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Research Highlights :
Our group focuses on the fabrication and optimization of novel as well as eco-friendly energy and electronic materials for various device application. We developed lead free BCZT based materials for energy storage capacitors and solid state refrigeration devices, ferroelectric-semiconductor heterostructures for resistive random access memory and photocatalytic applications, Plasmonics nanostructures for sensors.
Recent Publications :
- Kevin, V. A., Silva, J. P. B., Kamakshi, K., Sekhar, K. C., (2023). Ternary Heterostructures Based on BaTiO3/MoO3/Ag for Highly Efficient and Reusable Photocatalytic Applications, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2201948
- Tasneem, M., Gokulakrishnan, J., Sekhar, K. C., Sathish, S., Kamakshi, K., (2023). Effect of SrTiO3 buffer layer on electrical, ferroelectric memory, and polarization reversal studies of spin-coated ferroelectric 0.6Ba(Zr0•2Ti0.8)O3-0.4(Ba0•7Ca0.3)TiO3 thin film in MFIS structure, Current Applied Physics, 51, 91-97.
- Tasneem, M., Monteiro, C. R. P., Kumar, N. S. K., Silva, J. P. B., Sekhar, K. C., Kamakshi, K., Pereira, M., (2023). Thickness-dependent microstructure, resistive switching, ferroelectric, and energy storage properties of pulsed laser deposited 0.85[0.6Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-0.4(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3]-0.15SrTiO3 thin films, Ceramics International, 49, 12, 20756-20762.
- Kumar, N. S. K., Jayakrishnan, A. R., Silva, J. P. B., Sekhar, K. C., (2023). Effect of MgO doping on energy storage and electrocaloric properties of ferroelectric 0.6Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3–0.4(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 ceramics, Materials Today Communications, 35, 105754.
- Kaarthik, J., Kaushiga, C., Sradha, G., Ram, N., Reddy, S. G., Sekhar, K. C., Annapureddy, V., (2023). Improvement of energy storage density and energy harvesting performance of amphoteric Pr ion-modified lead-free Ba0.85Ca0.15Ti0.9Zr0.1O3 (BCZT) ceramics, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 943, 169069.
- Jayakrishnan, A. R., Silva, J. P. B., Kamakshi, K., Dastan, D., Annapureddy, V., Pereira, M., Sekhar, K. C., (2023). Are lead-free relaxor ferroelectric materials the most promising candidates for energy storage capacitors?, Progress in Materials Science, 132, 101046.
- Jayakrishnan, A. R., Kumar, A., Druvakumar, S., John, R., Sudeesh, M., Puli, V. S., Silva, J. P. B., Gomes, M. J. M., Sekhar, K. C., (2023). Inorganic ferroelectric thin films and their composites for flexible electronic and energy device applications: current progress and perspectives, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 11, 3, 827-858.
- Radhasaran, R., Sathyan, A., Sivaraman, R. K., Sathish, S., Kamakshi, K., Sekhar, K. C., (2022). Sensing, Antimicrobial and Photothermal Activity of Ultra-Stable Colloidal Copper Nanoparticles, Plasmonics, 17, 6, 2521–2531.
- Ibrahim, A. S., Anbarasu, V., Mahendran, R., Rajendran, K., Sekhar, K. C., Sathish, S., (2022). Facile synthesis of cobalt sulfide/carbon nanotube composites as a low-cost Pt-free counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), Diamond and Related Materials, 130, 109440.
- Ibrahim, A. S., Kevin, V. A., Latha, M. B., Kamakshi, K., Sathish, S., Silva, J. P. B., Sekhar, K. C., (2022). Effect of the thickness on the photocatalytic and the photocurrent properties of ZnO films deposited by spray pyrolysis, Discover Materials, 2,10.
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