Biography
I completed my B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry and M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, under the University of Calcutta. Subsequently, I pursued my M.Tech and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
Currently, I serve as a Scientist-C at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, working at the Centre for Advanced Ceramic Materials (CACM), under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
My research interests include: [1], Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs), [2] Solid Oxide Electrolysers (SOECs), [3] Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (MS-SOFCs), [4] Applications of Additive Manufacturing in Energy Materials, [5] Electrochemical Performance Analysis, [6] Impedance Spectroscopy Simulation and Fuel Cell Simulation using MATLAB and Simulink, [7] Deposition of Electro-functional Ceramic Layers for Energy-related Materials, and [8] X-ray Diffraction Analysis and Rietveld Refinement Techniques
Our research team strongly believes in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into practical technologies for real-world applications.
Highest Qualification
Other Qualifications
List of Publications
1. Amit Das, Sunil Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Shobit Omar, High-Performance
SrFe0.1Mo0.9O3-δ-Based Composites for Anode Application in Solid Oxide Fuel cells,
Electrochimica Acta, 354 (2020), 136759. IF: 7.336
2. Amit Das, Sunil Kumar, Biswajit Jana, Chalavadi Prashanthi, M. Buchi Suresh, Shobit
Omar, Electrochemical Performance of SrMg0.1Mo0.9O3-δ-Based Composites for Solid
Oxide Fuel Cells Anode, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5 (2), (2022), 1607-1610.
IF: 6.959
3. Amit Das, Sunil Kumar, M. Buchi Suresh, Shobit Omar, Interfacial Effect on the
Polarisation Resistances of SrM0.1(M = Fe3+ and Mg2+)Mo0.9O3-δ/GDC-Based
Composite Electrodes, Solid State Ionics, 394 (2023), 116193. IF: 3.785
4. Sunil Kumar, Amit Das, Shobit Omar, Electrochemical Performance of SrFeO3-δ for
Application as a Symmetric Electrode in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, ACS Applied Energy
Materials, 6 (3), (2023), 2049-2062. IF: 6.959
5. Arunkumar Pandiyan, Aarthi Uthayakumar, Chaesung Lim, Vinothkumar Ganesan,
Wonjong Yu, Amit Das, Sanghoon Lee, Mihalis N Tsampas, Shobit Omar, Jeong Woo
Han, Suresh Babu Krishna Moorthy, Suk-Won Cha, Validation of Defect Association
Energy on Modulating Ionic Conductivity in Low Temperature in Solid Oxide Fuel
Cell, Journal of Power Sources, 480 (31), (2020), 229106. IF: 10.127
6. Rashmi A Agarwal, Amit Das, Shobit Omar, High 3D Proton Conductivity in 2D Zn
(II) Metal Organic Framework Synthesized via Water-Assisted Single-Crystal-toSingle-Crystal Phase Transformation, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124
(35), (2020), 18901-18910. IF: 4.177
7. Rahul Bhattacharyya, Soumitra Das, Amit Das, Shobit Omar, Effect of Sintering
Temperature on the Microstructure and Conductivity of Na0.54Bi0.46Ti0.99Mg0. 01O3-δ,
Solid State Ionics, 360, (2021), 115547. IF: 3.785
8. Shruti Dubey, S. Ariharan, Ambreen Nisar, Sudha Saini, Subhra S. Jana, Bhimashankar
Wangaskar, Amit Das, Sameer Khandekar, Tanmoy Maiti, Shobit Omar, Kantesh
Balani, Domination of Phononic Scattering in Solid Solutioning and Interfaces of
HfB2–ZrB2–SiC-Carbon Nanotube-Based Ultra High-Temperature Composites,
Scripta Materialia, 218, (2022), 114776. IF: 6.302
9. P. Bajpai, Amit Das, P. Bhattacharya, S. Madayi, K. Kulkarni, S. Omar, Hot Corrosion
of Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings and the Role of Mg-Inhibitor, Journal
of American Ceramic Society, 98 (8), (2015), 2655-2661. IF: 4.186
10. Amit Das, M. Buchi Suresh, Gururaj Telasang, D. Lakshmi Priya, Bhaskar Prasad
Saha, Evaluating the Viability of Cost-Effective SS409L as Metal-Support for the
Application in Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Submitted in “Journal of
Power Sources” [POWER-D-25-07270] Submitted on December 2025.
Major Projects / Technologies Developed
1. Development of Next-Generation Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells [MS-SOFCs] for Stationary and Mobile Application Establishing a Proof-of-Concept under “Make in India” Initiative.
Sponsored By: DST-ANRF-IRG-2025
Duration: 36 Months
Total Budget: 66,00,000 INR
Role and Responsibility: PI
[In-House Activity to Sponsored Project]
2. Consortium Project: Development and Scale-up of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology and Demonstration of of Process Line [10kW] for Prototype Production [ARCI-DST/CSIR-CGCRI/HPCL]
Sponsored By: CHT-OIDB [14-06-2023 to 13-06-2028]
Total Budget: INR: 6951.00 Lakhs and ARCI Budget: INR: 1669.30 Lakhs
Role: Project Member-Full Cell Fabrication and Testing
3.Consortium Project: Facility Establishment of Realization of Low-Expansion Glass Ceramics [LEGC]-A Consortium Project among ARCI-ISRO-RCI
Sponsored By: VSSC [ISRO] and RCI [DRDO] [01.12.2019 to 31.10.2027]
Budget: INR 3468 Lakhs
Role and Responsibility: Project Member-Characterization Group
Awards & Honours
GATE-54 [20213, XE]
Affiliation to Professional Societies
Areas of Research Interests: Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells [SOFCs], Metal-Supported Solid
Oxide Fuel Cells [MS-SOFCs], Solid-Oxide Electrolysers [SOEC], Low-Expansion Glass Ceramics [LEGC], Thermal Barrier Coatings [TBCs], Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy [EIS] and it's Simulation, X-Ray Diffraction Pattern-Rietveld Refinement, Characterization Techniques, Scanning Electron Microscopy-Image Processing and Analysis.
Expertise in: 10×10 cm² and 5×5 cm2 SOFC and SOEC Cell Fabrication, MS-SOFC Cell
Fabrication with Symmetrical Cell Configuration, Small SOFC and MS-SOFC Stack
Fabrication, Electrochemical Testing of SOFC and MS-SOFC Single Cells, MATLAB Simulink, and, PVD-Magnetron Sputtering