Dr Ankur Bordoloi

Research Interest

• Fundamental understanding of Heterogeneous catalysis processes for Energy, Environment and Chemicals 
• C1 Chemistry (CH4, CO, CO2& CH3OH): activation and transformation
• Syngas generation via catalytic reforming
• Methane partial oxidation
• Syngas conversion process (Methanol, FT synthesis)
• In-situ/Operando spectroscopy
• Reaction, reactor, and processes
• CO2 hydrogenations

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• Keerti Sangoram endowment award for best research scholar of the year 2007, in Physical/Material sciences, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
• Prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for postdoctoral research, Germany
• Recipient of Prestigious DR K S KRISHNAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIP, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
• Awarded DST Fast Track Young Scientist, 2014
• Finalist of prestigious IChemE Global Awards 2020 (Energy category)

Patents

• An improved process and catalyst for selective dehydration of methanol to dimethyl etherUS2016/9468914 B2
• An improved Ni-CeMgAl2O4 catalyst and process for dry reforming of methane with carbon dioxideUS2016/0001269A1
• An improved process and catalyst containing Ni nano-cluster supported on modified CeO2/ZrO2 for tri-reforming of methaneUS2016296917 A1
• Heavy petroleum residue derived sp2 carbon nanogranules for improved synthesis of light olefinsIndian patent & US patent applied Application No:0134NF2016
• An improved process for selective synthesis of lower olefins from syngas using boron doped nanostructured iron catalystIndian patent & US patent applied Application No:0288NF2016

Selected Publications

• Insight into Mn enhanced short-chain olefin selectivity in CO₂ hydrogenation over Na-CuFeO₂ catalyst
  Gaje Singh, Deepak Khurana, Tuhin S. Khan, Indrajit K. Ghosh, Biswajit Chowdhury, Andrei Y. Khodakov, Ankur Bordoloi, Applied Surface Science 616, 2023, 156401
• Molybdenum sulfide embedded mesoporous N-Doped carbon as a noble metal-free highly selective catalyst for conversion of CO₂ to CO
  Siddharth Sameer, Gaje Singh, Jyoti Gahtori, Reena Goyal, Indrajit Kumar Ghosh, Noelia Barrabes, Ankur Bordoloi*, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering ,10,  2022, 108988
• Highly efficient ZIF-67 derived metal-carbon interface for low-temperature aqueous phase Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
  Jyoti Gahtori, Chelsea L. Tucker, Tuhin S. Khan, Camilla de Sá Codeço, Tulio Rocha, Ankur Bordoloi*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 34, 38905–38920
• Supported Rh₂O₃ sub-nanometer size particles for direct amination of ethylene with piperidine
  Manideepa Sengupta, Tuhin Suvra Khan, Subhasis Das,   Gurmeet Singh,  Ravi Kumar,   Dibyendu Bhattacharya, M. Ali Haider, SkManirul Islam, Ankur Bordoloi*, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022,12, 3303-3310
• Single-step synthesis of 2-pentanone from furfural over Cu–Ni @SBA-15
  Gurmeet Singh, TuhinS.Khan, Chanchal Samanta, Rajaram Bal, Ankur Bordoloi*, Biomass and Bioenergy 156, 2022, 106321
• Insights into promoter-enhanced aqueous phase CO hydrogenation over Co@TiO₂ mesoporous nanocomposites
  Jyoti Gahtori, Gurmeet Singh, Chelsea L. Tucker, Eric van Steen Ankush, V. Biradar,  Ankur Bordoloi* Fuel 310, 2022, 122402
• Insights into the unusual role of Chlorine in product selectivity for direct hydrogenation of CO/CO2 to short-chain olefins
  Indrajit K. Ghosh, Zafar Iqbal, Tracey van Heerden, Eric van Steen, Ankur Bordoloi*, Chemical Engg Journal 413, 2021, 127424
• Gd–Ru Nanoparticles Supported on Zr0.5Ce0.5O2 Nanorods for Dry Methane Reforming
  Subhasis Das, Manideepa Sengupta, Arijit Bag, Arun Saini, Martin Muhler, Ankur Bordoloi*, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 3, 2547–2557
• The effect of metal additives in Cu/Zn/Al2O3 as a catalyst for low-pressure methanol synthesis in an oil-cooled annulus reactor
  Woo Jin Lee; Ankur Bordoloi; Jim Patel; Tejas Bhatelia, Catal. Today, 343 (2020) 48-55
• Insight into mesoporous nitrogen rich carbon induced synergy for selective synthesis of ethanol
  Subhasis Das, Manideepa Sengupta, Renata Lippi, Jim Patel, Arijit Bag, Chandrani Nayak, Shambhu Nath Jha, Ankur Bordoloi, Carbon (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.06.076
• Advanced titania composites for efficient CO2 reforming with methane: Statistical method vs. experiment
  Mumtaj Shah, Prasenjit Mondal, Ameeya Kumar Nayak, Ankur BordoloiJournal of CO2 utilization,39 (2020) 101160
• Insight of Boron induced single step synthesis of short-chain olefins from Bio derived Syngas
  Indrajit K.Ghosh, Zafar Iqbal, Sumantra Bhattacharya, Ankur BordoloiFuel,263 (2020) 116663
• CNx stabilized Ni-Ga nanoparticles for CO2 hydrogenation: Role of preparation methods
  Reena Goyal; Woo Jin Lee; Sidharth Sameer; Bipul Sarkar Ken Chiang; Ankur BordoloiCatal. Today,343 (2020) 183-190
• CuxOy@COF: An efficient heterogeneous catalyst system for CO2 cycloadditions under ambient conditions Manideepa Sengupta
  Arijit Bag, Swarbhanu Ghosh, Ankur Bordoloi*, Sk. Manirul IslamJournal of CO2 utilization,34 (2019) 533-542
• Enhanced dry methane reforming over Ru decorated mesoporous silica and its kinetic study
  Subhasis Das; Mumtaj Shah; Rishi Kumar Gupta; Ankur BordoloiJournal of CO2 utilization,29 (2019) 240-253
• Oxidative coupling of aniline and desulfurization over nitrogen rich mesoporous carbon
  Reena Goyal, Deepa Dumbre, L N Sivakumar Konathala, Monica Pandey and Ankur BordoloiCatal. Sci. Technol.,5 (2015) 3632–3638
• Support interaction of Ni nanocluster-based catalysts applied in CO2 reforming
  Subhasis Das, Sharvani Thakur, Arijit Bag, Manveer Singh Gupta , Prasenjit Mondal and Ankur BordoloiJ. Catal. 330(2015) 46-60
• Ni nanocluster on modified CeO2-ZrO2 nanoporous composite for tri-reforming of methane
  Rajib Kumar Singha, Subhasis Das, Monica Pandey, Sachin Kumar, Rajaram Bal and Ankur BordoloiCatal. Sci. Technol., 6(2016)7122–7136
• Studies of synergy between metal–support interfaces and selective hydrogenation of HMF to DMF in water
  Reena Goyal, Bipul Sarkar, Arijit Bag, Nazia Siddiqui, Deepa Dumbre, Nishita Lucas, Suresh Kumar Bhargava and Ankur Bordoloi J Catal 340(2016) 248-260
• Reaction and Mechanistic Studies of Heterogeneous Hydroamination over Support-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles
  Manideepa Sengupta, Arijit Bag, Subhasis Das, Astha Shukla, L N Sivakumar Konathala, C A Naidu and Ankur BordoloiChemCatChem 8,19(2016)3121-3130
• Role of Cs in higher alcohol synthesis over modified Cu-Co nanocomposites under mild condition
  Subhasis Das, Manideepa Sengupta, and Ankur BordoloiChemCatChem 9, 2017, 1845-1853)
• Synergy studies between support surface properties and catalyst deactivation for CO2 reforming over supported Ni Nanoparticle
  Subhasis Das, Manideepa Sengupta, Jim Patel and Ankur BordoloiApplied Catalysis A, 545,2017, 113-126
• Synthesis of AgWCNx nanocomposite for one-step conversion of Cyclohexene to Adipic Acid and its mechanistic studies
  Reena Goyal, Siddharth Sameer, Bipul Sarkar, Arijit Bag, Nikita Singhal, and Ankur BordoloiChemistry A European Journal, Chem. Eur.J.2017, 23,16555 –16565
• Facile synthesis of highly disperse Ni-Co nanoparticles over mesoporous silica for enhanced methane dry reforming
  Subhasis Das, Manideepa Sengupta ,Mumtaj Shah and Ankur BordoloiNanoscale, 2018,10, 6409-6425

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