Assistant Professor

Dr Aniruddha Kundu

Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIDR)

Interests

  • Design of advanced nanomaterials
  • Heterogeneous electrocatalysis
  • Electrocatalysis for value-added products
  • Energy storage and conversion devices

Education

2015

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
India
Ph.D. Chemistry

2010

The University of Burdwan,
India
M.Sc. Chemistry

2008

The University of Burdwan,
India
B.Sc. Chemistry

Experience

  • July 2025 to Present- Assistant Professor, SRM University - AP, India
  • June 2024 to July 2025  -AcSIR Assistant Professor in Faculty of Chemical Sciences, India
  • September 2021 to July 2025- DST INSPIRE Faculty, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, India
  • April 2019 to Aug 2021-National Post-Doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur, India
  • August 2018 to April 2019- Research Professor, Korea National University of Transportation, South Korea
  • December 2016 to February 2018- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yonsei University, South Korea
  • January 2016 to November 2016-Research Associate, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India

Research Interest

  • Synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials for oxygen electrocatalysis, water splitting and electrocatalytic reduction of CO2.
  • Design of advanced air-electrode materials for metal-air especially Zn-air battery applications.
  • Synthesis of robust quasi-solid-state electrolyte for flexible Zn-air battery.
  • Interface engineering of Zn anode to suppress the dendritic growth of Zn-air battery and investigating the failure mechanism of battery using ex-situ/in-situ techniques.

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2022- SERB-ACS NPDF Best poster award (Selected among top 17.5 percent (candidates)
  • 2021- DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award Department of Science and Technology, India
  • 2019- National Post-Doctoral Fellowship from SERB-DST, India
  • 2016- Asutosh Mookherjee Best Thesis Award of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
  • 2010- CSIR-NET and GATE, India

Memberships

  • Editorial board member of Discover Electrochemistry, Springer Nature

R&D Competitive Funding, Contracts & Agreements

  • Project title: Rational Design of Binder-free Self-supported Air Cathode for

    Rechargeable and Flexible Zinc Air Batteries: An Encouraging approach for

    Sustainable Energy (DST/INSPIRE/04/2020/000616)

    Role: PI

    Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), India

    Grant amount: 35 Lakh

    Duration: 2021-2026 (ongoing)

  • Project title: Interface Engineering of Inorganic Nanomaterials utilizing 0D

    Carbonaceous Materials for robust and overall Water Splitting (PDF/2018/003346)

    Role: PI

    Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India

    Grant amount: 21.9 Lakh

    Duration: 2019-2021 (completed)

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals:

  • Pyridinic-N Seized Co in Biphasic Nanoarchitecture for Reversible Oxygen Electrocatalysis Enabling Longevous (>1200 h) Aqueous and Dual-Anion Kosmotropic Electrolyte Stabilized High Power Quasisolid-State Zn Air Battery, Srijib Das, Saikat Bolar, Erakulan E. Siddharthan, Arupjyoti Pathak, Ranjit Thapa, Ujjwal Phadikar, Haradhan Kolya, Chun-Won Kang, Tapas Kuila, Naresh Chandra Murmu and Aniruddha Kundu*, Small Methods 2025, 2401874, DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202401874. [IF: 9.1]
    This work is highlighted by: Nature India (https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-025-00114-1)
  • Tailoring the Numerous Intimate Sites Between the Interfaces of CoCu- LDH@FeNi2S4 FeNiS2@CoNi2S4/NF Heterogeneous Electrode: Monitoring the Synergistic Interplay and Connecting the Dots for Alkaline Water Electrolysis, Ujjwal Phadikar, Bholanath Panda, Srijib Das, Debasis Dhak, Aniruddha Kundu Aniruddha Kundu, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Tapas Kuila*, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, 129, 2025, 75-90, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.04.325. [IF: 8.3]
  • Probing the Synergistic Effect of Metal Organic Framework Derived Co-Nx rich Interwoven Hierarchical Porous Carbon Tube Encapsulated Dual Redox Active Nanoalloy for High-Performance Zn-Air Battery and Supercapacitor Applications, Srijib Das, Shraban Dey, Ujjwal Phadikar, Haradhan Kolya, Chun-Won Kang, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Tapas Kuila* and Aniruddha Kundu*, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2025, 683, 818-832, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.12.105. [IF: 9.7]
  • Hyper-Cross-Linked Polymer-Derived Carbon-Coated Fe Ni Alloy/CNT as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Zinc Air Batteries, Arindam Modak*, Ankita Phutela, Aniruddha Kundu, Srijib Das, Vidha Bhasin, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya, Saswata Bhattacharya*, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16, 4, 1051 1065, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c03361. [IF: 4.6]
  • Harnessing the Trade-off between CoFe/Fe3C Interfacial Junction with Unparalleled Potential Gap of 0.58 V for Reversible Oxygen Electrocatalysis: Application towards Liquid and Solid-State Zn-Air Batteries, Srijib Das, Arupjyoti Pathak, Ujjwal Phadikar, Chinmoy Kuila, Animesh Maji, Tapas Kuila, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Ranjit Thapa* and Aniruddha Kundu*, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 34, 44, 2407078, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202407078. [IF: 19]


    This work is covered by:

    (i) Department of Science and Technology: https://dst.gov.in/durable-efficient-battery-energy-solutions-remote-sub-zero-conditions
    (ii)PIB released by Ministry of Science and Technology: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2039699
    (iii) https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/dst-researchers-develop-durable-efficient-battery-for-energy-solutions-in-remote-sub-zero-conditions/112188733
    (iv) https://www.csir.res.in/sites/default/files/2024-08/26%20To%2031%20July%20

  • Unique Multi-Hetero-lnterface Engineering of Fe-doped Co-LDlVåMoS2-NiS2 Electrocatalyst for Overall Water-Splitting: An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation, Ujjwal Phadikar, Gopal Sanyal, Srijib Das, Aniruddha Kundu, Chinmoy Kuila, Naresh C Murmu, Brahmananda Chakraborty, Tapas Kuila, ChemSusChem. 2024, 17, 23, e202400821. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202400821. [IF: 6.6]
  • Thermally Regulated and Heterointerface-Engineered 3D-Hierarchical Co3O4/IrO2 Hybrid Nanostructure for Multifunctional Electrocatalysis, Srijib Das, Ujjwal Phadikar, Haradhan Kolya, Chun-Won Kang, Tapas Kuila, Naresh Chandra Murmu, and Aniruddha Kundu*, ACS Appl. Eng. Mater. 2024, 2, 24-34, DOI: 10.1021/acsaenm.3c00543. [IF: 3.5]
  • Reversible Oxygen Redox Chemistry in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries: Hype or Reality? Prakas Samanta, Aparna Paul, Aniruddha Kundu, Haradhan Kolya, Chun-Won Kang, Naresh Chandra Murmu, and Tapas Kuila, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023, 6, 14, 7714 7721, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c01248. [IF: 5.5]
  • Monitoring the Cation Coordination Sphere Using Hydrated Eutectic Electrolyte for Better Cyclic Stability and High Energy Density Zn-Ion Battery, Prakas Samanta, Souvik Ghosh, Aniruddha Kundu, Haradhan Kolya, Chun-Won Kang, Pranab Samanta, Naresh Chandra Murmu, and Tapas Kuila, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11, 14, 5495 5505, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c07125. [IF: 7.3]
  • Sulfur Scrambling Assisted in-situ Growth of 3D-hierarchical FeNi2S4@Mo-doped Ni3S2/NF Nanosheet Arrays: A Stellar Performer towards Alkaline Water Electrolysis, Ujjwal Phadikar, Srijib Das, Saikat Bolar, Aniruddha Kundu, Haradhan Kolya, Chun-Won Kang, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Tapas Kuila, J. Power Sources, 2023, 576, 233244, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233244. [IF: 7.9]
  • General Approach to Synthesize Multilayer Graphitic Carbon-Nanotube-Encapsulated NiCo Alloys as Trifunctional Electrocatalysts: Deciphering the Role of N-Dopants, Aniruddha Kundu*, Saikat Bolar, Srijib Das, Haradhan Kolya, Chun-Won Kang, Tapas Kuila, and Naresh Chandra Murmu, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 11, 14445 14454, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c02991. [IF: 5.5]
  • Unveiling the Role of Surface Functional Groups for the Design of Nickel manganese/Reduced Graphene Oxide based Composite Electrode Material for High Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor, Souvik Ghosh, Prakas Samanta, Aniruddha Kundu, Haradhan Kolya, Chun-Won Kang, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Tapas Kuila, J. Energy Storage 2022, 56, 105994, DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2022.105994. [IF: 9.8]
  • Hierarchical Hollow MOF-Derived Bamboo-like N-doped Carbon Nanotube- Encapsulated Co0.25Ni0.75 Alloy: An Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Zinc Air Battery, Aniruddha Kundu, Arpan Samanta, and C. Retna Raj, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 30486-30496, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c01875. [IF: 8.2]
  • Surface-engineered Mesoporous Carbon-based Material for the Electrochemical Detection of Hexavalent Chromium, Abhirup Bhadra, Aniruddha Kundu, and C Retna Raj, J. Chem. Sci. 2021, 133, 1-7, DOI: 10.1007/s12039-021-01979-2. [IF: 2.0]
  • Carbon Dots Integrated NiCo2O4 Hierarchical Nanoneedle Arrays Supported on Ni Foam as Efficient and Stable Electrode for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions, Aniruddha Kundu, Benny Ryplida and Sung Young Park, Electroanalysis 2020, 32, 2090-2100, DOI: 10.1002/elan.202060110. [IF: 2.3]
  • Construction of FeCo2O4@N-doped Carbon Dots Nanoflowers as Binder Free Electrode for Reduction and Oxidation of Water, Aniruddha Kundu, Akhmad Irhas Robby, Arnab Shit, Hyeong Jun Jo and Sung Young Park, Materials 2020, 13, 3119, DOI: 10.3390/ma13143119. [IF: 3.2]
  • Multicolor Emissive Carbon Dot with Solvatochromic behavior across the Entire Visible Spectrum, Aniruddha Kundu, Byeongho Park, Juyeong Oh, K. Vijaya Sankar, Chaiti Ray, Wook Sung Kim, and Seong Chan Jun, Carbon 2020, 156, 110-118, DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2019.08.037. [IF: 11.6]
  • Environmentally Benign and Cost-Effective Synthesis of Water Soluble Red Light Emissive Gold Nanoclusters: Selective and Ultra-Sensitive Detection of Mercuric Ions, Aniruddha Kundu, Byeongho Park, Chaiti Ray, Juyeong Oh and Seong Chan Jun, New J. Chem. 2019, 43, 900-906, DOI: 10.1039/c8nj02897d. [IF: 2.5]
  • Facile Approach to Synthesize Highly Fluorescent Multicolor Emissive Carbon Dots via Surface Functionalization for Cellular Imaging, Aniruddha Kundu, Jungpyo Lee, Byeongho Park, Chaiti Ray, K Vijaya Sankar, Wook Sung Kim, Soo Hyun Lee, Il-Joo Cho, Seong Chan Jun, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2018, 513, 505-514, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.10.095. [IF: 9.7]
  • Cobalt Carbonate Hydroxides as Advanced Battery-type Materials for Supercapatteries: Influence of Morphology on Performance, Kalimuthu Vijaya Sankar, Youngho Seo, Su Chan Lee, Shude Liu, Aniruddha Kundu, Chaiti Ray, Seong Chan Jun, Electrochim. Acta. 2018, 259, 1037-1044, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.11.009. [IF: 5.6]
  • Binder-free Cobalt Phosphate One-dimensional Nanograsses as Ultrahigh-performance Cathode Material for Hybrid Supercapacitor Applications, K Vijaya Sankar, SC Lee, Y Seo, C Ray, S Liu, Aniruddha Kundu, Seong Chan Jun, J. Power Sources 2018, 373, 211-219, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.11.013. [IF: 7.9]
  • Conceptual Design of Three-dimensional CoN/Ni3N-coupled Nanograsses Integrated on N-doped Carbon to Serve as Efficient and Robust Water Splitting Electrocatalysts, Chaiti Ray, Su Chan Lee, Bingjun Jin, Aniruddha Kundu, Jong Hyeok Park, Seong Chan Jun, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 4466-4476, DOI: 10.1039/c7ta10933d.[IF: 9.5]
  • Stacked Porous Iron-Doped Nickel Cobalt Phosphide Nanoparticle: An Efficient and Stable Water Splitting Electrocatalyst, Chaiti Ray, Su Chan Lee, Bingjun Jin, Aniruddha Kundu, Jong Hyeok Park, Seong Chan Jun, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2018, 6, 6146-6156, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b04808. [IF: 7.3]
  • Facile Synthesis of Water Soluble, Fluorescent DNA-Polymer Conjugate via Enzymatic Polymerization for Cell Imaging, Sudipta Nandi, Aniruddha Kundu, Pradip Das and Arun K. Nandi, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 5168-5174.
  • Controllable Sulfuration Engineered NiO Nanosheets with Enhanced Capacitance for High Rate Supercapacitors, Shude Liu, Su Chan Lee, Umakant M. Patil, Chaiti Ray, K. Vijaya Sankar, Kan Zhang, Aniruddha Kundu, Shinill kang, Jong Hyeok Park and Seong Chan Jun, J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 4543-4549, DOI: 10.1039/c6ta11049e. [IF: 9.5]
  • 3D Yolk-Shelled NiGa2S4 Microspheres Confined with Nanosheets for High Performance Supercapacitors, Shude Liu, Kwang Ho Kim, Je Moon Yun, Aniruddha Kundu, Kalimuthu Vijaya Sankar, Umakant Mahadev Patil, Chaiti Ray and Seong Chan Jun, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 6292-6298, DOI: 10.1039/c7ta00469a. [IF: 9.5]
  • Honeycomb-like Interconnected Network of Nickel Phosphide Hetero-nanoparticles with Superior Electrochemical Performance for Supercapacitors, Shude Liu, Kalimuthu Vijaya Sankar, Aniruddha Kundu, Ming Ma, Jang-Yeon Kwon and Seong Chan Jun, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 21829-21838, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b05384. [IF: 8.2]
  • Carbon Dot Assisted Synthesis of Nanostructured Polyaniline for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Aniruddha Kundu*, Arnab Shit and Sudipta Nandi, Energy Fuels, 2017, 31, 7364-7371, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b00571. [IF: 5.3]
  • Facile and Green Approach to Prepare Fluorescent Carbon Dots: Emergent Nanomaterial for Cell Imaging and Detection of Vitamin B2, Aniruddha Kundu, Sudipta Nandi, Pradip Das and Arun K. Nandi, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2016, 468, 276-283, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.01.070. [IF: 9.7]
  • Preferential Delivery of Anticancer Drug to Nucleic Acids Using Polymer Functionalized Graphene Oxide as Nanocarrier, Sudipta Nandi, Aniruddha Kundu and Arun K. Nandi, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 7363-7372.
  • Fluorescent Graphene Oxide via Polymer Grafting: An Efficient Nanocarrier for Both Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Drugs, Aniruddha Kundu, Sudipta Nandi, Pradip Das and Arun K. Nandi, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 3512-3523, DOI: 10.1021/am507110r. [IF: 8.2]
  • Nanojacketing and Dejacketing of ds-DNA: A Nondestructive Characterization of a Nanojacketed Sample by Impedance Spectroscopy, Sudipta Nandi, Pratap Mukherjee, Aniruddha Kundu, and Arun K. Nandi, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2014, 118, 2649-2661, DOI: 10.1021/jp412373m. [IF: 2.9]
  • High-Performance Nanocomposites of Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose and Graphene Oxide, Rama K. Layek, Aniruddha Kundu and Arun K. Nandi, Macromol. Mater. Eng., 2013, 298, 1166-1175, DOI: 10.1002/mame.201200233. [IF: 4.6]
  • Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer from Sulfonated Graphene to Riboflavin: A Simple Way to Detect Vitamin B2, Aniruddha Kundu, Sudipta Nandi, Rama K. Layek and Arun K. Nandi, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2013, 5, 7392-7399, DOI: 10.1021/am4017208. [IF: 8.2]
  • Nondestructive Characterization of Li+ Ion-Doped Multifunctional Poly(vinylidene fluoride)-g- poly(dimethyl amino ethyl methacrylate) by Impedance Spectroscopy, Pratap Mukherjee, Aniruddha Kundu, Sanjoy Samanta, Somnath Roy, and Arun K. Nandi, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2013, 117, 1458-1466, DOI: 10.1021/jp311755w. [IF: 2.9]
  • Highly Fluorescent Graphene Oxide-Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hybrid: A Reduced Graphene Oxide-Metal-Organic Framework Composite for Efficient Cr3+ Ion Sensors, Aniruddha Kundu, Rama K. Layek, Atanu Kuila and Arun K. Nandi, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2012, 4, 5576-5582, DOI: 10.1021/am301467z. [IF: 8.2]
  • Enhanced Fuorescent Intensity of Graphene Oxide Methyl Cellulose Hybrid in Acidic Medium: Sensing of Nitro-aromatics, Aniruddha Kundu, Rama K. Layek and Arun K. Nandi, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 8139-8144, DOI: 10.1039/c2jm30402c. [IF: 6.626]

Review Articles:

  • Recent Advancements on Designing Transition Metal-based Carbon-supported Single Atom Catalysts for Oxygen Electrocatalysis: Miles to go for Sustainable Zn-air Batteries, Srijib Das, Aniruddha Kundu*, Tapas Kuila, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Energy Storage Mater. 2023, 61, 102890, DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2023.102890. [IF: 20.2]
  • Metal-organic Framework-derived Advanced Oxygen Electrocatalysts as Air-cathodes for Zn air Batteries: Recent Trends and Future Perspectives, Aniruddha Kundu*, Tapas Kuila, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Prakas Samanta and Srijib Das, Mater. Horiz. 2023, 10, 745-787, DOI: 10.1039/d2mh01067d. [IF: 10.7]
  • Recent Progress on the Performance of Zn-Ion Battery Using Various Electrolyte Salt and Solvent Concentrations, Prakas Samanta, Souvik Ghosh, Aniruddha Kundu, Pranab Samanta, Naresh Chandra Murmu, and Tapas Kuila, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2023, 5, 1, 100-116, DOI:10.1021/acsaelm.2c01355.[IF: 4.7]
  • A Strategic Way of High-Performance Energy Storage Device Development with Rational Electrode Design: From Liquid to Quasi-solid to All-solid-state Battery, Aniruddha Kundu, Pranab Samanta, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Tapas Kuila, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023, 78, 350-373, DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2022.11.045. [IF: 14.9]
  • Biomass-Derived Advanced Carbon-Based Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Srijib Das, Souvik Ghosh, Tapas Kuila, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Aniruddha Kundu*, Biomass, 2022, 2, 155-177, DOI: 10.3390/biomass2030010. (Special Issue: Biomass Conversion and Processing Technologies of Carbon-Based Materials for Environmental and Energy Application Development)
  • Advanced Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Air-Breathing Electrode in Zn-Air Batteries, Aniruddha Kundu, Sourav Mallick, Santanu Ghora and C. Retna Raj, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 40172-40199, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c08462. [IF: 8.2]
  • Nucleic Acid Based Polymer and Nanoparticle Conjugates: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Aniruddha Kundu, Sudipta Nandi and Arun K. Nandi, Progress in Mater. Sci. 2017, 88, 136-185, DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2017.04.001.[ IF: 40.0]

Book Chapter:

  • 'Functionalization and properties of Graphene', Arun K. Nandi, Aniruddha Kundu, Rama K. Layek in "Graphene Science Handbook: Size-Dependent Properties"; CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, ISBN 9781466591356 USA, 2016, Pages 187-219, DOI: 10.1201/b19460-17, Editors: Mahmood Aliofkhazraei, Nasar Ali, William I. Milne, Cengiz S. Ozkan, Stanislaw Mitura, Juana L. Gervasoni.

Contact Details

  • E-mail id: aniruddha.k@srmap.edu.in
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