Karunakara Moorthy Boopathi

ORCID: 0000-0003-2042-9595
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Research Areas
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Technostress in Professional Settings
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Italian Institute of Technology
2019-2023

National Taiwan University
2022

Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica
2013-2020

Academia Sinica
2013-2019

National Tsing Hua University
2013-2016

Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica
2015

For inorganic thermoelectric materials, Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity are interdependent, hence optimization of performance is challenging. In this work we show that PEDOT:PSS can be enhanced by greatly improving its in contrast to materials. Free-standing flexible smooth bulky papers were prepared using vacuum-assisted filtration. The was 640, 800, 1300, 1900 S cm–1 treating with ethylene glycol, polyethylene methanol, formic acid, respectively. did not significant...

10.1021/am507032e article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2014-12-05

Alkali metal halide additives chelate with Pb<sup>2+</sup> ions during film formation promoting homogeneous nucleation, which greatly enhances the power conversion efficiency (15.08%) and stability (over 50 days) of planar perovskite solar cells.

10.1039/c5ta10288j article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016-01-01

Lead-free antimony based metal halide perovskites were used as photoactive materials in solar cell devices and exhibited maximum power conversion efficiency of 2.04%.

10.1039/c7ta06679a article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017-01-01

"Spin" has been recently reported as an important degree of electronic freedom to improve the performance electrocatalysts and photocatalysts. This work demonstrates manipulations spin-polarized electrons in CsPbBr3 halide perovskite nanoplates (NPLs) boost photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) efficiencies by doping manganese cations (Mn2+) applying external magnetic field. Mn-doped (Mn-CsPbBr3) NPLs exhibit outstanding CO2RR compared pristine due creating after Mn doping. Notably,...

10.1021/jacs.2c06060 article EN Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022-08-17

Zr-based porphyrin metal–organic framework (MOF-525) nanocrystals with a crystal size of about 140 nm are synthesized and incorporated into perovskite solar cells. The morphology crystallinity the thin film enhanced since micropores MOF-525 allow crystallization to occur inside; this observation results in higher cell efficiency obtained MOF/perovskite cell. As service our authors readers, journal provides supporting information supplied by authors. Such materials peer reviewed may be...

10.1002/adma.201502537 article EN Advanced Materials 2015-10-07

The presence of toxic lead (Pb) remains a major obstruction to the commercial application perovskite solar cells. Although antimony (Sb)-based perovskite-like structures A3M2X9 can display potentially useful photovoltaic behavior, solution-processed Sb-based usually favor dimer phase, which has poor properties. In this study, we prepared layered polymorph Cs3Sb2I9 through solution-processing and studied its exciton binding energy lifetime layer-form were approximately 100 meV 6 ns,...

10.1021/acsami.7b16349 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017-12-27

In this paper, we report the optoelectronic properties of multi-layered GeS nanosheet (∼28 nm thick)-based field-effect transistors (called GeS-FETs). The GeS-FETs exhibit remarkably high photoresponsivity Rλ ∼ 206 A W−1 under 1.5 μW cm−2 illumination at λ = 633 nm, Vg 0 V, and Vds 10 V. obtained is excellent as compared with a nanoribbon-based other family members group IV–VI-based photodetectors in layered-materials realm, such GeSe SnS2. gate-dependent was further measured to be able...

10.1039/c5nr05988g article EN Nanoscale 2015-12-22

A novel composite thin film consisting of 2D reduced graphene oxide and 1D poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanotubes is applied for acetaminophen detection.

10.1039/c4ta00309h article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014-01-01

In this paper we describe a modified (AEG/CH) coated separator for Li–S batteries in which the shuttling phenomenon of lithium polysulfides is restrained through two types interactions: activated expanded graphite (AEG) flakes interacted physically with polysulfides, while chitosan (CH), used to bind AEG on separator, chemically its abundance amino and hydroxyl functional groups. Moreover, facilitated ionic electronic transfer during redox reaction. Live H-cell discharging experiments...

10.1021/acsnano.7b06478 article EN ACS Nano 2017-12-05

The shuttling process involving lithium polysulfides is one of the major factors responsible for degradation in capacity lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs).

10.1039/c6ta02272c article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016-01-01

Hybrid lead halide perovskites continue to attract interest for use in optoelectronic devices such as solar cells and light-emitting diodes. Although challenging, the replacement of toxic these systems is an active field research. Recently, trivalent metal cations (Bi3+ Sb3+) that form defect A3B2X9 has received great attention development cells, but their light-emissive properties have not previously been studied. Herein, all-inorganic antimony-based two-dimensional perovskite, Cs3Sb2I9,...

10.1021/acsami.9b10602 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019-08-29

In this manuscript we describe hybrid heterojunction solar cells, having the device architecture glass/indium tin oxide/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiopene)/poly(styrenesulfonic acid)/perovskite/[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester/C60/2,9-dimethyl- 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline/Al, fabricated using lead halide perovskite obtained through spray-coating at a low precursor concentration. To study relationship between morphology and performance, recorded scanning electron microscopy images...

10.1021/am506886d article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2015-01-06

Under mild mechanical pressure, halide perovskites show enhanced optoelectronic properties. However, these improvements are reversible upon decompression, and permanent enhancements have yet to be realized. Here, we report antisolvent-assisted solvent acidolysis crystallization that enables us prepare methylammonium lead bromide single crystals showing intense emission at all four edges under ultraviolet light excitation. We study structural variations (edge-vs-center) in using micro-X-ray...

10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02810 article EN cc-by ACS Energy Letters 2020-01-22

Metal halide perovskites having three-dimensional crystal structures are being applied successfully in various optoelectronic applications. To address their most challenging issues-instability and toxicity-without losing efficiency, lower-dimensional appear to be promising alternatives. Recently, two-dimensional (2D) perovskite solar cells have been developed exhibiting excellent photostability moisture-stability, together with moderate device efficiency. This review summarizes the...

10.1088/1361-6633/ab9f88 article EN Reports on Progress in Physics 2020-06-23

Inorganic-organic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are promising devices for providing future clean energy because of their low cost, ease fabrication, and high efficiencies, similar to those silicon cells. These materials have been investigated potential use in bifacial PSCs, which can absorb light from both sides the electrodes. Here, we fabricated PSCs featuring transparent BCP/Ag/MoO3 rear electrodes, formed through low-temperature processing using thermal evaporation methods. We...

10.1021/acsami.7b06607 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017-08-17

Preparation of continuous and crystalline metal halide perovskite films for efficient solar cells using a liquid droplet assisted method.

10.1039/c4ta06392a article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015-01-01

A separator comprising polypropylene (PP)coated with MoO<sub>3</sub> nanobelts, prepared through facile grinding of commercial powder, exhibit excellent electrochemical performance at high C-rate for Li–S battery.

10.1039/c8nr08262f article EN Nanoscale 2019-01-01

The solvent acidolysis crystallization technique is utilized to grow mixed dimethylammonium/methylammonium lead tribromide (DMA/MAPbBr3 ) crystals reaching the highest dimethylammonium incorporation of 44% while maintaining 3D cubic perovskite phase. These show suppression orthorhombic phase and a lower tetragonal-to-cubic phase-transition temperature compared MAPbBr3 . A distinct behavior observed in temperature-dependent photoluminescence properties DMA/MAPbBr3 due different organic cation...

10.1002/adma.202106160 article EN Advanced Materials 2021-12-01

A maximal thermoelectric figure-of-merit ZT for p-type Ag(Sb1−xInx)Te2 samples with x = 0.07 is 1.35 at 650 K, yielding an enhancement of greater than 40% compared that undoped AgSbTe2 compound the same temperature. This can be primarily attributed to both greatly enhanced power factor resulting from increase in Seebeck coefficient because effective mass and substantial decrease thermal conductivity which could ascribed phonon scattering mechanism by dopants different atomic weights. These...

10.1039/c3ta14547f article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2013-12-16

A novel ball milling method was used to prepare TiO<sub>2</sub> ETMs at RT ∼ 30 °C for large and small area perovskite solar cells.

10.1039/c8ta00303c article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2018-01-01

Further technological development of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) will require improvements in power conversion efficiency and stability, while maintaining low material costs simple fabrication. In this Research Article, we describe top-illuminated ITO-free, stable PSCs featuring microcavity structures, wherein metal layers on both sides the active exerted light interference effects layer, potentially increasing path length inside layer. The optical constants (refractive index extinction...

10.1021/acsami.8b04329 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018-05-08
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