Areas of Interest
- Photovoltaics, silicon heterojunction and multijunction solar cells
- Nanomaterials and quantum dots
- CVD processing, PECVD, HWCVD, iCVD, ALD
- Flexible/ roll-to-roll solar cells and other devices
Current Research
Editor Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (Springer Nature),
Editor Solar Energy Society of India Journal
Students
Current PhD Students
- PH18D051 KANAKALA RAJESH
- PH19D023 NAMITHA DSOUZA
- PH19D065 RAJESH MAURYA
- PH19D069 SUBHASHIS SAHA
- PH16D052 MD. SERAJ UDDIN ANSARI (Co-Guidance)
- PH19D034 GOVINDA CHANDRA BEHERA (Co-Guidance)
- PH22D035 Nilesh Verma
Recent Publications
- Investigation on the structural, spectral, and optical properties of MAPbI3.H2O and MAPbI3 perovskite crystals for photovoltaic cells.
Sivakumar N, Saha, Subhashis, Madaka, Ramakrishna;
Bandaru, Narendra, Rath, Jatindra Kumar.
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics.
34 (15).
1193.
DOI: .
2023.
- Silicon surface passivation of industrial n-type CZ Si (111) by Al2O3 layers deposited by thermal ALD process for application in carrier selective contact solar cells.
Dsouza, Namitha, Singh, Ashish K.; Maurya, Rajesh; Kanakala, Rajesh; Madaka, Ramakrishna: Bandaru, Narendra: Uddin, Md. Seraj;
Rath, Jatindra K..
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
.
34(14).
1179.
DOI: .
2023.
- The structural, optical, and electrical properties of thermal evaporation-deposited V2OX films for use in silicon heterojunction solar cells.
Bandaru, Narendra; Kanakala, Rajesh; Madaka, Ramakrishna; Dsouza, Namitha; Maurya, Rajesh;
Rath, Jatindra Kumar K
.
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics .
34 (12) .
1015.
DOI: .
2023.
- Enhanced Room Temperature No2 Sensing by ?-Fe2o3 Nanorod Arrays with Atomic Layer Deposited Al2o3 Overlayer.
Swati Dhuam, Ashish K. Singh, Sanju Ranim J.K. Rath, Somnath C. Roy.
SSRN Electronic Journal.
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4375507.
2023.
- WS2 nanosheets functionalized Fe2O3 nanorod arrays as a type II heterojunction for photoelectrochemical water splitting.
Behera, G.C., Rani, S., Khatun, N., Rath, J.K., Roy, S.C..
Applied Surface Science Advances.
11.
100293.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsadv.2022.100293.
2022.
- LOW RESISTANCE WITH THE HIGH TRANSPARENCY OF Al-DOPED ZnO TCO THIN-FILMS FROM ALD PROCEDURE FOR c-Si BASED PASSIVATED CONTACT SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS.
N. Dsouza, A.K. Singh, R. Maurya, R. Madaka, N. Bandaru, R. Kanakala, M.S. Uddin, J.K. Rath.
8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion.
133 - 137.
DOI: 10.4229/WCPEC-82022-1CV.2.51.
2022.
- Ultra-Thin Plasmonic Optoelectronic Devices.
J.K. Rath, Venkatesh A, Moorthy VHS.
Book Chapter in "Recent Advances in Thin Film Photovoltaics". Springer.
219–271.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3724-8_9.
2022.
- Sensitivity of germanium content on growth conditions of silicon-germanium nanoparticles prepared in nonthermal capacitively-coupled plasmas.
Uddin, Md. Seraj
Vijayan C.
Rath, Jatindra Kumar.
EPJ Applied Physics .
91.
2019030.
DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2020190302.
2020.
- Flexible CIGS, CdTe and a-Si:H based thin film solar cells: A review.
Ramanujam, Jeyakumar
Bishop, Douglas M.
Todorov, Teodor K.
Gunawan, Oki
Rath, Jatin
Nekovei, Reza
Artegiani, Elisa
Romeo, Alessandro
.
Progress in Materials Science
.
110.
100619.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100619.
2020.
- Tunnel recombination junction influence on the a-Si:H/SHJ tandem solar cell.
Madaka, R., Kumar, D., Singh, A.K., Uddin, S., Rath, J.K..
Materials Today: Proceedings
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39.
1970-1973.
DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.08.451.
2019.
- Optical modelling of photonic and geometrical structures used for light management in thin-film solar cells.
Uddin, S., Vijayan, C., Rath, J.K..
Materials Today: Proceedings
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39.
1974-1977.
2019.
- Note: Laser-cut molybdenum grids for a retarding field energy analyzer
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K. Landheer, A. A. Kobelev, A. S. Smirnov, J. Bosman, S. Deelen, M. Rossewij, A. C. de Waal, I. Poulios, A. F. Benschop, R. E. I. Schropp, J. K. Rath
.
Review of Scientific Instruments.
88 .
066108 .
DOI: 10.1063/1.4986229.
2017.
- Microscopic studies of polycrystalline nanoparticle growth in free space
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A.Mohan, M.Kaiser, M.A.Verheijen, R.E.I.Schropp, J.K.Rath.
Journal of Crystal Growth.
467 .
137-144.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2017.03.044.
2017.
- Recombination reduction at the c-Si/RCA oxide interface through Ar-H2 plasma treatment
.
Kees Landheer, Paula C.P.Bronsveld, Ioannis Poulios, Frans D. Tichelaar, Monja Kaiser, Ruud E.I. Schropp, Jatin K. Rath
.
Applied Surface Science.
396 .
1226-1230.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.11.119.
2017.
- Decoupling high surface recombination velocity and epitaxial growth for silicon passivation layers on crystalline silicon
.
Kees Landheer, Monja Kaiser, Marcel A Verheijen, Frans D Tichelaar, Ioannis Poulios, Ruud E I Schropp and Jatin K Rath
.
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.
50 .
065305.
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa535f.
2017.
- Atomic Layer Deposited ZnO: B As Transparent Conductive Oxide for Increased Short Circuit Current Density in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells
.
Henriette A. Gatz, Dibyashree Koushik, Jatin K. Rath, Wilhelmus M.M. Kessels, Ruud E.I.Schropp
.
Energy Procedia.
92 .
624-632 .
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.07.028.
2016.
- Inorganic photovoltaics - Planar and nanostructured devices
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Ramanujam, J., Verma, A., González-DÃaz, B., Guerrero-Lemus, R., Del Cañizo, C., GarcÃa-Tabarés, E., Rey-Stolle, I., Granek, F., Korte, L., Tucci, M., Rath, J., Singh, U.P., Todorov, T.k, Gunawan, O., Rubio, S., Plaza, J.L., Diéguez, E.l,
.
Progress in Materials Science.
82.
294-404.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2016.03.005.
2016.
- Gas phase grown silicon germanium nanocrystals
.
Mohan, A., Tichelaar, F.D., Kaiser, M., Verheijen, M.A., Schropp, R.E.I., Rath, J.K..
Chemical Physics Letters.
661 .
185-190.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.08.066.
2016.
- Chemical sputtering by H2+ and H3+ ions during silicon deposition
.
Landheer, K., Goedheer, W.J., Poulios, I., Schropp, R.E.I., Rath, J.K.
.
Journal of Applied Physics.
120
.
053304.
DOI: 10.1063/1.4960351.
2016.
- Comparison of batch and in-line PECVD of a-Si:H passivation layers for silicon heterojunction solar cells
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Landheer, K., Kaiser, M., Poulios, I., (...), Schropp, R.E.I., Rath, J.K.
.
Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters.
10 (10) .
725–729.
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201600256.
2016.
Teaching
- 2019 : (Jan - May) - PH5350 Laboratory for Physical Property Measurement and Transducer / Sensor Element Characteristics of Func; (Jul - Nov) - PH1010 Physics I
- 2020 : (Jan - May) - PH5120 Physics Lab II (PG)/ PH7090 Foundations in Experiemntal Physics; (Jul - Nov) - PH1010 Physics I
- 2021 : (Jan - May) - PH5120 Physics Lab II (PG); (Jul - Nov) - PH7090 Foundations in Experiemntal Physics / PH1010 Physics I
- 2022 : (Jan - May) - PH5120 Physics Lab II (PG) / PH6012 Fundamentals of Semiconductor Physics and Devices ; (Jul - Nov) - PH5060 Physics Lab I (PG) / PHPCL0 Preparatory Course - Physics Lab / PHPCT0 Preparatory Course - Physics Theory
- 2023 : (Jan - May) - PHPCL0 Preparatory Course - Physics Lab / PHPCT0 Preparatory Course - Physics Theory