LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (IIT Gandhinagar)
2023
75. Methanol assisted water electrooxidation on noble metal free perovskite: RRDE insight into the catalyst’s behaviour, Shikha Dhakar, Sudhanshu Sharma, et al, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 654, (2024)
74." Catalytic Potential and Utility of High Entropy Alloys", S. Sharma, H. Sharma, S Trans Indian Natl. Acad. Eng. (2023)
73."Utilization of structural high entropy alloy for CO oxidation to CO2,Materials Today Energy", Shikha Dhakar, Anjali Sharma, Sudhanshu Sharma, Krishanu Biswas, et al ,Materials Today Energy 37, 101386 (2023)
72. "Catalysis by substituted platinum (ionic Pt) catalysts", H Sharma, A Bisht, N Sethulakshmi, S Sharma,International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 0360-3199 (2023)
71."CO2/CO methanation over Ru and Ni supported γ-Al2O3: A study on the effect of the stoichiometry of reactant gases", G Jabotra, PK Yadav, S Kumar, S Sharma, Molecular Catalysis 547, 113365 (2023)
70."Methanol assisted water electrooxidation on noble metal free perovskite: RRDE insight into the catalyst’s behaviour", S Dhakar, S Mukhopadhyay, MO Thotiyl, S Sharma (2023)
69."Photoelectrochemically Induced CO2 Reduction Using Halide-Tunable Lead-Free Perovskites", M Singh, J Nama, T Paul, NH Makani, A Sahoo, S Sharma, R Banerjee, ACS Applied Energy Materials 6 (6), 3566-3578 (2023)
68. "Oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids over geopolymer supported CuO", J Upadhyay, SP Misra, S Irusta, S Sharma, PA Deshpande Molecular Catalysis 536, 112911 (2023)
67. "Ni/Co in and on CeO 2: a comparative study on the dry reforming reaction", PK Yadav, K Patrikar, A Mondal, S Sharma, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, (2023)
65. "Ethanol formation via CO2 electroreduction at low overvoltage over exposed (111) plane of CuO thin film", S Dhakar, J Nama, V Kumari, R Khatua, A Mondal, S Sharma, Electrochimica Acta 441, 141791 (2023)
2022
64. "Photoelectrocatalytic CO2 reduction using stable lead-free bimetallic CsAgBr2 halide perovskite nanocrystals", NH Makani, M Singh, T Paul, A Sahoo, J Nama, S Sharma, R Banerjee Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 920, 116583 (2022).
63. "Non-Faradaic Electrochemical Energy Transduction Using Catalytic Motors",AK Shukla, S Mitra, S Dhakar, R Chakraborty, S Sharma, KK Dey, ACS Applied Energy Materials 5 (10), 12916-12924 (2022).
62. "Insights into the substitutional chemistry of La1−xSrxCo1−yMyO3 (M = Pd, Ru, Rh, and Pt) probed by in situ DRIFTS and DFT analysis of CO oxidation", PK Yadav, S Kumari, U Naveena, PA Deshpande, S Sharma, Applied Catalysis A: General 643, 118768 (2022).
61. "Noble metal-free La0.80Sr0.20CoO3 thin film electrode for sodium formate electrooxidation", D Vyas, S Sharma, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 915, 116327 (2022).
60. "Nanocoral Architecture for Enhanced Hydrazine Assisted Water Oxidation: Insight from Experiment and Theory", N Sethulakshmi, S Nellaiappan, PK Prasanna, T Das, S Irusta, ... Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 922, 116776 (2022).
59. "Understanding the electrocatalysis OER and ORR activity of ultrathin spinel Mn3O4" , J of industrial and engineering chemistry 113, 153-160 (2022).
58. "Electrochemical Energy Harvesting Using Microbial Active Matter", AK Shukla, S Mitra, S Dhakar, A Maiti, S Sharma, KK Dey ACS Applied Bio Materials 6 (1), 117-125 (2022).
57. "Noble metal-free La0.80Sr0.20CoO3 thin film electrode for sodium formate electrooxidation", D Vyas, S Sharma, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 915, 116327 (2022).
2021
56. “Pt4+ as an Active Site for Oxygen Evolution Reaction in La1–xSrxCo1–yPtyO3”, Anuj Bisht, Pradeep Kumar Yadav, Shikha Dhakar, and Sudhanshu Sharma, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C,129, 46, 25488-25496 (2021).
55. "Electrooxidation of hydrazine utilizing high-entropy alloys: assisting the oxygen evolution reaction at the thermodynamic voltage", Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Shikha Dhakar, Arko Parui, Pooja Gakhad, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Krishanu Biswas, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, and Sudhanshu Sharma, ACS Catalysis, 11, 22, 14000-14007 (2021).
54. “A Perspective on the Catalysis Using the High Entropy Alloys”, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Krishanu Biswas, Jien-Wei Yeh, Sudhanshu Sharma , Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Nano Energy 88, 106261 (2021).
53. "Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Electronic Structure, and Catalytic Properties of Ni3GaSb", Roy, Nilanjan, Saroj Kumari, Ritobroto Sikdar, Anjali Sharma, Sivaprasad Ghanta, Sudhanshu Sharma, Parag A Deshpande, Partha P Jana, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1410-1418 (2021).
52. "Nanocoral CuCo2S4 thiospinels: Oxygen evolution reaction via redox interaction of metal ions", Sethulakshmi Narayanan, Subramanian Nellaiappan, Phanikumar Pentyala, Manu Sharma, Silvia Irusta, Parag A Deshpande, Sudhanshu Sharma, Electrochimica Acta, 370, 137701 (2021).
2020
51. “Synthesis of Bentonite Clay-Based Geopolymer and Its Application in the Treatment of Expansive Soil”, Taki K., Sharma S, Advances in Computer Methods and Geomechanics, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, 56 (2020).
50. “Exfoliation and Extraction of Nanoclay from Montmorillonite Mineral Rich Bentonite Soil”, Kantesaria N., Sharma S, Advances in Computer Methods and Geomechanics, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer, 56 (2020).
49. “Green Route for Beneficiation of Metallic Materials from Electronic Waste for Selective Reduction of CO2”, N. Sharma, A. Bajpai, P. K. Yadav, S. Nellaiappan, S. Sharma, C. S. Tiwary and K. Biswas, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2020).
48. “Effect of Bi3+ Ion Concentration on Physicochemical, Optical and Catalytic Properties of One‐Pot Combustion Synthesized Nanocrystalline Bi‐Doped La2O3” B. P. Gangwar, S. Irusta, S. Sharma, ChemistrySelect, 5, 7548-7559 (2020).
47. “Formic acid and methanol electro-oxidation and counter hydrogen production using nano high entropy catalyst”, NK Katiyar, S Nellaiappan, R Kumar, KD Malviya, KG Pradeep, Abhishek K Singh, Sudhanshu Sharma, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Krishanu Biswas, Materials Today Energy 16, 100393 (2020).
46. “High-Entropy Alloys as Catalysts for the CO2 and CO Reduction Reactions: Experimental Realization”, S Nellaiappan, NK Katiyar, R Kumar, A Parui, KD Malviya, KG Pradeep, Abhishek K Singh, Sudhanshu Sharma, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Krishanu Biswas, ACS Catalysis 10, 3658-3663 (2020).
45. “Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide into Selective Hydrocarbons at Low Overpotential Using Isomorphic Atomic Substitution in Copper Oxide”, Subramanian Nellaiappan, Ritesh Kumar, C. Shivakumara, Silvia Irusta, Jordan A. Hachtel, Juan-Carlos Idrobo, Abhishek K. Singh, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Sudhanshu Sharma, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8, 179-189 (2020).
44. “Physicochemical and optical properties of one-pot combustion synthesized Pr doped La2O3/La(OH)3”, Bhanu P Gangwar, Silvia Irusta, Sudhanshu Sharma, Journal of Luminescence, 219, 116893 (2020).
2019
43. “Electrochemical insights into layered La2CuO4 perovskite: Active ionic copper for selective CO2 electroreduction at low overpotential”, Rana Pratap Singh, Payal Arora, Subramanian Nellaiappan, C. Shivakumara, Silvia Irusta, Manas Paliwal, Sudhanshu Sharma, Electrochimica Acta, 326, 1349522 (2019).
42. “Substitution of Zinc(II) in Nickel(II) Oxide as Proficient Copper-Free Catalysts for Selective CO2 Electroreduction”, Subramanian Nellaiappan, Sudhanshu Sharma, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2, 2998-3003 (2019).
41. “Plasmonic CoO-Decorated Au Nanorods for Photoelectrocatalytic Water Oxidation”, Piue Ghosh, Ashish Kar, Shikha Khandelwal, Divya Vyas, Ab Qayoom Mir, Chakraborty Lal Arup, Ravi S Hegde, Sudhanshu Sharma, Arnab Dutta, Saumyakanti Khatua, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2, 5795-5803 (2019).
40. “Ultra-Low-Temperature CO Oxidation Activity of Octahedral Site Cobalt Species in Co3O4 Based Catalysts: Unravelling the Origin of the Unique Catalytic Property”, Tinku Baidya, Toru Murayama, Subramanian Nellaiappan, Nirmal Kumar Katiyar, Parthasarathi Bera, Olga Safonova, Mingyue Lin, Kaustubh R. Priolkar, Samapti Kundu, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, Patrick Steiger, Sudhanshu Sharma, Krishanu Biswas, Swapan Kumar Pradhan, Nakka Lingaiah, Kirtiman Deo Malviya, Masatake Haruta, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 19557-19571 (2019).
39. “La0.80Sr0.20CoO3 as a noble-metal-free catalyst for the direct oxidation of formic acid under zero applied potential”, Anuj Bisht, Phanikumar Pentyala, Parag A Deshpande, Sudhanshu Sharma, Electrochemistry Communications, 99, 1-4 (2019).
38. “Dry reforming activity due to ionic Ru in La1.99Ru0.01O3: the role of specific carbonates”, Bhanu P. Gangwar, Phanikumar Pentyala, Khushubo Tiwari, Krishanu Biswas, Sudhanshu Sharma, Parag A. Deshpande, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, 16726-16736 (2019).
2018
37. “One step rapid synthesis of mesoporous high surface area Sn1-xSbxO2: Electrochemical and scanning tunneling spectroscopic studies”, Divya Vyas, Aditi Singhal, Sudhanshu Sharma, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of solids, 123 355–363 (2018).
36. “Morphology controlled graphene–alloy nanoparticle hybrids with tunable carbon monoxide conversion to carbon dioxide”, M. Manolata Devi, N. Dolai, S. Sreehala, Y. M. Jaques, R. S. Kumar Mishra, Douglas S. Galvao, C. S. Tiwary, Sudhanshu Sharma, Krishanu Biswas, Nanoscale, 10, 8840-8850 (2018).
35. “Pt Metal Supported and Pt4+ Doped La1−xSrxCoO3: Non-performance of Pt4+ and Reactivity Differences with Pt Metal,” A. Bisht, A. Sihag, A. Satyaprasad, S. S. Mallajosyala, and S. Sharma, Catalysis Letters, 148, 1965–1977 (2018).
34. “Direct Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation on Pt Doped and Undoped La1-xSrxCoO3: Activity Suppression due to Proton Reduction Reaction”, Anuj Bisht and Sudhanshu Sharma, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 165, H927-H931, (2018).
2017
33. “Modifying the hygroscopic property of La2O3 by Pr, Sm and Nd doping”, Bhanu P. Gangwar, Sanat Chandra Maiti, Sudhanshu Sharma, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 256, 109–115 (2017).
32. “Oxidative steam reforming of ethanol on rhodium catalyst-1: Spatially resolved steady-state experiments and microkinetic modelling”, Renika Baruah, Marm Dixit, Anand Parejiya, Pratik Basarkar, Atul Bhargav, Sudhanshu Sharma, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42, 10184-10198 (2017).
31. “Adsorption of C2 gases over CeO2-based catalysts: Synergism of cationic sites and anionic vacancies”, Manjusha C. Padole, Bhanu P. Gangwar, Aman Pandey, Aditi Singhal, Sudhanshu Sharma, Parag A. Deshpande, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 14148-14159 (2017).
30. “Nonreducible, Basic La2O3 to Reducible, Acidic La2–xSbxO3 with Significant Oxygen Storage Capacity, Lower Band Gap, and Effect on the Catalytic Activity”, Aman Pandey, Gunisha Jain, Divya Vyas, Silvia Irusta, Sudhanshu Sharma, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, 481–489 (2017).
2016
29. “One pot, rapid synthesis of Co3O4 by solution combustion method and its electrochemical properties in different electrolytes”, Aditi Singhal, Anuj Bisht, Amit Kumar, Sudhanshu Sharma, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 776, 152–161 (2016).
28. “Mechanistic Insights into CO2 Methanation over Ru-Substituted CeO2”, Sudhanshu Sharma, Kanchari Bavajigari Sravan Kumar, Yash M Chandnani, V Sai Phani Kumar, Bhanu P Gangwar, Aditi Singhal, Parag A Deshpande, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 14101–14112 (2016).
27. “Autothermal reforming of methane on rhodium catalysts: Microkinetic analysis for model reduction”, Marm Dixit, Renika Baruah, Dhrupad Parikh, Sudhanshu Sharma, Atul Bhargav, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 89,149–157 (2016).
26. “Green synthesis of 1,4-benzodiazepines over La2O3 and La(OH)3 catalysts: possibility of Langmuir–Hinshelwood adsorption”, Archana Singh, Veerabhadraiah Palakollu , Aman Pandey , Sriram Kanvah, Sudhanshu Sharma, RSC Advances, 6, 103455-103462 (2016).
2015
25. “Calcium-modified hierarchically porous aluminosilicate geopolymer as a highly efficient regenerable catalyst for biodiesel production”, Sudhanshu Sharma, Dinesh Medpelli, Shaojiang Chen, Dong-Kyun Seo, RSC Advances, 5, 65454-65461 (2015).
24. “Pt-Doped and Pt-Supported La1–xSrxCoO3: Comparative Activity of Pt4+ and Pt0 Toward the CO Poisoning Effect in Formic Acid and Methanol Electro-oxidation”, Anuj Bisht, Peng Zhang, C. Shivakumara, Sudhanshu Sharma, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, 14126-14134 (2015).
23. “Oxidative activation of methane on lanthanum oxide and nickel-lanthanum oxide catalysts”, M. Dixit, A. Menon, R. Baruah, A. Bhargav, and S. Sharma, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 115, 611–624 (2015).
2014
22. “Combustion Synthesized La2O3 and La(OH)3: Recyclable Catalytic Activity towards Knoevenagel and Hantzsch reactions”, Bhanu Pratap Gangwar, Veerabhadraiah Palakollu, Archna Singh, Sriram Kanvah, Sudhanshu Sharma, RSC Advances, 4, 55407-55416 (2014).
21. “CO2 methanation by Ru-doped ceria: the role of the oxidation state of the surface”, D Chester Upham, Alan R Derk, Sudhanshu Sharma, Horia Metiu, Eric W McFarland, Catalysis Science & Technology, 5, 1783-1791 (2015).
20. “Catalytic Dry Reforming of Methane on Ruthenium-Doped Ceria and Ruthenium Supported on Ceria”, Alan R Derk, George M Moore, Sudhanshu Sharma, Eric W McFarland, Horia Metiu, Topics in Catalysis, 57, 118-124 (2014).
19. “Understanding the electrochemical differences of Pt doped and Pt supported over CeO2”, A. Bisht, B. Gangwar, T. Anupriya, Sudhanshu Sharma, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 18, 197-206 (2014).
18. “Methane Oxidation by Lanthanum Oxide Doped with Cu, Zn, Mg, Fe, Nb, Ti, Zr, or Ta: The Connection between the Activation Energy and the Energy of Oxygen-Vacancy Formation”, A. Derk, B. Li, Sudhanshu Sharma, G. Moore, E. McFarland, H. Metiu, Catalysis Letters, 143, 406-410 (2013).
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (Post-Doc)
17. “Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of Nanoporous Transparent Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide (ATO) Coatings”, Sudhanshu Sharma, Alex M. Volosin, Dominik Schmitt, Dong-Kyun Seo., Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1, 699-706 (2013).
16. "One-Pot Synthesis of Highly Mesoporous Antimony-Doped Tin Oxide from Interpenetrating Inorganic/Organic Networks", Alex M. Volosin, Sudhanshu Sharma and Dong-Kyun Seo, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21,13232, (2011).
15. “Oriented Ti doped hematite thin film as active photoanodes synthesized by facile APCVD” Peng Zhang, Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein, Yong-Sheng Hu, Jarrod Lefton, Sudhanshu Sharma, Arnold Forman, and Eric W. McFarland, Energy and Environmental Science 4, 1020-1028 (2011).
14. “CO2 methanation on Ru-doped CeO2”, Sudhanshu Sharma, P. Zhang, H. Metiu, E. W. McFarland, Journal of Catalysis, 278, 297-309 (2011).
13. “Silica encapsulated heterostructure catalyst of Pt nanoclusters on hematite nanocubes: synthesis and reactivity” P. Zhang, M. F. Chi, Sudhanshu Sharma, E. W. McFarland, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20, 2013-2017 (2010).
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (Ph.D.)
12. “Electrocatalysis and redox behavior of Pt2+ ion in CeO2 and Ce0.85Ti0.15O2: XPS evidence of participation of lattice oxygen for high activity” by Sudhanshu Sharma, P. Singh and M. S. Hegde, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 15, 2185-2197 (2011). (as corresponding author)
11. “Direct evidence of redox interaction between metal ion and support oxide in Ce0.98Pd0.02O2-δ by a combined electrochemical and XPS study” by Sudhanshu Sharma, Bhaskar D. Mukri and M. S. Hegde, Dalton Transactions, 40, 11480 (2011). (as corresponding author)
10. “Pt2+ Dispersed in Ce0.83Ti0.15O2-δ: Significant Improvement in PROX Activity by Ti Substitution in CeO2 in Hydrogen Rich Stream” Sudhanshu Sharma, A. Gupta, M. S. Hegde, Catalysis Letters, 134, 330-336 (2010).
9. “Microemulsion-mediated synthesis of cobalt (pure fcc and hexagonal phases) and cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles”, J. Ahmed, Sudhanshu Sharma, K. V. Ramanujachari, A. K. Ganguli, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 336, 814-819 (2009).
8. “Nondeactivating Nanosized Ionic Catalysts for Water-Gas Shift Reaction”, Sudhanshu Sharma, P. A. Deshpande, M. S. Hegde and Giridhar Madras, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48, 6535-6543 (2009).
7. “Controlled Attachment of Ultrafine Platinum Nanoparticles on Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes with High Electrocatalytic Activity for Methanol Oxidation”, A. Halder, Sudhanshu Sharma, M. S. Hegde, N. Ravishankar, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, 1466-1473 (2009).
6. “Pt metal-CeO2 interaction: Direct observation of redox coupling between Pt0 /Pt2+ /Pt4+ and Ce4+/Ce3+ states in Ce0.98Pt0.02O2-δ catalyst by a combined electrochemical and XPS study” Sudhanshu Sharma and M. S. Hegde, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 130, 114706 (2009).
5. “Ti0.99Pd0.01O2-δ: A new Pt-free catalyst for high rates of H2+O2 recombination with high CO tolerant capacity” Sudhanshu Sharma and M. S. Hegde, ChemPhysChem, 10, 637-640 (2009).
4. “Low temperature NOx and N2O reduction by H2: Mechanism and development of new nano-catalysts” Sounak Roy, M.S. Hegde, S. Sharma, N.P. Lalla, A. Marimuthu, Giridhar Madras, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 84, 341-350 (2008).
3. “Hydrocarbon oxidation and three-way catalytic activity on a single step directly coated cordierite monolith: High catalytic activity of Ce0.98Pd0.02O2-δ” Sudhanshu Sharma, M. S. Hegde, Ratindra Nath Das, Manish Pandey, Applied Catalysis A: General, 337,130-137 (2008).
2. “Single step direct coating of 3-way catalysts on cordierite monolith by solution combustion method: High catalytic activity of Ce0.98Pd0.02O2-δ” Sudhanshu Sharma, M. S. Hegde, Catalysis Letters, 112, 69-75 (2006).
LIST OF PATENTS (Ph.D.)
1. A Metal ionic catalyst composition and a process thereof, Indian Patent Office, Application no.106/CHE/2006. (Appeared in magazine like Time Out as an article in 2009). This patent has been bought by a start-up company (Micro Materials) in Bangalore.