Dr.  Mridula Baro

Dr. Mridula Baro

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. : IIT Madras

Research Interests:

Carbon Nanomaterials, Solar Cells, Supercapacitors, Gas Sensors, Energy, Environmental Sustainability
Date of Joining : 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 Projects

Sl. No Name of the Project Name of the Principal Investigator(PI) Name of the Co-PI Name of the Funding Agency Type (Government/Non-Government) Year Funds Sanctioned (INR in lakhs) Duration of the Project
1 Copper Nanoparticles Coated Bamboo-Derived Porous Carbon for Antimicrobial Water Purification
Status: Ongoing
Dr Mridula Baro - Cotton University In House 2023 1,00,000 1.5 years
2 Design of nitrogen enriched porous carbon nanostructure derived from silkworm pupae for energy applications
Status: Completed
Dr Mridula Baro - Cotton University In House 2021 Rs.1,00,000 One year
3 Development of high flux Neutron Beam Shaping Assembly (BSA) for BNCT applications
Status: Ongoing
Dr Mridula Baro - UGC DAE Government 2021 Rs. 2,43,240 per year Three years

Research paper publications

2024

1. Partha P. Sarma, Basanta K. Rajbongshi, Jiban J. Das, Jaidev Harjwani, Mridula Baro, Facile fabrication of functional poly (para-phenylenediamine) nanotubes using self-degraded methyl orange template, Synthetic Metals, vol. 306, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2024.117633

2021

1. Jaidev Harjwani; Mridula Baro; Sundara Ramaprabhu , Nitrogen-Containing Tubular Hollow Carbon Frameworks: A Nongraphitic Carbon for a Robust Room Temperature Hydrogen Gas Sensing Application, IEEE Sensors, vol. 5, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2021.3050259

Research paper publications till 2021

A. Published in National and International Journals:

    1. 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- 6.3).
    2. 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)
    3. 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- 8.1)
    4. 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 )
    5. 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-8.1).
    6. 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)  
    7. 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)
    8. 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)
    9. 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- 10.7)

B. Published/Presented in National and International Conferences:

  1. 1-Dimensional Polymer Nanostructure from Aromatic Diamine, Partha P. Sarma, Basanta K. Rajbongshi, Jiban J. Das and Mridula Baro, presented during 67th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, December 20-24, 2023, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
  2. Future Prospects of Nanocarbons as Emerging Materials for Advanced Applications, A-talk delivered during the Workshop on Synthesis of Nanoparticles and their Application (WSNA 2023), ORGANISED BY ADVANCED LEVEL INSTITUTIONAL BIOTECH HUB AND IQAC, HANDIQUE GIRLS’ COLLEGE 26th December-30th December, 2023.
  3. Status of the differentially pumped gas cell for investigating charge exchange processes in Positive Ion Mass Spectrometry PIMS, Nabajyoti Pandit, Abhijit Barthakur, Jiban Jyoti Das, Pradip Barua, Thomas Varughese, Sanjay Kumar Saini, Akhil Jhingan, C.P. Safvan, Mahadev Patgiri, Mridula Baro, Anup Kumar Nath, Ganesh Chandra Wary, Prakash Chandra Rout, Satyaranjan Santra, Vivek Murlidhar Datar, Sandeep Ghugre, Proceedings of the DAE symposium on nuclear physics , Volume 67, Year 2023, Pages 1293.

  4. Design of Beam Shaping Assembly (BSA) for Accelerator Driven Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (AD- BNCT), D. Saikia, M. Baro, M. M. Devi, S S Ghugre , A. Barthakur , J.J. Das , A. Nath, M Patgiri, D. Sarma , G. C. Wary , K. Boruah , B. Jyrwa , N. Nimai Singh , P. C. Rout , Rajarshi Raut , S. Santra , V. M. Datar , S. Sharma , P Kalita, S Goswami, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys , Volume 44, Year 2022, Pages 1160.

  5. The dream North Eastern Accelerator Facility: R & D efforts by CUPAC NE Collaboration, J J Das*, A. Barthakur, M. Baro, D Barooah, A. K. Nath, M. Patgiri, D. Sarma and G. C. Wary, S Santra, P C Rout, MH M. M. Devi, B Lalremruata, L Borah, R Brahma, K. Kalita, K. Boruah, G Devi, N. N. Singh, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS symposium on nuclear physics , Volume 66, Year 2022, Pages 25

  6. Energy Applications of Carbon Nanomaterials, A-lecture delivered during One Week Online Short Term Training Program on “Emerging Tools and Technologies in Material Science and Engineering” organized by Department of Applied Physics, Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India during 21st-25th September 2020.
  7. Mridula Baro, Jaidev, S. Ramaprabhu, “Conductive and nitrogen-enriched porous carbon nanostructure derived from poly (para-phenylenediamine) for energy conversion and storage applications”An International Conference on Materials for Energy Applications (ICME-2018), S.S. Jain Subodh P.G. College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Dec. 6-8, 2018.
  8. Complex System Approach to Self-Organization, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, Feb. 1-5, 2016.
  9. M. Baro, C Vijayan and S. Ramaprabhu, “Electrophoretic deposition of TiO2/Graphene Electrodes for Flexible Dye-sensitized Solar Cells” , New Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials Faraday Discussion 173, Geological Society and Burlington House, London, UK, Sept. 1-3, 2014.
  10. M. Baro, C Vijayan and S. Ramaprabhu, “ Nitrogen doped Few Layered Graphene as Counter Electrode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cell” , In-House symposium, Department of Physics, IIT Madras, March 8, 2014.
  11. International Workshop on Coating and Surfaces in Biomedical Engineering, IC& SR, IIT Madras, Feb. 16-19, 2014. 
  12. M. Baro, Adarsh Kaniyoor and S. Ramaprabhu, “Effect of duration of hydrothermal treatment on the top down synthesis of TiO2 nanotubes”, International symposium for research scholars (ISRS 2012), IIT Madras, chennai, India, Dec.13-15, 2012.
  13. M. Baro, C. Vijayan and S. Ramaprabhu, “Growth Mechanism of ZnO Microstructures with Different Reaction Time by Hydrothermal Method”, IIT Bombay, Bombay, India, Dec.3-7, 2012.
  14. M. Baro, A. Kaniyoor, S. Ramaprabhu, “ Pt-Co nanoparticles decorated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Counter Electrode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cell”, 4th International conference on Advanced Nanomaterials (ANM 2012), IIT Madras, Chennai, India, Oct. 17-19, 2012.

 

Research Scholars

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

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).