The goal of my research is to improve the design principles of electrochemical catalysts using in situ spectroscopy. I am interested in challenges such as electrochemical activation of oxygen and water, production of fuels from CO₂, processes in batteries etc.

Representative Publications

• Promotion of electrochemical water oxidation activity of Au supported Cobalt Oxide upon addition of Cr: insights using in situ Raman Spectroscopy
  Abhinaba Das, Bapuji Mohapatra, Vipin Kamboj, Chinmoy Ranjan*
  ChemCatChem, 2021
• The active site for water oxidizing anodic iridium oxide probed using in situ Raman Spectroscopy
  Zoran Pavlovic, Chinmoy Ranjan*, Maurice van Gastel, Robert Schloegl
  ChemComm, 2017, 6(12) Advance Article (accepted)
• Probing the structure of water oxidizing anodic Iridium oxide catalyst using Raman spectroscopy
  Zoran Pavlovic, Chinmoy Ranjan*, Qiang Gao, Maurice van Gastel, Robert Schloegl
  ACS Catalysis, 2016, 6(12), 8098-8105
• Enhancement of stability and activity of MnOx/Au electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution through adequate electrolyte composition
  Qiang Gao, Chinmoy Ranjan*, Zoran Pavlovic, Raoul Blume, Robert Schloegl
  ACS Catalysis, 2015, 5, 7265-7275
• In Situ Study of the Gas-Phase Electrolysis of Water on Platinum by NAP-XPS
  Rosa Arrigo, Michael Haevecker, Manfred E. Schuster, Chinmoy Ranjan, Axel Knop-Gericke, Robert Schloegl
  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 125(44), 11874-11879
• Electronic effects in CO chemisorption on PtPb intermetallic surfaces: A theoretical study.
  Chinmoy Ranjan, Roald Hoffmann, Francis J. DiSalvo, Héctor D. Abruña.
  J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007, 111 (46), 17357-17369