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Intriguing CeO2–TiO2 hybrid nanostructured photoanode resulting up to 46% efficiency enhancement for dye-sensitized solar cells (2021)
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Roy, A., Bhandari, S., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Intriguing CeO2–TiO2 hybrid nanostructured photoanode resulting up to 46% efficiency enhancement for dye-sensitized solar cells. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 272, Article 125036. https://

The harvesting of electrical energy from sunrays with low cost, clean form and prosperity is an excellent progression. In this context, significant advancement has been made in the solar energy area in terms of cell's design to enhance efficiency. Li... Read More about Intriguing CeO2–TiO2 hybrid nanostructured photoanode resulting up to 46% efficiency enhancement for dye-sensitized solar cells.

In-situ assessment of photovoltaic soiling mitigation techniques in northern Nigeria (2021)
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Chanchangi, Y. N., Roy, A., Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). In-situ assessment of photovoltaic soiling mitigation techniques in northern Nigeria. Energy Conversion and Management, 244, Article 114442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2

The photovoltaic (PV) system's performance suffers from intensifying external factors such as soiling, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions with massive solar energy potential. Mitigation techniques are one of the crucial factors to prevent and... Read More about In-situ assessment of photovoltaic soiling mitigation techniques in northern Nigeria.

Investigation of Thermal Stress Arising in a Graphene Neutral Density Filter for Concentrated Photovoltaic System (2021)
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Alzahrani, M. M., Roy, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Investigation of Thermal Stress Arising in a Graphene Neutral Density Filter for Concentrated Photovoltaic System. Energies, 14(12), Article 3515. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123515

As an excellent heat spreader candidate, graphene attracts considerable interest concerning its application in concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems. The consequences of employing a graphene-coated neutral density (GCND) filter to mitigate concentr... Read More about Investigation of Thermal Stress Arising in a Graphene Neutral Density Filter for Concentrated Photovoltaic System.

Integrating Concentrated Optics for Ambient Perovskite Solar Cells (2021)
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Khalid, M., Roy, A., Bhandari, S., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Integrating Concentrated Optics for Ambient Perovskite Solar Cells. Energies, 14(9), Article 2714. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092714

Metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are considered an effectual way to enhance photovoltaic (PV) properties, leading to low-cost and high efficiency. PSCs have experienced rapid improvement in the last ten years. The device’s energy production... Read More about Integrating Concentrated Optics for Ambient Perovskite Solar Cells.

Effect of dye sensitization’s temperature on ZnO-based solar cells (2021)
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Roy, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Effect of dye sensitization’s temperature on ZnO-based solar cells. Chemical Physics Letters, 776, Article 138688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138688

We have investigated the insights of photo-physical surface characteristics for Ru (II) polypyridyl dye (N719) sensitization and its performance in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) at different temperatures of ZnO-based photoanodes. The maximum pow... Read More about Effect of dye sensitization’s temperature on ZnO-based solar cells.

Eggshell Membrane Assisted CdS Nanoparticles for Manganese Removal in Water Treatment (2021)
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Roy, A., Velusamy, S., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. (2021). Eggshell Membrane Assisted CdS Nanoparticles for Manganese Removal in Water Treatment. Advanced materials, 12(3), https://doi.org/10.5185/amlett.2021.031609

Domestic food waste chicken eggshells can produce naturally abundant protein-based eggshell membranes (ESMs), which is used as a less-explored source of sulphur to synthesize hexagonal CdS nanoparticles (NPs) under 365 nm (UVA) light irradiation. The... Read More about Eggshell Membrane Assisted CdS Nanoparticles for Manganese Removal in Water Treatment.

Modelling technique and analysis of porous anti-reflective coatings for reducing wide angle reflectance of thin-film solar cells (2021)
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Pickering, T., Shanks, K., & Sundaram, S. (2021). Modelling technique and analysis of porous anti-reflective coatings for reducing wide angle reflectance of thin-film solar cells. Journal of Optics, 23(2), Article 025901. https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986

Bio-inspired anti-reflective (AR) coatings with porous graded refractive index structures are known to considerably reduce the reflectance of light at optical interfaces, however, research is lacking for thin-film cell application. Ray Tracing softwa... Read More about Modelling technique and analysis of porous anti-reflective coatings for reducing wide angle reflectance of thin-film solar cells.

Experimental and numerical study on the effect of multiple phase change materials thermal energy storage system (2021)
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Al Siyabi, I., Khanna, S., Mallick, T., & Sundaram, S. (2021). Experimental and numerical study on the effect of multiple phase change materials thermal energy storage system. Journal of Energy Storage, 36, Article 102226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.20

Nowadays, thermal energy storage using Phase Change Materials (PCMs) receives a great interest due to its high energy storage density especially for low and medium temperature storage applications. Nevertheless, PCM suffers from the low thermal condu... Read More about Experimental and numerical study on the effect of multiple phase change materials thermal energy storage system.

Cu2ZnSnS4, a fascinating counter electrode for TiO2-free dye-sensitized solar cells (2021)
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Roy, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2021). Cu2ZnSnS4, a fascinating counter electrode for TiO2-free dye-sensitized solar cells. ChemistrySelect, 6(7), 1541-1547. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202004644

Since innovation, different dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have endeavored with additional components to escalate the efficiency, cost-effectiveness and long-term stability. Various approaches have been executed to reduce the amount of costly pla... Read More about Cu2ZnSnS4, a fascinating counter electrode for TiO2-free dye-sensitized solar cells.

Performance Studies of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Different Flow Field Designs – Review (2021)
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Marappan, M., Palaniswamy, K., Velumani, T., Chul, K. B., Velayutham, R., Shivakumar, P., & Sundaram, S. (2021). Performance Studies of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Different Flow Field Designs – Review. Chemical Record, 21(4), 663-714. http

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is majorly used for power generation without producing any emission. In PEMFC, the water generated in the cathode heavily affects the performance of fuel cell which needs better water management. The flow ch... Read More about Performance Studies of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Different Flow Field Designs – Review.