National Centre for Catalysis Research

Progress Report-2013-14

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Chennai-600036

July-2014

CONTENTS

1. Educational programmes

2. Research contributions

3. Industry sponsored projects

4. Collaborative efforts

5. Catalysis Society of India-activities

6. Faculty research profiles

1. Educational programmes

A. Orientation Course for Research Scholars 14th Orientation Course on Catalysis was conducted by NCCR during November 30 to

December 18, 2013. 35 participants from all over India participated in this 21 day

program.

B. Special on-line courses

i. CO2 to chemicals and fuels

NCCR has launched a unique on line program on CO2 to Chemicals and Fuels and this

course is being run two days in a week. A total of about 22 persons are taking the course

on line and the total visits to this Youtube is over 1000 views spread over 27 countries.

ii. Chemical energy to electrical energy

Another online course on Chemical energy to Electrical energy was initiated in the

middle of June and will run through the odd semester of 2014.

C. M.Tech /MSc Projects completed

i. M.Tech-Catalysis Technology

Prof. S.Sivasanker

1. Mr. M. Alam -Synthesis and catalytic applications of hierarchical zeolites

2. Ms. C. Tripathi -Transformation of glycerol into value added chemicals

Prof. K.R.Krishnamurthy

1. Mr. V Suryakumar - Selective hydrogenation of cinnamldehyde to cinnamyl

alcohol

2. Mr. Manish. A. Marode- Studies on self-condensation of ethanol-Influence of

process parameters

Prof.P.Selvam

1. Mr. K. Veeraraghavulu - Synthesis of highly photoactive meso porous TiO2 for

water splitting reaction.

2. Mr. N.S. Harisankar, Catalytic Upgrading of Fast Pyrolysis Oil over Alumina-

Supported Transition Metal Phosphides (Jointly with Prof. K. Seshan, University

of Twente, Enchede), 2014.

ii.MSc (Chemistry)

1. Mr. Kalyan Pal, Selective Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde to Cinnamyl Alcohol over Titania-Supported Palladium catalysts, 2014.

2. Mr. Pratap Panda, Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol over Carbon-Supported Nano-Palladium catalysts, 2014.

3. Mr. Samrat Das Adhikari,Synthesis and Characterization of Meso porous LiFePO4 / Carbon composites, 2014.

D. Ph. D Thesis- Completed

1. Mr. B. Kuppan,Ordered Mesoporous Carbon-supported Platinum Electro catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications, IIT-Madras), 2014- Prof. P. Selvam

2. Ms. G.Deepa, Hydrodenitrogenation of aromatic N-containing compounds over Ni-Mo-sulfides supported on ordered mesoporous materials - Prof.S.Sivasanker- Anna University

E. Ph D research scholars

Prof. B. Viswanathan

1. Mr. R. Shanmugam Theoretical studies on the supported systems for catalytic applications- Madurai Kamaraj University

2. Mr. A. Ariharan, Hydrogen storage in carbon materials - Bharathidasan University

3. Ms. G. Keerthiga, Electro-catalytic reduction of CO2 - Chemical Engineering Department, IITM

4. MsTamilmani, Theoretial studies on encapsulation of complexes in zeolites – Bhrathidasan University

5. Ms. Meera M G, Studies on binuclear copper complexes – Bharathiar University

6. Ms. S. Lalitha, ORR reduction catalysts (to be registered in Madras University)

7. Ms. KirtiShitole Photo-catalytic ammonia synthesis ( to be registered)

Prof. S. Sivasanker

1. Ms. R. VijayaShanthi- Transformation of polyhydric alcohols into value added

chemicals Madurai Kamaraj University 2. Mr. R. Narayanan - Synthesis and catalytic properties of zeolites with hierarchical

pores, University of Madras, Chennai 3. Mr. Tamizhdurai -Novel catalysts of for isomerization of light hydrocarbons-

Anna University,

Prof.P.Selvam 1. Mr. N.VamsiKrishna 2. Mr. Ramanamurthy 3. Mr. K.Suthagar 4. Mr.S.Mahendran 5. Mr. Anil Kumar 6. Ms. A.Alagarasi 7. Mr.T.V.Ramamohan 8. Mr.SouravKhan 9. Mr. P.Rajeshkumar 10. Mr.Sanjeev Gupta 11. Mr.V.Suryakumar 12.

Prof. K. R. Krishnamurthy

1. Ms. V.Jeyalakshmi- Activation of CO2- Conversion to fuels & chemicals,

Madurai Kamaraj University 2. Mr.M.G.Prakash- Studies on nickel supported on titania catalysts for selective

hydrogenation reactions- Madurai Kamaraj University 3. Ms. A. Saranya-Applications of metal nano particles for selective hydrogenation

reactions- Bharathidasan University

2. Research contributions

A. Publications

1. B. Viswanathan, Editor -Special issue of International Journal of Advanced

Engineering science and Applied Mathematics, IIT M Journal, Springer, December,

2013.

2. B.Viswanathan, Electrochemical and electro-catalytic applications of polyoxo-

metalates, Environmentally Benign Catalysts based on Hetero polyacids for clean

Organic Transformations, Ed A. Patel, Co published by PanchTattva Publishers, Pune

and Springer, 2014.

3. B. Viswanathan, The changing face of Catalysis, Chemical Industry Digest, October

2013.

4. B. Viswanathan, Alternate to Pt electrode materials for low temperature fuel cells,

Bulletin of the Catalysis Society of India,12,47 (2013).

5. S.Hariharn, M. Palanichamy and B. Viswanathan, Dehydration of oxime on the self

architected NFI structure, Indian J Chem., 53A, 257 -264 (2014).

6. S.Hariharan, B.Viswanathan and C.D.William, Survey of global warming mitigation

over selective catalytic activities by chemical and biological aspects, A review

submitted to Journal of CO2 utilization.

7. B. Viswanathan, Electro-catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide, a chapter in the

volume on Volume New and Future Developments in Catalysis Activation of

carbon dioxide, Elsevier, (September, 2013) Edited by S.L.Suib

8. S Anuradha, K Joseph Antony Raj, T Elangovan& B Viswanathan, Adsorption of

VOC on steam activated carbon derived from coconut shell charcoal, Indian Journal

of Chemical Technology (under press)

9 N-Hexadecane hydroisomerization over Pt/ZSM-12: Role of Si/Al ratio on product

distribution, Sunil Mehla, K.R.Krishnamurthy, B.Viswanathan, .M.John, Y.Nowate,

S.M.Pai and B.L.Newalkar, Journal of Porous Materials, 20(5), 1023-1029 (2013)

10. n-Hexadecane Hydro isomerization over BTMACl / TEABr / MTEABrtemplated

ZSM-12,K.R .Krishnamurthy, Sunil Mehla, ShivanandPai; Mathew Jhon; Kishore

Kumar; YogeshNiwate and Bharat L Newalkar, Microporous&Mesoporous

Materials, 177, 120-126 (2013).

11. Photo-catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide by alkaline water on La modified sodium

tantalate with different co-catalysts under UV-Visible radiation,, V. Jeyalakshmi, R.

Mahalakshmy, KondaRamaswamy Krishnamurthyand B.Viswanathan, Applied

Catalysis B: Environmental- Communicated.

12. Photo catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide by water: A step towards sustainable fuels

and chemicals, V. Jeyalakshmi, , R. Mahalakshmy, K. R. Krishnamurthy and B.

Viswanathan in “Materials Science Forum Vol. 734 (2013) pp 1-62 (2013) Trans

Tech Publications, Switzerland, doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.734.1.

13.Thirunavukkarasu, K., Jothiramalingam, R , Synthesis and structural characterization

of Ga-ZnOnanodisk/nanorods formation by polymer assisted hydrothermal process,

Powder Technol. 2013, 239, 308.

14.Dulle, J., Thirunavukkarasu, K,Mittelmeijer-Hazeleger, M., Andreeva, D, Shiju, N.

R., Rothenberg, G, Efficient three-component coupling catalysed by mesoporous

copper-aluminum based nanocomposites, Green Chemistry, 2013, 15, 1238-1243.

15.KalaiSelvi, K., Gupta, N.D., Thirunavukkarasu, K., Effects of post oxidation

annealing on electrical and interface properties of high pressure water vapor oxidized

SiO2/SiC metal-oxide- semiconductor capacitors, Thin Solid Films, 2013, 531, 373-

377.

16.Dhaveethu, K., Ramachandramoorthy, T., Thirunavukkarasu, K., Microwave-assisted

Synthesis of Mixed Ligand Complexes of Zn(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) derived from 4-

aminopyridine and Nitrite Ion: Spectral, Thermal and Biological Investigations,J.

Korean Chem. Soc. 2013, 57, 341-350.

17.Sankaranarayanan, T.M., Thirunavukkarasu, K.; Pandurangan, A., VijayaShanthi, R;

Sivasanker,S., Catalytic properties of spinel-type mixed oxides in transesterification

of vegetable oils,J. Mol. Catal. A.Chemical2013, 379, 234–242.

18.Dhaveethu, K., Ramachandramoorthy, T., Thirunavukkarasu, K., Spectroscopic,

Thermal and Biological studies of Zn(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) Complexes derived from

3-aminopyridine and nitrite ion, J. Korean Chem. Soc. 2013,57, 712-720.

19. Thirunavukkarasu, K., Sankaranarayanan, T.M, Pandurangan, A, VijayaShanthi, R.,

Sivasanker, S, The active role of Surface “Zn” in the transesterification of vegetable

oils over ZnO supported on Al2O3 and Fe2O3,.Catal. Sci. Technol., 2014, 4 (3), 851 –

860 .

20.Sankaranarayanan, T.M., Thirunavukkarasu, K.,Banu, M., Pandurangan, A.,and

Sivasanker, S, Activity of supported MoO3 catalysts for the transesterification of

sunflower oil,. Int. J. Adv. Eng. Sci. Appl. Math., DOI:10.1007/s12572-013-0097-z

21.Dhaveethu, K., Ramachandramoorthy, T., Thirunavukkarasu, K.,Spectral

Characterization and Biological Studies on Mixed Ligand Complexes of Cr(III),

Ni(II) and Cu(II) Derived from 3-aminopyridine and nitrite ion, Accepted in Asian J.

Chem., February 2014.

22.M. G. Meera, P. KamatchiSelvaraj, B. Viswanathan and V. Ramkumar, l-(2,6-Bis{[3-

(dimethylamino)propyl]- iminomethyl}-4-methylphenolato)-lhydroxido-

bis[(thiocyanato-jN)- copper(II)], ActaCrystallographica Section E

23.T.M. Sankaranarayanan, R. VijayaShanthi, K. Thirunavukkarasu,A. Pandurangan, S.

Sivasanker, Catalytic properties of spinel-type mixed oxides in transesterification of

vegetable oils, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 379 (2013) 234– 242.

24.T. M. Sankaranarayanan, K. Thirunavukkarasu, M. Banu,A. Pandurangan& S.

Sivasanker, Activity of supported MoO3 catalysts for thetransesterification of

sunfloweroil,Int J AdvEngSciAppl Math. 5(4) (2013) 197-209.

25.S. Narayanan, J. Judith Vijaya, S. Sivasanker, L. John Kennedy, A. Ariharan,

Enhanced selectivity to benzaldehyde in the liquid phase oxidation of benzyl alcohol

usingnanocrystalline ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst, J. Porous Mater. (DOI 10.1007/s10934

-014-9809-4; in press).

26.S. Narayanan, J. Judith Vijaya, S. Sivasanker, Sihai Yang, L. John Kennedy, Synthesis,

characterization and catalytic application of ZSM-5 zeolite hexagonal cubes by Triton

X-100 assisted hydrothermal method (Chinese J. Catalysis; under revision)

27.G. Deepa, A.V. Ajgaonkar, K. Shanthi, S. Sivasanker, Support effects on the activity

of Ni-Mo(S) catalysts in different hydrotreating reactions: investigations using model

compounds (I & EC, communicated)

28.M. Banu, T.M. Sankaranarayanan, P. Venuvanalingam,G. Magesh and S. Sivasanker,

Suitability of different metal-support combinations for the hydrogenolysis of sorbitol

over supported Ni, Pt and Ru (Catalysis Science and Technology, communicated)

29.R. VijayaShanthi, R. Mahalakshmy and S. Sivasanker, Use of fly ash-supported metal

catalysts for the conversion of sorbitol into glycols (J. Hazardous Mater.,

communicated).

30. C. Dhoke, R.VijayaShanthi, T.M. Sankaranarayanan, P. Rajamohanan and S.

Sivasanker, Acylation of anisole with n-dodecanoic acid over BEA and modified

BEA, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (under preparation)

31.B.Viswanathan, Catalysis by metal nanoparticles, Shape and size dependency, chapter

2 in the book on Nanoparticles for catalysis, energy and Drug Delivery, Eds Ramesh

S.Chaughule and AnantR.Kapdi, American Scientific Publishers (in press).

32.B.Viswanathan,Reduction of carbon dioxide Photo-catalytic route to solar fuels,

chapter 11 in the book on Materials and processes for solar fuel production, Springer,

Eds. Vaidyanathan Subramanian, B.Viswanathan and J.S.Lee (in press).

33. S.Anuradha, K.Joseph, V.Vijayaraghavan and B.Viswanathan, Sulphated Fe2O3-TiO2

catalyzedtransesterification of soybean oil to biodiesel, Indian Journal of Chemistry,

(submitted)

34. B.Viswanathan,Electrochemical/Electrocatalytic applications of polyoxometalates,

Environmentally Benign Catalysts Based on Heteropolyacids for Clean Organic

Transformations, Editor: A. Patel, 2014 PanchTattva Publishers, Pune, India,

pp.263-274.

35. N.Kakati, J.Maiti, S.H.Lee, S.H.Jee, B. Viswanathan and Y.S.Yoon, Anode catalysts

for direct methanol fuel cells in acidic media: do we have any alternative for Pt?,

Chemical reviews (under revision) .

36. P. Selvam,A. Alagarasi, T.N. Sithini, D. Keane, A. Morrissey. The Influence of pH

on the Synthesis of NanosizedMesoporousTitania and their Effects on the

Photo catalytic Degradation of 4-Chlorophenol, Adv. Porous Mater., 1(2013) 362-370

37. P. Selvam and A. Sakthivel Liquid Phase Oxidation via Heterogeneous Catalysis:

Organic Synthesis and Industrial Applications (Eds. M.G. Clerici and O.A.

Kholdeeva), 2013, Chapter 3, pp.95-126. Selective catalytic oxidation over ordered

nanoporousmetallo-aluminophosphates.

38. P. Selvam, N. V. Krishna, A. Sakthivel, Tertiary butylation of phenol over solid acid

catalysts: An overview on recent progress. . Adv. Porous Mater.,1 (2013) 239-254.

39. P. Selvam and B. Kuppan, Micro- and Nano-Engineering of Fuel Cells (Ed. Dennis

Leung), 2014, Chapter 5, CRC Press, pp.xxx-xxx; in press. Ordered Mesoporous

Carbon-supported Nano-Platinum Catalysts: Application in Direct Methanol Fuel

Cells.

40.C.Venkateswara Rao, K.Muthukumar, L.Himakumar and B.Viswanathan,

Development of cobalt based non-reciouselectrocatalyst for oxygen Reduction

reaction, Advanced Chemistry Letters, Vol1, p.1-7 (2014).

41. S.Navaladian, B.Viswanathan and T.K.Varadarajan, A facile morphology controlled

synthesisofpotassium-containing manganese oxide nanostructures for electrochemical

super capacitor application, RSC advances in press.

B. Presentations- International Conferences/Symposia. 1. G.Keerthiga, B.Viswanathan and RaghuramChetty, Electrochemical reduction of CO2

on Cu and electrodeposited Cu electrodes: Crystalline phase sensitivity on selectivity,

6th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, APCAT 6 October 13-17, 2013, Taipei,

Taiwan.

2. V. Jeyalakshmi, R. Mahalakshmy, K.R Krishnamurthy and B. Viswanathan, Photo

catalytic reduction of CO2 by water on LaxNa(1-x)TaO3 with different co-catalysts

under UV-Visible radiation 6th Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis- APCAT-6,

Taipei, Taiwan, October 14-17, 2013

3. B.Viswanathan, On the options for hydrogen storage, ENFL Division of energy and

Fuels, Carbon based materials for energy conversion and storage,- 248thACS meeting

August 10-14, 2014. San Francisco, CA, Paper ID No 26816.

4. V. Jeyalakshmi,R. MahalakshmyK. Ramesh, P. V.C. Rao, N.V.Choudary and G.Sri

Ganesh, K.R. Krishnamurthy and B.ViswanathanVisible light driven reduction of

CO2 by water on modified Sr3 Ti2O7,Accepted for oral presentation in the 248 ACS

meeting at San Francisco, August,10-14, 2014, Paper ID No 28953.

5. A.Y. Stakheev, D.A. Bokarev, A.I. Mytareva, R.K. Parsapur, P. Selvam, Tenth

International Conference on Fluid Dynamics (IFCD-OS-5), 2013, pp. 28-29. NH3-

DeNOx performance of the composite [Fe-Beta + Fe(Mn)MCM-48] catalyst:

Combining SCR activity and NH3 oxidation activity for NH3 slip removal.

6. A.I. Mytareva, D.A. Bokarev, P. Selvam, A.Yu. Stakheev, TOCAT-7, Tokyo, GP-

3102. Methods for distinguishing Fast and Standard SCR pathways in NH3-DeNOx,

7. P.Selvam, S. Mahendran, TOCAT-7, Tokyo, GP-2145. Dehydration of glycerol over

ordered mesoporous silica supported heteropoly acid.

C. Presentations- National Conferences/Symposia

1. Hetero structured CuO-TiO2 oxides as catalysts for photo catalytic reduction of CO2

with water, V. Jeyalakshmi, R. Mahalakshmy, K.R Krishnamurthy and B.

Viswanathan, 21st National Symposium on Catalysis, IICT, Hyderabad, Feb.11-13,

2013.

2. A.Alagarasi, B.Viswanathan, K.Shanthi and P.Selvam, The influence of pH on

synthesis and photocatalyitc activity of mesoporoustitania, 16th National Workshop

on Catalysis for sustainable development, CSIR-NEERI, Feb 4-5 (2014).

3. R.K.Parsapur and P.Selvam, Facile synthesis of ordered mesoporous metal

substituted aluminophosphates, 16th National Workshop on Catalysis for sustainable

development, CSIR-NEERI, Feb 4-5 (2014).

4. T.V.R.Mohan and P.Selvam, Synthesis and characterization of ordered mesoporous

copper oxide, 16th National Workshop on Catalysis for sustainable development,

CSIR-NEERI, Feb 4-5 (2014).

8. M.A.Kumar and P.Selvam, Synthesis and Characterisation of mesoporous silicates

and aluminosilicates using ionic liquids as templates, 16th National Workshop on

Catalysis for sustainable development, CSIR-NEERI, Feb 4-5 (2014).

9. S.Khan and P.Selvam, Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous sulfated

Zirconia, 16th National Workshop on Catalysis for sustainable development, CSIR-

NEERI, Feb 4-5 (2014).

10. V.Suryakumar, K.R.Krishnamurthy and B.Viswanathan, Studies on shape controlled

Pd nanoparticle supported on hydrotalcite for hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde, 16th

National Workshop on Catalysis for sustainable development, CSIR-NEERI, Feb 4-5

(2014).

11. S.Mahendran and P.Selvam, Dehydration of glycerol oversilica supported

siliocotungstic acid catalysts, 16th National Workshop on Catalysis for sustainable

development, CSIR-NEERI, Feb 4-5 (2014).

12. R. VijayaShanthi, R. Mahalakshmy and S. Sivasanker, Hydroxyapatite-supported

metal catalysts for hydrogenolysis of biomass derived polyols into glycols, 16th

National Workshop on Catalysis for sustainable development, CSIR-NEERI, Feb 4-5

(2014).

13. R.VijayaShanthi,NairritaMajumder and S.Sivasanker, Hydrogenolysis of sorbitol

over fly ash and hydroxyapatatite supported metal catalysts, Hindustan Univ.,

Chennai, Jan. 2014

D. Invited Lectures 1. B.Viswanathan, “Catalysis for green and clean chemical synthesis” Plenary lecture in

Green and clean technologies in chemical engineering and biotechnology,

Siddaganga Institute of Technology, TumkurFeb 14-15 (2014).

2. B.Viswanathan, Developments in Catalysis for energy conversion processes at

HPCL Rand D centre Bangalore, Invited presentation, 21st March, 2014.

3. S. Sivasanker, Biomass conversion into transportation fuels and chemicals, Indo-UK

Seminar Nanomaterials, Loyola College, Chennai, Dec. 2013

4. S. Sivasanker, Catalysis for green processes and sustainable development through

biomass utilization,National Conf. on green processes and nano-materials, Hindustan

Univ., Chennai, Jan. 2014 (invited lecture).

5. B.Viswanathan, Are Photo electrochemical methods appropriate for the generally of

fuels, 16th National Workshop on Catalysis for sustainable development, CSIR-

NEERI, Feb 4-5 (2014).

6. P.Selvam, Ordered mesoporous carbons supported Platinum and Gold and their

applications in catalysis, 16th National Workshop on Catalysis for sustainable

development, CSIR-NEERI, Feb 4-5 (2014).

7. S. Sivasanker, Conversion of cellulose derived polyols into value added chemicals

over supported metal catalysts, 16th National Workshop on Catalysis for sustainable

development, CSIR-NEERI, Feb 4-5 (2014).

8. K.R.Krishnamurthy, Visible light reduction of CO2 with water on mesoporoustitania

catalysts,16th National Workshop on Catalysis for sustainable development, CSIR-

NEERI, Feb 4-5 (2014).

9. P.Selvam, The University of Queensland-India Workshop on "Applications of

Nanotechnology and Catalysis in Clean Energy, Biofuels, Chemicals and Hydrogen

Generation", Brisbane, 7-8 November 2013. Keynote lecture

10. P.Selvam,International Workshopon "Advanced Porous Materials", Busan, 8-10

January 2014. .Keynote lecture.

11. P.Selvam,2nd International Conference on Catalysis for Renewable Sources: Fuel,

Energy, Chemicals, Lund, 22-28 July 2013.

12. P.Selvam,International Conference on “Global/Local Innovations for Next

Generation Automobiles” Sendai, 25-27 November 2013.

13. P.Selvam,Indo-UK Conferenceon "Nanomaterials and Devices for Energy and

Environment", Chennai, 16-18 January 2014.

14. P.Selvam, Flow Chemistry India 2014,"Flow Systems",Hyderabad, 23-24 January

2014.

15. P.Selvam, Asia-Pacific Conference on "Electrochemical Energy Storage and

Conversion (APEnergy2014)", Brisbane, 5-8 February 2014

16. P.Selvam, Workshopon “Recent Trends in Chemistry”, Kodaikanal, 4-6April, 2014.

17. K.R. Krishnamurthy, Solar fuels-A perspective” National Seminar on Emerging

trends in Solar Energy, 2013, Dept.of Chemistry, BS Abdur Rahman University,

Vandalur, Chennai, 23rd October, 2013

E. Books

1. Kripal Singh Lekhi and B.Viswanathan, Chemical Engineering - a Comprehensive

Approach, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi 2013

2. B.Viswanathan and M.AuliceScibioh, Photo-electrochemistry – Principles and

practices, Narosa Publishing House, New Helhi 2013

3. Vaidyanathan Subramanian, B.Viswanathan and J.S Lee (editors) Materials and

processes for solar fuel production (Springer Verlag)(in press)

4. B.Viswanathan, CO2 to chemicals and Fuels, an ebook at the NCCR web site

F. Patents

1. “Catalyst composition for photo catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide” Indian Patent

Appl. No: 2039/MUM/2013 filed on 17th June, 2013- V. Jeyalakshmi, K. R.

Krishnamurthy, B. Viswanathan, K. Ramesh, P.V.C.Rao, N.V. Choudary and G.

Sriganesh.

2. “Catalyst composition for photo catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide” , V.

Jeyalakshmi, K. R. Krishnamurthy, B. Viswanathan, K. Ramesh, P.V.C.Rao, N.V.

Choudary and G. Sriganesh.,PCT/IN2013/000521 27th August, 2013

3. “Layered oxide catalyst composite for photo catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide” ,

Indian Patent Appl- Provisional- 100/MUM/2014, 10th January, 2014, V.

Jeyalakshmi, K. R. Krishnamurthy, B. Viswanathan, K. Ramesh, P.V.C.Rao, N.V.

Choudary and G. Sriganesh

3. Industry sponsored projects

# Project title

Sponsor Status /

value (Rs. Lakhs)

Year

1. Light Naphtha

isomerization

CPCL Ongoing (15) 2014 - 16

2. Tri-reforming of

natural gas

IOC Under

consideration

3. Chemical mitigation of

carbon dioxide

HPCL Ongoing /(34.0) May 2010-

Oct. 2014

4. Anchoring of stabilized

cobalt nano particles on

metal-oxide supports

Shell Ongoing/ (11.86) April-2012-

June-2014

5 Synthesis of higher

carbon number

alcohols from ethanol

and methanol

NFCL Ongoing/(57.6) June 2012-

June 2015

6 Improving nitrogen use

efficiency of urea

NFCL Ongoing/(28.67) June 2012-

March 2015

7 Solar fuels by photo

electro catalytic

reduction of carbon

dioxide to

hydrocarbons

HPCL Presentation &

discussions

completed. Project

at approval stage

For 2 years

4. Collaborative efforts

a. Initiation of MOUs for research

1. Anna University Chennai-renewed for a further period of five years from 2013

2. Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research (PPISR), Bangalore.

3. University of Nevada Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

4. Department of Chemistry, Loyola College, Madras and NCCR. One Research Scholar

is working full time in NCCRunder this agreement.

5. SRM University, Chennai- As a part of this MOU a Workshop on “Sustainable

Energy Conversion and Storage Devices”was held in SRM University from 2 to 8th

September 2013.

6. Department of Chemistry of Abdul Rahman University, Madras-Exchange of

research scholars is envisaged.

7. Applied Chemistry Department of Alagappa University, Chennai.

b. Collaborative research efforts- International

1. India-Ireland Cooperative Science Programmeon “Synthesis, characterization and

testing of integrated photo catalytic adsorbents (IPAs) for water and wastewaters”

Coordinators: Dr. RaghuramChetty and Prof. P. Selvam, 2011-2013.

2. Australia-India Strategic Research FundProgramme on “Nano composite Materials

for high-power lithium battery cathodes” Coordinators: Prof. P. Selvam and Dr.

RaghuramChetty, 2012-2015.

3. Indo-Russian Joint Research Programme on “Iron-containing Nanostructured

Catalysts for Environmental Protection” Coordinator: Prof. P. Selvam, 2013-2015.

4. Research cooperation between University of Nevada and NCCR is being worked out.

Under this cooperation research proposal and another for exchange of scholars have

been submitted to NSF, USA, in this year. Coordinator: Prof. B. Viswanathan

5. Based on the discussions/visit a collaborative research project between NCCR and

Aalto University, Finland on the“Development of sustainable process for the selective

oxidation of p-Xylene to Purified terephthalic Acid (PTA)” is under preparation. To

be submitted to DST under Indo-Finnish Scientific Exchange Program.

6. Under MOU between IITM and the University of Twente, The Netherlands, one M. Tech Catalysis Technology student from NCCR carried out a research project as a part of Students Exchange programme during 2013-14

5. Catalysis Society of India -Activities

NCCR is the head quarters of the Catalysis Society of India. Under this the following

activities have been carried out during this period.

1. The Bulletin of the Catalysis Society of India

published regularly and it has received the ISBN Number d

2. On behalf of the Society the

was conducted during November

3. On behalf of the Society various on line courses were conducted

4. 16th National Workshop on

5. The CSI awards were organized

6. Faculty research

Electrochemical reduction of CO

of the Catalysis Society of India. Under this the following

activities have been carried out during this period.

atalysis Society of India, a journal of the Society is

regularly and it has received the ISBN Number during this period.

ociety the Orientation program for Catalysis research scholars

was conducted during November-December 2013.

ociety various on line courses were conducted

orkshop on Catalysis was held at NEERI, Nagpur, in Feb 2014.

The CSI awards were organized

research profiles

Electrochemical reduction of CO2

of the Catalysis Society of India. Under this the following

ociety is being

uring this period.

atalysis research scholars

in Feb 2014.

catalysts

• Homogenous

• Heterogenous

Studies on Varied Applications of Metal Complexes (both neat and encapsulated ones in zeolites)

Metal complexes

Fluorescent probes

Anti-microbial activity

Possible molecular models

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C H 3

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R 'R

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C u C u

OHN N

C C

S SC o m p lex -1 a-1 c

Where In1a: R=CH3; R'=CH1b:R=CH3; R'=H

1c: R=C2H5; R'=C2H

Studies on Varied Applications of Metal Complexes (both neat and encapsulated ones in zeolites)

• Computational modellingstudies

R '

S

; R'=CH3

H5

Studies on Varied Applications of Metal Complexes (both neat and encapsulated ones in zeolites)