Prof. Dr. Chikka Nagaiah Tharamani

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsElectrochemistry
KeywordsBatteries, electrodeposition, SECM, Fuel cells, electrocatalysts, Biosensors
Honours and awards

2012: Ramanujan Fellowship from DST, India

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityRupnagar
InstitutionIndian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang SchuhmannArbeitsgruppe Elektroanalytik & Sensorik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Prof. Dr. Aliaksandr BandarenkaPhysik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang SchuhmannFakultät für Chemie - Lehrstuhl für Analytische Chemie - Zentrum für Elektrochemie (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2009

Program(s)

2008Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2012Vasanthakumar Ganga Ramu, Ankur Bordoloi, Tharamani C. Nagaiah, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Martin Muhler, Chiara Cabrele: Copper nanoparticles stabilized on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as efficient and recyclable catalysts for alkyne/aldehyde/cyclic amine A3-type coupling reactions. In: Applied Catalysis A: General, 2012, 88-94
2012Tharamani C. Nagaiah, Ankur Bordoloi, Miguel D. S nchez, Martin Muhler, and Wolfgang Schuhmann[: Mesoporous Nitrogen-Rich Carbon Materials as Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Solution. In: ChemSusChem, 2012, 637-641
2012Shankhamala Kundu, Tharamani Chikka Nagaiah, XingXing Chen, Wei Xia, Michael Bron, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Martin Muhler: Synthesis of an improved hierarchical carbon-fiber composite as a catalyst support for platinum and its application in electrocatalysis. In: Carbon, 2012, 4534-4542
2011Jin Chen, Nagaiah Tharamani Chikka, Xia Wei, Bron Michael, Schuhmann Wolfgang, Muhler Martin: Polythiophene-Assisted Vapor Phase Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube-Supported Rhodium Sulfide as Oxygen Reduction Catalyst for HCl Electrolysis. In: ChemSusChem, 2011, 927-930
2010Chen Jin, Tharamani Chikka Nagaiah, Wei Xia, Bernd Spliethoff, Shanshan Wang, Michael Bron, Wolfgang Schuhmann and Martin Muhler: Metal-free and electrocatalytically active nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes synthesized by coating with polyaniline . In: Nanoscale , 2010, 981-987
2010Tharamani, Chikka Nagaiah ; Shankhamala, Kundu; Michael, Bron; Martin, Muhler; Wolfgang,Schuhmann;: Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as a cathode catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline medium. In: Electrochemistry Communications , 2010, 338-341
2010Maljusch, Artjom; Tharamani, Chikka Nagaiah; Schwamborn, Stefanie; Bron, Michael; Schuhmann, Wolfgang: Pt-Ag Catalysts as Cathode Material for Oxygen-Depolarized Electrodes in Hydrochloric Acid Electrolysis. In: Analytical Chemistry (Washington, DC, United States) , 2010, 1890-1896
2010Chen Jin, Wei Xia, Tharamani Chikka Nagaiah, Junsong Guo, Xingxing Chen, Nan Li, Michael Bron, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Martin Muhler: Rh-RhSx nanoparticles grafted on functionalized carbon nanotubes as catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. In: Journal of Materials Chemistry , 2010, 736-742
2009Chen Jin, Wei Xia, Tharamani Chikka Nagaiah, Junsong Guo, Xingxing Chen, Michael Bron, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Martin Muhler: On the role of the thermal treatment of sulfided Rh/CNT catalysts applied in the oxygen reduction reaction. In: ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA , 2009, 7186-7193
2009Ayodele O. Okunola, Tharamani Chikka Nagaiah, Xingxing Chen, Kathrin Eckhard, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Michael Bron: Visualization of local electrocatalytic activity of metalloporphyrins towards oxygen reduction by means of redox competition scanning electrochemical microscopy (RC-SECM) . In: ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA , 2009, 4971-4978
2009Tharamani Chikka Nagaiah, Artjom Maljusch, Xingxing Chen, Michael Bron, Wolfgang Schuhmann Visualization of the Local Catalytic Activity of Electrodeposited Pt-Ag Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction by means of SECM. In: CHEMPHYSCHEM, 2009, 2711-2718