Raju Kumar Gupta

Dr. Raju Kumar Gupta is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. He received his PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from National University of Singapore in 2010 and postdoctoral training at Nanyang Technological University Singapore, prior to starting his independent career in 2012. Dr. Gupta’s research group focuses on solar energy conversion and utilization for environmental and energy applications. His current research interests are photocatalysis for water remediation and CO2 capture & conversion to fuels, hybrid perovskite solar cells and energy storage devices. Dr. Gupta has been recipient of several fellowships and awards for his outstanding career in academic and research fields. He is an Editorial Board member of several international journals, as well as a member of scientific bodies. Dr. Gupta has authored more than 95 research articles in SCI journals, 3 patents, 3 books, 16 book chapters and guest edited special issues for several international journals.

Research Interest

• Photocatalysis
• Green synthesis of nanomaterials
• Surface chemistry
• High dielectric constant materials
• Perovskite solar cells
• Supercapacitors
• Electrospinning of functional polymers and nanocomposites for environmental and energy applications.

Education

• B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, 2005
• Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2010

Awards

• DST Inspire Faculty Award 2013.
• Young Engineer Award (2014-15).
• Young Scientist Award 2014 at International Smart Materials and Surfaces Conference (SMS 2014), Thailand.
• P.K. Kelkar Young Faculty Research Fellowship 2018 by IIT Kanpur
• Editorial board member for journal IET Nanodielectrics
• Advisory board member of the Royal Society of Chemistry journal ‘Molecular Systems Design & Engineering’

Recent Publications

• R. Ranjan, A. Prakash, A. Singh, A. Singh, A. Garg and R. K. Gupta,"Effect of tantalum doping in TiO2 compact layer on the performance of planar Spiro-OMeTAD free perovskite solar cells", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6, 1037 ‐ 1047, 2018.
• M. Misra, N. Singh and R. K. Gupta, "Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity of Au@Ag core-shell bimetallic nanoparticles immobilized on electrospun TiO2 nanofibers for degradation of organic compounds", Catalysis Science & Technology, 7, 570-580, 2017 (Front Inside Cover).
• N. Singh, J. Prakash, M. Misra, A. Sharma and R. K. Gupta, "Dual functional Ta doped electrospun TiO2 nanofibers with enhanced photocatalysis and SERS detection for organic compounds", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9 (34), 28495 ‐ 28507, 2017.
• N. Singh, J. Prakash and R. K. Gupta, "Design and engineering of high performance photocatalytic systems based on metal oxide-graphene-noble metal nanocomposites", Molecular Systems Design & Engineering,2, 422-439, 2017 (Highlighted as the top ten most-read articles in MSDE during Q4 2017).
• Prateek, V. K. Thakur and R. K. Gupta, "Recent progress on ferroelectric polymer based nanocomposites for high energy density capacitors: Synthesis, dielectric properties and future aspects" Chemical Reviews, 116, 4260 - 4317, 2016.
• A. Tyagi, K. M. Tripathi, N. Singh, S. Choudhary and R. K. Gupta, "Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots from lemon peel waste: Applications in sensing and photocatalysis", RSC Advances, 6, 72423-72432, 2016 (Selected for Editors Web Collection from RSC Advances by Indian researchers published in 2016-2018).
• N. Singh, K. Mondal, M. Misra, A. Sharma and R. K. Gupta, "Quantum dot sensitized electrospun mesoporous titanium dioxide hollow nanofibers for photocatalytic applications", RSC Advances, 6, 48109 - 48119, 2016.
• A. Tyagi, K. M. Tripathi and R. K. Gupta, "Recent progress on micro-scale energy storage devices and future aspects", Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3, 22507-22541, 2015.
• V. K. Thakur, M. K. Thakur and R. K. Gupta, "Graft copolymers of Natural Fibers for Green Composites", Carbohydrate Polymers, 104, 87-93, 2014.
• V. K. Thakur, M. K. Thakur and R. K. Gupta, "Rapid Synthesis of Graft Copolymers from Natural Cellulose Fibers", Carbohydrate Polymers, 98, 820-828, 2013.
• R. K. Gupta, S. Krishnamoorthy, D. Y. Kusuma, P. S. Lee and M. P. Srinivasan, "Enhancing charge-storage capacity of non-volatile memory device using template-directed assembly of gold nanoparticles", Nanoscale, 4, 2296-2300, 2012.
• N. Singh, R. K. Gupta and P. S. Lee, "Gold-nanoparticle-functionalized In2O3 nanowires as CO gas sensors with a significant enhancement in response", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 3, 2246-2252, 2011.