Name: Dr. K. Sethuraman Designation: Associate Professor & Head Phone: 04366-277230 Email:ksethuraman@cutn.ac.in
Biographic Sketch:
Junior Research Fellowship (2003-05), Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India.
Senior Research Fellowship(2005-06), Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India.
Japanese Government Fellowship (Monbhusho Fellowship) (2006-08)
Department of Electrical Engineering, Aichi Institute of Technology, Toyota, Japan.
Assistant Professor (2009-10)KFnSC Konkuk University MAT-Fraunhofer ISE Next
Generation Solar Cell Research Center Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
Assistant Professor (2010-20), Department of Physics, School of Physics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625 021.
Raman US Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015-16)
(UGC Sponsored) 1st October 2016 to 30th September 2017Centre for Materials for
Information Technology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Ph.D - 9 Guided, Ongoing -2
Co - Guide - 3 Guided
M.Phil - 20 Guided
M.Sc - 30 Guided
M. Tech - 9 Guided
RESEARCH SPECIALIZATION
Metal oxide and Chalcogenides thin film nanostructures, CuInS2 (Chalcopyrites) and
Cu2ZnSnS4 (Kesterites) based solar cells, Micro/Nano rods arrays.
2-dimensional layers, Graphene, Metal dichalcogenides, Graphene – Metal oxide composites for heterogeneous catalytic and photo catalytic applications.
Organic Electronics - Small Molecular Organic Semiconductors for Organic Field Effect
Transistors Applications. Thin film deposition by Physical Vapour Deposition, p-type and ntype Organic Field Effect Transistors. Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) and Organic
Solar Cells.
Organic crystal growth using solution and melt technique (Bridgman Crystal Growth method), Synthesis and Crystal growth of Organic Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
Crystal growth for Scintillator and NLO Applications
Thin Films for solar energy applications
1D and 2D Nanomaterials
Semiconducting materials & metal oxides
Completed Project
1. Synthesis, preparation and characterization of I-III-VI2 ternary semiconductor Nanostructure thin films by chemical spray pyrolysis technique for photovoltaic applications
UGC MRP - Rs. 10,20,800 Year (2012-15)
2. Nontoxic Cu2ZnSnS4 Superstrate solar cells using vertically aligned ZnO nanorods
UGC XII Plan - Rs.1,00,000 Year (2014-15)
ON-GOING RESEARCH PROJECT
1. Growth of Pure and Doped Organic Single Crystals for Scintillator Applications
DAE BRNS - Rs. 34,62,400 Year (2018 - 22)
2. Tailoring of intermediate bands in I-IIIVI2 nanostructured thin films via doping for photovoltaic applications CSIR - Rs. 16,84,000 Year (2019 - 22)
3. Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on chalcopyrite absorber and kesterite counter electrode for efficient solar cell applications IUAC - Rs 651000 Year (2021-24)
Research Highlights :
Crystal growth for Scintillator and NLO Applications
Thin Films for solar energy applications
1D and 2D Nanomaterials
Semiconducting materials & metal oxides
Metal oxide and Chalcogenides thin film nanostructures, CuInS2 (Chalcopyrites) and
Cu2ZnSnS4 (Kesterites) based solar cells, Micro/Nano rods arrays.
2-dimensional layers, Graphene, Metal dichalcogenides, Graphene Metal oxide composites
for heterogeneous catalytic and photo catalytic applications.
Organic Electronics - Small Molecular Organic Semiconductors for Organic Field Effect
Transistors Applications. Thin film deposition by Physical Vapour Deposition, p-type and ntype Organic Field Effect Transistors. Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) and Organic
Solar Cells.
Organic crystal growth using solution and melt technique (Bridgman Crystal Growth method),
Synthesis and Crystal growth of Organic Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications.
Recent Publications :
1. Sivakumar, A., S. Dhas, Lidong Dai, J. Thirupathy, K. Sethuraman, Raju Suresh Kumar, Abdulrahman
I. Almansour, N. Vijayan, and S. A. Dhas. "Dynamic shock wave-induced switchable order to disorder
states of single crystal of sulfamic acid: a combined study of X-ray and Raman spectroscopy." Journal
of Materials Science (2023): 1-11. (I.F. 4.682)
2. M. Beaula Ruby Kamalam, J. Menaka, S. S. R. Inbanathan, K. Sethuraman, A. Shahid, Hassan Fouad,
and S. Hussain Tin Oxide-Graphene Oxide (SnO2/GO) Nanocomposite: A Promising Photocatalyst
for Rhodamine-B Dye Degradation. Science of Advanced Materials, 15,(2023): 1 7 (I.F1.474)
3. R. Hari Ramprasath, M. S. Kajamuhideen, Babita Tiwari, and K. Sethuraman. "Growth, structural,
optical, and thermal behavior of bibenzyl organic single crystal for scintillator applications." Journal of
Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 34, no. 7 (2023): 620. (I.F. 2.779)
4. Thirumalaisamy, Logu, SoundarrajanPalanivel, Karthikeyan Jeyakumar, SethuramanKunjithapatham,
Trystan Watson, and SudhagarPitchaimuthu. "The upsurge of absorption coefficient in CuInS2 thin film
with Ru doping: an energetic absorber layer in a superstrate solar cell." Materials Today Chemistry 26
(2022): 101217. (I.F. 7.613)
5. Margoni, Mudaliar Mahesh, S. Mathuri, K. Ramamurthi, V. Ganesh, R. Ramesh Babu, and K.
Sethuraman. "Electrochromic properties of hydrothermally grown microstructured V2O5 and
MWCNT/V2O5 composite films." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 33, no. 32
(2022): 24819-24833. (I.F. 2.779)
6. Enhancement of photoelectric properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 thinfilms byelectronic excitations induced by
swift heavy ions, M. Sampath, T. Logu, P. MathanKumar, K. Asokan, K. Sethuraman, Materials Science
& Engineering B 280 (2022) 115683. (I.F. 3.408)
7. Study of sub-band states formation in the optical band gap of CuGaS2 thin films by electronic
excitations, S. Suba Viveka, T. Logu, N. Ahsan, K. Ashokan, S. Kalainathan, K. Sethuraman, Y. Okada,
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 164 (2022) 110636. (I.F. 4.383)
8. Fe-doped CuGaS2 (CuGa1-xFexS2) - Detailed analysis of the intermediate band optical response of
chalcopyrite thin films based on first principle calculations and experimental studies,S. Suba Viveka, T.
Logu, N. Ahsan, J. Karthikeyan, P. Murugan, M. Sampath, S. Kalainathan, Arunava Gupta, Y. Okada,
K. Sethuraman, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 136 (2021) 106133(I.F. 3.927)
9. Direct sunlight-driven enhanced photocatalytic performance of V2O5 nanorods/ graphene oxide
nanocomposites for the degradation of Victoria blue dye, Beaula Ruby Kamalam, Stephen Inbanathan,K. Sethuraman,Ahmad Umar, Hassan Algadi, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Qazi Inamur Rahman, Christos S.
Garoufalis, andSotiriosBaskoutas, Environmental Research 199 (2021) 111369 (I.F. 6.498)
10. Enhanced sensing of ethanol gas using fiber optics sensor by hydrothermally synthesized GO-WO3
nanocomposites, Beaula Ruby Kamalam, Stephen Inbanathan, B. Renganathan, and K. Sethuraman,
Materials Science and Engineering B, 2021, 263, 114843(I.F. 5.08)
