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Rajaram Bal is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Petroleum in India and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science, with a specialized focus on materials chemistry and catalysis. Their body of work spans catalytic processes, biomass conversion, hydrodesulfurization studies, oxidation reactions, and methane reforming, often exploring nanomaterials and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

More detailed subfields where Rajaram Bal's research is concentrated are:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Catalysis
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Mechanical Engineering

The primary topics covered in their research are:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Rajaram Bal frequently publishes research in a number of scientific journals, with multiple papers appearing particularly in:

  • Molecular Catalysis
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • ChemCatChem
  • Applied Catalysis A General

The scientist often collaborates with several co-authors, some of the most frequent being:

  • Mukesh Kumar Poddar
  • Rajendra Srivastava
  • Tuhin Suvra Khan
  • Anil Chandra Kothari
  • Rubina Khatun

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Rajaram Bal include:

  • Morphologically controlled cobalt oxide nanoparticles for efficient oxygen evolution reaction, 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Generation of active oxygen species by CO2 dissociation over defect-rich Ni-Pt/CeO2 catalyst for boosting methane activation in low-temperature dry reforming: Experimental and theoretical study, 2023, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Design of highly stable MgO promoted Cu/ZnO catalyst for clean methanol production through selective hydrogenation of CO2, 2021, Applied Catalysis A General
  • Influence of Indium as a Promoter on the Stability and Selectivity of the Nanocrystalline Cu/CeO2 Catalyst for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Enhancement of oxygen vacancy sites of La2-xMxCe2O7-δ (M = Ca, Ba, Sr) catalyst for the low temperature oxidative coupling of Methane: A combined DFT and experimental study, 2023, Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

  • Effect of metal-support interaction on activity and stability of Ni-CeO2 catalyst for partial oxidation of methane

    Rajib Kumar Singha;Astha Shukla;Aditya Yadav;L.N. Sivakumar Konathala

  • Direct phenol synthesis by selective oxidation of benzene with molecular oxygen on an interstitial-N/Re cluster/zeolite catalyst.

    Rajaram Bal;Mizuki Tada;Takehiko Sasaki;Yasuhiro Iwasawa

  • Ni/CeO2 catalysts for methane partial oxidation: Synthesis driven structural and catalytic effects

    G. Pantaleo;V. La Parola;F. Deganello;R.K. Singha

  • Synthesis of highly coke resistant Ni nanoparticles supported MgO/ZnO catalyst for reforming of methane with carbon dioxide

    Rajib Kumar Singha;Aditya Yadav;Ayush Agrawal;Astha Shukla

  • Preparation of the CuCr2O4 spinel nanoparticles catalyst for selective oxidation of toluene to benzaldehyde

    Shankha Shubhra Acharyya;Shilpi Ghosh;Ritesh Tiwari;Bipul Sarkar

  • Energy efficient methane tri-reforming for synthesis gas production over highly coke resistant nanocrystalline Ni–ZrO2 catalyst

    Rajib Kumar Singha;Astha Shukla;Aditya Yadav;Shubhadeep Adak

  • Functionalized graphene oxide as a nanocarrier for dual drug delivery applications: The synergistic effect of quercetin and gefitinib against ovarian cancer cells

    Himani Tiwari;Neha Karki;Mintu Pal;Souvik Basak

  • Selective Oxidation of Propylene to Propylene Oxide over Silver-Supported Tungsten Oxide Nanostructure with Molecular Oxygen

    Shilpi Ghosh;Shankha S. Acharyya;Ritesh Tiwari;Bipul Sarkar

  • Catalytic Oxidation of Aniline to Azoxybenzene Over CuCr2O4 Spinel Nanoparticle Catalyst

    Shankha S. Acharyya;Shilpi Ghosh;Rajaram Bal

  • Nanocrystalline Pt-CeO2 as an efficient catalyst for a room temperature selective reduction of nitroarenes

    Astha Shukla;Rajib Kumar Singha;Takehiko Sasaki;Rajaram Bal

  • Room temperature selective oxidation of aniline to azoxybenzene over a silver supported tungsten oxide nanostructured catalyst

    Shilpi Ghosh;Shankha S. Acharyya;Takehiko Sasaki;Rajaram Bal

  • Generation of active oxygen species by CO2 dissociation over defect-rich Ni-Pt/CeO2 catalyst for boosting methane activation in low-temperature dry reforming: Experimental and theoretical study

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  • Low temperature dry reforming of methane over Pd-CeO2 nanocatalyst

    Rajib Kumar Singha;Aditya Yadav;Astha Shukla;Manoj Kumar

  • Alkali-Loaded Silica, a Solid Base: Investigation by FTIR Spectroscopy of Adsorbed CO2 and Its Catalytic Activity

    Rajaram Bal;B.B Tope;T.K Das;S.G Hegde

  • Selective oxidation of cyclohexene to adipic acid over silver supported tungsten oxide nanostructured catalysts

    Shilpi Ghosh;Shankha Shubhra Acharyya;Shubhadeep Adak;L. N. Sivakumar Konathala

  • Morphologically controlled cobalt oxide nanoparticles for efficient oxygen evolution reaction

    Bappi Paul;Piyali Bhanja;Sachin Sharma;Yusuke Yamauchi

  • Synthesis and catalytic activity of a Pd doped Ni–MgO catalyst for dry reforming of methane

    R. K. Singha;A. Shukla;A. Sandupatla;G. Deo

  • Synergistic Effect between Ultrasmall Cu(II) Oxide and CuCr2O4 Spinel Nanoparticles in Selective Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol with Air as Oxidant

    Shankha Shubhra Acharyya;Shilpi Ghosh;Ritesh Tiwari;Chandrashekar Pendem

  • Acidity and catalytic activities of sulfated zirconia inside SBA-15

    Shelu Garg;Kapil Soni;G. Muthu Kumaran;Rajaram Bal

  • Room temperature selective oxidation of cyclohexane over Cu-nanoclusters supported on nanocrystalline Cr2O3

    Bipul Sarkar;Pragati Prajapati;Rahul Tiwari;Ritesh Tiwari

  • Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime over mesoporous Si-MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41 molecular sieves

    K Chaudhari;Rajaram Bal;A.J Chandwadkar;S Sivasanker

  • Reforming of methane with CO2 over Ni nanoparticle supported on mesoporous ZSM-5

    Bipul Sarkar;Ritesh Tiwari;Rajib Kumar Singha;Shashank Suman

Frequent Co-Authors

Takehiko Sasaki
Takehiko Sasaki University of Tokyo
Subramanian Sivasanker
Subramanian Sivasanker Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Mizuki Tada
Mizuki Tada Nagoya University
Yasuhiro Iwasawa
Yasuhiro Iwasawa University of Electro-Communications
Anna Maria Venezia
Anna Maria Venezia National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Rajendra Srivastava
Rajendra Srivastava Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Giuseppe Pantaleo
Giuseppe Pantaleo University of Lausanne
Asim Bhaumik
Asim Bhaumik Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Darbha Srinivas
Darbha Srinivas Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Nanda Gopal Sahoo
Nanda Gopal Sahoo Kumaun University

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