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  2. Dr. Gobinda Gopal Khan

Dr. Gobinda Gopal Khan

Assistant Professor
Contact Number: +91 9434827837
E-mails: gobinda.gk[at]gmail.com, gobindakhan[at]tripurauniv.ac.in
Qualifications: Ph. D. (Materials Science and Engineering, IIEST, Shibpur), 2010
M. Tech. (Materials Engineering, IIEST, Shibpur), 2006
M. Sc. (Physics, University of Calcutta), 2002
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 environment 
  • Dilute magnetism and Spintronics

Funded Research Projects

  • UGC-DAE, CSR Project (CRS/2021-22/01/430) by UGC-DAE, CSR during 2022-2026 (Completed)
  • UGC-DAE, CSR Project (UGC-DAE-CSR-KC/CRS/19/REM02/0930) by UGC-DAE, CSR (Kolkata), during 2019-2022 (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)
  • 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)

Awards, Honour and Scholarships

  • Top 5% highly cited authors in Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK journals, 2020
  • 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

  • Awarded: 09,
    Ongoing: 01

Invited Speaker

  • ANRF National workshop on Hydrogen Technologies Catalyzing the clean Energy Transition, 2026
  • 4th International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science & Devices, Haryana, India, 2026
  • International Conference on Advanced Materials and Start-up Ecosystem, Trivandrum, Kerala, 2024
  • International Hybrid Conference on Nanostructured Materials and Polymers, Kottayam, Kerala, 2023
  • 3rd International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science & Devices, Haryana, India, 2023
  • 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),  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)

Patents

  • Patent granted: Patent no: 594403 (Indian patent) (Date of grant: 06/07/2026)

Publications (Since 2020)

  • Photovoltaic-assisted water oxidation on MoCoOx-coupled multi-element-doped BiVO4 photoanode enabling 6.4% unbiased solar-to-hydrogen efficiency under visible light, A Raj, M Majumder, A PB, D Maity, MK Ganesha, AK Singh, D De, GG Khan,* Journal of Materials Chemistry A 14 (38), 25510-25522 (2026) [IF: 9.2]
  • Interface Engineering of Ultrathin Bimetallic Metal–Organic Layers on α‐SnWO4 Nanoplate Photoanode for Remarkable Visible‐Light‐Driven Photocurrent in in Water Splitting, A Anand, D Maity, D De, GG Khan,* Small Methods 10 (10), e70630 (2026) [IF: 8.7]
  • Unraveling Multiple Roles of N-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots Anchoring on 2D α-SnWO4 Photoanode for Visible-Light Driven Unbiased Water Oxidation, A Anand, AD I, D Acharya, D Maity, J Karthikeyan, GG Khan,* D De, ACS Applied Energy Materials 9 (3), 1869-1882 (2026) [IF: 5.6]
  • Effective Surface Engineering for Defect Passivation and Reduction of Water Oxidation Overpotential in Benchmark 2D 𝛼‐SnWO4 Nanoplate Photoanodes, A.Anand, A.Raj, D. Mondal, D. Maity, M. K Ganesha, A.K Singh, D.De, GG. Khan*, Advanced Functional Material 35, 2417398 (2025) [IF: 19.9]
  • High-performance silicon-based n–i–p heterojunction photoanode for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting: fabrication, optimization, and large-scale application, K.Shubham, M. K Ganesha, H. Hakkeem, A. M Chandran, A S. Mary, A. Anand, D. De, D. Sarkar, G. G. Khan, A. K Singh, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13, 10844-10854 (2025), IF: 9.2]
  • Graphene Quantum Dots as Hole Extraction and Transfer Layer Empowering Solar Water Splitting of Catalyst-Coupled Zinc Ferrite Nanorods, S Saha, D Maity, D De, GG Khan,* K Mandal, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 22, 28441–28451 (2024) [IF: 7.8]
  • Single-atomic ruthenium dispersion promoting photoelectrochemical water oxidation activity of CeO x catalysts on doped TiO 2 nanorod photoanodes, D Pal, D Mondal, D Maity, D De, MK Ganesha, AK Singh, GG Khan*, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 12 (5), 3034-3045 [IF: 9.2]
  • Citrate modulation of CoAl(OH)x Catalyst/Sb–TiO2 nanorods interface boosting photocarrier separation and injection for enhanced water oxidation, D Pal, D Maity, D De, MK Ganesha, AK Singh, S Bhaladhare, GG Khan,* International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 51, 52-65 (2024) [IF: 9.2]
  • Solar-Driven Water Splitting by a Nanostructured NiFe(OH)x Catalyst Incorporated BiVO4 Photoanode, S Saha, D Maity, D Pal, D Sarkar, D De, GG Khan,* K Mandal, ACS Applied Nano Materials 6 (22), 21385-21394 (2023) [IF: 5.8]
  • Organic/Inorganic Metal Halide Perovskites for Solar-driven Water Splitting: Properties, Mechanism, and Design D Maity, GG Khan*, Materials Today Energy, 37, 101407 (2023) [IF: 8.1]
  • 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 10 (2), 2201645 (2023) [IF: 4.5]
  • 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 Applied Energy Materials 5 (12), 15000-15009 (2022) [IF: 5.6]
  • 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) [IF: 9.6]
  • 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,* K Mandal, Nanotechnology 33 (26), 265402 (2022) [IF: 2.9]
  • 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 (10), 11599-11608 (2021) [IF: 5.6]
  • Integration of LaCo(OH)x Photo-Electrocatalyst and Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles with Sb-Doped TiO2 Nanorods for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation, D Pal, A Sarkar, NG Ghosh, DM Shanke, D Maity, K Karmakar, D Sarkar, SS Zede, GG Khan,* ACS Appl. Nano Mater, 4, 6111-6123 (2021) [IF: 5.8]
  • 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,* K Mandal, Nanotechnology 31 (47), 475403 [IF: 2.9]
  • 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) IF: 6.7]
  • 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 Appl. Nano Mater, 2, 1123-1231 (2020) [IF: 5.8]

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