Dr. Sanjay R. Dhage

1. Chemical co-precipitation of mixed (Pb+Ti) oxalates precursor for the synthesis of PbTiO3 powder, S. R. Dhage, Y. B. Khollam, H. S. Potdar, S. B. Deshpande, B. D. Sarwade, and S. K. Date, Materials Letters 56 (2002) 564–570 (https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-577X(02)00553-0)IF: 3.57
2. Microwave hydrothermal preparation of submicron-sized spherical magnetite (Fe3O4) powders, Y.B. Khollam, S.R. Dhage, H.S. Potdar, S.B. Deshpande, P.P. Bakare, S.D. Kulkarni, and S.K. Date, Materials Letters 56 (2002) 571– 577 (https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-577X(02)00554-2)IF: 3.57
3. Effect of variation of molar ratio (pH) on the crystallization of iron oxide phases in microwave hydrothermal synthesis, S. R. Dhage, Y. B.Khollam H. S.Potdar, S. B.Deshpande, P. P.Bakare, S. R.Sainkar, and S. K. Date, Materials Letters 57 (2002) 457– 462 (https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-577X(02)00811-X)IF: 3.57
4. Influence of lanthanum on the nonlinear I-V characteristics of SnO2: Co, Nb, S. R. Dhage, V. Ravi and S.K. Date Materials Letters 57 (2002) 727– 729, (https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-577X(02)00861-3)IF: 3.57
5. Influence of various donors on nonlinear I-V characteristics of tin dioxide ceramics, S. R. Dhage and V. Ravi, Applied Physics Letters 83 (22) (2003) 4539-4541(https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1631390) IF: 3.97
6. Preparation of microwave dielectric, Sn0.2Zr0.8TiO4, S. R. Dhage, V. Ravi and S.K. Date, Bulletin of Materials Science 26 (2) (2003) 215–216 (https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02707793) IF: 1.88
7. Varistors based on doped SnO2, S. R. Dhage, Violet Samuel and V. Ravi, Journal of Electroceramics, 11, 81–87, 2003 (https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JECR.0000015664.21909.1e) IF: 1.81
8. Co-precipitation technique for the preparation of nanocrystalline ferroelectric SrBi2Ta2O9, S. R. Dhage, Y. B. Khollam, S. B. Deshpande and V. Ravi, Materials Research Bulletin 38 (2003) 1601–1605, (https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-5408(03)00184-3)IF: 5.60
9. Synthesis of ultrafine TiO2 by citrate gel method, S. R. Dhage, Renu Pasricha and V. Ravi, Materials Research Bulletin 38 (2003) 1623–1628 (https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-5408(03)00180-6)IF: 5.60
10. Nonlinear I-V characteristics study of doped SnO2, S. R. Dhage and V. Ravi and S.K. Date, Bulletin of Materials Science 27 (1) (2004) 43–45 (https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02708483) IF: 1.88
11. Synthesis of nanocrystalline SnO2 powder at 100°C, S.R. Dhage, S.P. Gaikwad, Violet Samuel and V. Ravi, Bulletin of Materials Science 27 (3) (2004) 221–222 (https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02708509) IF: 1.88
12. Synthesis of nanocrystalline TiO2 by tartarate gel method, S.R. Dhage, S.P. Gaikwad and V.Ravi, Bulletin of Materials Science 27 (6) (2004) 487–489 (https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02707273) IF: 1.88
13. Synthesis of Ce0.75Zr0.25O2 at 100 °C, S.R. Dhage, S.P. Gaikwad, P. Muthukumar and V. Ravi, Ceramics International 31 (2005) 211–213 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2004.04.009) IF: 5.53
14. Synthesis of nanocrystalline TiO2 at 100 °C, S. R. Dhage, Vandana D. Choube, Violet Samuel and V. Ravi, Materials Letters 58 (2004) 2310– 2313 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2004.02.021) IF: 3.57
15. Synthesis of mesoporous rutile TiO2, Violet Samuel, P. Muthukumar S.P. Gaikwad, S.R. Dhage, and V. Ravi, Materials Letters 58 (2004) 2514– 2516 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2004.02.040) IF: 3.57
16. Synthesis of Ce0.75Zr0.25O2 by citrate gel method, S.R. Dhage, S.P. Gaikwad, P. Muthukumar and V. Ravi, Materials Letters 58 (2004) 2704– 2706 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2004.03.037) IF: 3.57
17. Synthesis of bismuth titanate by citrate method, S.R. Dhage, Y.B. Khollam, S.B. Dhespande, H.S. Potdar and V. Ravi, Materials Research Bulletin 39 (2004) 1993–1998     (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2004.07.014) IF: 1.88
18. Nonlinear I–V characteristics of doped SnO2, S.R. Dhage, Vandana Choube, V. Ravi, Materials Science and Engineering B 110 (2004) 168–171 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2004.02.003) IF: 3.40
19. Co-precipitation method for the preparation of nanocrystalline ferroelectric SrBi2Nb2O9 ceramics, S.P. Gaikwad, S.R. Dhage, H.S. Potdar,V. Samuel and V. Ravi, Journal of Electroceramics 14 (2005) 83–87 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-005-6588-y) IF: 1.81
20. Co-precipitation method for the preparation of ferroelectric CaBi4Ti4O15, S.P. Gaikwad, S.R. Dhage and V. Ravi, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 16 (2005) 229– 231 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-005-0773-2) IF: 2.78
21. Synthesis of Sr0.5Ba0.5Nb2O6 by urea method, S.R. Dhage, Renu Pasricha and V. Ravi, Materials Letters 59 (2005) 1053–1055 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2004.12.003) IF: 3.57
22. Preparation of ferroelectric BaNb2O6 by the urea method, S.R. Dhage, R. Pasricha and V. Ravi, Materials Letters 59 (2005) 1929– 1931 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2005.02.028) IF: 3.57
23. Magnetic properties of nanosized ferrite powders synthesized by microwave-hydrothermal method, Khollam, Y B ; Dhage, S R; Verma, S; Potdar, H S; Deshpande, S B; Joy, PA; Date, SK, Ninth International Conference on Ferrites (ICF-9) (2005) 143-148 (WOSUID: (WOS:000227460600023) 
24. Synthesis of bismuth oxide nanoparticles at 100 °C, M.M. Patil, V.V. Deshpande, S.R. Dhage and V.Ravi, Materials Letters 59 (2005) 2523 – 2525 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2005.03.037) IF: 3.57
25. Synthesis of bismuth titanate by the urea method, M. Anilkumar, S.R. Dhage and V. Ravi, Materials Letters 59 (2005) 514– 516 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2004.10.038) IF: 3.57
26. Synthesis of fine particles of ZnO at 100 °C, S.R. Dhage, Renu Pasricha and V. Ravi, Materials Letters 59 (2005) 779– 781 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2004.11.019) IF: 3.57, 
27. Studies on SnO2-ZrO2 solid solution, S. R. Dhage, Violet Samuel, Renu Pasricha and V. Ravi, Ceramics International 32 (2006) 939–941 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2005.06.012) IF: 5.53
28. A co-precipitation technique for the preparation of ferroelectric BaBi2Ta2O9, S.R. Dhage, R. Pasricha, A.V. Murugan and V. Ravi, Materials Chemistry and Physics 98 (2006) 344–346 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2005.09.036) IF: 4.78
29. Low voltage varistor ceramics based on SnO2, S.R. Dhage*, V. Ravi and O.B. Yang, Bulletin of Materials Science 30 (6) (2007) 583–586 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-007-0092-8) IF: 1.88
30. The influence of surfactant on ZnO Varistor, S.R. Dhage, S.C. Navale and V. Ravi, Ceramics International 33 (2007) 289–291 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2005.08.010) IF: 5.53
31. Varistor property of SnO2.CoO.Ta2O5 ceramic modified by barium and strontium, S.R. Dhage*, V. Ravi and O.B. Yang, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 466 (2008) 483–487 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2007.11.062) IF: 6.37
32. Intense pulsed light sintering of copper nanoink for printed electronic technique, H.S. Kim, S. R. Dhage, D.E. Shim and H. T. Hahn, Applied Physics A97 (2009) 791–798 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-009-5360-6) IF: 2.17
33. Low temperature fabrication of hexagon shaped h-MoO3 nanorods and its phase transformation, S.R. Dhage*, M. S. Hassan and O.B. Yang, Materials Chemistry and Physics 114 (2009) 511–514 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2008.10.076) IF: 4.78
34. Formation of SiC nanowhiskers by carbothermic reduction of silica with activated carbon, S.R. Dhage, H.C. Lee, M.S. Hassan. M.S. Akthar, C.Y. Kim, J. M. Sohn, H.S. Shin and O.B. Yang, Materials Letters 63 (2009) 174–176 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2008.09.056) IF: 3.57
35. Design of optimization of CIGS thin film solar cell using numerical and design of experimental approach, I. Seok, S. Dhage, H.S. Kim and H.T. Hahn, ASME 3rd international conference on Energy and sustainability, Energy Sustainability 48890 (2010) 999-1003 (https://doi.org/10.1115/ES2009-90412) 
36. A simulation study on the direct carbothermal reduction of SiO2 for Si metal, H.C. Lee, S. Dhage, M. S. Akhtar, D. H. Kwak, W. J. Lee, C.Y. Kim, O.B. Yang, Current Applied Physics 10 (2010) S218–S221 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cap.2009.11.053) IF: 2.86
37. Polypyrrole/silicon carbide nanocomposites with tunable electrical conductivity, P. Mavinakuli, S. Wei Q. Wang, A.B. Karki, S. Dhage, Z. Wang, D.P. Young, Z. Guo, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 (2010) 3874–3882 (https://doi.org/10.1021/jp911766y) IF: 4.18
38. Rapid treatment of CIGS particles by intense pulsed light, S.R. Dhage* and H. Thomas Hahn, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 71(2010) 1480-1483 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2010.07.016) IF: 4.39
39. Nanocomposites for power laminates, Kim, H.S., Lee, Y.M., Dhage, S., Kang, J.S., Hahn, H.T., Proceeding of 17th International Conferences on Composite Materials (ICCM-17) (EID: 2-s2.0-85076870538)
40. CIGS Thin Film Preparation from CIG Metallic Alloy and Se Nanoparticles by Intense Pulsed Light Technique, S.R. Dhage*, Hak-Sung Kim and H. Thomas Hahn, Journal of Electronic Materials 40 (2) (2011) 122-126 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-010-1431-x) IF: 2.05
41. An overview of solar photovoltaic technologies, Sanjay R. Dhage, IRSAPS Bulletin 2011, Vol. 1, Issue 1 pp 17-25
42. Morphological variations in CdS nanocrystals without phase transformation, S.R. Dhage*, H.A. Colorado and H. Thomas Hahn, Nanoscale Research Letters 6 (2011) 420 (https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-6-420) IF: 5.41
43. Thermo chemical stability of CdS nanoparticles under intense pulsed light irradiation and high temperature condition, H.A. Colorado, S.R. Dhage, and H. Thomas Hahn, Materials Science and Engineering B 176 (2011) 1161-1168 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2011.06.003) IF: 3.40
44. Photoluminescence properties of thermally stable highly crystalline CdS nanoparticles, S.R. Dhage*, H.A. Colorado and H. Thomas Hahn, Materials Research 15(6) (2012) 1-4 (https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-14392013005000020) IF: 1.55
45. Intense pulsed light sintering technique for nanomaterials, H.A. Colorado, S.R. Dhage, J.M. Yang and H. Thomas Hahn, TMS annual meeting 1 (2012) 577-584 (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118356074.ch74
46. Fabrication of CIGS thin film absorber by laser treatment of pre-deposited nano-ink precursor layer, Sanjay R. Dhage*, ManishTak, ShrikantV.Joshi, Materials Letters 58 (2014) 2310– 2313 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.07.107) IF: 3.57
47. CIGS absorber layer by single-step non-vacuum intense pulsed light treatment of inkjet-printed film, Sanjay R. Dhage*, P.S. Chandrasekhar, S.B. Chandrasekhar and Shrikant V. Joshi, Proceedings of 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (2014) 1607-1610 (https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925227) 
48. Process parameter impact on properties of sputtered large-area Mo bilayers for CIGS thin film solar cell applications, Amol C. Badgujar, Sanjay R. Dhage*, Shrikant V. Joshi, Thin Solid Films 589 (2015) 79–84 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2015.04.046) IF: 2.36
49. Non-vacuum route for CIGS thin film absorber on flexible glass substrates, Amol C. Badgujar, K. Madhuri, Sean Garner, Sanjay R. Dhage* and Shrikant V. Joshi, Proceedings of 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (2015) (https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356105)
50. Pulsed nanosecond laser scribing of bilayer Molybdenum back contact for CIGS thin film solar cell application, Amol C. Badgujar and Sanjay R Dhage, International Conference on Application of lasers in Manufacturing (CALM 2015) pp. 64-65
51. Effect of various surface treatments on adhesion strength of magnetron sputtered bi-layer molybdenum thin films on soda lime glass substrate, B. S. Yadav, Amol C. Badgujar and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Solar Energy 157 (2017) 507-513 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2017.08.068) IF: 7.19
52. Chalcopyrite CIGS absorber layer by inkjet printing for photovoltaic application, B. S. Yadav, Suhash R. Dey and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Materials Today Proceedings 4(14) (2017) 12480-12483 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.10.047)
53. CdS buffer layer by CBD on 300 mm x 300 mm glass for CIGS solar cell application, P. Uday Bhaskar and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Materials Today Proceedings 4(14) (2017) 12525-12528 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.10.055)
54. Sonochemical synthesis of CuIn0.7Ga0.3Se2 nanoparticles for thin film absorber application, Amol C. Badgujar, R. O. Dusane and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 81 (2018) 17-21 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2018.03.001) IF: 4.65
55. Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film absorber layer by flash light post-treatment, Amol C. Badgujar, R. O. Dusane and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Vacuum 153 (2018) 191-194 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2018.04.021) IF: 4.11
56. Molybdenum bilayer thin film on large area by cylindrical rotating DC magnetron sputtering for CIGS solar cell application, Amol C. Badgujar, Brijesh singh Yadav, Suhash R Dey, Rajiv O. Dusane and Sanjay R. Dhage* Proceedings of 35th EUPVSEC 2018 (https://doi.org/10.4229/35thEUPVSEC20182018-3BV.2.9)
57. Process parameter impact on selective laser ablation of bilayer Molybdenum thin films for CIGS solar cell applications, Amol C. Badgujar, Shrikant V. Joshi and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Materials Focus 7(4) (2018) 556-562 (https://doi.org/10.1166/mat.2018.1540)
58. Transparent conducting Al:ZnO thin film on large area by efficient cylindrical rotating DC magnetron sputtering, Sanjay R. Dhage* and Amol C. Badgujar, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 763 (2018) 504–511 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.05.234) IF: 6.37
59. Effective ink jet printing of aqueous ink for Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin film absorber for solar cell application, B. S. Yadav, Suhash R. Dey and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Solar Energy 179 (2019) 363-370 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.01.003) IF: 7.19
60. Role of Selenium content in selenization of inkjet printed CIGSe2 thin film solar cell, B. S. Yadav, Suhash R. Dey and Sanjay R. Dhage*, AIP Conference Proceedings 2082 (2019) 50001 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5093861)
61. Pulsed laser annealing of spray casted Cu(In,Ga)Se2 nanocrystal thin films for solar cell application, Amol C. Badgujar, R. O. Dusane and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Solar Energy 199 (2020) 47-54 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.02.023) IF: 7.19
62. Microstructural investigation of inkjet printed Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cell with improved efficiency, B. S. Yadav, K. Suresh, Suhash R. Dey and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Journal of alloys and Compounds 827 (2020) 154395 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154295) IF: 6.37
63. Effect of annealing time and heat flux on solvothermal synthesis of CIGS nanoparticles, K. Madhuri, P.K. Kannan, Sushmita Chaudhari, Sanjay R. Dhage and Suhash R. Dey, Materials Today: Proceedings 21(4) (2020) 1882-1887 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.01.245)
64. Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells produced by atmospheric selenization of spray casted nanocrystalline layers, Amol C. Badgujar, R. O. Dusane and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Solar Energy 209 (2020) 1-10 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.08.080) IF: 7.19
65. Investigation on effect of precursor pre-heat treatment on CIGS formation using spin coated CIG precursor, K. Madhuri, P.K. Kannan, Brijesh Singh Yadav, Sushmita Chaudhari, Sanjay R. Dhage and Suhash R. Dey, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 32  (2021) 1521– 1527 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-04921-3) IF: 2.78
66. 12.95% efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells by single step atmospheric selenization, scaled to monolithically integrated modules, Sanjay R. Dhage*, Brijesh Singh Yadav, Golu Kumar Jha and Amol C. Badgujar, ACS Applied Energy Materials 4, 1 (2021)286-294 (https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c02254)  IF: 6.96
67. Inkjet printed CuInXGa(1-X) Se2 thin film by controlled selenium distribution for improved power conversion efficiency in chalcopyrite solar cells,B. S. Yadav, Suhash R. Dey and Sanjay R. Dhage*, Applied Surface Science Advances 6 (2021) 100144 (http://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-04921-3) IF: 6.10
68. Solution-processed CIGS thin film solar cell by controlled selenization process, Amol C Badgujar, Rajiv O Dusane, Sanjay R Dhage, Materials Today: Proceedings 52 (2022) 829-833 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.10.215)
69. Room temperature sputtered Al doped ZnO thin film transparent electrode for application in solar cells and low bandgap optoelectronic devices, Amol C. Badgujar, Brijesh Singh Yadav, Golu Kumar Jha, Sanjay R. Dhage*, ACS Omega 7 (2022) 14203-14210 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c00830) IF: 4.53
70. Enhanced photocatalysis and photodetection using highly crystalline CZTS thin films optimized using stabilizers, Ravi Mudike, Amarnath Bheemaraju, Tabish Rasheed, Neha Singh, Sanjay R. Dhage, Prasanna Doddakunche Shivaramu, Dinesh Rangappa, Ceramic International 48 (23) (2022) 35666-35675  (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.05.169) IF: 5.53 
71. Solution processed Nanostructured CdS thin films with improved optoelectronic properties, Ravi Mudike, Sanjay R. Dhage*, Prasanna D. Shivaramu, Dinesh Rangappa, Journal of ISAS 1 (4) (2023) 35-42 (DOI: 10.59143/isas.jisas.1.4.KDJF7931)
72. Structure-Property Relationship of Hydrogenated Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (HNBR) with Multi-Walled Nanotubes, G Rajesh, Ivaturi Srikanth, P.M. Asseref , Sanjay R. Dhage, Ch. Subramanyam, Proceeding of Physics(Accepted)
73. Impact of sodium ion concentration in solution processed CIGS thin film absorber for photovoltaic application,  K. Madhuri; P.K. Kannan; R Dhanabal; Sanjay R. Dhage; Suhash Ranjan Dey ES Energy and Environment (Accepted)
74. Solution Processed Controlled morphology of Al:ZnO hollow cylindrical structure for optoelectronic application, Pragyan Paramita Sahoo; Manaswi Pulijala; P. Syam Prasad; P.K. Jain; Sanjay R Dhage, Nano and Microstructurs (Under Review)
75. Influence of ambient-degraded MXene on rheological and tribological behaviour of synthetic multigrade oil, Nowduru Ravikiran, Swati Singh; Phani Chalapaka; Sanjay R. Dhage; Pawan Kumar Jain, Tribology and Interfaces (Accepted)

1. Chapter: Sustainable photovoltaics, Ginley D.,…..Dhage S. et al in Ginley D., Chattopadhyay K. (eds) Volume 39, Pages 25-85, Springer Cham (2020) ISBN 978-3-030-33183-2, Online ISBN 978-3-030-33184-9 (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33184-9_2)
2. Chapter: Nano-inks based on metal oxides for electronic industries in book entitled ‘smart multifunctional Nano-Inks: Fundamental and Emerging Applications’, Brijesh Singh Yadav, Amol C. Badgujar and Sanjay R. Dhage* in R. Gupta and T. A. Nguyen (Eds.) (2023) Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-323-91145-0 (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91145-0.00005-0)
3. Chapter: All nanosecond scribing for monolithic integration of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar module in book entitled ‘Recent advances in materials and manufacturing technology’ Amol C. Badgujar Bhushan Nadwalkar and Sanjay R. Dhage in R.K. Nayak, M.K. Pradhan, A. Mandal and J.P. Dawim (Eds.) (2023) Springer, ISBN 978-981-99-2920-7 (https://doi.org/10.10007/978-918-992921-4_81) 
4. Chapter: Thin film photovoltaics using Cu(InGa)Se2 nanomaterials Amol C. Badgujar, Brijesh Singh Yadav, R.O. Dusane and Sanjay R. Dhage* book entitled thin film nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Innovative Energy Applications, Editors: Sampat G. Deshmukh, Vipul Kheraj, Kailash J. Karande, Swanand G. Kulkarni, Bentham Science ISBN: 978-981-5256-09-3, 36-64 (2024) (DOI: 10.2174/9789815256086124010005)
5. Chapter: Aligned carbon nanotube thin film based high energy cathode emmiters, Balaji Padya, K. Santosh Kumar, N. Ravikiran, Sanjay Dhage, Pavi Meduri and P.K. Jain, book entitled thin film nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Innovative Energy Applications, Editors: Sampat G. Deshmukh, Vipul Kheraj, Kailash J. Karande, Swanand G. Kulkarni, Bentham Science, ISBN: 978-981-5256-09-3, 257-284 (2024) (DOI: 10.2174/9789815256086124010013)

1. Title: Improved method of manufacturing copper-indium gallium diselenide thin film by laser treatment Patent application: 2084/DEL/2012 date: 05/07/2012, Inventor: Sanjay R. Dhage, Manish Tak and Shrikant V. Joshi.
2. Title: Improved intercalation process via cryo treatment to produce enhanced quality exfoliated graphite (Application submitted, 2023) Inventors: Nowduru ravikiran, Balaji Padya, Sanjay Dhage, VVSS Shrikant and P.K. Jain, Application No. 202341067942
3. Title: Shear-driven synthesis of bulk graphene from natural graphite flakes, and uses thereof Nowduru Ravikiran, Sanjay R. Dhage, V.V.S.S Srikanth, P.K Jain, Application No. 202541114679
4. Title: Process of purification of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), Sanjay R. Dhage, Mary Suvarna Preethi Ambati, Karanam Teja, P.K. Jain, Narayanam Seshubabu, P Mohana Sundaram, Samala Bhanu Murthy, Ravi Prakash Gupta, Umish Srivastav. Application No. 202641024757

Major projects:

1. Establishment of pilot line and prototype development of CIGS thin film solar cells on glass and flexible substrate for DC power applications (In-house: 2011)
2. Scalable ink based CIGS. (PV-1: Thin film absorber material and processing, Consortium Project, SERIIUS-JCERDC, 2012-2017)
3. Nanoink based CIGS solar cells for building integrated PV (BIPV) application. Consortium Project (TRC:B6 part of â€˜Setting up technology research center (TRC) on alternative materials and system’ DST, 2016-2021)
4. High temperature sensor for structural health monitoring system (NML 2019-20).
5. Low temperature nanometric gold deposition on zerodur 3-D block for TMT edge sensor (TMT through Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), 2020-2022).
6. Fabrication of Cost Effective New Transparent Conductive Material by Inkjet printing for Touch Sensing Application (SERB, 2022-2025)
7. Development of high temperature flap seals and carbon bushes (CARS-DRDO, 2023-24)
8. Development of Carbon fiber from PAN precursor (In-house: 2022)
9. New application development of multiwall carbon nanotubes (IOCL, 2023-24)
10. Development of printable CIGS ink for flexible solar cell (ISRO-RESPOND, 2024-26)
11. Evaluation of Nano Carbon as Additive for Active Material and/or Coating Material to improve the charge acceptance for automotive application (Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. 2025-26)
12. Conductivity Tailored Scalable Gel-Li ion pouch cell battery with innovative functional carbon additives (CIFEFRA, 2025-2028)

Research and Technical Accomplishments:

• Development of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells by two step process, sputtering and atmospheric selenization; achieved 13% efficiency on lab scale devices.
• Translation of lab scale results to fabricate monolithically integrated prototype CIGS solar modules on large area by industrially scalable sputtering and selenization approach, successful demonstration of 100 cm2 module for mobile phone charging application.
• Non-vacuum based spray casted copper Indium/Gallium diselenide thin film solar cells: a low cost approach, achieved 6.7% power conversion efficiency on lab devices.
• Printable thin film solar cells: environmentally benign and low cost approach using inkjet printing of CIGS thin film, achieved power conversion efficiency up to 5.2% on lab scale devices.
• Implementation of Pulsed laser/Flash light annealing of thin films: economical and efficient process to obtain functional CIGS solar cell.
• Development of highly transparent (>85% in visible region) and conducting (sheet resistance - 5 ohm/sq) Al:ZnO thin film by DC magnetron sputtering on 30 cm2 area for top contact and for window application. 
• Room temperature sputtered Al:ZnO thin films with improved transmittance in infrared region for application in temperature sensitive and for low band gap optoelectronic devices.
• Highly conducting (sheet resistance – 0.25 ohm/sq) Molybdenum (Mo) thin films on large area (30 cm2) by magnetron sputtering for metal contact application. 
• Patterning of metal and oxide thin films by Laser and mechanical scribing.
• Development and demonstration of functional cadmium sulfide based Light dependent resistor (LDR) sensor device, CdS/AZO/Glass. 
• Development of inkjet printed high temperature sensor on flexible substrates for structural health monitoring system. 
• Inkjet printing of conductive ink patterns on flexible substrates for sensor application. 
• Development of high temperature carbon seals and bushes for sealing application.
• Modified intercalation process to produce high quality exfoliated graphite.
• Sustainable Large scale Processing of Bulk Graphene.