Dr Mariyappan Shanmugam

Dr. Mariyappan Shanmugam is a Professor of Physics at Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, India. He carries out research in the areas of Materials for Energy related applications. He completed his PhD at South Dakota State University, USA in 2011. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, State University of New York and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA during 2011-2015. He established a research and development division in a Silicon Valley-based start-up company, Macromolecular Inc., to develop photovoltaic materials and devices for space PV applications. Semiconductor Nanomaterials, Thin films, 2D-Layered Materials, Graphene, h-BN for Optoelectronics are his primary research interests.

[  Faculty member with 20 years of interdisciplinary research experience in Physics and materials science with an intense focus on semiconductor nanomaterials for optoelectronics.

[  Four years postdoctoral research experience in the field of emerging nanomaterials and their applications in nano-optoelectronics and energy conversion technologies.

[  Established a research division in a Silicon Valley based start-up industry to develop carbon based functional materials.

[  20 years of research experience

  • In semiconductor nanomaterials processing and nanodevice fabrication.
  • In structural, optical, and electrical characterizations.
  • In high vacuum science and technology.
  • In class 100 clean room techniques.

[  Filed 4 patents, published 48 journal papers, 20 conference proceedings, three book chapters and edited a book with more than 1900 citations in the field of semiconductor nanomaterials for optoelectronics.

[  Delivered more than 50 presentations at national/international conferences.

[  Serving as an invited reviewer for more than 10 reputed international journals focusing on semiconductor science and nanotechnology.

[  Writing and reviewing research proposals in the area of emerging energy harvesting methodologies for national-international level funding authorities.

Selected publications

PATENTS

  1. Mariyappan Shanmugam, “Weavable-wearable fiber Solar Cells for Smart Nanotextiles” German Patent Application Number: 202022100909.0.

  2. Mariyappan Shanmugam, R. W. Alexander Jesudasan “Quantum Dots Intercalated 2D-MX2 Optical Glucose Sensor. German Patent Application Number: 202022100693.8

  3. Mariyappan Shanmugam, Indrajit Shown, S. N. Sridhara "A Process for Developing Highly Transparent Stickable-Peelable Solar Cells for Building Integrated Photovoltaic Device" Australian Innovation Patent Number: 2021105520.

  4. S. N. Sridhara, Indrajit Shown, Mariyappan Shanmugam, “A Process for Developing Nano-Inspired Ultra-Thin Large Surface Area Anti-Slippery Self-Cleaning Anti-Bacterial Mattress” Australian Innovation Patent, Application Number: 2021105521.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Niket Suresh Powar, Su-Il In*, M. Shanmugam* "Chemically assembled 2D-van der Waals WSe2-WC heterostructured photo-anodes for electrochemical devices" FlatChem 40(2023)100523.

  2. K. S. Sajiv, G. Gopakumar, and M. Shanmugam* "Integrated photo-absorption and improved charge transport kinetics in atomically thin MoSe2-incorporated nanostructured ZnO photo-anodes for dye-sensitized solar cells." Appl. Phys. A 127, 966 (2021).

  3. Arya Babu, Arya Vasanth, Shantikumar V Nair, M.Shanmugam* "WO3 Passivation Layer Coated Nanostructured TiO2: An Efficient Defect Engineered Photoelectrode for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell" Journal of Semiconductors 42(2021)1-8.

  4. Divya Krishnan, Niket S Powar, Arya Vasanth, Kulandai Velu Ramanathan, Shantikumar V Nair, M.Shanmugam* "Graphene Oxide Enabled Hole Transport Characteristics in Iodide/Tri-iodide for Improved Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Performance" Materials Letters 285(2021)129176.

  5. Niket S Powar, Kulandai Velu Ramanathan, Shantikumar V Nair, M.Shanmugam* "Structural, Nanomorphological and Optical Characteristics of Self-assembled 2D-Layered WS2-CdTe Quantum Dot Heterostructure" Materials Letters 285(2021)129139.

  6. Arya Vasanth, Shantikumar V. Nair, M.Shanmugam* “Post-annealing Effect on the Structural and Optical Properties of Electrophoretically Coated 2D-Layered MoSe2 ” Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices 6(2021)58-64.

  7. Kulandai Velu Ramanathan, Balakrishnan Shankar, Shantikumar Nair, and M.Shanmugam* “Effects of Gas-phase and Wet-chemical Surface Treatments on Substrates Induced Vertical, Valley-Hill & Micro-granular Growth Morphologies of Close Space Sublimated CdTe Films." Nanoscale Advances 2(2020)4757-4769.

  8. Arya Vasanth, Niket Suresh Powar, Divya Krishnan, Shantikumar V. Nair, M.Shanmugam* “Electrophoretic Graphene Oxide Surface Passivation on Titanium Dioxide for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Application” Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices 5(2020)316-321.

  9. Gopika Gopakumar, Shantikumar V. Nair, and M.Shanmugam* "Assessing the role of plasma engineered acceptor-like intra-and inter-grain boundaries of heterogeneous WS2-WO3 nanosheets on photo-current characteristics." Nanoscale Advances 2(2020) 2276 - 2283.

  10. Kulandai Velu Ramanathan, Balakrishnan Shankar, Shantikumar Nair, and M.Shanmugam* "Grain/Grain-boundary Mediated Dispersive Photo-current Characteristics in Close Space Sublimated Micro-granular CdTe Films." IET Optoelectronics 14(2020)252-255.

  11. Preeyanghaa Mani, Shantikumar V. Nair, and M.Shanmugam* "Thickness-dependent hole-blocking capability of RF-sputtered nickel oxide compact layers in dye-sensitized solar cells." Emergent Materials 3(2020)117-124.

  12. Lakshmi Srinivasan, Kulandai Velu Ramanathan, Gopika Gopakumar, Shantikumar Nair, and M.Shanmugam* "RF-Sputtered Tungsten Enabled Surface Plasmon Effect in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells." IET Optoelectronics 14(2020)274 –277.

  13. Arya Vasanth, Shantikumar V. Nair, and M.Shanmugam* "Microwave Engineered Structural, Nano-morphological and Photo-responsive Characteristics in 2D-Layered Dual-Phase MoO3-MoSe2 Films." Applied Surface Science 519(2020) 146263.

  14. Niket Suresh Powar, Gopika Gopakumar, Kulanthai Velu Ramanathan, Shantikumar V. Nair and M.Shanmugam* “Chemical Bath Deposited WS2 Quantum Dots on TiO2 for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Applications” Optical and Quantum Electronics 52(2020)65.

  15. Gopika Gopakumar, Shantikumar V. Nair, and M.Shanmugam* "Plasma driven nano-morphological changes and photovoltaic performance in dye sensitized 2D-layered dual oxy-sulfide phase WS2 films" Nanoscale 12(2020)239-247.

  16. Gopika Gopakumar, Shantikumar V. Nair, and M.Shanmugam* "Hydrothermal processed heterogeneous MoS2 assisted charge transport in dye sensitized solar cells" Applied Physics A 125.12 (2019)822.

  17. Gopika Gopakumar, Aditya Ashok, Shantikumar V. Nair, and M.Shanmugam* "Atomically thin 2D layered MoS2-enabled photo-current characteristics in TiO2 nanoparticle films." Applied Nanoscience (2019)1611-1619.

  18. Aditya Ashok, Shantikumar V. Nair, M.Shanmugam* "Spray pyrolysis-coated nano-clustered CdTe on amorphous Si thin films for heterojunction solar cells" Applied Nanoscience 1-8(2019).

  19. Soon Min Ho, M.Shanmugam, and H. Markana Jaysukh. "Review on dye-sensitized solar cells based on polymer electrolytes." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7(2018)3001-3006.

  20. Harigovind Menon, Gopika Gopakumar, S. N. Vijayaraghavan, Shantikumar V. Nair, and M.Shanmugam* “2D Layered MoS2 Incorporated TiO2 Nanofiber Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” ChemistrySelect 3(2018)5801– 5807.

  21. S. N. Vijayaraghavan, A. Ashok, G. Gopakumar, H. Menon, S. V. Nair and M.Shanmugam* “Spray Pyrolysis Coated CdTe-TiO2 Heterogeneous Films for Photo-electrochemical Solar Cells”. Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy 7(2018)7-12.

  22. Aditya Ashok, Sumi E Mathew, Shivakumar B Shivaram, Sahadev A. Shankarappa, Shantikumar V. Nair and M.Shanmugam* “Cost Effective Natural Photo-sensitizer from Upcycled Jackfruit Rags for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices 3(2018) 213-220.

  23. Aditya Ashok, Gopika Gopakumar, S. N. Vijayaraghavan, Shantikumar V. Nair and M.Shanmugam* “Understanding Hysteresis Behavior in SnO2 Nanofiber Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cell” Journal of Photovoltaics 8(2018)1044-1050.

  24. Gopika Gopakumar; Aditya Ashok; S. N. Vijayaraghavan; Shantikumar Nair; M.Shanmugam* “MoO3 Surface Passivation on TiO2: An Efficient Approach to Minimize Loss in Fill factor and Maximum Power of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell” Applied Surface Science 447(2018)554-560.

  25. R. Jacobs-Gedrim, M. Murphy, F. Yang, N. Jain, M.Shanmugam, E. Sang Song, Y. Kandel, B. Yu, P. Hesamaddin, D. Janes, H. Yu, and M. Anantram. “Reversible Phase-Change Behavior in Two-Dimensional Antimony Telluride (Sb2Te3) Nanosheets" Applied Physics Letters 112(2018)133101.

  26. A. Ashok, S. N. Vijayaraghavan, G. E. Unni, S. V. Nair and M.Shanmugam* "On the Physics of Dispersive Electron Transport Characteristics in SnO2 Nanoparticle Based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells" Nanotechnology, 29(2018) 175401.

  27. G. Gopakumar, H. Menon, A. Ashok, S. V. Nair and M.Shanmugam* "Two Dimensional Layered Electron Transport Bridges in Mesoscopic TiO2 for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Applications" Electrochimica Acta 267(2018)63-70.

  28. A. Ashok, S. N. Vijayaraghavan, S. V. Nair and M.Shanmugam* “Molybdenum Trioxide Thin Film Recombination Barrier Layers for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” RSC Advances 7(2017) 48853-48860.

  29. F. Yang, R. Jacobs-Gedrim, M.Shanmugam, N. Jain, M. Murphy, E. Sang Song, D. Frey, and B. Yu, “Scalable Synthesis of Two-dimensional Antimony Telluride Nanoplates Down to Single Quintuple Layer” RSC Advances 5(2015) 59320-59325.

  30. X. Fan, F. Khosravi, V. Rahneshin, M.Shanmugam, M. Loeian, J. Jasinski, R. Cohn, E. Terentjev, B. Panchapakesan, “MoS2 actuators: reversible mechanical responses of MoS2 polymer nanocomposites to photons,” Nanotechnology26( 2015) 261001.

  31. M.Shanmugam, R. Jacobs-Gedrim, E. S. Song, and B. Yu, “Two-Dimensional Layered Semiconductor/Graphene Heterostructures for Solar Photovoltaic Applications,” Nanoscale 6(2014)12682 – 12689.

  32. R. Jacobs-Gedrim, M.Shanmugam, N. Jain, C. Durcan, M. Murphy, T. Murray, R. J. Matyi, R. Moore, and B. Yu, “Extraordinary Photoresponse Two-Dimensional In2Se3 Nanosheets” ACS Nano 8 (2014) 514–521.

  33. N. Jain, M. Murphy, R. Jacobs-Gedrim, M.Shanmugam, F. Yang, E. Sang Song, B. Yu, “Electrical Conduction and Reliability in Dual-Layered Graphene Heterostructure Interconnects” IEEE Electron Device Letters 35(2014) 1311 – 1313.

  34. M.Shanmugam, N. Jain, R. Jacobs-Gedrim, Y. Xu and B. Yu "Layered Insulator Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Surface Passivation in Quantum Dot Solar Cell" Applied Physics Letters 103(2013)243904.

  35. M.Shanmugam, R. Jacobs-Gedrim, and B. Yu, “2D-Layered Insulator Hexagonal Boron Nitride Enabled Surface Passivation in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells” Nanoscale 5(2013) 11275-11282.

  36. K. Ganesan, S. Ilango, M.Shanmugam, M. Farrokh Baroughi, M. Kamruddin, and A.K. Tyagi, "Pre and Post-breakdown Electrical Studies in Ultrathin Al2O3 Films by Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy" Current Applied Physics 13(2013) 1865-1869.

  37. M.Shanmugam, C. Durcan, R. Jacobs-Gedrim, T. Bansal and B. Yu, “Oxygenated-Graphene-Enabled Recombination Barrier Layer for High Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell,” Carbon 60(2013)523-530.

  38. M.Shanmugam, C. A. Durcan, R. Jacobs-Gedrim, and B. Yu, “Layered Semiconductor Tungsten Disulfide: Photoactive Material in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells,” Nano Energy, 2(2013)419-424.

  39. M.Shanmugam, T. Bansal, C. Durcan, and B. Yu, “Schottky-Barrier Solar Cell Based On Layered Semiconductor Tungsten Disulfide Nanofilm,” Applied Physics Letters 101(2012) 263902.

  40. M.Shanmugam, C. A. Durcan, and B. Yu, “Layered Semiconductor Molybdenum Disulfide Nanomembrane Based Schottky-Barrier Solar Cells,” Nanoscale 4(2012)7399-7405.

  41. M.Shanmugam, T. Bansal, C. Durcan, and B. Yu, "Multi-Layer Graphene Oxide/CdSe Quantum Dot Coated Titanium Dioxide Heterojunction Solar Cell," IEEE Electron Device Letters, 33 (2012)1165.

  42. M.Shanmugam, T. Bansal, C. Durcan, and B. Yu, "Molybdenum Disulphide/Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposite-Poly 3-hexylthiophene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell," Applied Physics Letters 100(2012)153901.

  43. B. Bills, M.Shanmugam, M. F. Baroughi, "Effects of atomic layer deposited HfO2 compact layer on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells,” Thin Solid Films 519(2011)7803-7808.

  44. K Ganesan, S. Ilango, M.Shanmugam, M. F. Baroughi, M. Kamruddin, A. K. Tyagi, "Conductive atomic force microscopy studies on dielectric breakdown behavior of ultrathin Al2O3 films," Applied Physics Letters 98(2011)092902.

  45. M.Shanmugam, M. F. Baroughi, and D. Galipeau, "Effect of atomic layer deposited ultra-thin HfO2 and Al2O3 interfacial layers on the performance of dye sensitized solar cells,"  Thin Solid Films 518 (2010) 2678-2682.

  46. M.Shanmugam, M. F. Baroughi and D. Galipeau, "High Voc dye sensitized solar cell using RF-sputtered TiO2 compact layers,” Electronics Letters 45(2009) 648-649.

  47. K. Ganesan, M.Shanmugam and H.L. Bhat, "Influence of magnetic clusters on electrical and magnetic properties of In1−xMnxSb/GaAs dilute magnetic semiconductor grown by liquid phase epitaxy," Solid State Communications, 143(2007) 272-275.

  48. K. Balamurugan, R. Saravanan, K. Asharamani, P. Manimaran, M.Shanmugam, N. Srinivasan, Y. Ono, M. Isshiki, T. Kajitani, "Charge transfer in CdTe at 200 and 300 K,"  Journal of Crystal Growth , 250 (2003) 382-92.

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Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science
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