Core Research Areas

Themes and sub-themes

Solar Cell

  • Developing high-efficiency photovoltaic materials
  • Perovskite, organic, dye-sensitized (DSSC), and thin-film solar cells
  • Photovoltaic performance testing (I-V, EQE)
  • Stability and environmental testing

Supercapacitor

  • Carbon nanomaterials and allotropes (activated carbon, CNTs), graphene, conducting polymers, metal oxides, and hybrid nanocomposites
  • Electrode fabrication and slurry casting
  • CV, GCD, and EIS analysis for performance
  • Innovating fast-charging energy storage devices

Battery

  • Lithium-ion, Sodium-ion, Zinc-ion, and solid-state batteries
  • Materials development for cathodes/anodes
  • Coin-cell assembly and cycling studies
  • High-capacity and fast-charging prototypes

Photocatalysis

  • Photodegradation of organic pollutants, textile dyes, pesticides, and pharmaceutical waste
  • Advanced semiconductor catalysts and engineered heterostructures
  • Solar-driven redox reactions

Bio Energy

  • Biogas, biodiesel, and bioethanol production
  • Advanced Microbial fuel cell
  • Waste-to-energy conversion
  • Sustainable lifecycle and impact assessments

Hydrogen Production

  • Photoelectrochemical (PEC) and photocatalytic H2 generation
  • Advanced catalysts: metal oxides, sulfides, phosphides, nitrides, MXenes, MOFs, and their nanocomposites
  • Solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency

Chalcogenide Glass Research

  • Exploring amorphous semiconductors and optical materials
  • Selenium, sulfur, tellurium-based chalcogenide glasses
  • Advanced multifunctional glass ceramics

Photodetector

  • High-sensitivity photodetectors for visible and infrared light
  • Semiconductor nanomaterials for enhanced photoresponsivity
  • Integration of 2D materials like graphene and TMDCs
  • Flexible and wearable photodetector technologies

Thermoelectric

  • High-efficiency thermoelectric materials
  • Nanostructured semiconductors enhancing Seebeck coefficient
  • Thermal conductivity reduction
  • Flexible and wearable thermoelectric generators

Nonlinear Optics

  • Investigation of second- and third-harmonic generation
  • Frequency conversion and optical switching applications
  • Photonic crystals

Semiconductor Devices

  • High-purity quantum material processing
  • Integration with Quantum Materials
  • Lithography in Quantum Materials & Devices
  • Device Fabrication and Testing