Vishal Govind Rao
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, University of Michigan, Banaras Hindu University, Bowling Green State University
0000-0003-1205-3006
About
Vishal Govind Rao joined the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 2019 as an Assistant Professor. Previously he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan and the Department of Photochemical Sciences at Bowling Green State University. He received his Ph.D. in 2013 from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. His lab seeks to understand the fundamental properties of photocatalytic materials that affect their catalytic efficiency. His main research interest is plasmonic photocatalysis, interfacial charge transfer dynamics, efficient solar energy utilization strategies, and carbon dioxide reduction into hydrocarbon fuels. He specializes in time-resolved and single-molecule spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, interface science and materials chemistry.
Employment
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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Assistant Professor2019 - Present
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University of Michigan Postdoctoral Research Fellow2017 - 2019
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Bowling Green State University Postdoctoral Research Associate2013 - 2017
Education
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Banaras Hindu University B.Sc.2004 - 2007
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (63)
- The Pivotal Role of Hot Carriers in Plasmonic Catalysis of C−N Bond Forming Reaction of Amines Save
- Efficient Extraction of Energetic Charge Carriers from an Engineered Plasmonic Nanocomposite to Perform Cascade Reactions Save
- Chemical Requirement for Extracting Energetic Charge Carriers from Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles to Perform Electron-Transfer Reactions Save
- Unearthing the factors governing site specific rates of electronic excitations in multicomponent plasmonic systems and catalysts Save
- Catalytic conversion of solar to chemical energy on plasmonic metal nanostructures Save
- Probing single-molecule electron-hole transfer dynamics at a molecule-NiO semiconductor nanocrystalline interface Save
- Electronic Coupling-Decoupling Dependent Single-Molecule Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics in Electrostatically-Attached Porphyrin on TiO2 Nanoparticles Save
- Electronic Coupling-Decoupling-Dependent Single-Molecule Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics in Electrostatically Attached Porphyrin on TiO2 Nanoparticles Save
- Inhomogeneous and Complex Interfacial Electron-Transfer Dynamics: A Single-Molecule Perspective Save
- Probing Driving Force and Electron Accepting State Density Dependent Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics: Suppressed Fluorescence Blinking of Single-Molecules on Indium Tin Oxide Semiconductor Save