Faculty Directory Sourav Mondal
Sourav Mondal

Sourav Mondal

Associate Professor

Academic Information

PhD in Chemical Sciences (2026)

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

Masters in Chemistry (2019)

University of Calcutta

Bachelor in Chemistry (2017)

Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur

Research Interests

Synthesis of low-cost transition metal–based nanoparticles and their application as electrocatalysts in various energy conversion reactions. Evaluation of their performance in practical, system-level applications such as fuel cells. Development of efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the synthesis of advanced materials for carbon dioxide (CO₂) reduction.

Courses Taught

Chemistry

Positions Held

Associate Professor (Jan 2026 - Present)
University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata

Publications

  1. Dynamic Strain-Engineered Au-Ag Alloy NanoSeed Network for Enhanced Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction and High-Performance Alkaline Membrane H2 Air Fuel Cells.
    Sourav Mondal, Sandip Kumar De, Snehangshu Patra, Yashwant Kharwar, Tanmay Ghosh, Biswajit Karmakar, Arnab Dutta, Dulal Senapati. Small. 2025 (DOI: 10.1002/smll.202500555) 
  2. Pd-lined trimetallic Au-Ag-Pd nanoprism for enhanced electrocatalytic activity towards formic acid oxidation. Sourav Mondal, Sandip Kumar De, Tanmay Ghosh, Subrata Mondal, Mihir Manna, Dulal Senapati. Small Science. 2025, 2500063 (DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202500063) 
  3. Remarkable Heterogeneous Catalytic Activity of Grain-Boundary Enriched Negatively Charged Branched Gold Nanoparticle towards the Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol and
    Hydrogen Peroxide.
    Sourav Mondal, Subrata Mondal, Sandip Kumar De, Susmita Chakraborty, Dulal Senapati. ChemCatChem. 2025, (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500423) 
  4. Ghosh, A., Panneerselvam, M., Mondal, S., Das, P., Singha, T., Rana, S., Costa, L.T., Satpati, B., Das, S., Sur, U.K. and Senapati, D., 2024. Parallel Plate Capacitor Model at the Nanoscale for Stable and Gigantic SERS Activity of the 4-MBA@ R-AuNP–4-MBA@ R-AuNP System. ACS omega, 9(40), pp.41504-41520 
  5. Effect of Electroless NiP/PTFE Composite Coating on Mechanical Properties of AISI 420 SS and Its Corrosion Behaviour in Human Blood. N Saha, J Basu, S Mondal, B Satpati, G
    Majumdar - Journal of Bio-and Tribo-Corrosion, 2024
     
  6. Void-Enriched and Highly Strained Porous Au–Ag Nanoalloy as a Bifunctional ElectroCatalyst in Alkaline Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell, SK De, A Nandy, S Mondal, A Roy, S Mondal, D Senapati, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4 (6), 5367-5374