Dr. Moumita Rana

Dr. Moumita Rana

moumita.rana@imdea.org

A. Humboldt Postdoctoral fellow - University of Münster, Germany

Biography

Moumita completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry (Hons.) from Bankura Christian College in 2009 and M.Sc. from University of Hyderabad in 2011. Afterwards she was granted with a national research fellowship from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research to pursue research in the New Chemistry Unit at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India. She performed her Ph.D. thesis in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali. During her doctoral research, she worked on (i) syntheses of shape-controlled metal nanocrystals and doped carbon materials for electrochemical energy conversion, and (ii) investigations on self-assembly of C60 to nanostructures for the separation of geometric isomers, optoelectronics etc.Currently, she is working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Multifunctional Nanocomposite group at IMDEA Materials Institute. Her work involves development of CNT fiber based inorganic hybrid materials for structural energy storage applications and understanding their charge storage mechanism by in-situ techniques.

Academic Career

  • Since 2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Multifunctional Nanocomposites group at IMDEA Materials Institute, Spain.
  • 2011-2017 Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India.Thesis title: Investigations on Nanocrystalline Metal and Carbon Entities for Energy Conversion and Other Chemical Applications.
  • 2009-2011 M.Sc. in Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
  • 2006-2009 B.Sc. in Chemistry (Hons). Bankura Christian College (affiliated to Burdwan University), West Bengal, India.

Publications

  1. “Composite Fabrics of Conformal MoS2 Grown on CNT Fibers: Tough Battery Anodes without Metals or Binders”, Moumita Rana, Nicola Boaretto, Anastasiia Mikhalchan, Maria Vila Santos, Rebeca Marcilla, and Juan Jose Vilatela, Acs Applied Energy Materials , 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c00482
  2. “Photoelectrocatalytic detection of NADH on n-type silicon semiconductors facilitated by carbon nanotube fibers”, Melisa del Barrio, Moumita Rana, Juan José Vilatela, Encarnación Lorenzo, Antonio L. De Lacey, Marcos Pita. Electrochimica Acta 377, 138071, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138071
  3. “Controlled Nucleation and Growth of Carbon Nitride Films on CNT Fiber Fabric for Photoelectrochemical Applications”, Neeta Karjule, Moumita Rana, Menny Shalom, Jesús Barrio, Juan José Vilatela. Advanced Sustainable Systems , 2021. DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202000265
  4. “Origin of the electrocatalytic activity in carbon nanotube fibres counter – electrodes for solar – energy conversion” , Alba Martínez, Moumita Rana, Juan Vilatela, Rubén D. Costa, Nanoscale Advances 2, 4400-4409, 2020. DOI:10.1039/D0NA00492HI
  5. “Revealing the mechanism of electrochemical lithiation of carbon nanotube fibres” Nicola Boaretto, Moumita Rana, Rebeca Marcilla, Juan Vilatela, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2020, 3, 9, 8695-8705. DOI:10.1021/acsem.0c01267
  6. “Transparent and flexible high – power supercapacitor based on carbon nanotube fibre aerogels” Evgeny Senokos, Moumita Rana, María Vila, Julio Fernández – Cestay, Rubén D. Costa, Rebeca Marcilla, Juan Vilatela, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 16980-16986. DOI: 10.1039/D0NR04646A
  7. “Damage-tolerant, laminated structural supercapacitor composites enabled by integration of carbon nanotube fibres”, Moumita Rana, Yunfu Ou, Chenchen Meng, Federico Sket, Carlos González and Juan José Vilatela, Multifunctional Materials, 3, 1, 2020. DOI:10.1088/2399-7532/ab686d
  8. “High rate hybrid MnO2@CNT fabric anode for Li-ion batteries: properties and lithium storage mechanism study by in – situ synchrotron X – ray scattering,” Moumita Rana, Venkata Sai Avvaru, Nicola Boaretto, Víctor Antonio de la Peña O´Shea, Rebeca Marcilla, Vinodkumar Etacheri and Juan José Vilatela, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7, 26596-26606, 2019. DOI: 10.1039/C9TA08800H
  9. “Self-immobilized Pd nanowires as an excellent platform for a continuous flow reactor: efficiency, stability and regeneration” L. Sahoo, M. Rana, Sanjit Mondal, Neeru Mittal, Pronoy Nandi, A Gloskovskii, U Manju, D Topwal, U. K. Gautam. Nanoscale, 10, 21405 , 2018. DOI:10.1021/acsami.8b09024
  10. “Emerging materials in heterogeneous electrocatalysis involving oxygen for energy harvesting” M. Rana, S Mondal, L Sahoo, K Chatterjee, PE Karthik, UK Gautam. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10, 33737, 2018. DOI:10.1039/C8NR06844E
  11. “Controlled electrochemical functionalization of CNT fibers: Structure-chemistry relations and application in current collector-free all-solid supercapacitors” E. Senokos, M. Rana, C. Santos, R. Marcilla and Juan J. Vilatela. Carbon 142(599-609), 2018. DOI:10.1016/j.carbon.2018.10.082
  12. “C60 Mediated Molecular Shape Sorting: Separation and Purification of Geometrical Isomers” M. Rana, R. B. Reddy, B. B. Rath, U. K. Gautam. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 7, 4998. DOI:10.1002/ange.201408981
  13. “Kinetically stabilized C60-toluene solvate nanostructures with a discrete absorption edge enabling supramolecular topotactic exchange” M. Rana, R. B. Reddy, U. K. Gautam. Carbon 2014, 74, 44 DOI:10.1016/j.carbon.2014.03.001
  14. “High-yield synthesis of sub-10 nm Pt nanotetrahedra with bare ⟨111⟩ facets for efficient electrocatalytic applications” M. Rana, M. Chhetri, B. Loukya, P. K. Patil, Ranjan Datta, U. K. Gautam. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2015, 7, 4998. DOI:10.1021/acsami.5b00211
  15. “Mechanochemical synthesis of free-standing platinum nanosheets and their electrocatalytic properties” M. Rana, M. Chhetri, B. Loukya, P. K. Patil, R. Datta and U. K. Gautam. Advanced Materials 2015, 27, 4430. DOI:10.1002/adma.201501056
  16. “N- and S-doped high surface area carbon derived from soya chunks as scalable and efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction” M. Rana, G. Arora, U. K. Gautam. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 2015, 16, 014803. DOI:10.1088/1468-6996/16/1/014803
  17. “Pd-Pt Alloys nanowires as support-less electrocatalyst with high synergistic enhancement in efficiency for methanol oxidation in acidic medium” M. Rana, P.K. Patil, M. Chhetri, K. Dileep, R. Datta, U.K. Gautam. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2016, 463, 99. DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2015.10.042
  18. “Soya derived heteroatom doped carbon as a promising platform for oxygen reduction, supercapacitor and CO2 capture” M. Rana, K. Subramani, M. Sathish, U.K. Gautam. Carbon 2017, 114, 679. DOI:10.1016/j.carbon.2016.12.059

Patents

  1. ” A process for identification and separation of xylene isomers” U. K. Gautam and M. Rana, Indian Patent Num. 318791, 2019, (Patentee: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research) 

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