Research Highlights

• SK Nataraj and his group successfully tested seaweed sourced electrocatalyst for Fuel Cell applications, Green Chemistry 2016. This study further reveals that the synergy between heteroatom containing graphene nanosheets showed high ORR activity that is further enhanced by with Fe deposits on it. This makes it a high-performance non-precious metal-based natural catalyst for ORR . »

  

• Geetha Balakrishna and her group have innovated a photocatalytic process for microalgal cell disruption leading to lipid release and thereby oil and biofuel generation. This economical technique yields 52 % of oil on par with the existing techniques using Nannochloropsis oculata, Applied Energy, 2016 »