Dr. Pooja is a Principal Scientist at CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO). She did her M. Tech from IIT Roorkee and PhD from AcSIR, New Delhi. Her research focuses on the design of Materials for hydrogen production, water/air pollutants degradation, and monitoring of environmental contaminants. Dr. Pooja has an impressive portfolio of over 102 research papers published in high-impact journals, and 23 book chapters. She has edited 7 books as lead editor, filed 3 patents, secured 2 design registrations, and 2 copyrights/trademarks. She has developed 4 technologies, with 2 successfully transferred to industry. Her contributions to science have been recognized through numerous prestigious awards, including the IIT Roorkee Distinguished Young Alumni Award (2024), NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2021), INAE Young Engineer Award (2020), SERB Women Excellence Award (2020), IEI Young Engineer Award, and Haryana Yuva Vigyan Ratan Award (2019) among others. S
EDUCATION
B.Tech-UIET, Kurukshetra University
M.Tech- IIT Roorkee
, New Delhi
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Materials Science, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology
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Scholar Citations
41
Scholar h-index
87
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
An Integrated Graphene‐MXene Electrochemical Transistor Array Platform for Accurate Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Using Plasma sEV‐Derived E2F5 Biomarker P Mukherjee, N Sultana, G Sahu, I Goyal, L Besra, P Das, D Sarkar, ... Small, e73543 , 2026 2026
Oxygen vacancy enriched bi-functional Ti1-xFexO2-δ photoanodes for synergistic photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution and wastewater remediation PMS Abhishek Srivastava, Sweta Sharma, Yuta Ito, Hyunju Lee, Yoshio Ohshita ... Journal of Power Sources 677, 240003 , 2026 2026
Ti₃C₂Tₓ-engineered MoS₂/SiNWs multifunctional photocathode for Photoelectrochemical hydrogen generation and wastewater remediation S Sharma, A Halder, P Devi Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 115552 , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
Electrocatalytic Performance of M5X4 MXenes for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction YG Pooja Devi, Marley Downes, Swapna Pahra, Stefano Ippolito, Ruocun John Wang Small , 2025 2025
Photocatalytic Degradation of TVOC Using TiO2 and Ti3C2-TiO2 Hybrid (MXene) on Cement Plaster for Ambient Air Pollution Mitigation S Mishra, I Dhada, P Haldar, I Goyal, A Sharma, P Devi Materials Chemistry and Physics, 131199 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Synergizing progress: policies and advancements at the energy-material nexus C Awasthi, P Devi International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied … , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
WiSDOM in Action: Pioneering the Future of Energy and Materials Science S Chatterjee, P Devi International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied … , 2025 2025
A frontier for advancement in hydrogen generation from engineered MXenes: a mini review S Pahra, S Sharma, P Kohli, P Devi International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied … , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Visible photocatalytic oxidation: a tool for sustainable environmental remediation A Sharma, I Goyal, P Devi International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied … , 2025 2025 Citations: 2
Au nanoparticle-engineered Ti 3 C 2 T x MXenes as a high-performance SERS platform for detection of organic pollutants P Rajput, S Chatterjee, RK Sinha, P Devi Microchimica Acta 192 (4), 209 , 2025 2025 Citations: 8
Turning Waste into Value: Iron-Cobalt Bimetallic Hydrochar for Efficient Removal of Persistent Chlorinated Pollutants–Mechanistic Insights and Adsorption Models R Himadri, QN Lan, R Changotra, P Rajput, P Devi, Y Hu Catalysis Today, 115293 , 2025 2025 Citations: 5
Double transition metal carbide Mo2TiC2Tx MXene architectured with in-situ synthesized gold nanoparticles for SERS enhancement P Rajput, RK Sinha, P Devi Inorganic Chemistry Communications 174 (Part 1), 114047 , 2025 2025 Citations: 4
Band gap and structural engineering to achieve excellent photocatalysis in A2B2O7 type composition RT Parayil, P Singh, K Sudasrshan, M Mohapatra, P Devi, SK Gupta Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 113965 , 2025 2025 Citations: 6
Interfacial Engineering of CuSe2/FeSe2 Heterojunction for Water Splitting: A Pathway to High-Performance Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions S Kumari, S Pahra, A Tripathy, N Sumanth, N López-Salas, SK Tiwari, ... Nanoscale , 2025 2025 Citations: 4
The landscape of postdoctoral research in India: opportunities, challenges, and recommendations PKCRC Sriparna Chatterjee, Nishant Chakravorty, Pooja Devi, Rajendra Singh ... Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy , 2025 2025
MXene in Hydrogen Technology P Devi, Y Gogotsi, H Arrafat 2025
Enhancing NiS Performance: Na-Doping for Advanced Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Applications VGD Kumar, S Pahra, N López-Salas, BM Basavanakote, AA Khan, ... Nanoscale , 2025 2025 Citations: 13
Advanced Electrocatalytic Performance of NiMo-Engineered Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene for Sustainable Hydrogen Generation from Wastewater S Pahra, P Devi ACS Applied Energy Materials , 2024 2024 Citations: 8
rGO@Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 chalcopyrites modified polypyrrole paper-based photoanode for solar water splitting A Thakur, P Devi Carbon Letters, 1-10 , 2024 2024 Citations: 7
Deciphering the photoelectrochemical behaviour of MoSe2-decorated BiVO4 as a dual system for concurrent degradation of methylene blue and hydrogen generation P Singh, P Devi Journal of Cleaner Production, 141502 , 2024 2024 Citations: 16
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Environmental and Health Impacts of Contaminants of Emerging Concerns: Recent Treatment Challenges and Approaches D Yadav, S Rangabhashiyam, P Verma, P Singh, P Devi, P Kumar, ... Chemosphere, 129492 , 2021 2021 Citations: 384
The advanced role of carbon quantum dots in nanomedical applications P Devi, S Saini, KH Kim Biosensors and Bioelectronics 141, 111158 , 2019 2019 Citations: 384
Current and future perspectives of carbon and graphene quantum dots: From synthesis to strategy for building optoelectronic and energy devices D Ghosh, K Sarkar, P Devi, KH Kim, P Kumar Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 135, 110391 , 2021 2021 Citations: 310
Recent advances in carbon quantum dot-based sensing of heavy metals in water P Devi, P Rajput, A Thakur, KH Kim, P Kumar TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 114, 171-195 , 2019 2019 Citations: 277
Types of inorganic pollutants: metals/metalloids, acids, and organic forms P Borah, M Kumar, P Devi Inorganic Pollutants in Water, 17-31 , 2020 2020 Citations: 174
Green synthesis of glowing carbon dots from Carica papaya waste pulp and their application as a label-freechemo probe for chromium detection in water D Pooja, L Singh, A Thakur, P Kumar Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 283, 363-372 , 2019 2019 Citations: 150
Sensors in Water Pollutants Monitoring: Role of Material D Pooja, P Kumar, P Singh, S Patil Springer , 2020 2020 Citations: 141
A “Turn-On” thiol functionalized fluorescent carbon quantum dot based chemosensory system for arsenite detection D Pooja, S Saini, A Thakur, B Kumar, S Tyagi, MK Nayak Journal of hazardous materials 328, 117-126 , 2017 2017 Citations: 138
Current progress and challenges in photoelectrode materials for the production of hydrogen A Thakur, D Ghosh, P Devi, KH Kim, P Kumar Chemical Engineering Journal 397, 125415 , 2020 2020 Citations: 137
MoS2/WO3 heterojunction with the intensified photocatalytic performance for decomposition of organic pollutants under the broad array of solar light S Singla, S Sharma, S Basu Journal of Cleaner Production 324, 129290 , 2021 2021 Citations: 102
based Flexible Devices for Energy Harvesting, Conversion and Storage Applications: A Review A Thakur, P Devi Nano Energy, 106927 , 2022 2022 Citations: 99
A comprehensive review on water quality monitoring devices: materials advances, current status, and future perspective A Thakur, P Devi Critical reviews in analytical chemistry 54 (2), 193-218 , 2024 2024 Citations: 93
Priority and emerging pollutants in water M Kumar, P Borah, P Devi Inorganic Pollutants in Water, 33-49 , 2020 2020 Citations: 92
Waste derivitized blue luminescent carbon quantum dots for selenite sensing in water P Devi, G Kaur, A Thakur, N Kaur, A Grewal, P Kumar Talanta 170, 49-55 , 2017 2017 Citations: 88
Selective electrochemical sensing for arsenite using rGO/Fe3O4 nanocomposites P Devi, C Sharma, P Kumar, M Kumar, BKS Bansod, MK Nayak, ... Journal of hazardous materials 322, 85-94 , 2017 2017 Citations: 86
Bactericidal activity of Cannabis sativa phytochemicals from leaf extract and their derived Carbon Dots and Ag@ Carbon Dots S Raina, A Thakur, A Sharma, D Pooja, AP Minhas Materials Letters 262, 127122 , 2020 2020 Citations: 74
Hydrothermal synthesis of rGO-Bi2WO6 heterostructure for the photocatalytic degradation of levofloxacin M Arya, M Kaur, A Kaur, S Singh, P Devi, SK Kansal Optical Materials 107, 110126 , 2020 2020 Citations: 73
TiO 2 nanofibres decorated with green-synthesized P Au/Ag@ CQDs for the efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes and pharmaceutical drugs A Thakur, P Kumar, D Kaur, N Devunuri, RK Sinha, P Devi RSC Advances 10 (15), 8941-8948 , 2020 2020 Citations: 71
Progress in the materials for optical detection of arsenic in water P Devi, A Thakur, RY Lai, S Saini, R Jain, P Kumar TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry , 2019 2019 Citations: 71
Metal ion sensing and light activated antimicrobial activity of aloe-vera derived carbon dots P Devi, A Thakur, SK Bhardwaj, S Saini, P Rajput, P Kumar Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 29 (20), 17254-17261 , 2018 2018 Citations: 71
