Research Interests
Solid State and Materials Chemistry, Photocatalytic, energy storage, magnetic and catalytic materials; Nanomaterials; Hydrogen energy
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Research
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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 NaNbO3, Inorg. 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. Interfaces, 6, 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 La2CuO4, J. Mater. Chem., 12, 635 (2002).
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