Dr. Ram Manohar Yadav
VSSD (PG) College Kanpur, India
Title: Electrocatalytic Applications of Nitrogen Doped Carbon Nanostructures
Abstract:
The illimitable energy consumption cause the fast diminution of conventional fossil fuels and enhancing environmental pollution by carbon dioxide emission. The conversion of CO2 into fuels or commodity chemicals, incorporated with intermittent renewable energy sources like solar and wind, is an attractive venture that could offer an alternative solution to both the contemporary energy crisis and environmental issues. High capacity novel energy systems such as fuel cell and metal air batteries are highly desirable for the sustainable civilization and long-term economic development. Elaborating highly active electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction, oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions are among the most promising areas of materials research. In this regards, chemically modified carbon nanostructures have emerged as a new metal-free electrocatalysts for these reactions due to their low cost, high activity and excellent durability. We have studied nitrogen doped carbon nanostructures (NCNTs and N Graphene) as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction, carbon dioxide reduction and oxygen evolution reactions. The details about the work will be presented in the conference.
Biography:
Dr. Ram Manohar Yadav is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, VSSD College Kanpur. He did his MSc (Condensed Matter) in 1999 and PhD (Physics-Nanoscience) in 2008 under the supervision of Padma Shri Prof O N Srivastava from Banaras Hindu University. During May-June 2013 He visited University of Santiago, Santiago, Chile as visiting researcher in the Department of Physics and his visit was funded by project FONDICYT of Government of Chile. Raman Fellowship for Postdoctoral Studies has been awarded to him in July 2013 for one year duration to visit Rice University, Houston USA by UGC India under Indo-US 21st Century Knowledge Initiative . During his visit he was designated as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Nano Engineering, Rice University, Houston USA. He has also worked under the Project MURI“Synthesis and Characterization of 3-D Carbon Nanotube SolidNetworks” of U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research during his stay at Rice. He has published more than 30 research papers in the highly reputed International Journals. He is presently working in the area of Carbon Nanostructures e.g.CNT, Graphene etc. His significant Contributions includes; Development of highly efficient selective and cost effective metal free CO2 reduction electro-catalysts;Development of highly efficient co-catalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions;Development of synthesis protocols for the content controlled doping of Nitrogen in Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene (From 2 atomic weight % to 25 atomic weight %).; Synthesis of Nitrogen doped Graphene quantum dots by simple and quick method of Microwave treatment.