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Taraknath Das
Associate Professor
taraknath.das[at]ch.iitr.ac.in
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Research Interests
Heterogeneous catalysis and spectroscopy: Supported metal/metal oxide catalysis: synthesis, characterization and activity., Nano-materials: , Nano-material synthesis and applications in catalysis, Hydrogenation reaction, Oxidation reaction: CO2 hydrogenation and value-added chemicals. Also interested on reforming reaction of hydrocarbons, In situ Spectroscopy (FTIR): In situ adsorption and reaction studies (Operando spectroscopy), Hydrogen Energy: Production, Storage and Generation
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Educational Details
I.I.T. Kanpur
2012
PhD, Chemical Engineering(Heterogeneous catalysis and spectroscopy)
Jadavpur University
2007
M.E, Chemical Engineering
University of Calcutta
2005
B.Sc-B.Tech., Chemical Engineering
Professional Background
Post-doc
01 Jun 2013 - 21 Dec 2014
KIST, Seoul, South Korea
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
Catalytic oxidation reaction: A high pressure in situ FTIR study 27 Mar 2017 Catalysis ~55 Lakhs SERB-DST NA
Production of hydrogen: Dry reforming of methane reaction 01 Mar 2015 Catalysis ~10 Lakhs FIG-IITR NA




Publications

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 Papers: (Complete List of publications) (Google Scholar link) (Scopus link) (ORCID link)

30.Indian Patent (Filed): Krunalsinh Y. Chauhan,Taraknath Das, "A robust catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of cycloalkane to cycloalkene". (Filed)(2025), (Application number: 202511007749).

29. 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

28.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

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. Patent Granted: 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. 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 YadavTaraknath 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 YadavTaraknath 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 YadavHrushikesh 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/SiO(M=Ce, Zr) for dry reforming of methane: Effect of promoters”, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis 132 (1) (2021)279-300  

14. Pradeep K. YadavTaraknath 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 KumarTaraknath 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 BhopalIndia (Awarded: (1st) best oral presentation)

5.Vijendra Kumar YadavT. 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 courseAdvanced Reaction Engineering {link]                                                                                                                                                                                                

Honors And Awards
MemberShips
IIChE,
07 Jul 2020 - Present
Life Member (LM-26035)
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Nanotechnology in Chemical Engineering ( CHN-425 )
Autumn
Advanced Reaction Engineering ( CHE-505 )
Autumn
Heterogeneous Catalysis and Reactor design ( CH-427 )
Autumn
Hydrocarbon processing and Engineering-1 ( CH-551 )
Autumn
Chemical Reactor Analysis ( CHN-505 )
Autumn
Chemical Reaction Engineering ( CH-204 )
Spring
Heat transfer ( CHN-201 )
Autumn
Mass Transfer-1 ( CHN-202 )
Spring
Thermodynamics and Chemical Kinetics ( CHN-106 )
Spring
Process Utilities and Safety ( CH-412 )
Spring
Reaction Engineering (Lab) ( CHN-204 )
Spring
Mass Transfer-I (Lab) ( CHN-202 ) ( CHN-202 )
Spring
Students
SuperVisions
Heterogeneous Catalysis: Hydrogen Energy, Nanomaterials, H2 Production and Storage Materials, CO2 utilization, Alcohol (C1,C2), In Situ DRIFTS (FTIR)and in situ Raman Spectroscopy Studies
18 Jul 2022 - Present
Other Supervisors: NotAvailable, Scholar: Mr. Avaneesh Kumar (Research Scholar)
Hydrogen production: the physical and structural changes of biomass in presence of catalyst : insitu /operando (FTIR) spectroscopic investigation
31 Dec 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: NotAvailable, Scholar: Ms Nisha Rathi (joined after M.Sc in Organic Chemistry)(Research Scholar)
Selective catalytic Oxidation of hydrocarbons (C6) at low temperature: catalyst Synthesis, Characterization and reactivity study [Thesis: Under Preparation]
01 Jul 2019 - Present
Other Supervisors: NotAvailable, Scholar: Mr. Chauhan Krunalsinh Yogendrasinh (Research Scholar)
Nickel-Ceria Based Catalyst For Syngas Production From Dry Reforming of Methane [Thesis: Defended]
01 Jan 2019 - 21 Mar 2025
Other Supervisors: NotAvailable, Scholar: Ms. Akanksha Singh Rajput (Research Scholar)
Generation of hydrogen from metal hydride by thermolysis using various catalysts
01 Jul 2018 - 08 Jul 2024
Other Supervisors: NotAvailable, Scholar: Dr. Mamleshwar Kumar [PhD Degree: awarded]
Vapor phase oxidation of cyclohexane over supported metal oxide catalysts: In situ DRIFTS studies.
01 Jan 2018 - 12 May 2023
Other Supervisors: Not Available, Scholar: Dr. Vijendra Kumar Yadav [PhD Degree: Awarded]
Production of Syngas from DRM using perovskite catalysts: Synthesis, Characterization and reactivity.
07 Jul 2015 - 02 Jul 2021
Other Supervisors: Not Available, Scholar: Dr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav [PhD Degree: Awarded]
Generation of H2 from NaBH4 using various catalysts and additives for fuel cell applications.
01 Jan 2014 - 24 Jan 2020
Other Supervisors: NotAvailable, Scholar: Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh [PhD Degree: Awarded]
Miscellaneous
Visits
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea
2014-01-01
Post-Doctoral Research
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), USA
2012-01-01
Operando IV,
Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie, Caen, France
2010-01-01
International Summer School and workshop
Administrative Positions
Chief Warden
01 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2022
Azad Bhawan
Warden
01 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2021
Azad Bhawan
Memeber
01 Jan 2019 - Present
Department Academic Program Committee (DAPC)
Member
01 Jan 2017 - 01 Jan 2019
Department Research Committee (DRC)
Advisor
01 Jan 2018 - Present
Faculty Advisor (UG II year)
Member
01 Jan 2015 - Present
IA lab and FIST lab
Member
01 Jan 2020 - Present
Department Safety Committee
Faculty in charge
01 Jan 2019 - Present
Mass Transfer lab (UG)
Particulars of course

Reviewer:Reaction Chemistry & Engineering (RSC), Chemical Engineering and Technology (Wiley), Journal of Nanoparticle Research, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier), Catalysis Communications, Applied Catalysis A, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences, International Journal of Energy Research, Environmental Sustainability (Springer)