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
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