Dr. Indrajit Sinha
Professor
Department of Chemistry, IIT-BHU
Email:
isinha.apc@iitbhu.ac.in
Phone(s):
05427165260 , 05427165265
Website:
Area of Interest:
Experimental and computational studies on adsorption, nanocatalysis and photocatalysis.
My research includes experimental and computational research in adsorption, catalysis, and photocatalysis. The current focus of our group is the design and development of specific photocatalysis/catalysis/adsorption application-based materials. I also work on computational materials science problems. Computational techniques used by my group include classical molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, and DFT calculations.
| Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Vol | Page | Year |
| Deepak Sachan, Maheswari Yadav, Jyoti Kuntail, Uttam Kumar, Indrajit Sinha, Randhir Singh | Silver-loaded medium entropy oxide for photo-fenton degradation of tetracycline | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 1071 | 188823 | 2026 |
| Gulnaz Perveen, A. Shrivastava, U. Kumar, N. Singh, H. V. Annadata, Biplab Ghosh, Mukul Gupta, and Indrajit Sinha* | Visible light photocatalytic ammonia production on single Cu entities attached to nitrogen-deficient functionalized BN sheets | Nanoscale | 18[5] | 2751-2765 | 2026 |
| Neha Kamal, A. K. De, Anshu Shrivastava and Indrajit Sinha* | Investigating catechol adsorption to the ZnO (1010) surface with and without an oxygen vacancies using the DFT-D2 method | RSC Advances | 16[6] | 4937-4945 | 2026 |
| Pushpa Gautam, Maheswari Yadav, A. K. De, Indrajit Sinha, A. Meshram, C. K. Behera, and K. K. Singh | Recovery of copper oxide nanostructures from waste printed circuit boards for environmental remediation: synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic application investigation | J Mater Sci: Mater Electron | 36 | 2115 | 2025 |
| Uttam Kumar, M. R. Pai, Indrajit Sinha* | Evolution of H2O2-producing heterogeneous photocatalysts | Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering | 13[5] | 117357 | 2025 |
| U. Kumar, J. Kuntail, S. Pal, M. R. Pai, X. Krokidis, A. Bick, and Indrajit Sinha* | Silver nanostructure-loaded starch functionalized magnetite (Ag/s-Fe3O4) photocatalyst for H2O2 production: experimental and molecular dynamics studies | Nanoscale | 17[31] | 18092-18104 | 2025 |
| Nivedita Singh and Indrajit Sinha* | Development of Cu, Mn Codoped BiVO4 (CuxMn0.03‑xBi1−xV0.97+xO4) Photocatalyst for Photo-Fenton Degradation of Ciprofloxacin | Langmuir | 41[23] | 14935–14945 | 2025 |
| Anshu Shrivastava and Indrajit Sinha* | Simultaneous adsorption of organic pollutants on Mo-doped NiFe2O4 nanoparticles: Experimental and computational studies | Journal of Molecular Liquids | 430 | 127827 | 2025 |
| Anshu Shrivastava, Uttam Kumar, and Indrajit Sinha* | Photo-Fenton degradation on Mo-doped NiFe2O4 photocatalyst | Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 8586 | 54 | 8586 | 2025 |
| Deepak Sachan, N. Singh, U. Kumar, J. Kuntail, Indrajit Sinha, Randhir Singh* | Design of medium entropy oxide for photo-Fenton catalytic degradation of tetracycline | Molecular Catalysis | 582 | 115187 | 2025 |
| Uttam Kumar, Emmanuel Picheau, Huanran Li, Zihan Zhang, Takayuki Kikuchi, Indrajit Sinha*, and Renzhi Ma* | Constructing a 2D Heterointerface of MoS2/MnIn2S4 with Improved Interfacial Charge Carrier Transfer for Photocatalytic H2O2 Production | ACS Appl. Energy Mater. | 8 | 3107−3119 | 2025 |
| NS Anuraag, U Kumar, S Pradhan, SK Shaw, A Sharma, Indrajit Sinha, NK Prasad | Rhombohedral phase high entropy alloy of AlMnCuZnBi as a photo-Fenton catalyst for methyl orange degradation | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 1010 | 177142 | 2025
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| K. Sanket, U. Kumar, Indrajit Sinha*, Shantanu K. Behera* | An oxycarbide-derived-carbon supported nickel/copper tungstate ternary composite for enhanced electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen evolution reaction | Dalton Transactions | 54[2] | 797-810 | 2025
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| S. Mishra, N. Kamal, A. K. De, Indrajit Sinha, A. P. Panda, R. K. Dey*, Rajaram Bal* | Use of red-mud (MRM) in industrial catalysis: Selective conversion of biomass derived furfural to furfuryl alcohol using Ni-MRM - preparation, characterization and activity studies - elucidating mechanism of hydrogenation using DFT | Molecular Catalysis | 569 | 114617 | 2024
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| Smita Singh, Anshu Shrivastava, Varsha Singh, Vikram Rathour, Indrajit Sinha, Vellaichamy Ganesan* | Unveiling Enhanced Oxygen Reduction in Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube-supported MnCo2O4: Experimental and Theoretical Insights into Tin substitution for Octahedral Cobalt | ACS Applied Energy Materials | 7[22] | 10417-10427 | 2024
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| R. V. Singh, M. R. Pai*, A. M. Banerjee, Anshu Shrivastava, Uttam Kumar, Indrajit Sinha, B. Dutta, P. A. Hassan, R. S. Ningthoujam, R. Ghosh, S. Nath, R. K. Sharma, Jagannath, R. D. Bapat | Interfacial Engineering over Pt-Calcium Ferrite/2-D Carbon Nitride Nanosheets p-n Heterojunctions for Superior Photocatalytic Properties | ACS Omega | Published online | 2024
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| A. Shrivastava, U. Kumar, and Indrajit Sinha* | Design and development of the AgI/NiFe2O4 photo-Fenton photocatalyst | ACS Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research | Advance Article | 2024
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| Maheswari Yadav, U. Kumar, A. K. De, Indrajit Sinha* | Neutral pH Fenton and photo-Fenton activity of Mo-doped iron-pyrite particles | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | 26 | 22442 | 2024 |
| N. S. Anuraag, Uttam Kumar, Indrajit Sinha, N. K. Prasad | Nanoparticles of MnFeNiCuBi high entropy alloy as catalyst for Fenton and photo-Fenton decomposition of p-nitrophenol | Inorganic Chemistry Communications | 167 | 112843 | 2024 |
Neha Jatav, Uttam Kumar, Anshu Shrivastava, Nivedita Singh, Indrajit Sinha* | Fabrication of Ag2MoO4/CuWO4 Nanocomposite Photocatalyst for the Degradation of Rhodamine B | ChemistrySelect | 9[31] | e202400963 | 2024 |
| U. Kumar, K. Sanket, R. Mandal, A. K. De, A. Shrivastava, S. K. Behera*, and Indrajit Sinha* | Silver nanoparticle decorated NiFe2O4/CuWO4 | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | 26(20) | 14883-14897 | 2024
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| Nivedita Singh, Uttam Kumar, Neha Jatav, and Indrajit Sinha* | Photocatalytic Degradation of Crystal Violet on Cu, Zn Doped BiVO4 Particles | Langmuir | 40(16) | 8450-8462 | 2024 |
| Uttam Kumar, Anshu Shrivastava, and Indrajit Sinha* | In situ use of photocatalytically produced H2O2 for Fenton degradation of organic pollutants | Catalysis Science & Technology | 14 | 2668-2683 | 2024
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| D. Kumar, N.S. Anuraag, C. Mohapatra, U. Kumar, Debashish Sarkar, M. Vasundhara, I. Sinha, C. Upadhyay, N.K. Prasad | r-GO coated magnetic high entropy alloy/oxide nanocomposites as highly efficient Fenton and photo-Fenton catalysts | Ceramics International | 50[7] | 12146-12150 | 2024
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| S. Singh, A. Shrivastava, D. K. Singh, M. Yadav, V. Singh, V. Rathour, A. Tiwari, Indrajit Sinha*, V. Ganesan* | ZnMn2O4 spinel nanocrystals-decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes for oxygen reduction: Experimental and theoretical studies on the strong coupling facilitated four-electron selectivity | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 56 | 188 | 2024
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| A. Khandelwal, D. Khan, J. Kuntail, Indrajit Sinha* | Ag-based bimetallic clusters as catalysts for p-nitrophenol reduction by glycerol: A DFT investigation | International Journal of Quantum Chemistry | 124[1] | e27237 | 2024
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| Uttam Kumar and Indrajit Sinha* | Visible light photo-Fenton degradation of p-nitrophenol on Ag/Fe3O4/WO3 nanocomposites: Experimental and molecular dynamics investigations | Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering | 11[6] | 111280 | 2023
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| S. Pradhan, N. S. Anuraag, N. Jatav, Indrajit Sinha, and N. K. Prasad | Magnetic Ni@C nanoadsorbents for methyl orange removal from water | Enivronmental Science and Pollution Research | 30 | 118634-118646 | 2023
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| Anshu Shrivastava, Jyoti Kuntail, Uttam Kumar, Indrajit Sinha* | Co-adsorption mechanism of organic pollutants on NiFe2O4 /GO nanostructures: Experimental and molecular dynamics studies | Journal of Molecular Liquids | 389 | 122932 | 2023
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P. Gautam, A. K. De, M. D. Rao, Indrajit Sinha, C. K. Behera, K. K. Singh | Waste remediation: Low‑temperature synthesis of hybrid Cu(OH)2/CuO and CuO nanostructures from spent printed circuit boards and their dye degradation studies | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2023
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| Shaili Pal, Ajay Kumar, Uttam Kumar, Rajiv Prakash, Indrajit Sinha* | Visible light photo-Fenton catalytic properties of starch functionalized α-FeOOH/β-FeOOH/Cu2O p-n-p heterojunction nanostructures | Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing | 167 | 107766 | 2023 |
| S Kumar, J Kuntail, D K Sahu, V S Yadav and I Sinha* | Green synthesis of curcumin functionalized Au nanoparticles by visible light photo-reduction | Indian J Phys | 97(9) | 2727–2733 | 2023 |
| P. Gautam, A. K. De, Indrajit Sinha, C. K. Behera, K. K. Singh | Genesis of copper oxide nanoparticles from waste printed circuit boards and evaluation of their photocatalytic activity | Environmental Research | 229 | 115951 | 2023 |
| U. Kumar, A. Shrivastava, A. K. De, Mrinal R. Pai , and Indrajit Sinha* | Fenton reaction by H2O2 produced on a magnetically recyclable Ag/CuWO4/NiFe2O4 photocatalyst | Catalysis Science and Technology | 13 | 2432 | 2023 |
| D. K. Singh, M. N. Karuppusamy, A. Shrivastava, T. Palanisamy, Indrajit Sinha, and V. Ganesan | Sulfonic Acid Functionalization-Boosted Ultrafast, Durable, and Selective Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Evidenced by EC-SHINERS and DFT Studies | ACS Catalysis | 13 | 4155-4167 | 2023 |
| S. K. Shaw et al. | Assessment of ionic site distributions in magnetic high entropy oxide of (Mn0⋅2Fe0⋅2Co0⋅2Ni0⋅2Zr0.2)3O4 and its catalytic behaviour | Physica B | 652 | 414653 | 2023 |
| M. Suthar, · A. K. De, A. Indra, Indrajit Sinha, P. K. Roy | Synthesis and characterization of titanium‑substituted nanocrystalline Co2‑Y hexaferrite: magnetically retrievable photocatalyst for treatment of methyl orange contaminated wastewater | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 30 | 44457–44479 | 2023 |
| Arup Kumar De, Neha Kamal, Uttam Kumar, Neha Jatav and Indrajit Sinha* | The bandgap of sulfur-doped Ag2O nanoparticles | Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. | 25 | 2320 | 2023
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| Arup Kumar De, Uttam Kumar, Neha Jatav and Indrajit Sinha* | Cd-doped Ag2O/BiVO4 visible light Z-scheme photocatalyst for efficient ciprofloxacin degradation | RSC Advances | 12 | 35639–35648 | 2022 |
| Jyoti Kuntail, Uttam Kumar, Indrajit Sinha* | Insight into photo-Fenton reaction mechanism on a magnetite-GO nanocomposite: Computational and experimental investigations | Molecular Catalysis | 528 | 112491 | 2022 |
| D. Khan, J. Kuntail, Indrajit Sinha * | Mechanism of phenol and p-nitrophenol adsorption on kaolinite surface in aqueous medium: A molecular dynamics study | Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling | 116 | 108251 | 2022 |
| N. Jatav, A. Shrivastava, A. K. De, Indrajit Sinha* | Experimental and molecular dynamics investigations on Z-scheme visible light Ag3PO4/CuWO4 photocatalysts for antibiotic degradation | Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering | 10[3] | 107975 | 2022 |
| A. K. De and Indrajit Sinha* | Synergistic effect of Ni doping and oxygen vacancies on the visible light photocatalytic properties of Ag2O nanoparticles | Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids | 167 | 110733 | 2022 |
| M.Shukla, S. Pal and Indrajit Sinha* | Ionic Liquid Functionalized Cu2O nanoparticles | Journal of Molecular Structure | 1262 | 132961 | 2022 |
| M. K. Singh, A. Verma, J. Basu, I. Sinha....R. K. Mandal | Rice extract assisted green synthesis of Au nanoparticles: Catalytic and SERS activities | Surface and Review Letters | 29[7] | 2250090 | 2022 |
| U. Kumar, J. Kuntail, A. Kumar, R. Prakash, M. Pai, Indrajit Sinha* | In-situ H2O2 production for tetracycline degradation on Ag/s-(Co3O4/ NiFe2O4) visible light magnetically recyclable photocatalyst | Applied Surface Science | 589 | 153013 | 2022 |
| S. Pal, A. Kumar, S. Kumar, A. K. De, R. Prakash, and Indrajit Sinha* | Visible Light Photocatalysis on Magnetically Recyclable Fe3O4/Cu2O Nanostructures | Catalysis Letter | 152 | 3259-3271 | 2022 |
| P. Gautam, C. K. Behera, Indrajit Sinha, G. Gicheva, K. K. Singh | High added-value materials recovery using electronic scrap-transforming waste to valuable products | Journal of Cleaner Production | 330 | 129836 | 2022 |
*Corresponding author
Total Number of Research Publications (in Journals, Book Chapters and Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings): 120
Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=KVKyWcAAAAAJ&hl=en
Researchgate Link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Indrajit_Sinha2
Patents granted: 1 Patents published: 1
Current Ph.D. students
Name of the | Year of Admission | Research Area |
Neha Kamal |
July 2019 |
Plane-wave DFT calculations for designing adsorbents/sensors/catalysts. |
Nivedita Singh |
Dec 2019 |
Doped photocatalysts |
Maheswari Yadav |
July 2022 |
Experimental and computational approaches for the development of Fenton and photo-Fenton catalysts |
Gulnaz Perveen |
December 2022 |
Photocatalysis: Experimental and computational approaches |
Rahul Arya |
December 2023 |
Adsorption and photocatalysts: Experimental and computational approaches |
Keshnath Yadav |
December 2023 |
Doped photocatalysts |
Khushboo Kumari |
December 2024 |
Adsorption and photocatalysts |
Ankita Singh |
July 2025 |
Photocatalysis: Experimental and computational approaches |
Alok Kumar |
July 2025 |
Experimental and computational approach for design and development of Heterostructure Photo-Fenton catalyst |
Sachin Kumar |
December 2025 |
Adsorption and photocatalysts |
Alumni - Ph.D. completed
| S. No. | Name of the candidate | Title of the Thesis | Year | Supervisor/Co-supervisor |
| 10. | Uttam Kumar | Heterostructure photocatalysts for H2O2 production | 2025 | Supervisor |
| 9. |
Anshu Shrivastava |
Design and development of NiFe2O4-based nanomaterials for the removal of organic pollutants from their aqueous solutions |
2025 |
Supervisor |
| 8. |  Neha Jatav | CuWO4-based composite photocatalysts for the degradation of organic pollutants | 2023 | Supervisor |
| 7. | Arup Kumar De | Experimental and computational studies on doped-Ag2O photocatalysts | 2022 | Supervisor |
| 6. | 
Jyoti Kuntail | Adsorption and Catalysis on Magnetite, Graphene Oxide, and their Composites | 2021 | Supervisor |
| 5. | 
Shaili Pal |
Iron oxide-based p-n heterojunction photocatalysts |
2020 |
Supervisor |
| 4. | Sunil Kumar | Z-scheme Photocatalytic Properties of Curcumin Functionalized Nanocomposites | 2019 | Supervisor |
| 3. | 
Alkadevi Verma |
Catalytic properties of nanomaterials based on Ag, Cu and their bimetallics |
2017 |
Supervisor |
| 2. | P. N. Singh | Studies on adsorption and catalytic properties of starch functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles | 2016 | Co-supervisor |
| 1. | Manjeet Singh | Synthesis of Ag, Cu, and Ag-Cu nanoparticles in the presence of different stabilizers: Aggregation and LSPR studies | 2010 | Supervisor |
Post-doctoral Fellow
Name of the candidate | Year | Suerpvisor/Cosupervisor | Fellowship |
Dr. Madhulata Shukla | 2017 | Supervisor | NPDF Post Doc fellowship |
| S.No. | Author(s) | Title | Publication details | Publisher |
| 3. | Indrajit Sinha* and Arup Kumar De | “An overview of synthesis techniques for preparing doped Photocatalysts”, Chapter 1 in book entitled “Nano-Materials as Photocatalysts for Degradation of Environmental Pollutants Challenges and Possibilities” | Paperback ISBN: 9780128185988 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818598-8.00001-8 | Imprint: Elsevier Published Date: 2nd December 2019 |
| 2. | Alkadevi Verma, Madhulata Shukla and Indrajit Sinha* | In book entitled: Nanocatalysts Chapter 1. Salient Features of Nanocatalysis | DOI:10.5772/intechopen.86209 | Publisher: Intech Open July 31st 2019 |
| 1. | Madhulata Shukla and Indrajit Sinha | In book entitled: DFT Calculations Chapter 7 : Catalytic activation of PVP-stabilized Gold/Silver Cluster on p-nitrophenol reduction: A DFT calculation | http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72097 | Publisher: Intech Open May 31st 2018 |
| Title of the Book | Publisher and publication details |
| Nanocatalysts | Published: July 31st 2019 ISBN: 978-1-78984-160-2 Print ISBN: 978-1-78984-159-6 eBook (PDF) ISBN: 978-1-78985-046-8 Copyright year: 2019 |
| Funding received as PI or Coordinator | |||||
| S. No. | Sponsoring Agency | Title | Fund sanctioned | Period | PI/Coordinator |
| 1. | BRNS | Development of magnetically recyclable visible light photocatalysts for H2O2 production. | Rs. 34.05 Lakh | 2019-2023 | PI |
| 2. | AICTE | Quick revision of the Model Curriculum in Undergraduate Engineering ....AICTE colleges | Rs. 11.52 Lakhs | 2017 | Overall Coordinator |
| 3. | MHRD GIAN workshop | Nanochemistry: From preorganized molecular architectures to Functional Materials | $8000 | December 2016 | Coordinator |
| 4. | IIT(BHU) Institute Research Project | Ag, Cu and Ag-Cu nanoparticle catalyzed p-nitrophenol reduction reaction: Theoretical and experimental studies | Rs. 15 Lakhs | 2016 | PI |
| 5. | UGC-UPE Focused Area I of UGC UPE scheme | Synthesis of (Ag-Cu) bimetallic/alloy nanostructures: Aggregation and LSPR studies | Rs. 0.825 Lakh | 2013 | PI |
| 6. | SERC-DST Young Scientist Fast Track project | Simulation of microstructural evolution .... | Rs. 4.26 Lakhs | 2003-2006 | PI |
| As Co-PI and/or Mentor | |||||
| S. No. | Sponsoring agency | Title of the Project | Funds sanctioned | Period | Co-PI or Mentor or both |
| 1. | AICTE TEQIP-CRS scheme | Noble multimetallics/ZnO photocatalysts for hydrogen production from green sources | Rs. 13 Lakh | June 2019 – March 2021 | Co-PI and Mentor |
| 2. | BRNS | Development of some Organo-functionalized mesoporous silica adsorbents for removal of radionuclides from aqueous waste | Rs. 28.37 Lakh | Oct 2012 –2017 | Co-PI |
| 3. | AICTE (RPS scheme) | Synthesis and characterization of ultra-fine particles in Ag, Au, Cu and their alloys | Rs. 8.80 Lakh | May 2009 to April 2012 | Co-PI |
December 2022
- Congratulations to Uttam Kumar for getting the Best Poster Award at the 9th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Materials Chemistry held at BARC Mumbai from 7-10th December 2022 for the poster entitled "In-situ H2O2 Production for Tetracycline Degradation on Ag/s-(Co3O4 /NiFe2O4) Visible Light Magnetically Recyclable Photocatalyst”, by Uttam Kumar, Mrinal Pai, and Indrajit Sinha.
November 2023
- Uttam Kumar visited Niigata University, Japan, under the program of SAKURA SCIENCE Exchange Program from 4th November to 28th November 2023, administrated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
| S.No | Patent name | Year of Grant |
| 1. | A catalytic nanocomposite and a method of synthesis thereof. M.Yadav, I.sinha | 2026 |