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Dr Hareesh U S

Dr Hareesh U S

U. S. Hareesh obtained PhD in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam for the thesis entitled “Chemical Synthesis of Alumina-SiC Ceramic Nanocomposites carried out at the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences and Technology (NIIST-CSIR), Trivandrum and Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), Germany, under the supervision of Dr. K. G. K. Warrier and Dr. M. Padmanabhan (Indian) and Dr-Ing Rolf Janssen (Germany) during 1995-2000. Subsequently, he worked as a visiting scientist at Institute for New Materials, Saarbruecken, Germany during 2001-2004 and as a scientist at the Centre for Ceramic Processing, Advanced Research Centre International (ARCI), Hyderabad during 2004-2011. Dr. Hareesh has contributed in the areas of transparent ceramics, sol gel synthesis and coatings, colloidal processing and structural ceramic nanocomposites. He is currently engaged in the development of advanced functional materials for energy and environmental applications. He has more than 90 publications in the areas of chemistry and materials science, 15 patents and 5 book chapters.

Citations- 1762
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i10-index- 54
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Memberships

  • Affiliate member Royal Society of Chemistry U K
  • Life Member, Indian Ceramic Society, Kolkata
  • Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata
  • Member, American Ceramic Society, Ohio, USA
  • Member, International Sol Gel Society, USA

Honors and Awards

  • Technology Award of ARCI in 2012
  • Malaviya Award by the Indian Ceramic Society in 2011
  • German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellowship for pursuing doctoral research at Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany (1998)

Academic Qualifications

  • M. Sc. (Chemistry), 1992 (University of Kerala), India
  • Ph. D. (Inorganic Chemistry), 2001 (Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam)

Professional Record

  • Visiting Scientist, Institute for New materials, Saarbruecken, Germany (2001-2004)
  • Scientist C, Advanced Research centre International, Hyderabad, India (2004-2008)
  • Scientist D Advanced Research centre International, Hyderabad, India (2008-2011)
  • Senior Scientist, NIIST since November 2011
Patents & Publications

Patents

  • Disinfection and insitu Flocculation - Solidification Process for Pathogenic Medical Waste Disposal, Indian application number -1/24839/2021
  • Antibacterial Multi-Charged Metal complexes and Coatings with Metal Nanoparticles -thereof, Indian application number- 202111015509 (2021)
  • A high performance CO2 absorbent material for capture at medium temperatures and the method for production thereof, Indian application number - 202121018578 (2021)
  • Rare earth phosphate based non reactive and non-wettable surface for molten metals 2737/ DEL/2014 Published WO 2016046849 A2
  • Carbon dioxide-absorbing material and method of producing same Japanese Patent granted JP6596567, Indian Patent granted No. 345178
  • Process of preparation of zinc sulphide free standing article by chemical vapour deposition (Indian patent IN2009005-I1)
  • Ceramic Coating for Combustion Boilers (US2009/0017200 A1)
  • Anti-adhesive high temperature coatings (US 7,858,195 B2)
  • Durable BN Mould Separating Agents for the Die Casting of Non ferrous Metals (US 2007/0054057)
Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

2021

  • J. G. Russel, V. Thulasiraman, R. R. Nair, S. C. Ravindran, U. S. Hareesh and K. Bhaskaran, A novel bio-physical approach for perchlorate contaminated well water treatment, Environmental Advances, 2021, 4, 100058
  • P. Suyana, P. Ganguly, B. N. Nair, S. C. Pillai and U. S. Hareesh, Structural and compositional tuning in g-C3N4 based systems for photocatalytic antibiotic degradation, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2021, 8, 100148
  • P. V. Subha, B. N. Nair, V. Visakh, R. Achu, S. Shikhila, A. Peer Mohamed, T. Yamaguchi and U. S. Hareesh, Wet chemically derived Li4SiO4 nanowires as efficient CO2 sorbents at intermediate temperatures, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 406, 126731
  • Kanakangi Sukumaran Nair, U. S. Hareesh, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan Surendran, Oleic acid mediated solvothermal synthesis of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 nanoparticles, Materials Letters Volume 287, 15 March 2021, 129300

2020

  • Swetha Sasidharan, S. C. Pradhan, A. Jagadeesh, B. N. Nair, A. A. P. Mohamed, N. U. K. N, S. Soman and U. N. S. Hareesh, Bifacial Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Enhanced Light Scattering and Improved Power Conversion Efficiency under Full Sun and Indoor Light Conditions, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2020, 3, 12584-12595
  • Vaishna Priya K, M. Thomas, R. Illathvalappil, S. K, S. Kurungot, B. N. Nair, A. P. Mohamed, G. M. Anilkumar, T. Yamaguchi and U. S. Hareesh, Template assisted synthesis of Ni,N co-doped porous carbon from Ni incorporated ZIF-8 frameworks for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction, New Journal of Chemistry, 2020, 44, 12343-12354.
  • S. Venu Sreekala, V. Vijayan, P.M. Abdul Azeez, B.N. Nair, U. S. Hareesh, Lanthanum Phosphate-Incorporated Organosilane Nanocomposites for Gas-Phase CO2 Detection, ACS Applied Nano Materials 3 (2020) 10040-10048
  • S. Kottarathil, R. Illathvalappil, N. S, S. G.S, P.M. A, B. N. Nair, A. Gopinathan M, S. Kurungot, T. Yamaguchi, U. S. Hareesh, Fe3+ stabilized 3D cross-linked glycine-melamine formaldehyde networks as precursor for highly efficient oxygen reduction catalyst in alkaline media, Materials Letters 264 (2020) 127365
  • Aanisha Akhtar, Senthil murugan Subbiah, Kaustubha Mohanty, R. Sundar, R. Unnikrishnan, U.S. Hareesh Sugarcane juice clarification by lanthanum phosphate nanofibril coated ceramic ultrafiltration membrane: PPO removal in absence of lime pretreatment, fouling and cleaning studies, Separation and Purification Technology Volume 249, 2020, 117157

2019

  • K. Balamurugan, M. Uthayakumar, S. Sankar, U.S. Hareesh, K.G.K. Warrier, Predicting correlations in abrasive waterjet cutting parameters of Lanthanum phosphate/Yttria composite by response surface methodology, Measurement 131 (2019) 309-318
  • P. Ganguly, S. Panneri, U. S. Hareesh, A. Breen and S. C. Pillai, in Nanoscale Materials in Water Purification, eds. S. Thomas, D. Pasquini, S.-Y. Leu and D. A. Gopakumar, Elsevier, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813926-4.00029-X, pp. 653-688.
  • K. Balamurugan, M. Uthayakumar, S. Sankar, U. S. Hareesh and K. G. K. Warrier, in Micro and Nano Machining of Engineering Materials: Recent Developments, eds. K. Kumar, D. Zindani, N. Kumari and J. P. Davim, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2019, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99900-5_5, pp. 101-119
  • D. Mohanan, N.B. Sumina, R.T. Thomas, A.P. Mohamed, U.S. Hareesh, A.K. Ray, S. Pillai, Cucurbit[7]uril encapsulated dye-sensitized enhanced solar photocatalysis using positively charged sheet-like anatase TiO2 mesocrystals, Applied Surface Science 488 (2019) 911-920

2018

  • K. Balamurugan, M. Uthayakumar, S. Sankar, U. S. Hareesh and K. G. K. Warrier, Effect of abrasive waterjet machining on LaPO4/Y2O3 ceramic matrix composite, Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society, 2018, 54, 205-214.
  • K. Shijina, R. Illathvalappil, N.S. Sumitha, G.S. Sailaja, S. Kurungot, B.N. Nair, A. Peer Mohamed, G.M. Anilkumar, T. Yamaguchi, U.S. Hareesh, Melamine formaldehyde-metal organic gel interpenetrating polymer network derived intrinsic Fe-N-doped porous graphitic carbon electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction, New Journal of Chemistry 42 (2018) 18690-18701
  • A. Aashish, C. Molji, G.K. Priya, M. Sankaran, U. S. Hareesh, S.J. Devaki, Nanowires of polyaniline festooned silver coated paper electrodes for efficient solid-state symmetrical supercapacitors, RSC Advances 8 (2018) 33314-33324
  • M. Thomas, R. Illathvalappil, S. Kurungot, B.N. Nair, A.P. Mohamed, G.M. Anilkumar, T. Yamaguchi, U.S. Hareesh, Morphological Ensembles of N-Doped Porous Carbon Derived from ZIF-8/Fe-Graphene Nanocomposites: Processing and Electrocatalytic Studies, ChemistrySelect 3 (2018) 8688-8697.
  • K. Balamurugan, M. Uthayakumar, S. Sankar, U.S. Hareesh, K.G.K. Warrier, Preparation, characterisation and machining of LaPO4-Y2O3 composite by abrasive water jet machine, International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology 10 (2018) 684-697
  • P. V. Subha,a Balagopal N. Nair, V. Visakh, C. R. Sreerenjini,a A. Peer Mohamed,a K. G. K. Warrier,a T. Yamaguchid and U. S. Hareesh, Germanium-incorporated lithium silicate composites as highly efficient low-temperature sorbents for CO2capture, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 7913-7921
  • Aashish, A; Neethu, K S; Krishna Priya, G; Hareesh, U S; Sankaran, M; Sudha, J D, Flexible Electrochemical Transducer Platform for Neurotransmitters, ACS Omega, 2018, 3 (3), 3489-3500
  • Smitha, V. S , A. Peer Mohamed, Warrier, KGK, Nair, Balagopal N., Hareesh, U.S, Transparent and Hydrophobic MTMS/GPTMS Hybrid Aerogel Monoliths and Coatings by Sol‐Gel Method: A Viable Remedy for Oil‐Spill Cleanup, ChemistrySelect, 3(11), 2018, 2989-2997
  • V. S. Smitha, S. S. Syamili, A. Peer Mohamed, Balagopal N. Nair and U. S. Hareesh, ORMOSIL-ZrO2 hybrid nanocomposites and coatings on aluminium alloys for corrosion resistance; a sol-gel approach, New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42, 10337-10347

2017

  • Kottarathil Shijina, Rajith Illathvalappil, Sreekumar Kurungot, Balagopal N. Nair, A. Peer Mohamed, Takeo Yamaguchi, Gopinathan M. Anilkumar, U. S. Hareesh, G. S. Sailaja, Chitosan Intercalated Metal Organic Gel as a Green Precursor of Fe Entrenched and Fe Distributed N-Doped Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Chemistryselect, 2017 (28), 8762-8770
  • Midhun Mohan, T. Suzuki, Akhil K. Nair, Saju Pillai, K. G. K. Warrier, U. S. Hareesh, Balagopal N. Nair and J. D. Galed, Surface modification induced enhanced CO2 sorption in cucurbit[6]uril, an organic porous material, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017,19, 25564-25573
  • Swetha Sasidharan, Suraj Soman, Sourava Chandra Pradhan, K. N. Narayanan Unni, Abdul Azeez Peer Mohamed, Balagopal Narayanan Nair and U. S. Hareesh, Fine tuning of compact ZnO blocking layers for enhanced photovoltaic performance in ZnO based DSSCs: a detailed insight using β recombination, EIS, OCVD and IMVS techniques, New Journal of Chemistry, 2017,41, 1007-1016.
  • K. Balamurugan; M. Uthayakumar; S. Sankar; U.S. Hareesh, K.G.K. Warrier, Modeling and surface texturing on surface roughness in machining LaPO4-Y2O3 composite, Materials and manufacturing Processes, 1-9, 2017
  • Suyana P; Thomas, M.; Ganguly, P.; Nair, B. N.; Mohamed A. A. P.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh U. S., C3N4 Anchored ZIF 8 Composites: Photo-regenerable, high capacity sorbents as adsorptive photocatalysts for the effective removal of tetracycline from water, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2017. DOI: 10.1039/C7CY00348J
  • Joy, M.; Mohamed, A. A. P.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., Visible-light-driven photocatalytic properties of binary MoS2/ZnS heterostructured nanojunctions synthesized via one-step hydrothermal route, New Journal of Chemistry, 2017. DOI: 10.1039/c6nj03727e
  • Suyana P.; Ganguly, P.; Nair, B. N.; Mohamed, A. A. P.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., Role of precursors on the photophysical properties of carbon nitride and its application for antibiotic degradation, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2017, 24 (9) 8609-8618. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8538-z
  • Midhun, M.; Pragatheeswaran, A.; Sankar, S.; Shijina, K.; Firozkhan, M.; Mohamed, A. A. P.; Ananthapadmanabhan, P.V.; Warrier, K.G.K.; Hareesh, U. S., Synthesis, spray granulation and plasma spray coating of lanthanum phosphate nanorods for thermal insulation coatings, Ceramics International, 2017, 43 (6), 4858-4865. DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.12.120
  • Suyana, P.; Ganguly, P.; Nair, B. N.; Mohammed, A. A. P.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., Copyrolysed C3N4-Ag/ZnO Ternary Heterostructure Systems for Enhanced Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 31, 5068-5076. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600646
  • Suyana, P.; Ganguly, P.; Nair, B. N.; Mohamed, A. A. P.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., Co3O4-C3N4 p-n nano-heterojunctions for the simultaneous degradation of a mixture of pollutants under solar irradiation, Environmental Science: Nano 2017, 4, 212-221. DOI: 10.1039/C6EN00410E
  • Suyana, P; Ganguly, P.; Midhun M.; Nair, B. N.; Mohamed, A. A. P.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U.S., Photoregenerable, Bifunctional Granules of Carbon-Doped g-C3N4 as Adsorptive Photocatalyst for the Efficient Removal of Tetracycline Antibiotic, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2017, 5 (2), 1610-1618. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng. 6b02383

2016

  • Sankar, S.; Nair, B. N.; Suzuki, T.; Anilkumar, G. M.; Padmanabhan, M.; Hareesh, U. N. S.; Warrier, K. G., Hydrophobic and Metallophobic Surfaces: Highly Stable Non-wetting Inorganic Surfaces Based on Lanthanum Phosphate Nanorods, Scientific Reports 2016, 6. DOI: 10.1038/srep22732
  • Suyana, P.; Sneha, K. R.; Nair, B. N.; Karunakaran, V.; Mohamed, A. A. P.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., A facile one pot synthetic approach for C3N4-ZnS composite interfaces as heterojunctions for sunlight-induced multifunctional photocatalytic applications, RSC Advances 2016, 6, (22), 17800-17809. DOI: 10.1039/c5ra27427c
  • Shijina, K.; Sankar, S.; Midhun, M.; Firozkhan, M.; Nair, B. N.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., Very low thermal conductivity in lanthanum phosphate-zirconia ceramic nanocomposites processed using a precipitation-peptization synthetic approach, New Journal of Chemistry , 2016, 40, (6), 5333-5337. DOI:10.1039/C5NJ03290C
  • Thomas, M.; Nair, B. N.; Anilkumar, G. M.; Mohamed, A. P.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., Processing of thermally stable 3D hierarchical ZIF-8@ZnO structures and their CO2 adsorption studies. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2016, 4, (2), 1442-1450. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2016.01.043
  • Joy, M.; Nair, B. N.; Mohamed, A. P.; Warrier, K .G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of visible light responsive MoS2/g-CNO heterostructures for organic pollutant degradation, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 24, 3912-3920. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600232
  • Smitha, V. S.; Pillai, S.; Hareesh, U. S.; Ghosh, S.; Warrier, K. G. K., Optical Properties of Rare-Earth Doped TiO2 Nanocomposites and Coatings; A Sol-Gel Strategy towards Multi-functionality, ChemistrySelect, 2016, 1 (10), 2140-2147. DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600606
  • Thomas, M.; Illathvalappil, R.; Kurungot, S.; Nair, B. N.; Mohamed, A. A. P.; Gopinathan M. A.; Yamaguchi, T.; Hareesh, U. S., Graphene Oxide Sheathed ZIF-8 Microcrystals: Engineered Precursors of Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Electrocatalysis, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8 (43), 29373-29382. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06979
  • Sasidharan S.; Soman, S.; Pradhan, S. C.; Unni K. N.; Mohamed, A. A. P.; Nair, B. N.; Hareesh, U. S., Fine tuning compact ZnO blocking layers for enhanced photovoltaic performance in ZnO based DSSC: a detailed insight using β recombination, EIS, OCVD and IMVS techniques. New Journal of Chemistry, 2016, 41, 1007-1016. DOI: 10.1039/C6NJ03098J
  • Subha, P. V.; Nair, B. N.; Mohamed, A. A. P.; Anilkumar, G. M.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Yamaguchi, T.; Hareesh, U. S., Morphologically and compositionally tuned lithium silicate nanorods as high-performance carbon dioxide sorbents, Journal of Material Chemistry A , 2016, 4 (43), 16928-16935. DOI: 10.1039/c6ta06133h
  • Smitha, V. S.; Vidya, K.; Jayasankar, M.; Mohamed, A. P.; Hareesh, U. S.; Warrier, K. G. K., Energy revamping of solar panels through titania nanocomposite coatings; influence of aqueous silica precursor. RSC Advances 2016, 6, (37), 31114-31121.
  • Sunil SeethaLekshmi, Kiran Sri Rama Narasimha Mangalampalli, U. S. Hareesh, Upradrasta Ramamurty, and Sunil Varughese, Structural Snapshots of Metastable Intermediates Reveals Sequential Addition of Growth Units in the Formation of an Archetypal Coordination Complex: Anisotropic Layer Migration and Solid-State Thermochromic Transitions, Crystl Growth & Design, 2016, 16 (12), pp 7271-7277

2015

  • Suyana, P.; Kumar, S. N.; Madhavan, N.; Kumar, B. S. D.; Nair, B. N.; Mohamed, A. P.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., Reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediated enhanced anti-candidal activity of ZnS-ZnO nanocomposites with low inhibitory concentrations. RSC Advances 2015, 5, (94), 76718-76728.
  • Subha, P. V.; Nair, B. N.; Hareesh, P.; Mohamed, A. P.; Yamaguchi, T.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., CO2 Absorption Studies on Mixed Alkali Orthosilicates Containing Rare-Earth Second-Phase Additives. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2015, 119, (10), 5319-5326.
  • Krishnan, A.; Sreeremya, T. S.; Mohamed, A. P.; Hareesh, U. S.; Ghosh, S., Concentration quenching in cerium oxide dispersions via a Forster resonance energy transfer mechanism facilitates the identification of fatty acids. RSC Advances 2015, 5, (30), 23965-23972.
  • Jaimy, K. B.; Vidya, K.; Saraswathy, H. U. N.; Hebalkar, N. Y.; Warrier, K. G. K., Dopant-free anatase titanium dioxide as visible-light catalyst: Facile sol-gel microwave approach. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2015, 3, (2), 1277-1286.

2014

  • Suyana, P.; Kumar, S. N.; Kumar, B. S. D.; Nair, B. N.; Pillai, S. C.; Mohamed, A. P.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., Antifungal properties of nanosized ZnS particles synthesised by sonochemical precipitation. RSC Advances 2014, 4, (17), 8439-8445.
  • Subha, P. V.; Nair, B. N.; Hareesh, P.; Mohamed, A. P.; Yamaguchi, T.; Warrier, K. G. K.; Hareesh, U. S., Enhanced CO2 absorption kinetics in lithium silicate platelets synthesized by a sol-gel approach. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2, (32), 12792-12798.
  • Sreeremya, T. S.; Krishnan, A.; Mohamed, A. P.; Hareesh, U. S.; Ghosh, S., Synthesis and characterization of cerium oxide based nanofluids: An efficient coolant in heat transport applications. Chemical Engineering Journal 2014, 255, 282-289.
  • Smitha, V. S.; Pillai, S.; Saraswathy Hareesh, U. N.; Nair, B. N.; Warrier, K. G., Photoluminescent, self-cleaning titanium oxide nanocomposites with multifunctional properties. RSC Advances 2014, 4, (106), 61727-61735.
  • Smitha, V. S.; Pillai, S.; Hareesh, U. N. S.; Nair, B. N.; Warrier, K. G., Photoluminescent, self-cleaning titanium oxide nanocomposites with multifunctional properties. RSC Advances 2014, 4, (106), 61727-61735.
  • Sankar, S.; Prajeesh, G. P. V.; Anupama, V. N.; Krishnakumar, B.; Hareesh, P.; Nair, B. N.; Warrier, K. G.; Hareesh, U. N. S., Bifunctional lanthanum phosphate substrates as novel adsorbents and biocatalyst supports for perchlorate removal. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2014, 275, 222-229.
  • Rajeswari, K.; Biswas, P.; Suresh, M. B.; Hareesh, U. S.; Johnson, R.; Das, D., Colloidal Shaping of 8 mol% Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Electrolyte Honeycomb Structures by Microwave-Assisted Thermal Gelation of Methyl Cellulose. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology 2014, 11, (1), 154-163.
  • Kattoor, V.; Smitha, V. S.; Peer Mohamed, A.; Saraswathy Hareesh, U. N.; Warrier, K. G., Temperature assisted acid catalyzed peptization of TiO2; facile sol-gel approach for thermally stable anatase phase. RSC Advances 2014, 4, (41), 21664-21671.

2013

  • Smitha, V. S.; Francois, P.; Saraswathy Hareesh, U. N.; Warrier, K. G., Effect of precursor particle size distribution on the morphology and low wetting behavior of photocatalytic nanocoatings on glass surfaces. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2013, 1, (39), 12178-12187.
  • Smitha, V. S.; Francois, P.; Hareesh, U. N. S.; Warrier, K. G., Effect of precursor particle size distribution on the morphology and low wetting behavior of photocatalytic nanocoatings on glass surfaces. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2013, 1, (39), 12178-12187.
  • Manjumol, K. A.; Mini, L.; Mohamed, A. P.; Hareesh, U. S.; Warrier, K. G. K., A hybrid sol-gel approach for novel photoactive and hydrophobic titania coatings on aluminium metal surfaces. RSC Advances 2013, 3, (39), 18062-18070.
  • Biswas, P.; Kumar, M. K.; Rajeswari, K.; Johnson, R.; Hareesh, U. S., Transparent sub-micrometre alumina from lanthanum oxide doped common grade alumina powder. Ceramics International 2013, 39, (8), 9415-9419.

Till 2012

  • Dhwajam, D. B.; Suresh, M. B.; Hareesh, U. S.; Thomas, J. K.; Solomon, S.; John, A., Impedance and modulus spectroscopic studies on 40PrTiTaO(6)+60YTiNbO(6) ceramic composite. Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics 2012, 23, (3), 653-658.
  • Anjali, M. C.; Biswas, P.; Chakravarty, D.; Hareesh, U. S.; Rao, Y. S.; Johnson, R., Low Temperature In-situ Reaction Sintering of Zircon: Alumina Composites Trough Spark Plasma Sintering. Science of Sintering 2012, 44, (3), 323-330.
  • Swathi, M.; Papitha, R.; Hareesh, U. S.; Saha, B. P.; Johnson, R.; Vijayakumar, M., Rheological Studies on Aqueous Alumina Extrusion Mixes. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 2011, 64, (6), 541-547.
  • Ramavath, P.; Mahender, V.; Hareesh, U. S.; Johnson, R.; Kumari, S.; Prasad, N. E., Fracture behaviour of chemical vapour deposited and hot isostatically pressed zinc sulphide ceramics. Materials Science and Engineering a-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 2011, 528, (15), 5030-5035.
  • Ramavath, P.; Biswas, P.; Kumar, R. S.; Mahendar, V.; Rao, G. V. N.; Hareesh, U. S.; Johnson, R.; Prasad, N. E., Effect of sphalerite to wurtzite crystallographic transformation on microstructure, optical and mechanical properties of zinc sulphide ceramics. Ceramics International 2011, 37, (3), 1039-1046.
  • Rajeswari, K.; Suresh, M. B.; Hareesh, U. S.; Rao, Y. S.; Das, D.; Johnson, R., Studies on ionic conductivity of stabilized zirconia ceramics (8YSZ) densified through conventional and non-conventional sintering methodologies. Ceramics International 2011, 37, (8), 3557-3564.
  • Kumar, R. S.; Hareesh, U. S.; Ramavath, P.; Johnson, R., Hydrolysis control of alumina and AlN mixture for aqueous colloidal processing of aluminum oxynitride. Ceramics International 2011, 37, (7), 2583-2590.
  • Hareesh, U. N. S.; Anantharaju, R.; Biswas, P.; Rajeswari, K.; Johnson, R., Colloidal Shaping of Alumina Ceramics by Thermally Induced Gelation of Methylcellulose. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2011, 94, (3), 749-753.
  • Ramavath, P.; Ravi, N.; Hareesh, U. S.; Johnson, R.; Prasad, N. E., Compressive and flexural strength properties of ZnS optical ceramics. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 2010, 63, (6), 847-852.
  • Rajeswari, K.; Reddy, A. R.; Hareesh, U. S.; Saha, B. P.; Johnson, R., Micro structural control of stabilized zirconia ceramics (8YSZ) through modified conventional sintering methodologies. Science of Sintering 2010, 42, (1), 91-97.
  • Rajeswari, K.; Hareesh, U. S.; Subasri, R.; Chakravarty, D.; Johnson, R., Comparative Evaluation of Spark Plasma (SPS), Microwave (MWS), Two stage sintering (TSS) and Conventional Sintering (CRH) on the densification and Micro structural Evolution of fully Stabilized Zirconia Ceramics. Science of Sintering 2010, 42, (3), 259-267.
  • Kumar, R. S.; Rajeswari, K.; Praveen, B.; Hareesh, U. N. S.; Johnson, R., Processing of Aluminum Oxynitride Through Aqueous Colloidal Forming Techniques. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2010, 93, (2), 429-435.
  • Biswas, P.; Kumar, R. S.; Ramavath, P.; Mahendar, V.; Rao, G. V. N.; Hareesh, U. S.; Johnson, R., Effect of post-CVD thermal treatments on crystallographic orientation, microstructure, mechanical and optical properties of ZnS ceramics. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2010, 496, (1-2), 273-277.
  • Hareesh, U. S.; Johnson, R., Rate controlled sintering: A unique concept for microstructural control. Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society 2007, 66, (4), 157-166.
  • S. Ananthakumar, K. Prabhakaran, U. S. Hareesh, P. Manohar and K. G. K. Warrier, Gel Casting Process for Al2O3-SiC nanocomposites and its creep characteristics Materials Chemistry and Physics 2004, 85, 151-157
  • U.S. Hareesh, M. Sternitzke, R. Janssen , N. Claussen and K.G.K. Warrier Processing and Properties of Sol gel Derived Alumina/SiC Nanocomposites, , Journal of American Ceramic Society, 2004, 87 (6) 1024-1030
  • U. S. Hareesh, Asha K. Vasudevan, K. G. K. Warrier, F. J. Berry, M. Mortimer and F. F. Vetel, Dependence of Precursor Characteristics on Low Temperature Densification of Seeded Sol gel Aluminium Titanate, Journal of European Ceramic Society 2001, 21(13): 2345-2351
  • S. Rajesh Kumar, Suresh C. Pillai, U.S. Hareesh, P. Mukundan and K. G. K.Warrier, Synthesis of Thermally Stable High Surface Area Anatase-Alumina Mixed Oxides, Materials. Letters, 2000, 43, 286-290
  • C. Sunilkumar, U.S. Hareesh, B. C. Pai, A. D. Damodaran and K. G. K. Warrier, Aqueous Extrusion of Alumina-Zirconia (12 mol% Ceria) Composites Using Boehmite as an Extrusion Aid, Ceramics International, 1998, 24 (8) 583-87
  • S. Ananthakumar, U.S.Hareesh, A. D. Damodaran and K.G.K. Warrier, Microwave Drying of Sol-Gel Alumina- 30 vol % SiC precursor for Particulate Ceramic Matrix Composites, British Ceramic Transactions, 1998, 97(5) 236
  • S. Ananthakumar, U.S.Hareesh and A.D. Damodaran, and K. G. K. Warrier, Microwave Processing of Boehmite Coated SiC Composite Precursors for Alumina-SiC nanocomposites, Journal of Material Science Letters, 1998, 17, 145-148
  • U.S. Hareesh, Asha K. Vasudevan and A. D. Damodaran, and K. G. K. Warrier, Low Temperature Sintering of Seeded Aluminium Titanate Precursor Gels, Materials Letters, 1997, 32, (2-3), 203-208
  • U.S. Hareesh, A. D. Damodaran and K. G. K. Warrier, Sol-Gel Precursors for Alumina -SiC Nanocomposites through Controlled Flocculation and Humidity Drying, British Ceramic Transactions ,1997 96(3), 99-101
  • G. M. Anilkumar, U. S. Hareesh, A. D. Damodaran and K. G. K. Warrier, Effect of Seeds on the Transformation of Sol-gel Mullite, Ceramic International, 1997, 23 (6), 537-543
  • C. Sunilkumar, U. S. Hareesh, A. D. Damodaran and K. G. K. Warrier, Monohydroxy Aluminium Oxide (boehmite- AlOOH) as a Reactive Binder for Extrusion of Alumina Ceramics, Journal of European Ceramic Society 1997, 17, 1167-1172
  • U. S. Hareesh, C. Sunilkumar, T. V. Mani, G. M. Anilkumar, A. D. Damodaran and K. G. K. Warrier, Processing of Extruded BPSCCO-PMMA Composite for Sintering and Texture Development, Journal of Ceramic Society of Japan., 1995, 103 (7) 657-659
Alumni
Smitha Dr. Smitha V. S.
Scientist B, Ecology and Environment Research Group
CWRDM, Calicut , Kerala
Minju Dr. Minju Thomas
University of Calabria Italy
Swetha Dr. Swetha S.
Project Associate
CSIR-NIIST
Subha Dr. Subha P. V.
SERB-NPDF
CSIR-NCL
Narasimman Dr. R. Narasimman
DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellow
VSSC
Mega Dr. Mega Joy
CSIR-RA
CSIR-NIIST
Unnikrishnan Mr. Unni Krishnan
Project Assistant
CSIR-NIIST
Sundar Dr. Sundar
Bharathiyar University
Jinu Ms. Jinu Joji
PhD
IISC Bangalore
Firoz Mr. Firoz Khan
Air India
Kerala
Sailaja Dr. G. S. Sailaja
Associate Professor
CUSAT
Sankar Dr. Sankar S.
Tokyo institute of Technology
Japan
Seetha Dr. Seethalekshmi Sunil
CSIR-NIIST
Sreeja Ms. Sreeja Chandra
HAL
Jintu Dr. Jintu Francis
Pusan National University
Midhun Dr. Midhun Mohan
University du Quebec a Trios Rivieres
Akhil Dr. Akhil K. Nair
Assistant Professor
Sree Vyasa NSS college

 

International and National Collaboration

National/International Collaborators

  • Prof. Takeo Yamaguchi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Dr. Balagopal N. Nair and Dr. G. M. Anilkumar, Noritake Company LTD., Aichi, Japan
  • Prof. M. Nomura, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
  • Prof. Giovanni Golemme, University of Calabria, Italy
  • H&R Johnson, Mumbai
  • CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata
  • Prof. M. Padmanabhan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeet
  • Dr. K. Sreekumar, CSIR-NCL Pune
  • Dr. G. S. Sailaja, CUSAT, Kerala
Group
Balagopal Dr. Balagopal N. Nair
Visiting Scientist
General Manager
R&D Center, Noritake Company LTD., Aichi, Japan
Email: nnbalu[at]gmail.com
Peer Mr. A. Peer Mohamed
Senior Technical Officer
Email: peer2010niist[at]gmail.com
Suyana Dr. Suyana P.
CSIR-RA
Email: suyansam[at]gmail.com
Research Area: Photocatalysis, graphitic carbon nitride, water splitting, water purification
Shijina Ms. Shijina K.
CSIR-SRF
Email : shijinak90[at]gmail.com
Research Interest: N-doped carbon as ORR electrocatalyst for fuel cells
Visakh Mr. Visakh V.
Project Assistant
Email : visakh919[at]gmail.com
Research Interest: Production, quality control, quality assurance, research and development
Nimisha Ms. Nimisha G
UGC-JRF
Email : nimishagirija[at]gmail.com
Research Interest: Energy efficient devices based on nano chalcogenides
Vyshina Ms. Vyshnapriya
UGC-JRF
Email: vyshnapriya493[at]gmail.com
Research Interest: Engineered porous carbon structures
Surya Ms. Surya Suma Kuttan
UGC-JRF
Email: surya2690[at]gmail.com
Research Interest: Materials for electrochemical applications
Devika Ms. Devika Surendran
CSIR-SRF
Email: devikasurendran96[at]gmail.com
Research Interest: CO2 capture and conversion
Achu Mr. Achu. R
CSIR-SRF
Email: achu.kply[at]gmail.com
Research Interest: Solid Sorbents for CO2 Capture, Computational Modelling
Suja Ms. Suja P
UGC SRF
Email: suja.p.vasudevan[at]gmail.com
Research Interest: Single Atom Catalysis, Photocatalytic CO2 reduction

 

Projects

Ongoing

Sr. No. Title Cost
(Rs. in Lakh)		 Duration Role Agency
1 Development of Ceramic Adsorbents for Gas and Vapour Molecules 100.00 March 2013-March 2022 PI at CSIR-NIIST Noritake Co Ltd, Japan
2 Development and Evaluation of Materials for the Selective Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Flue Gases and Natural Gas Streams” 22.98 November 2020-May 2022 PI at CSIR-NIIST ONGC Energy Centre Trust, New Delhi
3 Flocculant based disinfection system for medical waste disposal 8.25 February 2021-March 2022 Team member CML Biotech Kerala

Completed

Sr. No. Title Cost
(Rs. in Lakh)		 Duration Role Agency Status
1 Development of ceramic membranes with internationally competitive specifications and setting up of a pre-pilot plant manufacturing facility to promote their application in different separation technologies 140.00 June 2016 -May 2021 PI at CSIR-NIIST DST-TSDP Successfully completed
2 Facility creation for pilot level (5-20kg) synthesis of powders for industry feasibility and market sensitisation trials of near ready technologies 110.00 2018-2019 PI CSIR Facility created
3 Development of lithium silicate based ceramics as CO2 sorbents for sorption enhanced steam methane reforming 110.00 2018-2020 PI CSIR Developed Materials for Hot CO2 capture
4 Intelligent Coatings 500.00 April 2013-March 2017 PI at CSIR-NIIST CSIR Network project Successfully completed with excellent rating
5 Synthesis and Spray Granulation of Lanthanum Phosphate powders for Plasma Spray Applications 24.00 2012-2015 PI BARC Successfully completed

 

Research Areas

Research activities

  • CO2 sorption and conversion

Global warming and its impact on climatic destabilization are major environmental issues and the prime contributor is known to be carbon dioxide (CO2). The atmospheric concentration of CO2 is currently over 400 ppm, which is a significant increase from its pre-industrial level of ~280 ppm. Carbon dioxide capture and utilization (CCU) has thus received significant attention in combating CO2 emission and to maintain carbon neutral cycle. It is therefore imperative to develop regenerable sorbents which is capable of efficiently capturing carbon dioxide at point sources of its generation. Moreover, the sorbed CO2 can be converted into valuable feed stocks by employing electro/photo catalysts. We are focusing on developing such kinds of nanosized sorbents, through wet chemical techniques, capable of capturing carbon dioxide at elevated temperatures. Also, metallic catalysts supported on a high surface area matrix is developed for the carbon dioxide conversion.

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  • Photocatalysis

Visibly active 2-D photocatalysts

Heterogeneous semiconductor photocatalysis utilizing solar radiation is a greener and practically viable solution to address energy and environmental issues of the present times. Traditional photocatalysts like TiO2, ZnO, ZnS, etc. are active only in the UV region due to which their practical applications are limited. The emergence of visible light active photocatalysts has therefore infused renewed interest in the quest for alternate sources of sustainable energy production and greener solutions for environmental issues. Visible light active 2-D materials like graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), MoS2, acquired enormous interest in recent years owing to their unique chemical, thermal, and electronic properties. We are mainly focusing on the band engineering and pore engineering to create photocatalytic heterojunctions with amicable properties and applications in organic pollutant degradation, water splitting etc.

Single atom catalysis

Single-atom catalysts (SACs) and Atomically Dispersed Metal Catalysts (ADMCs) comprising of individual and isolated metal atoms stabilized on appropriate supports without forming nanoparticles, show unusual potential due to unsaturated coordination sites for realizing maximum atom-utilization efficiency. Consequently, SACs and ADMCs with unique electronic structures serve as a potential candidate for catalyzing various photocatalytic reactions and organic reactions by guarantee the following advantages of remarkably high catalytic activity, reduced catalyst amount, and single active sites facilitating the study of catalytic mechanisms. Photocatalytic CO2 reduction helps to mitigate the global CO2 accumulation, global warming, and also provide a sustainable resource of fuels like HCOOH, CH3OH, CH4, and higher hydrocarbons to meet the growing global energy demand. This research domain is focussed on the synthesis of SACs on appropriate matrices and its application in photocatalytic conversion of CO2 and in catalysing organic reactions

  • Electrochemical energy storage and conversion

Supercapacitor

Supercapacitors are one among the electrochemical energy-storage technologies perceived as promising contenders to solve the increasing demands of global energy supply, zero-emission transportation, and grid storage in a greener way. Accordingly, novel strategies and the new promising designs of electrodes attempt to conquer the high energy density of supercapacitors without decreasing their power density and cycle life.

Nanostructured electrodes can achieve high electrochemical performances in supercapacitors owing to their high surface atom ratio, tuneable texture and unique size-dependent properties that can afford effective electrolyte diffusion and improved charge transportation and storage during charging-discharging. Our studies are focused on understanding the morphology dependence on supercapacitive performance of various electrode materials, mainly transition metal oxides and its hybrid composites for supercapacitor application. Highly porous electrode materials like transition metal chalcogenides with high energy and power density are employed for supercapacitor applications.

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Oxygen reduction reaction

Fuel cells (FCs) are well accepted as highly efficient, sustainable and green energy sources. In fuel cells ORR is the reaction occurring at the cathode. In order to speed up the ORR kinetics to reach a practical usable level in a fuel cell, a cathode ORR catalyst is needed. At the current stage in technology, platinum (Pt)-based materials are the most practical catalysts. Since these Pt-based catalysts are too expensive for making commercially viable fuel cells, extensive research over the past several decades has focused on developing alternative catalysts. Recent researches in electrocatalysts for fuel cells, includes low and non-Pt electrocatalysts, metal oxides, heteroatom doped carbon catalysts etc. We focus on the material development part, development of porous carbon electrocatalyst including nitrogen doped hierarchical porous carbon, transition metal (Fe, Co, Ni) doped mesoporous carbon nanostructures etc.

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  • Photovoltaic Materials

Dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) are recognised as efficient, renewable and economic photovoltaic devices with potential for mass energy production. Recent reports highlight the phenomenal performance of DSSC, compared to other solar cell technologies, under various indoor lighting sources such as fluorescent lamps and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) enabling them to be capable of powering wireless sensors and consumer electronics.

The efficiency of DSSC is enhanced by engineering the surface texture of the photoanode for improved light scattering in the active titania layer. Herein, surface roughness was introduced in the TiO2 layer by applying a sacrificial layer of ZnO micro flowers of 2-4 μm sizes during cell fabrication The ZnO aggregates deposited on TiO2 layers are selectively etched by the TiCl4 treatment. The voids as well as the surface roughness created scattering centres, thereby improving the photocurrent generation. A PCE improvement of 12.9% in full sun and 84% in 100 lux compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) illumination was achieved by employing templated TiO2 surface created by the etching of ZnO micro flowers. We have also utilized ZnO fibriles ZnO sheet aggregates for the same purpose. As the electrode offers transparency, it can possibly serve as a potential candidate for bifacial DSSC in building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) sector.

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