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  1. Pawan Kumar, Abdelrahman Askar, Jiu Wang, Soumyabrata Roy, Srinivasu Kancharlapalli, Xiyang Wang, Varad Joshi, Hangtian Hu, Karthick Kannimuthu, Dhwanil Trivedi, Praveen Bollini, Yimin A. Wu, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Michael M. Adachi, Jinguang Hu, Md Golam Kibria, Isolated Iridium Sites on Potassium-Doped Carbon-nitride wrapped Tellurium Nanostructures for Enhanced Glycerol Photooxidation. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, (Accepted) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202313793

  2. Jiu Wang, Qi Zhao, Pawan Kumar, Heng Zhao, Liquan Jing, Devis Di Tommaso, Rachel Crespo-Otero, Md Golam Kibria, and Jinguang Hu, Solar-driven cellulose photorefining into arabinose over oxygendoped carbon nitride, ACS Catalysis, 2024, ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 5, 3376–3386 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c06046

  3. Hao Yuan, T. Tiedje, Jingye Chen, Hui Wang, Brad Aitchison, Pawan Kumar, and Yuxin Song, Growth of CdS heterojunctions on Cd0.9Zn0.1Te single crystals with H2S. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2024, (Accepted) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0003265

  4. Jiu Wang, Heng Zhao, Lin Chen, Jonas Björk, Johanna Rosen, Pawan Kumar, Liquan Jing, Jun Chen, Md Golam Kibria, Jinguang Hu, Selective Cellobiose Photoreforming for Simultaneous Gluconic Acid and Syngas Production in Acidic Conditions, Applied Catalysis B, 2024, 344,  123665. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.12366

  5. Pawan Kumar, Peter Antal, Xiyang Wang, Jiu Wang, Dhwanil Trivedi, Ondřej František Fellner, Yimin A. Wu, Ivan Nemec, Vinicius Tadeu Santana, Josef Kopp, Petr Neugebauer, Jinguang Hu, Md Golam Kibria, Subodh Kumar, ermal Condensation Mediated Synthesis of High-Density Nickel Single Atom Sites on Carbon Nitride for Selective Photooxidation of Methane into Methanol, Small, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202304574

  6. Prashant Kumar, Gurwinder Singh, Xinwei Guan, Jangmee Lee, Rohan Bahadur, Kavitha Ramadass, Pawan Kumar, Md Golam Kibria, Devthade Vidyasagar, Jiabao Yi, Ajayan Vinu, Chemical Society Reviews, 2023, 52, 7602-7664 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CS00213F

  7. Diana M Cañas-Martínez, Pawan Kumar, Juvencio Vazquez-Samperio, Md Golam Kibria, Julio A Pedraza-Avella, Production of Renewable Fuels by the Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 using Magnesium Doped Natural Ilmenite, J. Env. Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 111179. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.111179

  8. Ingrid Silva, Soumyabrata Roy, Pawan Kumar, Zhi Wen Chen, Ivo Teixeira, Astrid Campos-Mata, Loudiana Mosqueira Mosqueira Antônio, Luiz O. Ladeira, Humberto Osório Stumpf, Chandra Veer Singh, Ana Paula de Carvalho Teixeira, Md Golam Kibria, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Nanoengineered Au-Carbon Nitride Interfaces Enhance Photo-Catalytic Pure Water Splitting, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 2023,11, 23330-23341. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA05201J

  9. Asmita Shah, Vinod Kumar Vishwakarma, Neichoihoi Lhouvum, Achalkumar Ammathnadu Sudhakar, Pawan Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Srivastava, Frederic Dubois, Treerathat Chomchok, Nattaporn Chattham, Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Pyrazino [2, 3-g] quinoxaline core-based organic liquid crystalline semiconductor: Proficient hole transporting material for optoelectronic devices, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023, 393, 123535. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123535

  10. Tareq Al-Attas, MA Khan, Tiago J Goncalves, Nael G Yasri, Soumyabrata Roy, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Pawan Kumar, Kristen A Miller, Pulickel M Ajayan, Ian D Gates, Jinguang Hu, Venkataraman Thangadurai, Samira Siahrostami, Md Golam Kibria, Bioinspired multimetal electrocatalyst for selective methane oxidation, Chem. Eng. J., 2023, 474, 145827. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.145827

  11. Soumyabrata Roy, Zhengyuan Li, Zhiwen Chen, Astrid Campos Mata, Pawan Kumar, Saurav Ch Sarma, Ivo F Teixeira, Ingrid F Silva, Guanhui Gao, Nadezda V Tarakina, Md Golam Kibria, Chandra Veer Singh, Jingjie Wu, Pulickel M Ajayan, Cooperative Copper Single Atom Catalyst in Two‐dimensional Carbon Nitride for Enhanced CO2 Electrolysis to Methane, Advanced Materials. 2023, 2300713. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300713

  12. Pawan Kumar,*(Joint Corresponding author) Karthick Kannimuthu, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Soumyabrata Roy, Xiao Wang, Xiyang Wang, Subhajyoti Samanta, Kristen A. Miller, Maria Molina, Dhwanil Trivedi, Jehad Abed, M. Astrid Campos Mata, Hasan Al Mahyani, Jonas Baltrusaitis, George Shimizu, Yimin A. Wu, Ali Seifitokaldani, Edward H. Sargent, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Jinguang Hu, and Md Golam Kibria, High-density Cobalt Single Atom Catalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 14, 8052–8063. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c00537

  13. Pawan Kumar,*(Joint Corresponding author) Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Kazi M. Alam, Devika Laishram, Kai Cui, Karthik Shankar, Radial Nano-Heterojunctions Consisting of CdS Nanorods Wrapped by 2D CN:PDI Polymer with Deep HOMO for Photo-Oxidative Water Splitting, Dye Degradation and Alcohol Oxidation, Nanomaterials 2023, 13, 1481. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13091481

  14. Narendra Chaulagain, John Garcia, Navneet Kumar, Harshitha Rajashekhar, Xiaoyuan Liu, Pawan Kumar, Alkiviathes Meldrum, Kazi M Alam, Karthik Shankar, Chemical sensing and imaging using fluorophore-conjugated cellulose nanocrystals, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2023, 34, 538. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09724-2

  15. Jiu Wang, Lin Chen, Heng Zhao, Pawan Kumar, Stephen R. Larter, Md Golam Kibria, Jinguang Hu, In Situ Photo-Fenton-Like Tandem Reaction for Selective Gluconic Acid Production from Glucose Photo-Oxidation, ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 4, 2637–2646 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c05931

  16. Heng Zhao, Dhwanil Trivedi, Morteza Roostaeinia, Xue Yong, Jun Chen, Pawan Kumar, Jing Liu, Bao-Lian Su, Steve Larter, Md Golam Kibria, Jinguang Hu, Spatial charge separation on the (110)/(102) facets of cocatalyst-free ZnIn2S4 for the selective conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-diformylfuran, Green Chem. 2023,25, 692-699. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC04362A

  17. Pawan Kumar, Jinguang Hu, Md Golam Kibria, Edge-confined under-coordinated Cu atoms on Ru nanosheets enables efficient CH4 activation, Chem. Catalysis, 2022, 2, 2118-2120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2022.08.007 (Invited Preview)

  18. Pawan Kumar (Submitting author), Tareq A. Al Attas, Jinguang Hu, Md. Golam Kibria, Single atom catalysts for selective methane oxidation to oxygenates, ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 6, 8557–8618. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c02464) (Invited manuscript)

  19. Pawan Kumar, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, Soumyabrata Roy, Kristen A. Miller, Aiguo Wang, Lawrence B. Alemany, Tareq A. Al-Attas, Dhwanil Trivedi, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Jinguang Hu, Md Golam Kibria, Metal-Free Sulfonate/Sulfate-Functionalized Carbon Nitride for Direct Conversion of Glucose to Levulinic Acid, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 19, 6230–6243 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00309

  20. Devika Laishram, Sheng Zeng, Kazi M. Alam, Aarat P. Kalra, Kai Cui, Pawan Kumar,* (Joint Corresponding author) Rakesh K. Sharma,2 * and Karthik Shankar, Air- and Water-Stable Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Protected with Nearly-Monolayer Carbon Nitride for CO2 Photoreduction and Water Splitting, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2022, 592, 153276. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.153276

  21. Kazi M. Alam, Pawan Kumar, Narendra Chaulagain, Sheng Zeng, Ankur Goswami, John Garcia, Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Manish L. Bhaiyya, Guy M. Bernard, Sanket Goel, Vladimir K. Michaelis, Alexander E. Kobryn, Sergey Gusarov, Karthik Shankar, Unusual Electronic Properties of Cellulose Nanocrystals Conjugated to Cobalt Phthalocyanine: Long-Lived Charge Separation and Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity, J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03531

  22. Kazi M Alam, Sergey Gusarov, Mustafa Supur, Pawan Kumar, Alexander E Kobryn, Kai Cui, Richard L McCreery and Karthik Shankar, Hot hole transfer from Ag nanoparticles to multiferroic YMn2O5 nanowires enables superior photocatalytic activity, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 4128-4139 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TC06106B

  23. Pawan Kumar,* (Submitting author) Devika Laishram, Rakesh K. Sharma, Ajayan Vinu, Jinguang Hu, and Md. Golam Kibria, Boosting Photocatalytic Activity using Carbon Nitride Based 2D/2D van der Waals Heterojunctions, Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 9012–9092. Invited Review (DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03166)

  24. Biswajit S. De, Pawan Kumar, Neeraj Khare, Jing-Li Luo, Anastasia Elias, Suddhasatwa Basu, Microfabrication of Ammonia Plasma Activated Nickel Nitride–Nickel Thin Film for Overall Water Splitting in Microfluidic Membraneless Electrolyzer, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 9, 9639–9652 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c01772

  25. Kazi M. Alam, Charles E. Jensen, Pawan Kumar, Riley W. Hooper, Guy M. Bernard, Aakash Patidar, Ajay P. Manuel, Naaman Amer, Anders Palmgren, David N. Purschke, Narendra Chaulagain, John Garcia, Phillip S. Kirwin, Lian C. T. Shoute, Kai Cui, Sergey Gusarov, Alexander E. Kobryn, Vladimir K. Michaelis, Frank A. Hegmann and Karthik Shankar, Photocatalytic mechanism control and study of carrier dynamics in CdS@C3N5 core-shell nanowires, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 40, 47418–47439. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c08550

  26. Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Sheng Zeng, Kazi M Alam, Pawan Kumar, Saralyn Riddell, Narendra Chaulagain, Sergey Gusarov, Alexander E. Kobryn and Karthik Shankar, Harvesting Hot Holes in Plasmon-coupled Ultrathin Photoanodes for High-Performance Photo electrochemical Water Splitting, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 36, 42741–42752 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c10698

  27. Sheng Zeng, Triratna Muneshwar, Saralyn Riddell, Ajay Peter Manuel, Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Ryan Kisslinger, Pawan Kumar, Kazi Mohammad Monirul Alam, Alexander E. Kobryn, Sergey Gusarov, Kenneth C. Cadien and Karthik Shankar, TiO2-HfN Radial Nano-Heterojunction: A Hot CarrierPhotoanode for Sunlight-Driven Water-Splitting, Catalysts 2021, 11(11), 1374, https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11111374

  28. Ajay P Manuel, Saralyn Riddell, Harshitha Rajashekhar, Damini Vrushabendrakumar, Kazi M Alam, Pawan Kumar, Sergey Gusarov, Alexander E Kobryn, Mustafa Supur, Richard L McCreery, Karthik Shankar, Hot carrier photocatalysis using bimetallic Au@ Pt hemispherical core–shell nanoislands, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 2022, 33, pages18134–18155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08671-2

  29. Narendra Chaulagain, Kazi Mohammad Alam, Pawan Kumar, Alexander E. Kobryn, Sergey Gusarov and Karthik Shankar, Zinc phthalocyanine conjugated cellulose nanocrystals for memory device applications, Nanotechnology 2022, 33, 055703 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ac2e78

  30. Jiu Wang, Pawan Kumar, Heng Zhao, Md. Golam Kibria, Jinguang Hu, Polymeric Carbon Nitride-Based Photocatalysts for Photoreforming of Biomass Derivatives, Green Chem. 2021, 23, 7435-7457 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC02307A

  31. Aarat P Kalra, Sahil D Patel, Boden B Eakins, Saralyn Riddell, Pawan Kumar, Philip Winter, Jordane Preto, Kris W Carlson, John D Lewis, Vahid Rezania, Jack A Tuszyński, Karthik Shankar, Revealing and attenuating the electrostatic properties of tubulin and its polymers, Small, 2021, 17, 2003560. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202003560

  32. Heng Zhao, Chaofan Li, Xue Yong, Pawan Kumar, Xinxing Wu, Bruna Palma, Zhiyi Hu, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Samira Siahrostami, Stephen Larter, Zhangxin Chen, Md Golam Kibria, Jinguang Hu, Coproduction of Hydrogen and Lactic Acid from Glucose Photocatalysis on band-engineered Zn1-xCdxS Homojunction, iScience, 2021, 24, 102109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102109

  33. Pawan Kumar* (Joint corresponding author), Piyush Kar, Ajay P. Manuel, Sheng Zeng, Ujwal K. Thakur, Kazi Alam, Yun Zhang, Ryan Kisslinger, Kai Cui, Guy M. Bernard, Vladimir Michaelis and Karthik Shankar, Noble Metal Free, Visible Light Driven Photocatalysis using TiO2 Nanotube Arrays Sensitized by P-doped C3N4 Quantum Dots, Adv. Opt. Mater. 2020, 8, 1901275.  https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201901275 (Highlighted in Hot Topic: Carbon, Graphite and Graphene Source: Link

  34. Ujwal K. Thakur, Pawan Kumar, Surgery Gusarov, Alexander Kobryn, Piyush Kar, Ankur Goswami, Kazi M. Alam, Spencer Savela, Thomas Thundat, Alkiviathes Meldrum and Karthik Shankar, Consistently high Voc values in p-i-n type perovskite solar cells using Ni3+-doped NiO nanomesh as the hole transporting layer, ACS Appl. Mater Interface 2020, 12, 11467-11478. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b18197

  35. Sheng Zeng, Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Collin VanEssen, Piyush Kar, Ryan Kisslinger, Ankur Goswami, Yun Zhang, Najia Mahdi, Alexander E. Kobryn, Sergey Gusarov, Pawan Kumar, Karthik Shankar, Optical control of selectivity of CO2 photoreduction using Au-TiO2 plasmonic photonic crystal catalyst, Appl. Catal. B. 2020, 267, 118644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118644

  36. Ankur Goswami, Kazi M. Alam, Pawan Kumar, Piyush Kar, Thomas Thundat, Karthik Shankar, Surface potential, charge density and adhesion mapping of cellulose nanocrystals, Carbohydr. Polym., 2020, 246, 116393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116393

  37. Pawan Kumar,* (Joint corresponding author) Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Ujwal Thakur, Piyush Kar, Kazi M. Alam, Ankur Goswami, Najia Mahdi, Kai Cui, Guy M. Bernard, Vladimir K. Michaelis and Karthik Shankar, C3N5: A Low Bandgap Semiconductor Containing an Azo-Linked Carbon Nitride Framework for Photocatalytic, Photovoltaic and Adsorbent Applications, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5415−5436. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b00144 (Featured on UoA Future Energy system website: Link)

  38. Piyush Kar, Sheng Zheng, Yun Zhang, Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Ajay Manuel, Ryan Kisslinger, Kazi Alam, Ujwal Thakur, Najia Mahdi, Pawan Kumar,* (Joint corresponding author) Karthik Shankar, High Rate CO2 Photoreduction Using Flame Annealed TiO2 Nanotubes, Appl. Catal. B, 2019, 243, 522-536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.08.002

  39. Ujwal K. Thakur, Sheng Zeng, Pawan Kumar, Sahil Patel, Yun Zhang, Piyush Kar, Ankur Goswami, Thomas Thundat, Alkiviathes Meldrum, and Karthik Shankar, Nanophotonic Enhancement and Improved Electron Extraction in Perovskite Solar Cells Using Near-Horizontally Aligned TiO2 Nanorods, J. Pow. Source., 2019, 417, 176-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.11.089

  40. Claudia Otta, Felix Reitera, Maximilian Baumgartner, Markus Pielmeier, Anna Vogel, Patrick Walke, Stefan Burger, Michael Ehrenreich, Gregor Kieslich, Dominik Daisenberger, Jeff Armstrong, Thakur Ujwal Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Davide Donadio, Lisa S. Walter, R. Thomas Weitz, Karthik Shankar and Tom Nilges, Flexible and ultra-soft inorganic 1D semiconductor and heterostructure systems based on SnIP, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1900233. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201900233 (Highlighted Cover Frontispiece https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201970125) (Highlighted at TUM website: Link

  41. Lian C. T. Shoute, Weidi Hua, Ryan Kisslinger, Ujwal K. Thakur, Sheng Zeng, Pawan Kumar, Piyush Kar and Karthik Shankar, Threshold Hydrophobicity and Fouling of SAM Modified Titanium Dioxide Nanotube Array on Titanium Foil in Aqueous Salt Solutions, Appl. Surf. Sci. 2019, 473, 282-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.11.173

  42. Kazi Alam, Pawan Kumar (Joint first author), Piyush Kar, Ujwal Thakur, Sheng Zeng, Kai Cui, Karthik Shankar, Enhanced Charge Separation in g-C3N4–BiOI Heterostructures for Visible Light Driven Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, Nanoscale Adv. 2019, 1, 1460-1471. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NA00264A

  43. Ebru Üzer, Pawan Kumar, Ryan Kisslinger, Piyush Kar, Karthik Shankar, and Tom Nilges, Vapor growth of binary and ternary phosphorus-based semiconductors into TiO2 nanotube arrays and application in visible light driven water splitting, Nanoscale Adv. 2019, 1, 2881-2890. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NA00084D

  44. Ebru Üzer, Pawan Kumar, Ryan Kisslinger, Piyush Kar, Karthik Shankar and Tom Nilges, Vapor Deposition of Semiconducting P Allotropes into TiO2 Nanotube Arrays for Photo-Electrocatalytic Water Splitting, ACS Appl. Nanomater., 2019, 2, 3358−3367. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b00221

  45. Kazi M. Alam, Pawan Kumar (Joint first author), Piyush Kar, Ankur Goswami, Ujwal K. Thakur, Sheng Zeng, Kai Cui and Karthik Shankar, Heterojunctions of Halogen-Doped Carbon Nitride Nanosheets and BiOI for Sunlight-Driven Water-Splitting, Nanotechnology. 2019, 31, 8. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab4e2c

  46. Kazi Alam, Piyush Kar, Ujwal Thakur, Ryan Kisslinger, Najia Mahdi, Arash Mohammadpour, Payal Baheti, Pawan Kumar and Karthik Shankar, Remarkable self-organization and unusual conductivity behavior in cellulose nanocrystal-PEDOT: PSS nanocomposites, J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Elec. 2019, 30, 1390-1399. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-0409-y

  47. Najia Mahdi, Pawan Kumar, Ankur Goswami, Karthik Shankar, Mohtada Sadrzadeh, Robust Polymer Nanocomposite Membranes Incorporating Discrete TiO2 Nanotubes for Water Treatments, Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1186. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091186

  48. Kazi M. Alam, Pawan Kumar, Ajay P. Manuel, Ehsan Vaidzadeh, Ankur Goswami, Sheng Zeng, Wenjie Wu, Najia Mahdi, Kai Cui, Alexander E Kobryn, Sergey Gusarov, Yenan Song and Karthik Shankar, CVD grown, nitrogen doped graphene is an exceptional visible-light-driven photocatalyst for surface catalytic reactions, 2D Materials 2019, 7, 015002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/ab4554

  49. Pawan Kumar, Ujwal Kumar Thakur, Kazi Alam, Piyush Kar, Ryan Kisslinger, Sheng Zeng, Sahil Patel, Karthik Shankar, Arrays of TiO2 nanorods embedded with fluorine doped carbon nitride quantum dots (CNFQDs) for visible light driven water splitting, Carbon, 2018, 137, 174-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.05.019

  50. Arezoo Hosseini, Pawan Kumar,* (Joint corresponding author) Najia Mahdi and Karthik Shankar, All-solid-state formation of titania nanotube arrays and their application in photoelectrochemical water splitting, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron., 2018, 29, 16590–16597. IF-2.220

  51. Pawan Kumar, Rabah Boukherroub, Karthik Shankar, Sunlight-driven water-splitting using two-dimensional carbon-based semiconductors, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 12876-12931 (Review article).https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA02061B (Featured in Journal of Materials Chemistry A top 5% most-read Q2 2018 and Recent Review Articles).

  52. Weidi Hua, Piyush Kar, Partha Roy, Lintong Bu, Lian Shoute, Pawan Kumar, Karthik Shankar, Resistance of Superhydrophobic Surface-Functionalized TiO2 Nanotubes to Corrosion and Intense Cavitation, Nanomaterials, 2018, 8, 783. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8100783

  53. Lian C. Shoute, Kazi M Alam, Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Ajay Manuel, Sheng Zeng, Pawan Kumar, Piyush Kar, Karthik Shankar, Effect of morphology on the photoelectrochemical performance of nanostructured Cu2O photocathodes, Nanotechnology 2020 Accepted article. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aba2a3

  54. Kazi M. Alam, Pawan Kumar, Aarat P. Kalra, Sheng Zeng, Ryan Kisslinger, Ankur Goswami, Thomas Thundat, Wadood Hamad and Karthik Shankar, Synthesis and characterization of zinc phthalocyanine−cellulose nanocrystal conjugates: Towards highly functional CNCs, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020 12, 39, 43992–44006. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c07179

  55. Syed A. Bukhari, Sooraj Kumar Singh, Pawan Kumar, Sarang Gumfekar, Hyun-Joong Chung, Thomas Thundat and Ankur Goswami, The effect of oxygen flow rate on metal-insulator transition (MIT) characteristics of vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin films by pulsed laser deposition (PLD), Appl. Surf. Sci. 2020, 529, 146995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.146995

  56. Pawan Kumar, Suresh Mulmi, Devika Laishram, Kazi M. Alam, Ujwal Kumar Thakur, Venkataraman Thangadurai, and Karthik Shankar, Water-splitting photoelectrodes consisting of heterojunctions of carbon nitride with a p-type low bandgap double perovskite oxide, Nanotechnology, 2021, 32, 48. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/abedec

  57. Ehsan Vahidzadeh, Sheng Zeng, Ajay P. Manuel, Pawan Kumar, Kazi M. Alam and Karthik Shankar, Asymmetric Multipole Plasmon-Mediated Catalysis Shifts the Product Selectivity of CO2 Photoreduction toward C2+ Products, ACS Applied Material and Interfaces, 2021, 13, 6, 7248–7258 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c21067

  58. Kazi M. Alam, Charles E. Jensen, Pawan Kumar, Riley W. Hooper, Guy M. Bernard, Aakash Patidar, Naaman Amer, Anders Palmgren, David N. Purschke, Phillip S. Kirwin, Lian C. T. Shoute, Kai Cui, Sergey Gusarov, Alexander E. Kobryn, Vladimir K. Michaelis, Frank A. Hegmann and Karthik Shankar, Photocatalytic Mechanism Control and Study of Carrier Dynamics in CdS@C3N5 Core–Shell Nanowires, ACS Appl. Mater Interface 2021, 13, 40, 47418–47439 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c08550

  59. Yukti Monga, Pawan Kumar (Joint first author), Rakesh K. Sharma, Jan Filip, Rajender S. Varma, Radek Zboril, and Manoj B. Gawande, Sustainable synthesis of nanoscale zerovalent iron particles for environmental remediation, ChemSusChem 2020, 30, 3288-3305. (Review article) https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202000290  Highlighted cover feature: https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202001443

  60. Aristides Bakandritsos, Ravishankar G. Kadam, Pawan Kumar, Giorgio Zoppellaro, Miroslav Medveď, Jiří Tuček, Ondřej Tomanec, Pavlína Andrýsková, Bohuslav Drahoš, Rajender S. Varma, Michal Otyepka, Manoj B. Gawande, Paolo Fornasiero and Radek Zbořil, Mixed-valence single-metal-ion catalyst derived from functionalized graphene, Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1900323. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201900323 (Highlighted inside cover: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201970125). (Highlighted at Palacky University website: Link) and markets insider: Link

  61. Devaki Nandan, Giorgio Zoppellaro, Ivo Medřík, Claudia Aparicio, Pawan Kumar, Martin Petr, Ondřej Tomanec, Manoj B Gawande, Rajender S Varma, Radek Zbořil, Cobalt-entrenched N-, O-, and S-tridoped carbons as efficient multifunctional sustainable catalysts for base-free selective oxidative esterification of alcohols, Green Chem. 2018, 20, 3542-3556. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8GC01333K

  62. Kasibhatta J. Datta, Anuj K. Rathi, Pawan Kumar, Josef Kaslik, Ivo Medrik, Vaclav Ranc, Rajender S. Varma, Radek Zboril and Manoj B. Gawande, Synthesis of flower-like magnetite nanoassembly: Application in the efficient reduction of nitroarenes, Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 11585. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09477-7

  63. Anurag Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Babita Behera, Suman L. Jain, A bridged ruthenium dimer (Ru-Ru) for photoreduction of CO2 under visible light irradiation, J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 2018, 61, 381-387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2017.12.037

  64. Prasoon Kumar Kaushik, V.K. Varshney, Pallavi Bhatia, Pawan Kumar, S.V. Shukla, Rapid and efficient synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of some methylanthranilate derived odorant Schiff bases, Letters In Organic Chemistry, 2018, 15, 620-626. https://doi.org/10.2174/1570178614666171025161310

  65. Pawan Kumar, Chetan Joshi, Alexandre Barras, Brigitte Sieber, Ahmed Addad, Luc Boussekey, Sabine Szunerits, Rabah Boukherroub and Suman L. Jain, Core-shell structured reduced graphene oxide wrapped magnetically separable rGO@CuZnO@Fe3O4 microspheres as superior photocatalyst for CO2 reduction under visible light, Appl. Catal. B, 2017, 205, 654–665. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.11.060 Highlighted in Ensia Magazine: Link

  66. Mohammad Azam, Saud I Agata Al-Resayes Trzesowska, Rafal Kruszynski, Pawan Kumar, Suman L Jain, Seven-Coordinated chiral uranyl (VI) salen complex as effective catalyst for CH bond activation of dialkylanilines under visible light, Polyhedron, 2017, 124, 177–183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2016.12.033

  67. Deepak K. Chauhan, Pawan Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Suman L. Jain, Sudip K. Ganguly, Kinetics and Feasibility Studies of Thiol Oxidation using Magnetic Layered Double Hydroxide Supported Cobalt Phthalocyanine Catalyst, Fuel Proc. Technol. 2017, 162, 135-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2017.04.003

  68. Anurag Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Pathak, Chokkapu Appala Naidu, and Suman L. Jain, Nanoporous carbon nitride grafted cobalt complex (Co@npg-C3N4) via Click reaction for visible light assisted esterification of aldehydes, ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 3437-3443. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201602031

  69. Pawan Kumar, Anurag Kumar, Clémence Queffélec, Dietrich, Gudat, Qi Wang, Suman L. Jain, Rabah Boukherroub, and Sabine Szunerits, Visible light assisted hydrogen generation from complete decomposition of hydrous hydrazine using rhodium modified TiO2 photocatalyst, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2017, 16, 1036-1042. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6PP00432F

  70. Anurag Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Rajnikant Borkar, Amit Bansiwal, Nitin Labhsetwar and Suman L. Jain, Metal-organic hybrid: photoreduction of CO2 using graphitic carbon nitride supported heteroleptic iridium complex under visible light irradiation, Carbon, 2017, 123, 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.07.080

  71. Pawan Kumar, Chetan Joshi, Ambrish K. Srivastava, Piyush Gupta, Rabah Boukherroub and Suman L. Jain, Visible light assisted photocatalytic [3+2] azide-alkyne “Click” reaction for the synthesis of 1,4 substituted 1, 2, 3, triazoles using a novel bimetallic Ru-Mn complex, ACS Sust. Chem. Eng. 2016, 4, 69-75. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00653

  72. Arvind Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Chetan Joshi, Srikant Ponnada, Abhishek K. Pathak, Asgar Ali, Bojja Sreedhar and Suman L. Jain, A [Fe(bpy)3]2+ grafted graphitic carbon nitride hybrid for visible light assisted oxidative coupling of benzylamines under mild reaction conditions, Green Chem. 2016, 18, 2514-2521. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5GC02090E

  73. Anurag Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Chetan Joshi, Manvi Manchanda, Rabah Boukherroub, Suman L. Jain, Nickel decorated on phosphorous doped carbon nitride as an efficient photocatalyst for reduction of nitrobenzenes, Nanomaterials 2016, 6, 59 (Invited Paper). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano6040059

  74. Subodh Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Arghya Deb, Debabrata Maiti and Suman L. Jain, Graphene oxide grafted with iridium complex as a superior heterogeneous catalyst for chemical fixation of carbon dioxide to dimethylformamide, Carbon, 2016, 100, 632–640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.018

  75. Arvind Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Subham Paul, and Suman L. Jain, Visible light assisted reduction of nitrobenzenes using Fe(bpy)3+2/rGO nanocomposite as photocatalyst, Appl. Surf. Sci. 2016, 386, 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.05.139

  76. Houcem Maaoui, Pawan Kumar, Anurag Kumar, Guo Hui Pan, Radouane Chtourou, Sabine Szunerits, Rabah Boukherroub, and Suman L. Jain, A Prussian blue/carbon dot nanocomposite as an efficient visible light active photocatalyst for C–H activation of amines, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2016, 15, 1282-1288. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6PP00203J

  77. Prasoon Kumar Kaushik, V. K. Varshney, Pallavi Bhatia, Pawan Kumar, and S. V. Shukla, A facile and efficient synthesis of some odorant Schiff bases using microwave irradiation and their antimicrobial activity, J. Sci. Res. Adv., 2016, 3, 334-339. ISSN: 2395-0226. Link

  78. Prasoon Kumar Kaushik, V. K., Varshney, Pawan Kumar, Pallavi Bhatia, and S. V. Shukla, Microwave assisted synthesis, characterization and microbial activity of some odorant Schiff bases derived from naturally occurring carbonyl compounds and anthranillic acid, Synth. Commun. 2016, 46, 2053-2062. https://doi.org/10.1080/00397911.2016.1245749

  79. Pawan Kumar, Amit Bansiwal, Nitin Labhsetwar and Suman L. Jain, Visible light assisted photocatalytic reduction of CO2 using graphene oxide supported heteroleptic ruthenium complex, Green Chem., 2015, 17, 1605-1609. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4GC01400F

  80. Pawan Kumar, Harshal P. Mungse, Stephane Cordier, Rabah Boukherroub, Om P. Khatri, and Suman L. Jain, Hexamolybdenum clusters supported on graphene oxide: Visible-light induced photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into methanol, Carbon, 2015, 94, 91–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2015.06.029

  81. Pawan Kumar, R. K. Chauhan, Bir Sain, and Suman L. Jain, Photo-induced reduction of CO2 using magnetically separable Ru-CoPc@TiO2@SiO2@Fe3O4 catalyst under visible light irradiation, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 4546-4553. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4DT02461C

  82. Pawan Kumar, Nikolay G. Naumov, Rabah Boukherroub and Suman L Jain, Octahedral rhenium K4[Re6S8(CN)6] and Cu(OH)2 cluster modified TiO2 for the photoreduction of CO2 under visible light irradiation, Appl. Catal. A 2015, 499, 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.04.001

  83. Pawan Kumar, Harshal P. Mungse, Om P. Khatri and Suman L. Jain, Nitrogen-Doped Graphene-Supported Copper Complex:  A Novel Photocatalyst for CO2 Reduction under Visible Light Irradiation, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 54929-54935. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA05319F

  84. Pawan Kumar, Kareena Gill, Sunil Kumar, Sudip K Ganguly, Suman L. Jain, Magnetic Fe3O4@MgAl–LDH composite grafted with cobalt phthalocyanine as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the oxidation of mercaptans, J. Mol. Catal. A, 2015, 401, 48–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2015.03.001

  85. Pawan Kumar, Arvind Kumar, Chetan Joshi, Raghuvir Singh, Sandeep Saran and Suman L. Jain, Heterostructured nanocomposite tin phthalocyanine@mesoporous ceria (SnPc@CeO2) for photoreduction of CO2 in visible light, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 42414-42421. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA06449J

  86. Ankush Bansal, Arvind Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Sridhar Bojja, Alok K. Chatterjee, Siddharth S. Ray and Suman L. Jain, Visible light-induced surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate on titania/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite, RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 21189-21196. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA15615C

  87. Vineeta Panwar, Pawan Kumar, Ankushi Bansal, Siddharth S Ray and S. L Jain, PEGylated magnetic nanoparticles (PEG@Fe3O4) as cost effective alternative for oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines via C-H activation, Appl. Catal. A, 2015, 498, 25–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.03.018

  88. Vineeta Panwar, Pawan Kumar, Siddharth S. Ray, Suman L Jain, Organic inorganic hybrid cobalt phthalocyanine/polyaniline as efficient catalyst for aerobic oxidation of alcohols in liquid phase, Tetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56, 3948–3953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.05.003

  89. Deepak Chauhan, Pawan Kumar, Chetan Joshi, Nitin Labhsetwar, Sudip K. Ganguly and Suman. L. Jain, Photo-assisted oxidation of thiols to disulfides using cobalt “Nanorust” in visible light, New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 6193-6200. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NJ00792E

  90. Ankushi Bansal, Pawan Kumar, Chandra Dutt Sharma, Siddharth S. Ray and Suman. L. Jain, Light-initiated controlled free radical polymerization of methacrylates using iron based photocatalyst in visible light, J. Pol. Sci. A, 2015, 53, 2739-2746. https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.27744

  91. Rashi Gusain, Pawan Kumar, Om P. Sharma, Suman L. Jain, Om P. Khatri, Reduced graphene oxide–CuO nanocomposites for photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into methanol under visible light irradiation, Appl. Cat. B 2016, 181, 352-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.08.012

  92. Pawan Kumar, Chetan Joshi, Nitin Labhsetwar, Rabah Boukherroub and Suman L. Jain, A novel Ru/TiO2 hybrid nanocomposite catalyzed photoreduction of CO2 to methanol under visible light, Nanoscale 2015, 7, 15258-15267. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NR03712C

  93. Chetan Joshi, Pawan Kumar, Babeeta Behera, Alexandre Barras, Sabine Szunerits, Rabah Boukherroub and Suman L. Jain, A graphene/hemin hybrid material as an efficient green catalyst for stereoselective olefination of aldehydes, RSC Adv, 2015, 5, 100011-100017. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA19466K

  94. Pawan Kumar, Subodh Kumar, Stephene Cordier, Serge Paofai, Rabah Boubherroub and Suman L. Jain, Photoreduction of CO2 to methanol with hexanuclear molybdenum [Mo6Br14]2- cluster units under visible light irradiation, RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 10420. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA47255H

  95. Pawan Kumar, Arvind Kumar, Bojja Sreedhar, Bir Sain, Siddharth S. Ray and Suman L. Jain, Cobalt Phthalocyanine Immobilized on Graphene Oxide: An Efficient Visible-Active Catalyst for the Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 6154-61611. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201304189

  96. Pawan Kumar, Sanny Verma and Suman L. Jain, A TiO2 immobilized Ru(II) polyazine complex: a visible-light active photoredox catalyst for oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines, J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 4514-4519. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3TA14783E

  97. Pawan Kumar, Bir Sain and Suman L. Jain, Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol using ruthenium trinuclear polyazine complex immobilized to graphene oxide under visible light irradiation. J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 11246-11253. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA01494D

  98. Pawan Kumar, Garima Singh, Deependra Tripathi and Suman L. Jain, Visible light driven photocatalytic oxidation of thiols to disulfides using iron phthalocyanine immobilized on graphene oxide as a catalyst under alkali free conditions, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 50331-50337. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA10128F

  99. Subodh Kumar, Pawan Kumar and Suman L. Jain, Graphene oxide immobilized copper phthalocyanine tetrasulphonamide: first heterogenized homogeneous catalyst for dimethylcarbonate synthesis from CO2 and methanol, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 18861-18866. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA03420A

  100. Subodh Kumar, Pawan Kumar, and Suman L. Jain, Ruthenium-carbamato-complex derived from siloxylated amine and carbon dioxide for the oxidative cyanation of aromatic and cyclic tertiary amines, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 24013-24016. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA44051F

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  • Book Chapters

  1. Pawan Kumar, Suman L. Jain and Rabah Boukherroub, Chapter 13, Graphene-based nanocomposite materials for the photoreduction of carbon dioxide into valuable organic compounds, Innovations in Nanomaterials, Ed: Al-Nakib Chowdhury, Joe Shapter, and Abu Bin Imran, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. USA. 2015, 321-335. ISBN 978-1-63483-572-5. Link

  2. Pawan Kumar, Anurag Kumar, Chetan Joshi, Rabah Boukherroub, Suman L. Jain, Chapter 9, Graphene-semiconductor hybrid photocatalysts and their application in solar fuel production, in Advanced 2D Materials Ed: Mikael Syväjärvi, John Wiley & Sons USA, 22-Jun-2016, 355-386. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119242635.ch9

  3. Anurag Kumar, Pawan Kumar, and Suman L. Jain, Chapter 8, Nanostructured composite materials for CO2 activation, Advances in nanostructured composite, Ed: Mahmood Aliofkhazraei and Niknam, CRC Press USA, 30 Apr 2019, ISBN: 978-1482236637. Link

  4. Pawan Kumar*, Md. Adnan Khan, Jinguang Hu, Md Golam Kibria, Single-atom catalysts (SACs) for biomass-derived drop-in chemicals, Advanced Catalysis for Drop-in Chemicals, Ed: Sudarsanam Putla, Hu Li, Elsevier 2022, 63-100. Link

  5. Swadesh Kumar Gupta, Pawan Kumar, Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Chapter 36: Quantum dots for modern display devices, in Graphene, Nanotubes and Quantum Dots-Based Nanotechnology, Ed: Prof. Dr. Yarub Al-Douri, Elsevier, 2022, 899-932. Link

  6. Karthick Kannimuthu, Pawan Kumar, Md Abdullah Al Bari, Md Golam Kibria, Recent advancements in tuning the electronic structures of transitional metal oxides for the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction, Materials Technology for the Energy and Environmental Nexus, Volume 2, 2023, Page 8-1 to 8-21, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-5729-6ch8

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  • Patent filed/Granted

  1. Padma Latha Patnam, Pawan Kumar, Suman L. Jain, Siddharth S. Ray, Metal salts of amino acids useful for Co-polymerization of epoxides and its preparation thereof, Application No. 201611037018, Date of application: 2016-10-28, Publication number: 18/2018. Link

  2. Venkataraman Thangadurai, Karthik Shankar, Suresh Mulumi, Pawan Kumar, Use of multi-element non-stoichiometric perovskite and double perovskite oxides in semiconductor photocatalysis (ROI Filed: #2019061)

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  • Conference proceedings/Paper presented

  1. Pawan Kumar, Bir Sain, and Suman L. Jain, Magnetically separable Fe2O3@SiO2@TiO2 functionalized by Co-Ru complexes for the visible light induced photoreduction of CO2., Research Scholars Day, 16-17 Dec 2013, IIST Thiruvananthpurum, India (working under the umbrella of Indian Space Research Organization).

  2. Pawan Kumar, Bir Sain, Suman L. Jain, Visible light driven photoreduction of carbon dioxide to methanol using trinuclear ruthenium complex immobilized to graphene oxide, National conference on nanotechnology and renewable energy, 28-29 Apr 2014, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.

  3. Pawan Kumar, Chetan Joshi and Suman L. Jain, Visible light assisted photocatalytic reduction of CO2 using graphene oxide supported heteroleptic ruthenium complex, International conference on sustainable energy and technologies (ICSET 2014), 11-13 Dec 2014, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India (International Host-University of Exeter, UK, University of Oslo, Norway, IFE Norway)

  4. Pawan Kumar, Arvind Kumar, Chetan Joshi, Suman L. Jain, In-situ synthesis of Ru(bpy)3Cl2 incorporated nanotitania for photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol under visible light, National conference on Recent Developments in non-conventional energy systems (NCRDNCES-2014) Dec 22-23, 2014, Dehradun Institute of Technology Dehradun India.

  5.  Pawan Kumar, Deepak Chauhan, Chetan Joshi, Nitin Labhsetwar, Sudip K. Ganguly, and Suman L. Jain, Highly Active Cobalt Doped Meso-ceria for Visible Light Assisted base Free Oxidation of Mercaptanes to Disulfides, Journal of Basic and Applied Engineering Research p-ISSN: 2350-0077; e-ISSN: 2350-0255; Volume 2, Number 17; July-September, 2015, pp. 1528-1528, 4th International Conference On “Applied Sciences, Environmental Engineering and Clean Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development”(ASECET-2015), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

  6. Anurag Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Chetan Joshi, Manvi Manchanda, Rabah Boukherroub, Suman L. Jain, Nickel Nanoparticles Decorated on Phosphorous Doped Carbon Nitride as an Effective Photocatalyst for Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes and Alkenes, International Conference on Materials Science & Technology (ICMTech), March 1-4 2016, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

  7. Chetan Joshi, Pawan Kumar, Suman L. Jain, Ruthenium Heteroleptic Complex Immobilized to SBA-15 for Visible Light Driven Oxidative Cyanation of Aromatic Tertiary Amines, Journal of Basic and Applied Engineering Research p-ISSN: 2350-0077; e-ISSN: 2350-0255; Volume 2, Number 17; July-September, 2015, pp. 1526-1526, 4th International Conference On “Applied Sciences, Environmental Engineering and Clean Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development” (ASECET-2015), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

  8. Pawan Kumar, Ali Shayesteh, Soumyabrata Roy, Hongguang Zhang, Jinguang Hu, Pulickel Ajayan and Md Golam Kibria, Iridium single atom catalysts pinned on modified carbon nitride for photoreforming of microplastics, THE 26TH CANADIAN SYMPOSIUM ON CATALYSIS (CSC2022), May 15-18, 2022 Vancouver, CANADA.​

  9. Kazi Alam, Pawan Kumar, Devika Laishram, Charles Jensen, Annabelle Degg, Narendra Chaulagain, Frank Hegmann, Tom Nilges, Rakesh Sharma and Karthik Shankar, C3N4 and C3N5 Nanosheets As Passivation Layers and Carrier Extractors for Inorganic Semiconductor Nanowires and Quantum Dots, ECS Meeting Abstracts, Volume MA2022-01, LB: Late Presentations in Carbon Nanostructures and Devices, https://doi.org/10.1149/MA2022-01152379mtgabs

  • Poster presentation

  1. Pawan Kumar, Bir Sain, and Suman L. Jain, Development of visible light active photocatalysts for reduction of CO2 to C1 chemicals, First International Seminar on Nanotechnology in Conventional and Alternate Energy Systems, 12-13 Aug 2013, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India.

  2. Anurag Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Babita Bahera, Suman L. Jain, A novel binuclear ruthenium complex for visible light assisted photoreduction of carbon dioxide, Symposium on Shaping the Energy Future: - Challenges & Opportunities (SEFCO-) 2017, May 2017, CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum Dehradun, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24137.19045.

  3. Pawan Kumar, Ujwal K. Thakur, Guy Bernard, Vladimir Michaelis and Karthik Shankar, 2D C-N Semiconductors: Earth-Abundant Photocatalysts with Tunable Bandgaps, Future Energy Systems Research Symposium March 12, 2018, Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada.

  4. Pawan Kumar, Ujwal Thakur, Piyush Kar, Karthik Shankar, Artificial Photosynthesis using earth-abundant materials, 2nd Annual Future Energy Systems Open House, Oct 3rd, 2018, University of Alberta, Canada.

  5. Pawan Kumar, Guy M. Bernard, Vladimir K. Michaelis, Karthik Shankar, Narrow Bandgap Graphinic semiconductors for visible light driven photocatalysis. CO2 Photoreduction, Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting, and Photooxidation of Organic compounds, 2019 Future Energy Systems Research Symposium, 23rd May 2019, University of Alberta, Canada.​​​

  • Workshop

  1. Advanced Material Processing and characterization, 17-22 Aug 2014, organized by Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

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