Dr. Bijayalaxmi Jena

16 Years

• Solid State Chemistry
• Spectroscopy
• Thermodynamics
• Chemical Kinetics
• Electrochemistry
• X-Ray Diffraction

• Bijayalaxmi Jena and S. Sundar Manoharan,
  
  “Blue to Green Shifted Fluorescence in Inter and Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonded Di(benzimidazol-2-yl) Benzene”
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  Chemical Communications, pp. 4426–4428, 2009.
• A. Goel, S. Chaurasia, Bijayalaxmi Jena, R. S. Anand, S. S. Manoharan,
  
  “Donor-Acceptor 9-Uncapped Fluorene and Fluorenones as Stable Blue Light Emitters”
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  Organic Letters, 11(6), pp. 1289–1292, 2009.
• Bijayalaxmi Jena, S. Sundar Manoharan, Sattey Prakash,
  
  “Specificity and Selectivity in Photoluminescent Properties of π-Conjugated Benzheterazole Molecules”
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  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, pp. 20942–20948, 2009.
• Aneeya K. Samantaray, Subash Chandra Sahu, Bamaprasad Bag, Bijayalaxmi Jena, and Bikash Kumar Jena,
  
  “Photoelectrocatalytic Oxidation of NADH by Visible Light Driven Plasmonic Nanocomposites”
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  Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, pp. 12677–12680, 2014.
• T. Ghosh, A. B. Das, B. Jena, C. Pradhan,
  
  “Antimicrobial Effect of Silver Zinc Oxide (Ag-ZnO) Nanocomposite Particles”
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  Frontiers in Life Science, 8(1), p. 47, 2014.
• S. C. Sahu, T. K. Behera, A. Dash, B. Jena, A. Ghosh, B. K. Jena,
  
  “Highly Porous Pd Nanostructures and Reduced Graphene Hybrids: Excellent Electrocatalytic Activity Towards Hydrogen Peroxide”
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  New Journal of Chemistry, 40(2), pp. 1096–1099.
• Swagatika Kamila, Bishnupada Mohanty, Aneeya Samantara, Puspendu Guha, Arnab Ghosh, Bijayalaxmi Jena, Satyam Parlapalli, Barada Mishra, and Bikash Jena,
  
  “Highly Active 2D Layered MoS₂-rGO Hybrids for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications”
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  Scientific Reports, 7(1), pp. 1–13, 2017.
• Bishnupad Mohanty, Mahdi Ghorbani-Asl, Silvan Kretschmer, Arnab Ghosh, Puspendu Guha, Subhendu K. Panda, Bijayalaxmi Jena, Arkady V. Krasheninnikov, and Bikash Kumar Jena,
  
  “MoS₂ Quantum Dots as Efficient Catalyst Materials for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction”
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  ACS Catalysis, 8(11), pp. 10268–10275, 2018.
• Bishnupad Mohanty, Kusha Kumar Naik, Satyapriya Sahoo, Bijayalaxmi Jena, Brahmananda Chakraborty, Chandra Sekhar Rout, and Bikash Kumar Jena,
  
  “Efficient Photoelectrocatalytic Activity of CuWO₄ Nanoplates Towards the Oxidation of NADH Driven in Visible Light”
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  ChemistrySelect, 3(31), pp. 9008–9012, 2018.
  • Aneeya K. Samantara, Debasrita Dash, Dipti L. Bhuyan, Namita Dalai and Bijayalaxmi Jena*,
    
    “Tuning the Photocatalytic Performance of Plasmonic Nanocomposites (ZnO/Au_x) Driven in Visible Light”
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    Current Catalysis, 8(1), pp. 56–61, 2019.
  • Namita Dalai, Bishnupad Mohanty, Arijit Mitra and Bijayalaxmi Jena*,
    
    “Highly Active Ternary Nickel–Iron Oxide as Bifunctional Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Splitting”
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    ChemistrySelect, 4(27), pp. 7791–7796, 2019.
  • Bishnupad Mohanty, Bikash Kumar Jena, Manikandan Kandasamy, Namita Dalai, Ranjan Kumar Sahu, R. M. Kadam, Bramhananda Chakraborthy and Bijayalaxmi Jena*,
    
    “The Role of Se Vacancy and Fe Doping of Nickel Selenide in Water Oxidation Reaction”
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    Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4, pp. 3058–3065, 2020.
  • B. Mohanty, A. Mitra, B. Jena and B. K. Jena,
    
    “MoS₂ Quantum Dots as Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction over a Wide pH Range”
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    Energy & Fuels, 34(80), pp. 10268–10275, 2020.
  • Namita Dalai, Barsha Dash and Bijayalaxmi Jena*,
    
    “Bifunctional Activity of PVP K-30 Assisted Cobalt Molybdate for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting”
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    ChemistrySelect, 7(36), e202202270, 2022.
  • Bishnupad Mohanty, Shraddhanjali Senapati, Arijit Mitra, Rajaram Bal and Bijayalaxmi Jena*,
    
    “Synthesis of Octahedral Shaped Mn₃O₄ and Its Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction”
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    Catalysis Today, 423, 113897, 2023.
  • Namita Dalai and Bijayalaxmi Jena*,
    
    “Iron Nickel Sulfide Nanorods for Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”
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    ChemistrySelect, 8(13), e202204370, 2023.
  • Shraddhanjali Senapati, Rajaram Bal, Manoj Mohapatra, Namita Dalai and Bijayalaxmi Jena*,
    
    “Inducing Selenium Vacancy in Nickel Selenide/Iron Selenide by Hydrazine-Ultrasonic Treatment for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting Reaction”
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    Energy Technology, 12(3), 2300979, 2023.
  • Namita Dalaia, Manikandan Kandasamy, Shraddhanjali Senapati, Brahmananda Chakraborty and Bijayalaxmi Jena*,
    
    “Bifunctional Activity and Theoretical Study of Transition Metal Molybdates for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reaction”
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    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 64, pp. 676–684, 2024.
  • Shraddhanjali Senapati, Rajaram Bal, Manoj Mohapatra and Bijayalaxmi Jena*,
    
    “Vacancy Enriched Structurally Modulated Nickel Ferrite for Oxygen Evolution Reaction”
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    ChemNanoMat, e202400480, 2024.
  • Shraddhanjali Senapati, Lingaraj Pradhan, Bishnupad Mohanty, Rajaram Bal and Bijayalaxmi Jena*,
    
    “Defective Iron Doped Nickel Sulfide as Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”
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    Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 207, 112924, 2025.
  • S. Senapati, R. Bal and B. Jena,
    
    “Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Nickel Sulfide/Iron Sulfide (NiS₂/Fe₇S₈) Rods for Oxygen Evolution Reaction”
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    ChemNanoMat, e202500, 2025.

• Ph.D. Awarded (02)
  • Namita Dalai, Ph.D. (Utkal University), 2021
    • Thesis Title: Nanomaterials and Its Composites for Colorimetric Sensing, Photocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Application
  • Bishnupad Mohanty, Ph.D. (Utkal University), 2021
    • Thesis Title: Metal Nanostructures for Energy Conversion Application
• Ph.D. Submitted (01)
  • Bishnupad Mohanty, Ph.D. (Utkal University)
    • Thesis Title: Rational Designing of Efficient Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting (Submitted)
• Ph.D. Ongoing: 04
• M.Phil. Guided: 19
• M.Sc. Interns Guided: 25

• Vacancy Engineering in Doped Nanocatalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting Application (Principal Investigator)
  • Funding Agency: DST, Government of Odisha
  • Grant No.: 2676/ST
  • Reference: ST-SCST-MISC-0015-2019
  • Date: 16 July 2020
  • Amount Received: ₹10,00,000 (10 Lakhs)
• Transition Metal Based Defective Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reaction
  • Funding Agency: DST-SERB (SURE), Government of India
  • Project No.: SUR/2022/003673
  • Sanction Date: 09 May 2023
  • Grant Amount: ₹28,33,600

• International Conference on Materials for Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Health (ICMSEEH 2023)
  • Role: Invited Speaker
  • Dates: 8–9 December 2023
  • Venue: Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
  • Title of Talk: Nanostructured Materials for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting Reaction
• 108th Indian Science Congress
  • Role: Invited Speaker
  • Dates: 3–7 January 2023
  • Venue: Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, India
  • Theme: Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment
• National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Chemical Science and Drug Design”
  • Role: Invited Speaker
  • Dates: 14–15 February 2025
  • Venue: Department of Chemistry, Khallikote Unitary University, Berhampur, Odisha, India
• International Seminar on “Current Advances in Optical Spectroscopy and its Applications (CAOSA – 2025)”
  • Role: Invited Speaker
  • Dates: 26–27 September 2025
  • Venue: P.G. Department of Chemistry, Stewart Science College, Cuttack, Odisha, India

• Qualified Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR, India) – 2006
• Qualified Net Lectureship – 2004
• Qualified CSIR Junior Research Fellowship – 2003

• Attendee of Orienation Programme: “Human Values in Education” 18^th Nov-15^th Dec, 2010, at HRDC Utkal University.
• Attendee of Refresher Course: “General Trends in Chemistry” 29^th Nov-19^th Dec, 2011, at HRDC Utkal University.
• Attendee of Teacher’s Development Programme, 30^th Jan -8^th Feb, 2012, at HRDC Utkal University.
• Attendee of Refresher Course “Frontiers in Chemical Sciences”: 29^th Aug-18^th Sep, 2017, at HRDC Utkal University
• Attendee of Short term Course on “Disaster Management”: 29^th July-4^th Aug, 2019, at HRDC Utkal University
• Attendee Refresher Course on “Research Methodology in Basic Science”: 19^th Aug-1st Sep, 2019, at HRDC, Utkal University
• Attendee of Refresher Course on “Research Methodology in Basic Science”: 10^th Feb-23rd Feb, 2021, at HRDC, Utkal University.

Invited lectures:

RD Womens College, Bhubaneswar (Department of Chemistry), 2011, Elecetronic Devices
Raghunath Jew College, Cuttack, (Department of Chemistry), 2016, P-N Junction and its application
D.A.V Unit-8, Bhunaneswar, 2018.
The Role of Plancks Quantum Theory in Modern chemistry