Group leader

Prof. Björn Åkermark

Current members

Dr. Biswanath Das (Researcher) (https://www.su.se/english/profiles/bida3182-1.504348)

Topics being investigated:

(i) Robust and efficient anodes for water oxidation

(ii) Electrolytic cells for sustainable energy [designed together with Dr. Biswanath Das and Assoc. Prof. Oscar Verho (Uppsala University)]

(iii) Efficient systems for CO2 capture and conversion (chemical, electrochemical and photoelectrochemical approach (designed together with Dr. Biswanath Das)

(iv) PFAS remediation (chemical, electrochemical and photoelectrochemical approach) [designed by Dr. Biswanath Das together with Prof Naresh Kumar (UNSW, Sydney, Australia)]

Recent Publications:

1. Jun Sun, Sreenu Jennepalli, Matthew Lee, Adele Jones, Denis M. O’Carroll, Michael J. Manefield, Mohan Bhadbhade, Björn Åkermark, Biswanath Das, and Naresh Kumar: Efficient Reductive Defluorination of Branched PFOS by Metal− Porphyrin Complexes,

   Environ. Sci. Technol.

   , Accepted article, 2022, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c08254

2. Lin Li,

   ¶

   Biswanath Das

   ¶

   , Ahibur Rahaman, Andrey Shatskiy, Fei Ye,  Peihong Cheng, Chunze Yuan, Zhiqi Yang, Oscar Verho, Markus D. Kärkäs, Joydeep Dutta, Tsu-Chien Weng, and Björn Åkermark:

   Ruthenium containing molecular electrocatalyst on glassy carbon for electrochemical water splitting, Dalton Trans., 51, 7957-7965, 2022.

3. Biswanath Das,

   Ahibur Rahaman, Andrey Shatskiy, Oscar

   Verho, Markus D Kärkäs,b and Björn Åkermark:  The Impact of Ligand Carboxylates on Electrocatalyzed

   Water Oxidation, Acc. Chem. Res

   .,

   54, 17, 3326–3337, 2021.

   (

   Review article)

4. Jun Sun

   , 

   Sreenu Jennepalli

   , 

   Matthew Lee

   ,   

   Denis M. O'Carroll

   ,   

   Björn Åkermark

   ,    

   Michael J. Manefield

   ,

   Biswanath Das

   and  

   Naresh Kumar

   : Removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water by ceric(

   IV

   ) ammonium nitrate,

   RSC Adv.

   ,

   11

   , 17642-17645, 2021.

5. Andrey Shatskiy, Andrey A Bardin, Michael Oschmann, Roc Matheu, Jordi Benet

   ‐

   Buchholz, Lars Eriksson, Markus D Kärkäs, Eric V Johnston, Carolina Gimbert

   ‐

   Suriñach, Antoni Llobet, and Björn Åkermark:

   Electrochemically Driven Water Oxidation by a Highly Active Ruthenium

   ‐

   Based Catalyst

   , ChemSusChem, 12, 10, 2251-2262, 2019.