Publications

Recent publications

 

Investigating the origin of dielectric responses in semiconductor devices using equilibrium photocapacitance measurements; Muhammad Raees A., Greeshma L .S, Anjana K.N, Manoj A.G Namboothiry; Physical Review B 112, 245203 (2025)

Synergistic film optimization and interfacial modification to boost the performance of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells; Prithwish Kumar Bhunia, Akhil Alexander, Alvin Joseph, Manoj A. G. Namboothiry; J. Mater. Chem. C, 2025

Mitigation of Illumination Sensitive Dark Current in Broadband Organic Photodiode Enabled by Robust Interface Engineering; Alvin Joseph,  Anitha B. Pillai,  Muthukrishnan Sundaram,  Birabar Ranjit Kumar Nanda,  Manoj A. G. Namboothiry; Adv. Energy Mater. 2025, 2500748.

Metal Nanoclusters for Interface Engineering and Improved Photovoltaic Performance in Organic Solar Cells; Yousuf Alishan, Alvin Joseph, Anitha B. Pillai, Ravari Kandy Aparna, Ranjini Sarkar, Sudip Chakraborty, Sukhendu Mandal, Manoj A. G. Namboothiry; ACS Nano 2024, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX

Origin of Anomalous Transient Photocurrent in Solution-Processed WS2 Nanosheet-Based Self-Powered Photodetectors; Vijith K Pulikodan, Muhammed Raees A, Akhil Alexander, Anjana Krishnakumar Nalledath, Manoj A G Namboothiry; ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2024, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX

Enhancing the Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells through Defect Passivation and Controlled Crystal Growth Using Allantoin; Akhil Alexander, Vishnupriya P Kamalon, Vivek V Dev, Muhammed Raees A, Sidharth Reghunathan, Pradeep R Nair, Manoj A G Namboothiry; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 50, 58406–58415

Controlling Lead Halide Residue in Perovskite Solar Cells: A Method to Improve the Photostability and Hysteresis; Nikhil Kalasariya, Akhil Alexander, Prithwish Kumar Bhunia, Emilio Gutierrez-Partida, Roshni Benny, Martin Stolterfoht, Manoj A. G. Namboothiry; Sol. RRL, 8: 2300788 (2023)

Hydrophobic poly-TPD modified PEDOT PSS surface for improved and stable photovoltaic performance of MAPbI3 based p-i-n perovskite solar cells films as a model system; Akhil Alexander, Anitha B. Pillai, Vijith K. Pulikodan, Alvin Joseph, Muhammed Raees A, and Manoj A. G. Namboothiry; Journal of Applied Physics 134, 085002 (2023)

List of publications

  1. A. Joseph, A. B. Pillai, and M. A. G. Namboothiry, “Synergistic Reduction of Localized Trap States and Dark Current in Organic SWIR Photodetectors Enabled by a Ternary Approach.” Small (2026): e73959. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.73959
  2. Muhammad Raees A., Greeshma L .S, Anjana K.N, Manoj A.G Namboothiry; Investigating the origin of dielectric responses in semiconductor devices using equilibrium photocapacitance measurements; Physical Review B 112, 245203 (2025)
  3. Prithwish Kumar Bhunia, Akhil Alexander, Alvin Joseph, Manoj A. G. Namboothiry; Synergistic film optimization and interfacial modification to boost the performance of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells; J. Mater. Chem. C, 2025
  4. Alvin Joseph,  Anitha B. Pillai,  Muthukrishnan Sundaram,  Birabar Ranjit Kumar Nanda,  Manoj A. G. Namboothiry;
    Mitigation of Illumination Sensitive Dark Current in Broadband Organic Photodiode Enabled by Robust Interface Engineering; Adv. Energy Mater. 2025, 2500748.
  5. Yousuf Alishan, Alvin Joseph, Anitha B. Pillai, Ravari Kandy Aparna, Ranjini Sarkar, Sudip Chakraborty, Sukhendu Mandal, Manoj A. G. Namboothiry; Metal Nanoclusters for Interface Engineering and Improved Photovoltaic Performance in Organic Solar Cells; ACS Nano 2024, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX
  6. Vijith K Pulikodan, Muhammed Raees A, Akhil Alexander, Anjana Krishnakumar Nalledath, Manoj A G Namboothiry; Origin of Anomalous Transient Photocurrent in Solution-Processed WS2 Nanosheet-Based Self-Powered Photodetectors; ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2024, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX
  7. Akhil Alexander, Vishnupriya P Kamalon, Vivek V Dev, Muhammed Raees A, Sidharth Reghunathan, Pradeep R Nair, Manoj A G Namboothiry; Enhancing the Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells through Defect Passivation and Controlled Crystal Growth Using Allantoin; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 50, 58406–58415
  8. Nikhil Kalasariya, Akhil Alexander, Prithwish Kumar Bhunia, Emilio Gutierrez-Partida, Roshni Benny, Martin Stolterfoht, Manoj A. G. Namboothiry; Controlling Lead Halide Residue in Perovskite Solar Cells: A Method to Improve the Photostability and Hysteresis; Sol. RRL, 8: 2300788 (2023)
  9. Akhil Alexander, Anitha B. Pillai, Vijith K. Pulikodan, Alvin Joseph, Muhammed Raees A, and Manoj A. G. Namboothiry; Hydrophobic poly-TPD modified PEDOT PSS surface for improved and stable photovoltaic performance of MAPbI3 based p-i-n perovskite solar cells films as a model system; Journal of Applied Physics 134, 085002 (2023)
  10. Muhammed Raees A, Akhil Alexander, Anitha B. Pillai, Vijith K. Pulikodan, Alvin Joseph, and Manoj A. G. Namboothiry; Sequential photoluminescence measurements to explore electron-trapping dynamics in slow photoresponse materials: Zinc oxide thin films as a model system; Phys. Rev. Applied 19, 064034 (2023)
  11. Albert Mathew, Vijith K P, Manoj A G Namboothiry; Understanding bulk photovoltaic effect in type-II Weyl semimetal Td-WTe2 using polarization dependent photocurrent measurement; Appl. Phys. Lett. 121, 233102, 2022
  12. Alvin Joseph, Anitha B Pillai, Vijith K Pulikodan, Akhil Alexander, Raees Muhammed, Manoj AG Namboothiry, Solution-Processed Self-Powered Panchromatic Organic Photodiode and Its Application in Biomedical Devices, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2022, 4, 4, 1567-1575
  13. Akhil Alexander, Varun Srivastava, Poovannan Ravichandran, KP Vijith, B Anitha, Alvin Joseph, Manoj AG Namboothiry, Acetylammonium chloride as an additive for crystallization control and defect passivation in MAPbI3 based perovskite solar cells  Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 55 265501, 2022
  14. V Srivastava, A Alexander, B Anitha, MAG Namboothiry, Impedance spectroscopy study of defect/ion mediated electric field and its effect on the photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells based on different active layers
    Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 237, 111548
  15. Vijith K Pulikodan, Raees Muhammed, Alvin Joseph, Akhil Alexander, B Anitha, Manoj AG Namboothiry, Flexible thin-film photodetectors based on solution-processed molybdenum disulphide nanosheets
    Journal of Materials Research, 1-10
  16. R Raveendran, MAG Namboothiry Bias Stress Stability and Hysteresis in Elastomeric Dielectric Based Solution Processed OFETs
    Materials Research Bulletin 146, 111596
  17. B Anitha, A Joseph, A Alexander, KP Vijith, S Varun, MAG Namboothiry Charge carrier dynamics and photovoltaic properties of near-infrared absorbing squaraine incorporated solution-processed additive-free PTB7: PCBM based ternary solar cells
    Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 55 (12), 125301
  18. B Anitha, KP Vijith, A Alexander, V Srivastava, MAG Namboothiry Understanding the poor fill factor of solution-processed squaraine based solar cells in terms of charge carrier dynamics probed via impedance and transient spectroscopy
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 8 (42), 14748-14756
  19. Pulikodan, V.K., et al., Photoresponse of Solution-Processed Molybdenum Disulfide Nanosheet-Based Photodetectors. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020. 3(10): p. 10057-10066.
  20. Raveendran, R., M. Nagaraj, and M.A.G. Namboothiry, High-Performance, Transparent Solution-Processed Organic Field-Effect Transistor with Low-k Elastomeric Gate Dielectric and Liquid Crystalline Semiconductor: Promises and Challenges. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2020. 2(10): p. 3336-3345.
  21. Somashekharappa, G.M., et al., Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dye-Based Organic Photodetector Exhibiting Enhanced Near-Infrared Sensitivity. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020. 124(39): p. 21730-21739.
  22. Jose, E., et al., Room temperature deposition of high figure of merit p-type transparent conducting Cu–Zn–S thin films and their application in organic solar cells as an efficient hole transport layer. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020. 829: p. 154507.
  23. Mohan, M., R. Sekar, and M.A.G. Namboothiry, Understanding the effects of shape, material and location of incorporation of metal nanoparticles on the performance of plasmonic organic solar cells. RSC Advances, 2020. 10(44): p. 26126-26132.
  24. Anitha, B., A. Alexander, and M.A.G. Namboothiry, Photovoltaic performance of solution-processed ternary solar cells based on PTB7: PCBM and squaraine dye. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2019. 2162(1): p. 020121.
  25. Vijith, K.P. and M.A.G. Namboothiry, Effect of oxygen incorporation in the photoconductivity of two-dimensional MoS2. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2019. 2162(1): p. 020119.
  26. Srivastava, V., et al., Study on the defect density of states in light soaking effect enhanced performance of perovskite solar cells. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2019. 52(26): p. 265302.
  27. Srivastava, V., et al., A comparative study of defect density of states for single, mixed and bulk heterojunction perovskite solar cells. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2019. 2082(1): p. 050013.
  28. Raveendran, R. and M.A.G. Namboothiry, Influence of gate dielectrics, channel length and atmospheric conditions on the performance of organic field effect transistors. AIP Conference Proceedings, 2019. 2082(1): p. 070005.
  29. Ghosh, S., et al., Charge Carrier Polarity Modulation in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Low Band Gap Semiconductors by Terminal Functionalization. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019. 11(1): p. 1088-1095.
  30. Raveendran, R. and M.A.G. Namboothiry, Surface-Treated Poly(dimethylsiloxane) as a Gate Dielectric in Solution-Processed Organic Field-Effect Transistors. ACS Omega, 2018. 3(9): p. 11278-11285.
  31. Mohan, M. and M.A.G. Namboothiry, Effect of cathode interface thickness on the photovoltaic parameters of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells. Materials Research Express, 2018. 5(11): p. 116203.
  32. Mohan, M., S. Ramkumar, and M.A.G. Namboothiry, Plasmon enhanced power conversion efficiency in inverted bulk heterojunction organic solar cell. SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics. Vol. 10363. 2017: SPIE.
  33. Mohan, M., et al., Efficient Organic Photovoltaics with Improved Charge Extraction and High Short-Circuit Current. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017. 121(10): p. 5523-5530.
  34. Ganga, B.G., et al., Photovoltaic properties of low temperature solution processed earth abundant CuO nanocrystal-based hybrid solar cells. physica status solidi (a), 2017. 214(1): p. 1600671.
  35. Pradeep, C., et al., Performance of polymer/CdS organic-inorganic hybrid LEDs. Optoelectronics Letters, 2016. 12(2): p. 110-114.
  36. Krishnan, B.P., et al., Semiconducting Fabrics by In Situ Topochemical Synthesis of Polydiacetylene: A New Dimension to the Use of Organogels. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016. 55(7): p. 2345-2349.
  37. Varma, P.C.R. and M.A.G. Namboothiry, Squaraine based solution processed inverted bulk heterojunction solar cells processed in air. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2016. 18(5): p. 3438-3443.
  38. Pradeep, C., et al., Study on cadmium sulphide nanoparticles on blue and green light emitting polymers. SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics. Vol. 9566. 2015: SPIE.
  39. Pradeep, C., et al., Enhanced brightness from all solution processable biopolymer LED. SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering. Vol. 9557. 2015: SPIE.
  40. Aneesh, P.M., et al., Enhancement in Photovoltaic Properties of Plasmonic Nanostructures Incorporated Organic Solar Cells Processed in Air Using P3HT:PCBM as a Model Active Layer. Organic Photonics and Photovoltaics, 2015(1).
  41. Chandran, P., et al. Effect of gold nanoparticles doped PEDOT:PSS in polymer light emitting diodes. in 12th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics. 2014. Kharagpur: Optical Society of America.
  42. Agarwal, S., et al., On the Uniqueness of Ideality Factor and Voltage Exponent of Perovskite-Based Solar Cells. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2014. 5(23): p. 4115-4121.
  43. Seetharaman S, M., et al., Efficient organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells processed in air. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014. 16(45): p. 24691-24696.
  44. Khandelwal, P.C., et al., Fabrication of a novel biomaterial with enhanced mechanical and conducting properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2014. 2(42): p. 7327-7333.
  45. Suresh, A., G. Krishnakumar, and M.A.G. Namboothiry, Filament theory based WORM memory devices using aluminum/poly(9-vinylcarbazole)/aluminum structures. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014. 16(26): p. 13074-13077.
  46. Auragudom, P., et al., Defect-free Poly(9,9-bis(2-ethylhexyl)fluorene-2,7-vinylene) for Polymer Light-Emitting Diode (PLED) Devices. Journal of Polymer Research, 2010. 17(3): p. 347-353.
  47. Carlisle, C.R., et al., The mechanical properties of individual, electrospun fibrinogen fibers. Biomaterials, 2009. 30(6): p. 1205-1213.
  48. Carroll, D.L., et al., Response to “Comment on ‘Roles of donor and acceptor nanodomains in 6% efficient thermally annealed polymer photovoltaics’” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 163511 (2007)]. Applied Physics Letters, 2008. 92(7): p. 076102.
  49. Ravichandran, J., et al., A novel polymer nanotube composite for photovoltaic packaging applications. Nanotechnology, 2008. 19(8): p. 085712.
  50. Carroll, D.L., et al., Response to “Comment on ‘Roles of donor and acceptor nanodomains in 6% efficient thermally annealed polymer photovoltaics’ [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 266101 (2007)]”. Applied Physics Letters, 2007. 91(26): p. 266102.
  51. Vieira, S.M.C., et al., Use of nanocomposites to increase electrical “gain” in chemical sensors. Applied Physics Letters, 2007. 91(20): p. 203111.
  52. Namboothiry, M.A.G., et al., Electrochromic properties of conducting polymer metal nanoparticles composites. Synthetic Metals, 2007. 157(13): p. 580-584.
  53. Kim, K., et al., Roles of donor and acceptor nanodomains in 6% efficient thermally annealed polymer photovoltaics. Applied Physics Letters, 2007. 90(16): p. 163511.
  54. Werner, B.C., et al., Chitosan embedded silver nanoparticles developed to noninvasively measure tissue pressure. The FASEB Journal, 2007. 21(5): p. A267-A267.
  55. Liu, J., M.A.G. Namboothiry, and D.L. Carroll, Optical geometries for fiber-based organic photovoltaics. Applied Physics Letters, 2007. 90(13): p. 133515.
  56. Liu, J., M.A.G. Namboothiry, and D.L. Carroll, Fiber-based architectures for organic photovoltaics. Applied Physics Letters, 2007. 90(6): p. 063501.
  57. Emery, K.A., Comment on “Roles of donor and acceptor nanodomains in 6% efficient thermally annealed polymer photovoltaics” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 163511 (2007)]. Applied Physics Letters, 2007. 91(26): p. 266101.
  58. Admassie, S., et al., A polymer photodiode using vapour-phase polymerized PEDOT as an anode. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2006. 90(2): p. 133-141.
  59. Manoj, A.G. and K.S. Narayan, Opto-electrical processes in a conducting polymer–bacteriorhodopsin system. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2004. 19(9): p. 1067-1074.
  60. Basavaraj, V.K., A.G. Manoj, and K.S. Narayan Solution processing of active semiconducting polymers and conducting polymer anodes for fabricating photodetectors. IEE Proceedings – Circuits, Devices and Systems, 2003. 150, 552-555.
  61. Manoj, A.G. and K.S. Narayan, Voltage-controlled spectral tuning of photoelectric signals in a conducting polymer-bacteriorhodopsin device. Applied Physics Letters, 2003. 83(17): p. 3614-3616.
  62. Manoj, A.G., A.A. Alagiriswamy, and K.S. Narayan, Photogenerated charge carrier transport in p-polymer n-polymer bilayer structures. Journal of Applied Physics, 2003. 94(6): p. 4088-4095.
  63. Manoj, A.G. and K.S. Narayan, Photovoltaic properties of polymer p–n junctions made with P3OT/BBL bilayers. Optical Materials, 2003. 21(1): p. 417-420.
  64. Narayan, K.S., et al., Novel strategies for polymer based light sensors. Thin Solid Films, 2002. 417(1): p. 75-77.
  65. Manoj, A.G., et al., Photophysics of PPV derivatives with varying conjugation lengths. Synthetic Metals, 1999. 101(1): p. 255-256.
  66. Narayan, K.S., et al., Dual function hybrid polymer-nanoparticle devices. Applied Physics Letters, 1999. 74(6): p. 871-873.
  67. Narayan, K.S., et al., Optical and Electronic Properties of Conjugated Polymer -Nanocluster Semiconductor Hybrid Systems. MRS Proceedings, 1998. 519: p. 265.