• Assistant Professor at Department of  Physics, BIT, Mesra, Ranchi from July 16, 2010 to till date.
• DST-Women Scientist at Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, from Mar 2007 to Feb 2010.
• Guest Lecturer & Research Scholar at Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, from July 2004 to March 2007.

• Biopolymeric solids and their composites
• Dielectrics
• Electroceramics
• Proton conducting Solid oxide fuel cell
• Solid oxide electrolyzer cells

• Research fellow of INTI International university Malaysia (1^st June 2023 – 31^st Dec 2025) (non-financial award)
• Fast track young scientist award from DST, New Delhi
• Women Scientist (WOS-A) award from DST, New Delhi

Publications in SCI Journals

Year 2025

• Electrical and electrochemical properties of Nb⁵⁺ doped Ba_0.7Sr_0.3Fe_1-xO_3-δ cathode for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells, G Dash, BK Sonu, J Chandrika, SK Pratihar, S Kumar, E Rout, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 155 (2025), 150291.http://https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.150291. [Q1, IF: 8.3]
• Crystallographic Investigation of Scheelite-and Wolframite-Type Molybdates, M Patnaik, P Yadav, AK Yadav, E Rout, Ceramics International 51(21) (2025), 33502-33515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.05.081. [Q1, IF: 5.6]
• Proton–polaron and energy landscape among acceptor doped ACeO₃ (A= Ba²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺) proton conductors: a first principles approach, D Vignesh, E Rout, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 27 (16) (2025), 8435-8456. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CP00474H. [Q1, IF: 2.9]

Year 2024

• Proton-polaron and thermionic identity of BaCeO₃ polymorph for intermediate temperature fuel cell technology: A first principles and molecular dynamics approach, D Vignesh, MK Gupta, R Mittal, E Rout, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 57 (2024), 394-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.01.047. [Q1, IF: 8.3]
• Machine learning advent and derivative discontinuity of DFT functionals over gap state predictions among ACeO₃ (A= Ba²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺) proton conductors, D Vignesh, E Rout, Computational Materials Science 231 (2024), 112583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2023.112583. [Q1, IF: 2.3]
• Defect scattering and thermionic landscape of acceptor doped BaCeO₃ polymorph for intermediate temperature fuel cell technology, D Vignesh, E Rout, Ceramics International 50 (10) (2024), 17323-17337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.02.214. [Q1, IF: 5.6]
• Investigation of structural and optoelectronic integrity of Sm³⁺ doped CaWO₄ for LED applications, P Yadav, D Vignesh, M Patnaik, M Priyadarshani, E Rout, Ceramics International 50 (19) (2024), 35203-35213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.06.329. [Q1, IF: 5.6]
• Investigation of structural, electrical and electrochemical properties of La_0.8Sr_0.2Mn_1−xSc_xO_3−δ as cathode on yttria-stabilized zirconia electrolyte for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell fabricated by one step dry pressing method, G Dash, E Rout, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 35 (7) (2024), 491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12224-0. [Q2, IF: 2.8]
• A comprehensive study on the structural, radioluminescence and thermoluminescence properties of scheelite and wolframite type tungstates, M. Patnaik, P. Yadav, E. Rout, A.K. Yadav, S.N. Jha, M. Tyagi, Sonu, Radiation Physics and Chemistry 223 (2024), 111957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2024.111957. [Q2, IF: 3.3]
• Custom Hybrid Activation Function over Delocalization Error for Gap State Predictions of A₂CeZrO₆ (A= Ba²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺) Proton Conductors: A First-Principles and Machine Learning Approach, D Vignesh, E Rout, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 128 (39) (2024), 16684-16700. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c03379. [Q1, IF: 3.2]
• Improved thermal stability and electrical conductivity of dysprosium doped barium zirconium cerate electrolyte, BK Sonu, G Dash, JP Sharma, E Rout, Materials Science and Engineering: B 308 (2024), 117611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2024.117611. [Q1, IF: 4.6]

Year 2023

• Technological challenges and advancement in proton conductors: a review, D Vignesh, E Rout, Energy & Fuels 37 (5) (2023), 3428-3469. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c03926. [Q1, IF: 5.3]

Year 2022

• Structural and Electrophysical Perturbations in Y³⁺ Doped BaCeO₃ Proton Conducting Electrolyte: A First Principles Approach, D, Vignesh; Ela Rout, Computational Condensed Matter 33 (2022), e00763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocom.2022.e00763. [Q1, IF: 3.9]
• Factors Constituting Proton Trapping in BaCeO₃ and BaZrO₃ Perovskite Proton Conductors in Fuel Cell Technology: A Review, D, Vignesh; Sonu, Bibek; E Rout, ACS Energy & Fuels 36 (2022),7219-7244. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c00650. [Q1, IF: 5.3]

Year 2021

• Structural, thermal stability and electrical conductivity of zirconium substituted barium cerate ceramics, B K Sonu, E Sinha, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 860 (2021), 158471.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.158471. [Q1, IF: 6.3]
• Structural and dielectric properties of Cu-doped α-ZnMoO₄ ceramic system for enhanced green light emission and potential microwave applications, SK Tiwari, A Singh, P Yadav, BK Sonu, R Verma, SK Rout, E Sinha, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 32 (10) (2021), 12881-12889. https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-756-EE6.7. [Q2, IF: 2.8]

Year 2020

• Structural and proton conductivity study of BaZr_1-xRE_xO_3-δ (RE = Dy, Sm) ceramics for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte, A Satapathy, E Sinha, SK Rout, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry 24 (7) (2020), 1463-1473. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-019-04423-1. [Q2, IF: 2.6]
• Correlation between experimental and theoretical study of scheelite and wolframite-type tungstates, P Yadav, Prabal Dev Bhuyan, SK Rout, Yogesh Sonvane, Sanjeev K Gupta, E Sinha, Materials Today Communications, 101417 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101417. [Q2, IF: 4.5]

Year 2019

• Investigation of proton conductivity in Sc and Yb co-doped barium zirconate ceramics, A Satapathy, E Sinha, SK Rout, Materials Research Express 6 (5) (2019), 056305. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab0680. [Q2, IF: 2.2]  
• Structural, photophysical and microwave dielectric properties of α-ZnMoO₄ phosphor, P Yadav, E Sinha, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 795 (2019), 446-452.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.05.019. [Q1, IF: 6.3]
• A comparative proton conductivity study on Yb-doped BaZrO₃ perovskite at intermediate temperatures under wet N₂ environment, A Satapathy, E Sinha, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 772 (2019), 675-682.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.08.329. [Q1, IF: 6.3]
• Conduction and relaxation phenomena in barium zirconate ceramic in wet N₂ environment, A Satapathy, E Sinha, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 811 (2019), 152042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152042. [Q1, IF: 6.3]

Year 2018

• Optical band gap and photoluminescence studies of samarium-doped barium zirconate perovskite prepared by solid state reaction route, A Satapathy, E Sinha, Journal of Applied Spectroscopy 84 (6) (2018), 948-953. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-018-0569-9.  [Q2, IF: 1.0]
• Relaxor-ferroelectric BaLnZT (Ln= La, Nd, Sm, Eu, and Sc) ceramics for actuator and energy storage application, SK Ghosh, K Mallick, B Tiwari, E Sinha, SK Rout, Materials Research Express 5 (1) (2018), 015509. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aaa4ee. [Q2, IF: 2.2]    

Year 2017

• Study of structural and optical properties of CaMoO₄ ceramic synthesized by solid state reaction route, E. Sinha and P. Yadav, Ferroelectrics 517 (2017), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/00150193.2017.1369819. [Q4, IF: 0.6]  
• Correlation between optical properties and environmental parameter of ZnWO₄ ceramic using complex chemical bond theory, P. Yadav, S. K. Rout and E. Sinha, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 726 (2017), 1014-1023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.07.308. [Q1, IF: 6.3]
• Experimental and Theoretical Study on Electronic and Optical Properties of MgWO₄, Prabal Dev Bhuyan, Deobrat Singh, Shivam Kansara, Pritam Yadav, Sanjeev K. Gupta, Yogesh Sonvane, Sanjeeb K. Rout, E.Sinha, Journal of Material Science, 52, 4934-4943 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0730-X. [Q1, IF: 3.9]

Year 2015- 2008

• Effect of Neodymium on Optical Bandgap and Microwave Dielectric Properties of Barium Zirconate Ceramic, S.Parida, A Satapathy, E. Sinha, Anurag Bisen, and S.K. Rout, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46A (2015), 1277-1285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-014-2725-z.[Q1, IF: 2.5]
• Structural, optical band gap, microwave dielectric properties and dielectric resonator antenna studies of Ba_1-xLa_2x/3ZrO₃ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) ceramics, A. Satapathy, S. Parida, E.Sinha, S.K. Rout , M. Kar, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 615 (2014), 1006-1012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.07.007. [Q1, IF: 6.3]
• Structural, optical and microwave dielectric properties of Sr_1−xCa_xWO4 ceramics prepared by the solid state reaction route, Nidhi Khobragade, Ela Sinha, S.K. Rout, Manoranjan Kar, Ceramics International 39 (2013), 9627-9635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.05.084. [Q1, IF: 5.6]
• Structural, optical and microwave dielectric properties of Ba1− xSrxWO4 ceramics prepared by solid state reaction route, A Priya, E Sinha, SK Rout, Solid State Sciences 20 (2013), 40-45.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2013.03.002. [Q1, IF: 3.3]
• Dielectric Resonant Antenna Studies of Dysprosium Doped Barium Zirconate Ceramic, S. Parida, Anurag Bisen, E. Sinha & S. K. Rout, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 22 (2013), 2634-2640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-013-0551-x. [Q2, IF: 2.0]
• Effect of Plasma Treatment on Structure, Wettability of Jute Fiber and Flexural Strength of its Composite, E. Sinha, S.Panigrahi, Journal of composite materials 43 (17) (2009), 1791-1802.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998309338078. [Q2, IF: 2.4]
• Influence of fibre surface treatment on structural, thermal and mechanical properties of jute fibre and composite, E. Sinha, S.K Rout, Bull. Mater. Sci 32(1) (2009),1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-009-0010-3. [Q2, IF: 2.1]
• Effect of cold plasma treatment on macromolecular structure, thermal and mechanical behavior of jute fibre, E.Sinha Journal of Industrial Textile 38(4) (2009), 317-339. https://doi.org/10.1177/1528083708093334. [Q2, IF: 2.0]
• Effect of neutron irradiation on structural, thermal and mechanical properties of jute fibre, E.Sinha, S.K Rout, Journal of Applied polymer science 110 (2008), 413-423.  https://doi.org/10.1002/app.28504. [Q2, IF: 2.8]
• Study of the structural and thermal properties of plasma treated jute fibres, E.Sinha, S.K Rout, PK Barhai, Applied Physics A 92, 283-290 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-008-4541-z. [Q2, IF: 2.8]

Conference Publications

Year 2024

• Scandium co-doped barium cerate: Fast and stable electrolyte for intermediate temperature PC-SOFC, BK Sonu, E Rout, AIP Conference Proceedings 2995 (1) (2024), 020193. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0178254.

Year 2023

• Influence of scandium co-doping on the stability of barium cerate electrolyte, BK Sonu, UK Bhadra, E Rout, Materials Today: Proceedings 91 (2023), 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.04.267.

Year 2022

• Analysis of symmetry variation as a function of rare earth dopant concentration in proton conducting solid oxide fuel cells, D Vignesh, E Rout, Materials Today: Proceedings 66, 3416-3421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.08.373

Oral Presentation and Invited Talks

1.  Recent development on SOFC: An efficient energy conversion device, Faculty Development Program on Emerging Technologies and Application of Science and Humanities, RTC Institute of Technology, Ranchi,Invited Talk,(Date of Conference: 23-27 June 2025) 
2. High-Performance Cathodes for intermediate Temperature SOFCs: Exploring La 0.8 Sr 0.2 Mn 1- x Sc x O 3-δ on YSZ Electrolytes Through One-Step Dry Pressing,  International Conference on Recent Trends in Energy Harvesting (ICRTEH), Department of Physics, Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Andhra Pradesh, Oral Presentation,(Date of Conference: 23-25 September 2024) 
3. Conduction mechanism in Barium based advanced electrolyte for PC- SOFC applications, 66th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium BIT Mesra, Ranchi India,  BARC, Mumbai, Invited Talk,(Date of Conference: 18-22 December 2022)
4. Development of cobalt free cathode material for SOFC applications, National Seminar on advanced materials, Raipur, India,  GOVT. PG College of Science, Raipur, Invited Talk,(Date of Conference: 26-27 August 2022)
5. Fabrication & Characterization of Co- free La & Ba-based cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cell applications,  International Conference of Functional Materials and Nanotechnolog y (ICFMN- 2K22), Oral Presentation,(Date of Conference: 20-21 July 2022)    

PhD Guided: 04

• Avishek Satapathy (PhD/AP/10052/2013), Structural and proton conducting properties of some rare earth substituted barium Zirconate (awarded in 2021)
• Pritam Yadav (PhD/AP/10054/2013), Structural, optical and microwave dielectric properties of some tungstates and molybdates (awarded in 2022)
• Bibek Kumar Sonu (PHD/AP/10053/17), Development of some rare earth modified barium zirconate cerate as an efficient proton conducting electrolyte. (awarded in 2024)
• Vignesh D (PhD/AP/10005/20), Proton Landscape and Electrophysical Attributes of Cerium-Based Single and Double Perovskite Proton Conductors: A First Principles and Machine Learning Approach (awarded in 2025)

PhD Ongoing:02

• Gayatri Dash (PhD/AP/10002/21), Fabrication of some advanced cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cell applications
• Manaswita Patnaik (PhD/AP/10002/22), Development of ceramic polymer composites for the scintillator applications

MSc Supervision

• Shetty Sai Neeraj (IPH/10012/22), Optimization of Ba_0.7Sr_0.3Fe_1-xTi_xO_3-δ against Trade-off characteristic for Intermediate Temperature solid oxide fuel cell. (2025)
• Madhur Daga (SAP/10005/22), Study of advance electrolyte for the application of Intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell. (2024)
• Rupam Jyoti (SAP/ 10005/21), Synthesis of La and Ba based Co-free cathode materials for Intermediate temperature FC applications (2023)
• Aditya Ranjan (IPH/10011/2017), Synthesis and optimization of La and Ba based Co-free cathode materials for SOFC applications (2022)
• Shivam Parasar (IPH/10033/2017), Study of structural properties and conductivity of some rare earth doped BaCeO₃ and BaZrO₃ for proton conducting solid oxide fuel cell (2022)
• Taruna Kumari (IPH/10024/2013), Structural and optical property correlation of Samarium doped Barium Molybdate prepared by Solid state method. (2018)
• Shakti Prakash Behera (SAP/10001/2015), Studies of structural, optical and electrical properties of scandium and Ytterbium doped Barium Zirconate (2017)
• Prabal Dev Bhuyan (SAP/10003/14), Study of some structure and optical properties of Magnesium Tungstate (MgWO₄) (2016)
• Sinka Kumari (SAP/10010/2013), Surface modification of natural fibre by chemical treatment (2015)

1. NRB PROJECT “A New High- Performance Proton Conducting Electrolyte for Next- Generation Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cell (IT-FC)” Amount Rs  55,80,660/, (Sanctioned), involvement: PI, Duration: 
2. DST SERB PROJECT “Hafnium Loaded Proton Conducting Oxide for Direct - Hydrocarbon Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Application” Amount Rs 45,37,192/, involvement: PI, Duration:  3 years (ongoing)
3. DST SERB PROJECT "Development of rare earth modified barium zirconate as an efficient proton conducting material at intermediate temperature" Amount: Rs 29,68,295/, Date Of Sanctioned: 14.03.2017, involvement: PI, Duration: 3 years (completed) 
4. DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY(DAE) BRNS PROJECT "Development of Bismuth based materials for Piezoelectric Microsystem in Robotic Applications" Amount: Rs 33,72,900/, Date Of Sanctioned: 21.04.2016, involvement: CO- PI, Duration: 3 years (completed)
5. DST SERB FAST TRACK PROJECT "Effect of rare earth element on structural,dielectric and optical properties of BaZrO3" Amount: Rs 20,00800/, Date Of Sanctioned: 23.08.2013, involvement: PI, Duration: 3 years (completed)

Consultancy Project

1. NPOL PROJECT “Development of lead free piezoceramics for underwater applications” Amount: Rs 29,21,264/, involvement: PI, Duration: 3 years (completed)

Reference book;

      1. Structure- Property correlation of jute fibre and its composite, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN No- 978-3-8383-9840-2 

Book Chapters;

1. Title of the book: ‘Multipurpose Polymer’ Chapter 16 ‘Metal Oxide-based High-K Dielectrics: Fundamentals and Applications’, Vignesh D and Ela Rout, CRC Press Taylor & Francis 289 (2025). 
2. Title of the book ‘Advanced Materials and Nano Systems: Part 3’ Chapter 2 ‘BaZrO3 based Ceramics and Ceramic Composites as Smart Materials for Advanced Applications’ D. Vignesh and Ela Rout, 37-91 Bentham Science Publisher 2024. ISBN: 978-981-52-2311-8,  ISBN: 978-981-52-2310-1(eBook) 
3. Title of the book ‘Energy Materials: Structure, Properties, and Applications’ Chapter 1 ‘Proton Conductors: Physics and Technological Advancements for PC-SOFC’  D. Vignesh and Ela Rout, springer nature publisher. ISBN: 978-981-99-3865-0, ISBN: 978-981-99-3866-7 (eBook)
4. Title of the book ‘Energy Materials: Structure, Properties, and Applications’ Chapter 6 ‘Proton Mobility in Solid Electrolyte: The Heart of Fuel Cell’  Bibek Kumar Sonu, Gayatri Dash, and Ela Rout, springer nature publisher. ISBN: 978-981-99-3865-0, ISBN: 978-981-99-3866-7 (eBook)
5. Title of the book ‘Sustainable Materials for Fuel Cell Technologies’ Electrode Materials and Interfaces: Enhancing Efficiency and Durability,    G Dash and E Rout, 421-449, 2025

1. Life Member of Materials Research Society of India (Life Membership No. is: LMB 4104)
2. Life Member of Materials Research Society of India (Life Membership No. is: LMB 4104)
3. Life member of the Indian Ceramic Society (Life Membership No. is:  ES-886)
4. Life Member of Indian Association of Physics Teachers (Life Membership No. is:  L9867)
5. American Chemical Society(ACS) (Membership No: 33151743)
6. Patron membership of Odisha Bigyan Academy