Publications

Complete publication list

Peer-reviewed and submitted work in halide perovskites, magnetic materials, crystallography, layered materials, and hydrogen-evolution catalysis.

2025

2025

[N(CH3)4]2MIMoCl6 (MI = Na, Ag): Expanding the family of 1D halide double perovskite-related materials by large A-site cation

D. C. Binwal, P. Vishnoi

Chemical Communications, 2025, 61, 18352-18355

Extends Mo(III) halide double-perovskite chemistry using bulky tetramethylammonium cations.

2025

Dynamic magnetic ground state in a dimer based compound Yb2Te5O13

R. Kumar, A. G. Francis, R. Stewart, P. J. Baker, R. Feyerherm, D. C. Binwal, B. Lake, S. K. Pati, A. Sundaresan

Physical Review B, 2025, 111, L140411

Collaborative study of a dynamic magnetic ground state in a dimer-based oxide.

Under review

Structural phase transitions, magnetic exchange and optical absorption in layered molybdenum(III) halide double perovskites

D. C. Binwal, K. Anand, A. Bhui, K. Biswas, P. Vishnoi

Under review

Layered Mo(III) halide perovskites with structural phase transitions and magnetic exchange behavior.

2024

2024

Tailorable magnetic exchange and optical absorption in 1D halide double perovskites (CH3NH3)2NaMoCl6-xBrx

D. C. Binwal, K. Anand, M. Sharma, K. V. Saurav, S. K. Pati, P. Vishnoi

Chemistry of Materials, 2024, 36, 7719-7730

Shows that halide alloying tunes optical absorption and antiferromagnetic exchange in a 1D Mo(III) framework.

2024

Synthesis of highly crystalline flakes of 3R-MoS2 and 3R-WS2 and their electrocatalytic and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactivity

P. Chithaiah, D. C. Binwal, S. Mallick, C. N. R. Rao

Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 2024, 650, e202400035

Examines 3R-polytype TMD flakes for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic HER.

2023

2023

Molybdenum chloride double perovskites: dimensionality control of optical and magnetic properties

D. C. Binwal, P. P. Mudoi, D. P. Panda, P. Vishnoi

Chemical Science, 2023, 14, 3982-3989

Reports Mo(III) chloride double perovskites across different dimensionalities and relates framework connectivity to properties.

2023

Synthesis, characterisation, electrocatalytic HER activity, and electrical resistivity of 3R-NbS2 nanosheets

P. Chithaiah, S. Mallick, D. C. Binwal, A. Bhui, C. N. R. Rao

New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 47, 17098-17102

Studies 3R-NbS2 nanosheets for electrical and electrocatalytic properties.

2022

2022

Hybrid layered double perovskite halides of transition metals

P. Vishnoi, J. L. Zuo, X. Li, D. C. Binwal, K. E. Wyckoff, L. Mao, L. Kautzsch, G. Wu, S. D. Wilson, M. G. Kanatzidis, R. Seshadri, A. K. Cheetham

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 6661-6666

Collaborative work on layered transition-metal halide double perovskites.

2022

Nanocomposites of MoS2 nanoparticles with carboxyl-functionalized carbon nanotubes and borocarbonitride nanosheets, and their electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction activity

K. Pramoda, D. C. Binwal, C. N. R. Rao

Materials Research Bulletin, 2022, 149, 111697

Explores MoS2-based nanocomposites for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

2022

Simple synthesis of 2D molybdenum carbide nanosheets and their application in hydrogen evolution reaction

P. Chithaiah, D. C. Binwal, C. N. R. Rao

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, e202101086

Reports molybdenum carbide nanosheets for HER-related catalysis.

2021

2021

Nanocomposites of 1T-MoS2 with polymer-functionalized nanotubes of carbon and borocarbonitride, and their HER activity

D. C. Binwal, K. Pramoda, A. Zak, M. Kaur, P. Chithaiah, C. N. R. Rao

ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 2339-2347

Examines MoS2-based nanocomposites for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

2020

2020

HER activity of nanosheets of 2D solid solutions of MoSe2 with MoS2 and MoTe2

D. C. Binwal, M. Kaur, K. Pramoda, C. N. R. Rao

Bulletin of Materials Science, 2020, 43, 313

Relates chalcogen composition in TMD nanosheets to hydrogen evolution response.