Upadhyayula | Wiley-VCH
Journal: Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
Application of Nano size ZSM-48 zeolite Framework for Toluene Methylation to p-Xylene
2023
L. Kumar, P. Samanta, K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant, B.L. Nevalkar | Elsevier
Journal: Molecular Catalysis
Tailoring the physicochemical properties of Mg promoted catalysts via one pot non-ionic surfactant assisted co-precipitation route for CO2 co-feeding syngas to methanol
2021
K. Tripathi, R. Singh, K. K. Pant | Springer
Journal: Topics in Catalysis
1. Perspectives in Carbon Oxides Conversion to Methanol/Dimethyl Ether: Distinctive Contribution on Heterogeneous and Photocatalysis by K. Tripathi, R. Singh, S. Singh, S. Asthana and K. K. Pant. Published by Catalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Springer Nature, 2021
2. Advancements in Catalytic Reduction of CO2 at Ambient Conditions for Enhanced Value-Added Product Synthesis by G. Venkanna, S. Singh, K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant. Published by From Waste to Wealth, Springer Nature, 2023
K. K. Pant, K. Tripathi, S. Asthana, Catalyst for methanol/DME synthesis and process for preparing the same via precipitating hetero-metal oxides (Patent No.: 483296)
Honors And Awards
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Miscellaneous
1. Secretary, Department Faculty Committe (DFC) - Feb 2024-Present
2. Seceretary, Department Academic Program Committee (DAPC)- March 2024-Present
University of Queensland
2022
Research collaboration on project "CO2 capture and conversion"
University of New South Wales, Sydney
2022
Research collaboration on Graphene Based Material Development
University of Newcastle, Newcastle
2022
Research collaboration on Emerging Materials
Deliverd a talk on "Towards Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals through CO2 Reduction via Engineered Catalyst Microenvironments: Achievements, Constraints and Opportunities" in ISNIOE conference, March 2024, New Delhi
1. K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant, Probing the Mn induced surface Cu0/Cu+ active sites and oxygen vacancy defects for CO2 rich syngas hydrogenation to dimethyl ether via tandem catalysis, ACS Spring, 2022, San Diego, USA
2. K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant, Synergistic effect of Mg/Mn ratio on CO2 rich syngas conversion to CH3OH over Cu-ZnO catalysts synthesized by spray drying assisted co-precipitation, ISCRE 26, 2021, New Delhi, India
3. K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant, Modulating the redox conversion between Cu0 and Cu+ on ZnO nanorods decorated CuxO-MgO oxides via in-situ calcination for one-pot conversion of CO2 containing syngas to methanol and dimethyl ether, Catalysis and Chemical Engineering-5, 2021
4. K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant, Mn engineered Cu0 /Cu+ active sites and oxygen vacancy defects for CO2 rich syngas hydrogenation to dimethyl ether via tandem catalysis, Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials, Newcastle, Australia, 2022
5. K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant, Chemical Engineering: Enabling Transition Towards Sustainable Future ChemTSF, 2022, IIT Roorkee
6. K. Tripathi, K. K. Pant, 74th Annual Session of India Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chemcon, Bhubaneswar, 2021
