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MK Research Group
Electrocatalysis Lab
Reseach Publications
Publications from IISER THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (2017 onwards)
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Thomas, A. A.; Eledath, A. N.; Niranjana, J. S.; Muthukrishnan, A.; Bushiri, M. J. FeMnO3/Cnt as a Synergistic Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reactions in Alkaline Medium. Mater. Chem. Phys., 324, 129695 (2024).
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Sivasankarapillai, V. S.; Baskaran, S.; Sundararajan, A.; Siddiqui, M. R.; Wabaidur, S. M.; Muthukrishnan, A.; Dhanusuraman, R. Porous Network of Nitrogen Self-Doped Honeycomb Like Activated Carbon Derived from Caladium Tricolor Leaves: A Multifunctional Platform for Energy and Environmental Applications. J. Porous Mater., 31 (4), 1489-1502 (2024).
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B. Shankar, E.A. Anook Nazer, A. Muthukrishnan, “Active Site Exploration of Core–Corona Structured Bifunctional Cobalt Ferrite–Containing Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery Application” Sustainable Energy Fuels, 8, 1761-1768 (2024) (link)
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E.A. Anook Nazer, A.E. Poulose, A. Muthukrishnan, “Origin of the oxygen reduction activity on Boron-doped Fe-N-C catalysts for Zinc-Air Battery Applications” ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 7, 2378-2391 (2024) (link)
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Anjana J, E.A. Anook Nazer, A. Muthukrishnan, "Dendritic hollow nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres for oxygen reduction at primary zinc–air batteries" Mater. Adv., 4, 4216-4225 (2023) (link)
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S. Arya Gopal, E.A. Anook Nazer, A. Muthukrishnan, "Unravelling the Role of Iron Carbide in Oxygen Reduction Catalysts for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery: A Comprehensive Kinetics and Mechanistic Study", Sustainanle Energy Fuels, 7 4618-4629 (2023) (link)
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E.A. Anook Nazer, A.E. Poulose, A. Muthukrishnan, "Synthesis of Few-Layer Graphene by Ball-Milling for Oxygen Reduction: Kinetics and Mechanistic Insights", ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 1, 2304-2314 (2023) (link)
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KM Neethu, K. Nag, AH. Dar, A. Bajaj, S A. Gopal, V. Gowri, M. Nagpure, S. Sartaliya, R. Sharma, A K. Solanki, Md E. Ali, A. Muthukrishnan, G. Jayamurugan, "A study of [2+ 2] cycloaddition–retroelectrocyclization in water: observation of substrate-driven transient-nanoreactor-induced new reactivity", Org. Biomol. Chem., 21, 2922-2929 (2023)
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Y. Wu, A. Muthukrishnan, S. Nagata, Y. Nabae, "Tafel Slope Analysis from Inhernt Rate Constants for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Over N-doped Carbon and Fe-N-doped Carbon Electrocatalysts", Catal. Surv. Asia, 27, 84-94 (2023)
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J. Anjana and A. Muthukrishnan, “Effect of Local pH Change in non-PGM Catalysts – A Potential Dependent Mechanistic Analysis of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction” Catal. Sci. Technol., 12, 6246-6255 (2022)
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E.A. Anook Nazer, A.E. Poulose, A. Muthukrishnan, "O-Functionlisation of N-doped Reduced Graphene Oxide for Topological Defect-Driven Oxygen Reduction", ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 5, 10528 (2022)
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S. Arya Gopal, A.E. Poulose, C. Sudhakar, A. Muthukrishnan, " Kinetic Insights into the Mechanism of Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Fe2O3/C Composites", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 44195 (2021)
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V. Gowri, S. Jalwal, A. H. Dar, A. Gopal, A. Muthukrishnan, A. Bajaj, A-Md. Ehesan, G. Jayamurugan, "A subtle change in substituent enabled multi-ways fluorine anion signals including paper-strip colorimetric detection using urea-functionalized push–pull chromophore receptor", J. Photochem. Photobiol. A, 410, 113163 (2021)
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E.A. Anook Nazer, A. Muthukrishnan, “Synergistic effect of BCN nanomaterials for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction – A kinetic and mechanistic analysis to explore the active sites”, Catal. Sci. Technol., 10, 6659 (2020)
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Y. Wu, A. Muthukrishnan, S. Nagata, Y. Nabae, "Kinetic Analysis of Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Over a Fe/N/C Catalyst Considering the Chemical Decomposition of H2O2", J. Phys. Chem. C, 124, 17599 (2020)
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A.H. Dar, V. Gowri, A. Gopal, A. Muthukrishnan, A. Balaji, S. Artaliya, A. Selim, M. E. Ali, G. Jayamurugan, “Designing of Push-Pull Chromophores with Tunable Electronic and Luminescent Properties Using Urea as the Electron Donor”, J. Org. Chem., 84, 8941 (2019)
Publications from Tokyo Institute of Technology (2012 to 2017)
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Y. Wu, Y, A. Muthukrishnan, S. Nagata and Y. Nabae, Kinetic Understanding of the Reduction of Oxygen to Hydrogen Peroxide over an N-Doped Carbon Electrocatalyst. J. Phys. Chem. C 123, 4590 (2019).​
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Y. Nabae, A.Muthukrishnan and Y. Wu, “Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode Voltammetry Considering the Quasi-Four Electron Reduction of Oxygen for Fe/N/C Catalsyts”, ECS Trans., 80, 701 (2017)
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A. Muthukrishnan and Y. Nabae, “Estimation of the Inherent Kinetic Parameters for Oxygen Reduction over a Pt-Free Cathode Catalyst by Resolving the Quasi-Four-Electron Reduction”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 120, 22515 (2016)
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A. Muthukrishnan and Y. Nabae, “Estimation of the Rate Constants for the 2x2-Electron ORR By Combining the Voltammograms of Oxygen and Hydrogen Peroxide Reduction Reactions”, ECS Trans., 75, 869 (2016).
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J. Wu, Y.Nabae, A.Muthukrishnan and T.Ohsaka, “Electrochemical deposition and dissolution of Fe species for N-doped carbon to understand the degradation mechanism of Pt-free oxygen reduction catalysts”, Electrochim. Acta, 214, 307 (2016)
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A. Muthukrishnan, Y. Nabae, T. Ohsaka, “Role of iron in the reduction of H2O2 intermediate during the oxygen reduction reaction on iron-containing polyimide-based electrocatalysts”, RSC Adv., 6, 3774 (2016).
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A. Muthukrishnan, Y. Nabae, T. Okajima and T. Ohsaka, “A kinetic approach to investigate mechanistic pathways of oxygen reduction reaction on Fe-containing N-doped carbon catalysts”, ACS catal., 5, 5194 (2015).
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A. Muthukrishnan, Y. Nabae, C.W. Chang, T. Okajima and T. Ohsaka, “A high-performance Fe and nitrogen doped catalysts derived from diazoniapentaphene salt and phenolic resin mixture for oxygen reduction reaction”, Catal. Sci. Technol., 5, 1764 (2015).
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A. Muthukrishnan, Y. Nabae, T. Hayakawa, T. Okajima and T. Ohsaka. “Fe-containing polyimide-based high-performance ORR catalysts in acidic medium: A kinetic approach to study the durability of catalysts”, Catal. Sci. Technol., 5, 475 (2015).​
Publications from IIT Madras (2005 to 2010)
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A. Muthukrishnan, V. Boyarskiy, M.V. Sangaranarayanan and I. Boyarskaya, “Mechanism and regioselectivity of electrochemical reducti on in polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) – kinetic analysis for the successive reduction of chlorines from dichlorobiphenyls”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 655 (2012).
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A. Muthukrishnan, M.V. Sangaranarayanan, V.P. Boyarskiy and I.A. Boyarskaya, “Regioselective electrochemical reduction of 2,4-dichlorobiphenyl - distinct standard reduction potentials for carbon-chlorine bonds using convolution potential sweep voltammetry”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 490, 148 (2010).
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A. Muthukrishnan and M.V. Sangaranarayanan, “Analysis of C-F bond cleavages in methylfluorobenzoates- fragmentation and dimerization of anion radicals using convolution potential sweep voltammetry”, Electrochim. Acta, 55, 1664 (2010).
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A. Muthukrishnan and M.V. Sangaranarayanan, “Mechanistic analysis of the reductive cleavage of carbon-halogen bonds in halopentafluorobenzenes”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 156(2), F23 (2009).
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A. Muthukrishnan and M.V. Sangaranarayanan, “Electrochemical reduction of carbon–fluorine bond in 4-fluorobenzonitrile – mechanistic analysis employing Marcus–Hush quadratic activation-driving force relation”, Chem. Phys. Lett., 446, 297 (2007).
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A. Muthukrishnan and M.V. Sangaranarayanan, “Hydration energies of C60 and C70 fullerenes – A novel Monte Carlo simulation study”, Chem. Phys., 331, 200 (2007)
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A. Muthukrishnan and M.V. Sangaranarayanan, “Differential capacitance of liquid/liquid interfaces - A lattice gas model approach”, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 296, 624 (2006).
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