Department of Energy Science and Engineering
IIT Bombay
Phone: +91 22-2576-7864
Research Interest:
Modelling reversible solid oxide cells and systems
Modelling at the electrode and cell levels: structure - properties - performance
Materials for photoelectrochemistry
Flow battery modelling
First principles catalysis and ab–initio thermodynamics
Courses Offered:
EN417 - Computer Programming
EN207 - Data Analysis and Interpretation
EN899 - Technical Writing and Presentations
EN315 - Reaction Engineering and Combustion
EN604 - Fuel Cells
EN404 - Electrochemistry
List of Publications:
Punit Kumar and Dayadeep S. Monder. CO2 Activation and Dissociation on Exsolved Ni/La2O3 Catalysts: A First-Principles Study, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128, 15451–15463, 2024.
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Garima Aggarwal, S. Chawla, A. J. Singh, N. Alampara, D. S. Monder, K. R. Balasubramaniam. Formation of an extended defect cluster in cuprous oxide, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 57, 335103, 2024.
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Swati Rana, Dayadeep S. Monder, and Abhijit Chatterjee. Thermodynamic calculations using reverse Monte Carlo: A computational workflow for accelerated construction of phase diagrams for metal hydrides, Computational Materials Science, 233, 112727, 2024.
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Arini Kar, K. R. Balasubramaniam, and Dayadeep S. Monder. First principles phase diagram and electronic structure estimation of ZnO1-xSex photoanodes, Journal of Applied Physics, 134, 235702, 2023.
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Punit Kumar and D. S. Monder. Electronic structure and catalytic activity of exsolved Ni on Pd core-shell nanoparticles, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 29801–29816, 2022.
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Swati Rana, N. Masli, D. S. Monder, and A. Chatterjee. Hydriding pathway for Ni nanoparticles: Computational characterization provides insights into the nanoparticle size and facet effect on layer-by-layer subsurface hydride formation, Computational Materials Science, 210, 111482, 2022.
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Vinod M. Janardhanan and D. S. Monder. Microkinetic modeling of CO2 reduction on Pt in a solid oxide electrolysis cell, Electrochimica Acta, 408, 139742, 2022.
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Rustam S. Shekhar, A. Bertei, and D. S. Monder. Structure - properties - performance: modelling a solid oxide fuel cell with infiltrated electrodes, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 167, 084523, 2020.
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Vivek Pawar, S. Appari, D. S. Monder, and V. M. Janardhanan. Study of the combined deactivation due to sulfur poisoning and carbon deposition during biogas dry reforming on supported Ni catalyst, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 56, 8448–8455, 2017. DOI
Shixue Liu, T. Ishimoto, D. S. Monder, and M. Koyama. First-principles study of oxygen transfer and hydrogen oxidation processes at the Ni-YSZ-gas triple phase boundaries in a solid oxide fuel cell anode, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, 27603–27608, 2015. DOI
Vinod M. Janardhanan and D. S. Monder.
Sulfur poisoning of SOFCs: a model based explanation of polarization dependent extent of poisoning, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 161, F1427–F1436, 2014.
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E. Harikishan Reddy, D. S. Monder, and S. Jayanti.
Thermal management of high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stacks in the power range of 1 to 10 kWe, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39, 20127–20138, 2014.
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Eric F. Hardjo, D. S. Monder, and K. Karan.
An effective property model for infiltrated electrodes in solid oxide fuel cells, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 161, F83–F93, 2014.
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E. Harikishan Reddy, D. S. Monder, and S. Jayanti.
Parametric study of an external coolant system for a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, Applied Thermal Engineering, 58, 155–164, 2013.
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D. S. Monder, K. Nandakumar, V. Vorontsov, J. Luo and K. T. Chuang.
An investigation of fuel composition and flow-rate effects in a H2S fueled SOFC:
experiments and thermodynamic analysis, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 90, 1033–1042, 2012.
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D. S. Monder and K. Karan. Ab-initio adsorption thermodynamics of H2S
and H2 on Ni(111): the importance of thermal corrections and multiple reaction equilibria,
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114, 22597–22602, 2010.
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D. S. Monder, K. Nandakumar, and K. T. Chuang. A fully coupled multiphysics model for a
H2S SOFC, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 157, B542–B551, 2010.
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D. S. Monder, K. Nandakumar and K. T. Chuang. Model development for a SOFC button cell
using H2S as fuel, Journal of Power Sources, 162, 400–414, 2006.
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Yale Zhang, D. S. Monder, and J. F. Forbes. Real-time optimization under parametric uncertainty:
a probability constrained approach, Journal of Process Control, 12, 373–389, 2002.
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Work Experience:
Associate Professor Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 2018-
Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 2014–2018
Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad 2011–2014
Postdoctoral fellow Queen’s–RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre, Kingston, Ontario 2008–2011