Professor

Debaprasad Shee

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PhD: Ph.D,IIT Kanpur

Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysis, Reaction engineering, Mixed metals and metal oxides catalysis, Energy and Environment

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“Catalysis has become ubiquitous in our everyday lives and is continued to make the worlds better. Most of the produced involve catalytic transformations. commodities.”

Research Overview

Our research group focuses on understanding the catalysis science of mixed metals and metal oxides for various catalytic applications such as production of fuels and chemicals from renewables sources, CO2 conversion, activation of lower hydrocarbons, production and chemical storage of hydrogen. Our research also aims to identify the catalytic active sites existing on the heterogeneous catalyst surface to establish structure-activity/selectivity relationships.

Research Highlights

Catalysis over supported metals and metal oxides:

Several supported mixed metals and metal oxides catalysts are developed for various catalytic applications. We aims to identify catalytic active sites to establish structure- activity/ selectivity for rational design of catalysts.

Energy and Environment:

Sustainable production of energy offsets the need of nonrenewable sources and conserve the environment. We aim to develop process and materials for the production of clean energy and their storage. Presently our group engage in production of clean hydrogen and transformation of CO2 to fuels and chemical.

Sustainable production of chemicals:

Green carbon feedstocks are required to defossilise the manufacture of bulk chemicals. We aim to develop catalysts and process for the sustainable production of chemicals from renewable sources such as biomass derived feedstocks and other green chemicals.

Kinetics and reaction engineering:

We aim to explore mechanistic aspects of different catalytic and non catalytic chemical reactions, impact of various process parameters, process optimization and operation of reactor.

Associated Projects

Ongoing

Analysis on HR POWDER XRD Equipment (No. of measurements- 02 Nos)

Start Year: 2025

Sponsor: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AGARTALA

Ongoing

Analysis on Raman Spectroscopy Equipment (No. of measurement - 01 Nos)

Start Year: 2025

Sponsor: MAHINDRA UNIVERSITY

Ongoing

Analysis on Raman Spectroscopy Equipment (No. of measurement - 01 Nos)

Start Year: 2025

Sponsor: GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT

Ongoing

Analysis on Raman Spectroscopy Equipment (No. of measurement - 01 Nos)

Start Year: 2025

Sponsor: JNTUA College of Engineering Ananthapuramu

Ongoing

Analysis on XRD Equipment (No. of measurements- 03 Nos)

Start Year: 2024

Sponsor: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur

Ongoing

IREMF/IITH/CHEMICAL/HRXRDorPOWDERXRDorXRD

Start Year: 2024

Sponsor:

Ongoing

Analysis on High resolution X-ray diffractometer (HR XRD) Equipment (No. of measurement - 01 Nos)

Start Year: 2024

Sponsor: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Ongoing

Analysis on High resolution X-ray diffractometer (HR XRD) Equipment (No. of measurement - 01 Nos)

Start Year: 2023

Sponsor: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Ongoing

Analysis on High resolution X-ray diffractometer (HR XRD) Equipment (No. of measurement - 01 No)

Start Year: 2023

Sponsor: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Ongoing

A combined experimental and theoretical approach towards rational design of supported metal catalysts for the reductive deploymerization of corncob lignin to produce bulk aromatic chemicals

Start Year: 2021

Sponsor: SERB

Co-PI: Dr. Shelaka Gupta Prof. Saptarshi Majumdar Prof. Kishalay Mitra

Selected Publications

Waste to materials: Preparation and characterization of nanocomposite films using extracellular polymeric substances derived from centrifuged sewage sludge

Basri S; Panda TK; Debaprasad Shee

Journal: Journal of Environmental Chemical EngineeringYear: 2025DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.118634

Efficient Fractionation of Sugarcane Bagasse to Bio-Based Building Blocks Using a Tailored Deep Eutectic Solvent and Process Optimization

Shiva Lall Sunar; Debraj Bhattacharyya; Debaprasad Shee; Tarun K Panda

Journal: Waste and Biomass ValorizationYear: 2025DOI: 10.1007/s12649-025-03019-3

Synergy between Fe-Co oxide catalysts supported over HZSM-5 for direct conversion of methane to methanol

Pranay Rajendra Chandewar, Debaprasad Shee

Journal: Molecular CatalysisYear: 2024DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2024.114204

Deep eutectic solvent pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse for efficient lignin recovery and enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis

Shiva Lall Sunar, Raj Kumar Oruganti, Debraj Bhattacharyya, Debaprasad Shee, Tarun K. Panda

Journal: Journal of Industrial and Engineering ChemistryYear: 2024DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2024.05.030

Fabrication of supercapacitor electrode material using carbon derived from waste printer cartridge

Bhimaraya R. Biradar, Sukanya Maity, Pranay R. Chandewar, Debaprasad Shee, Partha Pratim Das, Sib Sankar Mal

Journal: IonicsYear: 2024DOI: 10.1007/s11581-024-05402-x

Pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse using ionic liquid for enhanced enzymatic saccharification and lignin recovery: process optimization by response surface methodology

Shiva Lall Sunar, Raj Kumar Oruganti, Debraj Bhattacharyya, Debaprasad Shee, Tarun K. Panda

Journal: CelluloseYear: 2024DOI: 10.1007/s10570-024-05768-1

Polyoxometalate-HKUST-1 composite derived nanostructured Na–Cu–Mo2C catalyst for efficient reverse water gas shift reaction

Gaje Singh, Satyajit Panda, Siddharth Sapan, Jogender Singh, Pranay Rajendra Chandewar, Ankush Biradar, Debaprasad Shee, Ankur Bordoloi

Journal: NanoscaleYear: 2024DOI: 10.1039/D4NR01185F

Wells-Dawson Polyoxometalate Modified Lignin Derived High Surface Area Activated Carbon Electrode Materials for Energy Storage Application

J.E Madhusree, K Athulya, Pranay R. Chandewar, Debaprasad Shee, Sib Sankar Mal

Journal: ChemistrySelectYear: 2024DOI: 10.1002/slct.202401533

Synergistic Enhancement of Supercapacitor Performance: Vanadium-Substituted Phosphotungstic and Molybdic Acid Combined with Polypyrrole Using Pyridinium and Ammonium Ionic Containing Organic Cation Linkers with Improved Conductivity

Muhammed Anees Puniyanikkottil, Pranay Rajendra Chandewar, Debaprasad Shee, Sib Sankar Mal

Journal: Energy TechnologyYear: 2024DOI: 10.1002/ente.202400708

Synthesis of algal–bacterial sludge activated carbon/Fe3O4 nanocomposite and its potential in antibiotic ciprofloxacin removal by simultaneous adsorption and heterogeneous Fenton catalytic degradation

Raj Kumar Oruganti, Saswata Bandyopadhyay, Tarun K Panda, Debaprasad Shee, Debraj Bhattacharyya

Journal: Environmental Science and Pollution ResearchYear: 2024DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34830-5