Pratibha Sharma

Pratibha Sharma

Professor

pratibha_sharma@iitb.ac.in

Academic Background:

  • Doctoral degree from University of Rajasthan

Contact Address:

Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai 400 076, India,

Phone (Internal(O)) : (0091 22) - 2576-7898
Phone (Internal(R)) : 8898
Office room no: ME 310C
Fax: (0091 22) 2572 6875


https://www.ese.iitb.ac.in/~pratibha

Research Interest:

  • Solid State Hydrogen Storage Materials
  • Hydrogen Storage Systems
  • Materials for Photovoltaic Applications

Courses Offered:

  • EN 616 Direct Energy Conversion
  • EN 629 Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion
  • EN 638 Material Science for Energy Applications
  • EN 610 Hydrogen Energy
  • EN 621 Mathematical Foundation for Energy Science
  • IC 102 Data Analysis and Interpretation
  • EN 602 Foundation for Energy Engineering
  • EN 631 Energy Laboratory I
  • EN 655 Energy Laboratory III
  • EN 612 Non-Conventional Energy Systems Laboratory

List of Publications:

  1. Supported ammonia borane decomposition through enhanced homopolar B-B coupling, Binayak Roy, Animesh Hajari, Joydev Manna, Pratibha Sharma, Dalton Transactions. 47(2018)6570-6579.
  2. Kinetic model analysis and mechanistic correlation of ammonia borane thermolysis under dynamic heating conditions, Binayak Roy, Animesh Hajari, Vinit Kumar, Joydev Manna, Pratibha Sharma, In Press, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
  3. Design of a large-scale metal hydride based hydrogen storage reactor: simulation and heat transfer optimization, Mahvash Afzal, Pratibha Sharma, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. In press
  4. Nitrogen doped Porous Carbon Derived from EDTA: Effect of Pores on Hydrogen Storage Properties, T. K. Das, Seemita Banerjee, Pratibha Sharma, V. Sudarsan, P. U. Sastry, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 43(2018)8385-8394.
  5. Effect of addition of Zr, Ni, and Zr-Ni alloy on the hydrogen absorption of Body Centered Cubic 52Ti-12V-36Cr alloy, Amol Kamble, Pratibha Sharma , Jacques Huot, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(2018)7424-7429.
  6. Effect of annealing on microstructure and hydrogenation properties of TiFe + xwt%Zr(x=4,8)”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Abhishek K Patel, Pratibha Sharma, Jacques Huot, 43(2018) 6238-6243.
  7. An in situ study on the solid state decomposition of ammonia borane: unmitigated by-product suppression by a naturally abundant layered clay mineral, Binayak Roy, Joydev Manna, Urbi Pal, Animesh Hajari, Ankita Bisnoi and Pratibha Sharma, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 5(2018)301-309.
  8. Heat transfer techniques in metal hydride hydrogen storage : A review, Mahvash Afzal, Rohit Mane, Pratibha Sharma, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42(2017)30661-682.
  9. Hydrogen generation from NaBH4 hydrolysis using Co-B/AlPO4 and Co-B/bentonite catalysts, Joydev Manna, Binayak Roy, Pratibha Sharma, Catalysis, Structure & Reactivity 3(2017)157-164.
  10. D-M-D Plasmonic Anti-Reflector for Next-Generation Thin c-Si Solar Cell Applications, Hemant Kumar singh, Som Mondal, Balraj Arunachalam, Anish Kumar Somani, Pratibha Sharma, C. S. Solanki, Plasmonics, (2017)1-10.
  11. Effect of doping and particle size on hydrogen absorption properties of BCC solid solution 52Ti-12V-36Cr, Amol Kamble, Pratibha Sharma , Jacques Huot, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42(2017)11523-11527.
  12. Reaction pathway for synthesis of Cu2ZnSn(S/Se)4 via mechano-chemical route and annealing studies, Devendra Pareek, K. R. Balasubramaniam, Pratibha Sharma, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in electronics, 28(2017)1199-1210.
  13. Atomic layer deposited cobalt oxide: An efficient catalyst for NaBH4 hydrolysis, Dip K. Nandi, Joydev Manna, Arpan Dhara, Pratibha Sharma, and Shaibal K. Sarkar, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 34 (2016)01A115.
  14. Opto-electrical performance improvement of mono c-Si solar cells using dielectric-metal-dielectric (D-M-D) sandwiched structure based plasmonic anti-reflector, Hemant Kumar Singh, Balraj A, Sandeep K, Pratibha Sharma, C.S. Solanki, Plasmonics, 11, 323-336, 2016.
  15. Synthesis and characterization of kesterite Cu2ZnSnTe4 via ball-milling of elemental powder precursors, Devendra Pareek, K. R. Balasubramaniam, Pratibha Sharma, RSC Advances, 6, 68754-68759, 2016.
  16. Effect of Ni alloys on thermal decomposition of ammonia borane. Binayak Roy, Joyedev Manna, Pratibha Sharma. Journal of Alloys and compounds, 645(2015) S 234-S238, 2015.
  17. Efficient hydrogen generation from sodium borohydride hydrolysis using silica sulphuric acid catalyst. Joydev Manna, Binayak Roy, Pratibha Sharma. Journal of Power Sources, 275(2015)727-733.
  18. Synthesis and characterization of bulk Cu2ZnSnX4 (X: S, Se) via thermodynamically supported mechano-chemical process. Devendra Pareek, K. R. Balasubramaniam, Pratibha Sharma. Materials Characterization 103 (2015)42-49.
  19. Fabrication of zinc loaded hollow glass microspheres (HGMs) for hydrogen storage. Sridhar Dalai, S.Vijayalakshmi, Pragya Shrivastava, Santosh Param Sivam and Pratibha Sharma, International Journal of Energy Research, 39 (2015) 717-726.
  20. Bioglass based nanomaterials for bone tissue engineering. Pragya Shrivastava, Atul Kumar Singh, Rohit Teotia, Sridhar Dalai, Pratibha Sharma, S. Vijayalakshmi, Jayesh R. Bellare. Advanced Science Letters, Volume 20(2014)1129-1134.
  21. Hollow glass microspheres as potential adjunt with orthopaedic metal implants. Pragya Shrivastava, Sridhar Dalai, Prerna Sudera, S. Vijayalakshmi, Pratibha Sharma. Microelectronics Engineering 126(2014)65-70.
  22. Preparation and characterization of hollow glass microspheres (HGMs) for hydrogen storage using urea as a blowing agent. Sridhar Dalai, S.Vijayalakshmi, Pragya Shrivastava, Santosh Param Sivam and Pratibha Sharma, Microelectronic Engineering (MEE) Journal, 126 (2014) 65-70.
  23. Broadband reflection minimization using silver ultra thin film sandwitched between silicon nitride layers for c-Si solar cell application. Hemant kumar Singh, Pratibha Sharma, C. S. Solanki, Plasmonics 9 (2014) 1409-1416.
  24. Magnesium and Iron loaded hollow glass microspheres (HGMs) for hydrogen storage. Sridhar Dalai, S.Vijayalakshmi, Choo Ko Yeon, Pratibha Sharma. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39 ( 2014) 16451-16458.
  25. Zeolite supported cobalt catalysts for sodium borohydride hydrolysis. Joydev Manna, Binayak Roy, Pratibha Sharma. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 490-491(2014) 213-217
  26. Parametric optimization of core-shell ZnS:Mn/ZnS nanoparticles prepared by ultrasound-controlled wet chemical route, Suranjan Sen, Chetan Singh Solanki, Pratibha Sharma, Journal of Luminescence, Journal of Luminescence, 145(2014) 669-675.
  27. Effect of Co+2/BH4- ratio in the synthesis of Co-B catalysts on sodium borohydride hydrolysis. Joydev Manna, Binayak Roy, Manvendra Vashistha, Pratibha Sharma International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39 (2014) 406-413.
  28. Effect of Co loading on the hydrogen storage characteristics of hollow glass microspheres (HGMs). Sridhar Dalai, S.Vijayalakshmi, Pragya Shrivastava, Santosh Param Sivam and Pratibha Sharma. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 39 (2014) 3304-3312.
  29. Preparation and characterization of zinc loaded hollow glass microspheres (HGMs) from amber coloured glass frits. Sridhar Dalai, Savithri Vijayalakshmi, Santosh Param Sivam and Pratibha Sharma. Advanced Materials Research 864-867 (2014) 668-671
  30. Single junction a-Si:H solar cell with a-Si:H/nc-Si:H/a-Si:H quantum wells. Ankur Gupta, Manvendra Vashistha, Pratibha Sharma, Thin Solid Films 550 (2014) 643–648.
  31. Kinetics and the thermal decomposition of Sodium Alanate in the presence of MmNi4.5Al0.5 nanoparticles. Raju Edla, Aneesh C. Gangal1, Joydev Manna, Manvendra Vashistha and Pratibha Sharma. Materials Research Express 1 (2014) 015501
  32. Kinetic Analysis and Modelling of Thermal Decomposition of Ammonia Borane. Aneesh C. Gangal and Pratibha Sharma, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 45 (2013) 452-461
  33. Preparation of Hollow Glass Microspheres (HGMs) from amber coloured and borosilicate glass frits. Sridhar Dalai, S.Vijayalakshmi, Pratibha Sharma, Advanced Materials Research 678(2013) pp 37-41.
  34. Adsorption of Nitrogen and Hydrogen on Hollow Glass Microspheres (HGMs), Sridhar Dalai, Pragya Shrivastava, S.Vijayalakshmi and Pratibha Sharma, Energy and Environmental Engineering Journal, 1(2012) 64-67.
  35. Synthesis and Characterization of Si Nanoparticles Obtained on Sonication of Porous Silicon Multilayer Films. Paresh G. Kale, Pratibha Sharma and Chetan S. Solanki, Journal of Nano Research, 17 (2012) 13-25.
  36. Study of kinetics and thermal decomposition of ammonia borane in presence of silicon nanoparticles. Aneesh C. Gangal, Paresh Kale, Raju Edla, Joydev Manna, Pratibha Sharma, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37 (2012) 6741–6748.
  37. Effect of Zeolites on Thermal Decomposition of Ammonia Borane. Aneesh C. Gangal, Raju Edla, Kartik Iyer, Rajesh Biniwale, Manvendra Vashistha, Pratibha Sharma, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37(2012)3712-3718.
  38. Investigation of hydrogen storage behavior of silicon nanoparticles. Paresh Kale, Aneesh C. Gangal, Raju Edla, Pratibha Sharma, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37(2012)3741-3747
  39. Lithium Borohydride as a Hydrogen Storage Material : A Review, Joydev Manna, Manvendra Vashistha, Pratibha Sharma, International Journal on Energy for Clean Environment, 11 (2010) 65–97.
  40. Fabrication and characterization of ZnS:Mn nanoparticles for spectral shifting. Suranjan Sen, Chetan Singh Solanki, Pratibha Sharma, Journal of Trends in Chemistry 1(2010)14-17.
  41. Fluorescent manganese-doped zinc sulphide nanoparticles for spectral shifting. Suranjan Sen, Pratibha Sharma, Chetan Singh Solanki, Rajdip Bandyopadhay, IEEE proceedings of 35 PVSC, ISSN: 0160-8371 (2010) page 001854 - 001858.
  42. Change in the microstructure at W/Si interface and surface by swift heavy ions. Garima Agarwal, Vaibhav Kulshrestha, Pratibha Sharama and I P Jain, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 351(2010)570-575.
  43. Ion beam induced mixing at Co/Si interface. Garima Agarwal, Pratibha Sharma, Ankur Jain, Chhagan Lal, D. Kabiraj, I.P. Jain, Vacuum 83 (2009) 397–400.
  44. Ion irradiation induced modifications in the surface morphology of Ge20Se74Bi6 thin films. Pratibha Sharma, M. Vashistha, V. Ganesan, I.P.Jain, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 462 (2008) 452–455.
  45. Hydrogen absorption mechanism in obliquely deposited MmNi4.5Al0.5 thin film. M. Vashistha, Pratibha Sharma, Garima Agarwal and I. P. Jain, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(2008)40-407.
  46. Activation energy of obliquely deposited MmNi4.5Al0.5 and MmNi4.5Al0.5Hx thin films. I.P.Jain, M. Vashistha , P. Sharma, R. K. Jain and B.Devi, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(2008)408-412.
  47. Study of transport properties of Ni ion irradiated Ge20Se74Bi6 for different ion fluences. P. Sharma, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 9(2007)1988-1993.
  48. SHI silicide formation and surface morphology in the Co/Si system G. Agarwal, P.Sharma, I.P.Jain, Applied Surface Science, 253 (2006)1165-1169.
  49. Electrical Conductivity and Thermoelectric Power of a-Ge20Se80-xBix Thin Films. Pratibha Sharma, M.Vashistha, G.S.Okram and I.P.Jain, Journal of Electroceramics, 16 (2006) 549-552.
  50. Theoretical investigation of the optical properties of Ge20Se80-xBix thin films, Pratibha Sharma, M. Vashistha, I.P.Jain, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 7 (2005) 2963-2970.
  51. A theoretical investigation of the optical properties of Ge20Se80-xBix thin films, Pratibha Sharma, M. Vashistha, I.P.Jain, Chalcogenide Letters, 2 (2005) 113 - 119.
  52. Optical properties of Ge20Se80-xBix (x = 0, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12) thin films Pratibha Sharma, M. Vashistha, I.P.Jain, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials 5(2005)2647-2654.
  53. Optical properties of irradiated Ge20Se80-xBix thin films Pratibha Sharma, M. Vashistha, I.P.Jain, Optical Materials, 27 (2004) 395 - 398.
  54. Electrical Conductivity of Ion Irradiated Ge20Se80-xBix thin films Pratibha Sharma, M. Vashistha, and I.P.Jain, Radiation Measurements, 36 (2003) 663-666
  55. Hydrogen in FeTi Thin Films by ERDA with Ag 107 ions. I.P.Jain, B.Devi, P.Sharma, A.Williamson and Y.K.Vijay. Int.J.of Hydrogen Energy, 25 (2000) 517-521
  56. Kinetics of Hydrogen Absorption in obliquely deposited MmNi4.5Al0.5 Thin Films. I.P.Jain, M.Vashistha, P.Sharma, B.Devi, and Y.K.Vijay. Int.J.of Hydrogen Energy, 25 (2000) 523-529