Faculty at School of Natural Sciences

Sharath Kandambeth

Sharath Kandambeth

Assistant Professor


Contact Information

  • Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, National Chemical Laboratory Pune, India (2011-2016)
  • M. Sc, Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India (2009-2011).

  • Research Scientist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (2018 - 2024)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) (2016-2018)

Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Carbon dioxide capture and utilization, Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction, Electrochemical water splitting reaction, Energy storage devices.

  • 2015 Krishnan award” for “Best Published Research Paper in Materials Science.
  • Awarded DST-INSPIRE fellowship in 2022.

  • Awarded Humboldt research fellowship in 2017

  1. Zhengnan Tian, Vinayak S Kale, Simil Thomas, Sharath Kandambeth, Yunpei Zhu, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Yizhou Wang, Yongjiu Lei, Jun Yin, Mickaele Bonneau, Osama Shekhah, Osman M Bakr, Omar F Mohammed, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Husam N Alshareef *, “Tailored 2D Conjugated Polymers for Pseudocapacitive Proton Storage”, Materials Today Energy, 2024, 101607, (doi: 10.1016/j.mtener.2024.101607).
  2. Mi Gyoung Lee, Sharath Kandambeth, Xiao-Yan Li, Osama Shekhah, Adnan Ozden, Joshua Wicks, Pengfei Ou, Sasa Wang, Roham Dorakhan, Sungjin Park, Prashant M Bhatt, Vinayak S Kale, David Sinton, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Edward H Sargent* “Bimetallic Metal Sites in Metal–Organic Frameworks Facilitate the Production of 1-Butene from Electrosynthesized Ethylene

         ” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 14267 (Equal author contribution).

2023

  1. Adnan Ozden, Jun Li, Sharath Kandambeth, Xiao-Yan Li, Shijie Liu, Osama Shekhah, Pengfei Ou, Y Zou Finfrock, Ya-Kun Wang, Tartela Alkayyali, F Pelayo García de Arquer, Vinayak S Kale, Prashant M Bhatt, Alexander H Ip, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Edward H Sargent, David Sinton*, “Energy-and carbon-efficient CO2/CO electrolysis to multicarbon products via asymmetric ion migration–adsorption”, Nature Energy, 2023, 1-12, (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01188-2) (Equal author contribution).
  2. Sharath Kandambeth, Vinayak S Kale, Dong Fan, Jeremy A Bau, Prashant M Bhatt, Sheng Zhou, Aleksander Shkurenko, Magnus Rueping, Guillaume Maurin, Osama Shekhah, Mohamed Eddaoudi* “Unveiling Chemically Robust Bimetallic Squarate‐Based Metal–Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction” Advanced Energy Materials., 13 (1), 2023, 2202964 (First author).
  3. Lin Shi, Vinayak S Kale, Zhengnan Tian, Xiangming Xu, Yongjiu Lei, Sharath Kandambeth, Yizhou Wang, Prakash T Parvatkar, Osama Shekhah, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Husam N Alshareef*, “Fluorinated Covalent Organic Framework as a Positive Tribo‐Material for High‐Performance Triboelectric Nanogenerators” Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 2212891, (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01188-2).

2022

  1. Kalipada Koner, Susobhan Das, Shibani Mohata, Nghia Tuan Duong, Yusuke Nishiyama, Sharath Kandambeth, Suvendu Karak, C Malla Reddy, Rahul Banerjee* “ Viscoelastic Covalent Organic Nanotube Fabric via Macroscopic Entanglement” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144 (35), 2022, 16052.
  2. Kalipada Koner, Shayan Karak, Sharath Kandambeth, Suvendu Karak, Neethu Thomas, Luigi Leanza, Claudio Perego, Luca Pesce, Riccardo Capelli, Monika Moun, Monika Bhakar, Thalasseril G Ajithkumar, Giovanni M Pavan, Rahul Banerjee*, “Porous covalent organic nanotubes and their assembly in loops and toroids” Nature chemistry, 14, 2022, 507.
  3. Guodong Zou, Zhengnan Tian, Vinayak S Kale, Wenxi Wang, Sharath Kandembeth, Zhen Cao, Jing Guo, Justyna Czaban‐Jóźwiak, Luigi Cavallo, Osama Shekhah, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Husam N Alshareef*, “A Symmetric Aqueous Magnesium Ion Supercapattery Based on Covalent Organic Frameworks” Advanced Energy Materials., 2022, 2203193.

2021

  1. Sharath Kandambeth, Vinayak S. Kale Osama Shekhah Husam N. Alshareef, Mohamed Eddaoudi*, “2D Covalent‐Organic Framework Electrodes for Supercapacitors and Rechargeable Metal‐Ion Batteries” Advanced Energy Materials., doi: 10.1002/aenm.202100177 (First author).
  2. Wenxi Wang, Vinayak S Kale, Zhen Cao, Yougjiu Lei, Sharath Kandambeth, Guodong Zou, Yunpei Zhu, Edy Abouhamad, Osama Shekhah, Luigi Cavallo, Mohamed Eddaoudi, * Husam N Alshareef*, “Molecular Engineering of Covalent Organic Framework Cathodes for Enhanced Zinc‐Ion Batteries”. Advanvce Materials, 10.1002/adma.202103617.
  3. Zhengnan Tian, Vinayak S. Kale, Yizhou Wang, Sharath Kandambeth, Justyna Czaban-Jóźwiak, Osama Shekhah, Mohamed Eddaoudi* Husam N. Alshareef*, “High-Capacity NH4+ Charge Storage in Covalent Organic Frameworks” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143 (45), 2021, 19178.

2020

  1. Sharath Kandambeth , Jiangtao Jia,  Hao Wu,  Vinayak S. Kale,  Prakash T. Parvatkar,  Justyna Czaban‐Jóźwiak,  Sheng Zhou,  Xiangming Xu,  Zied Ouled Ameur,  Edy Abou‐Hamad,  Abdul‐Hamid Emwas,  Osama Shekhah,  Husam N. Alshareef*,  Mohamed Eddaoudi*, “Covalent Organic Frameworks as Negative Electrodes for High‐Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors” Advanced Energy Materials., 10, 2020, 2001673 (First author).
  2. Wenxi Wang, Vinayak S Kale, Zhen Cao, Sharath Kandambeth, WenLi Zhang, Jun Ming, Prakash Parvatkar, Edy Abou-Hamad, Osama Shekhah, Luigi Cavallo, Mohamed Eddaoudi*, Husam N Alshareef*, “Phenanthroline Covalent Organic Framework Electrodes for High Performance Zinc-ion Supercapattery” ACS Energy Lett.. 5, 2020, 2256.

2019

  1. Hao Wu,  Wenli Zhang,  Sharath Kandambeth,  Osama Shekhah,  Mohamed Eddaoudi*,  Husam N. Alshareef*, “Conductive Metal–Organic Frameworks Selectively Grown on Laser‐Scribed Graphene for Electrochemical Microsupercapacitors” Advanced Energy Materials., 9, 2019, 1900482.
  2. Mohitosh Bhadra, Sharath Kandambeth, Manoj K. Sahoo, Matthew Addicoat, Ekambaram Balaraman*, Rahul Banerjee*, “Triazine Functionalized Porous Covalent Organic Framework for Photo-organocatalytic E–Z Isomerization of Olefins” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 2019, 6152.
  3. Torben Sick, Julian M Rotter, Stephan Reuter, Sharath Kandambeth, Nicolai N Bach, Markus Döblinger, Julia Merz, Timothy Clark, Todd B Marder, Thomas Bein*, Dana D Medina*, “Switching on and off interlayer correlations and porosity in 2D covalent organic frameworks” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 2019, 12570.

2018

  1. Sharath Kandambeth, Koushik Dey, Rahul Banerjee*, “Covalent organic frameworks: chemistry beyond the structure” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141, 2018, 1807 (First author).
  2. Husam N. Alshareef, Fangwang Ming , Hanfeng Liang , Yongjiu Lei, Sharath Kandambeth, Mohamed Eddaoudi*, “Layered MgxV2O5·nH2O as Cathode Material for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries” ACS Energy Lett., 3, 2018, 2602.
  3. Abdul Khayum M, Vidyanand Vijayakumar, Suvendu Karak, Sharath Kandambeth, Mohitosh Bhadra, Karthika Suresh, Nikhil Acharambath, Sreekumar Kurungot, Rahul Banerjee* “Convergent Covalent Organic Framework Thin Sheets as Flexible Supercapacitor Electrodes” J. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 10, 2018, 28139.

2017

  1. Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, Harshal D Chaudhari, Kanhu Charan Rout, H Kunjattu, Shouvik Mitra, Suvendu Karak, Anuja Das, Rabibrata Mukherjee, Ulhas K Kharul, Rahul Banerjee*, “Selective Molecular Sieving in Self‐Standing Porous Covalent‐Organic‐Framework Membranes” Adv. Mater. 29, 2017, 1603945 (First author).
  2. Suvendu Karak, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, Himadri Sekhar Sasmal, Sushil Kumar, Pradip Pachfule, and Rahul Banerjee* “Constructing Ultraporous Covalent Organic Frameworks in Seconds via an Organic Terracotta Process” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139, 2017, 1856.
  3. Shouvik Mitra, Himadri Sekhar Sasmal, Tanay Kundu, Sharath Kandambeth, Kavya Illath, David Díaz Díaz, and Rahul Banerjee*,”Targeted Drug Delivery in Covalent Organic Nanosheets (CONs) via Sequential Postsynthetic Modification.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139, 2017, 4513.
     
  4. Mohitosh Bhadra, Himadri Sekhar Sasmal, Arghya Basu, Siba P. Midya, Sharath Kandambeth, Pradip Pachfule, Ekambaram Balaraman*, and Rahul Banerjee*, “Predesigned Metal-Anchored Building Block for In Situ Generation of Pd Nanoparticles in Porous Covalent Organic Framework: Application in Heterogeneous Tandem Catalysis” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9, 2017, 13785.
  5. Gargi Mukherjee,  Jayshri Thote,  Harshitha Barike Aiyappa,  Sharath Kandambeth,  Subhrashis Banerjee,  Kumar Vankaa  and  Rahul Banerjee* “A porous porphyrin organic polymer (PPOP) for visible light triggered hydrogen production” Chem. Commun., 53, 2017, 4461.

2016

  1. Shouvik Mitra, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, Abdul Khayum M., Chandan Kumar Choudhury, Mihir Mehta, Gagandeep Kaur, Subhrashis Banerjee, Asmita A. Prabhune, Sandeep Verma, Sudip Roy, Ulhas K. Kharul, Rahul Banerjee.* " Self-Exfoliated Guanidnium-Based Ionic Covalent Organic Nanosheets (iCONs)." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 2016, 2823. (Equal author contribution).
  2. M Abdul Khayum, SharathKandambeth, ShouvikMitra, Sanoop B Nair, Anuja Das, Samadhan S Nagane, Rabibrata Mukherjee, Rahul Banerjee. “Chemically Delaminated Free‐Standing Ultrathin Covalent Organic Nanosheets.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 2016, 15604.
  3. Arjun Halder, SharathKandambeth, Bishnu P Biswal, Gagandeep Kaur, Neha Chaki Roy, Matthew Addicoat, Jagadish K Salunke, Subhrashis Banerjee, Kumar Vanka, Thomas Heine, Sandeep Verma, Rahul Banerjee. “Decoding the Morphological Diversity in Two Dimensional Crystalline Porous Polymers by Core Planarity Modulation.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 2016, 7806.
     
  4. Digambar Balaji Shinde, Harshitha Barike Aiyappa, Mohitosh Bhadra, Bishnu P. Biswal, Pritish Wadge, Sharath Kandambeth, Bikash Garai, Tanay Kundu, Sreekumar Kurungot, Rahul Banerjee.* “Mechanochemically Synthesized Covalent Organic Framework as Proton conducting Solid Electrolyte.” J. Mater Chem. A., 4, 2016, 2682.

 

  1. Jayshri Thote, Harshitha Barike Aiyappa, Raya Rahul Kumar, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal,Digambar Balaji Shinde, Neha Chaki Roy, Rahul Banerjee,* “Constructing covalent organic frameworks in water via dynamic covalent bonding”, IUCrJ, 3, 2016, 402.

2015

  1. Sharath Kandambeth, V. Venkatesh, Digambar B. Shinde, Sushma Kumari, Arjun Halder, Sandeep Verma, Rahul Banerjee*, “Self-templated chemically stable hollow spherical covalent organic framework.” Nat. Commun. 6, 2015, 6786 (First author).
     
  2. Gobinda Das, Bishnu P. Biswal, Sharath Kandambeth, V. Venkatesh, Gagandeep Kaur, Matthew Addicoat, Thomas Heine, Sandeep Verma, Rahul Banerjee*,Chemical Sensing in Two Dimensional Porous Covalent Organic Nanosheets. Chem. Sci., 6, 2015, 3931.
     
  3. Bishnu P. Biswal, Sharath Kandambeth, Suman Chandra, Digambar Balaji Shinde, Saibal Bera, Suvendu Karak, Bikash Garai, Ulhas K. Kharul, Rahul Banerjee.” Pore Surface Engineering in Porous, Chemically Stable Covalent Organic Frameworks for Water Adsorption. J. Mater Chem. A, 3, 2015, 23664.
     
  4. Pradip Pachfule, Sharath Kandambeth, Arijit Mallick, Rahul Banerjee, Hollow Tubular Porous Covalent Organic Framework (COF) Nanostructures, Chem. Commun., 51, 2015, 11717.

2014

  1. Suman Chandra, Tanay Kundu, Sharath Kandambeth, Ravichandar BabaRao, Yogesh    Marathe, Shrikant M. Kunjir and Rahul Banerjee*, “Phosphoric acid Loaded Azo (-N=N-) based Covalent Organic Framework for Proton Conduction.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 2014,  6570.
     
  2. Pradip Pachfule, Sharath Kandambeth, David Díaz Díaz, and Rahul Banerjee* "Highly Stable Covalent Organic Framework-Au Nanoparticles Hybrids for Enhanced Activity for Nitrophenol Reduction" Chem. Commun., 50, 2014, 3169.
     
  3. Digambar Balaji Shinde, Sharath Kandambeth, Pradip Pachfule, Raya Rahul Kumar and Rahul   Banerjee*, Bifunctional Covalent Organic Frameworks with Two Dimensional Organocatalytic Micropores, Chem Commun., 50, 2014, 310. (Equal author contribution).
     
  4. Gobinda Das, Digambar Balaji Shinde, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, and Rahul Banerjee*. Mechanosynthesis of Imine, β-Ketoenamine, and Hydrogen-Bonded Imine-Linked Covalent   Organic Frameworks using Liquid- Assisted Grinding. Chem Commun., 50, 2014, 12615.
     
  5. Pradip Pachfule, Manas K. Panda, Sharath Kandambeth, S. M. Shivaprasad, David Díaz    Díaz and Rahul Banerjee* "Multifunctional and Robust Covalent Organic Framework-    Nanoparticles Hybrids.” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2, 2014, 7944.

2013

  1. Sharath Kandambeth, Digambar Balaji Shinde, Manas K. Panda, Binit Lukose, Thomas Heine and Rahul Banerjee "Enhancement of Chemical Stability and Crystallinity in Porphyrin Containing Covalent Organic Frameworks using Intra-molecular Hydrogen Bonding”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52, 2013, 13052 (First author).
     
  2. Suman Chandra, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, Binit Lukose, Shrikant M. Kunjir, Minakshi Chaudhary, Ravichandar Babarao, Thomas Heine and Rahul Banerjee*, “Chemically Stable Multi-layered Covalent Organic Nanosheets from Covalent Organic Frameworks via Mechanical Delamination”.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 2013, 17853.
     
  3. Bishnu P. Biswal, Suman Chandra, Sharath Kandambeth, Binit Lukose, Thomas Heine and Rahul Banerjee* "Mechanochemical Synthesis of Chemically Stable Isoreticular Covalent Organic Frameworks". J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 2013, 5328 (Equal author contribution).
     
  4. Pradip Pachfule, Vishal M. Dhavale, Sharath Kandambeth, Sreekumar Kurungot* and Rahul Banerjee* "Porous Organic Framework Templated Nitrogen Rich Porous Carbon as Proficient Electrocatalyst than Pt/C for the Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Activity".  Chem. Eur. J. 19, 2013, 974.

2012

  1. Sharath Kandambeth, Arijit Mallick, Binit Lukose, Manoj V. Mane, Thomas Heine, and Rahul Banerjee* "Construction of Crystalline 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks with Remarkable Chemical (Acid/Base) Stability via a Combined Reversible and Irreversible Route" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134, 2012, 19524. (First author)

a) Invited as a speaker for International Webinar in Department of Chemistry, Sree Narayana College, Kannur (held on 18-09-2020) Title: Crystalline Porous Polymers for Energy and Environmental Applications.

b) 9th CRSI-RSC Joint Symposium in Chemistry and the 17th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008.

c) International conference on structural chemistry of molecules and materials, Centre for research in nano-science and nanotechnology university of Calcutta.

  • Web of science highly cited award recipient in 2024.
  • https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AAA-6136-2021

  • Oral Presentations:

Invited as a speaker for International Webinar in Department of Chemistry, Sree Narayana College, Kannur (held on 18-09-2020) Title: Crystalline Porous Polymers for Energy and Environmental Applications.

  • Poster Presentations:

9th CRSI-RSC Joint Symposium in Chemistry and the 17th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008.

 International conference on structural chemistry of molecules and materials, Centre for research in nano-science and nanotechnology university of Calcutta.

  • Reviewer for the Journal of Materials Chemistry A ,Materials Advances and Chemical science