Dr. MANI D – Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry | SR University

Dr. MANI D

Associate Professor, Associate Dean Research Grands & Consultancy • Department of Chemistry

PhD from

ANNA UNIVERSITY

Years of Experience

10 Years

Web Pages

Contact Details

d.mani@sru.edu.in

Availability

SR UNIVERSITY, 8.30AM TO 5PM

Dr. Mani Durai completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Chemistry at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, University of Madras. He pursued full-time research under Dr. M. Arivanandhan, with valuable guidance from Prof. R. Jayavel, at the Centre for Nano Science and Technology, Anna University, Chennai. In 2017, he received an ICGS Fellowship to undertake one-year Ph.D. research internship at NIMS, Japan, working with Prof. Yusuke Ide in Prof. Yusuke Yamauchi’s Mesoscale Chemistry Group. He joined Yeungnam University, South Korea, as a postdoctoral researcher in October 2020 and served as an International Research Professor from March 2021 to July 2026. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at SR University, Warangal.

Interests

environmental remediation and energy harvesting

Research Areas

photocatalysis Hydrogen energy Nano materials Semiconductor Antibiotic removal Water splitting

Student Supervision

Ph.D -3 ongoing PG-06 UG -30

Ph.D

2019

Anna University

MSc

2014

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, University of Madras

BSc

2012

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, University of Madras

D.Ed

2008

Shushruti D.Ed College, Bangalore

No work experience added.

→ Computational Chemistry
→ Energy and Environmental applications

Key Publications

1. Mani, D., Tahawy, R., Doustkhah, E., Shanmugam, M., Arivanandhan, M., Jayavel, R. and Ide, Y., 2021. A rutile TiO2 nanobundle as a precursor of an efficient visible-light photocatalyst embedded with Fe2O3. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 8(19), pp.4423-4430.
2. Mani, D., Elango, D., Priyadharsan, A., Al-Humaid, L.A., Al-Dahmash, N.D., Ragupathy, S., Jayanthi, P. and Ahn, Y.H., 2023. Groundnut shell chemically treated with KOH to prepare inexpensive activated carbon: Methylene blue adsorption and equilibrium isotherm studies. Environmental Research, 231, p.116026.
4. Haldar, D., Raj, M.R., Roy, P., Ahmad, N., Mani, D. and Mohandoss, S., 2026. Lignin and cellulose-based functional carbon dots synthesized from waste agricultural residues for sustainable food packaging applications: A review. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, p.152177.
5. Kumaravel, S., Durai, M., Gnanasekaran, L., Devarayapalli, K.C., Erusappan, E., Shanmugapriya, D., Fatehmulla, A., Kim, B., Ullah, I. and Lee, D.S., 2026. Ag‐Modified g‐C3N5/CdS Z‐Scheme Heterojunction for Enhanced Photodegradation of Norfloxacin and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution: Experimental and DFT Insights. International Journal of Energy Research, 2026(1), p.8955024.
6. Kumaravel, S., Durai, M., Erusappan, E., Devarayapalli, K.C., Thirumurugan, A., Sandoval-Hevia, G., Hatshan, M.R., Kim, B. and Lee, D.S., 2026. MOF-derived CeO2/NiFe2O4@ MXene electrocatalysts for efficient seawater electrolysis and ciprofloxacin photodegradation. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 81, p.109225
7. Kumar, P.S.M., Sasikala, M., Gnanasekaran, L., Jamalaiah, S., Durai, M., Karthikeyan, M., Kumaravel, S., Shanmugapriya, D., Kumar, S., Singh, R. and Lee, S.Y., 2027. Cold plasma-engineered metal-organic frameworks: A new paradigm for next-generation environmental applications. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 570, p.218583.
8. Durai, M., Durai, M., Erusappan, E., Gopi, S. and Yun, K., 2026. Advances in MOF-derived porous carbons, oxides, and hybrids for water splitting and beyond. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, p.118156.
9. Thamaraiselvi, K., Vignesh, V., Nellaiappan, S., Sivaprakash, P., Mani, D., Kim, I., Shim, J.J. and Lee, J., 2026. Acoustic shock pulses-driven bifunctional Co3O4/NiO composite for overall electrochemical water splitting. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 90, p.110370.
10. Kumaravel, S., Durai, M., Gnanasekaran, L., Kumaravel, S., Erusappan, E., Shanmugapriya, D., Afzal, M., Paskalis, S.M.K. and Lee, D.S., 2026. Interfacial engineering of sulfur-modified g-C3N5/V2O5 heterostructures for enhanced overall water splitting and sonophotocatalytic tetracycline degradation. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials.
11. Durai, M. and Ahn, Y.H., 2023. Photocatalytic H2 generation under blue and white LEDs by Fe2O3/KTLO/rGO S-scheme composite photocatalyst. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 965, p.171457.
12. Durai, M., Chauhan, D., Durai, M., Saravanan, M., Kumaravel, S., Erusappan, E. and Ahn, Y.H., 2022. Layered KTO/BiOCl nanostructures for the efficient visible light photocatalytic degradation of harmful dyes. Chemosphere, 306, p.135659.

Research Projects/Patents

NA

Awards & Achievements

1

STIC - 2013 (Indra Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research- IGCAR)

During Master programme selected All Indian level STIC-2013 program conducted by IGCAR- Kalpakkam. Have live interaction with IGCAR Scientists about 45 days with scholarship.

2013

2

ICGS-Fellowship Japan during PhD program

I have been awarded ICGF- Fellowship from NIMS -Japan. One year Research Internship at Japan during 2017-2018

2017