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

Chinnakonda S. Gopinath is affiliated with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in India. Their research predominantly focuses on the fields of Energy and Materials Science, with a significant emphasis on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Materials Chemistry. The scientist's work also covers Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering as subfields.

Their main topics of work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications, Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions, TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells, and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions.

Recent publications by Chinnakonda S. Gopinath demonstrate this focus. These include:

  • A scalable and thin film approach for solar hydrogen generation: a review on enhanced photocatalytic water splitting, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Cu-Ni Bimetal Integrated TiO2 Thin Film for Enhanced Solar Hydrogen Generation, 2020, Solar RRL
  • One-Dimensional Multichannel g-C3N4.7 Nanostructure Realizing an Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Its Theoretical Investigations, 2021, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Green synthesis of xanthene and acridine-based heterocycles of pharmaceutical importance: a review, 2021, Environmental Chemistry Letters
  • Aqueous Methanol to Formaldehyde and Hydrogen on Pd/TiO2 by Photocatalysis in Direct Sunlight: Structure Dependent Activity of Nano-Pd and Atomic Pt-Coated Counterparts, 2021, ACS Applied Energy Materials

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gopinath include Naresh Nalajala, Ravi Ranjan, Himanshu Bajpai, Inderjeet Chauhan, and Nitin B. Mhamane. These collaborations suggest active engagement in interdisciplinary research within the fields of catalysis and materials science.

The scientist has contributed multiple papers to notable publication venues, indicating consistent scholarly output. These venues include:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Inorganic Chemistry

The research contributions of Chinnakonda S. Gopinath reflect a focus on developing and understanding photocatalytic materials and processes, particularly related to solar hydrogen generation and energy conversion. Their work involves thin films and nanostructures as well as catalytic activity in materials such as TiO2 and Pd-based nanomaterials.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Copper Cobalt Sulfide Nanosheets Realizing a Promising Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Meenakshi Chauhan;Kasala Prabhakar Reddy;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath;Sasanka Deka

  • In situ XPS investigations of Cu1−xNixZnAl-mixed metal oxide catalysts used in the oxidative steam reforming of bio-ethanol

    Subramani Velu;Kenzi Suzuki;Munusamy Vijayaraj;Sanmitra Barman

  • M–Au/TiO2 (M = Ag, Pd, and Pt) nanophotocatalyst for overall solar water splitting: role of interfaces

    Ambrose A. Melvin;Kavya Illath;Tanmay Das;Thirumalaiswamy Raja

  • XPS, XANES and EXAFS investigations of CuO/ZnO/Al2O3/ZrO2 mixed oxide catalysts

    S. Velu;K. Suzuki;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath;H. Yoshida

  • Nature of Manganese Species in Ce1-xMnxO2-δ Solid Solutions Synthesized by the Solution Combustion Route

    B. Murugan;A. V. Ramaswamy;D. Srinivas;C. S. Gopinath

  • Facile Single-Step Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide-Mn3O4 Hybrid Functional Material for the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen

    Sourav Bag;Kanak Roy;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath;C. Retna Raj

  • Cu–Co Synergism in Cu1−xCoxFe2O4—Catalysis and XPS Aspects

    Thomas Mathew;N.R. Shiju;K. Sreekumar;Bollapragada S. Rao

  • A scalable and thin film approach for solar hydrogen generation: a review on enhanced photocatalytic water splitting

    Chinnakonda S. Gopinath;Naresh Nalajala

  • Facile Synthesis of N- and S-Incorporated Nanocrystalline TiO2 and Direct Solar-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity

    Brundabana Naik;K. M. Parida;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath

  • Porosity driven photocatalytic activity of wormhole mesoporous TiO2-xNx in direct sunlight

    Kumarsrinivasan Sivaranjani;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath

  • Photoemission studies of polymorphic CaCO3 materials

    Chinnakonda S Gopinath;Sooryakant G Hegde;Arumugamangalam V Ramaswamy;Samiran Mahapatra

  • Oxidative reforming of bio-ethanol over CuNiZnAl mixed oxide catalysts for hydrogen production

    S. Velu;N. Satoh;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath;K. Suzuki

  • Design and Performance Aspects of a Custom-Built Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectrometer toward Bridging the Pressure Gap: Oxidation of Cu, Ag, and Au Surfaces at 1 mbar O2 Pressure

    Kanak Roy;C. P. Vinod;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath

  • Band alignment and charge transfer pathway in three phase anatase-rutile-brookite TiO2 nanotubes: An efficient photocatalyst for water splitting

    L.K. Preethi;Tom Mathews;Mangla Nand;S.N. Jha

  • Two ferromagnetic phases with different spin states of Mn and Ni in LaMn 0.5 Ni 0.5 O 3

    V. L. Joseph Joly;P. A. Joy;S. K. Date;C. S. Gopinath

  • Combustion Synthesis of Triangular and Multifunctional ZnO1−xNx (x ≤ 0.15) Materials

    Maitri Mapa;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath

  • Recent developments in solar H 2 generation from water splitting

    Sivaraman Rajaambal;Kumarsrinivasan Sivaranjani;Chinnakonda S Gopinath

  • Selective ortho-methylation of phenol with methanol over copper manganese mixed oxide spinel catalysts

    A. Satyanarayana Reddy;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath;Satyanarayana Chilukuri

  • Bimetallic and Plasmonic Ag–Au on TiO2 for Solar Water Splitting: An Active Nanocomposite for Entire Visible-Light-Region Absorption

    Kshirodra K. Patra;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath

  • Ambient Oxidation of Benzene to Phenol by Photocatalysis on Au/Ti0.98V0.02O2: Role of Holes

    Perumal Devaraji;Naveen K. Sathu;Chinnakonda S. Gopinath

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Zaera
Francisco Zaera University of California, Riverside
Goutam Kumar Lahiri
Goutam Kumar Lahiri Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Biswarup Satpati
Biswarup Satpati Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Jörg Libuda
Jörg Libuda University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Erhard Kemnitz
Erhard Kemnitz Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Darbha Srinivas
Darbha Srinivas Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Mariappan Parans Paranthaman
Mariappan Parans Paranthaman Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P. A. Joy
P. A. Joy Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
C. Retna Raj
C. Retna Raj Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Pankaj Poddar
Pankaj Poddar Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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