Assistant Professor

Dr Barun Kumar Barman

Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIDR)

Interests

  1. Energy nanomaterials
  2. Colloids and surface science
  3. Quantum dots
  4. Nanophotonics

Faculty Details

Education

2010

University of Calcutta
Bachelors (Chem Hons.)

2012

Indian Institute of Science
MS

2017

Indian Institute of Science
PhD

Research Interests

  • Non-precious electrocatalyst for water splitting and fuel cell applications.
  • Nano-graphene/nano carbon based solid-state light emitting and laser device via strongly couple microcavities.
  • Sustainable photonics microcavity for anti-counterfeit and micro-tagging applications.

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2024, Best poster award, LANL/NIMS Quantum and Functional Materials and MANA International Symposium 2024, NIMS, Japan
  • 2024, Young researcher award, The 10th International Symposium on Surface Science (ISSS-10), 2024, Japan
  • 2023, Best poster award, MANA International Symposium 2023, Japan
  • 2022, Best poster award, Indian Scientists Association in Japan (ISAJ), 2022, Japan
  • 2021, Young Researcher Award, The 9th International Symposium on Surface Science (ISSS-9), 2021, Japan
  • 2020, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, MEXT, 2020, Japan
  • 2017, The Sudborough Medal Best Ph. D Thesis Award from Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
  • 2010, Integrated Ph. D Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Publications

  • B. K. Barman, K. Watanabe, and T. Nagao, Carbon Dots-Based Spectrally Adaptable Photonic Microbarcodes, Adv. Opt. Mat, https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202500822, 2025. (Corresponding Author)
  • B. K. Barman, * D. Hernández-Pinilla, * O. Cretu, J. Kikkawa, K. Kimoto, T. Nagao, * Generated White Light having Adaptable Chromaticity and Emission, Using Spectrally Reconfigurable Microcavities, Advanced Science, 11, 2407090, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202407090. (Corresponding Author)
  • B. K. Barman, * H. Yamada, K. Watanabe, K. Deguchi, S, Ohki, K. Hashi, A. Goto, and T. Nagao, * Rare-Earth-Metal Free Solid-State Fluorescent Carbonized Polymer Microspheres for Unclonable Whispering-Gallery Anti-Counterfeit Emission from Red to Near-Infrared Spectrum, Advanced Science, 11, 2400693, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202400693, (Corresponding Author)
  • B. K. Barman, * D. Hernández-Pinilla, T. D. Dao, K. Deguchi, S. Ohki, K. Hashi, A. Goto, T. Miyazaki, K. K. Nanda, and T. Nagao, * Bioinspired Carbonized Polymer Microspheres for Full-Color Whispering Gallery Mode Emission for White Light Emission, Unclonable Anti-counterfeit, and Chemical Sensing Applications, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 16, 17, 22312-22325, 2024. (Corresponding Author)
  • B. Sarkar, B. K. Barman, A. Parui, A. K. Singh and K. K. Nanda, Combinatorial modulation to augment all-round HER activity of Ru-CrN catalyst, J. Mater. Chem. A, 12, 8291-8301, 2024.
  • B. K. Barman, * D. Hernández-Pinilla, * O. Cretu, R. Ohta, * K. Okano, T. Shiroya, J. Sasai, K. Kimoto, and T. Nagao* New Insight into Fluorescent Polymeric Carbon Dots for Solid-State Laser Device, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11, 33, 12291-12303, 2023. (Corresponding Author)
  • B. K. Barman, * K. Okano, K. Deguchi, S. Ohki, K. Hashi, A. Goto, T. Nagao, * N-Dopant Site Formulation for White-Light-Emitting Carbon Dots with Tunable Chromaticity, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10, 49, 16136-16149, 2022. (Corresponding Author)
  • B. K Barman, * Ø. S Handegård, D. Hernández-Pinilla, S. L. Shinde, and T. Nagao* Transparent Hard Coatings with SiON-Encapsulated N-Doped Carbon Dots for Complete UV Blocking and White Light Emission, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 3, 9, 3761–3773, 2021 (*Corresponding Author).
  • B. K. Barman, * Ø. S. Handegård, A. Hashimoto, T. Nagao, * Carbon Dot/Cellulose-Based Transparent Films for Efficient UV and High-Energy Blue Light Screening, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 9 (29), 9879-9890, 2021 (*Corresponding Author).
  • B. K. Barman, B. Sarkar, R. Nandan, K. K. Nanda, Ruthenium nanodendrites on reduced graphene oxide: an efficient water and 4-nitrophenol reduction catalyst, New Journal of Chemistry 45 (3), 1556-1564, 2021.
  • A. Samanta, B. K Barman, S. Mallick, C.R. Raj, Three-Dimensional Nitrogen-Doped Graphitic Carbon-Encapsulated MnO-Co Heterostructure: A Bifunctional Energy Storage Material for Zn-Ion and Zn-Air Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials 3 (10), 10108-10118, 2020. (Equal contribution).
  • B. K. Barman, T. Nagao, K. K. Nanda, Dual roles of a transparent polymer film containing dispersed N-doped carbon dots: A high-efficiency blue light converter and UV screen, Applied Surface Science 510, 145405, 2020.
  • B. K. Barman, B Sarkar, P Ghosh, M Ghosh, G Mohan Rao, K. K. Nanda, In Situ Decoration of Ultrafine Ru Nanocrystals on N-Doped Graphene Tube and Their Applications as Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst, ACS Applied Energy Materials 2 (10), 7330-7339, 2019.
  • B. K. Barman, B. Sarkar, K. K. Nanda, Pd-coated Ru nanocrystals supported on N-doped graphene as HER and ORR electrocatalysts, Chemical Communications 55 (92), 13928-13931, 2019.
  • S Chakrabarty, B. K. Barman, C. R. Raj, Nitrogen and phosphorous co-doped graphitic carbon encapsulated ultrafine OsP2 nanoparticles: a pH universal highly durable catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction, Chemical Communications 55 (30), 4399-4402, 2019. (Equal contribution).
  • B. K. Barman, K. K. Nanda, CoFe nanoalloys encapsulated in N-doped graphene layers as a Pt-free multifunctional robust catalyst: elucidating the role of Co-alloying and N-doping, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 6 (10), 12736-12745, 2018.
  • B. Sarkar, B. K. Barman, K. K. Nanda, Non-precious bimetallic CoCr nanostructures entrapped in bamboo-like nitrogen-doped graphene tube as a robust bifunctional electrocatalyst for total water splitting, ACS Applied Energy Materials 1 (3), 1116-1126, 2018.
  • B. K. Barman, K. K Nanda, Ultrafast-Versatile-Domestic-Microwave-Oven Based Graphene Oxide Reactor for the Synthesis of Highly Efficient Graphene Based Hybrid Electrocatalysts, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 6 (3), 4037-4045 2018.
  • B. K. Barman, D. Das, K. K. Nanda, Facile and one-step synthesis of free-standing 3D MoS2-rGO/Mo binder-free electrode for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction, J. Mater. Chem. A, 5, 18081-18087, 2017.
  • B. K. Barman, D Das, K. K. Nanda, Facile synthesis of ultrafine Ru nanocrystal supported N-doped graphene as an exceptional hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst in both alkaline and acidic media, Sustainable Energy & Fuels 1 (5), 1028-1033, 2017.
  • B. K. Barman, K. K Nanda, Noble and single source precursor for the synthesis of metal-rich sulphides embedded in N-doped carbon framework for highly active OER electrocatalysts, Dalton Trans., 45, 6352-6356, 2016. (Corresponding Author).
  • B. K. Barman, K. K. Nanda, Prussian blue as a single precursor for synthesis of Fe/Fe 3 C encapsulated N-doped graphitic nanostructures as bi-functional catalysts, Green Chemistry 18 (2), 427-432, 2016.
  • B. K. Barman, K. K. Nanda, Rapid reduction of GO by hydrogen spill-over mechanism by in situ generated nanoparticles at room temperature and their catalytic performance towards 4-nitrophenol reduction. Applied Catalysis A: General 491, 45-51, 2015.
  • B. K. Barman, K. K. Nanda, Uninterrupted galvanic reaction for scalable and rapid synthesis of metallic and bimetallic sponges/dendrites as efficient catalysts for 4-nitrophenol reduction, Dalton Transactions 44 (9), 4215-4222, 2015.
  • B. K. Barman, K. K. Nanda, Si-mediated fabrication of reduced graphene oxide and its hybrids for electrode materials, Green Chemistry 17 (2), 776-780, 2015.
  • B. K. Barman, K. K. Nanda, Hexamethylenetetramine mediated simultaneous nitrogen doping and reduction of graphene oxide for a metal-free SERS substrate, RSC Advances 4 (83), 44146-44150, 2014.
  • B. K. Barman, K. K. Nanda, The dual role of Zn–acid medium for one-step rapid synthesis of M@ rGO (M= Au, Pt, Pd and Ag) hybrid nanostructures at room temperature, Chemical Communications 49 (79), 8949-8951, 2013.
  • G. K. Goswami, R. Nandan, B. K. Barman, K. K. Nanda, Excellent performance of Pt-free cathode in alkaline direct methanol fuel cell at room temperature, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 1 (9), 3133-3139, 2013.
  • B. K Barman, P. Mahanandia, K. K. Nanda, Instantaneous reduction of graphene oxide at room temperature, RSC advances 3 (31), 12621-12624, 2013.

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