Sayan Bhattacharyya
Professor
Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)
E-mail: sayanb [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
The Advanced Functional Materials Laboratory (AFML) led by Prof. Sayan Bhattacharyya focuses on an interdisciplinary research on functional nanomaterials. The current research interests are: (A) Photovoltaics: Nanocrystal-assisted Metal-halide Perovskite Solar Cells; (B) Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation, N2 & CO2 Reduction; (C) Zinc-air Battery and Photorechargeable battery.
Academic Background:
- Ph. D. (Solid State Chemistry ), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), 2006
- M. Sc. (Physical Chemistry), Department of Chemistry (University of Kalyani), 1998
- B. Sc. (Honours) (Chemistry (H), Physics (P), Mathematics (P)), Maulana Azad College (University of Calcutta), 1996
Positions:
- Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (2015 - 2019)
- Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata (2010 - 2015)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (2008 - 2010)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel (2006 - 2008)
Selected Publications:
- Hazra, Vishwadeepa; Mandal, Arnab and Bhattacharyya, Sayan. 2024."Optoelectronic Insights of Lead-free Layered Halide Perovskites." Chem. Sci., 15, 1
- Maji, Mamoni; Dutta, Supriti; Jena, Rohan; Dey, Anupam; Maji, Tapas Kumar; Pati, Swapan K. and Bhattacharyya, Sayan. 2024."Hydrogen Evolution in Neutral Media by Differenttial Intermediate Binding at Charge-Modulated Sites of a Bimetallic Alloy Electrocatalyst." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 63, e202403697
- Mondal, Anamika; Ahuja, Manuj; Johari, Priya and Bhattacharyya, Sayan. 2024."Facet-Specific Ligand Dynamics: Scaling the Descriptors of Cs2AgBiBr6 Nanocrystals." Chem. Commun., 60, 3693-6
- Majee, Rahul and Bhattacharyya, Sayan. 2023."Strategies to Develop Electrocatalytically Active Perovskite Oxide Nanosheets." ChemCatChem, 16, e202301116
- Mandal, Arnab; Khuntia, Sanuja Kumar; Mondal, Debayan; Mahadevan, Priya and Bhattacharyya, Sayan. 2023."Spin Texture Sensitive Photodetection by Dion-Jacobson Tin-Halide Perovskites." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 145, 24990-5002
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