Publications

1. Aathira M. Sadanandan, Jae-Hun Yang,* Vidyasagar Devtade, Gurwinder Singh, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Mohammed Fawaz, Jang Mee Lee, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Chung-Hwan Jeon, Prashant Kumar, and A. Vinu*, Carbon Nitride Based Nanoarchitectonics for Nature-inspired Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction, Progress in Materials Science, 2024, 101242.
2. Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Mohammed Fawaz, CI Sathish, Siddulu Naidu Talapaneni, Kavitha Ramadass, Aathira M. Sadanandan, Xuan Minh Chau Ta, Matej Huš, Vibin Perumalsamy, Antonio Tricoli, Blaž Likozar, Chung-Hwan Jeon, Jae-Hun Yang*, A. Vinu,* Insights into Atomic Level π-Electron Modulations in Supramolecular Carbon Nitride Nanoarchitectonics for Sustainable Green Hydrogen Production, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 2400686.
3. Prashant Kumar*, Gurwinder Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Zhixuan Li, Xiangwei Zhang, C. I. Sathish, Mercy R. Benzigar, Thi Kim Anh Tran, Nisha T. Padmanabhan, Sithara Radhakrishnan, Jith C Janardhanan, Christy Ann Biji, Ann Jini Mathews, Honey John, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Ramasamy Murugavel, Soumyabrata Roy, Pulickel M. Ajayan*, and A. Vinu,* The rise of borophene, Progress in Materials Science,2024, 101331.
4. Panangattu Dharmarajan Nithinraj, Vidyasagar Devtade, Jae-Hun Yang, Siddulu Naidu Talapaneni, Jangmee Lee, Kavitha Ramadass, Gurwinder Singh, Mohammad Fawaz, Prashant Kumar, A. Vinu,* Bio-inspired supramolecular self-assembly synthesized carbon nitride for photocatalytic water splitting, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2306895.
5. Prashant Kumar*, Gurwinder Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Jiabao Yi, Xinwei Guan, Soumyabrata Roy, Jangmee Lee, In Young Kim, Xiamin Li, Fanxing Bu, Sathvik Ajay Iyengar, Dongyuan Zhao, Pulickel M. Ajayan*, and A. Vinu,* The rise of Xene hybrids, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36 (33), 2403881.
6. Sumit Chahal, Trisha Sahay, Zhixuan Li, Raju Sharma, Ekta Kumari, Arkamita Bandyopadhyay, Puja Kumari, Soumya Jyoti Ray, A.Vinu,* and Prashant Kumar*, Graphene via microwave expansion of graphite followed by cryo-quenching and its application in electrostatic droplet switching, Small, 2024, 2404337.
7. Rohan Bahadur, ‪Puspamitra Panigrahi, Ian Jason J, Jang Mee Lee,*  Xiaojiang Yu, Mark BH Breese, and A.Vinu,* Nanohybrids of BCN/FeS for Hybrid Sodium and Lithium Ion Capacitors, Small, 2024, 2311945.
8. Rohan Bahadur, Gurwinder Singh, Zhixuan Li, Barkha Singh, Rohit Srivastava, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Shery Chang, Ramaswamy Murugavel, and A. Vinu*, Hybrid nanoarchitectonics of ordered mesoporous C60–BCN with high surface area for supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries, Carbon, 2024, 216, 118568.
9. Ajanya Maria Ruban, Gurwinder Singh*, Rohan Bahadur, CI Sathish and A. Vinu*, Almond Skin Derived Porous Biocarbon Nanoarchitectonics with Tunable Micro and Mesoporosity for CO2 Adsorption and Supercapacitors, Carbon, 2024, 119372.
10. Rohan Bahadur and A. Vinu,* Multiple Heteroatom Doped Nanoporous Biocarbon for Supercapacitor and Zinc‐ion Capacitor, ChemSusChem, 2024, e202400999.
11. Vaibhav, A. Vinu*, Order within Disorder: Unveiling the Potential of High Entropy Materials in Energy Storage and Electrocatalysis, Energy Storage Materials, 2024, 103718.
12. Nithya S. George, Gurwinder Singh*, Rohan Bahadur, Prashant Kumar, Kavitha Ramadass, CI Sathish, Mercy Benzigar, Davidson Sajan, Arun Aravind, and A. Vinu*, Recent advances in functionalized biomass-derived porous carbons and their composites for hybrid ion capacitors, Advanced Science, 2024, 11 (35) 2406235.
13. Xinwei Guan, Xiangwei Zhang, Zhixuan Li, Swapnil Deshpande, Mohammed Fawaz, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Chun-Ho Lin, Zhihao Lei, Long Hu, Jing-Kai Huang, Prashant Kumar1, Zhiming Sun, Sudip Chakraborty, and A. Vinu*, Sulfoxide-Functional Nanoarchitectonics of Mesoporous Sulfur-doped C3N5 for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution, Chemistry of Materials, 2024, 36 (9), 4511-4520.
14. Gurwinder Singh, Prashant Kumar, Kavitha Ramadass, Jang Mee Lee, A. Vinu*, Emerging Multifunctional Nanostructures and their Applications, Small, 2024, 2311330.
15. Zhixuan Li, Xinwei Guan, Gaurav Pandey, Sumit Chahal, Arkamita Bandyopadhyay, Kamalendra Awasthi, Prashant Kumar, A. Vinu*, Microwave Doping of Sulfur and Iron in β12 Borophene, Small, 2024, 2307610.
16. Sumit Chahal, Rebti Bhushan, Akhil K. Nair, Jang Mee Lee, Soumya Jyoti Ray, Awalendra K. Thakur, A. Vinu, and Prashant Kumar, Microwave nanoarchitectonics of black phosphorene for energy storage, Matter, 2024, 7, 237-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2023.10.030.
17. Muhammad Ibrar Ahmed, Cheng Wang, Yong Zhao, CI Sathish, Zhihao Lei, Liang Qiao, Chenghua Sun, Shaobin Wang, A. Vinu, Jiabao Yi, Bridging Together Theoretical and Experimental Perspectives in Single–Atom Alloys for Electrochemical Ammonia Production, Small, 2024, 2308084.
18. Sharafat Ali, Pir Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Khan, Alei Dang, Sajjad Ali, Amir Zada, Fazal Raziq, Imran Khan, Muhammad Shakeel Khan, Muhammad Ateeq, Waliullah Khan, Syedul Hasnain Bakhtiar, Haider Ali, Xiaoqiang Wu, Muhammad Ishaq Ali Shah, A. Vinu, Jiabao Yi, Pengfei Xia, Liang Qiao, Charge transfer in TiO 2-based photocatalysis: fundamental mechanisms to material strategies, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 4352-4377.
19. Chechia Hu, Lee-Lee Chang, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Tzu-Jen Lin, Zi-Jun Lin, A. Vinu, Kuo-Lun Tung, Fluorine-doped g-C3N5 quantum dots for detection of heavy metal ions, Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 49, 104419.
20. Jefrin M. Davidraj, CI Sathish, Mercy R Benzigar, Zhixuan Li, Xiangwei Zhang, Rohan Bahadur, Kavitha Ramdass, Gurwinder Singh, Jiabao Yi*, Prashant Kumar* and A. Vinu*, Recent Advances in Food Waste-Derived Nanoporous Carbon for Energy Storage, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 2024, 2357062.
21. Jefrin M. Davidraj, CI Sathish, Premkumar Selvarajan, Mohammed Fawaz, Vibin Perumalsamy, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark BH Breese, Jiabao Yi and A. Vinu*, Aminotriazine derived N-doped mesoporous carbon with a tunable nitrogen content and their improved oxygen reduction reaction performance, Nanoscale, 2024, 16 (35), 16439-16450.
22. Bhavya Mod, Arun V. Baskar, Rohan Bahadur, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Lukas Van Zwieten, Gurwinder Singh*, and A. Vinu*, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 2024,5, 2393568.
23. Gurwinder Singh*, Ajanya Maria Ruban, Rohan Bahadur, Vaishwik Patel, Arsh A. Ismaili, Bhavya Mod, and A. Vinu*, Multifunctional Nanoceria/Porous Biocarbon Nanocomposites and their unique Enzyme-Like Activity and Versatile Applications in CO₂ Capture and Energy Storage, Chemistry Asian Journal, 2024, e202400994.
24. Jefrin M. Davidraj, CI Sathish, Vibin Perumalsamy, Vishnumaya Narayanan, Muhammad Ibrar Ahmed, Binodhya Wijerathne, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark BH Breese, Jiabao Yi and A. Vinu*, Multifunctional nanoporous biocarbon derived from ginger: A promising material for CO2 capture and supercapacitor, Energy Materials, 2024, Accepted.
25. Pranay Ranjan, Zhixuan Li, Arshiya Ansari, Shahzad Ahmed, Moin Ali Siddiqui, Shizhuo Zhang, Shashikant P. Patole, Gary J. Cheng, El Hadi S Sadki, Prashant Kumar, and A. Vinu*, 2D Materials for Potable Water Application: Basic Nanoarchitectonics and Recent Progresses, Small, 2024, 2407160.
26. Mukul Manoj Morey, Rohan Bahadur, Zhixuan Li, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Mohammed Fawaz, Arkamita Bandyopadhyay, Sumit Chahal, Nikita Chitre, Solomon Ansah, Raman Singh, Prashant Kumar* and A. Vinu*, Experimental Realization of Fluoroborophene, Small, 2024, 2407763.
27. Aathira M Sadanandan, Mohammed Fawaz, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Matej Huš, Gurwinder Singh, CI Sathish, Blaž Likozar, Zhixuan Li, Ajanya M Ruban, Chung-Hwan Jeon, Jae-Hun Yang, Prashant Kumar, and A. Vinu*, Mesoporous C-doped C₃N₅ as a superior photocatalyst for CO₂ reduction, Applied Catalysis B; Environmental and Energy, 2024, 124701.
28. Sathish Clastinrusselraj Indirathankam, Xueze Chu, Premkumar Selvarajan, Shibo Xi, Jiangtao Qu, Rongkun Zheng, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark Breese, Dong-Chen Qi, Wei Li, Liang Qiao, A. Vinu, and Jiabao Yi, Copper Single-Atom Embedded Mesoporous Carbon Nitride: A Hybrid Material for Next-Generation Sensors, Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2024, Accepted.
29. Jolitta Sheri John Britto, Thi Kim Anh Tran, Vibin Perumalsamy, CI Sathish, Sharon L Wong, Gurwinder Singh, Prashant Kumar*, A. Vinu*, Antibacterial Performance of Copper-loaded Mesoporous C3N6, Small, Accepted.
30. Jolitta Sheri John Britto, Sharon L Wong, Vaishwik Patel, Thi Kim Anh Tran, Vibin Perumalsamy, Mukul Morey, Xuan Minh Chau Ta, Antonio Tricoli, Rohan Bahadur, Gurwinder Singh, Prashant Kumar* and A. Vinu*, Copper-loaded Nitrogen-rich Mesoporous C3N6 based Nanozymes for Calorimetric Detection of Glutathione and Glucose, Advanced Sensor Research, 2024, Accepted.
31. Arsh Ismaili, Gurwinder Singh, CI Sathish, Kavitha Ramadass, Vinay Naral, Stalin Joseph, Mercy Benzigar, Muhammad Ibrar Ahmed, Ajayan Vinu, Recent developments in functionalized mesoporous materials for CO2 conversion, Materials Today Catalysis, 2024, In press.
32. Bio-mimic Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Efficient Electrochemical Histamine Sensing, Shahzad Ahmed, Arshiya Ansari, Zhixuan Li, Hirak Mazumdar, Moin Ali Siddiqui, Afzal Khan, Pranay Ranjan, Ajeet Kaushik, A. Vinu*, Prashant Kumar, Advanced Sensor Research, 2024, Accepted.
33. Arsh Aminmahamad Ismaili, CI Sathish*, Ayush Kumar, Zhixuan Li, Stalin Joseph and A. Vinu*, Catalytic Conversion of CO₂ to Methane using Nickel Functionalised Mesoporous SBA-1 with 3D Cage Type Porous Structure, Chemcatchem, 2024, in press.
34. Antibacterial Performance of Copper-loaded Mesoporous C3N6, Jolitta Sheri John Britto, Thi Kim Anh Tran, Vibin Perumalsamy, CI Sathish, Sharon L Wong, Gurwinder Singh, Prashant Kumar*, A. Vinu*, Small, 2024, Accepted.
35. Gaurav Pandey, Zhixuan Li, Sumit Chahal, Nishant Kumar, Kamlendra Awasthi, Ajayan Vinu, Prashant Kumar, Molybdenene for Energy Storage Applications, Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2024, In press.
36. In-situ Spectroscopic Studies on the Mechanism of CO2 Adsorption and Photocurrent Applications over g-C3N5, Rashmi Nautiyal, Santosh K. Gupta, Manasi Ghosh, C.A. Betty, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Kaustava Bhattacharyya, A.Vinu*, Gurudas P. Mane, Small Structures, 2025, Accepted with revisions.
37. Arsh Ismaili, Gurwinder Singh, CI Sathish, Zhixuan Li, Sanje Mahasivam, Stalin Joseph, Vipul Bansal, A. Vinu*, Journal of CO2 Utilisation, 2024, Under Revision.
38. Xueze Chu, C.I. Sathish, Wei Li, Dongchen Qi, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark B. H. Breese, A. Vinu*, and Jiabao Yi, Sodium chlorine induced highly crystalline graphitic carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, 2023, Submitted.
39. CI Sathish, Premkumar Selvarajan, Xueze Chu, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark B H Breese, Jiabao Yi, A. Vinu*, Tubular carbon nitrides with high nitrogen contents and tunable band structure and their superior ability for CO₂ capture and solvent sensing, Advanced Science, 2023, Submitted.
40. Masumeh Moloudi, Abolhassan Noori, Mohammad S. Rahmanifar, Maher F. El-Kady, Nahla B. Mohamed, Xinhui Xia, Yongqi Zhang, A. Vinu, Richard B. Kaner,* and Mir F. Mousavi, Nanostructured Amorphous Ni-Co-Fe Phosphide as a Versatile Electrocatalytic Towards Seawater Splitting and Aqueous Zinc-Air Batteries, Chem, 2024, Submitted.
41. Aathira M. Sadanandan, Jae-Hun Yang, Mohammed Fawaz, Ayona K. P Jose, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Vaishwik Patel, Yuwei Wang, Zhixuan Li, Gurwinder Singh, Prashant Kumar and A. Vinu*, Ordered mesoporous C₃N₅ with high efficiency for photocatalytic CO2 reduction, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, Accepted with revisions.
42. Aathira M. Sadanandan, Mohammed Fawaz, Ayona K. P Jose, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Xuan Minh Chau Ta, Vibin Perumalsamy, Jae-Hun Yang, Gurwinder Singh, Prashant Kumar, Antonio Tricoli, and A. Vinu*, S-doped Mesoporous C₃N₅ as a metal-free and visible-light-driven efficient photocatalyst for CO₂ reduction, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Energy, 2024, Submitted.
43. Ajanya Maria Ruban, Gurwinder Singh*, Rohan Bahadur, Hoonkyung Lee, Ian Jason, Puspamitra Panigrahi, and A. Vinu*, Nanoporous biocarbon functionalised with crystalline FeS nanostructures as a High-Performance Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries and insights into its Li storage mechanism, Advanced Materials, 2024, Submitted.
44. P.A. Aleena, Gurwinder Singh, Devthade Vidyasagar, Prashant Kumar, Muhammad Ibrar Ahmed, Rohan Bahadur, CI Sathish, Davidson Sajan, and A. Vinu*, Recent Advancements in Metal-free nitrides based single-atom catalysts: configurations, coordination, synthesis, characterization, and applications, Progress in Materials Science, 2025, Submitted
45. Muhammad Ibrar Ahmed, Shuzhen Zhang, Rana Sami Ul Haq, Yong Zhao, Cheng Wang, Mohammad Fawaz, Arsh Ismaili, Liang Qiao, A. Vinu, Jiabao Yi, Liquid-phase Thermal Decomposition-Derived Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications in Electrocatalysis, Chemical Society Review, 2024, Submitted.
46. Sheri John Britto, Thi Kim Anh Tran, Vaishwik Patel, Vibin Perumalsamy, CI Sathish, Sharon L Wong, Prashant Kumar, Gurwinder Singh, A. Vinu*, Copper-Functionalized Mesoporous C3N5: A Novel Approach for Enhanced Antibacterial Activity, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2024, Submitted.
47. R. Balamurugan, A. Chandra Bose and A. Vinu*, Hierarchical Nanoporous Carbons with an Integrated Activation using 3D ZnO Microspheres and KOH for Flexible EDL Capacitor with a High Operating Potential, Small, 2025, Accepted.
48. Borophene: Plausible Solutions to Synthetic Challenges and Device Integration Issues, Zhixuan Li, Prashant Kumar and A. Vinu*, Small, 2025, Accepted with revisions.
49. Fabrication of N and S-doped nanoporous biocarbons with high specific surface area from casein and dithiooxamide for supercapacitor applications, Vibin Perumalsamy, Rohan Bahadur, Arun Vijay Baskar, CI Sathish, Ajanya Maria Ruban, Zhenxiang Cheng, Gurwinder Singh, Jiabao Yi, A. Vinu*, Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2025, Accepted.
50. Borophene via Intercalation Exfoliation, Zhixuan Li, Gaurav Pandey, Arkamita Bandyopadhyay, Kamlendra Awasthi, John V. Kennedy, Prashant Kumar, A. Vinu*, Small Structures, 2025.
51. Cryo-exfoliation mediated synthesis of borophene and its exceptional piezoelectric and triboelectric performance,  Zhixuan Li, Gaurav Pandey, Arkamita Bandyopadhyay, Kamlendra Awasthi, John V. Kennedy, Prashant Kumar*, A. Vinu*, Small Methods, 2025.
52. Functionalized Nanoporous Biocarbon Derived from Garlic Waste for Enhanced CO₂ Capture and Supercapacitor Performance, Jefrin M. Davidraj, CI Sathish, Vibin Perumalsamy, Vishnumaya Narayanan, Ajanya M Ruban, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark B. H. Breese, Jiabao Yi and A. Vinu*, Carbon, 2025, Revision.
53. Stabilization of Single Metal Atoms on Graphitic Carbon Nitride: Synthetic Strategies and Emerging Applications, Wenyao Zhang, Junjie Cui, Zhenjie Yao, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, A. Vinu*, Junwu Zhu, Advanced Science, 2025, Submitted.
54. ICG/FA Conjugated 64Cu tagged-LDH Nanoplates for Advanced Radio-Diagnostic and Molecular Imaging, Sairan Eom, Jae Hun Ahn, Jung Yung Kim, Kyo Chul Lee, Yong Jin Lee, N. Sanoj Rejinold, and Jin-Ho Choy, Small, 2025, Submitted.
55. Construction of a novel slow-release phosphorus fertilizer based on the amalgamation of biochar with attapulgite clay, Harleen Kaur, Gurwinder Singh*, Marjana Yeasmin, Puspamitra Panigrahi, Alan Laron, Ranjit Pati, Dane Lamb, Bo Zheng, Ehsan Tavakkoli, Lukas Van Zwieten, Ajayan Vinu*, Chemical Engineering, 2025, Submitted.
56. Functionalized nanoporous biocarbon with high specific surface area derived from waste hardwood chips for CO₂ capture and supercapacitors, Jibi Kunjumon, Ajanya Maria Ruban, Harleen Kaur, D Sajan, Sanje Mahasivam, Vipul Bansal, Gurwinder Singh*, A. Vinu*, Small Science, 2025, Submitted.
57. Hierarchically architectured nanoporous biocarbons prepared via dual chemical activation for applicability in CO₂ capture and supercapacitors, Vishnumaya Narayanan, Gurwinder Singh*, Ajanya M Ruban, Arun Baskar, Rohan Bahadur, Vibin Perumalsamy, Jae-Hun Yang, Sanje Mahasivam, Vipul Bansal, and A. Vinu*, 2025, to be Submitted.
58. A state-of-the-art of TiO₂ photocatalytic systems for conversion of CO₂ into solar fuels: Future prospects, Ranjith Ravi, Gurudas Mane, A. Vinu*, Indrajit Shown*, Submitted, 2025.
59. Nanotoxicological Assessment of PEGylated Tungsten Disulfide Quantum Dots in Male and Female Wistar Rats for Targeted Nucleus Imaging and Photothermal Therapy, Barkha Singh, Rohan Bahadur, Priyanka Maske, Dipty Singh, A. Vinu*, Rohit Srivastava*, Small Structures, 2025, Accepted.
60. Phase-engineered C3N4/C3N5 heterolayers as efficient photocatalysts for hydrogen production Ayona K. Jose, Mohammed Fawaz, Nithinraj Panangattu Dharmarajan, Jae-Hun Yang, D Sajan, Aathira M. Sadanandan, Xuan Minh Chau Ta, Antonio Tricoli, John V. Kennedy, Prashant Kumar, and A. Vinu*, Advanced Energy Materials,2025, to be Submitted.