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Electrocatalysis Lab

Welcome to the Electrocatalysis Lab at IISER Thiruvananthapuram. Our research focuses on mechanistic analysis of oxygen reduction reaction, development of trifunctional electrocatalysts for Zn-air battery and water electrolysis applications, and biomass oxidation to value-added products.

Group News!!

  • Congratulations to Dr. Anook Nazer E. A. for completing your doctoral degree.

  • Congratulations to Dr. J. Anjana for completing your doctoral degree.

  • Congratulations to Gokul P. M. for successfully completing your BS-MS degree.

  • A warm welcome to Dr. Allwin Sudhakaran, who has joined our group as a postdoc.

  • ​Congratulations to Parvathi V. G. and Dr. Anook Nazer E. A. for publishing the work "Highly Durable Bifunctional LaCoxNi1–xO3-Based Electrocatalysts for Zinc–Air Batteries" in ACS Applied Energy Materials.

  • ​Congratulations to Shankar B. and Gokul P. M. for publishing the work "MOF‐Derived CoW‐Alloy Carbon Nanotubes: A Trifunctional Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting and Zinc‐Air Battery Applications" in ChemCatChem.

  • ​Congratulations to Dr. Anook Nazer E. A. for publishing the work "Trifunctional GdCoO₃ perovskite electrocatalysts for zinc–air battery and water electrolysis applications" in Material Advances.

  • Congratulations to Dr. Anook Nazer E. A. for publishing the work "Mechanochemical doping of boron & nitrogen on graphite as the metal-free bifunctional electrocatalysts for zinc-air battery" in Electrochimica Acta.

  • Congratulations to J. Anjana for successfully defending your thesis.

  • Congratulations to Anook Nazer E. A. for successfully defending your thesis.

  • Congratulations to Dr. A. Muthukrishan on his promotion from assistant to associate professor.

Recent Publications

Parvathi Vijayakumar Geetha, Anook Nazer Eledath and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2025, ASAP   DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.5c01014

Annet Anna Thomas, Anook Nazer Eledath, M. Junaid Bushiri and Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

Mater. Adv., 2025, Advance Article   DOI:  10.1039/D5MA00193E

Shankar Baskaran, Gokul Pandiyan Mageswari, Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

ChemCatChem, 2025, e00598   DOI: 10.1002%2Fcctc.202500598

Anook Nazer Eledath, Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan*

Electrochimica Acta, 525, 2025, 146132   DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146132

Funding

Contact 

Contact Address

Dr. A. Muthukrishnan

Associate Professor  

School of Chemistry  IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala, PO: Vithura, Thiruvananthapuram - 695551, Kerala, India.

Email: muthukrishan@iisertvm.ac.in 

Office

CSB-3111B 

School of Chemistry

IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Maruthamala P.O., Vithura

Kerala, 695551​

Laboratory

CSB-3111A and 2203

School of Chemistry

IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Maruthamala P.O., Vithura

Kerala, 695551​

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