Manisha Samanta

Assistant Professor @IITGN
PI to Solid State Energy Lab
#IITChennai #JNCASR #MPI #FKF #IITGn

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

Check out our recent work from Solid State Energy Lab at IITGN.

[IIT Gandhinagar @iitgn]

Ever smelled the rotten-egg odour near an industrial zone? It can signal toxic sulphide pollutants in industrial wastewater: waste that is costly to treat and rarely generates value. Meanwhile, hydrogen production relies on the four-electron Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER), which adds significant energy demand to water electrolysis. What if both challenges could be addressed together? Researchers at IIT Gandhinagar have developed a new catalyst that could potentially facilitate these dual targets.

The connection lies in how hydrogen is produced. Water electrolysis involves two reactions simultaneously. One produces hydrogen, while the other produces oxygen through a slow, energy-intensive reaction. Replacing that oxygen-producing step with one that also treats a pollutant could let the same process serve two purposes.

That is where the IITGN team’s catalyst, Ba6Ni25S27 (BNS), comes in. Composed of barium, nickel and sulphur, BNS forms thin nanosheets featuring a three-dimensional Ni–S framework, offering a promising platform for driving the electrochemical reaction. It drives sulphide oxidation, converting sulphide into elemental sulphur, which could be recovered as a useful material rather than left as waste.

In laboratory tests, sulphide oxidation required about 0.5 volts to reach 10 mA/cm², compared with 1.85 volts for oxygen production under the same conditions. The catalyst remained active for more than 128 hours, with its structure remaining intact after testing.

These results point to the catalyst’s potential, but more work is needed to assess its performance beyond the laboratory, particularly with real industrial wastewater and in a complete hydrogen-producing system.

The team includes Dr Uday Kumar Ghorui, Dr Suman Dey, Dr Asif Iqbal, Prof Mitesh H. Patel, Prof Ranjit Thapa, and Prof Manisha Samanta.

For more information: https://t.co/IYYwjvd3gX

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[Hunter Lab @HunterLabNU]

The Hunter Lab at Northwestern University is looking to hire a new postdoc! Please share this opportunity with any qualified candidates and email a CV to Bryan to apply.

@Chemjobber #chempostdoc

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@kanishkabiswas @LotschGroup Thank you sir :)

[Lotsch Group @LotschGroup]

Congratulations to @Samanta7Manisha for winning a prize for her poster "Weyl Semimetals for Hydrogen Evolution" at the IQST retreat, held at the Schloss Reisensburg in May. 🎉☀️

[Lotsch Group @LotschGroup]

Check out our recently published work on Weyl Semimetals for hydrogen evolution by @Samanta7Manisha. 🧪🌲

https://t.co/5uQd36Qhhw

#chemistry #hydrogen #catalysis

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@ChinChemLett @LotschGroup Thank you :)

[Max Planck Society @maxplanckpress]

Finally!🤗Confession: we’ve been looking forward to this tweet all year! 😉It's one of our favourite holiday posts: the #Xmas #equation - a perfect combination of #math, merriment & seasonal cheer! 😃❄️🎅🎉🎄

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@PaharSanjukta Thanks 🙂

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

It is a pleasure to be a part of the #AvH community.

[Lotsch Group @LotschGroup]

Our group's very own Dr. Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha and Dr. Yang Wang @YangWan56454772 have been selected for the prestigious #Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers by @AvHStiftung. Congratulations!

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@SOUMALY42938132 Thank you :)

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@AchiArchana Thanks 😊

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@MoinakDutta0 Chole ay Germany 😬

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@asikchem Thank you 🙂

[IIT Bombay @iitbombay]

IIT Bombay alumnus and Young Alumni Achiever Awardee (2019) @paraga is the newly appointed CEO of Twitter. Before joining Twitter, he worked at Microsoft, Yahoo!, and AT&T Labs. IIT Bombay wishes him the best for his new journey!

#iitbombay #paragagrawal #TwitterCEO

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Physics Laureate Albert Einstein on work.

On 18 May, you will be able to join our online event on the future of work. Laureates Abhijit Banerjee, Christopher Pissarides and Muhammad Yunus are some of the participating speakers.

Read more: https://t.co/Xa3YsxK9pR

#NobelPrize

[Lotsch Group @LotschGroup]

We are hiring! Interested in solid-state battery materials, scalable synthesis routes and electrochemistry? 🔋🔌⚗️ Come work with us for your Master thesis or as a PhD researcher @LMU_Muenchen ➡️ https://t.co/d9LSH5C7FD RTs welcome and appreciated #battchat #chemjobs #PhDGermany

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@asikchem @kanishkabiswas @jncasr @RCSubhajit Thank you 😁

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

It gives me immense please to share our recent publication in #Science from Prof. @kanishkabiswas 's group at @jncasr . Delighted to be a part of it. My heartiest congratulations to the team and Kudos to @RCSubhajit for all the hard work.

https://t.co/RJtw2WCav4

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@AroraRaagya @RCSubhajit Congratulations 👏! Best wishes for your future endeavours!

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@Airtel_Presence Thank you so much. I shall maintain the account balance.

[Manisha Samanta @Samanta7Manisha]

@Airtel_Presence
Hi My self Manisha Samanta from India. My mobile number 8971017800 and email id: [email protected]. currently I am in Germany, couldn't make phone calls.
I want to register my Airtel mobile number for Volte so that I can place international call.