Functional Materials Laboratory

Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee

Mr. Sachin Balhara


Research Interests

Electrochemistry of not so active molecules and materials

Academic Details

Joined as Research Scholar at IIT Roorkee in 2020

M.Sc. in Chemistry from Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi (2019)

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

Current Research Area: Electrochemistry of not so active molecules and materials

The research is mainly focused on the explorative research on the electrochemcial activation of not so active molecules and materials.

Academic Achievements

1. Qualified GATE (2019)

2. Qualified UGC-JRF in Chemistry (2019)

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. Sachin Balhara, Anuj Rawat, Nisha Dhiman, Paritosh Mohanty, Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia in an Aqueous Environment Using Nanoporous N-and P-Enriched Carbonaceous Material, Langmuir 41 (1), 361-370 (2024)

3. Sachin Balhara, Ruchi Sharma, Shubham Sharma, Paritosh Mohanty, Boron-Enriched Benzene Boronic Acid Based Hyper-Cross-Linked Polymer for Selective Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction to Ammonia, ACS Applied Polymer Materials 6 (11), 6393-6399 (2024)

4. Jasasmita Das, Ruchi Sharma, Sachin Balhara, Paritosh Mohanty*, Thermochemical and electrochemical CO2 reduction by a cyclophosphazene and triazine based inorganic-organic hybrid nanoporous metal-free catalyst, Fuel (2023), Impact Factor: 8.035