Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus

Ghantaghar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Highlights

Lecturer
Dasu Ram Poudel
Academic Faculty
Male
dasu.poudel@trc.tu.edu.np

Dr. Dasu Ram Paudel serves as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Tribhuvan University, located in Ghantaghar, Kathmandu, Nepal. He earned his Ph.D. in Nano Convergence Engineering from Jeonbuk National University in Jeonju, Republic of South Korea, under the guidance of Professor Joong Hee Lee. In 2013, he completed his M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry from Tribhuvan University. His primary research focus lies in material chemistry, particularly in the design and fabrication of nanomaterials for potential applications in energy storage and conversion.

Personal Details: 

DASU RAM PAUDEL, Ph. D. 

Assistant Professor (Chemistry) 

Tribhuvan University 

Department of Chemistry, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Kathmandu 44613, Nepal 

Mobile: +977-9849- 888864 

E-mail: drpaudel005@gmail.com 

             dasu.paudel@trc.tu.edu.np  

Ph.D. in Engineering (MATERIAL Electrochemistry) 

Thesis Title: A Study on Tungsten-based Functional Nanomaterial Ensembled Heterometals as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting 2023 

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Joong Hee Lee, Department of Nano Convergence Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea. 

M. Sc. in chemistry (Inorganic chemistry) 

Thesis Title: Removal of Arsenic from Aqueous Solution Using Fe (III) - Loaded Bio-adsorbent. 2013 

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Megh Raj Pokhrel, Department of Chemistry, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. 

B. Sc. in Chemistry 2007 

Department of Chemistry, Butwal Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Rupandehi, Butwal, Nepal. 

05-2017 ~ Present Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal. 

Scholar Identity 

  • Web of Science Researcher ID: AAN-5724-2021 

  • Scopus author ID: 57216888291 

  • Tika Bhandari, Rama Kafle, Prakash Ban, Jyoti Ghorsine, Debendra Acharya, Dasu Ram Paudel*; Environmentally Benign Synthesis of CuO@AC Nanocomposite for Prompt Bifunctional Water Splitting Applications; Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering, 2025, 3012.  https://doi.org/10.5599/jese.3012.  (Q2, IF: 2.6) 

  • Dasu Ram Paudel*, Rama Kafle, Niraj Dhital, Manjinder Singh, Balaji S. Salokhe; Nickel Nanoparticles Infused Iron Tungstate Nanocomposite for Clean Energy Carrier Hydrogen Generation via Water Splitting; Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2025, 12(22), e00644 (https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202500644) (Q1, IF: 4.4) 

  • Manjinder Singha, Dun Chan Cha, Jaejun Park, Hayoung Kim, Dasu Ram Paudel, Gyuchan Kim, Byung-Hyun Kima, Seunghyun Lee*; Heterointerface-Driven Electronic Modulation in MoO2@N/Mo‒ReS2 Hybrid for Efficient Alkaline HER, OER, and Overall Water Splitting; Small, 2025, 42(34), 2505906 (https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202505906) (Q1, IF: 13) 

  • Prabin Kumar Joshi, Sabina Dahal, Raj Kumar Rai, Ganesh Bhandari, Gopi Chandra Kaphle*, Dasu Ram Paudel*; Bifunctional Electrocatalysis of Copper-Doped Cerium Oxide Nanocage Networks Enabling HER and OER; Electrocatalysis, 2025, 1-12. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-025-00961-7)   (Q3, IF: 2.8) 

  • Sabina Dahal, Prabin Kumar Joshi, Namrata Shree Pandey, Soniya Gadal, Dasu Ram Paudel*; Bifunctional Hydrogen and Oxygen Electrocatalysis of Cerium doped Copper Oxide Nanostructure; Analytical and Bioanalytical Electrochemistry (ABEC), 2025, 17(4), 311-326. (https://doi.org/10.22034/abec.2025.723273)  (Q3, IF: 1.2) 

  • Manjinder Singh, Dasu Ram Paudel, Hayoung Kim, Tae Hyeong Kim, Jaejun Park, and Seunghyun Lee; Interface engineering strategies for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction; Energy Advances, 2025, 4, 716-742. (https://doi.org/10.1039/D5YA00022J) (Q1, IF: 4.3) 

  • Dasu Ram Paudel*, Gopi Chandra Kaphle, Bhoj Raj Poudel, Mukunda KC, Manjinder Singh, and Gunendra Prasad Ojha; Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction of a Zn+2-Stabilized Tungstate Electrocatalyst; Electrochem, 2025, 6(1), 3. (https://doi.org/10.3390/electrochem6010003).  (Q1, Cite score 7.4) 

  • Ashim Chaudhari, Mani Ram Kandel, Abid Ali, Dasu Ram Paudel, Bipeen Dahal, Subhangi Subedi; Ni-doped Co-layered Double Hydroxides as High-performance Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction; Journal of Nepal Chemical Society, 2025, 45 (1), 66-75. (https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v45i1.74388). 

  • Gopal Gautam Khatri, Manish Baskota, Anita Chand, Samjhana Bharati, Dasu Ram Paudel*; Biosorption Study of Cr(VI) from the Aqueous Solution Using Chemically Modified Biomass of a Newly Isolated Edible Mushroom Waste, Bibechana, 2024, 21(3), 221–232. (https://doi.org/10.3126/bibechana.v21i3.62097). (**) 

  • Utsab Luitel, Kamal Prasad Sapkota, Santu Shrestha, Dasu Ram Paudel, Sharmila Pradhan; Synthesis of Ag Doped ZnO Nanowire by Hydrothermal Method and its Characterization, Journal of Nepal Chemical Society, July 2024, Vol. 44, No. 2, 90-100. (https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v44i2.68320). 

  • Dasu Ram Paudel*, Gopal Gautam Khatri, Gopi Chandra Kaphle; Hydrogen Fuel: A Global Concern, Policies, Future & Its Overall Impact on Prosperous Nepal, Journal of Lumbini Engineering College, 2024, 6(1), 15–22. (https://doi.org/10.3126/lecj.v6i1.66265). 

  • Ranjan Rai, Maya Pokharel, Devendra Khadka, Janaki Baral, Dasu Ram Paudel, Surendra Kumar Gautam, Megh Raj Pokhrel, Bhoj Raj Poudel*; Effective Chromium (VI) Removal from Contaminated Water by Chemically Modified Litchi Chinensis Seed Powder: Characterization, Kinetic and Isotherm Studies. International Journal of Environment, (2023), 12(2), 83–102. https://doi.org/10.3126/ije.v12i2.65442  

  • Manjinder Singh, Dun Chan Cha, Thangjam Ibomcha Singh, Ashakiran Maibam, Dasu Ram Paudel, Dong Hwan Nam, Tae Hyeong Kim, Sunghoon Yoo, Seunghyun Lee; A Critical Review on Amorphous-Crystalline Heterostructured Electrocatalysts for Efficient Water Splitting, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2023, 7, 6254-6280. (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QM00940H)  (Q1, IF: 6.4) 

  • Dasu Ram Paudel, Uday Narayan Pan, Ram Babu Ghising, Mani Ram Kandel, Nam Hoon Kim, Joong Hee Lee; Multi-interfacial Dendritic Engineering Facilitating Congruous Intrinsic Activity of the Oxide-Carbide/MOF Nanostructured Multimodal Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen and Oxygen Electrocatalysis, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 331, (2023), 122711. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122711) (Q1, IF: 21.1) 

  • Isha Khadka, Sanju Jyawali, Dasu Ram Paudel*; Rational Assessment of Physico-Chemical Parameters of Agricultural Soil from Selected Places of Banepa, Nepal, Pragya Darshan, 5(1), 2023, 1–6. (https://doi.org/10.3126/pdmdj.v5i1.52253) 

  • Purna Prasad Dhakal, Uday Narayan Pan, Dasu Ram Paudel, Mani Ram Kandel, Nam Hoon Kim, Joong Hee Lee; Cobalt–manganese sulfide hybridized Fe-doped 1T-Vanadium disulfide 3D-Hierarchical core-shell nanorods for extreme low potential overall water-splitting, Materials Today Nano, 20, 2022, 100272. 

(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtnano.2022.100272) (Q1, IF: 8.2) 

  • Dasu Ram Paudel, Uday Narayan Pan, Ram Babu Ghising, Purna Prasad Dhakal, Van An Dinh, Hao Wang, Nam Hoon Kim, Joong Hee Lee; Interface modulation induced by the 1T Co-WS2 shell nanosheet layer at the metallic NiTe2/Ni core–nanoskeleton: Glib electrode-kinetics for HER, OER, and ORR, Nano Energy, 102, (2022), 107712. 

(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107712) (Q1, IF: 17.1) 

  • Ram Babu Ghising, Uday Narayan Pan, Dasu Ram Paudel, Mani Ram Kandel, Nam Hoon Kim, Joong Hee Lee; A hybrid trimetallic–organic framework-derived N, C co-doped Ni–Fe–Mn–P ultrathin nanosheet electrocatalyst for proficient overall water-splitting, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, (2022), 16457. (https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA02470E) (Q1, IF: 9.5) 

  • Mani Ram Kandel, Uday Narayan Pan, Dasu Ram Paudel, Purna Prasad Dhakal, Nam Hoon Kim, Joong Hee Lee; Hybridized bimetallic phosphides of Ni–Mo, Co–Mo, and Co–Ni in a single ultrathin-3D-nanosheets for efficient HER and OER in alkaline media, Composites Part B: Engineering, 239, (2022), 109992. 

(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2022.109992) (Q1, IF: 14.2) 

  • Uday Narayan Pan, Dasu Ram Paudel, Amit Kumar Das, Thangjam Ibomcha Singh, Nam Hoon Kim, Joong Hee Lee; Ni-nanoclusters hybridized 1T–Mn–VTe2 mesoporous nanosheets for ultra-low potential water splitting, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 301, (2022), 120780. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120780) (Q1, IF: 21.1) 

  • Chandan Chandru Gudal, Uday Narayan Pan, Dasu Ram Paudel, Mani Ram Kandel, Nam Hoon Kim, and Joong Hee Lee; Bifunctional P-Intercalated and Doped Metallic (1T)-Copper Molybdenum Sulfide Ultrathin 2D-Nanosheets with Enlarged Interlayers for Efficient Overall Water Splitting, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 12, 14492. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c00278) (Q1, IF: 8.2) 

  • Bishnu Datt Pant, Deepa Neupane, Dasu Ram Paudel, Prakash Chandra Lohani, Surendra Kumar Gautam, Megh Raj Pokhrel, Bhoj Raj Poudel; Efficient biosorption of hexavalent chromium from water by modified arecanut leaf sheath, Heliyon, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2022, e09283. (10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09283) (Q1, IF: 3.6) 

  • Anita Chand, Prem Chand, Gopal Gautam Khatri, Dasu Ram Paudel*; Enhanced Removal Efficiency of Arsenic and Copper from Aqueous Solution Using Activated Acorus calamus Based Adsorbent, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, Vol. 35 No. 3, 2021, 279-293. (https://doi.org/10.15255/CABEQ.2021.1943)  (Q3, IF: 1.60) 

  • Dasu Ram Paudel, Uday Narayan Pan, Thangjam Ibomcha Singh, Chandan Chandru Gudal, Nam Hoon Kim, Joong Hee Lee; Fe and P Doped 1T-Phase Enriched WS2 3D-Dendritic Nanostructures for Efficient Overall Water Splitting, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 286 (2021), 119897. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.119897) (Q1, IF: 21.1) 

  • Uday Narayan Pan, Thangjam Ibomcha Singh, Dasu Ram Paudel, Chandan Chandru Gudal, Nam Hoon Kim, Joong Hee Lee; Covalent doping of Ni and P on 1T-enriched MoS2 bifunctional 2D-nanostructures with active basal planes and expanded interlayers boosts electrocatalytic water splitting, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8, (2020), 19654. 

 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0TA05865C)  (Q1, IF: 9.5) 

  • Uday Narayan Pan, Vikas Sharma, Tolendra Kshetri, Thangjam Ibomcha Singh, Dasu Ram Paudel, Nam Hoon Kim, Joong Hee Lee; Freestanding 1T‐MnxMo1–xS2–ySey and MoFe2S4–zSez Ultrathin Nanosheet‐Structured Electrodes for Highly Efficient Flexible Solid‐State Asymmetric Supercapacitors, Small, 16, (2020), 2001691. 

(https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202001691)  (Q1, IF: 12.1) 

  • Anuradha Lohala, Dasu Ram Paudel*; Physicochemical analysis of agricultural soil samples in Bhaktapur district, Nepal, Journal of plant resources (J. Pl. Res.), 2019, 17(1), 125-130. 

  • Dasu Ram Paudel, Bhoj Raj Poudel; Removal of arsenic from the aqueous solution by using the Fe (III)-loaded bio adsorbent, Journal of Nepal Chemical Society, 32(1), 2013, 4-10. 

Book Publication 

  • Dasu Ram Paudel, Rajendra Gautam; Frontiers in Inorganic Chemistry, First Edition (2019), Asmita Publication and Distributor Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal. 

  • Dasu Ram Paudel, Motee Lal Sharma, P. N. Chaudhary, and Basanta Raj Khanal; Engineering Practical Chemistry, First Edition (2016), Ekta Books Distributors, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. 

  • Dasu Ram Paudel, Dipak Wagle, and Padam Acharya; Complete Chemistry, First Edition (2014), Pathshala Publication and Distributor Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal.