Functional Materials Laboratory

Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee

Arun Kumar


Research Interests

Electrochemical investigations using non-aqueous electrolytes

Academic Details

Joined as Research Scholar at IIT Roorkee in 2020

M.Sc. in Chemistry from C.C.S. University, Meerut (2019)

B.Sc. in Chemistry(H) from University of Delhi (2017)

Current Research Area: Electrochemical investigations using non-aqueous electrolytes

In this research various non-aqueous electrolytes will be explored for various electrochemcial processess. One of the major objectives is the modification of the non-aqueous electrolytes to improve the properties and applications.

Academic Achievements

1. Qualified GATE-2020

2. Qualified CSIR-JRF with AIR 86 in 2019

3. INSPIRE fellow, DST Govt. of India (2014-19)

Publications

1. Arun Kumar, Prakriti Thakur, Nisha Dhiman, Sachin Balhara, Paritosh Mohanty, A nitrogen and phosphorus enriched inorganic–organic hybrid material for electrochemical detection of selenium (iv) ions, Nanoscale Advances (2025)

2. Nisha Dhiman, Arun Kumar, Paritosh Mohanty, Nitrogen and phosphorus enriched nanoporous carbonaceous material for gas sorption and supercapacitor applications, Materials Science and Engineering: B 309, 117629 (2024)

3. Arun Kumar, Preeti Rawat, Bhisma Narayan Mahanty, Paritosh Mohanty, Nitrogen-enriched nanoporous polytriazine as efficient electrode material for high-performance supercapacitor application in non-aqueous medium with high cyclic stability, Journal of Energy Storage 96, 112650 2 (2024)

4. Arun Kumar, Bhisma Narayan Mahanty, Anuj Rawat, Raeesh Muhammad, Rajib Kumar Panigrahi, Debabrata Pradhan, and Paritosh Mohanty*, Transition metal substituted nanoporous manganese ferrites Mn0.95M0.05Fe2O4 (M: Co, Cu and Zn) as electrode materials for high performance supercapacitor in redox-active non-aqueous electrolytes, Energy & Fuels, 2023, 37, 6810–6823.