Research Group Publications
 
  • Manimaran Shanmugam, C. Kavitha, Anusree Elavanaparambil Anilan, Banu Marimuthu, Pandurangan Arumugam, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Norah A.M. Alsaif And Mir Waqas Alam, Co-existence of ZrW2O8 and ZrO2 for the Catalytic Conversion of Levulinic Acid and Furfuryl Alcohol into n-Butyl Levulinate, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering., 14, 123886 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.123886.
  • Sreejith Sreekantan, Anusree Elavanaparambil Anilan And Banu Marimuthu*, Catalytic strategies for saccharides-to-lactic acid production: Process pathways, economic viability, and environmental sustainability – A comprehensive review, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering., 14, 123533 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.123533.
  • Arunima Balachandran Kirali, Sreejith Sreekantan And Banu Marimuthu, A process for the direct conversion of sugar to value added products, WO2023203582A1., , (2026).
  • Amitha Kalappurakkal Sudhakaran, Sreejith Sreekantan And Banu Marimuthu*, Reimagining CO2 Management: SWOT Analysis and Global Outlook on CCUS and ICCU Technologies, Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action., 7, 100139 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scca.2025.100139.
  • Sreejith Sreekantan, Amitha Kalappurakkal Sudhakaran And Banu Marimuthu, Upcycling solid wastes: Using abundant egg shell wastes for the greener production of lactic acid under ambient conditions, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering., 13, 115603 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.115603.
  • Anusree Elavanaparambil Anilan, Sreejith Sreekantan, Arundhathi Racha And Banu Marimuthu*, Towards efficient conversion of sucrose to 1,2-propanediol selectively over Cu–La on activated carbon support, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery., 15, 29241 - 29257 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-025-06641-2.
  • Gopika Jagannivasan, Suja Haridas*, Banu Marimuthu* And Swathi Mukundan, Heteropolyacid-Assisted Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of Ethyl Levulinate from Biorenewable Feedstocks, ACS Energy & Fuels., 39, 3131 - 3139 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c05189.
  • Arun Arunima Balachandran Kirali, Hariprasad Narayanan, Balasubramanian Viswanathan*, Parmeshwar Yadav And Banu Marimuthu*, Enhanced Catalytic Conversion of Disaccharides to Propylene Glycol Using Metal-Supported Graphitic Carbon Nitride, ACS Energy & Fuels., 38, 7005 - 7017 (2024), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c05087.
  • Sreejith Sreekantan, Chandrodai Pratap Singh, Sailaja Krishnamurty* And Banu Marimuthu*, Investigation of the Effect of Zeolite Supports and the Role of W-Species for One-Pot Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose to EthyleneGlycol: Theoretical & Experimental Studies, Chemistry - An Asian Journal., 18, e202201202 (2023), DOI:doi.org/10.1002/asia.202201202.
  • Susmita Bhowmik, Venugopal Akula, Govind Sethia, Banu Marimuthu And Srinivas Darbha, Promoting effect of titanium on C?O hydrogenolysis of erythritol to 1,4-butanediol over Pt/W/Ti-SBA-15 catalysts, Applied Catalysis A: General., 666, 119425 (2023), DOI:10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119425.
  • Arun Arunima Balachandran Kirali, Sreejith Sreekantan And Banu Marimuthu, Process for the direct conversion of cellulose to glycols using non-nobel metal loaded zeolite catalysts, EP4200072A1 & US20230311101A1., , (2023).
  • Arundhathi Racha*, Chanchal Samanta, Sreejith Sreekantan And Banu Marimuthu*, Review on Catalytic Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol: Recent Advances and Future Trends, ACS Energy & Fuels., 16, 11475 - 11496 (2023), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c01174.
  • Arun Arunima Balachandran Kirali, Sreejith Sreekantan And Banu Marimuthu, A Closer Look at Ethylene Glycol: Past, Present and Future, Advances in Chemistry Research, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 80, 1 - 41 (2023).
  • Sreejith Sreekantan, Sarath Sreedharan, Arun Arunima Balachandran Kirali, Parmeshwar Yadav And Banu Marimuthu*, One-pot catalytic conversion of sucrose to 1,2-propanediol over titania supported Ni-Ce metal catalyst under milder reaction conditions, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery., 14, 24703 - 24714 (2023), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-04781-x.
  • Manoj Krishnat Patil, Supriya Hanmant Gaikwad, Arun Arunima Balachandran Kirali, Banu Marimuthu* And Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, Ligand-Free One-Pot Synthesis of Ru/W18O49 Self-Assembled Hierarchical Coral-Like Nanostructures for Selective Conversion of Glucose into Glycols, ACS Applied Nano Materials., 6, 22635 - 22642 (2023), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c04200.
  • Thirunavukkarasu Kandasamy, Marimuthu Banu, R Vijaya Shanthi And S Sivasanker, Suitability of different supported Ru, Pt and Ni catalysts for the hydrogenolysis of sorbitol, Results in Engineering., 15, 100594 (2022), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100594.
  • Susmita Bhowmik, Nagasuresh Enjamuri, Banu Marimuthu And Srinivas Darbha, C–O Hydrogenolysis of C3–C4 Polyols Selectively to Terminal Diols over Pt/W/SBA-15 Catalysts, Catalysts., 12, 1070 (2022), DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12091070.
  • Susmita Bhowmik, Nagasuresh Enjamur, Govind Sethia, Venugopal Akula, Banu Marimuthu And Srinivas Darbha , Insights into active tungsten species on Pt/W/SBA-15 catalysts for selective hydrodeoxygenation of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol, Molecular Catalysis., 531, 112704 (2022), DOI:10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112704.
  • Arun Arunima Balachandran Kirali, Sreejith Sreekantan And Banu Marimuthu, Ce promoted Cu/?-Al2O3 catalysts for the enhanced selectivity of 1, 2-propanediol from catalytic hydrogenolysis of glucose, Catalysis Communications., 165, 106447 (2022), DOI:10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106447.
  • Sreejith Sreekantan, Arun Arunima Balachandran Kirali And Banu Marimuthu, Catalytic conversion of sucrose to 1,2-propanediol over alumina-supported Ni–Mo bimetallic catalysts, Sustainable Energy & Fuels., 6, 3681 - 3689 (2022), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SE00610C.
  • Sreejith Sreekantan , Arun Arunima Kirali And Banu Marimuthu, Enhanced one-pot selective conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol over NaZSM-5 supported metal catalysts, New Journal of Chemistry., 45, 19244 - 19254 (2021), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NJ03257G.
  • Arun Arunima Kirali, Sreejith Sreekantan And Banu Marimuthu, Fabrication of mesoporous carbon supported Ni–Mo catalysts for the enhanced conversion of glucose to ethylene glycol, New Journal of Chemistry., 44, 15958 - 15965 (2020), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NJ03196H.
  • M Banu, TM Sankaranarayanan, P Venuvanalingam, G Magesh And S Sivasanker, Hydrogenolysis of sorbitol over Ni, Pt and Ru supported on SBA-15, Indian Journal of Chemistry., 56A, 226 - 231 (2017).
  • Lan Thi Mai Nguyen, Hunmin Park, Marimuthu Banu, Jae Yul Kim, Duck Hyun Youn, Ganesan Magesh, Won Yong Kim And Jae Sung Lee, Catalytic CO2 hydrogenation to formic acid over carbon nanotube-graphene supported PdNi alloy catalysts, RSC advances., 5, 105560 - 105566 (2015), DOI:DOI: 10.1039/C5RA21017H.
  • Jin Hyun Kim, Ganesan Magesh, Hyun Joon Kang, Marimuthu Banu, Ju Hun Kim, Jinwoo Lee And Jae Sung Lee, Carbonate-coordinated cobalt co-catalyzed BiVO4/WO3 composite photoanode tailored for CO2 reduction to fuels, Nano Energy., 15, 153 - 163 (2015), DOI:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.04.022.
  • Marimuthu Banu, Young Hye Lee, Ganesan Magesh, Chang?Mo Nam And Jae Sung Lee, MOR/SBA?15 Composite Catalysts with Interconnected Meso/Micropores for Improved Activity and Stability in Isopropylation of Naphthalene, ChemCatChem., 7, 2354 - 2360 (2015), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201500335://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.2015003352/cctc.201500335.
  • Ganesan Magesh, Eun Sun Kim, Hyun Joon Kang, Marimuthu Banu, Jae Yul Kim, Jin Hyun Kim And Jae Sung Lee, A versatile photoanode-driven photoelectrochemical system for conversion of CO 2 to fuels with high faradaic efficiencies at low bias potentials, Journal of Materials Chemistry A., 2, 2044 - 2049 (2014), DOI:DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/C3TA14408A.
  • Marimuthu Banu, Young Hye Lee, Ganesan Magesh And Jae Sung Lee, Isopropylation of naphthalene by isopropanol over conventional and Zn-and Fe-modified USY zeolites, Catalysis Science & Technology., 4, 120 - 128 (2014), DOI:DOI: 10.1039/C3CY00691C.
  • TM Sankaranarayanan, K Thirunavukkarasu, M Banu, A Pandurangan And S Sivasanker, Activity of supported MoO3 catalysts for the transesterification of sunflower oil, International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics., 5, 197 - 209 (2013), DOI:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12572-013-0097-z.
  • M Banu, P Venuvanalingam, R Shanmugam, B Viswanathan And S Sivasanker, Sorbitol hydrogenolysis over Ni, Pt and Ru supported on NaY, Topics in Catalysis., 55, 897 - 907 (2012), DOI:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11244-012-9864-5.
  • M Banu, S Sivasanker, TM Sankaranarayanan And P Venuvanalingam, Hydrogenolysis of sorbitol over Ni and Pt loaded on NaY, Catalysis Communications., 12, 673 - 677 (2011), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2010.12.026.
  • TM Sankaranarayanan, M Banu, A Pandurangan And S Sivasanker, Hydroprocessing of sunflower oil–gas oil blends over sulfided Ni–Mo–Al–zeolite beta composites, Bioresource technology., 102, 10717 - 10723 (2011), DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.127.
  • TM Sankaranarayanan, A Pandurangan, M Banu And S Sivasanker, Transesterification of sunflower oil over MoO3 supported on alumina, Applied Catalysis A: General., 409, 239 - 247 (2011), DOI:10.1016/j.apcata.2011.10.013.