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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Halogen doping of p-type inorganic hole transport layer: electronic nature-based dopant engineering for modulating hole selectivity in inverted planar perovskite solar cells​,Vidya Sudhakaran Menon,Saraswathi Ganesan,Rohith Kumar Raman,Ananthan Alagumalai,Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*, RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry C,https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TC00867G

  • Unraveling the Role of Perovskite Composition on Selectivity of NiOx Hole-Transport Layer: Correlative Analysis of Interface Chemistry and Resultant Carrier Selectivity,Vidya Sudhakaran Menon,Saraswathi Ganesan,Rohith Kumar Raman,Ananthan Alagumalai,Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*, https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202301695

  • Facile and scalable bilayer polymer encapsulation to achieve long-term stability of perovskite solar cells under harsh humidity conditions​ Rohith Kumar Raman,Saraswathi Ganesan,Vidya Sudhakaran Menon,Ananthan Alagumalai,Suresh Krishnan,Senthil A.Gurusamy Thangavelu,Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy* ,https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SE01483E

  • Critical role of dopant in NiOx hole transport layer for mitigating redox reactivity at NiOx/absorber interface in mixed cation perovskite solar cells" vidya sudhakaran menon, Saraswathi Ganesan, Rohith Kumar Raman, Ananthan Alagumalai, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*, RSC, Dalton Transactions, 2024, 53, 781-797, https://doi.org./10.1039/D3DT03012A

  • "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" Rohith Kumar Raman, Saraswathi Ganesan, Ananthan Alagumalai, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, and Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*, ACS, Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 46, 53935–53950. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c12607

  • "Small molecule with substantial latent heat of vaporization and distribution coefficient facilitates improved device performance in p-i-n perovskite solar cells" Saraswathi Ganesan, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Muthukumar Venu Rajendran, Rohith Kumar Raman, Ananthan Alagumalai, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*, Elsevier, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2023, 169, 107904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2023.107904

  • "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". Saraswathi Ganesan, Ananthan Alagumalai, Rohith Kumar Raman, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*, ACS, Energy & Fuels, 2023, 37, 14303−14314. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c02092

  • "Butterfly wing type new push–pull A–π–D–π–A organic fluorophore: synthesis, photophysical, DFT and nonlinear optical property studies”. Ananthan Alagumalai, Soumya Shaswati Sahu, Upakarasamy Lourderaj, Sai Muthukumar Vijayasayee*, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy* and Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu*, RSC, New Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 47, 17951-17962. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ03252C

  • "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". Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*, Wiley Energy Technology, 2023, 2300608. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202300608.

  • "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". Venu Rajendran Muthukumar+,Ananthan Alagumalai+, Saraswathi Ganesan, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Rohith Kumar Raman, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy. RSC Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2023,7, 735-751. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2se01633h

  • “Manganese dopant induced isoelectric point tuning of ZnO electron selective layer enables improved interface stability in Cesium-formamidinium based planar perovskite solar cells”. Venu Rajendran Muthukumar, Saraswathi Ganesan, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Rohith Kumar Raman, Ananthan Alagumalai, Sangeetha Ashok Kumar, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2022, 5, 6, 6671–6686.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c00170.

  • “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” Ananthan Alagumalai, Venu Rajendran Muthukumar, Saraswathi Ganesan, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Rohith Kumar Raman, Sai Manohar Chelli, Sai Muthukumar Vijayasayee, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2022, 5, 6, 6783-6796. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c00400.

  • "Appropriate third monovalent A-site cation incorporation in formamidinium cesium lead iodide for defect passivation and efficiency improvement in perovskite solar cells" Saraswathi Ganesan, Venu Rajendran Muthukumar, Rohith Kumar Raman, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy. Wiley, International Journal of Energy Research, 2022, 1- 18, https://doi.org/10.1002/er.8253.

  • "Cesium Iodide Incorporation in Tin Oxide Electron Transport Layer for Defect Passivation and Efficiency Enhancement in Double Cation Absorber-Based Planar Perovskite Solar Cells" Venu Rajendran Muthukumar, Saraswathi Ganesan, Vidya Sudhakaran Menon, Rohith Kumar Raman, Ananthan Alagumalai, Ananthanarayanan KrishnamoorthyEnergy Technology, 2021, 9: 2100492. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.202100492. 

  • "Materials, methods and strategies for encapsulation of perovskite solar cells: From past to present" Rohith Kumar Raman, Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu, Selvaraj Venkataraj, Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy*, Elsevier, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,2021, 151, 111608.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111608

  • "Tunable Yellow-Green Emitting Cyclotriphosphazene Appended Phenothiazine Hydrazone Hybrid Material: Synthesis, Characterisation, Photophysical and Electrochemical studies" Dinesh Kumar Chelike, † Ananthan Alagumalai, † Muthukumar V. R.,$ Senthil A. Gurusamy Thangavelu,†* Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy“  New J. Chem., 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ02976A

  • All-in-one solar cell: Solution processed, efficient, stable and light-soaking free diketopyrrolopyrrole based small molecule inverted organic solar cells with novel interfacial layers” Lim Fang Jeng, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan* and Ho Ghim Wei Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 150 (2016) 19.(*Corresponding author). Impact Factor: 4.732 

  • “Addressing the light-soaking issue in inverted organic solar cells using chemical bath deposited fluorinated TiOx electron transport layer” Lim Fang Jeng, Set Ying Ting, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan, Jianyong Ouyang,Joachim Luther and Ho Ghim Wei Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (2015) 314. Impact Factor: 8.262

  • “Device stability and light-soaking characteristics of high efficiency benzodithiophene-thienothiophenecopolymer based inverted organic solar cells with F-TiOx electron transport layer” Lim Fang Jeng, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan and Ho Ghim Wei ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7 (2015) 12119. Impact Factor: 7.145  

  • “Influence of novel fluorosurfactant modified PEDOT:PSS hole transport layer on the performance of inverted organic solar cells” Lim Fang Jeng, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan, Joachim Luther and Ho Ghim Wei Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22 (2012) 25057.Impact Factor: 6.626 

  • “Origin of hole selectivity and the role of defects in low temperature solution-processed molybdenum oxide interfacial layer for organic solar cells” Kim Hai Wong, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan, Joachim Luther and Palani Balaya Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (2012) 16346.Impact Factor: 4.509 

  • “P3HT based solution-processed pseudo bi-layer organic solar cell with enhanced performance” LNSA Thummalakunta,Chian Haw Yong, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan* & Joachim Luther. Organic Electronics, 13 (2012) 2008.(*Corresponding author). Impact Factor: 3.471 

  • “Enhanced photocurrent and stability of organic solar cells using solution-based NiO interfacial layer” Kim Hai Wong, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan, Marc Daniel Heinemann, Joachim Luther, Palani Balaya. Solar Energy, 86 (2012) 3190. Impact Factor: 3.469 

  • “Analysis of a Device Model for Organic Pseudo-Bilayer Solar Cells” Zhang Teng, Erik Birgersson, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan, Yong Chian Haw, L. N. S. A. Thummalakunta, and Joachim Luther Journal of Applied Physics,112 (2012) 084511. Impact Factor: 2.101 

  • “Formation and Characterisation of Solution Processed “Pseudo-Bilayer” Organic Solar cells” Marc Daniel Heinemann, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan*, LNSA Thummalakunta, Chian Haw Yong & Joachim Luther. 'Green' The International Journal of Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage,1 (2011) 291.(*Corresponding author). 

  • “Solid State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell with TiO2/NiO Hetero-junction: Effect of Particle Size and Layer Thickness on the Photovoltaic performance” Kim Hai Wong, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan, Satyanarayana Reddy Gajjela and Palani Balaya. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 125 (2011) 553. Impact Factor: 2.101 

  • “Synthesis of mesoporous titanium dioxide by soft template approach: Characterisation and Application in Dye Sensitised Solar Cells”Satyanarayana Reddy Gajjela+, Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan+, Christopher Yap, Michael Gratzel and Palani Balaya. Energy & Environmental Science, 3 (2010) 838. (+ authors contributed equally). Impact Factor: 25.427 

Selected patents

  1. "A process for the preparation of a polyurethane flm as an encapsulant" Ananthanarayanan Krishnamoorthy, Rohith Kumar Raman and Senthil Andavan Gurusamy Thangavelu, Indian patent, Application No: 202241031270 dated 27.12.2022.

  2. “Crystalline Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide and the Use Thereof in Electrochemical Devices” Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan, KuppanSaravanan, and Palani Balaya, U.S. Patent No: US 8,968,931 B2 dated 03.03.2015. 

  3. “Mesoporous Metal Phosphate Materials for Energy Storage Application” Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan, KuppanSaravanan, Lee Hwang Sheng and Palani Balaya U.S. Patent Application No: US 20130143123 Al dated 06.06.2013.

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu District,

Tamil Nadu, India

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