Organic & Perovskite Photovoltaics Laboratory
Headed by Dr K Ananthanarayanan
Research Associate Professor
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
Latest publications
May 2024
Research Article published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C, RSC (IF~6.4)
Title: Halogen doping of p-type inorganic hole transport layer: electronic nature-based dopant engineering for modulating hole selectivity in inverted planar perovskite solar cells
Authors: Vidya Sudhakaran Menon,Saraswathi Ganesan,Rohith Kumar Raman,Ananthan Alagumalai,Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TC00867G
April 2024
Research Article published in Energy technology Wiley publications, RSC (IF~3.8)
Title: Unraveling the Role of Perovskite Composition on Selectivity of NiOx Hole-Transport Layer: Correlative Analysis of Interface Chemistry and Resultant Carrier Selectivity
Authors: Vidya Sudhakaran Menon,Saraswathi Ganesan,Rohith Kumar Raman,Ananthan Alagumalai,Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202301695
March 2024
Research Article published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels, RSC (IF~5.6)
Title: Facile and scalable bilayer polymer encapsulation to achieve long-term stability of perovskite solar cells under harsh humidity conditions
Authors: Rohith Kumar Raman,Saraswathi Ganesan,Vidya Sudhakaran Menon,Ananthan Alagumalai,Suresh Krishnan,Senthil A.Gurusamy Thangavelu,Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SE01483E
Dec 2023
Research Article published in Dalton transactions, RSC (IF~4.5)
Title: "Critical role of dopant in NiOx hole transport layer for mitigating redox reactivity at NiOx/absorber interface in mixed cation perovskite solar cells"
Authors: Vidya Sudhakaran Menon,Saraswathi Ganesan,Rohith Kumar Raman,Ananthan Alagumalai,Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DT03012A
Nov 2023
Research Article published in Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS publications (IF ~9.5)
Title: "Rational Design, Synthesis, and Structure-Property Relationship Studies of a Library of Thermoplastic Polyurethane Films as an Effective and Scalable Encapsulation Material for Perovskite Solar Cells"
Authors: Rohith Kumar Raman, Saraswathi Ganesan, Ananthan Alagumalai, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, and Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c12607
Oct 2023
Research Article published in Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Elsevier publications (IF ~4.1)
Title: "Small molecule with substantial latent heat of vaporization and distribution coefficient facilitates improved device performance in p-i-n perovskite solar cells"
Authors: Saraswathi Ganesan, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Muthukumar Venu Rajendran, Rohith Kumar Raman, Ananthan Alagumalai, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2023.107904
Sep 2023
Research Article published in Energy & Fuels, ACS publications (IF ~5.3)
Title: "A New Vinylene-Thiophene-Vinylene Linked Triphenylamine-Phenothiazine Unsymmetrical D-π-D Small Molecule: Defect Passivation and Hole Transporting Interfacial Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells"
Authors: Saraswathi Ganesan, Ananthan Alagumalai, Rohith Kumar Raman, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c02092
Sep 2023
Research Article published in New Journal of Chemistry, RSC publications (IF ~3.3)
Title: "Butterfly wing type new push–pull A–π–D–π–A organic fluorophore: synthesis, photophysical, DFT and nonlinear optical property studies"
Authors: Ananthan Alagumalai, Soumya Shaswati Sahu, Upakarasamy Lourderaj, Sai Muthukumar Vijayasayee*, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy* and Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ03252C
Aug 2023
Review Article published in Energy technology, Wiley publications (IF ~4.149)
Title: "Hole Selectivity of n-Type Molybdenum Oxide Carrier Selective Layer for Commercial and Emerging Thin-Film Photovoltaics: A Critical Analysis of Interface Energetics and Ensuant Device Physics"
Authors: Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
Dec 2022
Research Article published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels, RSC publications (IF ~5.6)
Title: "Design and synthesis of multifaceted dicyanomethylene rhodanine linked thiophene:
a SnOx–perovskite dual interface modifier facilitating enhanced device performance through improved Fermi level alignment, defect passivation, and reduced energy loss"
Authors: Muthukumar Venu Rajendran+,Ananthan Alagumalai+, Saraswathi Ganesan, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Rohith Kumar Raman, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d2se01633h
June 2022
Research Article published in International Journal of Energy Research, Wiley publications (IF ~4.67)
Title: "Appropriate third monovalent A-site cation incorporation in formamidinium cesium lead iodide for defect passivation and efficiency improvement in perovskite solar cells"
Authors: Saraswathi Ganesan, Muthukumar Venu Rajendran, Rohith Kumar Raman, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/er.8253
May 2022
Research Article published in ACS Applied Energy Materials (IF ~6.96)
Title: "Interface Modification with Holistically Designed Push−Pull D−π−A Organic Small Molecule Facilitates Band Alignment Engineering, Efficient Defect Passivation, and Enhanced Hydrophobicity in Mixed Cation Planar Perovskite Solar Cells"
Authors: Ananthan Alagumalai+, Muthukumar Venu Rajendran+, Saraswathi Ganesan, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Rohith Kumar Raman, Sai Manohar Chelli, Sai Muthukumar Vijayasayee, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu,* and Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
May 2022
Research Article published in ACS Applied Energy Materials (IF ~6.96)
Title: "Manganese Dopant-Induced Isoelectric Point Tuning of ZnO Electron Selective Layer Enable Improved Interface Stability in Cesium−Formamidinium-Based Planar Perovskite Solar Cells"
Authors: Muthukumar Venu Rajendran, Saraswathi Ganesan, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Rohith Kumar Raman, Ananthan Alagumalai, Sangeetha Ashok Kumar, and Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
Oct 2021
Research Article published in Energy Technology Journal, Wiley publications (IF ~3.6)
Title: "Cesium Iodide Incorporation in Tin Oxide Electron Transport Layer for Defect Passivation and Efficiency Enhancement in Double Cation Absorber-Based Planar Perovskite Solar Cells"
Authors: Muthukumar Venu Rajendran, Saraswathi Ganesan, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Rohith Kumar Raman, Ananthan Alagumalai, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy
Sep 2021
Review Article published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier publications (IF ~15.9)
Title: "Materials, methods and strategies for encapsulation of perovskite solar cells: From past to present"
Authors: Rohith Kumar Raman, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, Selvaraj Venkataraj, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111608
July 2020
Research Article published in New Journal of Chemistry, RSC publications,(IF ~3.6)
Title: "Tunable Yellow-Green Emitting Cyclotriphosphazene Appended Phenothiazine Hydrazone Hybrid Material: Synthesis, Characterisation, Photophysical and Electrochemical studies"
Authors: Dinesh Kumar Chelike, Ananthan Alagumalai, Muthukumar V. R, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NJ02976A
RESEARCH FOCUS
OPPV focuses on the synthesis of novel organic semiconductor materials and developing new device architectures for organic solar cells. Another focus area is on the interface engineering and device physics of emerging solar cells based on perovskite semiconductor materials.
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