Dr Rajaram Bal

Research Interest

• Synthesis of supported metal catalysts, mixed metal oxides, nanomaterials, mesoporous materials, zeolites and hydrotalcites
• Characterization and application of above catalytic systems in selective oxidation of hydrocarbons, ammoxidation, low temperature water-gas-shift (WGS) reaction, preferential oxidation (PROX) reaction for Fuel cell application
• Methane activation
• Glycerol to value added products
• CO₂ to fuel
• Up-gradation of bio-oils

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2002 – 2003
• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2004 – 2006
• DST Young Scientist Fast Track

Patents

• An improved process for the preparation of Cu-Cr oxides for selective oxidation reactions
  US8697916-B2, US 2013096351-A1
• An improved process for the selective hydroxylation of benzene with molecular oxygen (air) over solid catalysts
  US 8772552 B2, US2013096351-A1, IN201102765-I1
• An improved process and catalyst for the selective oxidation of propyne to propylene oxide with molecular oxygen over solid catalysts
  WO 2013098855-A1, 201103824-I1
• An improved process and catalyst for the selective dehydrodegantion / oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene over solid catalyst
  US 2014128653-A1
• An improved coke resistant solid catalyst and process for the dry reforming of methane with carbon di-oxide
  US 2014145117-A1
• An improved process and catalyst for single step conversion of glycerol to acrylic acid
  US 2014128632-A1
• An improved process and catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of phenol and its derivatives
  US 2015197421-A1 IN201400087-I1
• An improved process and catalyst for syngas production by partial oxidation of methane
  US 20150197421 A1
• Ni-MgO-ZnO catalyst for activation of methane and a process for the preparation thereof
  US 2016059217-A1 IN201402508-I1
• Nano Ni-CeO2 catalyst for syngas production and its preparation thereof
  US 20160082421 A1

Selected Publications

• Pt-CeO2 nanoporous spheres – an excellent catalyst for partial oxidation of methane: Effect of bimodal pore structure
  Rajib Kumar Singha, Astha Shukla, A Sandupatla, Gautam Deo and Rajaram Bal
  Cat. Sci. & Tech. DOI: 10.1039/C7CY01493G
• Synthesis and catalytic activity of Pd doped Ni-MgO catalyst for dry reforming of methane
  Rajib Kumar Singha, Astha Shukla, A Sandupatla, Gautam Deo and Rajaram Bal
  J. Mat. Chem. A 5 (2017) 15688
• MoO3 Nanoclusters Decorated on TiO2 Nanorods for Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene
  Bipul Sarkar, Reena Goyal, Chandrashekar Pendem, Takehiko Sasaki and Rajaram Bal
  Applied Catal B: Env. 217 (2017) 637
• Highly selective transfer hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds using Cu based nanocatalysts
  Nazia Siddqui, Bipul Sarkar, Chandrashekar Pendem, Rubina khatun, L N Sivakumar Konthala, Takehiko Sasaki, Ankur Bordoloi and Rajaram Bal
  Cat. Sci. & Tech. 7 (2017) 2828
• 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 and Rajaram Bal
  Applied Catal B: Env. 202 (2017) 473
• In situ generated CuI nanoparticles as a recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for C-N bond formation reactions
  Manoranjan Kumar, Vinod Bhatt, Onkar S Nayal, Sushila Sharma, Vishal Kumar, Maheshwar S Thakur, Neeraj Kumar, Rajaram Bal, Bikram Singh and Upendra Sharma
  Cat. Sci. & Tech. 7 (2017) 2857
• Plain and CeO2 – Supported LaxNiOy catalysts for partial oxidation of CH4
  Valeria La Parola , Giuseppe Pantaleo , Francesca Deganello , Rajaram Bal and Anna Maria Venezia
  Catalysis Today (Accepted)DOI:10.1016/J.Cattod.2017.04.045
• 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, Zafar Iqbal, Nazia Siddiqui and Rajaram Bal
  Applied Energy 178 (2016) 110
• 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, Shubhadeep Adak, Takehiko Sasaki and Rajaram Bal
  Applied Catal B: Env. 191 (2016) 165
• Fabrication of Ag/Mn3O4 nano-architectures for the one-step selective oxidation of 3-picoline to niacin: a key to vitamin B3 production
  Shilpi Ghosh, Shankha, Shubhra Acharyya, Sachin Sharma and Rajaram Bal
  Catalysis Science & Technology 6 (2016) 4644
• Partial Oxidation of Methane to Synthesis Gas over Pt Nanoparticles Supported on Nanocrystalline CeO2 Catalyst
  Rajib K Singha, Shilpi Ghosh, Shankha Subhra Acharyya, Aditya Yadav, Astha Shukla, Takehiko Sasaki, Anna Maria Venezia,Chandrashekar Pendem Takehiko Sasaki and Rajaram Bal
  Catalysis Science & Technology 6 (2016) 4601
• Ni/CeO2catalysts for methane partial oxidation: synthesis driven structural and catalytic effects
  G Pantaleo, V La Parola, F Deganello, R K Singha, R Bal and A M Venezia
  Applied Catal B: Env. 189 (2016) 233
• Ni nanocluster on modified CeO2-ZrO2 nanoporous composite for tri-reforming of methane
  Rajib K Singha, Subhasis Das, Monica Pandey, Sachin Kumar, Rajaram Bal and Ankur Bordoloi
  Catalysis Science & Technology 6 (2016) 7122
• Chloride Promoted Room Temperature Preparation of Silver Nanoparticles on Two Dimensional Tungsten Oxide Nanoarchitectures and their Catalytic Application in Oxidation of Tertiary Amines to N-oxides
  Shilpi Ghosh, Shankha Shubhra Acharyya, Malika Kumari and Rajaram Bal
  Nanoscale 7 (2015) 15197
• Nanoclusters of Cu (II) Supported on Nanocrystalline W (VI) Oxide: A Potential Catalyst for Single-Step Conversion of Cyclohexane to Adipic Acid
  Shankha Shubhra Acharyya, Shilpi Ghosh and Rajaram Bal
  Green Chemistry 17 (2015) 3490
• 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, Chandrashekhar Pendem, Takehiko Sasaki and Rajaram Bal
  ACS Catalysis 5 (2015) 2850
• Fabrication of three dimensional (3D) hierarchical Ag/WO3 flower-like catalyst materials for the selective oxidation of m-xylene to isophthalic acid
  Shankha Shubhra Acharyya, Shilpi Ghosh and Rajaram Bal
  Chem. Commun. 51 (2015) 5998
• Room Temperature Selective Oxidation of Aniline to Azoxybenzene over Silver supported Tungsten Oxide Nanostructured Catalyst
  Shilpi Ghosh, Shankha Shubhra Acharyya, Takehiko Sasaki and Rajaram Bal
  Green Chemistry 17 (2015) 1867
• Nanocryatalline Pt-CeO2 as an efficient catalyst for room temperature selective reduction of nitroarenes
  Astha Shukla, Rajib Kumar Singha, Takehiko Sasaki and Rajaram Bal
  Green Chemistry 17 (2015) 785
• Fabrication of Silver-Tungsten Wafer-like Nanoarchitechtures for Selective Epoxidation of Alkenes
  Shilpi Ghosh, Shankha Shubhra Acharyya, Takehiko Sasaki and Rajaram Bal
  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 3 (2015) 2823
• Defect Induced Efficient Partial Oxidation of Methane Over Non-stoichiometric Ni/CeO2 Nano Crystals
  Provas Pal, Rajib K Singha, Arka Saha, Rajaram Bal and Asit B Panda
  J. Phys. Chem. C 119 (2015) 13610