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12/2017-08/2020: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany

(Advisor: Prof. Bettina V. Lotsch, FRSC)

09/2016-09/2017: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Technische Universität Dresden (TU-Dresden), Dresden-01069, Germany

(Advisor: Prof. Xinliang Feng, FRSC)

07/2011-04/2017: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), AcSIR, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

(Advisors: Prof. Rahul Banerjee, FRSC and Prof. Ulhas K. Kharul)

07/2008-06/2010: Master of Chemistry (MSc.), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

07/2005-06/2008: Bachelor of Chemistry (BSc.), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Physical and Materials Chemistry

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemistry (2022)

DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award, Govt. of India (2019)

Thermax-ASSET Award (Medal and Cash) for Best Ph.D. Thesis (2017)

Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2016)

Best Research Scholar Award (Cash and Citation), NCL-Research Foundation (2015)

International Travel Grant Award, SERB-DST, Govt. of India (2015)

HariHara Mishra Scholarship (Rank in M.Sc.), Utkal University, Odisha (2009-2010)

Susilabati Khosla Award (2003)

Full list of publications [H-Index = 33, i10-Index = 36, Total Citations > 7400] (†First authorship shared and *Corresponding author)

1. The Synergy of Co-catalysts and Covalent Organic Frameworks for Hydrogen Evolution; Suresh Bommakanti, Adithyam Puthukkudi, Mahalaxmi Samal, Puspanjali Sahu* and Bishnu P. Biswal*; Cryst. Growth & Des., 2023, 23, 8, 6172-6200. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00390 [Impact factor: 4.01]. (Invited Article)
2. Functionality Dependent Electrical Conductivity in Two-dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks; Suresh Bommakanti, Indrajit Mondal, Bikash Ranjan Sahu, Satyapriya Nath, Satyaprasad P. Senanayak* and Bishnu P. Biswal*; J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023 127, 17, 8352–8361. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01387 [Impact factor: 4.177]. (Invited article as part of Virtual Special Issue “Early-Career & Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry Volume 2")
3. Covalent Organic Frameworks as Emerging Nonlinear Optical Material; Satyapriya Nath, Adithyan Puthukkudi, Jeebanjyoti Mohapatra, and Bishnu P. Biswal*; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202218974. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218974 [Impact factor: 16.823].
4. Carbon-Carbon linked Organic Frameworks: An Explicit Summary and Analysis; Satyapriya Nath, Adithyan Puthukkudi, Jeebanjyoti Mohapatra, Suresh Bommakanti, Naisa Chandrasekhar and Bishnu P. Biswal*; Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2023, 2200950. DOI: 10.1002/marc.202200950 [Impact factor: 5.009].
5. Boosting the Electrocatalytic Conversion of Nitrogen to Ammonia on Metal-Phthalocyanine-Based Two-Dimensional Conjugated Covalent Organic Frameworks; Haixia Zhong, Mingchao Wang, Mahdi Ghorbani-Asl, Jichao Zhang, Khoa Hoang Ly, Zhongquan Liao, Guangbo Chen, Yidan Wei, Bishnu P. Biswal, Ehrenfried Zschech, Inez M. Weidinger, Arkady V. Krasheninnikov, Renhao Dong*, and Xinliang Feng*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 47, 19992–20000. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11158 [Impact factor: 15.42].
6. MXene-coupled sandwich-like polyaniline as dual conductive electrode for flexible all-solid-state and ionic-liquid based supercapacitors with superior energy density; Jensheer Shamsudeen Seenath* and Bishnu P. Biswal*; Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/admi.202101263.
7. Construction of MXene-coupled nitrogen-doped porous carbon hybrid from conjugated microporous polymer for high-performance supercapacitors; Jensheer Shamsudeen Seenath* and Bishnu P. Biswal*; Adv. Energy Sustainability Res., 2021, 2000052. DOI: 10.1002/aesr.202000052.
8. Thiophene-Bridged Donor-Acceptor sp2-Carbon-Linked 2D Conjugated Polymers as Photocathodes for Water Reduction; Shunqi Xu, Hanjun Su, Matthew Addicoat, Bishnu P. Biswal, Fan He, Arezoo Dianat, Silvia Paasch, Tao Zhang, Wenbo Sheng, Eike Brunner, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Yang Hou, Marcus Richter, and Xinliang Feng*; Adv. Mater. 2020, 2006274, 1-8. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202006274 [No. of citations: 0, Impact factor: 27.398].
9. Organic Polymer Photocatalysts for Solar-to-Chemical Energy Conversion; Tanmay Banerjee, Filip Podjaski, Julia Kröger, Bishnu P. Biswal and Bettina V. Lotsch*; Nat. Rev. Mater. 2020. DOI: 10.1038/s41578-020-00254-z [No. of citations: 0, Impact factor: 74.699]
10. Synthesis of Vinylene-Linked Two-Dimensional Conjugated Polymers via the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Reaction; Dominik L. Pastoetter, Shunqi Xu, Mino Borrelli, Matthew Addicoat, Bishnu P. Biswal, Silvia Paasch, Arezoo Dianat, Heidi Thomas, Reinhard Berger, Sebastian Reineke, Eike Brunner, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Marcus Richter, Xinliang Feng*; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 23620 –23625. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010398 [No. of citations: 1, Impact factor: 12.959]
11. Luminescent sp2-Carbon-Linked 2D Conjugated Polymers with High Photostability; Shunqi Xu, Yungui Li, Bishnu P. Biswal, Matthew A. Addicoat, Silvia Paasch, Paulius Imbrasas, SangWook Park, Huanhuan Shi, Eike Brunner, Marcus Richter, Simone Lenk, Sebastian Reineke, and Xinliang Feng*; Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 18, 7985–7991. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02910 [No. of citations: 1, Impact factor: 9.567]
12. Thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-Bridged Porphyrin Organic Framework as Promising Nonlinear Optical Material; Mahalaxmi Samal, Sreeramulu Valligatla, Nabil A. Saad, M. Veeramohan Rao, D. Narayana Rao, Rojalin Sahu* and Bishnu P. Biswal*; Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 11025-11028. DOI: 10.1039/C9CC05415D [No. of citations: 8, Impact factor: 5.996]
13. Nonlinear Optical Switching in Regioregular Porphyrin Covalent Organic Frameworks; Bishnu P. Biswal,* Sreeramulu Valligatla, Mingchao Wang, Tanmay Banerjee, Nabil Momen, Bala Murali Krishna Mariserla, Naisa Chandrasekhar, Daniel Becker, Matthew Addicoat, Irena Senkovska, Reinhard Berger, D Narayana Rao, Stefan Kaskel, Xinliang Feng*; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 6896–6900. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201814412 [No. of citations: 41, Impact factor: 12.959]
14. Sustained Solar H2 Evolution from Thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole-Bridged Covalent Organic Framework and Nickel-Thiolate Cluster in Water; Bishnu P. Biswal, Hugo A. Vignolo-González, Tanmay Banerjee, Lars Grunenberg, Gökcen Savasci, Kerstin Gottschling, Jürgen Nuss, Christian Ochsenfeld, and Bettina V. Lotsch*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 11082-11092 (Supplementary Cover Page of JACS); DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03243 [No. of citations: 58, Impact factor: 14.695]
15. A Nitrogen‐Rich 2D sp2‐Carbon‐Linked Conjugated Polymer Framework as a High‐Performance Cathode for Lithium‐Ion Batteries; Shunqi Xu,† Gang Wang,† Bishnu P. Biswal, Matthew Addicoat, Silvia Paasch, Wenbo Sheng, Mingchao Wang, Tao Zhang, Xiaodong Zhuang, Fan Zhang, Eike Brunner, Thomas Heine, Reinhard Berger,* Xinliang Feng*; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 131, 859-863. DOI: 10.1002/ange.201812685 [No. of citations: 74, Impact factor: 12.959]
16. Sub-stoichiometric 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks from Tri- and Tetratopic Linkers; Tanmay Banerjee,* Frederik Haase, Stefan Trenker, Bishnu P. Biswal, Gökcen Savasci, Viola Duppel, Igor Moudrakovski, Christian Ochsenfeld, and Bettina V. Lotsch*; Nat. Commun. 2019, 10 (1), 2689; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10574-6 [No. of citations: 23, Impact factor: 12.121]
17. Unveiling Electronic Properties in Metal-Phthalocyanine-based Pyrazine-linked Conjugated Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks; Mingchao Wang, Marco Ballabio, Mao Wang, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Bishnu P. Biswal, Xiaocang Han, Silvia Paasch, Eike Brunner, Pan Liu, Mingwei Chen, Mischa Bonn, Thomas Heine, Shengqiang Zhou, Enrique Cánovas,* Renhao Dong,* Xinliang Feng*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 42, 16810-16816. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07644. [No. of citations: 37, Impact factor: 14.695]
18. A crystalline, 2D Polyarylimide Cathode for Ultrastable and Ultrafast Li Storage; Gang Wang,† Naisa Chandrasekhar,† Bishnu P. Biswal, Daniel Becker, Silvia Paasch, Eike Brunner, Matthew Addicoat, Reinhard Berger, Xinliang Feng*; Adv. Mater. 2019, 1901478; DOI: 10.1002/adma.201901478 [No. of citations: 31, Impact factor: 27.398]
19. Fully sp²‐Carbon‐Linked Crystalline Two‐Dimensional Conjugated Polymers: Insight into 2D Poly (Phenylenecyanovinylene) Formation and their Optoelectronic Properties; Daniel Becker,† Bishnu P. Biswal,† Paula KaleÅ„czuk, Naisa Chandrasekhar, Lars Giebeler, Silvia Paasch, Eike Brunner, Karl Leo, Arezoo Dianat, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Reinhard Berger,* Xinliang Feng*; Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 6562-6568. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201806385. [No. of citations: 13, Impact factor: 4.857]
20. Exploration of Thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole Linkages in Conjugated Porous Organic Polymers for Chemoselective Molecular Sieving; Bishnu P. Biswal, Daniel Becker, Naisa Chandrasekhar, Jensheer Shamsudeen Seenath, Silvia Paasch, Susanne Machill, Felix Hennersdorf, Eike Brunner, Jan J. Weigand, Reinhard Berger,* Xinliang Feng*; Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 10868-10875. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802631. [No. of citations: 10, Impact factor: 4.857]
21. Kitchen grinder: A Tool for the Synthesis of Metal–Organic Frameworks towards Size Selective Dye Adsorption; Mahalaxmi Samal, Jagannath Panda, Bishnu P. Biswal* and Rojalin Sahu*; CrystEngComm, 2018, 20, 2486–2490. DOI: 10.1039/c8ce00333e. [No. of citations: 17, Impact factor: 3.117]
22. Transforming Covalent Organic Framework into Thin-film Composite Membranes for Hydrocarbon Recovery; Bishnu P. Biswal, Shebeeb Kunjattu H., Taranpreet Kaur, Rahul Banerjee and Ulhas K. Kharul*; Sep. Sci. Technol. 2018, 53: 11, 1752-1759. DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2018.1443136. [No. of citations: 5, Impact factor: 1.360]
23. Constructing Ultraporous Covalent Organic Frameworks in Seconds via an Organic Terracotta Process; Suvendu Karak, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, Himadri Sekhar Sasmal, Sushil Kumar, Pradip Pachfule and Rahul Banerjee*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 1856-1862. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b08815 [No. of citations: 168, Impact factor: 14.695]
24. Selective Molecular Sieving in Self-Standing Porous Covalent-Organic-Framework Membranes; Sharath Kandambeth,† Bishnu P. Biswal,† Harshal D. Chaudhari, Kanhu Charan Rout, Shebeeb Kunjattu H., Shouvik Mitra, Anuja Das, Rabibrata Mukherjee, Ulhas K. Kharul* and Rahul Banerjee*; Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1603945. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603945 [No. of citations: 235, Impact factor: 27.398]
25. Constructing Covalent Organic Frameworks in Water via Dynamic Covalent Bonding; Jayshri Thote, Harshitha Barike Aiyappa, Rahul Raya Kumar, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, Digambar Balaji Shinde, Neha Chaki Roy and Rahul Banerjee*; IUCrJ, 2016, Nov 1, 3 (Pt 6), 402–407. DOI: 10.1107/S2052252516013762 [No. of citations: 24, Impact factor: 5.401]
26. Decoding the Morphological Diversity in Two Dimensional Crystalline Porous Polymers by Core Planarity Modulation; Arjun Halder,† Sharath Kandambeth,† Bishnu P. Biswal,† Gagandeep Kaur, Neha Chaki Roy, Matthew Addicoat, Jagadish K. Salunke, Subhrashis Banerjee, Kumar Vanka, Thomas Heine, Sandeep Verma and Rahul Banerjee*; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7806-7809. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600087 [No. of citations: 83, Impact factor: 12.959]
27. Self-Exfoliated Guanidinium-Based Ionic Covalent Organic Nanosheets (iCONs); Shouvik Mitra,† Sharath Kandambeth,† Bishnu P. Biswal,† Abdul Khayum M., Chandan K. Choudhury, Mihir Mehta, Gagandeep Kaur, Subhrashis Banerjee, Asmita Prabhune, Sandeep Verma, Sudip Roy, Ulhas K. Kharul and Rahul Banerjee*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2823-2828. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b13533 [No. of citations: 153, Impact factor: 14.695]
28. Chemically Stable Covalent Organic Frameworks (COF)-Polybenzimidazole Hybrid Membranes: Enhanced Gas Separation through pore modulation; Bishnu P. Biswal, Harshal D. Chaudhari, Rahul Banerjee* and Ulhas K. Kharul*; Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 4695-4699. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504836 [No. of citations: 145, Impact factor: 4.857]
29. A Mechanochemically Synthesized Covalent Organic Framework as Proton-conducting Solid Electrolyte; Digambar Balaji Shinde, Harshitha Barike Aiyappa, Mohitosh Bhadra, Bishnu P. Biswal, Pritish Wadge, Sharath Kandambeth, Bikash Garai, Shrikant M. Kunjir, Tanay Kundu, Sreekumar Kurungot* and Rahul Banerjee*; J. Mater Chem. A, 2016, 4, 2682 – 2690. DOI: 10.1039/C5TA10521H [No. of citations: 139, Impact factor: 11.301]
30. Pore Surface Engineering in Porous, Chemically Stable Covalent Organic Frameworks for Water Adsorption; Bishnu P. Biswal, Sharath Kandambeth, Suman Chandra, Digambar Balaji Shinde, Saibal Bera, Suvendu Karak, Bikash Garai, Ulhas K. Kharul and Rahul Banerjee*; J. Mater Chem. A, 2015, 3, 23664-23669. DOI: 10.1039/C5TA07998E [No. of citations: 64, Impact factor: 11.301]
31. Chemical Sensing in Two Dimensional Porous Covalent Organic Nanosheets; Gobinda Das,† Bishnu P. Biswal,† Sharath Kandambeth,† V. Venkatesh, Gagandeep Kaur, Matthew Addicoat, Thomas Heine, Sandeep Verma, Rahul Banerjee*; Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 3931-3939. DOI: 10.1039/C5SC00512D [No. of citations: 291, Impact factor: 9.346]
32. Selective Interfacial Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks on polybenzimidazole Hollow Fiber Membrane for Gas Separation; Bishnu P. Biswal, Anand Bhaskar, Rahul Banerjee* and Ulhas K. Kharul*; Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 7291-7298. DOI: 10.1039/c5nr00299k [No. of citations: 66, Impact factor: 6.895]
33. Mechanosynthesis of Imine, β-Ketoenamine, and Hydrogen-Bonded Imine-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks using Liquid-Assisted Grinding; Gobinda Das, Digambar Balaji Shinde, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal and Rahul Banerjee*; Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 12615-12618. DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03389B [No. of citations: 80, Impact factor: 5.996]
34. Crystalline Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Synthesis, Structure and Function; Chandan Dey, Tanay Kundu, Bishnu P. Biswal, Arijit Mallick* and Rahul Banerjee*, Acta Cryst. B70, 2014, 3-10. DOI: 10.1107/S2052520613029557 [No. of citations: 225, Impact factor: 2.048]
35. Chemically Stable Multi-layered Covalent Organic Nanosheets from Covalent Organic Frameworks via Mechanical Delamination; Suman Chandra, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, Binit Lukose, Shrikant M. Kunjir, Minakshi Chaudhary, Ravichandar Babarao, Thomas Heine and Rahul Banerjee*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 17853–17861. DOI: 10.1021/ja408121p [No. of citations: 375, Impact factor: 14.695]
36. Stabilization of Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) by Encapsulation inside Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Nanocrystals for Photoluminescence Tuning; Bishnu P. Biswal, Dhanraj B. Shinde, Vijayamohanan Pillai* and Rahul Banerjee*; Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 10556-10561. DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03511E [No. of citations: 87, Impact factor: 6.895]
37. Mechanochemical Synthesis of Chemically Stable Isoreticular Covalent Organic Frameworks; Bishnu P. Biswal, Suman Chandra, Sharath Kandambeth, Binit Lukose, Thomas Heine and Rahul Banerjee*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 5328–5331. DOI: 10.1021/ja4017842 [No. of citations: 408, Impact factor: 14.695]
38. Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) Derived Hollow Core-Nitrogen doped Carbon Nanostructures for Oxygen Reduction Reactions in PEFCs; Thangavelu Palaniselvam,† Bishnu P. Biswal,† Rahul Banerjee* and Sreekumar Kurungot*; Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 9335–9342. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300145 [No. of citations: 126, Impact factor: 4.857]
39. Solution Mediated Phase Transformation (RHO to SOD) in Porous Co-Imidazolate based Zeolitic Framework with High Water Stability; Bishnu P. Biswal, Tamas Panda and Rahul Banerjee*; Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11868-11870. DOI: 10.1039/C2CC36651G [No. of citations: 61, Impact factor: 5.996]
40. Control over Porosity using Isoreticular Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (IRZIFs) as Template for Porous Carbon Synthesis; Pradip Pachfule, Bishnu P. Biswal and Rahul Banerjee*; Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 11399-11408. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200957 [No. of citations: 115, Impact factor: 4.857]

Research Overview

Our group particularly interested in the ordered porous inorganic/organic and hybrid materials, this infancy area of research is most exciting particularly due their structural diversity and wide applicability towards solving societal challenges related to clean energy and environment.

Synthetic development of novel inorganic/organic/hybrid framework materials.

Porous materials based membrane for gas separation and water purification.

Engineering of porous materials for solar-to-chemical energy conversion.

1. Chemical Rate Processes (C402)
2. Introductory Chemistry (C101)
3. Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry (C307)
4. Physical Chemistry Laboratory (C243 and C343)

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