Dr Kushagra Agrawal
(he/him)
Research Associate
- AgrawalK2@cardiff.ac.uk
- Translational Research Hub, Room 0.05, Maindy Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Publication
2022
- Agrawal, K., Roldan, A., Kishore, N. and Logsdail, A. J. 2022. Dehydrogenation and dehydration of formic acid over orthorhombic molybdenum carbide. Catalysis Today 384-6, pp. 197-208. (10.1016/j.cattod.2021.04.011)
- Agrawal, K., Roldan, A., Kishore, N. and Logsdail, A. J. 2022. Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol over orthorhombic molybdenum carbide: a DFT and microkinetic study. Catalysis Science & Technology 12(3), pp. 843-854. (10.1039/D1CY01273H)
2021
- Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2021. Computational study on adsorption characteristics of phenol and guaiacol over single and multiple nitrogen-doped graphene. ChemistrySelect 6(30), pp. 7682-7690. (10.1002/slct.202102060)
2020
- Chakraborty, P., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2020. Kinetic modeling of conversion of levulinic Acid to valeric acid in supercritical water using the density functional theory framework. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59(41) (10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02807)
- Agrawal, K., Chakraborty, P. and Kishore, N. 2020. Thermochemical mapping of levulinic acid conversion to pentane in supercritical water within the framework of density functional theory. Energy and Fuels 34(9), pp. 11061-11072. (10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01906)
- Ahmed, G., Acharya, S., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2020. Green organic synthesis in supercritical water. In: Inamuddin, R. B. and Asiri, A. M. eds. Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Sustainable Organic Synthesis. Elsevier, pp. 263-285., (10.1016/B978-0-12-819539-0.00011-7)
- Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2020. Study of conversion of bio-oil model compounds in supercritical water using density functional theory. Scientific Reports 10(1), article number: 9247. (10.1038/s41598-020-66237-w)
- Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2020. DFT study on dibenzofuran conversion to cyclohexane and benzene in gas, water and methanol solvents. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 99, article number: 107629. (10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107629)
2019
- Agrawal, K., Verma, A. M. and Kishore, N. 2019. DFT investigation on thermochemical analyses of conversion of xylose to linear alkanes in aqueous phase. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 90, pp. 199-209. (10.1016/j.jmgm.2019.05.005)
- Agrawal, K., Verma, A. M. and Kishore, N. 2019. Thermochemical conversion of guaiacol in aqueous phase by density functional theory. ChemistrySelect 4(20), pp. 6013-6025. (10.1002/slct.201900437)
- Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2019. Computational study on kinetics of conversion of bio-oil model compound - Anisole, to platform chemicals. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1276(1), article number: 12071. (10.1088/1742-6596/1276/1/012071)
2018
- Verma, A. M., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2018. Computational study on ring saturation of 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde using density functional theory. ACS Omega 3(8), pp. 8546–8552. (10.1021/acsomega.8b01003)
- Verma, A. M., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2018. Elucidation of novel mechanisms to produce value-added chemicals from vapour phase conversion of ferulic acid. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts: Theory, Computation, and Modeling 137(9), article number: 122. (10.1007/s00214-018-2311-3)
- Verma, A. M., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2018. Binding of phenolic model compounds with noble metal doped graphene sheets. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 1134, pp. 37-46. (10.1016/j.comptc.2018.05.001)
- Mohan Verma, A., Kawale, H. D., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2018. Quantum chemical study on gas phase pyrolysis of p-isopropenylphenol. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 81, pp. 134-145. (10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.02.018)
- Verma, A. M., Agrawal, K., Kawale, H. D. and Kishore, N. 2018. Quantum chemical study on gas phase decomposition of ferulic acid. Molecular Physics 116(14), pp. 1895-1907. (10.1080/00268976.2018.1464223)
- Verma, A. M., Agrawal, K., Kawale, H. D. and Kishore, N. 2018. Production of toluene by decomposition of 2-hydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde: a DFT study. ChemistrySelect 3(1), pp. 220-229. (10.1002/slct.201702339)
Articles
- Agrawal, K., Roldan, A., Kishore, N. and Logsdail, A. J. 2022. Dehydrogenation and dehydration of formic acid over orthorhombic molybdenum carbide. Catalysis Today 384-6, pp. 197-208. (10.1016/j.cattod.2021.04.011)
- Agrawal, K., Roldan, A., Kishore, N. and Logsdail, A. J. 2022. Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol over orthorhombic molybdenum carbide: a DFT and microkinetic study. Catalysis Science & Technology 12(3), pp. 843-854. (10.1039/D1CY01273H)
- Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2021. Computational study on adsorption characteristics of phenol and guaiacol over single and multiple nitrogen-doped graphene. ChemistrySelect 6(30), pp. 7682-7690. (10.1002/slct.202102060)
- Chakraborty, P., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2020. Kinetic modeling of conversion of levulinic Acid to valeric acid in supercritical water using the density functional theory framework. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59(41) (10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02807)
- Agrawal, K., Chakraborty, P. and Kishore, N. 2020. Thermochemical mapping of levulinic acid conversion to pentane in supercritical water within the framework of density functional theory. Energy and Fuels 34(9), pp. 11061-11072. (10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01906)
- Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2020. Study of conversion of bio-oil model compounds in supercritical water using density functional theory. Scientific Reports 10(1), article number: 9247. (10.1038/s41598-020-66237-w)
- Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2020. DFT study on dibenzofuran conversion to cyclohexane and benzene in gas, water and methanol solvents. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 99, article number: 107629. (10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107629)
- Agrawal, K., Verma, A. M. and Kishore, N. 2019. DFT investigation on thermochemical analyses of conversion of xylose to linear alkanes in aqueous phase. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 90, pp. 199-209. (10.1016/j.jmgm.2019.05.005)
- Agrawal, K., Verma, A. M. and Kishore, N. 2019. Thermochemical conversion of guaiacol in aqueous phase by density functional theory. ChemistrySelect 4(20), pp. 6013-6025. (10.1002/slct.201900437)
- Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2019. Computational study on kinetics of conversion of bio-oil model compound - Anisole, to platform chemicals. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1276(1), article number: 12071. (10.1088/1742-6596/1276/1/012071)
- Verma, A. M., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2018. Computational study on ring saturation of 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde using density functional theory. ACS Omega 3(8), pp. 8546–8552. (10.1021/acsomega.8b01003)
- Verma, A. M., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2018. Elucidation of novel mechanisms to produce value-added chemicals from vapour phase conversion of ferulic acid. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts: Theory, Computation, and Modeling 137(9), article number: 122. (10.1007/s00214-018-2311-3)
- Verma, A. M., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2018. Binding of phenolic model compounds with noble metal doped graphene sheets. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry 1134, pp. 37-46. (10.1016/j.comptc.2018.05.001)
- Mohan Verma, A., Kawale, H. D., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2018. Quantum chemical study on gas phase pyrolysis of p-isopropenylphenol. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 81, pp. 134-145. (10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.02.018)
- Verma, A. M., Agrawal, K., Kawale, H. D. and Kishore, N. 2018. Quantum chemical study on gas phase decomposition of ferulic acid. Molecular Physics 116(14), pp. 1895-1907. (10.1080/00268976.2018.1464223)
- Verma, A. M., Agrawal, K., Kawale, H. D. and Kishore, N. 2018. Production of toluene by decomposition of 2-hydroxy-6-methylbenzaldehyde: a DFT study. ChemistrySelect 3(1), pp. 220-229. (10.1002/slct.201702339)
Book sections
- Ahmed, G., Acharya, S., Agrawal, K. and Kishore, N. 2020. Green organic synthesis in supercritical water. In: Inamuddin, R. B. and Asiri, A. M. eds. Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Sustainable Organic Synthesis. Elsevier, pp. 263-285., (10.1016/B978-0-12-819539-0.00011-7)
Research
Working on the conversion of CO2 to value-added chemicals under the Prosperity Partnership program of the UKRI with BP and Johnson Matthey towards delivering eco-sustainable technologies using state of art computational, analytical and machine learning tools.