Professor

Debaprasad Shee

CHE-509

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Research Lab: CHE-519

PhD: Ph.D,IIT Kanpur

Research Interests: Heterogeneous Catalysis; Catalysis over supported metal and metal oxide catalysts; Microporous and mesoporous material; Nanostructured catalysts; Operando spectroscopic characterization; Fuels and Chemicals from renewables; CO2 Conversion; Biomass Conversion; H2 production; Activation of light alkanes, Endothermic Fuel, Coal to valued products, Environmental remediation

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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.

Selected Publications

Kinetics of hydrodeoxygenation of octanol over supported nickel catalysts: a mechanistic study

Venkata Chandra Sekhar Palla, Debaprasad Shee, Sunil K Maity

Journal: RSC AdvancesYear: 2014DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra06826b

Kinetics of hydrodeoxygenation of stearic acid using supported nickel catalysts: Effects of supports

Pankaj Kumar, Sudhakara Reddy Yenumala, Sunil K Maity, Debaprasad Shee

Journal: Applied Catalysis A: GeneralYear: 2014DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2013.11.021

Steam reforming of isobutanol for the production of synthesis gas over Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalysts

Vimala Dhanala, Sunil K Maity, Debaprasad Shee

Journal: RSC AdvancesYear: 2013DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra44705g

Light hydrocarbon dehydrogenation over Mesoporous Cr2O3-Al2O3 Catalysts

Debaprasad Shee, Abdelhamid Sayari

Journal: Applied Catalysis A: GeneralYear: 2010DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2010.09.013

Characterization and Reactivity of Sol-Gel Synthesized TiO2-Al2O3 Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts

Debaprasad Shee, Goutam Deo, Andrew M. Hirt

Journal: Journal of CatalysisYear: 2010DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2010.05.017

The promotion of Vanadia-Alumina and Vanadia-Titania by Surface Molybdenum Oxide for the Propane ODH Reaction

Sudhir C Nayak, Debaprasad Shee, Goutam Deo

Journal: Catalysis LettersYear: 2010DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-010-0322-3

Catalysis over Pore-expanded MCM-41 Mesoporous Materials

Abdelhamid. Sayari, Debaprasad Shee, Nabil Al-Yassir, Yong Yang

Journal: Topics in Catalysis Year: 2010DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-009-9420-0

Adsorption and ODH Reaction of Alkane on Sol-Gel Synthesized TiO2-WO3 Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts: In-situ DRIFT and Structure-Reactivity study

Debaprasad Shee, Goutam Deo

Journal: Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical Year: 2009DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2009.03.032

Characterization and Reactivity of TiO2/SiO2 Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts

Debaprasad Shee, Goutam Deo

Journal: Catalysis Letters Year: 2008DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-008-9473-x

Kinetic parameter estimation for supported vanadium oxide catalysts for propane ODH reaction: Effect of loading and support

Debaprasad Shee, T. V. Malleswara Rao, Goutam Deo

Journal: Catalysis Today Year: 2006DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2006.07.017

Patents

Conversion of biomass-derived 6-amyl-a-pyrone (6-PP) to n-decane

Aishwarya Kollamvalappil Narayanan, Shelaka Gupta, M. Ali Haider, Md. Imteyaz Alam, Debaprasad Shee, Indian Patent (Indian Patent No. 566760, Appl. no: 202441083509, dated 30/10/2024)

Filed: 2024

A system and process for segregation of low ash clean coal from coal tailing

Santosh Kumar Sriramoju, Pratik Swarup Dash, Raja Banerjee, Saptarshi Majumdar and Debaprasad Shee, Indian Patent (Patent No: 429768, Appl. no: 202031005007, dated 05/02/2020)

Filed: 2020

Method of preparing synthetic anode materials using demineralized coal

Santosh Kumar Sriramoju, Chandrachur Banerjee, Pratik Swarup Dash, Adarsh Raj Asileti, Chandrashekhar Sharma, Suresh Mamidi, Mayur Gaikwad, Saptarshi Majumdar, and Debaprasad Shee, Indian Patent (Appl no: 202231004700 dated 28/01/2022)

Filed: 2022