Mahendra Chinthala

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Mahendra Chinthala is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mahendra Chinthala has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 18 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mahendra Chinthala's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (23 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (10 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (7 papers). Mahendra Chinthala is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (23 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (10 papers) and TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells (7 papers). Mahendra Chinthala collaborates with scholars based in India, Vietnam and Oman. Mahendra Chinthala's co-authors include Akash Balakrishnan, Dai‐Viet N. Vo, Rajesh Kumar Polagani, Arvind Kumar, Appunni Sowmya, Meenu Mariam Jacob, Sanjeev Patel, Ramesh Potnuri, B. Kiran Naik and Sami Rtimi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Mahendra Chinthala

31 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Removal of tetracycline from wastewater using g-C3N4 base... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Removal of tetracycline from wastewater using g-C3N4 based photocatalysts: A review
    2022 222 citations Akash Balakrishnan, Mahendra Chinthala et al. profile →

Peers

Mahendra Chinthala
Aiwen Wang China
Panneerselvam Sathishkumar India
Honghui Pan China
Mohsen Mehdipour Ghazi Iran
Nishanth Thomas Ireland
Zhikeng Zheng China
Farzan Hayati Iran
Jiaxin Ni China
Jonghun Lim South Korea
Aiwen Wang China
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mahendra Chinthala

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mahendra Chinthala. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mahendra Chinthala based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mahendra Chinthala. Mahendra Chinthala is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chinthala, Mahendra, et al.. (2025). Tea waste to biochar: A comparative analysis of conventional and microwave-assisted pyrolysis methods. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 192. 107320–107320.
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Balakrishnan, Akash, Mahendra Chinthala, K. Bavya Devi, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic self-Fenton degradation of tetracycline over Z-scheme functionalized g-C3N4/CeO2/Bi2S3 hydrogel beads: Dynamics, mechanism, degradation pathways and toxicity analysis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159470–159470. 26 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash, et al.. (2024). Phosphorylated g-C3N4/sulfur self-doped g-C3N4 homojunction carboxymethyl cellulose beads: An efficient photocatalyst for H2O2 production. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 663. 1087–1098. 26 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash, Mahendra Chinthala, Arvind Kumar, & Sami Rtimi. (2024). Construction of dual Z-scheme ternary carbon nitride homojunction pectin microspheres as a multifunctional photocatalyst for tetracycline degradation, H2O2 production, and N2 fixation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 496. 153899–153899. 22 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash, et al.. (2024). Recent advances on graphitic carbon nitride-based homojunction as effective photocatalysts for energy and environmental remediation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 98. 1020–1033. 9 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash, et al.. (2024). Photocatalytic sponges for wastewater treatment, carbon dioxide reduction, and hydrogen production: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters. 22(2). 635–656. 28 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic insights of PO43− functionalized carbon nitride homojunction hydrogels in photocatalytic-self-Fenton-peroxymonosulfate system for tetracycline degradation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 669. 366–382. 30 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash, et al.. (2024). Degradation of tetracycline via peroxymonosulfate activation by highly reusable Titanium dioxide/impregnated Zirconium-chitosan beads. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122514–122514. 7 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash, Mahendra Chinthala, Arvind Kumar, ‪Damià Barceló, & Sami Rtimi. (2024). A Z-scheme defect-rich and dimensionally confined double functionalized g-C3N4 homojunction pectin hydrogels for the photocatalysis-self-Fenton-peroxymonosulfate system: Unraveling synergistic catalysis and reaction mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal. 503. 158378–158378. 13 indexed citations
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Polagani, Rajesh Kumar, Prashant L. Suryawanshi, Mahendra Chinthala, et al.. (2023). Effect of Ni loading onto Pt (Pt‐Ni/C) electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cell: A study of ORR activity, stability, and temperature effect. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering. 19(1). 7 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash & Mahendra Chinthala. (2023). Effective sequestration of tetracycline from aqueous streams using metal-free chemically functionalized porous g-C3N4. Environmental Pollution. 333. 122057–122057. 28 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash, Meenu Mariam Jacob, Mahendra Chinthala, et al.. (2023). Chitosan/metal organic frameworks for environmental, energy, and bio-medical applications: a review. Materials Advances. 4(23). 5920–5947. 28 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash, et al.. (2023). Chitosan-based beads as sustainable adsorbents for wastewater remediation: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters. 21(3). 1881–1905. 96 indexed citations
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Balakrishnan, Akash, et al.. (2022). Heterojunction photocatalysts for the removal of nitrophenol: A systematic review. Chemosphere. 310. 136853–136853. 94 indexed citations
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Polagani, Rajesh Kumar, Prashant L. Suryawanshi, Shirish H. Sonawane, & Mahendra Chinthala. (2021). Electrocatalytic performance of sonochemically synthesized Pt–Ni/C nanoparticles in fuel cell application. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 20(8). 873–885. 5 indexed citations
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Chinthala, Mahendra, et al.. (2021). Intensification of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for the degradation of bisphenol-A. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 19(6). 605–614. 8 indexed citations

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