Publication activity:

• Publications in scientific journals: 32
• Book chapters: 4
• Contributed lectures at conferences: 20+
• Citations: 748+

The most significant publications:

2025

• Hasmat Khan, Alireza Razazzadeh, Myung-Jin Jung, Susanta Bera, Se-Hun Kwon, Tuning the Bifunctional Properties of α-Fe₂O₃/Fe₂TiO₅/Pt Heterojunction Photoelectrode for Light Induced-Water Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Activity, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13 (2025) 37897–37911.
• Alireza Razazzadeh, Hasmat Khan, Se-Hun Kwon, Synthesis of an Acid-Stable High Entropy Oxide for Electrochemical Water Oxidation Reaction, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8 (2025) 16206–16218.
• Hasmat Khan, Alireza Razazzadeh, Myung-Jin Jung, Man Sig Lee, Se-Hun Kwon, Promoting Photogenerated Charge Separation and Transfer in CuBi₂O₄ Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 9 (2025) 6235–6246.
• Myung-Jin Jung, Alireza Razazzadeh, Hasmat Khan* and Se-Hun Kwon, Catalysts Design and Atomistic Reaction Modulation by Atomic Layer Deposition for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications, Exploration, (2025), e20240010.

2024

• Hasmat Khan, Susanta Bera, Myung-Jin Jung, and Se-Hun Kwon, Rational Design of Photoanodes to Produce Value-Added Chemicals Coupled with Hydrogen, ChemElectroChem, 11 (2024), e202400239.

2023

• Min-Ji Kim, Jong-Seong Bae, Myung-Jin Jung, Eunsong Jeon, Yiseul Park, Hasmat Khan*, and Se-Hun Kwon, Atomic Layer Deposition of Defective Amorphous TiO_x Thin Films with Improved Photoelectrochemical Performance, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15 (2023) 45732−45744.
• Hasmat Khan, Min-Ji Kim, Paramasivam Balasubramanian, Myung-Jin Jung, Se-Hun Kwon, Improving the photoelectrochemical stability of a bismuth vanadate photoanode for solar water oxidation, Cell Reports Physical Science, 4 (2023) 101652.
• Paramasivm Balasubramanian, Hasmat Khan, Ji-Hu Baek, Se-Hun Kwon, Binary NiCo nanoalloys and single-atoms implanted nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as highly efficient, robust electrocatalyst for overall water splitting, Chemical Engineering Journal, 471 (2023) 144378.

2022

• Hasmat Khan, Min-Ji Kim, Ji-Hu Baek, Susanta Bera, Hyun-Jae Woo, Hyoung-Seok Moon, Se-Hun Kwon, Sustained Water Oxidation with Surface- and Interface-Engineered WO₃/BiVO₄Heterojunction Photoanodes, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5 (2022) 15788−15798.
• Susanta Bera, Hyun-Jae Woo, Hasmat Khan, Su-Young Park, Ji-Hu Baek, Woo-Jae Lee, Se-Hun Kwon, A non-precious hydrogen catalyst coated metallic electrode in an electrochemical neutralization cell for simultaneous fuel and power generation, Chemical Engineering Journal, 448 (2022) 137716.
• Hasmat Khan, Atanu Naskar and Susanta Bera (2022). Vacancy and defect structures in metal oxides. In Metal Oxide Defects: Fundamentals, Design, Development and Applications, 1^st; Elsevier. eBook ISBN: 9780323903592.

2021

• Susanta Bera, Sol A Lee, Woo-Jae Lee, Ji-Hee Kim, Changyeon Kim, Hyun Gu Kim, Hasmat Khan, Sunirmal Jana, Ho Won Jang, Se-Hun Kwon, Hierarchical Nanoporous BiVO₄Photoanodes with High Charge Separation and Transport Efficiency for Water Oxidation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13 (2021) 14291–14301.
• Malobi Seth, Hasmat Khan, Sunirmal Jana, Antimicrobial activity study of Ag-ZnO nanoflowers synthesized from neem extract and application in cotton textiles, International Journal of Nanotechnology, 18 (2021) 531–544.
• Malobi Seth, Hasmat Khan, Susanta Bera, Atanu Naskar and Sunirmal Jana (2021). Green Synthesis of Hierarchically Structured Metal and Metal Oxide Nanomaterials. In: Inamuddin, Boddula, R., Ahamed, M.I., Khan, A. (eds) Advances in Green Synthesis. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67884-5_5.
• Susanta Bera, Atanu Naskar, Hasmat Khan and Sunirmal Jana (2021). Graphene Nanocomposite Based Nanoproducts. In: Handbook of Consumer Nanoproducts. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6453-6_33-1.

2020

• Susanta Bera, Sol A Lee, Woo-Jae Lee, Mahdi Ilka, Ji-Hee Kim, Chang-Min Kim, Hasmat Khan, Ho Won Jang, and Se-Hun Kwon, Atomic Layer Deposition Seeded Growth of Rutile SnO₂Nanowires on Versatile Conducting Substrates, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12 (2020) 48486–48494.
• Hasmat Khan, Srikrishna Samanta, Malobi Seth and Sunirmal Jana, Fabrication and Photoelectrochemical Activity of Hierarchically Porous TiO₂-ZnO Heterojunction Film, Journal of Materials Science, 55 (2020) 11907–11918.
• Malobi Seth, Hasmat Khan and Sunirmal Jana, Hierarchically structured alpha-nickel hydroxide based superhydrophobic and antibacterial coating on cellulosic materials for oil-water separation, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 249 (2020) 123030.
• Hasmat Khan, Malobi Seth Srikrishna Samanta and Sunirmal Jana, Nano gold coated hierarchically porous zinc titanium oxide sol-gel based thin film: fabrication and photoelectrochemical activity, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 94 (2020) 141–153.
• Malobi Seth, Hasmat Khan, Rudranil Bhowmik, Sanmoy Karmakar and Sunirmal Jana, Facile fabrication of fluorine free zirconium zinc stearate based superhydrophobic and superoleophilic coating on cotton fabric with superior antibacterial property, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 94 (2020) 127–140.
• Hasmat Khan, Srikrishna Samanta, Malobi Seth, and Sunirmal Jana, Role of Oxygen Defects on Photoelectrochemical Activity of ZnO Nanorods Grown on Transparent Conducting Oxide Thin Film, General Chemistry, 6 (2020) 190025.
• Hasmat Khan, Saswati Sarkar, Moumita Pal, Susanta Bera and Sunurmal Jana (2020). Indium Oxide Based Nanomaterials: Fabrication Strategies, Properties, Applications, Challenges and Future Prospect. In: M. M. Rahman, A. M. Asiri, A. Khan, Inamuddin, T. Tabbakh (eds.), Post-Transition Metals. IntechOpen. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.94743.

2019

• Atanu Naskar, Hasmat Khan, and Sunirmal Jana, Nanoheterostructures of ZnO nanorods decorated with ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles by a simple solution process, Current Nanomaterials 4 (1), 63–

2018

• Susanta Bera, Sol A Lee, Chang-Min Kim, Hasmat Khan, Ho Won Jang and Se-Hun Kwon, Controlled synthesis of vertically aligned SnO₂nanograss-structured thin films for SnO₂/BiVO₄ core-shell heterostructures with highly enhanced photoelectrochemical properties, Chemistry of Materials, 30 (2018) 8501–8509.
• Atanu Naskar, Hasmat Khan, Ratul Sarkar, Santosh Kumar, Dipankar Halder and Sunirmal Jana, Anti-biofilm activity and food packaging application of room temperature solution process-based polyethylene glycol capped Ag-ZnO-graphene nanocomposite, Materials Science and Engineering C, 91 (2018) 743–753.
• Susanta Bera, Susmita Kundu, Hasmat Khan and Sunirmal Jana, Polyaniline coated graphene hybridized SnO₂nanocomposite: Low temperature solution synthesis, structural property and room temperature ammonia gas sensing, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 744 (2018) 260–
• Hasmat Khan, Malobi Seth, Atanu Naskar and Sunirmal Jana, Nano gold-coated surface patterned mesoporous titanium tin oxide sol–gel thin film: fabrication, optical and photoelectrochemical properties, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 88 (2018) 359–370.
• Atanu Naskar, Hasmat Khan and Sunirmal Jana, One pot low temperature synthesis of graphene coupled Gd-doped ZnFe₂O₄ nanocomposite for effective removal of antibiotic levofloxacin drug, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 86 (2018) 599–609.
• Atanu Naskar, Hasmat Khan, Sunirmal Jana, Cr doped ZnO-graphene nanocomposite: one pot room temperature synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity on mesophilic bacterial cells, Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, 8 (2018) 3764–

2017

• Hasmat Khan, Susanta Bera, Saswati Sarkar and Sunirmal Jana, Fabrication, structural evaluation, optical and photoelectrochemical properties of soft lithography based 1D/2D surface patterned indium titanium oxide sol-gel thin film, Surface & Coatings Technology, 328 (2017) 410–419.
• Atanu Naskar, Hasmat Khan, Susanta Bera and Sunirmal Jana, Soft chemical synthesis, characterization and interaction of ZnO graphene nanocomposite with bovine serum albumin protein, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 237 (2017) 113–119.
• Atanu Naskar, Hasmat Khan, Sunirmal Jana, Protein adsorption capability of zinc ferrite nanoparticles formed by a low-temperature solution-based process, Research on Chemical Intermediates, 43 (2017) 7041–7053.
• Atanu Naskar, Hasmat Khan, Sunirmal Jana, Cobalt doped ZnO–graphene nanocomposite: Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity on water-borne bacteria, Nano Bio., 1 (2017) 182–190.

2016

• Hasmat Khan, Susanta Bera, Saswati Sarkar and Sunirmal Jana, Effect of tin content in precursor sols on surface and optical properties of tin incorporated titanium oxide amorphous thin films on glass, Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology, 3 (2016) 5100–5106.
• Susanta Bera, Hasmat Khan, Indranil Biswas, Sunirmal Jana, Polyaniline hybridized surface defective ZnO nanorods with long-term stable photoelectrochemical activity, Applied Surface Science, 383 (2016) 165–176.

2015

• Moumita Pal, Susanta Bera, Hasmat Khan, Sunirmal Jana, Effect of Ga doping on Microstructural, Optical and Photocatalytic Properties of Nanostructured Zinc Oxide Thin Films, Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience, 1 (2015) 1–17.

Education:

• Master of Science in Chemistry, 2013, Department of Chemistry, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India
• PhD in Materials Science, 2020, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, India and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Glass and Ceramic Resaerch Institute (CSIR-CGCRI)), Kolkata, India. Thesis: Fabrication, Characterization and Photoelectrochemical Application of Surface Patterned Mixed Metal (Ti,Zn,In) Oxide Sol-Gel Thin Films.

Scholarships and research stays:

• Postdoctoral researcher, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea, March 2021 to October 2025
• Researcher, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín, Slovakia, March 2026 to continue.

Awards:

• Senior Research Fellowship by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (File No.: 31/015(0144)/2018-EMR-I, dated: 25/04/2018), Sol-Gel Division, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, India.
• Recipient of the Seal of Excellence, MSCA-PF 2025, European Commission
• Best Prize in Oral Presentation, National Science Day 2020, JIS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research (JISIASR), JIS University, Kolkata, India

Other activities:

• Reviewer for the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology