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Dr. Honey Mittal

Dr. Honey Mittal

Assistant Professor , Physics & Environmental Sciences

honey.mittal9@sharda.ac.in

About

Dr. Honey Mittal is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Physics at the Sharda School of Basic Sciences & Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. She holds a full-time Ph.D. from the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She earned her M.Sc. in Physics from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and her B.Sc. in Physics from Gargi College, University of Delhi. She has 20+ publications with more than 10 publications in high-impact factor Q1 international journals. Her area of interest is synthesizing and characterizing nanocomposites for energy (supercapacitors) and environment (Photocatalytic wastewater treatment) remediation.

Experience
  • 8 years of teaching and research including Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Sharda University, Greater Noida, July 2024-Continuing
  • SRF-DST Nanomission funded project at Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, Nov 2020-Nov 2022
  • JRF-DST Nanomission funded project at Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, Nov 2022-July 2023
Qualification
  • Ph.D. (Nanotechnology) from Jamia Millia Islamia, 2017-2023
  • M.Sc. (Physics) from Jamia Millia Islamia, 2015-2017 (CGPA 8.2)
  • B.Sc. (Physics) from Gargi College, University of Delhi, 2012-2015 (82.3%)
Research

List of Published Research Papers (21):

  • Sangita Jana, Akshit Malhotra, Honey Mittal, Sambuddha Chakraborty, Manika Khanuja, Gyanendra Singh, Ram Karan, Elvira Rozhina and Ashwini Chauhan, HPMC-ZnO Nanorods Enhance Hydrophilicity and Contact-Killing Activity on Polypropylene Meshes and Suture, Pharmaceuticals 19 (2025) 55. IF: 4.2
  • Priyanka Dutta, Honey Mittal, Yashswi Raj, and Govind Gupta, Fabrication of Copper-doped ZnO-based porous nanocomposites for ultrasensitive detection of NO2 at ppb level, Sensors, and Actuators B: Chemical 449 (2025) 139162. IF: 7.7
  • Honey Mittal, Saryu, Manika Khanuja, Enhanced Photocatalytic Reduction of Chromium (VI) by Polythiophene‐Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanocomposite, Advanced Materials Technologies 10 (21), e00752. IF: 6.2
  • Honey Mittal, Arun Kumar, and Manika Khanuja,
    Enhanced Supercapacitor Performance of 2D/3D MoSe₂/ZIF-67 Nanocomposites via Synergistic pn Heterojunction and Electrolyte Engineering, Materials Research Bulletin 195 (2025) 113803. IF: 5.7
  • Fatima Zehra, Honey Mittal, Manika Khanuja, Exploration of the photocatalytic activity of various zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF-8, ZIF-9, ZIF-67, and Co-ZIF-L) on organic dye crystal violet, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 36 (27) (2025) 1778. IF: 2.8
  • Honey Mittal, Diksha Sharma, Manika Khanuja, Z‐Scheme Enabled 1D/2D Nanocomposite of ZnO Nanorods and Functionalized g‐C3N4 Nanosheets for Sustainable Degradation of Terephthalic Acid, ChemSusChem 18 (2025) e202401408. IF: 6.6
  • Sangeeta Rawal, Sunil Chauhan, A Singh, A Kumar, Honey Mittal, Superior Piezophotocatalytic Degradation of Dyes and Antibiotics Using Multiferroic BiFeO₃-Carbon Nanocomposites under Visible Light, Materials Today Communications (2024) 110938, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.110938. IF: 4.5
  • Honey Mittal, Arun Kumar, and Manika Khanuja, Z-Scheme Enabled 1D/2D Nanocomposite of ZnO Nanorods and Functionalized g-C3N4 Nanosheets for Sustainable Degradation of Terephthalic Acid. Chemsuschem (2024) e202401408, doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202401408. Impact Factor: 8.4
  • Honey Mittal and Manika Khanuja, Superior Photocatalytic and Electrochemical activity of the MoSe2 Modified ZIF-67 for the Reduction and Detection of Cr (VI), Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11 (2023) 111442. Impact Factor: 7.4, citations: 04
  • Honey Mittal, Maryam Raza and Manika Khanuja, Liquid Phase Exfoliation of MoSe2: Effect of Solvent on Morphology, Edge Confinement, Bandgap and Number of Layers Study, Methods X 11 (2023) 102409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102409. Impact Factor: 1.9, citations: 04
  • Arun Kumar, Honey Mittal, and Manika Khanuja, Decoration of 2D acid-etched g-C3N4 nanosheets with 1D ZnO nanorods as the high-power micro-supercapacitor electrode material, Journal of Energy Storage 67 (2023) 1074962. Impact Factor: 8.9, citations: 09
  • Nahid Tyagi, Waseem Ashraf, Honey Mittal, Tarab Fatima, Manika Khanuja and Manoj Kumar Singh, A facile synthesis of ternary hybrid nanocomposite of WS2/ZnO/PPy: An efficient Photocatalyst for the degradation of Chromium Hexavalent, Dyes and Pigments 210 (2022) 110998, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110998. Impact Factor: 4.1, citations: 15
  • Honey Mittal and Manika Khanuja, MoSe2 Modified ZIF-8 novel Nanocomposite for Photocatalytic Remediation of Textile Dye and Antibiotics contaminated Wastewater, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30 (2022) 4151-4165, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22487-x. Impact Factor: 5.8, citations: 25
  • Honey Mittal and Manika Khanuja, Optimization of MoSe2 modified conducting polymer as electrode material for high supercapacitor performance, Chemistry Select 7 (2022) e202201623, doi.org/10.1002/slct.202201623, Impact Factor: 2.3, citations: 08
  • Arun Kumar, Honey Mittal, Rupali Nagar, and Manika Khanuja, Synergistic Effect of Acid-Etched g-C3N4 Nanosheets and Polyaniline Nanofibers for the Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Textile Dyes: Study of Charge Transfer Mechanism and Intermediate Products, Material Advances 3 (2022), 5325-5336, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA01218E, Impact Factor: 5.2, citations: 28
  • Honey Mittal, Manika Khanuja, Hydrothermal in-situ Synthesis of MoSe2-Polypyrrole Nanocomposite for Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes Under Dark and Visible Light Irradiation, Separation and Purification Technology 254 (2021) 11750, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117508, Impact Factor: 8.1, citations: 105
  • Honey Mittal, Manika Khanuja, Optimization of MoSe2­ Nanosheets by surface modification using conducting polymer for enhanced photocatalytic activity: Photocatalysis mechanism, reaction kinetics, and intermediate product study, Dyes and pigments 175 (2020) 108109, 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.108109, Impact Factor: 4.1, citations: 59
  • Honey Mittal and Manika Khanuja, Nanosheets and nanourchins like nanostructures of MoSe2 for photocatalytic water purification: kinetics and reusability study, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27 (2019) 23477-23489, 10.1007/s11356-019-06275-8, Impact Factor: 5.8, citations: 25
  • Honey Mittal, Arun Kumar and Manika Khanuja, In-situ oxidative polymerization of aniline on hydrothermally synthesized MoSe2 for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes, Journal of Saudi Chemical Society 23 (2019) 836-845, 10.1016/j.jscs.2019.02.004, Impact Factor: 5.8, citations: 59
  • Shreya Saha, Nahid Chaudhary, Honey Mittal, and Manika Khanuja, Inorganic–organic nanohybrid of MoS2‑PANI for advanced photocatalytic application, International Nano Letters 9 (2019) 127-139, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40089-019-0267-5, Impact Factor: 4.1, citations: 78
  • Iram Siddiqui, Honey Mittal, Vivek Kr. Kohli, Prakalp Gautam, Mohammad Ali and Manika Khanuja. Hydrothermally synthesized micron-sized, broom-shaped MoSe2 nanostructures for superior photocatalytic water purification, Material Research Express 5 (2018) 125020. doi:10.1088/2053-1591/aae241, Impact Factor: 1.8, citations: 49

List of Conference Papers (04):

  • Priyanka Dutta, Yashswi Raj, Honey Mittal & Govind Gupta, Development of ZnO Nanorods and PEG Doped ZnO Nanorods for Temperature Dependent NO Gas Sensing Application, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, Cham. 1370 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84331-0_51.
  • Fatima Zehra, Nahid Tyagi, Honey Mittal, Manoj Kumar, Manika Khanuja, Synthesis and comparative study of Zeolite Imidazole Framework for the removal of textile dyes, Materials Today Proceedings (2023), accepted, IF: 1.46, citations: 08
  • Honey Mittal and Manika Khanuja, Interfacial charge carrier dynamics of the MoSe2-conducting polymer (MoSe2-PANI) heterojunction, Material Today: Proceedings 28 (2020) 314-316, IF:1.46, citations: 08
  • Nahid Chaudhary, Karthick raj AG, Anjali Harikumar, Honey Mittal and Manika Khanuja, Comparative study of photocatalytic activity of hydrothermally synthesized ultra-thin MoS2 nanosheets with bulk MoS2, AIP Conference Proceedings 2276 (2020) 020030, IF:0.402, citations: 07

List of Book Chapters (04):

  • Honey Mittal and Manika Khanuja, Introduction to Smart Catalysis, Smart Catalysts for a Changing World - Multiferroic Nanostructured Materials for Cleaner Technologies, Springer Nature (2026)
  • Tarab Fatima, Manika Khanuja, and Honey Mittal. Multiferroic Materials for CO2 reduction and conversion, Smart Catalysts for a Changing World - Multiferroic Nanostructured Materials for Cleaner Technologies, Springer Nature (2026)
  • Shikha Bansal, Waseem Ashraf, Honey Mittal, and Manika Khanuja, Aerogels for Photocatalytic Degradation of Air and Water Pollutants: Research Trends, Aerogels: Properties and Applications, Nova Science Publishers (2022)  https://doi.org/10.52305/WJOG8919.
  • Honey Mittal and Manika Khanuja, Quantum Dots in Photovoltaics Technology, Multifunctional Quantum Dots-Biological, Environment, and Energy Applications, Springer, Nature (2025), Submitted

Patent:

  • Honey Mittal and Manika Khanuja, Method of synthesis of MoSe2/ZIF-L Nanocomposite for Photocatalytic Degradation of Mixed Dyes (2025), Submitted

Research Achievements:

  • Special Mention for poster presentation at 1st International Conference on thin films and Nanotechnology-Knowledge, Leadership, and Commercialization (ICT-KLC 2021), 24th-26th August 2021, IIT Delhi (virtually) (Poster PPT)
  • The third best prize for oral presentation on National Science Day, 28th Feb 2021 at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India (Oral PPT)
  • Best prize for Poster presentation at International Conference on Advanced Material and Nanotechnology (AMN-2020) Feb 20-22, 2020, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India (Poster PPT)
  • Best prize for Poster presentation at National Conference on Emerging Trends in Applied Materials Science and Surface Engineering, (ETAMS2020) Jan 16-17, 2020, BML Munjal University, Haryana, India (Poster PPT)

List of Presentations:

  • Oral presentation on “MoSe2 Modified ZIF-8 novel Nanocomposite for Photocatalytic Remediation of Antibiotics contaminated Wastewater” at International Conference on Recent Advances in Functional Materials (RAFM-2022), 14-16th March, 2022, ARSD College, DU (Oral PPT)
  • Poster presentation in the Virtual International Conference on Hierarchically Structured Materials-2021 organized by the Department of Physics, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai (April 08th-10th 2021) (Poster PPT)
  • Poster presentation on “Enhanced photocatalytic performance of MoSe2 and MoSe2-conducting polymer nanocomposite for dye degradation: round clock photocatalysis, surface charge modification, and intermediate product analysis” (Nano Road Show-2020) Feb 1, 2020, Miranda House, University of Delhi (Poster PPT)
  • Poster presentation on “Comparative study of photocatalytic activity between pH controlled hydrothermally synthesized MoSe2 nanostructures” at 5th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN-2019) Jan 28-30,2020, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai (Poster PPT)
  • Poster presentation on “” atNano-Polysaccharides for Environmental Sustainability (Sep 25, 2019), (Poster PPT)

Certifications

  • Guest Editor: Special issue in Discover Nano journal, “Surface-Engineered Nanostructures for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Applications”
  • Peer Reviewer: Peer reviewer of reputed journals, including Scientific Reports, J of Water Process Engineering, Discover Nano, Physica Scripta

Area of Interest

  • 2D Nanomaterials, Nanocomposites, Supercapacitors, Photocatalysis, Wastewater Treatment, Electrochemical Sensing