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Publications from IISER THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (2017 onwards)

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2025 

Highly Durable Bifunctional LaCoxNi1–xO3-Based Electrocatalysts for Zinc–Air Batteries

Parvathi Vijayakumar Geetha, Anook Nazer Eledath and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2025, ASAP   DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.5c01014

Trifunctional GdCoO3 perovskite electrocatalysts for zinc–air battery and water electrolysis applications

Annet Anna Thomas, Anook Nazer Eledath, M. Junaid Bushiri and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

Mater. Adv., 2025, Advance Article   DOI:  10.1039/D5MA00193E

MOF-Derived CoW-Alloy Carbon Nanotubes: A Trifunctional Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting and Zinc-Air Battery Applications

Shankar Baskaran, Gokul Pandiyan Mageswari, Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

ChemCatChem, 2025, e00598   DOI: 10.1002%2Fcctc.202500598

Mechanochemical doping of boron & nitrogen on graphite as the metal-free bifunctional electrocatalysts for zinc-air battery

Anook Nazer Eledath, Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

Electrochimica Acta, 525, 2025, 146132   DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146132

2024 

Origin of the Oxygen Reduction Activity on Boron-Doped Fe–N–C Catalysts for Zinc–Air Battery Applications

Anook Nazer Eledath, Anuroop Edathiparambil Poulose and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2024, 7, 6, 2378–2391   DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c03122

Active site exploration of core–corona structured bifunctional cobalt ferrite-containing nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes for rechargeable zinc–air battery application

Shankar Baskaran, Anook Nazer Eledath and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2024, 8, 1761-1768    DOI: 10.1039/D4SE00084F

2023 

Synthesis of Few-Layer Graphene by Ball-Milling for Oxygen Reduction: Kinetics and Mechanistic Insights

Anook Nazer Eledath, Anuroop Edathiparambil Poulose and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 2023, 1, 8, 2304–2314   DOI: 10.1021/acsaenm.3c00344

Dendritic hollow nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres for oxygen reduction at primary zinc–air batteries

J. Anjana, Anook Nazer Eledath and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 4216-4225    DOI: 10.1039/D3MA00304C

Unravelling the role of iron carbide in oxygen reduction catalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries: a comprehensive kinetics & mechanistic study

S. Arya Gopal, Anook Nazer Eledath and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2023,7, 4618-4629    DOI: 10.1039/D3SE00676J

2022 

Effect of local pH change on non-PGM catalysts – a potential-dependent mechanistic analysis of the oxygen reduction reaction

J. Anjana and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022,12, 6246-6255    DOI: 10.1039/D2CY01099B

O-Functionalization of N-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide for Topological Defect-Driven Oxygen Reduction

Anook Nazer Eledath, Anuroop Edathiparambil Poulose and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 8, 10528–10536   DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.2c01852

2021 

Kinetic Insights into the Mechanism of Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Fe2O3/C Composites

S. Arya Gopal, Anuroop Edathiparambil Poulose, Chandran Sudakar and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 37, 44195–44206    DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c10114

2020 

Synergistic effect on BCN nanomaterials for the oxygen reduction reaction – a kinetic and mechanistic analysis to explore the active sites

E. A. Anook Nazer and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020,10, 6659-6668    DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00911C

Collaborations

  1. 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, 2024, 129695.

  2. 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., 2024, 31 (4), 1489-1502.

  3. 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., 2023, 21, 2922-2929 (2023)

  4. Y. Wu, A. Muthukrishnan, S. Nagata, Y. Nabae, "Tafel Slope Analysis from Inherent Rate Constants for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Over N-doped Carbon and Fe-N-doped Carbon Electrocatalysts," Catal. Surv. Asia, 2023, 27, 84-94. 

  5. V. Gowri, S. Jalwal, A. H. Dar, A. Gopal, A. Muthukrishnan, A. Bajaj, A. M. 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, 2021, 410, 113163.

  6. 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, 2020, 124, 17599.

  7. 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., 2019, 84, 8941.

Publications from Tokyo Institute of Technology (2012 to 2017)

  1. Y. Wu, 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, 2019, 123, 4590.​

  2. Y. Nabae, A. Muthukrishnan and Y. Wu, “Rotating Ring-Disk Electrode Voltammetry Considering the Quasi-Four Electron Reduction of Oxygen for Fe/N/C Catalysts,” ECS Trans., 2017, 80, 701.

  3. 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, 2016, 120, 22515.

  4. 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., 2016, 75, 869.

  5. 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, 2016, 214, 307.

  6. A. Muthukrishnan, Y. Nabae, T. Ohsaka, “Role of iron in the reduction of Hâ‚‚Oâ‚‚ intermediate during the oxygen reduction reaction on iron-containing polyimide-based electrocatalysts,” RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 3774.

  7. 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., 2015, 5, 5194.

  8. 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., 2015, 5, 1764.

  9. 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., 2015, 5, 475.​

Publications from IIT Madras (2005 to 2010)

  1. A. Muthukrishnan, V. Boyarskiy, M.V. Sangaranarayanan and I. Boyarskaya, “Mechanism and regioselectivity of electrochemical reduction in polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs)—kinetic analysis for the successive reduction of chlorines from dichlorobiphenyls,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 116, 2012, 655.

  2. 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., 2010, 490, 148.

  3. 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, 2010, 55, 1664.

  4. A. Muthukrishnan and M.V. Sangaranarayanan, “Mechanistic analysis of the reductive cleavage of carbon-halogen bonds in halopentafluorobenzenes,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 2009, 156(2), F23.

  5. 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., 2007, 446, 297.

  6. A. Muthukrishnan and M.V. Sangaranarayanan, “Hydration energies of C60 and C70 fullerenes—A novel Monte Carlo simulation study,” Chem. Phys., 2007, 331, 200.

  7. A. Muthukrishnan and M.V. Sangaranarayanan, “Differential capacitance of liquid/liquid interfaces—A lattice gas model approach,” J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2006, 296, 624.

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