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Dr. Indrajit Sinha

Professor

Department of Chemistry, IIT-BHU

Phone No(s): 05427165260, 05427165265

Email: isinha.apc@iitbhu.ac.in

Area of Interest: Experimental and computational studies on adsorption, nanocatalysis and photocatalysis.

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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
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	05th February 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	January 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	November 2025
Uttam Kumar, M. R. Pai, Indrajit Sinha*	Evolution of H₂O₂-producing heterogeneous photocatalysts	Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering	13[5]	117357	October, 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	August, 2025
Nivedita Singh and Indrajit Sinha*	Development of Cu, Mn Codoped BiVO₄ (Cu_xMn_0.03‑xBi_1−xV_0.97+xO4) Photocatalyst for Photo-Fenton Degradation of Ciprofloxacin	Langmuir	41[23]	14935–14945	June 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	July 2025
Anshu Shrivastava, Uttam Kumar, and Indrajit Sinha*	Photo-Fenton degradation on Mo-doped NiFe₂O₄ photocatalyst	Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 8586	54	8586	June 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	July 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	February 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	January 2025
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	January 2025
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	December 2024
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	November 2024
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
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	August 2024
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	August 2024 10.1039/D4CP00793J
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	September 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	August 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	28 May 2024 DOI
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	10 April 2024 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c04039
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	21 May 2024
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	1st April 2024
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	22nd February 2024
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	5th January 2024 DOI:10.1002/qua.27237
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	December 2023
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	December 2023
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	November 2023
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			Published online in August 2023
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	August 2023 DOI:
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	August 2023 DOI:10.1007/s12648-023-02617-y
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	15 July 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115951
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	March 2023 DOI: 10.1039/d3cy00102d
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	March 2023 Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.3c00719
S. K. Shaw et al.	Assessment of ionic site distributions in magnetic high entropy oxide of (Mn_0⋅2Fe_0⋅2Co_0⋅2Ni_0⋅2Zr_0.2)₃O₄ and its catalytic behaviour	Physica B	652	414653	1st March 2023 Link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1gPOr3HWveHNA8
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	24th January 2023 Link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-023-25432-8
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 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05236a
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	December 2022 Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2022/RA/D2RA07200A
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	August 2022 Download Link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1fRbi8nM6jCqT1
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	November 2022 https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1fF2L3ub-V2%7EMT
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	June 2022 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1fDNl_oKrieR6G
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	August 2022, Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1euEZ55XRLMZF
M.Shukla, S. Pal and Indrajit Sinha*	Ionic Liquid Functionalized Cu₂O nanoparticles	Journal of Molecular Structure	1262	132961	15th August 2022, Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1etay54JURDOX
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	11th April 2022 Link: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0218625X22500901
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	1st July 2022 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ej2WcXa-0iGh
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	Published online 22nd January 2022 Article link:https://rdcu.be/cFtGE
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	Jan 2022 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1e9Gh3QCo9bRdf

*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 PhD Research Student	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
Khushbu Kumari	December 2024	Adsorption and photocatalysts
Ankita Singh	July 2025	Photocatalysis: Experimental and computational approaches

**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

NPDF Post-doctoral Fellow: Dr. Madhulata Shukla (2017)

Recent Book Chapters Published (2017 onwards)
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

Books Edited
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.

Dr. Indrajit Sinha

Neha Jatav, Uttam Kumar, Anshu Shrivastava, Nivedita Singh, Indrajit Sinha*