Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology (IAMT)
Chhabilal Regmi

Dr. Chhabilal Regmi

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology
    Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
    76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
    Germany

The global challenge of providing safe water for human use, agriculture, and manufacturing for an ever growing and shifting population pose an opportunity for innovations in polymer chemistry, physics and engineering. In many ways, the supply of energy is intimately connected to that of water. Because of this advent property water purification has become the major task of today’s world. Membrane processes are considered as key technologies for advanced water purification. The membrane technology contribute up to 53% of the total world processes for clean water production. A breakthrough in membrane technology is needed to produce cleaner water with significant less cost and energy requirements. Thus, a single membrane process is inefficient in solving the given separation problem. Development of polymer membranes combined with the photocatalytic nanomaterials, which are activated by harvested natural light, are thought to improve the functionality of this membrane by absorption followed by the degradation of pollutants to harmless form.

Employment

 

Since 09/2018

PostDoc at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology (IAMT)

01/2007 - 12/2014

Lecturer at Kathmandu Model College / National Engineering College, Nepal

 

 

Education

 

2015 - 2018

PhD Research Scholar Sun Moon University, Republic of Korea

2004 - 2006

M.Sc in Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

2000 - 2003

B.Sc Chemistry, Tri-Chandra College, Nepal

 

 

Research Projects

 
 

Strategically modified multifunctional BiVO4: An efficient visible-light induce photocatalyst for wastewater treatment


Development of self-cleaning polymeric membrane with catalytic function for water treatment

Publications

Chhabilal Regmi, Gobinda Gyawali, Tae-Ho Kim, Bhupendra Joshi, Schindra Kumar Ray, Yong Hyun Jo, Soo Wohn Lee, Microwave-Assisted and EDTA Mediated Hydrothermal Synthesis of a BiVO4 Semiconductor and Its Photocatalytic Activity, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 16 (2016) 11180-11185. https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2016.13475

Chhabilal Regmi, Yuwaraj K. Kshetri, Schindra Kumar Ray, Ramesh Prasad Pandey, Soo Wohn Lee, Utilization of visible to NIR light energy by Yb+3, Er+3 and Tm+3 doped BiVO4 for the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue, Applied Surface Science, 392 (2017) 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.09.024

Chhabilal Regmi, Yuwaraj K. Kshetri, Tae-Ho Kim, Ramesh Prasad Pandey, Schindra Kumar Ray, Soo Wohn Lee, Fabrication of Ni-doped BiVO4 semiconductors with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performances for wastewater treatment, Applied Surface Science, 413 (2017) 253-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.04.056

Chhabilal Regmi, Yuwaraj K. Kshetri, Tae-Ho Kim, Ramesh Prasad Pandey, Soo Wohn Lee, Visible-light-induced Fe-doped BiVO4 photocatalyst for contaminated water treatment, Molecular Catalysis, 432 (2017) 220-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2017.02.004

Chhabilal Regmi, Tae-Ho Kim, Schindra Kumar Ray, Tokutaro Yamaguchi, Soo Wohn Lee, Cobalt-doped BiVO4 (Co-BiVO4) as a visible-light-driven photocatalyst for the degradation of malachite green and inactivation of harmful microorganisms in wastewater, Research on Chemical Intermediates, 43 (2017) 5203-5216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-017-3036-y

Chhabilal Regmi, D. Dhakal, S. W. Lee, Visible-light-induced Ag/BiVO4 semiconductor with enhanced photocatalytic and antibacterial performance, Nanotechnology, 29 (2018) 064001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aaa052

Chhabilal Regmi, D. Dhakal, T. H. Kim, T. Yamaguchi, S. W. Lee, Fabrication of Ag-decorated BiOBr-mBiVO4 dual heterojunction composite with enhanced visible light photocatalytic performance for degradation of malachite green, Nanotechnology, 29 (2018) 154001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aaac60

Chhabilal Regmi, Bhupendra Joshi, Schindra K. Ray, Gobinda Gyawali, Ramesh P. Pandey, Understanding Mechanism of Photocatalytic Microbial Decontamination of Environmental Wastewater, Frontiers in chemistry, 6 (2018) 33-33. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00033

Chhabilal Regmi, Yuwaraj K. Kshetri, Ramesh Prasad Pandey, Tae-Ho Kim, Gobinda Gyawali, Soo Wohn Lee, Understanding the multifunctionality in Cu-doped BiVO4 semiconductor photocatalyst, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 75 (2019) 84-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2018.03.005

Bhupendra Joshi, Chhabilal Regmi, Dipesh Dhakal, Gobinda Gyawali, Soo Wohn Lee, Efficient inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus by silver and copper loaded photocatalytic titanate nanotubes, Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 28 (2018) 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnsc.2018.01.004

Schindra Kumar Ray, Rajesh Adhikari, Bhupendra Joshi, Gobinda Gyawali, Yuwaraj K. Kshetri, Chhabilal Regmi, Khagendra Tripathi, Soo Wohn Lee, Enhancement of Upconversion Luminescence in BaMoO4: Er3+/Yb3+ Microcrystals by the Addition of KCl, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 16 (2016) 11173-11179. https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2016.13474

Schindra Kumar Ray, Dipesh Dhakal, Chhabilal Regmi, Tokutaro Yamaguchui, Soo Wohn Lee, Inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus in visible light by morphology tuned α-NiMoO4, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 350 (2018) 59-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.09.042

Schindra Kumar Ray, Yuwaraj K. Kshetri, Dipesh Dhakal, Chhabilal Regmi, Soo Wohn Lee, Photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B and Ibuprofen with upconversion luminescence in Ag-BaMoO4: Er3+/Yb3+/K+ microcrystals, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 339 (2017) 36-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.02.014

Schindra Ray, Rajesh Adhikari, Gobinda Gyawali, Bhupendra Joshi, Yuwaraj Kshetri, Chhabilal Regmi, Khagendra Tripathi, Soo Lee, Plasmon and Upconversion Behavior in Ag–BaMoO4: Er3+/Yb3+ Microcrystals, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 16 (2016) 11645-11651. https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2016.13567

Y. K. Kshetri, Chhabilal Regmi, H. S. Kim, S. W. Lee, T. H. Kim, Microwave hydrothermal synthesis and upconversion properties of Yb(3+)/Er(3+) doped YVO4 nanoparticles, Nanotechnology, 29 (2018) 204004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aab2bf

Chhabilal Regmi, Yuwaraj K. Kshetri, Ramesh Prasad Pandey, Soo Wohn Lee, Visible-light-driven S and W co-doped dendritic BiVO4 for efficient photocatalytic degradation of naproxen and its mechanistic analysis, Molecular Catalysis, 453 (2018) 149-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2018.05.008

Chhabilal Regmi, E. Maya-Flores, S. W. Lee, V. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Cerium-doped beta-Ni(OH)2 hexagon nanosheets: an effective photocatalyst for the degradation of the emerging water pollutant, naproxen, Nanotechnology, 29 (2018) 375603. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aace14