Faculty Details

Areas of Interest

Current Research

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)

Recent Publications

• Note: Laser-cut molybdenum grids for a retarding field energy analyzer . 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 . 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 . Ramanujam, J., Verma, A., González-Díaz, B., Guerrero-Lemus, R., Del Cañizo, C., García-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 . 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