Dr. Fazalurahman Kuttassery Assistant Professor  Phone (Off): +91 4942407413 Email:    This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Office:   Department of Chemistry,       University of Calicut

Education

Professional

Research Interests

Artificial Photosynthesis for Water Splitting and CO₂ reduction, Photoelectrochemical Cells & Construction of Artificial Z-Scheme, Dye-Semiconductor hybrids, Electrocatalysis, Photocatalysis

Research Publications

1. F. Kuttassery, Y. Ohsaki, A. Thomas, R. Kamata, Y. Ebato, H. Kumagai, R. Nakazato, A. Sebastian, S. Mathew, H. Tachibana, O. Ishitani, H. Inoue, A molecular Z-scheme artificial photosynthetic system under the bias-free condition for CO₂ reduction coupled with two electron water oxidation: Photocatalytic production of CO/HCOOH and H₂O₂, Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed., Accepted, (2023) DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308956,  (Hot Article!)
   
2. M. R. Melechalil, K. Arakawa, Y. Hirade, F. Kuttassery, T. Shimada, T. Ishida, S. Takagi. Enhanced Fluorescence behaviour of Safranine-O by complexing with inorganic clay nanosheets, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, 15, 100182, (2023), (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpap.2023.100182)
   
3. A. Thomas, Y. Ohsaki, R. Nakazato, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S. N. Remello, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Molecular charactrestics of water insoluble Tin-Porphyrins for designing the one-photon-induced two-electron oxidation of water in artificial photosynthesis, Molecules, 28(4), 1882, (2023), (DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041882)
   
4. S. Mathew, A. Sebastian, F. Kuttassery, Y. Yamauchi, T. Isobe, T. Hatanake, Y. Funahashi, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Supramolecular aluminium - based molecular catalyst for water oxidation into H₂O₂ in saline water, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 6(18), 4256 - 4264, (2022) (DOI: 10.1039/D2SE00972B) 
5. F. Kuttassery, H. Kumagai, R. Kamata, Y. Ebato, M. Higashi, H. Suzuki, R. Abe, O. Ishitani. Supramolecular photocatalysts fixed on the inside of the polypyrrole layer in dye sensitized molecular photocathodes: Application to photocatalytic CO₂ reduction coupled with water oxidation. Chemical Science, 12(39), 13216-13232(2021), (DOI: 10.1039/D1SC03756K)
6. S. Mathew, A. Sebastian, F. Kuttassery, S. Takagi, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Acid-base equilibria of axial ligands and peripheral pyridyl group with stepwise formation of nine species of aluminum(III) tera(4-pyridyl) porphyrins. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 120529 (2021) (DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120529) 
7. K. Sano, F. Kuttassery, T. Shimada, T. Ishida, S. Takagi, B. Ohtani, A. Yamakata, T. Honma, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Optically transparant colloidal dispersion of titania nanoparticles storable for longer than one year prepared by sol/gel progressive hydrolysis/condensation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(40), 44743-44753 (2020) (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c12951)
8. Y. Ohsaki, A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S.N. Remello, T. Shimada, T. Ishida, S. Takagi, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Two-electron oxidation of water to form hydrogen peroxide initiated by one-electron oxidation of Tin (IV)-porphyrins, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 401, 112732 (2020). (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112732)
9. A. Sebastian, S.N. Remello, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, Y. Ohsaki, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Protolytic behavior of water-soluble zinc (II) porphyrin and the electrocatalytic two-electron water oxidation to form hydrogen peroxide. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 400, 112619 (2020). (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112619)
10. F.Kuttassery, S. Mathew, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, How one-photon can induce water splitting into hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen by aluminum porphyrins. Rationale of the thermodynamics. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4(4), 1945-1953 (2020) (DOI: 10.1039/D0SE00044B)
11. F.Kuttassery, S.Sagawa, S. Mathew, Y. Nabetani, A. Iwase, A. Kudo, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Water Splitting on Aluminum Porphyrin to form Hydrogen and Hydrogen Peroxide by One Photon of Visible light. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2, 11, 8045-8051 (2019) (DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b01552)
12. F. Kuttassery, A. Sebastian, S. Mathew, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Promotive effect of bicarbonate ion on water oxidation to form H₂O₂ catalyzed by aluminum porphyrins. . ChemSusChem 12, 1939-1948 (2019) (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201900560)
13. F. Kuttassery, S.Mathew, S.N. Remello, A.Thomas, K.Sano, Y. Ohsaki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Alternative route to bypass the bottle-neck of water oxidation: Two-electron oxidation of water catalyzed by earth-abundant metalloporphyrins, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 377, 64-72 (2018) (DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.08.027)
14. Y. Ohsaki, A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S.N. Remello, Y. Nabetani, T. Shimada, S. Takagi, H.Tachibana, H.Inoue. How does the Tin(IV) insertion to porphyrins proceed in water at ambient temperature?: Re-investigation by time dependent ¹H-NMR and detection of intermediates, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 482, 914-924 (2018) (DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2018.07.036).
15. S.N. Remello, F. Kuttassery, S.Mathew, A.Thomas, D.Yamamoto, Y.Nabetani, K.Sano, H.Tachibana, H.Inoue. Two-electron oxidation of water to form hydrogen peroxide catalysed by silicon-porphyrins. Sustainable energy & Fuels, 2, 1966-1973 (2018) (DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00102B ) (Selected as cover page of the issue)
16. A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S.N. Remello, Y. Ohsaki, D. Yamamoto, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Protolytic behavior of axially coordinated hydroxyl groups of Tin (IV) porphyrins as promising molecular catalyst for water oxidation. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 358, 402-410 (2018) (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.09.053)
17. F. Kuttassery, D.Yamamoto, S. Mathew, S. N. Remello, A.Thomas, Y. Nabetani, A. Iwase, A. Kudo, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue., Photochemical hydrogen evolution on metal ion surface- grafted TiO₂ particles prepared by sol/gel method without calcination J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 358, 386-394 (2018) (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.09.048)
18. S.Mathew, F. Kuttassery, S.N. Remello, A. Thomas, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue. Two-electron oxidation of water initiated through one-photon excitation of aluminum porphyrins: Detection of key intermediates and molecular mechanism ChemPhotoChem 2, 240-248 (2018) (DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201700155) (Highlighted as Very Important Paper)
19. F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S. Sagawa, S. N. Remello, A.Thomas, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, One electron-initiated two-electron oxidation of water by aluminum porphyrins with earth’s most abundant metal. ChemSusChem 10, 1909-1915 (2017) (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201700322) ( Selected as cover page of the issue)
20. A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. N. Remello, S. Mathew, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, Facile Synthesis of Water Soluble Cationic Tin (IV) Porphyrins and Water Insoluble Tin (IV) Porphyrins in Water at Ambient Temperature. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.,89, 902-904 (2016) (DOI:10.1246/bcsj.20160091).
21. S. Mathew, F. Kuttassery, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, One-Pot Facile Synthesis of Water-Soluble Cationic Aluminum(III) Porphyrins in a Unique Heterogeneous System at Ambient Temperature. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 89, 334-336 (2016)( DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20150388).
22. S. N. Remello, F. Kuttassery, T. Hirano, Y. Nabetani, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, Synthesis of water-soluble silicon-porphyrin: protolytic behaviour of axially coordinated hydroxy groups. Dalton Trans. 44, 20011-20020 (2015)(DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03654B).
23. S. N. Remello, T. Hirano, F. Kuttassery, Y. Nabetani, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, Visible light induced oxygenation of alkenes with water sensitized by silicon-porphyrins with the second most earth-abundant element. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 313, 176-183 (2015)(DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.07.016).
24. S. Mathew, F. Kuttassery, Y. Gomi, D. Yamamoto, R. Kiyooka, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, Photochemical oxygenation of cyclohexene with water sensitized by aluminium (III) porphyrins with visible light. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 313, 137-142 (2015) (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.06.001).
25. F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue, 1. Artificial Photosynthesis Sensitized by Metal Complexes: Utilization of a Ubiquitous Element. Electrochemistry 82, 475-485 (2014) (DOI:10.5796/electrochemistry.82.475).

Research Patent (Granted)

1.  Oxidation Catalyst, H. Inoue, H. Tachibana, Y. Nabetani, F. Kuttassery, S. Sagawa, S. Onuki., Japanese Patent, JP-2015-013262

Awards, Honors & Professional Memberships

1. Startup Research Grant (SRG) by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India (2022) 

2. DST-Inspire Faculty Award by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (2020). INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship Scheme Provides consolidated research fellowship along with Rs. 35 lakh of research grant for 5 years to young achievers for independent research and to emerge as a leader in the chosen area. (Research project period 2021-2026)

3. Springer Award at International Conference on Photochemistry (ICP2013) at Leuven, Belgium for outstandimg presentation in the category of Sustainable Energy Technologies 

4. Asian Human Resource Fellowship (AHR Fellowship) by Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japan) in July 2011;  Fellowship period 2011-2014; Exemption of tution fees and monthly fellowship for carrying Ph.D. programme in Tokyo Metropolitan University.

5. University level First Position (University of Calicut) in M.Sc. Applied Chemistry (July 2010) and Prof. Geetha Parameswaran Endowment Award for best outgoing student from Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut (2008-2010 Batch)

6. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and National Eligiblity Test (NET) in December 2009

7. Regular Member of Japanese Photochemistry Association (2012), Chemical Society of Japan (2013) and Royal Society of Chemistry (2017)