Research Interest
- Electrochemical and Reaction Engineering
- Sustainable Energy and Environment
- Electro Catalysis, Fuel Cells and Photoelectrochemical Systems
- Static and Dynamical Morphology of Nanostructures, Interfaces and Functional Materials
- Transport Phenomena in Chemically and Electrochemically Reactive Systems
Education
- B.Tech. (Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering) - Central Electrochemical Research Institute, 1996
- M.S. (Biophysical Chemistry) - Indian Institute of Science, 1999
- Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) - University of Utah, 2005
- Post Doctoral Fellow (Heterogeneous catalysis) - University of California, Santa Barbara(2005-2008)
Research Overview
The contemporary requirement of obtaining sustainable amounts of energy in an environmentally acceptable manner provides
a unique challenge and hence, great opportunity for chemical engineers and scientists. The research focus of our group is
on the elucidation of physico-chemical principles which aid in the design and fabrication of materials and devices that are
useful in converting various forms of energy in an environmentally sustainable manner. Elucidation of these underlying principles
often involves a semi-quantitative description of phenomena that span a wide range of length and time scales. In this context,
experimental and computational analysis is made using a wide variety of tools like reactivity trends in catalytic reactors,
current-voltage characteristics, measurement of electrochemical response to the solar spectrum, characterization by chemical
and electrochemical spectroscopy, quantum chemical density functional theory, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo methods and continuum
transport equations. Most of research projects involve an integrated experimental and phenomenological analysis as such an approach
is often imperative in addressing complex energy conversion and storage systems.
Publications
- V Kumar, MZ Iqbal, P Swarup Dash, RGS Pala, Electrochemical CO2 reduction on noble metals: parameters, performance, and practical pathways, Indian Chemical Engineer, 1-34 (2024).
- MM Sadiq, A Jha, R Pala, Doping Induced Enhancement of Activity and Stability for Oxygen Evolution Reaction with Isomaterially Heterostructured MnO2, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts, 245, 2442-2442 (2024).
- M Gyanprakash, RG Pala, Partial Applicability of Mixed Potential Theory in Unsteady Regime for Cu Electroless Deposition on Pt, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts, 245, 1443-1443 (2024).
- M Gyanprakash, G Sharma, DK Behra, A Upadhyay, RG Pala, Activation/ Deactivation of Surface States of Heterostructure (Anatese-TiO2/Au) Via Addition of Materials with High Band Gap, Rutile TiO2 (R-TiO2) or Low Band, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts, 245, 1071-1071 (2024).
- S Yadav, RG Pala, Efficient Taste Analysis via Single-Channel Hybrid Electronic Tongue, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts, 245, 2669-2669 (2024).
- S Yadav, RK Sahu, RG Pala, Convolution of Analyte-Electrode Interactions over Distinct Time-Scales Leading to Taste Discrimination in Single Response Electroplated Metal Microwires-Based Microfluidic, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts, 245, 2664-2664 (2024).
- M Gyanprakash, R Srinivasan, RG Pala, Estimation of Onset Potential for Oxygen Evolution Reaction at Platinum Surface Via Discharge of the Adsorption Capacitance of Intermediate Species, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts, 245, 1675-1675 (2024).
- RS Nehra, A Kumar, SS Lakesar, KP Rajeev, RG Pala, Energy Efficiency of Steady DC and Half Sine Pulsed DC in the High Voltage Pre-Plasma and Plasma Alkaline Water Electrolysis,Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts, 245, 1414-1414 (2024).
- RG Pala, K Kankani, P Chakraborty, Phase-Field Modeling of Electrolyte Transport Properties and Elasticity Modulus in Suppression of Dendrite Growth in Solid-State-Lithium-Ion-Batteries, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts, 245, 206-206 (2024).
- B Ghorui, H Vaidyanathan, IS Singh, M Chatterjee, RG Pala, Boosting Oxygen Electrocatalysis via Pre-Magnetized Multi Metallic Electrocatalyst, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts, 245, 1427-1427 (2024).
- SK Sharma, V Chaudhary, RGS Pala, S Sivakumar, Rapid nucleation and optimal surface–ligand interaction stabilize wurtzite MnSe, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26 (31), 20837-20851 (2024).
- S Saha, K Kishor, RGS Pala, Increasing electrochemical chlorine selectivity over oxygen selectivity through the optimal weakening of oxygen bonds in transition metal-doped RuO2, Catalysis Science & Technology, 14 (16), 4566-4574 (2024).
- S Yadav, R K Sahu, Raj Ganesh S. Pala, Single Response Electroplated Metal Microwires-Based Microfluidic Electronic Tongue for Taste Discrimination, IEEE Sensors Letters, 7, 12 (2023).
- A Verma, RG Pala, Practical semiconductor physics perspective of materials photoelectrochemistry, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 36, 101160 (2022).
- Rashmi, Maurya D. Gyanprakash, Monika Gadhewal, Raj Ganesh S. Pala, Sri Sivakumar, Deconvoluting Photoelectrochemical Activity in Monoclinic–Scheelite BiVO4 Facet Selected Thin Films , The Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 126, 38, 16477–16491 (2022).
- A. K. Ummireddi, S. K. Sharma, Raj Ganesh S. Pala., Tetraethylammonium Cation Tuned Electrochemical CO2 Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Activities on Transition Metals (Cu, Ag, Ni, and Fe), Journal of Catalysis, 406, 213 (2022).
- S. Saha, K. Kishor, Raj Ganesh S. Pala, Climbing up the volcano through support-electrocatalyst interaction in electrodeposited thin metal oxides for oxygen evolution reactions, Catalyst Science Technology, 11, 4342 (2021).
- P. K. Gupta, A. Bhandari, J. Bhattacharya, Raj Ganesh S. Pala, Higher Voltage, Wider Voltage Plateau, Longer Cycle Life, and Faster Kinetics via Thermally Modulated Intergrowth Structure of Ramsdellite and Pyrolusite MnO2 for Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes, Journal of Power Sources, 450, 227619 (2020).
- Arti Sahu, Sri Sivakumar, Raj Ganesh Pala, Selective Mesitylene Oxidative Coupling Reaction by Metastructured Electrocatalyst Comprised of Carbonaceous Scaffold Coated with Pd Derived from Zeolitic Imidazole Framework, Catalysis Letters, 151, 685 (2020).
- R. Khan, S. Sivakumar and Raj Ganesh S. Pala, J. Phys. Chem. C, Coherency and Lattice Strain Critically Constrains Electron-Hole Separation in Isomaterial and Heteromaterial Type-II Heterostructures, Inside cover feature, 123, 28620 (2019).
