Vinod Kumar
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Special Centre for Nanoscience
Off. Phone
011-26704699
Residence
9899532531
Email
kumarv[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, vinod7674[at]gmail[dot]com
Personal Webpage
Qualifications
Ph.D. (Materials Chemistry) University of Delhi
M.Sc. (Chemistry) University of Delhi
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi
Areas of Interest/Specialization
Functionalized Nanomaterials, Crystallography, Water Splitting, Optical Property, Dilute Magnetic Oxides, Degradation of Toxic Organic Pollutants, Electrode Materials of Li-Ion Batteries, Water Purification, Solid Waste Management
Experience
- Worked as Quality Assurance Office in Asian Paints Lmt, Kasna, Greater Noida, UP July 2008 to January 2009
- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi (24.07.2013 – 16.12.2019)
- Assistant Professor SCNS, JNU, New Delhi (16.12.2019 - till date)
Research Project
- SERB Start-Up Research Grant (Young Scientists) 2015-2018 “Designation and Strategies of Metal Oxides Nanocrystals for Photocatalytic Water Splitting”
- UGC Startup Grant (2015-2017) “Exploration of Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants”
Awards & Honours
- INSA Visiting Scientist Program
- National Cadet Corps (NCC), senior wing, ‘C’ certificate with ‘A’ grade
- DST Young Scientist
International Collaboration/Consultancy
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Best Peer Reviewed Publications
- "Fabrication of Highly Efficient Encapsulated SnO2@Alginate Beads as Regenerative Nanosorbents for Anionic Dye Pollutants Removal from Aqueous Solution" Materials Advances, 2023, 4, 5160-5174. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MA00615H
- "Catalytic Heterostructured Materials for CO2 Mitigation and Conversion into Fuels: A Renewable Energy Approach towards a Sustainable Environment" Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2023, 7, 4354-4395. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SE00516J
- "New Insight into Cu/Cu2O/CuO Nanocomposite Heterojunction Facilitating Photocatalytic Generation of Green Fuel and Detoxification of Organic Pollutants" Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, 127, 15, 7095–7106. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08094
- "TiO2 based Photocatalysis Membranes: An Efficient Strategy for Pharmaceutical Mineralization" Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 845, 157221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157221
- "B doped SnO2 nanoparticles: A new insight in to the photocatalytic hydrogen generation by water splitting and degradation of dyes" Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022, 29, 47448–47461 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18946-0
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
- Integrated Waste management: A sustainable approach from Waste to Wealth, Springer Nature, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0823-9
- "Utilization of Metallopolymer Nanomaterials in Optoelectronic Sensing" Ed: Advanced Functional Materials for Optical and Hazardous Sensing: Synthesis and Applications, Springer Nature 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6014-9_11
- Impact of Nanotechnology in the Development of Smart Cities, Book: Smart Cities—Opportunities and Challenges, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2545-2_68
- Challenges for assessing toxicity of nanomaterials, Book: Biochemical Toxicology - Heavy Metals and Nanomaterials. Intechopen Science, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89601
Patents (if any)
- Patent Filed Application number 202311062598 "ALGINATE ENCAPSULATED SnO2 NANOPARTICLES FOR MULTI-FOLD ANIONIC DYE REMOVAL FROM ENVIRONMENT" 2023.
- Patent Filed Application number 202411027141 "NANOPARTICLES DERIVED FROM SARACA ASOCA AS HIGHLY EFFICIENT NANO-SORBENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS" 2024.