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Publications and Patents from the Group

  1. Raj. M., and Padhi, S. K.* Decoding the Catalytic Potential of Dinuclear 1st-Row Transition Metal Complexes for Proton Reduction and Water Oxidation, Chem. Rec. 2025, 25, e202400170. (Invited Article for the special issue on "Catalytic Transformation of Small Molecules")

  2. Akhter, S. Sk.; Srivastava, D.; Mishra, A.; Patra, N.; Kumar, P.; Padhi, S. K.*, Cover Feature: Physicochemical Analysis of Cu(II)-Driven Electrochemical CO2 Reduction and its Competition with Proton Reduction. Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202487004.

  3. Akhter, S. Sk.; Srivastava, D.; Mishra, A.; Patra, N.; Kumar, P.; Padhi, S. K.*, Physicochemical Analysis of Cu(II)-Driven Electrochemical CO2 Reduction and its Competition with Proton Reduction. Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202403321.

  4. Mishra. A., and Padhi, S. K.* Harnessing Ruthenium and Copper Catalysts for Formate Dehydrogenase Reactions, Chem. Rec. 2024, 24, e202400172. (Invited Article for the special issue on "Catalytic Transformation of Small Molecules")

  5. Mishra, A.; Srivastav, D; Raj, D.; Patra, N. and Padhi, S. K.*, Formate Dehydrogenase Activity by a Cu(II)-based Molecular Catalyst and Deciphering the Mechanism by DFT studies, Dalton. Trans., 2024, 53, 1209-1220. 

  6. Maity, N.; Mishra, A.; Mishra, A.; Barman, S.; Padhi, S. K., Panda, B. B., Jaseer, E. A.; and Javid, M., Tuning Pd to Ag ratio to enhance synergistic activity of fly ash supported PdxAgy bimetallic nanoparticles, ACS Omega., 2024, 9, 1020-1028.

  7. Raj, M.; Makhal, K.; Raj, D.; Mishra, A.; Mallik, B. S. and Padhi, S. K.*, Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by a Dinuclear Copper Complex and Mechanistic Elucidation through DFT Studies, Dalton. Trans., 2023, 52, 17797-17809.

  8. Raj, M.; Makhal, Koushik; Mishra, A.; Mallik, B. and Padhi, S. K.* Ligand-mediated Hydrogen Evolution by Co(II) Complexes and Assessment of the Mechanism by Computational Studies, Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 10993-11008.

  9. Vatsa, A.; Mishra, A. and Padhi, S. K.*, Monitoring of Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Formic acid by a Ruthenium (II) complex through Manometry, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2022, 144, 109898.

  10. Vatsa, A. and Padhi, S. K.*, Formic Acid Dehydrogenation by [Ru(η6-benzene)(L)Cl] catalysts: L = 2-methylquinolin-8-olate and quinolin-8-olate, New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 15723 - 15731.

  11. Raj, M. and Padhi, S. K.*, Water Oxidation by a Neoteric Dinuclear Mn(II) Electrocatalyst in Aqueous Medium, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2022, 2022(21), e202200238.

  12. Akhter, S. Sk.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Electro-catalytic CO2  reduction to Syngas and HCOOH by Homogeneous FcNAP2, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2022, 2022(20), e202200206.

  13. Raj, M. and Padhi, S. K.*, Electrocatalytic proton reduction by dinuclear cobalt complexes in nonaqueous electrolyte, New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 6027- 6038. 

  14. Raj, D. and Padhi, S. K.*, The sporadic μ-pyridine bridge in transition metal complexes: A real bond or an interaction?, Coord. Chem. Rev. , 2022, 450, 214238.

  15. Rai, S.; Akhter, S. Sk.; and Padhi, S. K.* Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by molecular Cu (II) catalysts, Polyhedron, 2021, 208, 115425.

  16. Vatsa, A. and Padhi, S. K.*, Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid by a RuII Half Sandwich Catalyst, ChemistrySelect 2021, 6 (35), 9447-9452.

  17. Vatsa, A. and Padhi, S. K.* Catalytic Water Oxidation by a RuII Half Sandwich Complex, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2021, 2021(34), 3499-3505. (Highlighted in ChemViews Magazine)

  18. Rai, S.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Effectual electrocatalytic proton and water reduction by CuII terpyridine scaffolds, Electrochim. Acta, 2020, 364, 137277. 

  19. Majee, K.; Rai, S.; Panda, B. and Padhi, S. K.*, A flexible homoleptic pentadentate Cu(II) molecular catalyst for effective proton and water reduction, Electrochim. Acta, 2020, 354, 136614. 

  20. Padhi, S. K.*; Ahmad, E.; Rai, S.; Panda, B. Kinetics and Mechanistic study of Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution by [Co(Fc-tpy)2]2+, Polyhedron, 2020, 187, 114677. (Selected for Cover page)

  21. Padhi, S. K.*; Rai, S.; Akhter, S. Sk.; Redox induced structural switching through sporadic pyridine bridged CoIICoII dimer and electrocatalytic proton reduction, Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 7810-7821. 

  22. Padhi, S. K.*, Ahmad, E.; Rai, S., Kinetics and the Potential Well in Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution by [Co(4-tolyl-tpy)2]2+, Electrochim. Acta, 2020, 340, 136000.

  23. Vatsa, A. and Padhi, S. K.* Catalytic Water Oxidation by a Single Site [Ru(Fc-tpy)(bpy)OH2]2+ Complex and it's Mechanistic Study, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2020, 504, 119444. (Invited Article in Special issue for 60th Birthday of Prof. G. K. Lahiri)

  24. Ahmad, E.; Rai, S.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Proton Reduction by a Ni(II) Catalyst and Foot-of-the Wave Analysis for H2 evolution, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, 2019, 44, 16467-16477. 

  25. Majee, K. and Padhi, S. K.*, Ligand Dechelation effect on a [Co(tpy)2]2+ Scaffold towards Electro-catalytic Proton and Water Reduction, New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 3856-3865. 

  26. Raj, M. and Padhi, S. K.*, Synthesis, Characterization and Structure of Quinoline based Benzimidazole Derivatives, J. Heterocycl. Chem., 2019, 56, 988-997. 

  27. Rai, S.; Majee, K.; Raj, M.; Pahari, A.; Patel, J.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Electrocatalytic Proton and Water Reduction by a Co(III) Polypyridyl Complex , Polyhedron, 2019, 159, 127-134.  (Selected for Cover page)

  28. Chandra, S.; Majee, K.; Mahto, T. K.; Padhi, S. K.; Sahu. S. K.* Fabrication of a Hierarchical TiO2 microsphere/Carbon dots photocatalyst for oxygen evolution and dye degradation under Visible Light, J.Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2018, 18(2), 1057-1065.  

  29. Majee, K.; Patel, J.; Das, B.; and Padhi, S. K.*, μ-Pyridine bridged Copper Complex with Robust Proton Reducing Ability, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 14869-14879. 

  30. Ahmad, E.; Majee, K.; Patel, J.; Das, B.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Competent Electro- and Photo-Catalytic Proton Reduction by a [Co(Tpy)2]2+ Scaffold, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 2017, 3409-3418. 

  31. Patel, J.; Majee, K.; Raj, M.; Vatsa, A.; Rai, S.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Effect of Quinoline Substitution on Water Oxidation by [Ru(Ql-tpy)(bpy)(OH2)](PF6)2 Catalyst, ChemistrySelect., 2017, 2, 3053-3059.

  32. Patel, J.; Majee, K.; Ahmad, E.; Vatsa, A.; Das, B.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Electronic Effect on Catalytic Water Oxidation by Single Site [Ru(QCl-tpy)(bpy)(OH2)]2+ Catalyst, ChemistrySelect., 2017, 2, 123-129.

  33. Patel, J.; Majee, K.; Ahmad, E.; Das, B.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Effect of Pyridyl substitution on Chemical and Photochemical Water Oxidation by [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(OH2)]2+ Scaffolds, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 2017, 160-171.

  34. Majee, K.; Patel, J.; Rai, S.; Das, B.; Panda, B.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Proton Reduction by a Nickel Complex with Internal Quinoline Moiety for Proton Relay, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 21640 - 21650.

  35. Patel, J.; Majee, K.; and Padhi, S. K.* [RuV(NCN-Me)(bpy)(=O)]3+ Mediated Efficient Photo-driven Water Oxidation, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 61959-61965.

  36. Patel, J.; Majee, K.; Ahmad, E.; Tanaka, K.;* and Padhi, S. K.*, [RuV(NCN-Me)(bpy)(=O)]3+ Mediates Efficient C-H bond Oxidation from NADH Analogs in Aqueous Media rather than Water Oxidation, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44 (3), 920 - 923.

  37. Padhi, S. K.; Fukuda, R.; Ehara, M.; Tanaka, K., A Comparative Study of C^N and N^C type Cyclometalated Ruthenium Complexes with an NAD+/NADH Function, Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51(15), 8091-8102.

  38. Padhi, S. K.; Fukuda, R.; Ehara, M.; Tanaka, K., Photo-isomerization and Proton-coupled Electron Transfer (PCET) in Mononuclear Cyclometalated Ruthenium Based Water Oxidation Catalysts (WOCs), Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51(9), 5386-5392.

  39. Padhi, S. K.; Tanaka, K. Photo- and Electrochemical Redox Behavior of Cyclometalated Ru(II) Complexes having 3-Phenylbenzo[b][1,6]naphthyridine Ligand, Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50(21), 10718-10723.

  40. Padhi, S. K.; Kobayashi, K.; Masuno, S.; Tanaka, K. Proton-Induced Dynamic Equilibrium between Cyclometalated Ruthenium rNHC (Remote N-Heterocyclic Carbene) Tautomers with an NAD+/NADH Function, Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50(12), 5321-5323.

  41. Padhi, S. K.; Sahu, R., Saha, D.; Manivannan, V. Protonated 4'-(2-pyridyl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine and its Fe(II) bischelates: Syntheses and molecular structures, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2011, 372, 383-388.

  42. Sahu, R.; Padhi, S. K.; Jena, H.S.; Manivannan, V. Erratum: Conversion of 2-(aminomethyl) substituted pyridine and quinoline to their dicarbonyldiimides using copper(II) acetate (Inorganica Chimica Acta 363 (2010) 1448-1454), Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2011, 377, 188.

  43. Padhi, S. K.; Sahu, R.; Manivannan, V. Syntheses and structures of cobalt(III) alcoholate complexes formed by addition of a water molecule across 2-pyridyl substituted imine function, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2011, 367, 57-63.

  44. Sahu, R.; Padhi, S. K.; Jena, H.S.; Manivannan, V. Conversion of 2-(aminomethyl) substituted pyridine and quinoline to their dicarbonyldiimides using copper(II) acetate, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2010, 363, 1448-1454.

  45. Padhi, S. K.; Sahu, R.; Manivannan, V. Water-Chloride 2D-Network in 4'-(2-pyridyl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine Bis-chelates of M(II) {M = Fe, Ni, Ru}, Polyhedron, 2010, 29, 709-714.

  46. Padhi, S. K.*; Sahu, R. Co(II/III) coordinated pyridine alcoholate ligand generated through metal assisted nucleophilic addition to a C=O function: Temperature dependent synthesis of a mononuclear complex and a neutral cubane cluster, Polyhedron, 2008, 27, 2662-2666.

  47. Padhi, S. K.; Sahu, R.; Manivannan, V., Ni(II) complexes of 4'-(2-pyridyl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine: Structure of mono- and bis-chelates containing anion....p interactions, Polyhedron, 2008, 27, 2221-2225.

  48. Padhi, S. K.; Saha, D.; Sahu, R., Subramanian, J.; Manivannan, V. Synthesis, structure, optical and magnetic properties of [CrLX3], {L=4'-(2-pyridyl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine; X = Cl-, N3-, NCS-}, Polyhedron, 2008, 27, 1714-1720. 

  49. Padhi, S. K.; Sahu, R.; Manivannan, V. Synthesis, structure, thermal studies on Zn(II), Cd(II) complexes of N-(2-pyridylmethyl)pyridine-2-carbaldimine and N-(2-pyridylmethyl)pyridine-2-methylketimine, Polyhedron, 2008, 27, 805-811.

  50. Padhi, S. K. and Manivannan, V. Synthesis, structural, spectral and thermal investigation of [ML(NO3)2]: M = Co, Ni, Cu; L = N-(2-pyridylethyl)pyridine-2-methylketimine, Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 3092-3096. 

  51. Padhi, S. K.; Manivannan, V. Synthesis, structure and properties of [ML(NO3)2]: M = Co, Ni, Cu; L = N-(2-pyridylethyl)pyridine-2-carbaldimine, Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 1619-1624.

  52. Padhi, S. K.* Solid-state kinetics of thermal release of pyridine and morphological study of [Ni(ampy)2(NO3)2]; ampy = 2-picolylamine, Thermochim. Acta, 2006, 448, 1-6.

  53. Padhi, S. K.; Manivannan, V. Cu(NO3)2.3H2O-mediated synthesis of 4'-(2-pyridyl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (L2) from N-(2-pyridylmethyl)pyridine-2-methylketimine (L1). A C-C bond-forming reaction and the structure of {[Cu(L2)(OH)(NO3)][Cu(L2)(NO3)2]}.2H2O, Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 7994-7996. 

PATENTS

  1. Natarajan, T.; and Padhi, S. K.*, A catalyst for green hydrogen generation, a process for the Preparation thereof and the use thereof for green hydrogen generation from ammonia. Indian Patent Application no. 202431070872, Filed on 19th Sept. 2024. (Status: Published)

  2. Mishra, A.; and Padhi, S. K.*, A process for the preparation of methanol by the hydrogenation of bicarbonate and carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from air. Indian Patent Application no. 202431048509, Filed on 25th June 2024. (Status: Published)

  3. Mishra, A.; and Padhi, S. K.*, A process for the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO2) to methanol.Indian Patent Application no. 202431048508, Filed on 25th June 2024.(Status: Published)

  4. Tanaka, K.; Padhi, S. K.  Ruthenium complexes, and their use for preparation of reduced compounds of organic compounds.Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho (2011), JP 2011246412 A, 08 Dec 2011. (Status: Granted)