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kslokesh

Dr. kslokesh

Professor · Chemistry
Author
APID
10551
ORCID
0000-0001-7682-8750
Scopus
6603263040
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=AaiIJdIAAAAJ&hl=en
Location
Ballari, Karnataka, India
Expertise
Inorganic and Physical chemistry
Areas of interest
Macrocycles and Electrochemistry
Member since
July 2025

Biography

Dr K S Lokesh is presently working as full Professor in Chemistry at Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ballari, India. Completed his Masters and PhD in Chemistry from University of Mysore, Mysore, India and worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at IISC, Bangalore and Universite Joseph Fourier, France. Worked as Visiting Scientist at UGent, Belgium and as Assistant Professor at Shinshu University, Ueda, Japan. Research interest includes Synthesis of Phthalocyanines for electrochemical applications like electrochemical sensing, electrochemical splitting of water and fuel cells, supercapacitors. He has published more than 120 research publications and has 03 patents to his credit. He has carried out 10 research projects from different funding agencies and guided 14 students for their PhD degree. He teaches analytical chemistry for Master students.

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Publications

  1. Biomimicking Thienyl-substituted Cobalt Phthalocyanine with Carbon Nanoparticles as Hybrid Electrocatalyst for Augmenting Oxygen Reduction Reaction
  2. Cobalt Phthalocyanine Based Metal–Organic Framework as an Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Water Electrolysis
  3. Developments in cobalt-based soft materials as electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction
  4. Ligand-specific bimetallic electrocatalyst for efficient oxygen evolution reaction at higher current density
  5. Substrate-Driven Electrocatalysis of Natural and Earth-Abundant Pyrite Towards Oxygen Evolution Reaction
  6. Unleashing the Bifunctional Activity of Iron Phthalocyanine-Reduced Graphene Oxide Hybrid for Water Electrolysis