Born: Nov. 1991, New Delhi
Education:
B.Sc. - St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi (2009-2012)
M.Sc. - Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (2012-2014)
Ph.D. - Osaka University, Japan (with Prof. Hiromi Yamashita) (2014-2017)
Experience:
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor: Osaka University, Japan (with Prof. Hiromi Yamashita) (Oct2017- May2019)
Royal Society-Newton Postdoc Fellow: University of Southampton, UK (with Prof. Robert Raja) (June 2019-July 2021)
JSPS Postdoc Fellow: Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (with Prof. Hiromi Yamashita) (Aug 2021- April 2022)
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University, Japan (May 2022- March 2023)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (April 2023 - present)
Research Group website: https://sites.google.com/view/plasmonic-priyankaverma/
Research Interests
The main contents involve the design and development of unique photo-active plasmonic metal nanocatalysts confined within porous materials for solar-to-chemical conversion processes, assisted by localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). These plasmonic nanostructures can harvest abundant sunlight by concentrating the incident light energy in the nanoscale regime to drive chemical reactions on the surface of nanoparticles. By employing LSPR in heterogeneous catalysis, we have observed higher conversion rates and improved selectivity under mild reaction conditions. The catalytic application reactions include hydrogen generation from storage materials, chemo-selective hydrogenation of nitroaromatics, and organic coupling reactions.
Keywords: plasmonic catalysis, porous materials, hydrogen generation, solar fuels
Selected Publications
Priyanka Verma*, Kohsuke Mori, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Maela Manzoli, Sara Morandi, Choji Fukuhara, Robert Raja, and Hiromi Yamashita, Amine functionalization within hierarchically-porous zeotype framework for plasmonic catalysis over PdAu nanoparticles, ChemCatChem, 2023, 15, e202201182.
Priyanka Verma*, Panashe M. Mhembere, Paolo Tallone, Maela Manzoli, Giuseppina Cerrato, Ryo Watanabe, Choji Fukuhara, Robert Raja, and Hiromi Yamashita, AuxPdy-based heterogeneous nanocatalysts for plasmon-mediated enhanced catalysis under visible light irradiation, ChemNanoMat, 2023, in press.
Priyanka Verma, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Kohsuke Mori, Robert Raja, and Hiromi Yamashita, New insights in establishing the structure-property relations of novel plasmonic nanostructures for clean energy applications, EnergyChem., 2022, 4, 100070.
Priyanka Verma, Kohsuke Mori, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Robert Raja, and Hiromi Yamashita, Plasmonic nanocatalysts for visible-NIR light-induced hydrogen generation from storage materials, Mater. Adv., 2021, 2, 880-906.
Priyanka Verma, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Kohsuke Mori, and Hiromi Yamashita, Enhancement of Ag-based plasmonic photocatalysis in the hydrogen production from ammonia borane by the assist of single-site Ti-oxide moiety within the silica framework, Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 3616-3622. [Back Cover]
Priyanka Verma, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Kohsuke Mori, and Hiromi Yamashita, Pd/Ag and Pd/Au bimetallic nanocatalysts on mesoporous silica for plasmon-mediated enhanced catalytic activity under visible light irradiation, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 10142-10150. [Front cover]