Dr. Cheralathan K K

Designation : Associate Professor Senior
School / Centre : School of Advanced Sciences
Department : Chemistry

Educational Details

Anna University, Chennai

Ph.D.

Heterogeneous Catalysis

Graduated in 2003

Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

M.Sc.

Chemistry

Graduated in 1998

Sri Vasavi College, Erode affiliated to Bharathiar University

B.Sc.

Chemistry

Graduated in 1996

Post Doctoral Experiences

• Project Researcher, Department of Materials and Environmental Science, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan, September 2006 to December 2009 • Post-doctoral Researcher, Division of Advanced Chemical Technology, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Yuseoung, Daejeon 305-600, Korea, August 2004 to August 2005 • Post-doctoral Fellow, Lab of Environment and Energy, Department of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 561-756, South Korea, May 2003 to May 2004

Research Details

Areas of Specialization

Heterogeneous catalysis & Single atom catalysis • Biomass conversion to get value added chemicals • Zeolites
and other porous materials • Photocatalysis for hydrogen production • Carbon nanomaterials

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title	Funding Agency
A novel method of on-board hydrogen generation by methanol steam reforming with engine heat recovery strategy for direct injection of hydrogen in a CNG fuelled automotive SI engine	DST-SERB

Completed Funded Project Details

Title	Funding Agency
Preparation of hierarchically porous zeolites using agricultural waste materials as hard templates and their catalytic activity studies	DST-SERB

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title	Publisher	Published Year
1. Emerging trends in photocatalytic transformation of biomass-derived glycerol into hydrogen fuel and value-added chemicals, in: Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Ajay Kumar Mishra (eds.), Handbook of Smart Photocatalytic Materials, (227-246) 2020, Elsevier. ISBN: 9780128190494	Elsevier	2020
2. Levulinic acid a potential keto acid for producing biofuels and chemicals, T.J. Malu, K. Manikandan, K.K. Cheralathan in: Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan, Ashok Pandey, Hu Li, Anders Riisager (eds.), Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals – Recent Advances in Development of Platform chemicals, (171-197) 2019, Elsevier. ISBN: 9780444643070	Elsevier	2019
3. Recent Progress in Photocatalytic Water Splitting by Nanostructured TiO2-Carbon Photocatalysts – Influence of Interfaces, Morphological Structures and Experimental Parameters, Preethi, M. Mamatha Kumari, N. Ramesh Reddy, U. Bhargav, K. K. Cheralathan, C. H. Shilpa Chakra and M. V. Shankar in: Shahid-ul-Islam (ed.) Integrated Green Chemistry and Sustainable Engineering, (23–56), 2019, Scrivener Publishing LLC. ISBN: 9781119509820	Scrivener Publishing LLC	2019