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Venkata Krishnan is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi in India. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within materials science, energy, and engineering, focusing extensively on renewable energy technologies and environmental applications.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Energy
  • Engineering

Within these broader fields, Krishnan has contributed significantly to several subfields, such as:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

The primary topics of their research output cover:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Krishnan has collaborated frequently with a consistent group of co-authors, reflecting interdisciplinary and sustained research partnerships. The most frequent co-authors include Ashish Kumar, Priyanka Choudhary, Hushan Chand, Ajay Kumar, and Manisha Sharma.

Their work has appeared in various scientific journals, with a notable number of publications in venues such as:

  • Advanced Sustainable Systems
  • Chemosphere
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • ACS Catalysis

Among recent publications, several papers stand out for their focus on environmental catalysis, energy conversion, and materials design, including:

  • "Perovskite Oxide Based Materials for Energy and Environment-Oriented Photocatalysis" (2020) in ACS Catalysis
  • "A review on recycling and reuse methods for carbon fiber/glass fiber composites waste from wind turbine blades" (2021) in Composites Part B Engineering
  • "Advanced activation of persulfate by polymeric g-C3N4 based photocatalysts for environmental remediation: A review" (2021) in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Recent Advances in Plasmonic Photocatalysis Based on TiO2 and Noble Metal Nanoparticles for Energy Conversion, Environmental Remediation, and Organic Synthesis" (2021) in Small
  • "Vacancy Engineering in Semiconductor Photocatalysts: Implications in Hydrogen Evolution and Nitrogen Fixation Applications" (2021) in Advanced Functional Materials

Best Publications

  • Perovskite Oxide Based Materials for Energy and Environment-Oriented Photocatalysis

    Ashish Kumar;Ajay Kumar;Venkata Krishnan

  • A review on recycling and reuse methods for carbon fiber/glass fiber composites waste from wind turbine blades

    Manjeet Rani;Priyanka Choudhary;Venkata Krishnan;Sunny Zafar

  • Advanced activation of persulfate by polymeric g-C3N4 based photocatalysts for environmental remediation: A review.

    Vasudha Hasija;Van-Huy Nguyen;Ajay Kumar;Pankaj Raizada

  • Recent Advances in Plasmonic Photocatalysis Based on TiO2 and Noble Metal Nanoparticles for Energy Conversion, Environmental Remediation, and Organic Synthesis.

    Ajay Kumar;Priyanka Choudhary;Ashish Kumar;Pedro H. C. Camargo

  • Sensitization of titanium dioxide in the visible light region using zinc porphyrins

    K. Kalyanasundaram;N. Vlachopoulos;V. Krishnan;A. Monnier

  • Vacancy Engineering in Semiconductor Photocatalysts: Implications in Hydrogen Evolution and Nitrogen Fixation Applications

    Ashish Kumar;Venkata Krishnan

  • Rational Design and Development of Lanthanide-Doped NaYF4@CdS–Au–RGO as Quaternary Plasmonic Photocatalysts for Harnessing Visible–Near-Infrared Broadband Spectrum

    Ajay Kumar;Kumbam Lingeshwar Reddy;Suneel Kumar;Ashish Kumar

  • Fe doped bimetallic HKUST-1 MOF with enhanced water stability for trapping Pb(II) with high adsorption capacity

    Prateek Goyal;Archini Paruthi;Archini Paruthi;Dhruv Menon;Rakesh Behara

  • Efficient Electron Transfer across a ZnO-MoS2 -Reduced Graphene Oxide Heterojunction for Enhanced Sunlight-Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

    Suneel Kumar;Nagappagari Lakshmana Reddy;Himmat Singh Kushwaha;Ashish Kumar

  • Advances in the chemistry of chlorocyclophosphazenes

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Venkatasubbaiah Krishnan

  • Correction: Sulfonated graphitic carbon nitride as a highly selective and efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the conversion of biomass-derived saccharides to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in green solvents

    Tripti Chhabra;Ashish Bahuguna;Sandeep Singh Dhankhar;C. M. Nagaraja

  • N-doped ZnO–MoS2 binary heterojunctions: the dual role of 2D MoS2 in the enhancement of photostability and photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation for tetracycline degradation

    Suneel Kumar;Vipul Sharma;Kaustava Bhattacharyya;Venkata Krishnan

  • Synergetic effect of MoS2–RGO doping to enhance the photocatalytic performance of ZnO nanoparticles

    Suneel Kumar;Vipul Sharma;Kaustava Bhattacharyya;Venkata Krishnan

  • Synthesis, characterization, EXAFS investigation and antibacterial activities of new ruthenium(III) complexes containing tetradentate Schiff base.

    R. Prabhakaran;A. Geetha;M. Thilagavathi;R. Karvembu

  • Two-dimensional carbon-based nanocomposites for photocatalytic energy generation and environmental remediation applications

    Suneel Kumar;Ashish Kumar;Ashish Bahuguna;Vipul Sharma

  • ZnO-graphene quantum dots heterojunctions for natural sunlight-driven photocatalytic environmental remediation

    Suneel Kumar;Ankita Dhiman;Pitchaimuthu Sudhagar;Venkata Krishnan

  • Electrochemical-coupling layer-by-layer (ECC-LbL) assembly.

    Mao Li;Shinsuke Ishihara;Misaho Akada;Meiyong Liao

  • Lanthanide Doped Near Infrared Active Upconversion Nanophosphors: Fundamental Concepts, Synthesis Strategies, and Technological Applications.

    Kumbam Lingeshwar Reddy;Ramachandran Balaji;Ashish Kumar;Venkata Krishnan

  • Recyclable, bifunctional composites of perovskite type N-CaTiO3 and reduced graphene oxide as an efficient adsorptive photocatalyst for environmental remediation

    Ashish Kumar;Suneel Kumar;Ashish Bahuguna;Ajay Kumar

  • Nanoscale zinc oxide based heterojunctions as visible light active photocatalysts for hydrogen energy and environmental remediation

    Suneel Kumar;Ajay Kumar;Ashish Kumar;Venkata Krishnan

  • Novel rare earth metal–doped one-dimensional TiO2 nanostructures: Fundamentals and multifunctional applications

    Jai Prakash;Samriti;Ajay Kumar;Hongliu Dai

  • Perovskite-structured CaTiO3 coupled with g-C3N4 as a heterojunction photocatalyst for organic pollutant degradation.

    Ashish Kumar;Christian Schuerings;Suneel Kumar;Ajay Kumar

  • Defect-RichMoS 2 Ultrathin Nanosheets-CoatedNitrogen-Doped ZnO Nanorod Heterostructures: An Insight into in-Situ-GeneratedZnS for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Suneel Kumar;Ajay Kumar;Vempuluru Navakoteswara Rao;Ashish Kumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh
Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
Eugenio Tondello
Eugenio Tondello University of Padua
Michael J. Therien
Michael J. Therien Duke University
Katsuhiko Ariga
Katsuhiko Ariga National Institute for Materials Science
Jonathan P. Hill
Jonathan P. Hill National Institute for Materials Science
Chundong Wang
Chundong Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Lidia Armelao
Lidia Armelao University of Padua
Marappan Sathish
Marappan Sathish Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
Yusuke Yamauchi
Yusuke Yamauchi University of Queensland
Jessica M. Rosenholm
Jessica M. Rosenholm Åbo Akademi University

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