Name: Thangaraj Thiruppathiraja

Telephone: +86 18888068647

Email: physicsraja17@gmail.com

Address: Room 1502, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China.

Ph.D., 2019-2023, in Physics, Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India.

M.Phil., 2017-2019, in Physics, Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India.

M.Sc., 2015-2017, in Physics, Periyar University, Tamil Nadu, India.

B.Ed., 2014-2015, in Physics, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Tamil Nadu, India.

B.Sc., 2011-2014, in Physics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India.

Professional Experience

2024 – Present: Post-doctoral Researcher, Jiangsu University, Jiangsu, China.

Research Interests

· Density Functional Theory/TD-DFT

· Fuel Cell (ORR, OER, and HER)

· Electrocatalysis/Photocatalysis

Selected Papers

1. Thangaraj Thiruppathiraja, Senthilkumar Lakshmipathi*: OH‑Functionalized N‑Doped Graphene Quantum Dots as an Efficient Metal-Free Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in PEMFCs. Electrocatalysis, 15 (2024) 251-260.

2. Thangaraj Thiruppathiraja, Pugal Neelam Parameswaran Senthan, Senthilkumar Lakshmipathi*. DFT study on a fluorine-functionalized nitrogen- and boron-doped triangulene as an electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 7 (2023) 3088.

3. Thangaraj Thiruppathiraja, Senthilkumar Lakshmipathi*. Catalytic activity of OH functionalized N‑doped graphene in oxygen reduction reaction for fuel cell applications: a DFT study. Applied Physics A, 129 (2023) 218.

4. Thangaraj Thiruppathiraja, Senthilkumar Lakshmipathi*. N‑piperidinyl substituted trioxotriangulene as an efficient catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cell application—a DFT study. Ionics, 29 (2022) 1115-1125.

5. Thangaraj Thiruppathiraja, Agnes Lincy Arokiyanathan, Senthilkumar Lakshmipathi*. Pyrrolic, pyridinic, and graphitic sumanene as metal-free catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction – A density functional theory study. Fuel Cells, 21 (2021) 490-501.

6. Thangaraj Thiruppathiraja, Agnes Lincy Arokiyanathan, Basheer Aazaad, Ramesh Silviya, Senthilkumar Lakshmipathi*. H, OH and COOH functionalized magnesium phthalocyanine as a catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) – A DFT study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45 (2020) 8540-8548.

Awards

2020 - 2022, DST-PURSE PHASE-II fellow, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.