Prof. Vibha Rani Satsangi

2. Areas of Research:

Renewable Energy, Synthesis and characterization of Nanostructured metal oxides and quantum dots for Solar hydrogen production, Modifying morphological, optical and semiconducting properties of  metal oxides by Hetrostructuring, by Swift heavy ion irradiations, by the use of Carbon nanotubes & Quantum dots.

3. Research interest (key words):

Nanostructured metal oxides,Solar hydrogen, Swift heavy ion irradiations, Carbon nanotubes, Quantum dots. Metal oxides hetrostructures and Renewable energy.

4. Honors/ Recognitions:

Funded Research Projects: Rs 2.5 crore

International  Ongoing project: AS CO-PI

• Indo-Us 21^st century Knowledge Initiative Grant of Rs 1.17 crores for three years by UGC for the project “ Semiconductor/Chip/Chiplet based Novel approaches for efficient splitting of water; with two investigators of Arizona state University USA and three from DEI, India.
• International completed project AS CO-PI: DST-NSF- MWN  project with three Investigators of DEI and three from University of Maryland, College Park on “Transition Metal Oxide based Nanoarchitectures for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation” Approx. Amount Rs. 35,00,000/-.

National Projects:

• Completed four funded projectas PI worth Rs One crore funded from University Grant Commission and Department of Science and Technology.
• Completed 16 funded project as CO-PI worth  Rs 4 crores funded from UGC,DST,BRNS and AICTE India

        Collaborating Research groups:

• Arizona State University (Indo-Us 21^st century Knowledge Initiative)
• University of Maryland, USA ( DST-NSF-Material World Network)
• Indian Oil, Faridabad
• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (BRNS Project)  
• Inter University Accelerator Center, New Delhi (joint publications)
• IIT, Kanpur (joint project from DST)
• IIIT Delhi (joint PhD)

       Fellow/Membership of Academic Bodies:

• Fellow of International Association of Hydrogen Energy
• Fellow of the Optical Society of India.
• Life Member of the IETE India
• Life Member of the Systems Society of India
• Member of the Indian Academy of Science

5. Selected Publications :

Total number of publications (2013-2019): 56

1. Shailja Sharma, Mrinal R Pai, Gurpreet Kaur, Vibha R Satsangi, Sahab Dass, Rohit Shrivastav, “Efficient hydrogen generation on CuO core/AgTiO₂ shell nano-hetero-structures by photocatalytic splitting of water”, Renewable Energy 136, 1202-1216, 2019  [IF- 5.43]
2. Sonal Sahai, Ashi Ikram, Snigdha Rai, Sahab Dass, Rohit Shrivastav and Vibha R. Satsangi, Quantum dots sensitization for photoelectrochemical generation of hydrogen: A review, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 68, 19-27, 2017. [IF- 10.556]
3. Snigdha Rai, Ashi Ikram, Sonal Sahai, Sahab Dass, Rohit Shrivastav and Vibha R. Satsangi, CNT based photoelectrodes for PEC generation of hydrogen : A Review, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(7), 3994-4006, 2017. [IF - 4.08]
4. Anamika Banerjee, Biswajit Mondal, Anuradha Verma, Vibha R. Satsangi, Rohit Shrivastav, Abhishek Dey, Sahab Dass, “Enhancing Efficiency of Fe₂O₃ for Robust and Proficient Solar Water Splitting by   Using Highly Dispersed Bioinspired Catalyst”, Journal of Catalysis, 352, 83-92, 2017.  [IF=7.35]
5. Dipika Sharma, Sumant Upadhyay, Vibha R Satsangi, Rohit Shrivastav, Umesh V Waghmare, Sahab Dass, “Nanostructured BaTiO₃/Cu₂O heterojunction with improved photoelectrochemical activity for H2 evolution: experimental and first-principles analysis”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 189, 75-85, 2016. [IF= 14.229]
6. Anuradha Verma, Anupam Srivastav, Anamika Banerjee, Dipika Sharma, Shailja Sharma, Udai Bhan Singh, Vibha Rani Satsangi, Rohit Shrivastav, Devesh Kumar Avasthi, Sahab Dass, “Plasmonic layer enhanced photoelectrochemical response of Fe₂O₃ photoanodes”, Journal of Power Sources 315, 152-160, 2016. [IF- 7.46]
7. Ashi Ikram, Sonal Sahai, Snigdha Rai, Sahab Dass, Rohit Shrivastav and Vibha R. Satsangi, Improved charge transportation at PbS QDs/TiO₂ interface for efficient PEC hydrogen generation, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, 15815-15821, 2016. [IF- 3.56]
   1. Snigdha Rai, Ashi Ikram, Sonal Sahai, Sahab Dass, Rohit Shrivastav and Vibha R. Satsangi, Photoactivity of MWCNTs modified α-Fe₂O₃ photoelectrode towards efficient solar water splitting, Renewable Energy, 83, 447-454, 2015.  [IF- 5.43]
   2. Sonal Sahai,Ashi Ikram, Snigdha Rai, Sahab Dass, Rohit Shrivastav and Vibha R. Satsangi, CdSe quantum dots sensitized nanoporous hematite for photoelectrochemical generation of hydrogen, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39, 11860–11866, 2014. [IF- 4.08]
   3. Ashi Ikram, Sonal Sahai, Snigdha Rai, Sahab Dass, Rohit Shrivastav and Vibha R. Satsangi, Synergistic effect of CdSe quantum dots on photoelectrochemical response of electrodeposited α-Fe₂O₃ films, Journal of Power Sources, 267,664-672, 2014. [IF- 7.46]