Faculty Information

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Aditi Halder

Associate Professor

Office:

A4-215
School of Chemical Sciences

Personal Information

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, IIT Mandi, (2019-)

Assistant Professor, IIT Mandi, (2014-2019)

Postdoctoral Research Associate, NSF Centre of High Rate Nanomanufacuring, Northeastern University,USA 2012-2014

Postdoctoral Associate, Northeastern University Center for Renewable Energy 2010-2012

Educational Background

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2004-2009 (With Prof. N Ravishankar)

M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry) from University of Pune, Pune, 2002-2004

Research Area

Broad Area

Electrochemistry, Functional Nanomaterials

Specific Areas

Metal Air Battery

Electrolyzer

Functional Nanomaterials

Environmental Remediation

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Teaching

CY514-Statistical Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry

CY513-Advanced Inorganic Spectroscopy

CY552-Hydrogen Generation and Storage

Awards, Recognition and Membership

Institute’s Research Associate 2009 by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Research work on molecular scale nanowires has been identified by Thomson Reuters Essential Science IndicatorsSM as an Emerging Research Front in

Materials Science (http://sciencewatch.com/dr/erf/2009/09augerf/09augerfRaviET/)

Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by CSIR, New Delhi, India (2006- 2009).

Junior Research Fellowship (SRF) by CSIR, New Delhi, India (2004-2006).

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Aditi Halder

Research Area

Renewable Energy

Nanostructured Materials

Research Interests

Our research focuses on the development of functional nanomaterials which will be used for energy application and environmental remediation. We emphasize on the development of targeted nanostructures which are beneficial for (1) energy conversion for fuel cell and electrolyzer,(2) energy Storage -Metal ion batteries,(3) electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion,(4) environmental pollutant Degradation(5) waste water treatment. With the help of various advanced tools and technologies, it is possible to provide an affordable solution to address the pressing issues of energy demand and environmental remediation.

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Representive Publications
  • Modulation strategies in titania photocatalyst for energy recovery and environmental remediation R Kaushik, PK Singh, A Halder Catalysis Today 384, 45-69, 2022
  • Anodic corrosion of heteroatom doped graphene oxide supports and its influence on the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction C Madan, L Sharma, S Mukerjee, A Halder - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47, 54, 22738-22751, 2022
  • Photoenhanced performance of Cobalt-intercalated 2-D manganese oxide sheets for rechargeable zinc–air batteries A Mathur, R Kaushik, A Halder Materials Today Energy 19, 100612 8 2021
  • Visible-light-driven photo-enhanced zinc–air batteries using synergistic effect of different types of MnO2 nanostructures A Mathur, R Kaushik, A Halder Catalysis Science & Technology 10 (21), 7352-7364,2020
  • Ni (II)-dimeric complex-derived nitrogen-doped graphitized carbon-encapsulated nickel nanoparticles: efficient trifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction B Devi, RR Koner, A Halder ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7 (2), 2187-2199,37

Publications (Last 5-years)

2022
  1.  Anodic corrosion of heteroatom doped graphene oxide supports and its influence on the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction C Madan, L Sharma, S Mukerjee, A Halder - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022
  2. Enhanced photocatalytic activity of hierarchical C/ZnO nanocomposite derived from solvothermally restructured Zn-BTC microspheres K Sharma, R Kaushik, PK Pandey, S Chowdhury,Rituporn Gogoi, Astha Singh, Aditi Halder, Prem Felix Siril - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022
  3. Effect of poling on piezocatalytic and electrochemical properties of Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48) O3 ceramics, S Verma, M Sharma, A Halder, R Vaish Surfaces and Interfaces 30, 101827, 2022
  4. Revealing the unexplored effect of residual iron oxide on the photoreforming activities of polypyrrole nanostructures on plastic waste and photocatalytic pollutant degradation R Gogoi, A Singh, V Moutam, L Sharma, K Sharma, A Halder, PF Siril Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10 (2), 106649, 2022
  5. Novel guar‐gum electrolyte to aggrandize the performance of LaMnO3 perovskite‐based zinc‐air batteries U Bhardwaj, A Sharma, A Mathur, A Halder, HS Kushwaha, Electrochemical Science Advances 2 (3), e202100056
  6. Understanding the electrocatalysis OER and ORR activity of ultrathin spinel Mn3O4 CC Gowda, A Mathur, A Parui, P Kumbhakar, P Pandey,Sudhanshu Sharma, Amreesh Chandra, Abhishek K Singh, Aditi Halder, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary - Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2022
  7. Modulation strategies in titania photocatalyst for energy recovery and environmental remediation R Kaushik, PK Singh, A Halder Catalysis Today 384, 45-69, 2022
  8. Exploring multifunctional behaviour of g-C3N4 decorated BiVO4/Ag2CO3 hierarchical nanocomposite for simultaneous electrochemical detection of two nitroaromatic compounds and water splitting applications A Shafi, S Bano, L Sharma, A Halder, S Sabir, MZ Khan - Talanta, 123257, 2022
  9. Mesoporous zinc platinate and platinum nanotubes: insights into the formation mechanism and their catalytic activity Shwetha Shetty, Ankita Mathur, Neha Sakhuja, Dipanwita Chatterjee, Subhajit Kundu, Aditi Halder, Navakanta Bhat, N Ravishankar Materials Advances, 2022
  10. Ni (II)-Based Coordination Polymer with Pi-Conjugated Organic Linker as Catalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity T Kumar, A Karmakar, A Halder, RR Koner Energy & Fuels 36 (5), 2722-2730, 2022
  11. Facile Generation of a Stable Bi-Functional Mixed Phase Fe3O4/Fe-N4 Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery, C Madan, A Mathur, A HALDER Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2022
  12. A Facile Synthetic Strategy for Decavanadate and Transition Metal based All-inorganic Coordination Polymers and Insights on their Electrocatalytic OER Activity CP Pradeep, A Kar, L Sharma, A Kumar, A Halder European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2022
2021
  1. Photocatalytic and wettability behavior of regenerative bio-inspired CuxO (x= 1, 2) D Thakur, A Mathur, M Sharma, A Halder, R Vaish Materials Research Bulletin 144, 111489
  2. Synthesis of a novel Sr2TiMnO6 double perovskite electrocatalyst for rechargeable zinc–air batteries U Bhardwaj, A Sharma, A Mathur, A Halder, HS KushwahaEnergy Storage, e293
  3. Low-cost high entropy alloy (HEA) for high-efficiency oxygen evolution reaction (OER) L Sharma, NK Katiyar, A Parui, R Das, R Kumar, CS Tiwary, AK Singh, Aditi Halder, Aditi Halder, Krishanu Biswas Nano Research, 1-8 11 2021
  4. Diesel Soot as a Supercapacitor Electrode Material G Singh, M Sharma, A Mathur, A Halder, R Vaish Journal of The Electrochemical Society 168 (5), 050551
  5. Optimization of EC parameters using Fe and Al electrodes for hydrogen production and wastewater treatment L Sharma, S Prabhakar, V Tiwari, A Dhar, A Halder Environmental Advances 3, 100029
  6. Photoenhanced performance of Cobalt-intercalated 2-D manganese oxide sheets for rechargeable zinc–air batteries A Mathur, R Kaushik, A Halder Materials Today Energy 19, 100612
  7. Nickel decorated MoO3 single crystal microflakes with multi-site functionality for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction N Arya, P Avasthi, A Halder, V Balakrishnan International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46 (2), 1945-19542021
  8. Effects of anionic substitution in molybdenum oxysulfide supported on reduced graphene oxide sheets for the hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitor application L Sharma, A Mathur, A Halder Sustainable Energy & Fuels 5 (15), 3836-3846
2020
  1. Optimization of EC parameters using Fe and Al electrodes for hydrogen production and wastewater treatment L Sharma, S Prabhakar, V Tiwari, A Dhar, A Halder Environmental Advances, 100029,2020
  2. Three-Dimensional Carbonaceous Aerogels Embedded with Rh-SrTiO3 for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Triggered by Efficient Charge Transfer and LightA Kumar, V Navakoteswara Rao, A Kumar, A Mushtaq, L Sharma, ACS Applied Energy Materials,2020
  3. Photoenhanced Performance of Co-Intercalated 2-D Manganese Oxide Sheets for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery A Mathur, R Kaushik, A Halder Materials Today Energy, 100612,2020
  4. Cobalt-Embedded N-Doped Carbon Nanostructures for Oxygen Reduction and Supercapacitor Applications B Devi, A Jain, B Roy, B Rao R, NR Tummuru, A Halder, RR Koner ACS Applied Nano Materials 3 (7), 6354-6366,2020
  5. Photoelectrochemical Activity of Ag Coated 2D‐TiO2/RGO Heterojunction for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Environmental Remediation M Saquib, R Kaushik, A Halder ChemistrySelect 5 (21), 6376-6388,2020
  6. Enhanced photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution by 2D nanoleaf structured CuO PK Samal, L Sharma, A Halder Journal of Applied Physics 127 (19), 194902,2020
  7. Hydrogen evolution at the in-situ MoO3/MoS2 heterojunctions created by non-thermal O2 plasma treatment L Sharma, T Botari, CS Tiwary, A Halder ACS Applied Energy Materials,2020
  8. Field induced single molecule magnet behavior in Dy-based coordination polymer S Singh, B Devi, RR Koner, A Haldar, CS Yadav arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.06609,2020
  9. Chloride Corrosion Resistant Nitrogen doped Reduced Graphene Oxide/Platinum Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in an Acidic Medium M Saquib, A Bharadwaj, HS Kushwaha, A Halder ChemistrySelect 5 (5), 1739-1750,2020
  10. Effect of Ce on piezo/photocatalytic effects of Ba0. 9Ca0. 1CexTi1-xO3 ceramics for dye/pharmaceutical waste water treatment M Sharma, A Halder, R Vaish Materials Research Bulletin 122, 110647,2020
  11. Engineering the morphology of palladium nanostructures to tune their electrocatalytic activity in formic acid oxidation reactions B Pramanick, T Kumar, A Halder, PF Siril Nanoscale Advances 2 (12), 5810-5820,2020
  12. Enhancing the oxygen evolution activity of nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon shell-embedded nickel/nickel oxide nanoparticles by surface dissolution C Madan, CS Tiwary, A Halder Materials Chemistry Frontiers 4 (11), 3267-3279,2020
  13. Visible-light-driven photo-enhanced zinc–air batteries using synergistic effect of different types of MnO2 nanostructures A Mathur, R Kaushik, A Halder Catalysis Science & Technology 10 (21), 7352-7364,2020
  14. Degradation of Fluoroquinolone-based Pollutants and Bacterial Inactivation b Visible-Light Active Aluminium-Doped TiO2 Nanoflakes Ravinder Kaushik,Pankaj Kumar Samal and Aditi Halder ACS Appl. Nano. Mater. 2 (12), 7898-7909,2020
  15. Effect of Ce on piezo/photocatalytic effects of Ba0. 9Ca0. 1CexTi1-xO3 ceramics for dye/pharmaceutical waste water treatment, Moolchand Sharma, Aditi Halder and Rahul vaish Materials Research Bulletin 122,Feb 2020,110647
 
2019
  1. Phase and Vacancy Modulation in Tungsten Oxide: Study of Electrochemical Hydrogen evolution Lalita Sharma, Pawan Kumar, Aditi Halder, ChemElectroChem 2019 6,13,3420-3428
  2. Transformation of 2-D TiO2 to mesoporous hollow 3-D TiO2 spheres-comparative studies on morphology-dependent photocatalytic and anti-bacterial activity Ravinder Kaushik, P Vineeth Daniel, Prosenjit Mondal, Aditi Halder, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2019, 285, 32-42
  3. One Step Synthesis of Bifunctional Iron doped Manganese oxide Nanorods for Rechargeable Zinc Air Battery ,Ankita Mathur and Aditi Halder, Catalysis Science and Technology 2019, 9, 1245-1254
  4. Ni(II)-Dimeric Complex-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Graphitized Carbon-Encapsulated Nickel Nanoparticles: Efficient Trifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Oxygen Evolution Reaction, and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Bandhana Devi, Rik Rani Koner, Aditi Halder, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2019, 7 (2), pp 2187–2199
  5. Gallium Oxide Nanofibers for Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction, Ashish Kakoria, Bandhana Devi, Abhishek Anand, Aditi Halder, Rik Rani Koner, Sumit Sinha Ray, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2019, 2 (1), pp 64–74
  6. Candle soot: Journey from a pollutant to a functional material, Manasi R Mulay, Aditya Chauhan, Satyanarayan Patel, Viswanath Balakrishnan, Aditi Halder, Rahul Vaish Carbon, 144,684
  7. Role of Molybdenum in Ni-MoO2 catalysts supported on reduced graphene oxide for temperature dependent hydrogen evolution reaction, L Sharma, HS Khushwaha, A Mathur, A Halder, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 265,208
  8. Role of Nitrogen Precursor on the Activity Descriptor towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Iron based Catalysts, Ankita Mathur, Sivasankaran Harish,A Halder - ChemistrySelect 3 (23), 6542-6550
2018
  1. Ni (II)-dimeric complex-derived nitrogen-doped graphitized carbon-encapsulated nickel nanoparticles: efficient trifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction B Devi, RR Koner, A Halder ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7 (2), 2187-2199,37
  2. Gallium oxide nanofibers for hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction A Kakoria, B Devi, A Anand, A Halder, RR Koner, S Sinha-Ray ACS Applied Nano Materials 2 (1), 64-74,17
  3. Synergistic Effect in Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution by RGO‐Supported Nickel Molybdenum Catalysts L Sharma, A Halder ChemistrySelect 3 (31), 8955-8961 2
  4. Role of Nitrogen Precursor on the Activity Descriptor towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Iron‐Based Catalysts A Mathur, S Harish, A Halder ChemistrySelect 3 (23), 6542-6550 9
  5. Dealloyed Pt3Co nanoparticles with higher geometric strain for superior hydrogen evolution reaction M Saquib, A Halder Journal of Solid State Chemistry 262, 229-236 19
  6. A Polycarboxyl‐Decorated FeIII‐Based Xerogel‐Derived Multifunctional Composite (Fe3O4/Fe/C) as an Efficient Electrode Material towards Oxygen Reduction B Devi, M Venkateswarulu, HS Kushwaha, A Halder, RR Koner Chemistry–A European Journal 24 (25), 6586-6594 
  7. Ensemble Effect of Ni in Bimetallic PtNi on Reduced Graphene Oxide Support for Temperature‐Dependent Formic Acid OxidationM Saquib, A Halder ChemistrySelect 3 (14), 3909-3917 9
  8. Reduced graphene oxide supported gold nanoparticles for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide Mohammad Saquib,Aditi Halder Journal of Nanoparticle Research 24
  9. Ferroelectric electrocatalysts: a new class of materials for oxygen evolution reaction with synergistic effect of ferroelectric polarization HS Kushwaha, A Halder, R Vaish Journal of Materials Science 53 (2), 1414-1423