Contact

Ookayama 2-12-1-NE-1,
Meguro-ku, Tokyo
152-8550, Japan
Room 701 (Prof.),
Room 702
(Associate Prof.),
Room 703 (Assistant Prof., Students)
(access)

TEL: +81-3-5734-
2240 (Room 701)
2239 (Room 702)
2759 (Room 703)
e-mail: ishitani@chem.,
maedak@chem.
(+titech.ac.jp)

Fazalurahman Kuttassery

Position Postdoctoral fellow
Address 2-12-1-NE-2 (EEI-7F-703), Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
TEL 03-5734-2759
FAX 03-5734-2759
E-mail kuttassery.f.aa(+@m.titech.ac.jp)

Educational Qualification

2011 - 2014 Ph.D. Applied Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan (Research Supervisor- Professor Haruo Inoue)
2008 - 2010 M.Sc. Applied Chemistry, University of Calicut, India (Research Supervisor- Professor Suresh Das, Former Director, NIIST(CSIR)-Trivandrum)
2005 - 2008 B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Calicut, India

Professional History

04/2019 - Postdoctoral researcher Tokyo Institute of Technology(With Prof. Ishitani)
04/2018 - 09/2018 Research Associate Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University (With Prof. Haruo Inoue)
04/2016 - 03/2018 Research Assistant Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University (With Prof. Haruo Inoue)
10/2014 - 03/2016 Research Associate, Tokyo Metropolitan University (With Professor Haruo Inoue)

Publication

13."Artificial Photosynthesis Sensitized by Metal Complexes: Utilization of a Ubiquitous Element."
F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H.Tachibana and H.Inoue.
Electrochemistry 2014, 82, 475-485. (DOI:10.5796/electrochemistry.82.475).
12." Photochemical oxygenation of cyclohexene with water sensitized by aluminium (III) porphyrins with visible light."
S. Mathew, F. Kuttassery, Y. Gomi, D. Yamamoto, R. Kiyooka, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana and H. Inoue/
J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2015, 313, 137-142. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.06.001).
11." Visible light induced oxygenation of alkenes with water sensitized by silicon-porphyrins with the second most earth-abundant element."
S. N. Remello, T. Hirano, F. Kuttassery, Y. Nabetani, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, H. Tachibana and H. Inoue
J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2015, 313, 176-183.(DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2015.07.016).
10."Synthesis of water-soluble silicon-porphyrin: protolytic behaviour of axially coordinated hydroxy groups."
S. N. Remello, F. Kuttassery, T. Hirano, Y. Nabetani, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, H. Tachibana and H. Inoue,
Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 20011-20020.(DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03654B)
09."One-Pot Facile Synthesis of Water-Soluble Cationic Aluminum(III) Porphyrins in a Unique Heterogeneous System at Ambient Temperature."
S. Mathew, F. Kuttassery, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana and H. Inoue
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2016, 89, 334-336. ( DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20150388)
08."Facile Synthesis of Water Soluble Cationic Tin (IV) Porphyrins and Water Insoluble Tin (IV) Porphyrins in Water at Ambient Temperature."
A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. N. Remello, S. Mathew, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana and H. Inoue.
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2016, 89, 902-904. (DOI:10.1246/bcsj.20160091).
07."One electron-initiated two-electron oxidation of water by aluminum porphyrins with earth’s most abundant metal."
F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S. Sagawa, S. N. Remello, A.Thomas, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana and H. Inoue
ChemSusChem. 2017, 1909-1915. (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201700322) ( Selected as cover page of the issue)
06."Two-electron oxidation of water initiated through one-photon excitation of aluminum porphyrins: Detection of key intermediates and molecular mechanism"
S.Mathew, F. Kuttassery, S.N. Remello, A. Thomas, D. Yamamoto, S. Onuki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana and H. Inoue.
ChemPhotoChem. 2018, 2, 240-248.(DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201700155) (Highlighted as Very Important Paper)
05."Photochemical hydrogen evolution on metal ion surface-grafted TiO 2-particles prepared by sol/gel method without calcination."
F. Kuttassery, D.Yamamoto, S. Mathew, S. N. Remello, A.Thomas, Y. Nabetani, A. Iwase, A. Kudo, H. Tachibana and H. Inoue
J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2018, 358, 386-394.(DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.09.048)
04." Protolytic behavior of axially coordinated hydroxyl groups of Tin (IV) porphyrins as promising molecular catalyst for water oxidation."
A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S.N. Remello, Y. Ohsaki, D. Yamamoto, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue.
J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2018, 358, 402-410.(DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.09.053)
03."Two-electron oxidation of water to form hydrogen peroxide catalysed by silicon-porphyrins."
S.N. Remello, F. Kuttassery, S.Mathew, A.Thomas, D.Yamamoto, Y.Nabetani, K.Sano, H.Tachibana and H.Inoue.
Sustainable energy & Fuels, 2018, 2, 1966-1973.(DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00102B ) (Selected as cover page of the issue)
02."How does the Tin(IV) insertion to porphyrins proceed in water at ambient temperature?: Re-investigation by time dependent 1H-NMR and detection of intermediates"
Y. Ohsaki, A. Thomas, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S.N. Remello, Y. Nabetani, T. Shimada, S. Takagi, H.Tachibana and H.Inoue.
Inorganica Chimica Acta. 2018, 482, 914-924.(DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2018.07.036).
01."Promotive effect of bicarbonate ion on two-electron water oxidation to form H2O2 catalyzed by aluminum porphyrins."
F. Kuttassery, A. Sebastian, S. Mathew, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue.
ChemSusChem. 2019, (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201900560)
Reviews
01. "Alternative route to bypass the bottle-neck of water oxidation: Two-electron oxidation of water catalyzed by earth-abundant metalloporphyrins."
F. Kuttassery, S.Mathew, S.N. Remello, A.Thomas, K.Sano, Y. Ohsaki, Y. Nabetani, H. Tachibana and H. Inoue.
Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 2018, 377, 64-72,(DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.08.027)
Research Patent
Oxidation Catalyst.
H. Inoue, H. Tachibana, Y. Nabetani, F. Kuttassery, S. Sagawa, S. Onuki.
Japanese Patent, JP-2015 – 013262.

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