Kanak Roy

About

I am currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University. Our research focuses in developing heterogeneous catalytic systems for thermocatalytic CO2 reduction and photocatalytic H2 production.

Employment

• Banaras Hindu University Assistant Professor (Physical Chemistry)
  2020 - Present
• Diamond Light Source (United Kingdom) Postdoctoral Research Associate
  2018 - 2020
• ETH Zurich Postdoktorand
  2015 - 2018
• National Chemical Laboratory CSIR PhD
  2009 - 2014

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur M.Sc.
  2007 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (30)

• Tuning interfacial hole transfer to improve charge separation in copper-decorated MoSe2–CdS nanocomposite for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production under visible light
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2026 1 citation DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.156377
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• Recent advances in single-atom heterogeneous catalysts in thermocatalytic carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol
  Materials Today 2025 12 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2025.08.010
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• Paramagnetic States in Oxygen-Doped Boron Nitride Extend Light Harvesting and Photochemistry to the Deep Visible Region
  Chemistry of Materials 2023 10 citations DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c01646
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• Following Cu Microstructure Evolution in CuZnO/Al2O3(−Cs) Catalysts During Activation in H2 using in situ XRD and XRD‐CT
  Chemistry–Methods 2023 3 citations DOI: 10.1002/cmtd.202200077
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• The Versatile Soft X-Ray (VerSoX) Beamline at Diamond Light Source
  Synchrotron Radiation News 2022 21 citations DOI: 10.1080/08940886.2022.2082181
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• Formation Mechanism and Porosity Development in Porous Boron Nitride
  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021 27 citations DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08565
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• A combined laboratory and synchrotron in-situ photoemission study of the rutile TiO2 (110)/water interface
  Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2021 11 citations DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/abddfb
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• Operando characterisation of alumina-supported bimetallic Pd–Pt catalysts during methane oxidation in dry and wet conditions
  Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2021 13 citations DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/abde67
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• Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source
  Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 2020 69 citations DOI: 10.1107/s1600577520009157
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• Methanol Synthesis at a Wide Range of H 2 /CO 2 Ratios over a Rh‐In Bimetallic Catalyst
  Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020 99 citations DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000841
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