BHUBANESWAR - 751029, INDIA

Post graduate Courses

1)       Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (IPEPH001)

2)       Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IPCPH904)

3)       Classical Mechanics (IPCPH701)

4)       Electronics (FPYC 805)

5)       Nano Science & Technology (PPCPH401)

Graduate Courses

6)       Measurement Techniques (IPEPH604)

7)       Solid State Physics (IPCPH503)

8)       Physics- I (B. Tech) (UBSPH101/UBSPH201)

9)       Physics-III (IMSc) (IOEPH301)

Hydrogen Generation, Photoelectrochemical Cell, Photovoltaic Cell

1.        Pooja Sahoo, Akash Sharma, Subash Padhan, and R. Thangavel, Cu doped NiO thin film photocathodes for enhanced PEC performance, Superlattices and Micro-structures, Elsevier. 159, 107050, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/J.SPMI.2021.107050

2.        Pooja Sahoo, Akash Sharma, Subash Padhan, and R. Thangavel, Construction of ZnO@NiO heterostructures photoelectrodes for improved photoelectrochemical performance, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier.  46(73), 36176-36188, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/ J.IJHYDENE.2021.08.154

3.        Akash Sharma, Pooja Sahoo, Abhijit Singha, Subash Padhan, and R. Thangavel, Visible-light Induced Photosplitting of Water using Solution-processed Cu₂BaSnS₄ Photoelectrodes and a Tandem Approach for Development of Pt-free Photoelectrochemical Cell. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Elsevier 121, 105433, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/J.MSSP.2020.105433

4.        Pooja Sahoo, Akash Sharma, Subash Padhan, and R. Thangavel, Visible light driven photosplitting of water using one dimensional Mg doped ZnO nanorod arrays. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 45, 43, 22576—22588, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/J.IJHYDENE.2020.06.173

5.        Akash Sharma, Pooja Sahoo, Abhijit Singha, Subash Padhan, G. Udayabhanu, and R. Thangavel, Efficient visible-light-driven water splitting performance of sulfidation free, solution processed Cu₂MgSnS₄ thin films: Role of post drying temperature, Solar Energy, Elsevier, 203, 284-295, 2020.

DOI: 10.1016/J.SOLENER.2020.04.027

6.        S. Vallisree, Akash Sharma, R. Thangavel, and T. R. Lenka, Investigations of carrier transport mechanism and junction formation in Si/CZTS dual absorber solar cell technology, Applied Physics A, Springer, 126, 163, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s00339-020-3343-9

7.        Pooja Sahoo, Akash Sharma, Subash Padhan, G.Udayabhanu, and  R. Thangavel, UV-assisted water splitting of stable Cl-doped ZnO nanorod photoanodes grown via facile sol-gel hydrothermal technique for enhanced solar energy harvesting applications, Solar Energy, Elsevier, 193, 148--163, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/J.SOLENER.2019.09.045

8.        Mohua Chakraborty, Dhrubajyoti Roy, Akash Sharma, and R. Thangavel, Post-treatment with ZnFe₂O₄ nanoparticles to improve photo-electrochemical performance of ZnO nanorods based photoelectrodes, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Elsevier, 200, 109975, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/J.SOLMAT.2019.109975

9.        Akash Sharma, Mohua Chakraborty, and R. Thangavel, Enhanced photoelectrochemical performance of hydrothermally grown tetravalent impurity (Si⁴⁺) doped zinc oxide nanostructures for solar water splitting applications, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Springer. 29, 14710-14722, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s10854-018-9608-9

10.     Manish Baboo Agarwal, Akash Sharma, M.Malaidurai, and R. Thangavel, Effect of Sn doping on structural, mechanical, optical and electrical properties of ZnO nanoarrays prepared by sol-gel and hydrothermal process, Superlattices and Micro-structures, Elsevier. 117, 342--350, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/J.SPMI.2018.03.061

11.     Akash Sharma, Mohua Chakraborty, R. Thangavel, and G. Udayabhanu, Hydrothermal growth of undoped and boron doped ZnO nanorods as a photoelectrode for solar water splitting applications, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, Springer. 85, 1-11, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s10971-017-4536-3

12.     M. B. Agarwal, M Malaidurai,  Akash Sharma, R Thangavel, Effect of Al doping on Hydrothermal Growth and Physical Properties of Doped ZnO Nanoarrays for Optoelectronic Applications, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2020:p 1781-1786. DOI : 10.1016/J.MATPR.2020.01.231

13.     Akash Sharma, and R. Thangavel, Synthesis and characterization of one-step spin-coated organic perovskite CH₃NH₃PbI₃ thin films for photovoltaic applications, in National Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Materials (NCPCM 2018), India, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2100, 020014, 2019. DOI: 10.1063/1.5098568

14.     Akash Sharma, Pooja Sahoo, and R. Thangavel, A study on photoelectrochemical properties of ZnO@ZnS nanostructures synthesized via facile ion-exchange approach, in International Conference on Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications (NECSA-2018), India, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1961, 030015, 2019. DOI: 10.1063/1.5035217

15.     Pooja Sahoo, Akash Sharma, and R. Thangavel, Hydrothermal synthesis, structural and optical investigations of undoped and Mg doped ZnO nanorods, in  in National Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Materials (NCPCM 2018), India, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol 2100, pp. 020095, 2019. DOI: 10.1063/1.5098649

16.     Pooja Sahoo, Akash Sharma, and R. Thangavel, Influence of Cu incorporation on physical properties of nickel oxide thin films synthesized by sol-gel method, in DAE Solid State symposium 2018, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol 2115, pp. 030621, 2019. DOI: 10.1063/1.5113460

17.     Akash Sharma and R. Thangavel, Cost-effective fabrication of Cu₂CoSnS₄ thin films for photovoltaic applications, in Third International Conference on Microwave and Photonics (ICMAP2018), India, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICMAP.2018.8354640

18.     Pooja Sahoo, Akash Sharma, and R. Thangavel, Structural, optical and electrical properties of chlorine doped ZnO nanorods for photovoltaic applications, in Third International Conference on Microwave and Photonics (ICMAP2018), India, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICMAP.2018.8354642

19.     Akash Sharma, Mohua Chakraborty and R. Thangavel, Investigations on photoelectrochemical performance of boron doped ZnO nanorods synthesized by facile hydrothermal technique, in Second International Conference on Condensed Matter and Applied Physics (ICC 2017), India, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol 1953, pp. 100027, 2018. DOI: 10.1063/1.5032963

20.     Akash Sharma, Mohua Chakraborty, Zeeshan Anwar, Pooja Sahoo and R. Thangavel, Structural, Optical and Photoelectrochemical properties of Trivalent Impurity (B3+) doped ZnO nanorods grown by facile hydrothermal technique, in International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analytics and Soft Computing (ICECDS 2017), India, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICECDS.2017.8389900

21.     Akash Sharma and R. Thangavel, Enhancement of Solar-to Hydrogen conversion efficiency achieved for Silicon doped ZnO nanorods, in IWPSD 2018), India, Springer Proceedings in Physics 215, 2019. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97604-4_195

1)       Third International Symposium on Semiconductor Materials and Devices (ISSMD-3), Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai-600 025

2)       International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (ICRCS-2017), Govt. Engg. College, Bikaner-334 001

3)       Fourth International Symposium on Semiconductor Materials and Devices (ISSMD-4), School of Materials Sciences and Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700 032

4)       National Symposium on Nanoscience and Technology (NSNST-2017), Center for Nanoscience & Engineering , IISC, Bangalore-560 012

5)       International Conference on Energy, Communication, Data Analysis & Soft Computing (ICECDS), SKR Engineering College, Poonamallee, Tamil Nadu- 600 123

6)       Fourth International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN 2017), SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai-603 203

7)       National Conference on Recent Trends in Condensed Matter Physics (RTCMP 2017), Department of Physics, Bose Institute , Kolkata-700 009

8)       International Conference on Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage Applications (NECSA-2018), Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar

9)       3^rd International Conference on Microwave and Photonics, (ICMAP-2018) , IIT(ISM), Dhanbad

10)    National Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Materials (NCPCM), Department of Physics,  Govt. Holkar Science College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, 452 001 

11)    International Conference on Microscope and XXXIX Annual Meeting of Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI- 2018), Mayfair Convention Centre, Bhubaneswar

12)    Fifth International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN 2019), SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai-603 203

13)    International Symposium on Semiconductor Materials and Devices-2022 (ISSMD-2022), School of Electronics Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar-700 032

1.        School on Clean & Renewable Energy Technologies via Chemical route (I2CAM), JNCASR, Bangalore, India

2.        GIAN Course on Organic Solar Cells , IIT Hyderabad , Kandi, Telengana- 502 285

3.        XIX International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD 2017), IIT Delhi

4.        Tutorial Course on Photovoltaics, IIT Delhi

5.        A three-day workshop on “Design and style of a PhD thesis and Reference management using open source solutions” held at IIT(ISM), Dhanbad

6.        2-day Familiarization workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies, KIIT University , Bhubaneswar

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A. Sharma, P Sahoo, A. Sharma, and S. Mohapatra, (2020) Effect of Morphology and Doping on the Photoelectrochemical Performance of Zinc Oxide, Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Systems for Future Sustainability: Technological Advancements, APPLE ACADEMIC PRESS, ISBN hard: 9781771888851. E-Book ISBN: 9781003009320 Pub Date: November 2020

1)       Advisor of IMSc (Applied Physics) 2021-26 batch

2)       Member of Departmental Timetable Preparation Committee