Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Susanta Sinha Mahapatra
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
M.Sc. (Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan), M.Tech. (Jadavpur University), Ph.D. (IIEST, Shibpur) 		Contact Address
Permanent Address Department of Chemistry BIT- Mesra Campus Mesra Ranchi-835215 Jharkhand, India
Local Address Qtr No. DII/40 BIT- Mesra Campus Ranchi-835215 Jharkhand, India
Phone (Office) +91-651-2276531
Phone Residence +918986710015
Email Id ssmahapatra@bitmesra.ac.in
Joined Institute on : 18-Aug-2009
  Work Experience
 
Teaching : 15 Years

Research : 15 Years

Individual: 20 Years
  Professional Background
  • Worked as Research Chemist on "Solar detoxification of distillery waste" in Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Maharashtra from December 1997 to August 2000 (2 yrs 07 months)
  • Worked as Technical Assistant in IIEST, Shibpur, Howrah from January 2004 to August 2009 (5 yrs 08 months)
  Research Areas
 

Electrochemistry

  • Development of Anode Catalyst for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells (DAFCs)
  • Electrochemical Double Layer Supercapacitor (EDLC)
  • Hydrogen Evaluation Reaction (HER)
  • Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction (ECO2R)

Research Group:

  1. Bipin Kumar Singh. Research Topic: Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells 
  2. Anirban Mukherjee. Research Topic: Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction 
  3. Nasrin Kamal. Research Topic: Electrochemical Double Layer Supercapacitor

 
  Award and Honours
 
  • GATE qualified
  • CSIR-UGC (NET) qualified
  • Indian Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (ISEAC) Journal Publication Award - year '2010'
  • National Scholarship in M.Sc. final year examination
  Publications
 

List of journal publications

  1. B.K. Singh, Ravi Kumar, A.K. Satpati, S.S. Mahapatra. Cerium oxide anchored free-standing silicon nanowires as potential anode materials for electrochemical supercapacitor. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 102 (2025), 101504. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jics.2024.101504).
  2. Bipin Kumar Singh, Anirban Mukherjee, Nasrin Kamal, Gourisankar Roymahapatra, Zhanhu Guoand & Susanta Sinha Mahapatra. Carbon Dots Modified Graphite as Novel Support Material for Low Palladium (Pd) Loading Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell Catalyst. ES Materials and Manufacturing, 26 (2024), 1297 (https://dx.doi.org/10.30919/esmm1297).
  3. A. Mukherjee, M. Abdinejad, S.S. Mahapatra, B.C. Ruidas. Controlled Synthesis of Copper Sulfide-associated Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Formic Acid and Beyond: A Review. Energy Advances,  3, (2024), 2704-2737. (DOI: 10.1039/d4ya00302k)
  4. Vishal Rimal, Bipin Kumar Singh & Susanta Sinha Mahapatra. Phosphoric acid functionalized carbon dots for supercapacitor applications. Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 31:11, (2023), 1096-1103. (DOI: 10.1080/1536383X.2023.2241189 IF: 2.09)
  5. Anirban Mukherjee, Maryam Abdinejad, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra and Bidhan Chandra Ruidas. Metal sulfide-based nanomaterials for electrochemical CO2 reduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, (2023), (DOI: 10.1039/d2ta08209h IF: 14.51)
  6. B.K. Singh, S.S. Mahapatra. Performance study of palladium modified platinum anode in direct ethanol fuel cells: A green power source. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 100, (2023) 100876. (doi.org/10.1016/j.jics.2022.100876  IF: 0.243)
  7. Vishal Rimal, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra, Prem Kumar Srivastava. Metal free oleic acid?derived carbon dots as efficient catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, (2023) 53:285–295. (doi.org/10.1007/s10800-022-01780-0  IF: 2.925)
  8. Arup Choudhury, Baban Dey, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra, Doo-Won Kim, Kap-Seung Yang, Duck-Joo Yang. Flexible and freestanding supercapacitor based on nanostructured poly(m-aminophenol)/carbon nanofiber hybrid mats with high energy and power densities. Nanotechnology, Vol. 29, No. 18 (2018), 165401. (doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aaa7e3  IF: 3.953)
  9. Arup Choudhury, Ji-Hoon Kim, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra, Kap-Seung Yang, Duck-Joo Yang. Nitrogen-enriched porous carbon nanofiber mat as efficient flexible electrode material for supercapacitors. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 5 (2017), 2109−2118. (10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02031  IF: 9.224)
  10.  S.S. Mahapatra & J. Datta.  Energy conversion using Pt-Pd/C anode catalyst in direct 2-propanol fuel cell. Carbon – Science and Technology 8/2 (2016) 83-91.
  11.  S.S.Mahapatra, S.Shekhar, B.K.Thakur, & H.Priyadarshi. Synthesis and Characterization of Electrodeposited C-PANI-Pd-Ni Composite Electrocatalyst for Methanol Oxidation. International Journal of Electrochemistry, (2014) 1-9.
  12. S. S. Mahapatra & J. Datta. Characterization of Pt-Pd/C Electrocatalyst for Methanol Oxidationin Alkaline Medium. International Journal of Electrochemistry 2011 (2011) 1-16.
  13. Abhijit Dutta, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra & Jayati Datta. High performance PtPdAu nano-catalyst for ethanol oxidation in alkaline media for fuel cell applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 36 (2011) 14898–14906. (10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.02.101  IF: 7.139)
  14. S.S. Mahapatra, A. Dutta & J. Datta. Temperature dependence on methanol oxidation and product formation on Pt and Pd modified Pt electrodes in alkaline medium. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 36 (2011) 14873–14883. (10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.11.085  IF: 7.139)
  15. S.S. Mahapatra, A. Dutta & J. Datta. Temperature effect on the electrode kinetics of ethanol oxidation on Pd modified Pt electrodes and the estimation of intermediates formed in alkali medium. Electrochimica Acta 55 (2010) 9097–9104. (10.1016/j.electacta.2010.08.029  IF: 7.336)
  16. S. Sengupta, S.S. Mahapatra & J. Datta. A potential anode material for the direct alcohol fuel cell. Journal of Power Sources 131 (2004) 169-174. (10.1016/j.jpowsour.2004.01.009  IF:  9.794)
  17. Asim Kumar Das, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra, Premendranath Saha & Mahua Das. Estimation of dimethyl sulphoxide and submicrogram quantities of ruthenium (III) by catalysis of cerium (IV)-dimethyl sulphoxide reaction in aqueous sulphuric acid media. Indian Journal of Chemistry 35A (1996) 623-624.

 

Participation in Seminars and Conference

National:

  1. S. Sengupta, S.S. Mahapatra, J. Datta & M.K. Banerjee. Electrocatalysts for Ethanol Oxidation for ‘Alcohol-air’ Fuel cell. Paper presented in Workshop on Complete Cycle Characterization of Materials (CCM-2001) organized by Material Research Society of India, Kalapakkam Chapter, September 12-14, 2001.
  2. S. Sengupta, S.S. Mahapatra, J. Datta & M.K. Banerjee. Search for Electrocatalyst for Oxidation of Methanol and Alkaline Fuel Cell. Paper presented in All India Inter Science, Technology & Engineering College Academic Meet, Shibpur, 2002.
  3. S.S. Mahapatra & J. Datta. Temperature dependence of 2-propanol electro-oxidation on C-supported Pt-Pd nanomaterials : A study for fuel cell applications. Paper presented in the 44th Annual Convention of Chemists, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Applied Sciences, Jaipur, 2007.
  4. S.S. Mahapatra & Sabyasachi Gope Mandal. Synthesis and characterization of electrodeposited Sn-Pd alloyed catalysts for direct ethanol fuel cell applications in alkaline medium. National Conference on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (NCNNAM-2016), September 26-27, 2016. Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.

International:

  1. Participated in International Workshop on Engineering Fundamentals and Applications of Fuel Cells. Held in Jadavpur University, January 9-10,2008.
  2. Susanta Sinha Mahapatra, Abhijit Dutta and Jayati Datta. Study on the electro-oxidation of 2-propanol on Pt and Pd co-deposited nano particles in alkaline electrolytes for fuel cell applications. International Conference on Electrochemical Power System, ICEPS, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Nov, 2008 (poster   presentation).
  3. Abhijit Dutta, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra & Jayati Datta. A Comparative study of the electro–oxidation of ethanol and ethylene glycol on Pt-Pd nanocatalysts in alkali media for applications of fuel cell. International Conference on Electrochemical Power System, ICEPS, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Nov, 2008 (Oral presentation).
  4. Susanta Sinha Mahapatra , Abhijit Dutta & Jayati Datta. Temperature dependence on methanol oxidation and formate production on Pd modified Pt electrode: A direct alcohol fuel cell application in alkaline medium. Paper presented in International Symposium & Exhibition on Fuel Cell technologies: FUCETECH 2009. Held in Mumbai on 11-13 November, 2009.
  5. Abhijit Dutta, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra & Jayati Datta. High performance PtPdAu nanocatalyst for ethanol oxidation in alkaline media for fuel cell applications. Paper presented in International Symposium & Exhibition on Fuel Cell technologies: FUCETECH 2009. Held in Mumbai on 11-13 November, 2009.
  6. S.S. Mahapatra, B.K. Thakur, S. Shekhar & H. Priyadarshi. Polyaniline-graphite Supported Pd, Ni and Pd-Ni Alloy Electrocatalysts for Methanol Electro-oxidation in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Fifth ISEAC Triennial International Conference on Advances and Recent Trends in Electrochemistry (ELAC-2013). Hyderabad, India, January 16-20, 2013.
  7. S.S. Mahapatra, Suman Shekhar and Harsh Priyadarshi. Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol on Pd-Ni/polypyrrole–carbon in Acidic Medium. INDO-US Workshop on Electrocatalytic Materials for Fuel and Biofuel Cells (INDO-US ECM-2013).  Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, February 26-28, 2013.
  8. S.S. Mahapatra & J. Datta. Energy conversion using Pt-Pd/C anode catalyst in direct 2-propanol fuel cell. International Conference on Alternative Energy Sources (ICAES-2016), 29th -30th January, 2016. Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
  Member of Professional Bodies
 
  • Indian Society for Electroanlytical Chemistry (ISEAC)-Life-Member 
  Current Sponsored Projects
 
  1. Development of low cost electrocatalysts for the hydrogen production by water splitting. Funding Agency: DST-SERB (Co-PI) - Ongoing (2024- ….)
  2. One-dimensional Nanostructured Si-based Electrodes for High-Performance Energy Storage Devices. Funding Agency: BRNS- Completed (2017-2020)
  3. Metal Oxide Core Shell Nanostructures as Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries. Funding Agency: CSIR (Co-PI)-Completed (2014-2017)