Organic & Perovskite Photovoltaics Laboratory
Headed by Dr K Ananthanarayanan
Research Professor
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.
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.
Research Focus
Latest publications
April 2026
Research Article published in Applied Energy Materials, ACS (IF~5.5).
Title: Rational Design of Electron-Deficient Tricyanofuran-Based Hole Transport Materials for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells: Combined DFT and Experimental Insights
Authors: Ravikumar Gurusamy, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Mainak Mukherjee, Gowri Chandran Chandrakumar Veena, Sivasankar Parameshwaran, Arya Kamal, Karnamaharaja Duraimani, Gurusamy Thangavelu Senthil Andavan, V N Ravi Kishore Vutukuri*, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
March 2026
Research Article published in Optical Materials, ELSEVIER (4.2)
Title: Strategic terminal-group tuning of symmetric A-D-D-A fluorophores enhances nonlinear absorption and optical limiting for photonic applications
Authors: Sivasankar Parameswaran, Ananthan Alagumalai, Nivethitha Ganesan, Amal Krishna, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, V. Sudha, Sai Muthukumar Vijayasayee, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*
February 2026
Research Article published in Energy & Fuels, ACS (IF~5.3).
Title: Modulating Interfacial Energetics Through Stoichiometry and Defect Engineering in Solution-Processed Vanadium Oxide Hole Transport Layers for Perovskite Solar Cells
Authors: Gowri Chandran Chandrakumar Veena, Ravikumar Gurusamy, Sivasankar Parameswaran, Arya Kamal, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon*, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*