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Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)

“Science is the highest form of creative arts”- is a famous quote by Prof. C. V. Raman. The significance of this statement is to derive inspiration from nature to foster linkage between arts, aesthetics and science. Many biological systems use the confined space to generate efficient compartments within them for various reactants to act on specific biomolecules in loci-specific manner. To emulate with nature and science; scientific research has been progressing to form such types of confined space inside the material. Porous materials are such materials that can enable to fulfill this target through the generation of confined pores. Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) are a class of porous material containing lightweight elements (B, C, N, O, and Si) in their building units with high crystallinity.

We aim to design new functionalized COFs and their application in energy conversion and storage.

Hybrid Materials

Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Metal Halides (HOIMHs) represent a cutting-edge class of materials that combine the structural versatility of organic molecules with the superior optoelectronic properties of inorganic metal halide frameworks. These hybrid systems are at the forefront of innovation in solar energy conversion, light emission, sensing, and quantum technologies. With tunable bandgaps, solution processability, and remarkable photophysical characteristics, HOIMHs open new avenues for sustainable energy and advanced functional materials. Our research focuses on designing, synthesizing, and integrating these materials into devices that address real-world energy and environmental challenges.

Batteries and Supercapacitors

Rapid depletion of fossil fuels forced people to move toward green renewable solar and wind energy. Hence, in recent decades, the production of renewable energy and its storage technologies have attracted various industries for day-to-day applications. There is an ever-increasing demand for the utilization of modern technology in different energy storage purposes. Battery and supercapacitors store energy for use them in devices used in our daily lives.

Our aim to design the high-capacity energy storage device with a significant charge-discharge lifetime. In this context, very good ionic conductive materials e.g. inorganic perovskites, organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite, and perovskitoids materials will be introduced.

Catalysis

Hydrogen, a fuel of high specific energy density, is considered a promising alternative to depleting fossil fuels for eco-friendly energy utilization. In spite of the hydrogen fuel, the electroreduction of CO2 to C2+ product will be of great interest in our study. We will be using both electrocatalysis and (photo)-electrocatalysis for the generation of renewable fuel.