Dr. Mridula Baro

Dr. Mridula Baro

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. : IIT Madras

Research Interests:

Carbon Nanomaterials, Solar Cells, Supercapacitors, Gas Sensors, Energy, Environmental Sustainability
Joined the University in Feb 3, 2020

Phone: +91 7358639436
Email: mridula.baro@cottonuniversity.ac.in

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About

Educational Qualification:
M.Sc. from Gauhati University, 2005
M.Tech. from IIT Kharagpur, 2008
PhD. from IIT Madras, 2015
Post Doc from IIT Madras, 2015-2017

 

 

 

 

Research Projects

Nil

Research paper publications till 2021

A. Published in National and International Journals:

    1. Nitrogen-Containing Tubular Hollow Carbon Frameworks: A Nongraphitic Carbon for a Robust Room Temperature Hydrogen Gas Sensing Application, Jaidev HarjwaniMridula BaroSundara Ramaprabhu,  IEEE Sensors Letters, ISSN: 2475-1472, (2021), 5, DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2021.3050259 (Impact Factor- 2.78).
    2. Conductive and nitrogen-enriched porous carbon nanostructure derived from poly (para-phenylenediamine) for energy conversion and storage applications, M Baro, J Harjwani, S Ramaprabhu, Applied Surface Science, ISSN: 0169-4332, (2020), 503, 144069, DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144069 (Impact Factor- 7.932).
    3. Nitrogen-Containing Hierarchically Porous Tubular Carbon as an Efficient Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, M Baro, J Harjwani, S Ramaprabhu, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, ISSN: 2156-3381, (2019), 9, 700, DOI10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2897732. (Impact Factor-4.401)
    4. Room temperature hydrogen gas sensing properties of mono dispersed platinum nanoparticles on graphene-like carbon-wrapped carbon nanotubes, Jaidev, M Baro, S Ramaprabhu, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, ISSN: 0360-3199, (2018), 43, 16421, DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.06.178. (Impact Factor- 7.139)
    5. Graphitic carbon nitride hybrid nanostructure Supported metal nanoparticles as a novel low-cost counter electrode for Dye-sensitized solar cell, N Divya, M Baro, S Ramaprabhu, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ISSN: 1533-4899, (2016), 16, 9583,  DOI:10.1166/jnn.2016.12147. (Impact Factor-1.70 )
    6. Platinum and platinum-iron alloy nanoparticles dispersed nitrogen-doped graphene as high performance room temperature hydrogen sensor, R Sripada, V B Parambath, M Baro, P Santhosh , R Sundara, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, ISSN: 0360-3199, (2015), 40, 10346,  DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.06.018. (Impact Factor-7.139).
    7. Electrochemical catalytic activity study of nitrogen containing hierarchically porous carbon and its application in dye-sensitized solar cell, M Baro, Jaidev, S Ramaprabhu, RSC Advances, ISSN: 2046-2069, (2016),  6,  96109,  DOI: 10.1039/C6RA18121J.  (Impact Factor-4.036)  
    8. Enhanced Photovoltaic performance in Polypyrrole nanoparticles Counter Electrode due to incorporation of Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes, M Baro, C Vijayan, S Ramaprabhu, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ISSN: 1533-4899, (2015), 15, 4941, DOI:10.1166/jnn.2015.9813. (Impact Factor- 1.70)
    9. Multi-Edged Wrinkled- Graphene like Carbon-Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes and Highly Conductive Pt-Free Counter Electrode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, M Baro, S Ramaprabhu, Journal of Nanoparticles Research, ISSN: 1572-896X, (2014), 16, 2711,  DOI:10.1007/s11051-014-2711-9. (Impact Factor-2.533)
    10. Green approach for the large-scale synthesis of metal/metal oxide nanoparticles decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes, M Baro, P Nayak, TT Baby, S Ramaprabhu, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ISSN: 2050-7488, (2013), 1, 482, DOI:10.1039/C2TA00483F. (Impact Factor- 14.511
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B. Published/Presented in National and International Conferences:

  1. Growth Mechanism of ZnO Microstructures with Different Reaction Time by Hydrothermal Method, Mridula Baro, C. Vijayan and S. Ramaprabhu, IIT Bombay, Bombay, India,         DAE-SSPS 2012 conference, Dec. 3-7, 2012 (National).
  2.  Effect of duration of hydrothermal treatment on the top down synthesis of TiO2 nanotubes, Mridula Baro, Adarsh Kaniyoor and S. Ramaprabhu, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, International symposium for research scholars (ISRS 2012), Dec.13-15, 2012 (International).
  3. Electrophoretic deposition of TiO2/Graphene Electrodes for Flexible Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Mridula Baro, C Vijayan and S. Ramaprabhu, Geological Society and Burlington House, London, UK, New Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials Faraday Discussion 173, Sept. 1-3, 2014 (International).
  4.  Conductive and nitrogen-enriched porous carbon nanostructure derived from poly (para-phenylenediamine) for energy
    conversion and storage applications, Mridula Baro, Jaidev, S. Ramaprabhu, S.S. Jain Subodh P.G. College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. An International Conference on Materials for Energy Applications (ICME-2018), Dec. 6-8, 2018 (International).
  5. Polypyrrole derived rectangular carbon nanotubes for room temperature hydrogen gas sensing applications, Jaidev,
    Mridula Baro, S. Ramaprabhu, S.S. Jain Subodh P.G. College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. An International Conference on Materials for Energy Applications (ICME-2018), Dec. 6-8, 2018 (International).
  6. Platinum dispersed polypyrrole derived carbon for room temperature hydrogen gas sensing, Jaidev, Mridula Baro, S.
    Ramaprabhu, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India, on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN 2019), Jan. 28-30, 2019 (International).

 

Students

Sl.No Name Research Topic Roll No
1 Partha Pratim Sarma Nanomaterials, Energy, Environmental Sustainability PHY2091006
2 Partha Pratim Sarma

Patents

1. US9149833B2-Metal nanoparticle decorated carbon nanotubes and methods of preparation and use. Inventors: Sundara Ramaprabhu, Mridula Baro, Pranati Nayak, Tessy Theres Baby, International (US Patent), 2012 (filed), 2015 (granted).