Dr. Chandrasekaran, Sundaram
Dr. Chandrasekaran, Sundaram is working as an Associate Professor at the College of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, Republic of China from June 2020 to untill now. He received his B.S.(2004) and M.S (2006) degrees from Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, India. He received his Ph.D degree in 2013 from Gandhigram Rural University, Tamilnadu, India. In 2013, he joined Korea University, Seoul, South Korea as a Research Professor and later he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea from Feb, 2014 to Feb, 2018. Later, from March 2018 to March 2020, Dr. Sundaram Chandrasekaran worked as a High Talent Post-Doctoral Research fellow at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
His research interests focus on both Experimental and DFT simulations on the development of new energy materials for catalytic applications such as HER, ORR/OER, photoelectrochemical water splitting, CO2 reduction, and energy storage, including Metal-Air-Batteries, Fuel cells, Nanogenerators, and Supercapacitors device applications.
He has published more than 50 academic papers in international reputed journals. As a First and Corresponding author, his most research papers were published in well recognized peer-reviewed international journals, such as; 《Chemical Society Reviews》, 《Advanced Energy Materials》, 《Physics Reports》, 《Nano-Micro Letters》,《Applied Catalysis B: Environmental》, 《ACS Nano》《Nano Energy》《Coordination Chemistry Reviews》,《Journal of Materials Chemistry A》, and 《Chemical Engineering Journal》, etc., He is among the world’s top 2% scientists according to Stanford Citation Ranking (since 2021). Participated in the organization of many international academic conferences and made more than 15 invitations/conference reports at important international academic conferences. He is also a External Expert Review Committee Member of the International Research Collaboration Co-funds (IRCC) at Qatar University (QU) and Fellow of the American Chemical Society.
Representative (few) papers:
1. Qiou Dingrong, Lu, Huidan; Ma, Tingting; Huang, Jiangdu ; Meng, Zhen; Wang, Huihui ; Fan, Dayong, Liu, Yongping; Bowen, Chris; Sundaram Chandrasekaran*,."Promoting Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reactions using Advanced Heterostructures for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery Applications"; ACS Nano, 18, 33, (2024) 21651–21684 (SCI 一区Top: Impact Factor: 16.4) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c02289
2. Sundaram Chandrasekarana,b*, Tingting Ma, Zhichang Hu, Qianying Liu, Chao Zhan et al., “Delocalization of d-electrons induced by cation coupling in ultrathin Chevrel-phase NiMo3S4 nanosheets for efficient electrochemical water splitting”. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. 338 (2023) 123007 (SCI一区Top: Impact Factor: 24.32) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123007
3. Sundaram Chandrasekaran*, Rong Hu, Lei Yao, Lijun Sui, Yongping Liu, Amor Abdelkader, Yongliang Li, Xiangzhong Ren and Libo Deng* “Mutual Self-Regulation of d-Electrons of Single-Atoms and Adjacent Nanoparticles for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis and Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries”. Nano-Micro Lett., 14, 48, (2023) -(SCI 一区Top: Impact Factor: 26.31). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01022-8 Highly Cited Paper
4. Krishnan Subramanyan, Sanming Chen, Na Li, Tingting Ma, Yongping Liu, Sundaram Chandrasekaran*, and Vanchiappan Aravindan “Multi-layered MXene V4C3Tx as New Low-Voltage Insertion Anode for Na-ion Battery Applications” Electrochimica Acta. 437 (2023), 141505- (SCI 二区Top: Impact Factor: 7.34).
5. Sundaram Chandrasekaran*, Mahima Khandelwal, Fan Dayong, Lijun Sui, Jin Suk Chung, et al.,. “Developments and perspectives on robust nano- and micro-structured binder-free electrodes for bi-functional water electrolysis and beyond” Adv. Energy Mater. (2022) 2200409 (SCI 一区Top: Impact factor: 29.70) https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202200409 Highly Cited Paper
6. Sundaram Chandrasekaran*, Li Na, Zhuang Yang, Lijun Sui, Zhizhong Xiao, et al., “Interface charge density modulation of a lamellar-like spatially separated Ni9S8 nanosheet/Nb2O5 nanobelt heterostructure catalyst coupled with nitrogen and metal (M = Co, Fe, or Cu) atoms to accelerate acidic and alkaline hydrogen evolution reactions” Chem. Eng. J., 431(2022) 134073 (SCI 一区Top Impact factor: 16.74) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.134073
7. Sundaram Chandrasekaran*, Chenle Zhangc, Yiqing Shu, Huide Wang, Sanming Chen, et al., “Advanced opportunities and insights on the influence of nitrogen incorporation on the physico-/electro-chemical properties of robust electrocatalysts for electrocatalytic energy conversion” Coord. Chem. Rev., 449(2021) 214209 (SCI 一区Top: Impact factor: 22.35)
8. Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Dingtao Ma Yangqi Ge, Libo Deng, Chris Bowen, et al., “Electronic Structure Engineering on Two-Dimensional (2D) Electrocatalytic Materials for Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen Evolution, and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions”. Nano Energy 7(2020) 105080 (SCI 一区Top: Impact Factor: 17.88) Highly Cited Paper
9. Sundaram Chandrasekaran*, Yao, Lei; Bowen, Chris; Zhang, Yan; Zhang, Peixin; Chen, Sanming ; Deng, Libo; Lin, Zhiqun; Peng, Feng “Recent advances in metal sulfides: From controlled fabrication to electrocatalytic, photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical water splitting and beyond” Chem. Soc. Rev., 48 (2019), 4178-4280 (SCI 一区Top: Impact factor: 46.57). WOS Highly Cited HOT Paper
10. Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Chris Bowen, Peixin Zhang, Zheling Li, Qiuhua Yuan, Xiangzhong Ren, and Libo Deng, Tailoring the geometric and electronic structure of tungsten oxide with manganese or vanadium doping toward highly efficient electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water splitting. J. Mater Chem A. 7 (11)( 2019), 6161-6172 (SCI 一区Top: Impact factor: 14.67)
11. Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Chris Bowen, James Roscow, Yan Zhang, Dinh Khoi Dang, Eui Jung Kim, RDK Misra, Jin Suk Chung, Seung Hyun Hur. Micro-scale to Nano-scale Generators for Energy Harvesting: Self Powered Piezoelectric, Triboelectric and Hybrid Devices. Phys. Rep., 792(2019),1-33 (SCI 一区Top: Impact factor: 25.74). Highly Cited Paper
12. Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Seung Hyun Hur. Mesoporous ruthenium metal organic framework core shell templated CdS/rGO nanosheets catalyst for efficient bifunctionalelectro-catalytic oxygen reactions. Mater. Res.Bull., 112(2019), 95-103 (Impact factor: 4.65)
13. Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Chris Bowen, Peixin Zhang, Zheling Li, Qiuhua Yuan, Xiangzhong Ren, and Libo Deng, “Spinel photocatalysts for environmental remediation, hydrogen generation, CO2 reduction and photoelectrochemical water splitting” J. Mater Chem A. (2018) 6, 11078-11104 (SCI 一区Top: Impact factor: 14.67) Highly Cited Paper
14. Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Yen-Linh Thi Ngo, Dinh Khoi Dang, Lijun Sui, Eui Jung Kim, Jin Suk Chung, Seung Hyun Hur. “Highly enhanced visible light water splitting of CdS by green to blue upconversion” Dalton Trans 46 (40) (2017), 13912-13919 (Impact factor- 4.48).
15. Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Eui Jung Kim, Jin Suk Chung, Velusamy Senthilkumar, Yong Soo Kimc, Chris R Bowen, Vaia Adamaki, Seung Hyun Hur “Structurally tuned lead magnesium titanate perovskite as photoelectrode material for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting”. Chem. Eng. J., 309 (2017) 682-690 (SCI 一区Top: Impact factor: 16.74).
16. Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Eui Jung Kim, Jin Suk Chung, Chris R Bowen, Balasubramaniyan Rajagopalan, Vaia Adamaki, R.D.K. Misra, and Seung Hyun Hur, “High performance bifunctional electrocatalytic activity of a reduced graphene oxide - molybdenum oxide hybrid catalyst”. J. Mater. Chem. A. 4(34) (2016)13271-13279 (SCI 一区Top: Impact factor: 14.67)
17. Sundaram Chandrasekaran, Jin Suk Chung, Eui Jung Kim, Seung Hyun Hur, “Exploring complex structural evolution of graphene oxide/ZnO triangles and its impact on photoelectrochemical water splitting” Chem. Eng. J., 290 (2016)465-476 (SCI 一区Top: Impact factor: 16.74).
Scientific Research Projects as PI :
1. From 2020-2023, Project No: Grant No. 202028029956, amount of 50,000 CNY, GLUT funding, Department of Chemistry and Bio-Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China
2. From 2022-2024, Project No: Grant No: AC22035091, amount of 480,000 CNY, Guangxi Science and Technology Fund for Distinguished High-Talent Introduction Program, Guangxi, China
3. From 2023-2026, Project No: Grant No: RD22262010, amount of 330,000 CNY, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC-2022), China
Patents
1. A high-performance Co-N-C oxygen evolution catalyst and its preparation method (发明创造名称：一种高性能Co-N-C 析氧催化剂及其制备方法:申请号：202410364803.9发文序号：2024042301940120)
2. Metal-doped nitrogen-carbon nanofiber catalyst and preparation method thereof(金属掺杂氮碳纳米纤维催化剂及其制备方法, 申请号：202410364805.8 发文序号：2024041900892600)
3. Photons sensing electrode of photocatalyst for hydrogen energy harvesting and the preparation thereof (Application No: 201741017222)
Contact:
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E-mail: chandru@glut.edu.cn
