Faculty

Dr.Darpan Vijaykumar Bhuse

Dr. Darpan Vijaykumar Bhuse is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, School of Basic and Applied Sciences at JSPM University, Pune, India. He earned his Ph.D. from the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in 2023. His core research focuses on designing nature inspired, metal free porphyrin dyes for dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), with a particular emphasis on developing additive free and aggregation resistant sensitizers. Beyond photovoltaics, his expertise extends to heterogeneous photocatalysis for organic transformations, including C-H activation and Heck coupling reactions. He has also contributed to research on supercapacitor electrodes. Currently, Dr. Bhuse has broadened his research interests to explore metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for advanced energy storage applications

Research Publications

Bhuse, D. V.; Giri, P.; Deshmukh, S. A.; Agawane, G. L.; Patel, C.; Sarkar, S.; Rathod, V. B.; Suresh, S.; Maru, M. S.; Amaravadi, R. K.; Bhuse, V. M.
“Critical review of metalloporphyrin drawbacks and additive adverse effects in porphyrin DSSCs toward high efficiency metal free porphyrin sensitizers.” Discover Chemistry 2026, 3(1), 132.
Suresh, S.; Bhuse, D. V.; Rathod, V. B.; Awandkar, S.; Maru, M. S.; Amaravadi, R. K.; Patel, C.; Agawane, G. L.; Deshmukh, S. A.
“Research Progress in Ag₂WO₄-Based Photocatalysts for Environmental Remediation.” Discover Chemistry 2026, 3(1), 14.
Deshmukh, S. A.; Sarkar, S.; Rathod, V. B.; Patel, C.; Agawane, G. L.; Bhuse, D. V.
“Regioselective Synthesis of Substituted 3,6-Dihydropyran from 3-Butene-1-ol and Aromatic Aldehydes via Prins Cyclization Mediated by TfOH.” Discover Chemistry 2026, 3(1), 77.
Deshmukh, S. A.; Bhuse, D. V.; Suresh, S.; Raut, S. U.; Kondawar, S.; Sarkar, S.; Patel, C.; Agawane, G. L. “Recent advances in covalent organic frameworks for selective photocatalytic reduction of CO₂.” ChemCatChem 2025, 17(4), e202401362. (IF: 4.0)
Suresh, S.; Deshmukh, S. A.; Bhuse, D. V. “Review on magnetically retrievable spinel ferrites MFe₂O₄/TiO₂ (M = Co, Zn) composites and their application for photocatalytic removal of pollutants.” Applied Water Science 2025, 15, 1–25. (IF: 5.5)
Deshmukh, S. A.; Suresh, S.; Bhuse, D. V.; Raut, S. U.; Reddy, M. V. B. “Review on strategies for the design and synthesis of flower-like Bi₂WO₆ and BiOX (X = F, Cl, Br, I) composites for photocatalytic environmental remediation.” ChemistrySelect 2024, 9(23), e202401038. (IF: 2.0)
Deshmukh, S. A.; Mataghare, B. C.; Patil, V. S.; Raut, S. U.; Bhuse, D. V.; Khajone, V. B. “Melamine-based porphyrin photosensitizer comprising sulphonic acid moieties for efficient aerobic oxidative acetalization of furfuryl alcohol.” Fuel 2023, 353, 129209. (IF: 7.5)
Jirage, S.; Bhuse, D. V.; Bhuse, V. M. “Simplest synthesis and characterization study of flower-like Cu₂ZnSnS₄ thin films.” Materials Today: Proceedings 2023. (IF- 2.9)
A. Kamble, A.L. Jadhav, V.B. Ghanwat, S.L. Jadhav, D.S. Gaikwad, J.D. Nadargi, D.V. Bhuse, V.M. Bhuse, “Synthesis of Bi-doped titanium oxide by chemical bath deposition for dye synthesized solar cell application.” Inorganic Chemistry Communications Volume 152, June 2023, 110681 (IF- 5.4)
Bhuse, D. V.; Bhuse, V. M.; Bhagat, P. PR. “Ant-like small molecule metal-free dimeric porphyrin sensitizer for true energy-generating DSSC with 9.3% efficiency.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 2022, 33(17), 14305–14322. (IF: 2.5)
Bhuse, D. V.; Bhuse, V. M.; Bhagat, P. R. “Star-type melamine-based conjugated carboxy-functionalized porphyrin trimer for DSSCs: an efficient approach to clean, aggregation-free and true energy generation.” Materials Chemistry and Physics 2022, 287, 126312. (IF: 4.3)
Bhuse, D. V.; Bhagat, P. R. “Visible light-mediated Heck coupling of inactivated aryl fluoride/chloride over a sulfonic acid-functionalized, melamine-based metal-free porphyrin photocatalyst.” ChemistrySelect 2022, 7(29), e202200328. (IF: 2.0)
Bhuse, D. V.; Raut, S. U.; Deshmukh, S. A.; Balinge, K. R.; Barange, S. H. “Visible-light-aided C–H activation: metal/base-free generation of C–C bonds using porphyrin photocatalyst.” ChemistrySelect 2022, 7(27), e202201180. (IF: 2.0)
Atram, R. R.; Bhuse, D. V.; Bhuse, V. M.; Atram, R. G.; Kondawar, S. B. “Evolution of waste iron rust into α-Fe₂O₃/CNF and α-Fe₂O₃/PANI composites as an efficient positive electrode for sustainable hybrid supercapacitor.” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 2021, 32(10), 13787–13802. (IF: 2.5)
Bhuse, D. V.; Bhagat, P. R. “Synthesis and characterization of a conjugated porphyrin dyad entangled with carboxyl-functionalized benzimidazolium: an efficient metal-free sensitizer for DSSCs.” New Journal of Chemistry 2021, 45(3), 1430–1445. (IF: 3.3)

Editorial and Reviewer Experience, Lectures Delivered

Editorial Board member at BOHR Journal of Material Sciences and Engineering, Elsevier

Acting as a Reviewer for Materials Science in semiconductor processing, Elsevier

Acting as a Reviewer for Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Elsevier

Acting as a Reviewer for ChemistrySelect, Wiley-VCH

Acting as a Reviewer for Electrochimica Acta, Elsevier

Appointed as a reviewer for Current Organic Chemistry Journal, Bentham Science

Acting as a Reviewer for Modern Chemistry Journal, Science Publishing Group

Acting as a reviewer for RSC Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry

Acting as a Reviewer for Sustainability Science and Technology, IOP

Delivered Guest lecture on Photoelectron spectroscopy at Antyoday, Mahavidyalaya, Devgram, Nagpur

Dr. Shubham Avinash Deshmukh

Dr Shubham Avinash Deshmukh, currently serving as a faculty member at JSPM University, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Wagholi, Pune. He completed his PhD in bio-inspired porphyrin-based photocatalysis for organic transformation and biomass conversion. During the PhD tenure at Vellore Institute of Technology, from 2019 to 2023, he has published 16 research articles in reputed international journals with 280 citation focusing mainly on the synthesis of Covalent Organic Framework for sunlight-driven photocatalytic organic transformation and biomass conversion to value added product. Recently, he has published 2 patents, a review article, 2 Book chapters, and is currently serving his commitment to academic output.

Research Publications

Shubham A. Deshmukh, Bhairav C Mataghare, Vijay S Patil, Subodh U Raut, Darpan V Bhuse, Vijay B Khajone, Kamlesh R Balinge, Dipesh S. Patle, and Pundlik R Bhagat, “Melamine-Based Porphyrin Photosensitizer Comprising Sulphonic Acid Moieties for Efficient Aerobic Oxidative Acetalization of Furfuryl Alcohol: An Access to Octane Booster Under Visible Light”, Fuel 353 (2023): 129209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.129209. Impact Factor: 7.5
Suchandra Bhattacharjee, Dr. Arvind Chauhan, Dr. Sujit Sarkar_,and Dr. Shubahm Avinash Deshmukh "Emerging Trends in Enantioselective Triazole Synthesis: from Click chemistry to Biocatalysis" The Chemical Record(2025): e202500181. https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202500181. Impact Factor: 7.5
Karan .J. Bhansali, Kamlesh .R. Balinge, Subodh .U. Raut, Shubham A. Deshmukh, M. Senthil Kumar, C. Ramesh Kumar, Pundlik .R. Bhagat, Visible light assisted sulfonic acid-functionalized porphyrin comprising benzimidazolium moiety for photocatalytic transesterification of castor oil, 304 (2021) 121490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121490 Impact Factor: 7.5
Selvaraj Suresh, Shubham Avinash Deshmukh, Darpan Vijaykumar Bhuse, Mallesham B, Dr. N. Prakash, “Review on Magnetically Retrievable Spinel Ferrites MFe₂O₄/TiO₂ (M=Co, Zn) Composites and Application for Photocatalytic Removal of Pollutant”. Applied Water Science (2025) 15:284 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-025-02532-z Impact Factor: 6.2
U. Raut, Shubham. A. Deshmukh, Shital. H. Barange, Pundlik.R. Bhagat, Visible-light mediated sustainable route for conversion of biomass derived levulinic acid to value added compounds by porphyrin photocatalyst, Catal. Today. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.08.013. Impact Factor: 5.3
U. Raut, Kamlesh R. Balinge, Shubham A. Deshmukh, Shital.H.Barange, Bhairav.C. Mataghare, Pundlik R. Bhagat, Solvent/metal-free benzimidazolium-based carboxyl-functionalized porphyrin photocatalysts for the room-temperature alkylation of amines under the irradiation of visible light, Catal. Sci. Technol. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cy00846g. Impact Factor 4.3
Shubham Avinash Deshmukh, Darpan Vijaykumar Bhuse, Selvaraj Suresh, Subodh Uttamrao Raut, Sharda Kondawar, Sujit Sarkar, Chandan Patel, Ganesh Agawane “Recent Advances in Covalent Organic framework (COFs): Metal-Free Organic Semiconductor for Selective Photocatalytic Reduction of CO₂ to Methanol” ChemCatChem 17, no. 4 (2025): e202401362. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202401362 Impact Factor: 4.2
Shubham A. Deshmukh, Bhairav C Mataghare, Vijay S Patil, Subodh U Raut, Kamlesh R Balinge, Piyush Radheshyam Yadav, Rutuja Ganesh Maske, Dipesh S. Patle, and Pundlik R Bhagat, Brønsted Acid Functionalized Melamine supported Porphyrin Trimer for One Step Synthesis of Alkyl-12-hydroxyoctadecanote Under Irradiation of LED Light, Biomass conversion and biorefinery, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-04642-7 Impact Factor: 4.1
Vijay .B. Khajone, Subodh U. Raut, Shubham A.Deshmukh, Karan .J. Bhansali, Kamlesh .R. Balinge, Prashant .N. Muskawar, Pundlik .R. Bhagat, Recyclable polymer-supported carboxyl functionalized Zn–porphyrin photocatalyst for transfer hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone, Biomass Convers. Biorefinery. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01688-3. Impact Factor: 4.1
Karan .J. Bhansali, Kamlesh .R. Balinge, Subodh U. Raut, Shubham A. Deshmukh,Senthil. Kumar, C. Ramesh Kumar, Dipesh S. Patle, Vijay .B. Khajone, Pundlik .R. Bhagat, Design of Metal-free Porphyrin Photocatalyst: Synergetic Effect of Donor–Acceptor Phenomenon for 1, 1-Diethoxyethane Production under Visible Light, Biomass Convers. Biorefinery. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02420-5. Impact Factor: 4.1
A. Deshmukh. Pundlik. R. Bhagat, Efficient and Reusable Benzimidazole Based Sulphonic Acid Functionalized Porphyrin Photocatalyst for C – N Bond Formation Under Visible Light Irradiation, Catal. Letters. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-04255-1. Impact Factor: 2.6
Subodh Raut, Kamlesh, R. Balinge, Karan J. Bhansali, Shubham A. Deshmukh, Pundlik. R. Bhagat, , Benzimidazole ‑ Based Carboxyl Functionalized Porphyrin with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity Towards Metal Free Sonogashira Coupling, Catal. Letters. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-04154-5. Impact Factor 2.6
N. Awandkar, Yogita S. Patil, Shubham Avinash Deshmukh, Ganesh L. Agawane, J.H. Kim, " Rare Earth-Doped TiO₂ for Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance" ChemNanoMat, 12(1), e202500467. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.202500467 . Impact Factor: 2.6
A. Deshmukh, Pundlik. R. Bhagat, Metal Free Porphyrin Photocatalyst Comprising Ionic Liquid with Electron Donor Acceptor Moiety for Visible Light Assisted Oxidative Amination, ChemistrySelect. 7 (2022) 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202200189. Impact Factor: 2
Shubham Avinash Deshmukh, Selvaraj Suresh, Darpan Vijaykumar Bhuse Subodh Uttamrao Raut, M. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy and S. Ravichandran, Review On Strategies For the Design and Synthesis of Flower-Like Bi₂WO₆ and BiOX (X = F, Cl, Br, I) Composites for Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation. ChemistrySelect23 (2024): e202401038. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202401038. Impact Factor: 2
V. Bhuse, Subodh .U. Raut, Shubham A. Deshmukh, Kamlesh .R. Balinge, Shital .H. Barange, Bhairav .C. Mataghare, Prashant .N. Muskawar, Pundlik .R. Bhagat, Visible-Light Aided C−H activation: Metal/Base-Free Generation of C−C bonds using Porphyrin Photocatalyst, ChemistrySelect. 7(2022). https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202201180. Impact Factor: 2
Selvaraj Suresh, Astakala Anil Kumar , Shubham Avinash Deshmukh, S. Ravichandran, Shaik rafi and P. Hanuman Prasad, 3D flower-like composites in energy storage and photocatalytic applications: a Review, Asian Journal of Chemistry. (2024). https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2024.28410. Impact Factor: 1.68
Shubham Avinash Deshmukh, Sujit Sarkar, Vishwajeet Bandu Rathod, Chandan Patel, Ganesh Agawane, Darpan Vijaykumar Bhuse. “Regioselective synthesis of substituted 3, 6-dihydropyran from 3-butene-1-ol and aromatic aldehydes via Prins cyclization mediated by TfOH (triflic acid)”. Discover Chemistry,3(1), 77.

Selvaraj Suresh, Darpan Bhuse, Vishwajeet Rathod, Sakshi Awandkar, Minaxi S. Maru, Rama Krishna Amaravadi, Chandan Patel, Ganesh. L Agawane, and Shubham Avinash Deshmukh*, Research Progress in Ag₂WO₄-Based Photocatalysts for Environmental Remediation. Manuscript Under Review in Discover Chemistry
Darpan Vijaykumar Bhuse, Prachi Giri, Shubham Deshmukh, Ganesh Agawane, Chandan Patel, Sujit Sarkar, Vishwajeet Rathod, Selvaraj Suresh, Minaxi Maru, Ramakrishna Amaravadi, Vijaykumar Motiram Bhuse . “Critical review of metalloporphyrin drawbacks and additive adverse effects in porphyrin DSSCs toward high efficiency metal free porphyrin sensitizers”. Discover Chemistry, 3(1), 132.

Editorial and Reviewer Experience

Acting as a Reviewer for Journal of Colloid And Interface Science, Elsevier

Acting as a Reviewer for Chemcatchem, Wiley

Acting as a Reviewer for RSC Advances, RSC

Acting as a Reviewer for Small, Wiley

Acting as a reviewer for Scientific Report, Nature