ROHIT KUMAR

I am a experienced Electrochemist with a prime focus on developing carbon-based non-precious meta catalysts for boosting oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells. I am interested in MOF synthesis and their potential energy related applications.

• 08/01/13, DST-INSPIRE fellowship given by Govt. of India.
• 02/01/20, Selected for poster presentation in Indo-Belgium Workshop at IIT Kharagpur.
• 10/04/21, Poster + Short oral presentation at 6th International Conference on Competitive Materials and Technology Processes (ICCMPT-6), Miskolc-Lillafüred, HUNGARY.

• Tailoring highly efficient ZIF-derived FexCey@N-C composite catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in H-shape microbial fuel cells, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025.
• How resistant is anammox biofilm against antibiotics: a special insight into anammox response towards fluoroquinolones, Heliyon, 2025.
• Enhanced anammox-mediated Nitrogen removal in Bioelectrochemical Systems at negative electrode potentials, Environmental science and Pollution research, 2024.
• Catalyzing oxygen reduction by morphologically engineered ZIF-derived carbon composite catalysts in dual-chamber microbial fuel cells, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, 2, 112242
• Highly active ZIF-8@CNT composite catalysts as cathode materials for anion exchange membrane fuel cells, Industrial Chemistry and Materials, 2023
• Iron, Cobalt, and Nickel Phthalocyanines Tri-Doped Electrospun Carbon Nanofibre-Based Catalyst for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery Air Electrode, Materials, 2023
• The selective salinity and hydrazine parameters for the start-up of non-anammoxspecific biomass SBR, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2023
• Nanocobalt based (Co@Co(OH)2) sand nanocomposite applied to manganese extraction from contaminated water, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023
• A colorimetric method of As 3+ ion detection and quantification using hand-held Lovibond photometers, Journal of Physics: Conference series, 2022
• Review Publication on 'Nanoadsorbants for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Water: Current Scenario and Future Directions', Processes, 2021
• Bioanode-assisted removal of mercuric ions at the cathode of microbial fuel cells, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, 2020
• Book Chapter on 'Removal of heavy metals using Bioelectochemical Systems', Integrated MFCs for Wastewater treatment, 2020

• Analytical Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Environmental Chemistry
• Wastewater treatment
• Bioelectrochemical Systems
• Waste Management
• Environmental Microbiology
• Biotechnology
• Travelling
• Music
• Running
• Badminton
• Biking