Materials Research Centre (MRC): Recent submissions
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Determining Functional Parameters of Hybrid Catalysts for Sustainable Energy Storage and Conversion Applications
Generating global-scale sustainable energy systems and preserving our environment for the future at the same time are the biggest challenges. Therefore, the search for diverse energy sources which will reduce our dependency ... -
Layered Metal Dichalcogenides-Based Hybrid Devices for Resistive Sensing
During the past few decades, photodetectors (PDs) are being regarded as the crucial components of many photonic devices which are being used in various important applications. However, the PDs based on the traditional bulk ... -
Mechanistic Insights for Controlling Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Through Microwave Absorption in Magnetic Composites
Extensive use of electronic devices in daily communication and information technology causes high (microwave) frequency electromagnetic interference (EMI). This EMI often leads to noise, data misinterpretation or malfunctioning ... -
Low Power Resistive Photon- and Gas- Sensors
Sensors, be it for temperature, pressure, acoustic, light or gas to name a few have become an indispensable part of human life. Light sensors or photodetectors have widespread usage in modern portable electronics as camera ... -
Overcoming Challenges Associated with Designing of Thermoelectric Materials: DFT and Machine Learning Approaches
Search for clean and renewable energy resources has driven recent interest in designing thermoelectric materials that convert the waste heat to useful electricity. High performance thermoelectric materials require excellent ... -
Engineered Catalytic Metal—Metal-Oxide Nano-heterostructures for CO Oxidation
Owing to its interesting chemistry and toxic nature, catalytic oxidation of CO is of both fundamental and practical interest. Two applications, viz. CO conversion in the catalytic converters and pre-treatment of CO-rich ... -
Investigation into the Synthesis, Structure and Dielectric Property of Lead-Free Double Perovskite Structured Materials
Lead based materials have shown to be important materials showing high piezoelectricity, colossal dielectric constant, ferroelectricity along with their good mechanical behaviour and resistance to corrosion. As a result, ... -
Spectrally selective tandem absorbers for photothermal conversion in high temperature solar thermal systems
Solar energy is the inexhaustible and abundant energy resources on the earth which can be a best substitute for the fossil fuels. Over the past couple of decades, all the solar technologies are rising very steadily in two ... -
Synthesis and development of multifunctional carbonaceous nanostructures for magnetic, optical and catalytic applications
Owing to the ease of functionalization, low synthesis-cost and polymorphism, carbonaceous nanostructures such as carbon globules, nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene sheets emerged technologically as one of the most important ... -
Optimization of Li Storage in Graphitic Materials through Tuning of Electronic Structures
In the current scenario of global warming, pollution and the very limited resources of fossil fuels, Li ion batteries show great promises to fulfil the energy demand of modern civilization without harming the environment. ... -
Functional Oxides for Oxygen Scavenging Applications
The aim of this experimental study is to develop oxide-based materials for oxygen enrichment/separation from air through pressure/temperature swing sorption. Production of commercial oxygen is conventionally achieved ... -
Investigation of 1D nanostructures and heterostructures using electron microscopy
Inorganic colloidal nanocrystals are extensively used in various fields such as electronics, sensing, photonics, thermoelectrics and catalysis. The intriguing properties of these colloidal nanocrystals can be attributed ... -
Ab-initio Modeling and Designing of Materials for Thermoelectrics, Optoelectronics and High Temperature Applications
Designing a material for a particular application requires an atomistic understanding of its properties. Recent development in first principles methods and supercomputing speeds has enabled researchers to compute materials ... -
Nonpolar III-Nitrides Optoelectronic Devices by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
III-Nitrides are excellent semiconductors very much suitable for modern electronic and optoelectronic applications specifically in the fields of solid-state lighting, solar cells, high power/frequency electronics and ... -
Structural and magnetic properties of Al-doped yttrium iron aluminum garnet and optical properties of Mn, Sr, Fe-doped ZnO prepared by solution combustion method
The structural and magnetic properties of Al substituted yttrium-iron garnet (Y3AlxFe5-xO12, x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8) ceramic powders synthesized using solution combustion method ... -
Understanding the influence of electric field and dual doping on cytocompatibility of calcium phosphate bioceramics: Experimental and computational study
Although doped bioceramics have been widely investigated for biomedical applications, the co-doped bioceramics remain mostly unexplored for bone regeneration and dental applications. Given this background, we have successfully ... -
Wide Band Gap Oxides as the Probes for Optical Based Sensing Applications
Temperature is a very critical and widely measured variable by both researchers and engineers. In this regard, most of the available temperature sensors are based on contact mode of operation. In this consideration, the ... -
Addressing the Challenges in Designing of Efficient Thermoelectric Materials
Thermoelectric materials offer applications in conversion of waste heat to useful electrical energy and are promising sources of renewable energy. To use a material efficiently in thermoelectric application it is necessary ... -
Transition metal phosphide nanostructures encapsulated in N,P co doped nanotubes for water splitting in wide pH range
In order to make clean and sustainable energy conversion, systems primarily requires the development of highly efficient and robust catalysts. One of the main challenges for designing the catalysts is to minimize the cost ... -
Methylammonium Lead Iodide thin lms grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition for Photodetector Applications
This thesis studies the fabrication and characterization of Methylammonium Lead Iodide perovskite thin films for photodetector applications. Unlike, any other perovskite halide material, Methylammonium Lead Iodide perovskite ...