Lab of Interfacial Electrochemistry for Sensing & Storage

(Lab of Int.Elect'S)

Extreme involvement of electrochemistry in day-to-day life, starting from the batteries fueling your mobile phones and ending in the human heart (pacemakers), and a plethora of other fronts like glucometer for diabetic patients, encouraged me as a young student to explore the vast field of electrochemistry.

Consequently, Rosy's Lab of Int.Elect'S is focused to use electrochemistry as a tool to explore the following fields:

1. Development of Voltammetric Sensors 

The analysis of neurotransmitters and drugs is of great significance for clinical diagnosis as well as other aspects of medical science, as both possess the potential to crucially affect the healthy living of mankind. Any alteration in the concentration of such molecules can be taken as an indicator of disturbed body systems leading to many acute and chronic pathological conditions. Hence, as an electroanalyst, I focus on developing highly sensitive, quick, and reliable sensors capable of selectively determining the metallic impurities, pesticides, fertilizers, neurotransmitters and drugs of interest using voltammetric methods.

The goal of this research project is to tune the sensitivity and selectivity of conventional substrates like glassy carbon, edge plane pyrolytic graphite, etc., utilizing a variety of fabrication methods, including electro-polymerization, electrodeposition and electrochemical reduction of various functionalized nanomaterials to impart memory, affinity and higher electroactive surface area to these substrates which later can be used to develop highly sensitive, and, selective, surface-modified voltammetric sensors. 

Links to relevant papers related to the aforementioned research problem 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925400516305792
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/ra/c5ra11131e
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092540051631989X

2. Extending Battery Life by Engineering the Interfaces 

Lithium-ion batteries are one of the most important inventions of modern chemistry, which have successfully made the world mobile.
Deeply penetrated into human life, it won't be wrong to say that the life and efficiency of LIBs control the output of a normal human being at work.

Therefore, it is very important to investigate two main issues related to batteries:
(1) Why do batteries fail or perform with less efficiency?
(2) What can we do to improve the battery performance?

It is now widely accepted that battery durability and cycle life depend on the complex interfacial interactions between the electrodes and the electrolyte solution. Consequently, by interfacial engineering of rationally designed electrodes, the interfacial chemistry of highly reactive surfaces such as LCO, NCM 811, Li, and Mn-rich NCM (LMR-NCM), air cathodes can be moderated to significantly improve the battery performance. 

Therefore, this research approach aims to stabilize the interface by designing a protection layer known as an “artificial solid electrolyte interface (ASEI)” using deposition techniques, surface treatment methods, and salts variations to mitigate the material degradation to a significant extent. An artificial protection layer on the electrode materials can prevent their degradation 1) by stabilizing the functional interface and addressing the deleterious reactions between electrode and electrolyte and 2) by inhibiting transition metal ion dissolution and structural deformation. Such strategies address all the critical challenges associated with the complex electrode material and thus provide a promising research direction for choosing the relevant methodology for surface protection.

Links to a few relevant papers related to this research problem:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405829720303251
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00875
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-018-0114-3?platform=hootsuite

Aug 2021:          ACS Best Oral Presentation Award
                           American Chemical Society

Dec 2020:          Intel 2020 Excellence Award for Outstanding Female Scientist
                           Awarded by Israel Vacuum Society

Sept 2020:         Listed as Thought Leaders by AZO Materials
                           https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1960

April 2020:         Post-Doctoral position offered by Dr. N. P. Dasgupta, University of Michigan, USA (Declined)

Feb 2020:          Post-Doctoral position offered by Prof. Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University, USA (Declined)

Oct 2019:          Sabarmati Seminar Candidate, IIT Gandhinagar

Oct 2017:           PBC fellowship for an outstanding post-doctoral researcher
                           Awarded by the Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC) of the Council for Higher Education, Israel

April 2017:         Colman Soref (BIU institute Excellence fellowship)
                           Awarded by Bar-Ilan University

Jan 2015:          Senior Research Fellowship
                           Awarded by Ministry of human research and Development, India

Jan 2013:           Junior Research Fellowship
                           Awarded by Ministry of human research and Development, India

June 2012:         National Eligibility Test -Lectureship Award in Chemical Science, All India Rank 28
                           Awarded by Council of Scientific Research and Development, India

Publications after joining IIT(BHU), Varanasi

15. Shubham Garg^#, Ankush Kumar Singh^#, Avanish Singh Parmar, Rosy*, Hexagonal Boron Nitride Decorated Polypropylene Separator for Dendritic Free Sodium Deposition and Stripping, J. Electrochem. Soc, Just Accepted https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad0c6c (Impact Factor: 3.9; ISSN: 1945-7111); ^# equal contribution

14. Ankush Kumar Singh, Pritesh Keshari, Arti Saroj, V. Ramanathan, Rosy*, Electrodeposition of Graphitic Carbon Nitride and its In-Situ Decoration with MnO₂ Nanostructures: A Tailored Interface for Dopamine Sensing, Surfaces and Interfaces, Just accepted doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2023.103316 (Impact Factor 6.2, 2468-0230)

13. Shubham Garg^#, Abhay Singh^#, Avanish Singh Parmar, Rosy*, Boron Carbon Nitride Assisted Electro-functionalization of Screen-Printed Electrode for Tryptophan Sensing, ACS Applied Nano Materials, Just accepted, doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c02396 (Impact Factor 5.9, 2574-0970); ^# equal contribution

12. Akanksha Joshi, Sankalpita Chakraborty, Sri Harsha Akella, Arka Saha, Ayan Mukherjee, Bruria Schmerling, Michal Ejgenberg, Rosy, Malachi Noked, High-Entropy Co-Free O3-type Layered Oxyfluoride: A Promising Air-Stable Cathode for Sodium-Ion Batteries, Advanced Materials, Just accepted, doi.org/10.1002/adma.202304440 (Impact Factor 29.4, 1521-4095)

11. Shubham Garg, Sarah Taragin, Arka Saha, Olga Brontvein, Kevin Leung, Malachi Noked, Rosy*, Zn-enriched cathode layer interface via atomic surface reduction of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4: Computational and experimental insights, Journal of Power Sources, 569, 2023, 233017 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233017 (Impact Factor: 9.2; ISSN: 1873-2755)

10. Shubham Garg, Avanish Singh Parmar, Rosy* Hexagonal Boron Nitride as Anode for Sodium-Ion Battery – A Reality Check!, J. Electrochem. Soc. 170, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/acbba2 (Impact Factor: 3.9; ISSN: 1945-7111)

9. Mary York, Karl Larson, Kailot C. Harris, Eric Carmona, Paul Albertus, Rosy, Malachi Noked, Ela Strauss, Heftsi Ragones & Diana Golodnitsky, Recent advances in solid-state beyond lithium batteries, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 26, 2022, 1851–1869. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-022-05223-w (Impact Factor: 2.747; ISSN: 1433-0768)

8. Kanchan Yadav^#, Shubham Garg^#, Ankush Kumar Singh, Sanjay Singh, Avanish Singh Parmar, Rosy*, Protein NanoDots Conjugated AuNP, Poly-Lysine Biointerface for the Selective Voltammetric Estimation of Melatonin in Pharmaceutical and Food Samples, Microchemical Journal 179, 2022, 107563 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2022.107563 (Impact Factor: 4.8; ISSN: 0026-265X), 

^# equal contribution

7. Arka Saha, Sarah Taragin, Rosy, Sandipan Maiti, Tatyana Kravchuk, Nicole Leifer, Maria Tkachev, Malachi Noked, Improved Cycling Stability of LiNi_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1O₂ Cathode Material via Variable Temperature Atomic Surface Reduction with Diethyl Zinc, Small 2021, 2104625 https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202104625 (Impact Factor: 15.153; ISSN: 1613-6829).

6. Rosy*, S Taragin, E Evenstein, S Maletti, D Mikhailova, M Noked, Diethylzinc-Assisted Atomic Surface Reduction to Stabilize Li and Mn-Rich NCM, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13 (37), 44470-44478. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c13315 (Impact Factor: 9.5; ISSN: 1944-8244).

5. H Dykes, Rosy, D Sharon, M Noked, OO Capraz, In Situ Stress Measurements on Thin Film Au Positive Electrode during the First Discharge of Li-O₂ Batteries, J. Electrochem. Soc. 168, 110551, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac3937. (Impact Factor: 3.9; ISSN: 1945-7111).

4. Ortal Lidor-Shalev, Nicole Leifer, Michal Ejgenberg, Hagit Aviv, Ilana Perelshtein, Gil Goobes, Malachi Noked, Rosy*, Molecular Layer Deposition of Alucone Thin Film on LiCoO₂ to Enable High Voltage Operation, Batteries and Supercaps, 2021, 4, 1739 - 1748.   https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202100152 (Impact Factor: 5.7; ISSN: 2566-6223)

3. Shira Haber, Rosy, Arka Saha, Olga Brontvein, Raanan Carmieli, Arava Zohar, Malachi Noked, and Michal Leskes, Structure and Functionality of an Alkylated LixSiyOz Interphase for High-Energy Cathodes from DNP-ssNMR Spectroscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12, 4694–4704.   https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c00215 (Impact Factor: 15.000; ISSN: 1520-5126)

2. Sandipan Maiti, Hadar Sclar, Rosy, Judith Grinblat, Michael Talianker, Maria Tkachev, Merav Tsubery, Xiaohan Wu, Malachi Noked, Boris Markovsky, Doron Aurbach, Double Gas Treatment: A Successful Approach for Stabilizing the Li and Mn-rich NCM Cathode Materials’ Electrochemical Behavior, Energy Storage Materials, 2021, 45, 74-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2021.11.044 (Impact Factor: 20.4; ISSN: 2405-8297)

1. Arka Saha, Netanel Shpigel, Rosy, Nicole Leifer, Sarah Taragin, Tali Sharabani, Hagit Aviv, Ilana Perelshtein, Gilbert Daniel Nessim, Malachi Noked, Yury Gogotsi, Enhancing the Energy Storage Capabilities of Ti3C2Tx MXene Electrodes by Atomic Surface Reduction, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 2106294. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202106294 (Impact Factor: 19.00, ISSN:1616-3028)

Publications during Post-doc

1. Ayan Mukherjee^ψ, Rosy^ψ, M. Noked, Advanced Cathode Material Prepared by the Electrochemical Ion Exchange of Na with Li from Na₃V₂(PO₄)2F₃ (Equal authorship) J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020,8, 21289-21297 (Impact Factor: 12.732; ISSN: 2050-7496).

2. Sarah Taragin^ψ, Rosy^ψ, Jan Allen, Lin Ma, Kang Xu, Malachi Noked*, Marshal Schroeder*, Stabilization of Lithium Cobalt Phosphate Cathodes via Artificial Interphases. (Equal authorship) J. Electrochem. Soc. 167 130518, 2020 (Impact Factor: 3.9; ISSN: 1945-7111).

3. Rosy*, Shira Haber, Eliran Evenstein, Arka Saha, Yitzhak Apeloig, Michal Leskes, Malachi Noked, Alkylated LixSiyOz Coatings for Stabilization of Li-rich Layered Oxide Cathodes. Energy Storage Materials 33, 2020, 268–275 (Impact Factor: 20.4; ISSN: 2405-8297)

4. Rajashree Konar, Rosy, Ilana Perelshtein, Louisa Meshi, Eti Teblum, Madina Telkhozhayeva, Jonathan J. Richter, Elti Cataruzza, Andrea Pietropolli Charmet, Paolo Stoppa, Malachi Noked, Gilbert Daniel Nessim, Scalable Synthesis of Few-Layered 2D Tungsten Di-Selenide (2H-WSe₂) Nanosheets Directly Grown on Tungsten (W) Foil Using Ambient Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition for Reversible Li-Ion Storage. ACS Omega 2020, 5, 31, 19409–19421. (Impact Factor: 3.512, ISSN: 2470-1343).

5. Sandipan Maiti, Hadar Sclar, Rosy, Judith Grinblat, Michael Talianker, Larisa Burstein, Malachi Noked, Boris Markovsky, Doron Aurbach, Modification of Li and Mn-rich Cathode Materials via Formation of the Rock-Salt and Spinel Surface Layer for Steady and High Rate Electrochemical Performances, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 29, 32698–32711(Impact Factor: 9.229; ISSN: 1944-8244)

6. Ayan Mukherjee, Tali Sharabani, Rosy, Sivan Okashy, Malachi Noked, Effect of Crystal Structure and Morphology on Na₃V₂(PO₄)2F₃ Performances for Na Ion batteries, Batteries & Supercaps 2020, 3, 510 –518 (Impact Factor, 7.069, ISSN: 2566-6223).

7. Won-Jin Kwak^ψ, Rosy^ψ, Daniel Sharon, Xia Chun, Hun Kim, Lee Johnson, Peter Bruce, Linda Nazar, Yang Kook Sun, Malachi Noked, Doron Aurbach, Lithium-Oxygen Batteries: Potential, Status and Future. (Equal authorship), Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 14, 6626–6683. (Impact Factor: 60.622; ISSN: 1520-6890).

8. Arka Saha, ^ψ* Tali Sharabani, Eliran Evenstein, Daniel Nessim*, Malachi Noked*, Rosy^ψ*, Probing Electrochemical Behaviour of Lignocellulosic, Orange Peel Derived Hard Carbon as Anode for Sodium Ion Battery. (Equal+ Principal Corresponding author) J. Electrochem. Soc., 167, 090505, (2020) (Impact Factor: 4.316; ISSN: 1945-7111).

9. Kevin Leung*, Rosy, Malachi Noked, Anodic Decomposition of Surface Films on High Voltage Spinel Surfaces – A Density Function Theory Study. J. Chem. Phys. 151, 234713 (2019). (Impact Factor: 3.488; ISSN: 0021-9606). Highlighted as top 20 article in Surfaces. Interfaces and Materials.

10. Reut Yemini, Rosy, Malachi Noked*, On the Efficacy of Anode Reversibility in Presence of Polysulfides: A Case Study for Li-S Batteries. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2019, 166, A3098-A3101. (Impact Factor: 4.386; ISSN: 1945-7111).

11. Rosy*, Hadar Sclar, Eliran Evenstein, Shira Haber, Sandipan Maiti, Tali Sharabani, Michal Leskes, and Malachi Noked*, “Mitigating Structural Instability of High Energy Lithium and Manganese Rich LiNixMnyCoz Oxide by Interfacial Atomic Surface Reduction”, Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31, 10, 3840-3847. (IMPACT FACTOR: 9.811; ISSN: 1520-5002).

12. Michael Salama^ψ, Rosy^ψ, Ran Attias, Reut Yemini, Yosef Gofer, Doron Aurbach, and Malachi Noked, "Metal-Sulfur Batteries-Overview and Research Methods", ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4, 436–446. (Equal authorship) (IMPACT FACTOR: 23.101; ISSN: 2380-8195).

13. Eliran Evenstein^ψ, Rosy^ψ*, Shira Haber, Kevin Leung, Michal Leskes, Malachi Noked, “Vapor Phase Approach for Atomic Surface Reduction of Interfaces: High Energy LiNixMnyCoz Oxide as Test case”, Energy Storage Material, 2019, 19, 261-269. (Equal + corresponding author) (Impact Factor: 17.789; ISSN: 2405-8297).

14. Rosy, Malachi Noked, “On the Stability of Nitrate Ion in Rechargeable Li-O₂ Batteries”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 166 (2019) A5008-A5013 (Impact Factor: 4.316; ISSN: 1945-7111).

15. Rosy, Sabine Akabayov, Michal Leskes, Malachi Noked, “Bi-Functional Role of LiNO₃ in Li - O₂ Batteries: De-Convoluting Surface and Catalytic Effects”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10 (35), 29622–29629 (Impact Factor: 9.229; ISSN: 1944-8244).

16. Rosy, Malachi Noked, “Alkali Metal Batteries: Multifunctional interphase”, Nature Energy 3, 253–254 (2018) (Impact Factor: 68.822; ISSN: 2058- 7546)

Publications during Ph.D.
17. Neeraj Kumar, Rosy, Rajendra N Goyal, “A Melamine Based Molecularly Imprinted Sensor for the Determination of 8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine In Human Urine", Talanta, 166 (2017) 215-222 (Impact Factor: 6.057; ISSN: 0039-9140).

18. Neeraj Kumar, Rosy, Rajendra N. Goyal, “Gold-Palladium Nanoparticles Aided Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide Sensor for the Simultaneous Estimation of Lomefloxacin and Amoxicillin”, Sensors and Actuators B, 243 (2017) 658–668 (Impact Factor: 7.460; ISSN: 0925-4005).

19. Neeraj Kumar, Rosy, Rajendra N Goyal, “Palladium Nano Particles Decorated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Modified Glassy Carbon Sensor for the Determination of 5-Hydroxytryptophan in Biological Fluids”, Sensors and Actuators B, 239 (2017) 1060–1068 (Impact Factor: 7.460; ISSN: 0925-4005).

20. Neeraj Kumar, Rosy and Rajendra N. Goyal, “Electrochemical Behavior of Melatonin and Its Sensing in Pharmaceutical Formulation and Urine Analysis”, Current Pharmaceutical Analysis, 13 (2017) 85-90 (Impact Factor: 0.885; ISSN: 1875-676X).

21. Rosy, Mamta Raj and Rajendra N. Goyal, “A Facile Method to Anchor Reduced Graphene Oxide Polymer Nanocomposite on the Glassy Carbon Surface and Its Application in the Voltammetric Estimation of Tryptophan in Presence of 5-Hydroxytryptamine”, Sensors and Actuators B, 233 (2016) 445–453 (Impact Factor: 7.460; ISSN: 0925-4005).

22. Rosy, Rajendra N. Goyal, “Determination of 8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine: A Potential Biomarker of Oxidative Stress, Using Carbon-Allotropic Nanomaterials Modified Glassy Carbon Sensor”, Talanta, 161 (2016) 735-742 (Impact Factor: 6.057; ISSN: 0039-9140).

23. Neeraj Kumar, Rosy, Rajendra N.Goyal, “Nanopalladium Grained Polymer Nanocomposite Based Sensor for the Sensitive Determination of Melatonin”, Electrochimica Acta, 211 (2016) 18-26 (Impact Factor: 6.901; ISSN: 0013-4686).

24. Rosy, Pankaj Gupta and Rajendra N. Goyal, “High Energy Carbon Ion Beam Irradiated Sensor for the Voltammetric Sensing of Purine Nucleosides of DNA”, Sensors and Actuators B, 223 (2016) 884–892 (Impact Factor: 7.460; ISSN: 0925-4005).

25. Pankaj Gupta, Rosy and Rajendra N. Goyal, “A Carbon Ion Beam Irradiated MWCNT/AuNPs Composite Sensor for A Sensitive Assay of Purine Nucleosides of DNA”, RSC Adv., 5 (2015) 102300 (Impact Factor: 3.361; ISSN: 2046-2069).

26. Rosy, Fouran Singh and Rajendra N. Goyal, “Structural and Electrochemical Characterization of Carbon Ion Beam Irradiated Reduced Graphene Oxide and Its Application in Voltammetric Determination of Norepinephrine”, RSC Adv., 5 (2015) 87504 (Impact Factor: 3.361; ISSN: 2046-2069).

27. Rosy, Rajendra N. Goyal and Yoon-Bo Shim, “Glutaraldehyde Sandwiched Amino Functionalized Polymer Based Aptasensor for the Determination and Quantification of Chloramphenicol”, RSC Adv., 5 (2015) 69356 (Impact Factor: 3.361; ISSN: 2046-2069).

28. Rosy and Rajendra N. Goyal, “Gold Nanoparticles Decorated Poly-Melamine Modified Glassy Carbon Sensor for the Voltammetric Estimation of Domperidone in Pharmaceuticals and Biological Fluids”, Talanta, 141(2015) 53–59 (Impact Factor: 6.057; ISSN: 0039-9140).

29. Rosy and Rajendra N. Goyal, “Estimation of Amoxicillin in Presence of High Concentration of Uric Acid and Other Urinary Metabolites Using an Unmodified Pyrolytic Graphite Sensor”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 162 (2015) G8-G13 (Impact Factor: 4.316; ISSN: 1945-7111).

30. Saurabh K. Yadav, Rosy, Munetaka Oyama and Rajendra N. Goyal, “A Biocompatible Nano Gold Modified Palladium Sensor for Determination of Dopamine in Biological Fluids”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 161 (2014) H41-H46 (Impact Factor: 4.316; ISSN: 1945-7111).

31. Rosy, Saurabh K. Yadav, Bharati Agrawal, Munetaka Oyama and Rajendra N. Goyal, “Graphene Modified Palladium Sensor for Electrochemical Analysis of Norepinephrine in Pharmaceuticals and Biological Fluids”, Electrochim. Acta, 125 (2014) 622–629 (Impact Factor: 6.901; ISSN: 0013-4686).

32. Rosy, Himanshu Chasta and Rajendra N. Goyal, “Molecularly Imprinted Sensor Based on o-Aminophenol for the Selective Determination of Norepinephrine in Pharmaceutical and Biological Samples”, Talanta, 125 (2014) 167–173 (Impact Factor: 6.057; ISSN: 0039-9140).

Even Semester

• CHI-322: Electro Chemistry and Surface Phenomena
• CY-407: Electro Chemistry and Surface Phenomena
• DE-CY-523: Electroanalytical Chemistry
• DP-CY-494: Chemistry Lab. IV (Physical Chemistry)

Odd Semester

• CHI-321: Reaction Kinetics
• CY-402:  Reaction Kinetics & Photochemistry
• CY-403:  Analytical Chemistry
• DP-CY-491: Chemistry Lab. I (Physical Chemistry)

Ph.D. Student 

• Ankush Kumar Singh, UGC-JRF (PI) ankushkumarsingh.rs.chy21@itbhu.ac.in
• Rashmi Yadav,GATE  (PI) rashmiyadav.rs.chy23@iitbhu.ac.in
• Shubham Garg,UGC-JRF (Co-PI) shubhamgarg.rs.phy19@itbhu.ac.in
• Neeraj Kumar, CSIR-JRF (Co-PI) neerajkumar.rs.chy19@itbhu.ac.in

Master's Student 

• Tarul; tarul.chy22@itbhu.ac.in

Under Graduate Students 

• Abhinav Pratap Singh; abhinavp.singhbais.chy20@itbhu.ac.in 

Students Graduated 

Gulshan Parashar, M.Sc, 2022

Pritesh Keshari, M.Sc, 2023 (Ph.D. Student in IISc)

Abhay Singh, IDD Industrial Chemistry, 2023 (Project Associate in Scitechesy Research and Technology Ltd.)

Interested students, researchers, and post-docs are encouraged to contact using the following emails 
rrosysharma@gmail.com
rosy.chy@iitbhu.ac.in