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Balasubramanian Viswanathan

Balasubramanian Viswanathan

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Chemistry
India
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
19115
World Ranking
4959
National Ranking
48

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award

Overview

Balasubramanian Viswanathan is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in India. Their research is primarily concentrated within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics of their work center on areas such as Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, Catalysis for Biomass Conversion, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, and Conducting Polymers and Applications.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • M. Aulice Scibioh
  • Arjunan Ariharan
  • Sundara Ramaprabhu
  • Krishnamurthy Konda Ramaswamy
  • Tamilmani Selvaraj

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis
  • Journal of Computer Information Systems
  • International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
  • Journal of Energy Storage
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Balasubramanian Viswanathan include:

  • Biomass derived phosphorous containing porous carbon material for hydrogen storage and high-performance supercapacitor applications, 2021, Journal of Energy Storage
  • Renewable Aromatics from Tree-Borne Oils over Zeolite Catalysts Promoted by Transition Metals, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Redox-active polymer hydrogel electrolyte in biowaste-derived microporous carbon-based high capacitance and energy density ultracapacitors, 2020, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
  • Boron-Induced Cationic Vacancy on Copper Cobalt Oxide toward Formate Selectivity: New Insights into Methanol Oxidation Reaction, 2022, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Drug Repositioning of Pioglitazone in Management and Improving the Cognitive Function among the Patients with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease, 2023, Neurology India

Best Publications

  • Synthesis, Characterization, Electronic Structure, and Photocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen-Doped TiO2 Nanocatalyst

    M. Sathish;B. Viswanathan;R. P. Viswanath;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath

  • Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using citrus sinensis peel extract and its antibacterial activity

    S. Kaviya;J. Santhanalakshmi;B. Viswanathan;J. Muthumary

  • Anode Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells in Acidic Media: Do We Have Any Alternative for Pt or Pt–Ru?

    Nitul Kakati;Jatindranath Maiti;Seok Hee Lee;Seung Hyun Jee

  • Mesoporous carbon nitrides: synthesis, functionalization, and applications

    Kripal S. Lakhi;Dae-Hwan Park;Khalid Al-Bahily;Wangsoo Cha

  • Magnesium and magnesium alloy hydrides

    P. Selvam;B. Viswanathan;C.S. Swamy;V. Srinivasan

  • Ferrite Materials: Science and Technology

    B. Viswanathan;V. R. K. Murthy

  • Alternate synthetic strategy for the preparation of CdS nanoparticles and its exploitation for water splitting

    M. Sathish;B. Viswanathan;R.P. Viswanath

  • Surface acidity of MCM-41 by in situ IR studies of pyridine adsorption

    Basab Chakraborty;B. Viswanathan

  • Thermal decomposition as route for silver nanoparticles.

    S. Navaladian;B. Viswanathan;R. P. Viswanath;T. K. Varadarajan

  • Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic properties of iron-doped TiO2 catalysts

    K.T. Ranjit;B. Viswanathan

  • Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Polyalthia longifolia Leaf Extract along with D-Sorbitol: Study of Antibacterial Activity

    S. Kaviya;J. Santhanalakshmi;B. Viswanathan

  • Carbon steel corrosion by iron oxidising and sulphate reducing bacteria in a freshwater cooling system

    T.S. Rao;T.N. Sairam;B. Viswanathan;K.V.K. Nair

  • One-dimensional MoO2 nanorods for supercapacitor applications

    Janarthanan Rajeswari;Pilli Satyananda Kishore;Balasubramanian Viswanathan;Thirukkallam Kanthadai Varadarajan

  • Nitrogen containing carbon nanotubes as supports for Pt – Alternate anodes for fuel cell applications

    T. Maiyalagan;B. Viswanathan;U.V. Varadaraju

  • Highly fluorescent carbon dots from Pseudo-stem of banana plant: Applications as nanosensor and bio-imaging agents

    Somasundaram Anbu Anjugam Vandarkuzhali;Velu Jeyalakshmi;Gandhi Sivaraman;Subramanian Singaravadivel

  • Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes: An Overview

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  • Pt–WO3 supported on carbon nanotubes as possible anodes for direct methanol fuel cells

    B Rajesh;V Karthik;S Karthikeyan;K Ravindranathan Thampi

  • An overview on the electronic and vibrational properties of adsorbed CO

    Shin-ichi Ishi;Yuichi Ohno;B. Viswanathan

  • Studies on the reduction of iron oxide with hydrogen

    M.V.C. Sastri;R.P. Viswanath;B. Viswanathan

  • Carbon Nanotubes Generated from Template Carbonization of Polyphenyl Acetylene as the Support for Electrooxidation of Methanol

    B. Rajesh;K. Ravindranathan Thampi;§ J.-M. Bonard;N. Xanthopoulos

  • Hydrogenation of nitrobenzene over palladium-supported catalysts—Effect of support

    P. Sangeetha;P. Sangeetha;K. Shanthi;K.S. Rama Rao;B. Viswanathan

Frequent Co-Authors

Parasuraman Selvam
Parasuraman Selvam Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Sangaraju Shanmugam
Sangaraju Shanmugam Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Ch. Subrahmanyam
Ch. Subrahmanyam Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Thandavarayan Maiyalagan
Thandavarayan Maiyalagan SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Jean-Marc Bonard
Jean-Marc Bonard École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Benoit Louis
Benoit Louis University of Strasbourg
Albert Renken
Albert Renken École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jagannatha Gopalakrishnan
Jagannatha Gopalakrishnan Indian Institute of Science
Marappan Sathish
Marappan Sathish Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
Young Soo Yoon
Young Soo Yoon Korea University

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