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INSTITUTE OF NANO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (INST), Mohali
An Autonomous Institute supported by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
News on Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology Nowdays-2025
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/eJC3yCMjUwE?si=k-Cs_EOajDo_TMQj
Unleashing the power of the peanut
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/YGdLUtudQlc
Researchers convert waste peanuts into high performance graphene (our article on news): https://researchmatters.in/news/researchers-convert-waste-peanuts-high-performance-graphene
Indian team produces high surface area graphene from waste peanut shells (our article on news): https://www.graphene-info.com/indian-team-produces-high-surface-area-graphene-waste-peanut-shells
WI-FI POWER HARVESTING: http://drexel.edu/excite/discovery/shimaSeiki/Projects/wifi-power/
Bio-inspired energy storage: A new light for solar power
Researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known
Porous, 3-D forms of graphene developed at MIT can be 10 times as strong as steel but much lighter.
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Link: https://news.mit.edu/2017/3-d-graphene-strongest-lightest-materials-0106
Dr. Ramendra Sundar Dey
INSA Associate fellow, Associate, I.A.Sc, Member INYAS-INSA
Electrochemistry of nanomaterials
Inorganic and Materials chemistry
Electrochemical NH3 and urea synthesis
Metal-free in-plane micro-supercapacitor
Solid-state battery, metal-air battery
Electrochemical CO2 reduction
Water electrolysis, O2 electrocatalysis
Metal-air battery and Li-ion battery
Framework materials (MOF, COF, POPs etc)
Group Updates
Congratulations Sakshi et. al., for manuscript accepted in Small.
Congratulations Bharat et. al., for manuscript accepted in Nanoscale.
Congratulations Surajit et. al., for manuscript accepted in Small.
Congratulations, Mr. Robin Singh, for the best poster award in the Indo-Korean Conference 2025
Congratulations, Greesh, for the best oral award in the Research Scholar Day, 2025 at INST Mohali
Congratulations, Surajit et. al., for manuscript accepted in Advanced Energy Materials
Congratulations, Greesh, for the manuscript accepted in Advanced Functional Materials
Congratulations, Sakshi et al., for the manuscript accepted in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Dr Dey was selected in the special edition of RSC Nanoscale emerging investigator 2024
Top Publications
Powering the Future: A Cobalt-Based Catalyst for Longer-Lasting Zinc–Air Batteries
Probing Battery Interfaces and Interphases with Microelectrodes: Spatially and Temporally Resolved Single-Entity Measurements
Ultralong cycle life and outstanding capacitive performance of a 10.8 V metal free micro-supercapacitor with highly conducting and robust laser-irradiated graphene for an integrated storage device
Lewis acid–dominated aqueous electrolyte acting as co-catalyst and overcoming N2 activation issues on catalyst surface
Ultrafine Mix-Phase SnO-SnO2 Nanoparticles Anchored on Reduced Graphene Oxide Boost Reversible Li-Ion Storage Capacity beyond Theoretical Limit
Engineering hydrophobic–aerophilic interfaces to boost N2 diffusion and reduction through functionalization of fluorine in second coordination spheres
Strategic Modulation of Target-Specific Isolated Fe,Co Single-Atom Active Sites for Oxygen Electrocatalysis Impacting High Power Zn–Air Battery
