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Tapas Kumar Mandal
Associate Professor
tapas.mandal[at]cy.iitr.ac.in
91-1332285864
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Research
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Publications
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Books
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Honours and Awards
Honors
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Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements

Students
Supervisions
Associate Scholars

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Events
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Administrative Positions
Miscellaneous
Research Interests
Solid State and Materials Chemistry, Photocatalytic, energy storage, magnetic and catalytic materials; Nanomaterials; Hydrogen energy
BioSketch
Educational Details
Indian Institute of Science
2005
Ph. D., Solid State Chemistry
Jadavpur University
1998
M. Sc., Chemistry
Professional Background
Associate Professor
17 Dec 2019 - Present
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, INDIA
Assistant Professor
01 Apr 2011 - 16 Dec 2019
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, INDIA
Assistant Professor
28 Jun 2010 - 31 Mar 2011
Sikkim University, Sikkim, INDIA
Post Doctoral Research Associate
24 Jul 2008 - 27 Jun 2010
University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Post Doctoral Associate
01 Feb 2006 - 22 Jul 2008
Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
Post Doctoral Researcher
17 Feb 2005 - 31 Jan 2006
University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
"Layered and hybrid perovskites for sunlight-driven photocatalytic water splitting and decontamination" 16 Mar 2017 Chemical Sciences (Inorganic Chemistry) 44 lacs SERB None
"Catalytic oxidation of nitrogeneous aromatic compounds containing wastewater" 01 Jul 2014 Chemical Engineering (Environmental Remediation) 26 lacs DST Dr. V. C. Srivastava, DCE
Design and synthesis of novel layered oxides and oxyhalides: Potential visible-light photocatalysts for hydrogen production 01 Jul 2012 Materials Chemistry 4.75 lacs SRIC, IIT Roorkee




Books

1. Transition Metal Oxides: Magnetoresistance and Half-metallicity

Tapas Kumar Mandal and Martha Greenblatt; in Inorganic Materials Series, (eds. D. W. Bruce, D. O’Hare and R. I. Walton), Volume 2: Functional Oxides, John Wiley & Sons, (2010), Page 257-293.

Publications

Selected Publications:

From IIT Roorkee (after 2011)

15. Lalit Kumar, Sujan Sen, Tapas Kumar Mandal, Ambient pressure synthesis and structure and magnetic properties of a new A- and B-site ordered multinary quadruple perovskite, Dalton Trans., 53, 11060 (2024). 

14. Preeti Dahiya, Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Simple to Quadruple Perovskite Transformation by Coordination Switching upon Solid-State Ion Exchange of NaNbO3Inorg. Chem. (Communication), 63, 6111 (2024).

13. Sujan Sen, Megha Goyal, Lalit Kumar, Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Excellent Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Non-Noble Metal-Based 3D Perovskite Oxides Ba3–xSrx MTiSbO9 (x = 1, 1.5 for M= Co and x = 2 for Mn/Co), ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 7, 1495 (2024).

12. Preeti Dahiya, Megha Goyal, Shubham Kumar, Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Unleashing the Potential of Coupled Substituted 3D Niobate Perovskite Oxides in Cocatalyst-free Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 7, 1192 (2024).

11. Shubham Kumar, Jaideep Malik, Megha Goyal, Preeti Dahiya, Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Aurivillius Perovskite-Rhodamine B as Generic Type-II Heterojunction for Collective Photocatalytic Degradation of Multiple POPs, ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 1, 2994 (2023).  

10. Jaideep Malik, Shubham Kumar and Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Reactive species specific RhB assisted collective photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline antibiotics with triple-layer Aurivillius Perovskites, Catal. Sci. & Technol., 12, 6704 (2022).

9. Lalit Kumar, Joydeep Datta, Sujan Sen, Partha Pratim Ray and Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Ambient pressure synthesis and properties of LaCu3Fe2TiSbO12: New A-site ordered ferrimagnetic quadruple perovskite, J. Solid State Chem., 302, 122433 (2021). 

8. Jaideep Malik, Shubham Kumar, Priya Srivastava, Monojit Bag and Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Cation disorder and octahedral distortion control of internal electric field, band bending and carrier lifetime in Aurivillius perovskite solid-solutions for enhanced photocatalytic activity, Mater. Adv., 2, 4832 (2021).

7. Sonia Rani, Gollapally Naresh and Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Coupled substituted double-layer Aurivillius niobates: structures, magnetism and solar photocatalysis, Dalton Trans., 49, 1433 (2020).

6. Vandana Meena and Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Topotactic Ion Exchnage in a Three-Dimensional Close-Packed Trirutile Structure with an Octahedral Network, Inorg. Chem. (Communication), 58, 2921 (2019). 

5. Gollapally Naresh, Jaideep Malik, Vandana Meena and Tapas Kumar Mandal*, pH-Mediated Collective and Selective Solar Photocatalysis by a series of Layered Aurivillius Perovskites, ACS Omega, 3, 11104 (2018).

4. Ambikeshwar Pandey, Gollapally Naresh and Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Sunlight responsive new Sillén-Aurivillius A1X1 hybrid layered oxyhalides with enhanced photocatalytic activity, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 161, 197 (2017).

3. Gollapally Naresh and Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Efficient COD Removal Coinciding with Dye Decoloration by Five Layer Aurivillius Perovskites under Sunlight Irradiation, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 3, 2900 (2015).

2. Gollapally Naresh and Tapas Kumar Mandal*, Excellent Sun-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity by Aurivillius Layered Perovskites, Bi5-xLaxTi3FeO15 (x = 1, 2), ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces6, 21000 (2014).

1. H. Reardon, J. Hanlon, R. W. Hughes, A. Godula-Jopek, Tapas K. Mandal and Duncan H. Gregory*, Emerging concepts in solid-state hydrogen storage; The role of nanomaterials design, Energy Environ. Sci., 5, 5951 (2012).

 

From Rutgers University, USA & University of Glasgow, UK (during 2006 -2010) 

8. Tapas K. Mandal and Duncan H. Gregory*, Hydrogen storage materials: present scenarios and future directions, Annl. Rep. Sec. A (Inorg. Chem.), 105, 21 (2009).

7. Tapas Kumar Mandal, Mark Croft, Joke Hadermann, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Peter W. Stephens and Martha Greenblatt*, La2MnVO6 Double Perovskite: A Structural, Magnetic and X-Ray Absorption Investigation, J. Mater. Chem., 19, 4382 (2009).

6. Tapas Kumar Mandal, Claudia Felser, Martha Greenblatt and Jürgen Kübler*, Magnetic and electronic properties of double perovskites and estimation of their Curie temperatures by ab initio calculations,  Phys. Rev. B, 98, 134431 (2008).

5. Tapas Kumar Mandal, Artem M. Abakumov, Maxim V. Lobanov, Mark Croft, Viktor V. Poltavets and Martha Greenblatt*, Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties of SrLaMnSbO6: A New B-site Ordered Double Perovskite, Chem. Mater., 20, 4653 (2008).

4. Tapas Kumar Mandal, Viktor V. Poltavets, Mark Croft and Martha Greenblatt*, Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties of A2MnB'O6 (A = Ca, Sr; B' = Sb, Ta) Double Perovskites, J. Solid State Chem., 181, 2325 (2008). 

3. Viktor V. Poltavets, Konstantin A. Lokshin, Mark Croft, Tapas K. Mandal, Takeshi Egami and Martha Greenblatt*, Crystal structure of T'-type Ln4Ni3O8 (Ln = La, Nd) nickelates Inorg. Chem.46, 10887 (2007).

2. Tapas Kumar Mandal, Artem M. Abakumov,Joke Hadermann,Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Mark Croft and Martha Greenblatt*, Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of Sr1.31Co0.63Mn0.37O3: A Derivative of the Incommensurate Composite Hexagonal Perovskite Structure, Chem. Mater., 19, 6158 (2007).

1. Rohini Mani, P. Selvamani, Joby E. Joy, J. Gopalakrishnan* and Tapas Kumar Mandal, A Study of Ba3MIIMIVWO9 (MII = Ca, Zn; MIV = Ti, Zr) Perovskite Oxides: Competition between 3C and 6H Perovskite Structures, Inorg. Chem.46, 6661 (2007).

 

From Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (during PhD, 2000-2005) 

5. Tapas Kumar Mandal and J. Gopalakrishnan*, New route to ordered double perovskites: Synthesis of rock salt oxides, Li4MWO6, and their transformation to Sr2MWO6 (M = Mg, Mn, Fe, Ni) via metathesis, Chem. Mater., 17, 2310 (2005).

4. Tapas Kumar Mandal, L. Sebastian, J. Gopalakrishnan*, L. Abrams and J. B. Goodenough, Hydrogen uptake by barium manganite at atmospheric pressure, Mater. Res. Bull. 39, 2257 (2004).

3. Tapas Kumar Mandal and J. Gopalakrishnan*, From rocksalt to perovskite: A metathesis route for the synthesis of perovskite oxides of current interest, J. Mater. Chem., 14, 1273 (2004).

2. J. Gopalakrishnan, Z. Serpil Gönen, K. -S. Chang, Ichiro Takeuchi, T. K. Mandal, Bryan W. Eichhorn*, James C. Fettinger and Richard L. Greene, Synthesis and structure of La14V6CuO36.5: A transparent Cu(I) vanadate containing [OCuO]3- sticks J. Mater. Chem., 12, 3839 (2002). 

1. Tapas Kumar Mandal, N. Y. Vasanthacharya and J. Gopalakrishnan*, A novel metathesis route for the synthesis of La2CuO4 and its superconducting analogues: Synthesis of a new lithium- substituted derivative of La2CuO4J. Mater. Chem., 12, 635 (2002). 

Honors And Awards
Honors
Govt. of India
1991
National Scholarship
N.C.E. Bengal & Jadavpur University
1996
Washington Chapter Annual Scholarship
Jadavpur University
1997
Award for Brilliance
MemberShips
National Magnetic Resonance Society (India)
04 Aug 2020 - Present
Life Member
Society for Materials Chemistry (India)
04 Aug 2020 - Present
Life Member
American Chemical Society, USA
04 Aug 2020 - Present
Member
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Quantum Chemistry, Symmetry & Group Theory ( CYN-501 )
Autumn
Advanced Material Characterization Techniques ( CYN-703 )
Autumn
Structure, Bonding and Properties of Solids ( CYN-518 )
Spring
Materials Chemistry ( CYN-631 )
Autumn
Students
SuperVisions
Development of New Layered Oxide and Oxyhalide Titanates for Solar Photocatalysis
26 Dec 2011 - 02 Sep 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Gollapally Naresh
Energy Storage Materials: New Transition Metal Oxides, Oxy-fluorides and Phosphates
01 Jan 2013 - 24 Jan 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Nishant Gautam
Synthesis and Studies of New Titanates, Niobates and Tungstates with Layered Structure
16 Jul 2013 - 13 Sep 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sonia Rani
New Transition Metal Oxides by Topotactic Ion Exchange and their Magnetic Properties
17 Jul 2013 - 09 Sep 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Vandana Meena
New Triple and Quadruple Perovskite Oxides: Synthesis, Structure and Properties
15 Jul 2014 - 21 Sep 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Lalit Kumar
Binary and Doped Manganese Oxides: Synthesis and their Application in Environmental Remediation
22 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2020
Other Supervisors: Prof. V C Srivastava, Scholar: Vijay Alwera
Novel Layered Titanates and Niobates: Applications in Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants and Water Splitting
29 Jul 2015 - 23 Mar 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Jaideep Malik
Synthesis, Characterization and Solid State NMR Studies of 2D and 3D Li-La/Ca Titanates
01 Jul 2011 - 30 Jun 2012
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Nishant Gautam
In search of Novel Bi-oxy-halides of Ti,Mn and Fe: Synthesis & Characterization
01 Jan 2012 - 30 Apr 2012
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Anupam Biswas
Synthesis and characterization of transition metal substituted titanates and niobates
01 Jul 2012 - 30 Jun 2013
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Kamini Gupta
Synthesis & Characterization of Mesoporous Silica Supported Mixed Metal Oxides & their Cat. Activity
01 Jul 2013 - 30 Jun 2014
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Rita Singh
Structural Evolution in Transition Metal Oxides of Varying Composition
01 Jan 2014 - 30 Apr 2014
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Anowar Hossain
Developing New Semiconductor Photocatalysts for Dye Wastewater Treatment
01 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2015
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ambikeshwar Pandey
Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Nanostructured Mixed Metal Oxides
01 Jan 2016 - 30 Apr 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Poonam Chauhan
Development of Novel Semiconductor Thin Films for Environmental Applications
01 Jun 2016 - 30 Jun 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Avnish Kumar
Novel Mixed Metal Perovskite Oxides
01 Jan 2017 - 30 Apr 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Anil Kumar
Synthesis and Characterization of Na/Li containing Vanadium Oxides
01 Jan 2018 - 30 Apr 2018
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Vishal
Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxides for the Decontamination of Water
01 Jan 2019 - 30 Apr 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sagar Kumar
Exploring New Polytypic Perovskites and Study of their Optical and Dye Removal Properties
01 Jan 2019 - 30 Apr 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Priyanka Meena
Heterostructure Engineering of Semiconductor Metal Oxides
01 Jan 2020 - 30 Apr 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sainyam Sikka
Intercalative Removal of Dye Pollutants using Layered Perovskites
01 Jan 2020 - 30 Apr 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Neetu Rani
Synthesis and Characterization of Perovskites, Bi4LaTi3FeO15 and Bi5SrTi4FeO18 by Molten-Salt Flux Methods
01 Jan 2021 - 10 Jun 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ajay Kumar Pal
Separation of Solid-Solid Mixture Components
01 Jan 2021 - 10 Jun 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Krishan Kant Pandora
Perovskite Hetero-nanostructures for Solar Hydrogen Generation
01 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2022
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Pramod Yadav
Associate Scholars
Shubham Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Layered and Hybrid Perovskites for Water Splitting and Decontamination
Anil Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Low-dimensional Transition Metal Oxides and their Properties
Preeti
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Perovskite Oxides for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation
Megha Goyal
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Nanostructured Porous Materials for Energy Storage and Catalytic Applications
Sujan Sen
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Multiple Perovskites and their Applications
Poonam Chaturvedi
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Semiconductor Photocatalysis for Renewable Energy Generation
Rahul
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Nanostructured Mixed Metal Oxides and Energy Storage Applications
Parul
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Mixed Anion Layered Perovskites in Energy and Environment
Miscellaneous
Events
Functional Materials: Recent Trends & Future Prospects
20 May 2019 - 24 May 2019
AICTE
International Conference on Recent Developments in Organic and Applied Chemsitry-2020
06 Jul 2020 - 07 Jul 2020
Green Chemistry for Cleaner Technology
09 Jan 2017 - 13 Jan 2017
AICTE
International Symposium on Solid State Chemistry
01 Dec 2016 - 03 Dec 2016
IIT Roorkee
International Conference in Structural and Inorganic Chemistry-II (ICSIC-II)
18 Mar 2019 - 19 Mar 2019
SERB
Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry-XVI
03 Jan 2015 - 05 Jan 2015
IIT Roorkee
Metal Oxide Functional Materials
23 May 2019 - 23 May 2019
AICTE
Novel Correlated Electronic Materials
08 Mar 2014 - 08 Mar 2014
QIP
Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry-XV
13 Dec 2013 - 16 Dec 2013
IIT Roorkee
New Oxides for Solar Photocatalysis and Energy Storage
20 Jan 2018 - 20 Jan 2018
Structural characterization: X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy
24 May 2019 - 24 May 2019
AICTE
National Magnetic Resonance Society Symposium-13
03 Feb 2013 - 06 Feb 2013
Layered Titanates, Vanadates and Phosphates: Applications in Photocatalysis and Energy Storage
05 May 2017 - 06 May 2017
Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry-XIV
10 Dec 2011 - 13 Dec 2011
Synthesis of Advanced Materials and Catalysts: Role of Green Chemistry
12 Jan 2017 - 12 Jan 2017
QIP
Solar Energy Harvesting for Cleaner Energy and Environmental Applications
11 Jan 2017 - 11 Jan 2017
QIP
Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association membership meeting
17 Feb 2010 - 17 Feb 2010
SHFCA
X-Ray Diffraction for Structural Characterization of Materials
03 Jun 2016 - 03 Jun 2016
ISIS Crystallography User Group Meeting
05 Nov 2009 - 06 Nov 2009
42nd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress
02 Aug 2009 - 07 Aug 2009
University of Glasgow
Cation Ordering in Highly Correlated Double Perovskite Oxides: An Experimental Perspective
08 Mar 2014 - 08 Mar 2014
Solid-state hydrogen storage: the state of the art and potential solutions
17 Feb 2010 - 17 Feb 2010
Universities of Scotland Inorganic Conference
11 Sep 2008 - 12 Sep 2008
22nd Annual Symposium of the Laboratory for Surface Modification
15 Feb 2008 - 15 Feb 2008
Rutgers University
SSCU Silver Jubilee International Symposium on Solid State and Materials Chemistry
04 Dec 2001 - 07 Dec 2001
Indian Institute of Science
Winter School in Solid State and Materials Chemistry
29 Nov 1999 - 04 Dec 1999
IISc & JNCASR
Administrative Positions
Warden, KIH
01 Jan 2013 - 01 Jan 2014
IIT Roorkee