• Energy Conversion Materials
• Energy Storage Materials
• Nuclear Materials
• Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanomaterials

• K. S. Raja, Y. Smith, N. Konadamudi, M. Misra, V. Subramanian, “CO2 photoreduction in the liquid phase over Pd-supported on TiO2 nanotube and bismuth titanate photocatalysts” accepted for publication, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, ESL-10-2141, 2011. 
• R. Rangaraju, K. S. Raja, A. Panday, M. Misra. “ Low Cost Photo Electrocatalyst based on Nanoporous Oxide of Mild Steel” Journal of Physics D: Appl. Phys. 43 (2010) 445301 
• K. S. Raja, M. Misra, ‘Ordered arrays of Ti-Mn oxide for high capacity Li-ion battery” ECS Transactions, 33 (29) 31 (2011) 
• T. Gandhi, K. S. Raja, M. Misra, “Room temperature electrodeposition of aluminum antimonide compound semiconductor” Electrochimica Acta 53 (2008) 7331-7337. 
• S. Rahman, G. Priyadarshan, K. S. Raja, C. Nesbitt, M. Misra, “Characterization of high temperature deformation behavior of INCONEL 690 using scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy” Mechanics of Materials 41 (2009) 261-267 
• K. S. Raja, M. Misra, K. Paramguru, “Formation of Self-Ordered Nanotubular Structure of Anodic Oxide Layer on Titanium” Electrochimica Acta, 51 (2005) 154-165. (Cited as one of the top 25 most cited papers published in Electrochmica Acta between 2005-09) 
• R. Rangaraju, Ashwin Panday, K. S. Raja, M. Misra, “Photocatlytic water splitting behavior of iron oxide nanostructures prepared by anodization” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42 (2009) 135303. (Included as one of the highlights of papers published in 2009 in the Journal of Physics D)

Common thread in all focus areas is: Electrochemistry/Electrochemical Engineering

Energy Conversion Materials

• Transition metal oxide nanotubes for light-to-electricity and light-to-hydrogen conversion
• Conversion of CO2 to useful hydrocarbons using solar light
• Charge transport mechanism across QD/Substrate interface
• Coherency effect during light-matter interaction

Energy Storage Materials

• Nanotubular materials for rechargeable battery applications (host materials for intercalation of Li, Na, Mg, Al ions)
• Large storage batteries based on high temperature molten salts
• Nanomaterials for supercapacitors
• Hydrogen storage materials

Nuclear Materials 

• Electrochemistry of molten salt reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel
• Creep/Oxidation interaction
• Environmental degradation of structural materials in ultra-super critical water

Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanomaterials

• Synthesis of ordered arrays of oxide nanotubes
• Compound semiconductor nanowire arrays
• High entropy alloy nanowires

• DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2012