Dr. Sib Sankar Mal

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Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsInorganic Molecular Chemistry,Construction Material Sciences, Chemistry, Building Physics
KeywordsSynthesis, homogenous and heterogeneous catalysis, Energy, Supercapacitor, polyoxometalate

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityMangalore
InstitutionNational Institute of Technology Karnataka
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter BurgerInstitut für Anorganische und Angewandte Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Dr. Holger StephanInstitut für Radiopharmazeutische Krebsforschung, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Dresden
Prof. Dr. Sanjay MathurInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Prof. Dr. Ulrich KortzDepartment of Life Sciences and Chemistry/ Downstream Bioprocessing Lab, Constructor University, Bremen
Dr. Sib Sankar MalDepartment of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2011

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Bhimaraya R Biradar, Swetha MT, Nivedya Thathron, Muhammed Anees Puniyanikkottil, Aniket Hanchate, Partha Pratim Das, Sib Sankar Mal*: Carbon Nanotube‐Supported Vanadium Substituted Phospho‐Molybdate Nanohybrid for Supercapacitor Applications. In: ChemPhysChem, 26, 2025, e202500557
2024Bhimaraya R Biradar, Nivedya Thathron, Partha Pratim Das, Sib Sankar Mal*: Pseudocapacitive effects of polyoxometalate implanted on graphene oxide matrix with polypyrrole for symmetric Supercapacitor applications. In: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 960, 2024, 118192
2022Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Pranay R Chandewar, Debaprasad Shee, Sib Sankar Mal*: Asymmetric polyoxometalate-polypyrrole composite electrode material for electrochemical energy storage supercapacitors. In: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 904, 2022, 115856
2022PK Muhammed Anees, Anjana Anandan Vannathan, MB Abhijith, Tatinaidu Kella, Debaprasad Shee, Sib Sankar Mal*: Imidazolium cation linkers of polyoxomolybdate-polypyrrole nanocomposite electrode-based energy storage supercapacitors. In: Materials Chemistry and Physics, 277, 2022, 125441
2022Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Tatinaidu Kella, Debaprasad Shee, Sib Sankar Mal*: Investigations of redox-active polyoxomolybdate embedded polyaniline-based electrode material for energy application. In: Ionics, 28, 2022, 1295–1310
2022Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Pranay Rajendra Chandewar, Debaprasad Shee, Sib Sankar Mal*: Polyoxovanadate-Activated Carbon-Based Hybrid Materials for High-Performance Electrochemical Capacitors. In: Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169, 2022, 050538
2022oumyabrata Banik, Sindhoora Kaniyala Melanthota, Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Krishna Kishore Mahato, Sib Sankar Mal*, Nirmal Mazumder: Spectroscopic methods for assessment of hand sanitizers. In: Chemical Papers, 76, 2022, 4907–4918
2022Dewendra Thakre, Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Abhishek Banerjee, Sib Sankar Mal*: Supercapacitor activity studies of a unique triangular oxo-vanadate-bisphosphonate composite with activated carbon. In: Ionics, 28, 2022, 4001–4010
2022Sukanya Maity, Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Pranay R Chandewar, Debaprasad Shee, Partha Pratim Das, Sib Sankar Mal*: Vanadomanganate as a synergistic component in high-performance symmetric supercapacitor. In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 899, 2022, 163239
2021Sukanya Maity, BM Neethu, Tatinaidu Kella, Debaprasad Shee, Partha Pratim Das, Sib Sankar Mal*: Activated carbon-supported Vanado-nickelate (IV) based hybrid materials for energy application. In: Journal of Energy Storage, 40, 2021, 102727
2021Sukanya Maity, Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Tatinaidu Kella, Debaprasad Shee, Partha Pratim Das, Sib Sankar Mal*: Electrochemical performance of activated carbon-supported vanadomolybdates electrodes for energy conversion. In: Ceramics International, 47, 2021, 27132-27141
2021Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Dewendra Thakre, Sk Rajab Ali, Mrinmoy De, Abhishek Banerjee, Sib Sankar Mal*: Investigations into the supercapacitor activity of bisphosphonate-polyoxovanadate compounds. In: Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 304, 2021, 122566
2021Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Tatinaidu Kella, Debaprasad Shee, Sib Sankar Mal*: One-pot synthesis of polyoxometalate decorated polyindole for energy storage supercapacitors. In: ACS omega, 6, 2021, 11199-11208
2021Muhammed Anees P. K, Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Tatinaidu Kella, Debaprasad Shee, Sib Sankar Mal*: Organic cation linkers polyoxomolybdate-polypyrrole nanocomposite-based supercapacitors. In: Ionics, 27, 2021, 4023–4035
2021Sukanya Maity, Madhusree JE, Bhimaraya R Biradar, Pranay R Chandewar, Debaprasad Shee, Partha Pratim Das, Sib Sankar Mal*: Polyoxomolybdate–Polypyrrole–Graphene Oxide Nanohybrid Electrode for High-Power Symmetric Supercapacitors. In: Energy & Fuels, 35, 2021, 18824-18832
2021Tatinaidu Kella, Anjana Anandan Vennathan, Saikat Dutta, Sib Sankar Mal, Debaprasad Shee: Selective dehydration of 1-butanol to butenes over silica supported heteropolyacid catalysts: Mechanistic aspect. In: Molecular Catalysis, 516, 2021, 111975
2020Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Sukanya Maity, Tatinaidu Kella, Debaprasad Shee, Partha Pratim Das, Sib Sankar Mal*: In situ vanadophosphomolybdate impregnated into conducting polypyrrole for supercapacitor. In: Electrochimica Acta, 364, 2020, 137286
2018Bikesh Gupta, Pavan Pujar, Sib Sankar Mal, Dipti Gupta, Saumen Mandal: Retention of high dielectric constant sodium beta alumina in solution combustion: role of aluminum ions complexation with urea, glycine and citric acid. In: Ceramic International, 2018, 2018, 1500-1511
2017Rama Ranjan Bhattacharjee, Thangamani Suppan, Sib Sankar Mal: A Liquid Derivative of Phosphotungstic Acid as Catalyst for Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation in Water: Facile Separation and Stability of Benzaldehyde at Room Temperature. In: ChemistrySelect, 2017, 4368-4375
2017Partha Pratim Das, Alex Jones, Marc Cahay, S. Kalita, Sib Sankar Mal, N. Sterin, T. Yadunath, M. Advaitha, Steve Herbert: Dependence of the 0.5x(2e2/h) conductance plateau on the aspect ratio of InAs quantum point contacts with in-plane side gates. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 2017, 121, 083901, 2017, 083901
2017Mehdi Mostajeran, Vanessa Prévot, Sib Sankar Mal, Emily Mattiussi, Boyd R. Davis, R. Tom Baker: Porous base-metal catalysts for alkaline-free sodium borohydride hydrolysis. In: International journal of hydrogen energy, 2017, 20092-20102
2016S. Dugar, Nataliya V.Izarova, Sib Sankar Mal, Riqiang Fu, H. -C. Joo, Uk Lee, Naresh S. Dalal, Michael T. Pope, Geoff B. Jameson, Ulrich Kortz: Characterization of PtIV-containing Polyoxometalates by High-Resolution Solid-State 195Pt and 51V NMR Spectroscopy . In: New J. Chem, 2016, 923-927
2015Naseer Rashda, Sib Sankar Mal, Ulrich Kortz, Gordon Armstrong, Fathima Laffir, Calum Dickinson, Mikhail Vagin, Timothy McCormac: Electrocatalysis by crown-type polyoxometalates multi-substituted by transition metal ions: Comparative study . In: Electrochem. Acta, 2015, 1248-1255
2014Rashda Naseera, Sib Sankar Mal, Masooma Ibrahim, Ulrich Kortz, Gordon Armstrong, Fathima Laffir, Calum Dickinson, Mikhail Vagin, Timothy McCormac: Redox, surface and electrocatalytic properties of layer-by-layer filmsbased upon Fe(III)-substituted crown polyoxometalate[P8W48O184Fe16(OH)28(H2O)4]20. In: Electrochem. Acta, 2014, 450-458
2013Claire Jahier, Sib Sankar Mal, Ulrich Kortz, Sylvain Nlate, Dendri-POM Hybrids Based on Keggin, Wells-Dawson, Preyssler and Venturello Polyanions and Their Catalytic Activity in Oxidation Reactions . In: Polyhedron, 2013, 57-63
2013Sib Sankar Mal, Oliver Tröppner, Ivana Ivanović-Burmazović, Peter Burger: Tetraalkylphosphonium Decavanadates: Synthesis, Structure and Solution Properties. In: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem, 2013, 1960-1967
2012Nargis Anwar, Mikhail Vagin, Rashda Naseer, Shahzad Imar, Masooma Ibrahim, Sib Sankar Mal, Ulrich Kortz, Fathima Laffir, Timothy McCormac: Redox Switching of Polyoxometalate-Methylene Blue based Layer-by-Layer Films . In: Langmuir, 2012, 5480-5488
2011Awatef S. Assran, Sib Sankar Mal, Natalya V. Izarova, Borislav Milev, Abhishek Banerjee, Andreas Suchopar, Masahiro Sadakane and Ulrich Kortz: Alpha and Beta Isomers of Tetrahafnium(IV) Containing Decatungstosilicates, [Hf-(OH)6(CH3COO)2(x-SiW10O37)2]12- (x = α, β). In: Dalton Trans., 2011, 2920-2925
2011Sib Sankar Mal, Frances H. Stephens, R. Tom Baker: Metal-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Amine-Borane Fuel Blend. In: Chem. Commun., 2011, 2922-2924
2011Mauro Carraro, Nadeen H. Nsouli, Holger Oelrich, Andrea Sartorel, Antonio Sorarú, Sib Sankar Mal, Gianfranco Scorrano, Lorenz Walder, Ulrich Kortz, Marcella Bonchio: Reactive ZrIV and HfIV Butterfly Peroxide on Polyoxometalate Surfaces: Bridging the gap between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis . In: Chem. Eur. J, 2011, 8371-8378
2011Masooma Ibrahim, Sib Sankar Mal, Bassem S. Bassil, Abhishek Banerjee, Ulrich Kortz: Yttrium(III)-containing tungstoantimonate(III) stabilized by capping, tetrahedral WO42- unit, [{Y(a-SbW9O31(OH)2)(CH3COO)(H2O)}3(WO4)]17. In: Inorg. Chem., 2011, 956-960
2010Bassem S. Bassil, Masooma Ibrahim, Sib Sankar Mal, Andreas Suchopar, Rosa Ngo Biboum, Bineta Keita, Louis Nadjo, Saritha Nellutla, Johan van Tol, Naresh S. Dalal, Ulrich Kortz: Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, and Vanadium Derivatives of the Cyclic 48-Tungsto-8-Phosphate [H7P8W48O184]33-. In: Inorg. Chem., 2010, 4949-4959
2010Claire Jahier, Sib Sankar Mal, Ulrich Kortz and Sylvain Nlate: Dendritic Zirconium-Peroxo Tungstosilicate Hybrids: Synthesis, Characterization and Use as Recoverable and Reusable Sulfide Oxidation Catalysts. In: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2010, 1559-1566
2010Ghada Al-Kadamany, Sib Sankar Mal, Borislav Milev, Baira Donoevap, Raisa Maksimovskaya, Oxana A Kholdeeva, Ulrich Kortz: Hexa-zirconium/hafnium-containing Tungstoarsenates(III) and their Oxidation Catalysis Properties. In: Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 11797-11800
2010Sib Sankar Mal⊥, Nadeen H. Nsouli⊥, Michael H. Dickman, Mauro Carraro, Andrea Sartorel, Gianfranco Scorrano, Marcella Bonchio and Ulrich Kortz: Peroxo-Zr/Hf Containing Undecatungstosilicates and -Germanates . In: Inorg. Chem., 2010, 7-9
2010Jie Zhang, Tianbo Liu, Sib Sankar Mal, Ulrich Kortz: Unique Supramolecular Assembly of Wheel-Shaped Nanoscale Polyanions with a Hydrophobic Core. In: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem, 2010, 3195-3200
2010Firasat Hussain, Alois Degonda, Stefan Sandriesser, Thomas Fox, Sib Sankar Mal, Ulrich Kortz and Greta R. Patzke: Yttrium-containing Head-on Complexes of Silico- and Germanotungstate: Synthesis, Structure and Solution Properties. In: Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2010, 4324-4328
2009Li-Hua Bi, Guang-Feng Hou, Ya-Yan Bao, Bao Li, Li-Xin Wu, Zhong-Min Gao, Timothy McCormac, Sib Sankar Mal, Michael H. Dickman and Ulrich Kortz: Synthesis and Crystal Structures of dmso-Coordinated Tungstoantimonates(III) and Tungstobismutates(III). In: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2009, 5259-5266
2009Sib Sankar Mal, Bassem S. Bassil, Ulrich Kortz, Saritha Nellutla, Johan van Tol, Naresh S. Dalal, Jorge A. Fernández, Xavier López, Josep M. Poblet, Rosa Ngo Biboum, Bineta Keita: The Wheel-Shaped Cu20-Tungstophosphate [Cu20X(OH)24(H2O)12(P8W48O184)]25-Ion (X = Cl, Br, I) and the Role of the Halide Guest. In: Inorg. Chem., 2009, 11636-11645