Department of Material Science and Engineering

  

Department Faculties

  

Dr. Gobinda Gopal Khan

Name: Dr. Gobinda Gopal Khan
Phone number's : +91 - 9434827837
E-mail's : gobinda.gk[at]gmail.com, gobindakhan[at]tripurauniv.ac.in
Academic Qualifications : M. Sc., M. Tech., Ph. D.
Present Designation/position : Assistant Professor
Topics Taught : Nanostructure materials, Electronic, opto-electronic and energy materials, Materials characterization.

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Position held:

  • DST-INSPIRE Faculty at Center for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Calcutta, India (December 2012- July 2016)
  • Post‐Doctoral Fellow in S. N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India (August 2010 ‐ December 2012)

Research Areas:

  • Advanced functional nanomaterials
  • Novel nanostructures for energy harvesting and storage
  • Multifunctional nanostructures for nano-electronics
  • Nanomaterials for eivironment 
  • Dilute magnetism and Spintronics

Funded Research Projects:

  • UGC-DAE, CSR Project (CRS/2021-22/01/430) by UGC-DAE, CSR  during 2022-2025 (Ongoing)
  • UGC-DAE, CSR Project (UGC-DAE-CSR-KC/CRS/19/REM02/0930) by UGC-DAE, CSR (Kolkata), during 2019-2022 (Ongoing)
  • ‘DST INSPIRE Faculty Award’ [IFA 12ENG 09] research grant by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, Rs. 35 lakhs, during 2013-18 (Completed)
  • Start-Up Research Grant for Young Scientists [SB/FTP/ETA-0142/2014] by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, Rs. 9.7 lakhs, during 2017-20. (Completed)

Awards, Honour and Scholarships:

  • Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship for Scientists/Faculties by Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), 2019
  • 'ACS PITTCON International Travel Award' for Young Scientist by American Chemical Society (ACS), 2018 
  • 'Early Carrier Chemist Award' by International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, in 2015
  • ‘DST INSPIRE Faculty’ award by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology , Government of India in 2012
  • ‘Young Scientist Award’ by Material Research Society of India (MRSI) in 2006
  • 'Senior Research Fellowship' (SRF) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India in 2008
  • Selected for the Academic Visit to attend the ‘Asia Academic Seminar‐2009’, Yokohama and undertake training in advanced materials laboratories in Japan by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Government of Japan and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India in 2009
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Scholarship in Physics, awarded by Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2004
  • 'Merit Award' in the Science Aptitude and Talent Search Test by All India Science Teachers Association in 1993
  • 'Merit Award' in Intelligence and Science Talent Test by National Science Society, India in 1989

Thesis Supervision:

  • PhD Thesis: Awarded: Dr. Ayan Sarkar (Supervisor, from University of Calcutta, Oct, 2018), Dr. Arpan Sarkar (Co-Supervisor, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad September, 2020), On-going: Debashis Pal (Supervisor, Tripura University)
  • M.Tech Thesis: Awarded: Debabrata Majumder (Tripura University, 2018), Papan Pal (Tripura University, 2019), Bhubandeep Biswas (Tripura University, 2021), Debasmita Sinha (Tripura University, 2021).  

Invited Speaker:

  • Pacifichem 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 2015
  • ‘European Materials Research Society’ Spring Meeting 2015 (EMRS-Spring 2015), Lille, France, 2015
  • 2nd International congress on ‘Materials and Renewable Energy 2014’ (MRE 2014), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2014
  • 2nd International conference ‘Kathmandu Symposia on Advanced Materials – 2014’ (KaSAM 2014), Nepal Polymer Institute (NPI), Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2014
  • ‘International Union of Materials Research Society - ICA 2013’ (IUMRS-ICA 2013), Bangalore, India, 2013

Member of the professional body:

  • American Chemical Society (ACS)Member number:30368268, Since, 2015.
  • Electron Microscopy of India (EMSI), Member number: LM 1732, Since, 2019.
  • The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), USA, (Honarary member ID: 494993) since, 2020 
  • Material Research Society of India (MRSI, (Membership Number : LMB3264)

Member of the Editorial Board (Journals):

  • 'SF Journal of Material and Chemical Engineering' by ScienceForecast Publications, USA
  •  'Frontiers in Carbon’ (Upcoming), by Frontiers, UK

Publications (from Tripura University, since July 2016):

  • Multifunctional Ultrathin Amorphous CoFe-Prussian Blue Analogue Catalysts for Efficiently Boosting the Oxygen Evolution Activity of Antimony-Doped TiO2 Nanorods Photoanode, D. Pal, D Maity, A. Sarkar, D. De, A. Raj, GG Khan*, ACS Appl. Energy Mater.515000–15009 (2022) (Impact factor: 6.95)

  • CeOx as Surface Passivation and Hole Transfer Catalyst Layer Boosting Solar Water Oxidation of ZnFe2O4 Nanorods Photoanode, D Maity, D Pal, S Saha, P Punetha, D Sarkar, D De, GG Khan,* K Mandal, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2201645 (2022) (Impact factor: 6.38)

  • Effect of defect-rich Co-CeOx OER cocatalyst on the photocarrier dynamics and electronic structure of Sb-doped TiO2 nanorods photoanode, D. Pal, D Maity, A. Sarkar, D. Sarkar, GG Khan*, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 620, 209–220 (2022). (Impact factor: 9.96)

  • Dual co-catalysts activated hematite nanorods with low turn-on potential and enhanced charge collection for efficient solar water oxidation, D Maity, D. Pal, K Karmakar, R. Rakshit, GG Khan* and K Mandal, Nanotechnology 33, 265402 (2022) (Impact factor: 3.95)

  • One-dimensional p-ZnCo2O4/n-ZnO Nanoheterojunction Photoanode Enabling Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.  D Maity, K Karmakar, D Pal, S. Saha,  GG Khan*, K. Mandal, ACS Applied Energy Materials 4, 11599 (2021) (Impact factor: 6.95)

  • Integration of LaCo(OH)x photo-electrocatalyst and plasmonic Gold nanoparticles with Sb-doped TiO2 Nanorods for photoelectrochemical water oxidation. D Pal, A Sarkar, N G Ghosh, D M Shanke, D. Maity, K Karmakar, D Sarkar, S S Zade and GG Khan*ACS Applied Nano Materials 4, 6111 (2021) (Impact factor: 6.14)

  • Earth abundant transition metal ferrite nanoparticles anchored ZnO nanorods as efficient and stable photoanodes for solar water splitting, D Maity, K Karmakar, D. Mandal, D Pal, GG Khan* and K Mandal, Nanotechnology 31 (47) , 475403 (2020) (Impact factor: 3.95)

  • Photo-Induced Exciton Dynamics and Broadband Light Harvesting in ZnO Nanorod-Templated Multilayered Two-Dimensional  MoS2/MoO3 Photoanodes for Solar Fuel Generation, K Karmakar, D Maity, D Pal, K Mandal, GG Khan*, ACS Applied Nano Materials 3, 1223 (2020) (Impact factor: 6.14)

  • Origin and tuning of room temperature ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity in double perovskite Y2NiMnO6 nanostructured thin films, M Alam, K Mandal, GG Khan*, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 822, 153540 (2020) (Impact factor: 6.37)

  • Designing of Functionalized MWCNTs/Anodized Stainless Steel Heterostructure Electrode for Anodic Oxidation of Low Concentration As (III) in Drinking Water, A Sarkar, A Sarkar, B Paul, GG Khan* Chemistry Select 4, 9367 (2019) (Impact factor: 2.3)

  • The Formation and Detection Techniques of Oxygen Vacancies in Titanium Oxide-based Nanostructures, A Sarkar, and GG Khan*, Nanoscale 11, 3414 (2019) (Impact factor: 8.3)

  • Fabrication of One Dimensional MnO2‐TiO2 Nano‐Heterostructures for Enhanced Hole Mediated Oxidation of As(III) in Potable Water, A Sarkar, A Sarkar, B Paul, GG Khan*, ChemCatChem 10, 4369 (2018) (Impact factor: 5.49)

  • Investigating the Role of Oxygen Vacancies and Lattice Strain Defects on the Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Property of   Alkali Metal (Li, Na, and K) Doped ZnO Nanorod Photoanodes, K. Karmakar, A. Sarkar, K. Mandal, G. G. Khan*, ChemElectroChem 5, 1147 (2018) (Impact factor: 4.78)

  • Designing Co-Pi Modified one-dimensional n-p TiO2/ZnCo2O4 Nano-heterostructure Photoanode with Reduced Electron-hole Pair Recombination and Excellent Photoconversion Efficiency (>3%), A. Sarkar, K. Karmakar, G. G. Khan*, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121, 25705 (2017) (Impact factor: 4.17)

  • Nano-engineering of p-n CuFeO2-ZnO heterojunction photoanode with improved light absorption and charge collection for photoelectrochemical water oxidation, K. Karmakar, A. Sarkar, K. Mandal, G. G. Khan*, Nanotechnology 28, 325401 (2017) (Impact factor: 3.95)   

  • Stable and Enhanced Visible-Light Water Electrolysis Using C, N, and S Surface Functionalized ZnO Nanorod Photoanodes: Engineering the Absorption and Electronic Structure, K.Karmakar, A. Sarkar, K. Mandal,and G. G. Khan*, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 4, 5693 (2016) (Impact factor: 9.22) 

  • Surface functionalized H2Ti3O7 nanowires engineered for visible-light photoswitching, electrochemical water splitting, and photocatalysis, A. Sarkar, K.Karmakar, A. K. Singh, K. Mandal, G. G. Khan*, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 26900 (2016) (Impact factor: 3.94) 

  • High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrode Based on Cobalt Oxide−Manganese Dioxide−Nickel Oxide Ternary 1D Hybrid Nanotubes, A. K. Singh, D. Sarkar,K. Karmakar, K. Mandal, G. G. Khan*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 20786 (2016) (Impact factor: 10.38) 

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