Biography
Dr. Ganapathy Veerappan has been a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Solar Energy Materials, ARCI, India, since April 2015. He holds a Ph.D. from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea (2012), and pursued postdoctoral research at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, until 2015. His work has earned prestigious accolades, including the DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award and the SERB Research Scientist Award. In 2018, he represented India at the BRICS Young Scientist Forum in Durban, South Africa. With over 18 years of experience, He specializes in the scalable synthesis of inorganic materials and their integration into optoelectronic and energy devices. His research interests encompass semiconductor materials, photovoltaics, conducting inks, and their applications in perovskite solar cells, electrolyzers for green hydrogen production, photodetectors, and redox flow batteries. He has led or contributed to seven sponsored research projects worth over ₹5 crores as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI. His translational research has contributed to technology transfers to industry, notably anti-reflective (AR) coating technology to Borosil Renewables, among others. He has filed five patents, including one internationally granted patent, published six book chapters, and authored 67 international peer-reviewed publications with an average impact factor above 7.0. His work has received over 2,581 citations and holds an h-index of 27. He is a sought-after resource person and invited speaker at national and international conferences and serves as an expert reviewer for several Indian and international research proposals. Additionally, he is a Board of Studies Member at reputed academic institutions in India.
Sponsored Projects:
1. Large area perovskite solar cells, 2015-2025, Department of Science and Technology (DST)- (TRC project)- (ongoing)
2. Flexible Large Area and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, 2020-22, SERB Research Scientist (SRS)- Completed [Principal Investigator]
3. Development of (perovskite) solar-powered autonomous road reflectors, 2018-21, Scheme for Young Scientist & Technologist (SYST)-Completed [Principal Investigator]
4. Perovskite sensitizers and nanostructured metal oxide for next-generation solar cells, 2015-20, Department of Science and Technology (DST)-Completed [Principal Investigator]
5. Atmospheric processing of large-area perovskite solar cells with >10% efficiency, 2016-19, Clean Energy Research Initiative (CERI)-Completed [As a Member]
6. Development of semi-transparent, 100mm x 100mm perovskite solar cell modules for functional windows in energy efficient buildings, 2015-2020, Department of Science and Technology (DST)- (TRC project)-Completed
7. Structural stability studies of Organometal halide perovskite photovoltaic films under harsh environment conditions using Synchrotron in-situ x ray diffraction, 2017, Photon Factory, KEK, Japan-Completed [As a Member]
Prototypes Developed
1. Perovskite solar module powered road reflector
2. 50mm X 50mm Perovskite Solar Module
3. 100mm x 100mm Carbon perovskite solar module
4. 50mm X 50mm Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Module
5. 1kW Indigenous alkaline Electrolyzer for H2 and O2 generation
Research Areas of Interest
Green hydrogen generation from Renewable Energy
Indigenous Alkaline Electrolyzer and Redox flow battery
Development of Opto-electronic materials and devices (Perovskites, Quantum dots and Wide band-gap semiconductors; Solar cells, Organic thin film transistors and LEDs).
Organic-Inorganic perovskites for photodetector applications
Si/Perovskite tandem solar cells and PERC silicon solar cells.
Low-cost and Large-scale Conducting ink development
Highest Qualification
List of Publications
1. Kumar Swamy Reddy, Ganapathy. V, S. Badhulika, P. H. Borse, Self-Powered Photodetctors based on Cu2SnS3/TiO2 Nanorod Heterojunctions, ACS Applied Nano Materials (2025), 8, 3825-3838 (IF: 5.3)
2. Kumar Swamy Reddy, Aswin Kumar, R. Akash, S. Badhulika, E. Ramasamy, Ganapathy. V*, P. H. Borse, Ambient processed highly stable self-powered photodetector lead-free Cs2AgBiBr6 double perovskite photodetector in HTM-free architecture with carbon as electrode, Solar Energy (2024), 283, 112989 (IF: 7.1)
3. Ramya Krishna, Bhyrappa.P, Sudakar. C, Ganapathy. V, Easwaramoorthi. R, Performance-stability correlation in MAPbI3 based perovskite solar cells developed using ink derived from single crystals, Optical Materials (2024),153, 115538. (IF: 3.9)
4. Kumar Swamy Reddy, Ganapathy. V, S. Badhulika, P. H. Borse, Self-powered photodetector based on 1D TiO2-3D CdS mixed dimensional heterostructure fabricated at low temperature, Solar Energy (2024), 274, 112594 (IF: 7.1)
5. R. K. Dileep, N. Maticiuc, F. Mathies, Igal Levine, J. Dagar, G. Paramasivam, S. Mallick, T. N. Rao, E. Unger, Ganapathy. V* Hybrid aromatic fluoro amine-modified SnO2 electron transport layers in Perovskite solar cells for enhanced efficiency and stability, Solar RRL (2024), 8, 2300921 (IF: 9.2)
6. R. K. Dileep, Igal Levine, O. Karalis, H. Hempel, E. Ramasamy, S. Mallick, T. N. Rao, E. Unger, Ganapathy. V* Charge carrier dynamics at Carbon/perovskite interface: Implications on Carbon-based HTM-free solar cell stability, Solar RRL (2024), 8, 2300960 (IF: 9.2)
7. R. K. Dileep, Thulasi Raman, E. Ramasamy, S. Mallick, T. N. Rao, Ganapathy. V* Low temperature curable TiO2 sol for Separator, HTM free Carbon-based perovskite solar cells, Materials Advances (2024),4, 539-548 (IF: 5) [Selected as cover article]
8. Kumar Swamy Reddy, Smrutiranjan Panda, E. Ramasamy, Ganapathy. V*, P. H. Borse, S. Badhulika, Exploring the impact of electron transport layer thickness and morphology on perovskite infiltration and photoresponse in HTM-free self-powered photodetector, Solar Energy (2023), 265, 112106 (IF: 7.1)
9. Kumar Swamy Reddy, Smrutiranjan Panda, E. Ramasamy, S. Badhulika, Ganapathy. V*, P. H, Borse, Fabrication of self-powered broadband photodetector by 50% replacement of Pb by Mg in CH3NH3Pb0.5Mg0.5Cl2I perovskite lattice, Materials Advances (2023), 4, 6552. (IF: 5.0) [Selected as cover article]
10. A. Jagadeesh, G. Veerappan, P. S. Devi, K. N. N. Unni, S. Suraj, Synergetic effect of TiO2/ZnO bilayer photoanodes realizing exceptionally high VOC for dye-sensitized solar cells under outdoor and indoor illumination, Journal of Material Chemistry A (2023), 884, 161061. (IF: 11.9)
11. K. V. Seshaiah, R. K. Dileep, E. Ramasamy, Ganapathy. V, * S. S. K. Raavi, Deciphering the role of (Er3+/Nd3+) co-doping effect on TiO2 as an improved electron transport layer in perovskite solar cells, Solar Energy (2023), 262, 111801. (IF: 7.2)
12. Maithili K. Rao, M. Selvakumar, M. G. Mahesha, S. Paramasivam, R. K. Dileep, N. S. Prabhu, Ganapathy. V*, S. Senthilkumar, S. D. Kamath, Pyrrolidinium induced templated growth of 1D-3D halide perovskite heterostructure for solar cell applications, Materials Chemistry and Physics (2023), 303, 127668 (IF: 4.7)
13. Ramya Krishna, Bhyrappa.P, Sudakar. C, Ganapathy. V, Easwaramoorthi. R, MAPbI3 single crystal derived precursor ink for stable and efficient Perovskite Solar Cells, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2023), 944, 169082 (IF: 6.3)
14. S. Mandati, Ramya Krishna, Ganapathy. V, E. Ramasamy, A promising Scalable Bar coating approach using Single Crystalline derived Precursor Ink for High performance Large area Perovskite Solar Cells, Materials Today Chemistry (2023), 29, 101415 (IF: 7.6)
15. R. K. Dileep, E. Ramasamy, K. Suresh, S. Mallick, T. N. Rao, Ganapathy. V* Compositional engineering and surface passivation for carbon-based perovskite solar cells with superior thermal and moisture stability, Journal of Power sources (2023), 559, 232645. (IF: 9.8)
16. Ramya Krishna, Ganapathy. V, Bhyrappa.P, Sudakar. C, Easwaramoorthi. R, Growth of single-crystalline MAPbI3 perovskite film by a modified space-confined inverse temperature crystallization method, Surfaces and Interfaces (2023), 36, 102475. (IF: 6.1)
17. S. Supraja, R. K. Dileep, E. Ramasamy, S. Shanmugasundaram, Ganapathy. V*, Influence of bi-phasic TiO2 as Low-temperature curable Electron transport layer for efficient perovskite solar cells, Solar Energy (2022), 247, 308-314. (IF: 7.1)
18. Ramya Krishna, Ganapathy. V, Bhyrappa.P, Sudakar. C, Easwaramoorthi. R, Single crystal hybrid lead halide perovskites: Growth, properties, and device integration for solar cell application, Crystal Growth & Design, (2022), 22, 6338-6362. (IF: 4.0)
19. R. Munniramaiah, J. M. Fernandes, M. Manivel Raja, D. B. Padmanaban, P. Supraja, M. Rakshita, N. Purushotham Reddy, G. Maharana, M. Kovendhan, Ganapathy. V, G. Laxminarayana, R. Rakesh Kumar, D. Haranath, Paul Joseph Daniel, Mechanically stable ultrathin flexible metallic Au/Pt/Au tri-layer as an alternative transparent conducting electrode for optoelectronic device applications, Vacuum, (2022), 206, 111487 (IF: 4.1)
20. R. Munniramaiah, N. Purushotham Reddy, R. Santhosh, J. M. Fernandes, D. B. Padmanaban, G. Maharana, M. Kovendhan, Ganapathy. V, G. Laxminarayana, M. Banavath, Paul Joseph Daniel, Solvent effect on the optoelectronic properties of fluorine doped SnO2 thin films prepared by spray-pyrolysis, Surfaces and Interfaces (2022), 33, 102174. (IF: 6.1)
21. S. Mandati, R. K. Dileep, Ganapathy. V, E. Ramasamy, Large area bar coated TiO2 electron transport layers for perovskite solar cells with excellent performance homogeneity, Solar Energy (2022), 240, 258-268. (IF: 7.1)
22. Ramya Krishna, Ganapathy. V, Bhyrappa.P, Sudakar. C, Easwaramoorthi. R, Dual functional inorganic CuSCN for efficient hole extraction and moisture sealing of MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells, Materials Advances (2022), 3, 2000-2010 (Selected as Front cover article) (IF: 5.0)
23. P. Vijendar, M. Suresh, R. K. Dileep, B. Ramya Krishna, P. Uday bhaskar, E. Ramasamy, Ganapathy. V*, Temperature dependence of MAPbI3 films by quasi-vapor deposition techniques and impact on photovoltaic performance and stability of perovskite solar cells, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2021), 888, 161448. (IF: 6.3)
24. M. Suresh, K. Vaithinathan, T. B. Korukonda, S. C. Pradhan, S. Suraj, E. Ramasamy, Ganapathy. V*, Ambient processed perovskite sensitized porous TiO2 nanorods for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells, Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2021), 884, 161061. (IF: 6.3)
25. S. Arun Kumar, R. K. Dileep, J. Manonmani, Ganapathy. V*, J. Senthilselvan*, Enhanced Power-Conversion Efficiency using Ce3+:SrF2 Down-shifting Nanophosphor based Photoelectrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Application, ACS Applied Energy Materials (2021), 4, 7112. (IF: 6.9)
26. R. K. Dileep, S. Mandati, E. Ramasamy, S. Mallick, T. N. Rao, Ganapathy. V*, Rapid assessment of photovoltaic activity of perovskite solar cells by photoluminescence spectroscopy, Materials Letters (2021), 299, 130056. (IF: 3.5)
27. A. Ashina, B. Ramya Krishna, E. Ramasamy, N. Chundi, S. Sakthivel, Ganapathy. V*, Dip coated SnO2 film as electron transport layer for low-temperature processed planar perovskite solar cells, Applied Surface Science Advances (2021), 4, 100066. (IF: 6.2) (Cited by-1)
28. R. K. Dileep, M. K. Rajbhar, A. Ashina, E. Ramasamy, S. Mallick, T. N. Rao, Ganapathy. V*, A Facile Co-precipitation method for Synthesis of Zn doped BaSnO3 nanoparticles for photovoltaic application, Materials Chemistry and Physics (2021), 258, 123939 (IF: 4.7)
29. A. S. Ganeshraja, S. Maniarasu, P. V. Reddy, Ganapathy. V*, K. Vaithinathan, K. Nomura, J. Wang. Hierarchical Sn and AgCl co-doped TiO2 Microspheres as Electron Transport Layer for Enhanced Perovskite Solar Cell Performance. Catalysis Today (2020), 355, 333-339. (IF: 6.5) (Cited by-3)
30. K. V. Seshaiah, A. Das, R. K. Dileep, C. Goautham, P. Supriya, Ganapathy. V, E. Ramasamy, P. Meduri, S. Asthana, M. Deepa, S. S. K. Raavi, Critical role of vacancies in Neodymium doped Titania photoanodes for enhanced sensitized solar cells and photo-electrochemical cells, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells (2021), 220, 110843. (IF: 7.3) (Cited by-2)
31. R. Ramarajan, N. Purushotham Reddy, R. K. Dileep, M. Kovendhan, Ganapathy. V, K. Thangaraju, Paul Joseph Daniel, Large-area spray deposited Ta-doped SnO2 thin film electrode for DSSC application, Solar Energy (2020), 211, 547-559. (IF: 7.1) (Cited by-7)
32. Ramya Krishna, Ganapathy. V, Bhyrappa.P, Sudakar. C, Easwaramoorthi. R, Stability of MAPbI3 perovskite grown on planar and mesoporous electron-selective contact by inverse temperature crystallization, RSC Advances (2020), 10, 30767. (IF: 4.0) (Cited by-3)
33. N. Purushotham Reddy, M. Kovendhan, R. K. Dileep, Ganapathy. V, K. Saravana Kumar, Paul Joseph Daniel, Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured La-doped BaSnO3 for dye-sensitized solar cell application, Materials Chemistry and Physics (2020), 250, 123137. (IF: 4.7) (Cited by-3)
34. N. Purushotham Reddy, R. K. Dileep, M. Kovendhan, Ganapathy. V*, Paul Joseph Daniel, Prickly pear fruit extract as photosensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cell, Spectrochimica Acta part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2020), 228, 117686. (IF: 4.8) (Cited by-5)
35. S. Velu, H. Muniyasamy, A. Siva, M. Suresh, Ganapathy. V, M. Sepperumal, Design and synthesis of organic sensitizers containing carbazole and triphenylamine pi-bridged moiety for dye-sensitized solar cells, J. of Iranian Chemical Society (2019), 16, 1923-1937. (IF: 2.2) (Cited by-7)
36. R. K. Dileep, G. Kesavan, V. Reddy, M. K. Rajbhar, S. Shanmugasundaram, E. Ramasamy, Ganapathy. V*, Room temperature curable carbon cathode for hole-conductor free perovskite solar cells, Solar Energy (2019), 187, 261-268. (IF: 7.1) (Cited by-15)
37. E. Ramasamy, K. Vaithinathan, K. Ramesh Kumar, Ganapathy. V, Glass-to-glass encapsulation with ultraviolet light curable epoxy edge sealing for stable perovskite solar cells, Materials Letters (2019), 250, 51-54. (IF: 3.5) (Cited by-15)
38. S. Maniarasu, M. K. Rajbhar, R. K. Dileep, E. Ramasamy, P. V. Reddy, Ganapathy. V*, Hole-conductor free ambient processed mixed halide perovskite solar cells. Materials Letters (2019), 245, 226-229. (IF: 3.5) (Cited by-11)
39. S. B. Subramanian, A. Ramani, V. Ganapathy, V. Anbazhagan, Preparation of self-assembled platinum nanoclusters to combat salmonella typhi infection and inhibit biofilm formation. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (2018), 171, 75-84. (IF: 6.0) (Cited by-13)
40. S. Maniarasu, T. B. Korukonda, V. Manjunath, E. Ramasamy, R. Mohan, Ganapathy. V *. Recent Advancement in Metal Cathode and Hole-Conductor-free Perovskite Solar Cells for Low-cost and High stability: A Route Towards Commercialization. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2018), 82, 845-857. (IF: 16.7) (Cited by-74)
41. E. Ramasamy, P. Kathirvel, S. Kumar, S. Koppoju, Ganapathy. V. Rapid and Scalable Synthesis of Crystalline SnO2 nanoparticles with Superior Photovoltaic Properties by Flame Oxidation. MRS Communications (2017), 7, 862-866. (IF: 2.9) (Cited by-1)
42. Ganapathy. V, * K. Zhang, S. Soman, N. Heo, J. H. Park. Stibnite Sensitized Hollow Cubic TiO2 Photoelectrodes for Organic-Inorganic Heterojunction Solar Cells. Solar Energy (2017), 157, 434-440. (IF: 7.1) (Cited by-5)
43. V. Karthikeyan, S. Maniarasu, V. Manjunath, E. Ramasamy, Ganapathy. V * Hydrothermally Tailored Anatase TiO2 Nanoplates with exposed {111} facets for highly efficient Dye-sensitized solar cells. Solar Energy (2017), 147, 202-208. (IF: 7.1) (Cited by-12)
44. G. A. Sundaram, M. Yang, K. Nomura, S. Maniarasu, Ganapathy. V, T. Liu, J. Wang. 119Sn Mossbauer and ferromagnetic studies on hierarchical tin and nitrogen co-doped TiO2 microspheres with efficient photocatalytic performance. J. Physical Chemistry C (2017), 121, 6662-6673. (IF: 4.1). (Cited by-16)
45. N. Islavath, S. Saroja, K. Srinivasa Reddy, P. C. Harikesh, V. Ganapathy, E. Ramasamy, S. V. Joshi. Effect of hole-transporting materials on the photovoltaic performance and stability of all-ambient processed perovskite solar cells. J. Energy Chemistry (2017), 26, 584-591. (IF: 13.5). (Cited by-19)
46. K. Zhang, S. Ravishankar, M. Ma, Ganapathy Veerappan, J. Bisquert, F. F. Santiago, J. H. Park. Overcoming Charge Collection Limitation at Solid/Liquid Interface by a controllable Crystal Deficient Overlayer, Advanced Energy Materials (2017), 7, 1600923. (IF: 29.6). (Cited by-56)
47. Ganapathy. V, K. Zhang, M. Ma, B. Kang, J. H. Park. High-reversible capacity of Perovskite BaSnO3/rGO composite for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes. Electrochimica Acta (2016), 214, 31-37. (IF: 7.3). (Cited by-18)
48. K. Zhang, L. Wang, J. K. Kim, M. Ma, V. Ganapathy, C. L. Lee, K. J. Kong, H. Lee, J. H. Park, An order/disorder/water junction system for highly efficient Co-Catalyst-Free Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation. Energy & Environmental Science (2016), 9, 499-503. (IF: 39.7) (Cited by-251)
Before joining in ARCI-2010-2015
9. K. L. Vincent Joseph, A. Anthonysamy, E. Ramasamy, D. V. Shinde, V. Ganapathy, S. Karthikeyan, J. Lee, T. Park, S. W. Rhee, K.S. Kim, J. K. Kim. Cyanoacetic Acid Tethered Thiophene for well-matched LUMO level in Ru (II)-Terpyridine Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Dyes and Pigments (2016), 126, 270-278. (IF: 5.1) (Cited by-9)
50. H. Kim, ‼ Ganapathy. V, ‼ D. H. Wang, J. H. Park. Large Area Platinum and Fluorine-doped Tin Oxide-free Dye sensitized Solar Cells with Silver-Nanoplate Embedded Poly (3, 4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) Counter Electrode. Electrochimica Acta (2016), 187, 218-223. (IF: 7.3) ‼ Equal Contribution. (Cited by-9)
51. C. J. Mo, ‼ V. Ganapathy, ‼ M. Kim, J. H. Park. Self-organized Formation of Embossed Nanopatterns on various Metal Substrates: Application To Flexible Solar Cells. Electrochimica Acta (2015), 176, 636-641.(IF: 7.3) ‼ Equal Contribution. (Cited by-1)
52. Ganapathy. V, S. Yu, D. H. Wang, W. I. Lee, J. H. Park. Facile Control of Intra-and Inter particle Porosity in Template-Free synthesis of Size-Controlled Nanoporous TiO2 beads for Efficiency Organic-Inorganic Heterojunction Solar Cells. Journal of Power Sources (2015), 279, 72-79. (IF: 9.7) (Cited by-6)
53. K. B. A. Ahmed, S. Subramanian, V. Ganapathy, N. Hari, A. Sivasubramanian, V. Anbazhagan. β-siosterol-D-glucopyranoside Isolated from Desmostachyabipinnata mediate Photoinduced Rapid Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles. RSC Advances (2014), 4, 59130-59136.( IF: 4.0) (Cited by-21)
54. J. K. Kim‼, V. Ganapathy‼, N. Heo, D. H. Wang, J. H. Park. Efficient Hole Extraction from Sb2S3 Heterojunction Solar Cells by the Solid transfer of Pre-formed PEDOT: PSS film. J. Physical Chemistry C (2014), 118, 22672-22677. (IF: 4.1) ‼ Equal Contribution. (Cited by-27)
55. V. Chakrapani, K. H. Ayaz Ahmed, V. Vinod Kumar, V. Ganapathy, S. Philip Anthony, V. Anbazhagan. A facile route to synthesize casein capped copper nanoparticles: an effective antibacterial agent and selective colorimetric sensor for mercury and tryptophan. RSC Advances (2014), 4, 33215-33221. (IF: 4.0) (Cited by-43)
56. H. Kim‼, Ganapathy. V‼, J. H. Park. Conducting Polymer coated Non-woven Graphite-Fiber film for Dye-sensitized Solar cells: Superior Pt-and FTO-free counter electrodes. Electrochimica Acta. (2014), 137, 164-168. (IF: 7.3) ‼Equal Contribution. (Cited by-27)
57. K. B. A. Ahmed, S. Subramanian, A. Sivasubramanian, V. Ganapathy, V. Anbazhagan. Preparation of gold nanoparticles using salicorniabrachiata plant extract and evaluation of catalytic and antibacterial activity. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2014), 130, 54-58. (IF:4.8) (Cited by-107)
58. S. Venkatakrishnan, V. Ganapathy, E. Elamparuthi, V. Anbazhagan. Aerobic synthesis of biocompatible copper nanoparticles: Promising antibacterial agent and catalyst for nitroaromatic reduction and C-N cross coupling reaction. RSC Advances (2014), 4, 15003-15006. (IF: 4.0) (Cited by-32)
59. V. Ganapathy, D. W. Jung, J. Kwon, J. Choi, H. Nansra, J. H. Park, G. Ra. Yi. Multi Functionality of Macroporous TiO2 spheres in Dye-sensitized and Hybrid Heterojunction solar cells. Langmuir (2014), 30, 3010-3018. (IF: 4.3). (Cited by-44)
60. V. Ganapathy, E.H. Kong, Y.C. Park, Hyun. M. Jang, Shi-Woo Rhee. Cauliflower-like SnO2 Hollow Microspheres as Photoanode with Carbon fiber Counter Electrode for High-Performance Quantum Dot-and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Nanoscale (2014), 6, 3296-3301. (IF: 8.3) (Cited by-50)
61. T. Pazhanivel, V. P. Devarajan, S. Bharathi, K. Senthil, V. Ganapathy, K. Yong, N. Devaraj. Systematic Investigation on the Structure and Photophysical Properties of CdSe, CdSe/ZnS QDs and their Hybrids with Beta Carotene. RSC Advances (2013), 3, 26116-26126. (IF: 4.0) (Cited by-8)
62. J. Kwon, ‼ V. Ganapathy,‼ Y. H. Kim, K. D. Song, H. G. Park, Y. Jun, P. J. Yoo, J. H. Park. Nanopatterned conductive polymer films as a Pt, TCO-free counter electrode for low-cost dye-sensitized solar cells. Nanoscale (2013), 5, 7838-7844. (IF: 8.3) (Cited by-62) ‼Equal Contribution.
63. V. Ganapathy, B. Karunagaran, Shi-Woo Rhee. Amorphous Carbon Counter Electrode for Low-cost and efficient Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. Renewable energy (2012), 41, 383-388. (IF: 8.6) (Cited by-60)
64. V. Ganapathy, W. Kwon, Shi-Woo Rhee. Carbon-nanofiber counter electrodes for quasi-solid state dye-sensitized Solar Cells. Journal of Power Sources (2011), 196, 10798-10805. (IF: 9.7) (Cited by-63)
65. A. Anthonysamy, Y. Lee, B. Karunagaran, V. Ganapathy, Shi-Woo Rhee, S. Karthikeyan, Kwang Soo Kim, Min Jae Ko, Nam-Gyu Park, M. J. Ju, Jin Kon Kim. Molecular design and synthesis of Ruthenium (II) sensitizers for high efficient Dye-sensitized Solar Cells: Combined experimental and DFT-TDDFT computational studies. Journal of Material Chemistry (2011), 21, 12389-12397. (IF: 6.6) (Cited by-42)
66. V. Ganapathy, B. Karunagaran, Shi-Woo Rhee. Sub-micrometer-sized Graphite as a Conducting and Catalytic Counter Electrode for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. ACS Applied Material & Interfaces (2011), 3, 857-862. (IF: 10.3) (Cited by-291)
67. V. Ganapathy, B. Karunagaran, Shi-Woo Rhee. Improved performance of dye-sensitized solar cells with TiO2/ Alumina core-shell formation using atomic layer deposition. Journal of Power Sources (2010), 195, 5138-5143. (Top 25 Hottest Articles from April to June 2010 & July to September 2010). (IF: 9.7) (Cited by-158)
Books / Book Chapters
1. Ramya Krishna, Bhyrappa.P, Sudakar. C, Easwaramoorthi. R, Ganapathy. V *, “Oxide free material for perovskite solar cells”, Oxide free nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion applications, Elsevier, (2022), 287-306
2. S. Maniarasu, V. Manjunath, E. Ramasamy, Ganapathy. V*, “Hole Conductor Free Perovskite Solar Cells”, Perovskite Photovoltaics-basic to advanced concepts and implementation. Elsevier (2018), 289-321.
3. V. Manjunath, Ramya Krishna, S. Maniarasu, E. Ramasamy, S. Shanmugasundaram, Ganapathy. V*, “Perovskite Solar Cell Architectures” Perovskite Photovoltaics-basic to advanced concepts and implementation. Elsevier (2018), 89-121.
4. V. Manjunath, S. Maniarasu, Ganapathy. V, E. Ramasamy, “Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells”
Perovskite Photovoltaics-basic to advanced concepts and implementation. Elsevier (2018), 341- 371.
5. Ganapathy. V*, E. Ramasamy, B. Gowreeswari, “Economical and Highly Efficient Non-Metal Counter Electrode Materials for Stable Dye-sensitized Solar Cells” Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Mathematical Modeling, Optimization and Design. Elsevier (2019), 397-435.
Patents
1. S. Sakthivel, K. Phani kumar, V. Ganapathy, R. Easwaramoorthi, “Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) and method for synthesizing the same thereof for lubrication and photoluminiscence”, Indian Patent, Filled number: 202541028047, (25th March, 2025)
2. Prashant M, Reshma Dileep K, V. Ganapathy, Easwaramoorthi. R, “Opto-electronic device and method of fabricating optoelectronic device”, Indian Patent, Filled number: 202341027664, (14th April, 2023)
3. V. Ganapathy, Reshma Dileep, Easwaramoorthi R, S. Sakthivel, T. N. Rao, “Method of producing highly crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles suspension and its use in perovskite solar cell”, Indian Patent, Filled number: 202241 (22nd Sep, 2022)
4. Shi-Woo Rhee, Karunagaran Bojan, Ganapathy Veerappan, Hye-Min Ra, “Dye-sensitized solar cell including metal oxide of core shell structure”. Granted Korean Patent No: 10-1079413 (2011).
Affiliation to Professional Societies
1 2023 – Best Poster presentation award at 2nd Indo-Japan workshop on Photovoltaics,
at SSN Institutions, Chennai, Mar-9th, 2022, (Student presentation)
2 2022 – Best Paper presentation award at International conference of Advances in Energy
Research (ICAER) at IIT Bombay, Dec-7th to 9th, 2022, (Student presentation)
3 2020 – Awarded SERB Research Scientist
4 2018 – Selected as a Indian Young Scientist representative for the BRICS Young
Scientist Conclave meet in Durban, South Africa
5 2018 – Best Poster presentation award at National conference of Emerging Materials for
Sustainable Future, Feb-09 to Feb 10, 2019, Coimbatore, India (Student
presentation)
6 2017 – Outstanding Reviewer for the journal “Applied Surface Science” Nov. 2017
7 2015 – Awarded DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award
8 2013/15 – Awarded BK21 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, S.
Korea
9 2012/13 – Awarded Sungkyunkwan Advanced Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, Suwon, S.
Korea
10 2009/10 – Best Poster presentation award in 9th-Korea-Japan symposium on Materials &
Interfaces in Ph.D., Oct-31 to Nov 3, 2010, Yeosu, S.Korea
11 2006/07 – Best Master Thesis Research Project award in M.Sc. (PG)
12 2003/04 – Second Prize in College Poster presentation in B.Sc. (UG)
13 2003/04 – First Prize in College Science day competition in B.Sc. (UG)