faculty Profile

1. B.E 2013 , Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Karpagam Institute of Technology

2. M.Tech 2015 , Nanoscience and Technology , Anna University

3. PhD 2021(Thesis submitted) , Faculty of Technology, Anna University

1. Project Intern, CSIR- Central Electrochemical Research Institute
2015- 2016
2. DST- Junior Research Fellow Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai
Feb 2016 – Feb 2018
3. DST- Senior Research fellow Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai
March 2018- March 2019
4. ICGP – Young Scientist Trainee , National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
April 2019 – June 2020

Fabrication of lead-free CsBi3I10 based compact perovskite thin films by employing
solvent engineering and anti-solvent treatment techniques: an efficient photo-conversion
efficiency up to 740 nm
Pandiyarajan Mariyappan, Towhid H. Chowdhury, Shanthi Subashchandran, Idriss
Bedja, Hamid M. Ghaithan and Ashraful Islam
Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2020,4, 5042-5049.

Influence of Inorganic NiOx Hole Transport Layer on the Growth of CsBi3I10
Perovskite Films for Photovoltaic Applications
Pandiyarajan Mariyappan, Towhid H. Chowdhury, Shanthi Subashchandran, Idriss
Bedja, Hamid M. Ghaithan and Ashraful Islam
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10.1002/admi.202002083

Effect of CH3NH3I Vapour Evaporation Temperature on the Quality of the lead-free
Bismuth based perovskites Thin-films
M Pandiyarajan, G Manobalaji, M Senthilkumar, S Moorthy Babu, Shanthi
Subashchandran
Materials Research Express 6 (6), 066418

A modified high-temperature vapour deposition technique for fabricating CH3NH3PbI2
thin films under an ambient atmosphere
G Manobalaji, M Pandiyarajan, M Senthilkumar, S Moorthy Babu
Bulletin of Materials Science 42 (6), 276

Copper indium sulphide: zinc sulphide (CIS: ZnS)-alloyed quantum dots as an ecofriendly absorber in solar cells
M Senthilkumar, C Imla Mary, M Pandiyarajan, G Manobalaji, S Moorthy Babu
Bulletin of Materials Science 42 (6), 270

Efficient and Stable Ideal Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cell Achieved by a Small Amount of
Tin Substituted Methylammonium Lead Iodide.
Electronic Materials Letters 16(3).

Ambient fabrication of lead free Perovskite thinfilms A3Bi2I9 (A:Methylammonium (MA)
or Cesium (Cs)) for Stable Perovskite solar cell and Optoelectronic applications
(submitted to Scientific Reports)

Vanadium based inorganic Hole extraction layer for inverted planar perovskite Solar
Cells (submitted to ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces)

Workshop on Perovskite Semiconductor Solar Cells, at Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay, 16–17 May, 2016.

National Conference on Materials Science and Technology (NMCST 2016), at Indian
Institute of Space Science and Technology, Govt. India, Department of Space,
Valiyamala, Trivandrum 695547, Kerala, 12–14 July, 2016.

DAE-BRNS Sponsored 3rd National Conference on Materials for Modern World
(NCMMW-2106), at Easwari Engineering College, Chennai 600089, 15–16 September,
2016.

National Seminar on Recent Advances in Nanoscience and Technology (NANOMEET
2016), organized by the Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University,
Chennai 600025, 6–7 October, 2016.

National Workshop and Hands on Training Program on ‘Thin Film Solar Cells’,
organized by the Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University, Chennai
600025, 11–12 November, 2016.

“INUP Hands-on-Training Workshop on Nanofabrication Technology”, conducted at
the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
from 16–24 March, 2017

SERC School on Radiation Detector Materials and its Applications organized by
SSN college of engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai during August 23, 2017 to September
12, 2017

National Workshop and Hands on Training Program on “ THIN FILM SOLAR
CELLS” organized by Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University,
Chennai during 22-23 September, 2017

International Workshop on Advanced Materials and Device Technology organized by
Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai during 22-24 November, 2017.