Publications

Patents

Amorphous Metal Oxide films, (In area of multifunctional Inorganic coating); Technology is licensed

K.L.G. Goh, H.Q. Le, and Ajay Kushwaha

International Patent: WO-2,016,039,693

US(WIPO) patent:US20170259300

Book Chapters

4. Two dimensional (2-D) thermoelectric materials

Ajay Kushwaha, Hemen Kalita, Siddhartha Suman, Aditya Bhardwaj and Rajesh Ghosh

Thermoelectricity and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials
Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials,2021, Pages 233-260

3. Application of Nanotechnology in Detection and Prevention of Covid-19

Ajay Kushwaha, Hemen Kalita, Aditya Bhardwaj, Siddhartha Suman, Biswajit Dehengia and Rajneesh Kumar Mishra

Integrated risk of Covid-19 like outbreaks: Impacts, Resilience and Recommendations, Springer Publishing, (2020) .

2. Zinc oxide nanowire films: solution growth, defect states and electrical conductivity

Ajay Kushwaha and M. Aslam

Advanced Materials for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Safety, WILEY-Scrivener Publishing, LLC, USA (2014).

1. Development in electrodes and electrolytes of Dye-sensitized solar cells

Ajay Kushwaha, Nagaraju Mokurala, Krishnaiah Mokurala and Siddhartha Suman

Photosynthetic Protein based photovoltaics, Taylor and Francis group (2018)

Review Articles

63. Transparent heat regulating (THR) materials and coatings for energy saving window applications: Impact of materials design, micro-structural, and interface quality on the THR performance

G. K. Dalapati, Ajay Kushwaha, M Sharma, V Suresh, S Shannigrahi, S Zhuk, and S Masudy-Panah,

Progress in Materials Science, 95, 42, (2018) Impact Factor: 39.580

62. Critical review on sputter-deposited Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) based thin film photovoltaic technology focusing on device architecture and absorber quality on the solar cells performance

S. Zhuk, Ajay Kushwaha, T. K.S.Wong, S. Masudy-Panah, A.Smirnov and G. K. Dalapati,

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 171, 239 (2017) , Impact Factor: 7.267

Peer-reviewed journal publications

61. Optical and photoelectrical properties of low-concentration-Mn-doped CsPbBr3 nanocrystals

Aditya Bhardwaj Ajay Kumar Kushwaha

Nanomaterials and Energy (2023) Impact Factor: 2.03

60. Scan Rate Dependent Size and Density-Controlled Deposition of Ni-Co Alloy Particles for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Abhinav Maurya, Lokanath Mohapatra, Siddhartha Suman, Aditya Bhardwaj & Ajay Kumar Kushwaha

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2023) Impact Factor: 2.03

59. Annealing atmospheres induced structural and morphological transformation of zinc tin hydroxide nanostructures

Lokanath Mohapatra, Ajay K Kushwaha

Ceramics International (2023) Impact Factor: 5.53

58. Quantum Floquet spectra of surface and bulk state of topological insulator

Upendra Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Ajay Kumar Kushwaha, Sung Beom Cho

Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures (2022) Impact Factor: 3.37

57. Single step wet-chemical deposition of cesium doped -Ga2O3 nanostructured films for memristor application

SiddharthaSuman, NagarajuMukurala, LokanathMohapatra, Ajay KumarKushwaha

Memories - Materials, Devices, Circuits and Systems (2022)

56. Enhancement in photocurrent conversion efficiency via recrystallization of zinc tin hydroxide nanostructures

LokanathMohapatra, MukuralaNagaraju, SiddharthaSuman, Ajay K.Kushwaha

Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2022) Impact Factor: 6.37

55. Substrate Dependent Electrodeposition of Ni–Co Alloy for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Abhinav Maurya, Siddhartha Suman, Aditya Bhardwaj, Lokanath Mohapatra & Ajay Kumar Kushwaha

Electrocatalysis (2022) Impact Factor: 2.93

54. Capping ligands controlled structural and optoelectronic properties of CsPbBr3 nanocrystals

Aditya Bhardwaj, Ajay K. Kushwaha

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (2022) Impact Factor: 2.47

53. Densely packed Ga2O3 nanostructured film via pH-controlled crystal growth and memristive properties

SiddharthaSuman, Ajay K. Kushwaha

Journal of Solid State Chemistry (2022) Impact Factor: 3.49

52. Effect of dispersion solutions on optical properties and stability of CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals

Aditya Bhardwaj, Ajay K. Kushwaha

ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology (2022) Impact Factor: 2.07

51. Thickness dependent photodetection properties of solution-processed CuI films: Towards cost-effective flexible visible photodetectors

Mokurala Krishnaiah, Ajit Kumar, Ajay K. Kushwaha Junyoung Song, Sung Hun Jin

Materials Letters (2021) Impact Factor: 3.42

50. Surface controlled synthesis of Cu2FeSnS4 particles for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction

Nagaraju Mukurala, Krishnaiah Mokurala, Lokanath Mohapatra, Siddhartha Suman, Ajay Kumar Kushwaha

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy(2021) Impact Factor: 5.81

49. Solution-Processed CuI Films towards Flexible Visible-Photodetectors: Role of Annealing Temperature on Cu/I Ratio and Photodetective Properties

Mokurala Krishnaiah, AjitKumar, Dhananjay Mishra, Ajay Kumar Kushwaha, Sung Hun Jin, Jong Tae Park
Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2021) Impact Factor: 5.316

48. Water and oxygen environment induced surface cracks healing in solution processed gallium oxide thin films

Siddhartha Suman, Nagaraju Mukurala, Ajay K Kushwaha
Materials Chemistry and Physics 271(2021)124958, Impact Factor: 4.094

47. Synthesis process dependent Physico-chemical and opto-electronic properties of Cu2FeSnS4 nanoparticle films

Nagaraju Mukurala, Krishnaiah Mokurala, Ajit Kumar, Ajay K Kushwaha , Sung Hun Jin

Ceramics International Impact Factor: 4.527

46. Synthesis of porous Cu2FeSnS4 particles via solvothermal process for removal of organic acid fuchsin dye pollutant from wastewater

Nagaraju Mukurala, Krishnaiah Mokurala, Siddhartha Suman, Ajay K Kushwaha

Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects 26 (2021) 100697,

45. Cu2FeSnS4 decorated Ni-TiO2 nanorods heterostructured photoanode for enhancing water splitting performance

Mukurala Nagaraju, Siddhartha Suman, Aditya Bhardwaj, Krishnaiah Mokurala, Sung Hun Jin, Ajay K Kushwaha

Applied Surface Science 551 (2021) 149377, Impact Factor:6.707

44. Recent Development in Analytical Model for Graphene Field Effect Transistors for RF Circuit Applications

Abhishek Kumar Upadhyay, Ajay K Kushwaha, Deepika Gupta, Santosh K Vishvakarma
arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.01955

43. Annealing induced surface restructuring in hydrothermally synthesized gallium oxide nano-cuboids

SiddharthaSuman, NagarajuMukurala, Ajay K. Kushwaha

Journal of Crystal Growth 554 (2021) 125946, Impact Factor: 1.797

42. Nanoengineered Advanced Materials for Enabling Hydrogen Economy: Functionalized Graphene–Incorporated Cupric Oxide Catalyst for Efficient Solar Hydrogen Production (Global Challenges 3/2020)

Goutam Kumar Dalapati, Saeid Masudy‐Panah, Roozbeh Siavash Moakhar, Sabyasachi Chakrabortty, Siddhartha Ghosh, Ajay Kushwaha, Reza Katal, Chin Sheng Chua, Gong Xiao, Sudhiranjan Tripathy, Seeram Ramakrishna

Global Challenges 4 (3), 2070031

41. Sulphur precursor dependent crystallinity and optical properties of solution grown Cu2FeSnS4 particles

N. Mukurala, R.K. Mishra, S.H. Jin, and Ajay Kushwaha, Materials Research Express, 6 (8), 085099, 2019

40. Vertical-slate-like MoS2 nanostructures on 3D-Ni-foam for binder-free, low-cost, and scalable solid-state symmetric supercapacitors

R.K. Mishra, Ajay Kushwaha, S. Kim, S.G. Seo and S.H. Jin, Current Applied Physics , 19, 1-7 (2019)

39. Explicit Model of Channel Charge, Backscattering, and Mobility for Graphene FET in Quasi-Ballistic Regime

A.K. Upadhyay, Ajay Kushwaha, P. Rastogi, Y.S. Chauhan and S.K. Vishvakarma, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices , 65 5468 (2018)

38. Binder-Free, Scalable Hierarchical MoS2 as Electrode Materials in Symmetric Supercapacitors for Energy Harvesting Applications

R. K. Mishra, M. Krishnaih, S. Y. Kim, Ajay Kushwaha, and S. H. Jin, Materials Letters , (In-Press:2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.10.009

37. AuPd bimetallic nanoparticle decorated TiO2 rutile nanorod arrays for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting

R. Moakhar, M. Jalali, Ajay Kushwaha, G. K. L. Goh, N. R. Noori, A. Dolati and M. Ghorbani, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry , 48, 995 (2018)

36. A Unified Scalable Quasi-Ballistic Transport Model of GFET for Circuit Simulations

A. Upadhyaya, Ajay Kushwaha and S.K. Vishvakarma, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 65, 739 (2018)

35. Impact of molybdenum out diffusion and interface quality on the performance of sputter grown CZTS based solar cells

G.K. Dalapati, S. Zhuk, S. Masudy-Panah, Ajay Kushwaha, H. Leng et al. Scientific Reports 7, 1350 (2017)

34. Influence of electrodeposition modes on the electrochemical performance of MnO 2 films prepared using anionic MnO4 - (Mn 7+ ) precursor

RK Mishra, CS Prajapati, RR Shahi, Ajay Kushwaha,and P P Sahay, Ceramics International, OI 10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.12.224 (2017)

33. Electrochemical supercapacitive performance of potentiostatically cathodic electrodeposited nanostructured MnO2 films

P.P. Sahay and Ajay Kushwaha, J Solid State Electrochem, DOI: 10.1007/s10008-017-3574-7

32. Stable and Efficient CuO Based Photocathode through Oxygen-Rich Composition and Au Pd Nanostructure Incorporation for Solar-Hydrogen Production

S. M.Panah, S. Roozbeh; S.C. Chua, Ajay Kushwaha, and G.K. Dalapati, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,9 (33), 27596 (2017)

31. Morphologically tailored CuO photocathode using aqueous solution technique for enhanced visible light driven water splitting

Ajay Kushwaha*, G. K. Dalapati, R. S. Moakhar, and G. K. L. Goh, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 337, 54-61 (2017)

30. A Facile pH Controlled Citrate-Based Reduction Method for Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis at Room Temperature

H.Tyagi#, Ajay Kushwaha#, A. Kumar and M. Aslam, Nanoscale Res Lett, 11, 362 (2016) #Equal contribution

29. All earth abundant materials for low cost solar-driven hydrogen production

G.K. Dalapati, S.C. Chin, Ajay Kushwaha, SL Liew, V Suresh, D Chi, Materials Letters 183, 183 (2016)

28. Rapid thermal annealing assisted stability and efficiency enhancement in a sputter deposited CuO photocathode

S. M. Panah, R.S. Moakhar, C.S. Chua, Ajay Kushwaha, and G.K. Dalapati, RSC Adv., 6, 29383 (2016)

27. Enhancement in solar driven water splitting by AuPd nanoparticle decoration of electrochemically grown ZnO nanorods

S. Roozbeh*, Ajay Kushwaha*, M. Jalali, G.K.L Goh, M. Dolati and A. Ghorbani, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 1-9 (2016) #Equal contribution

26. Copper Oxide Nano-particles Film On Glass By Using Sputter And Chemical Bath Deposition Technique

A. Das, Ajay Kushwaha, G.K. Dalapati, N. R. Bansal, V. Suresh and S. Chattopadhyay, Advanced Materials Letters 7, 600 (2016)

25. Au-Pd bimetallic nanoparticle electrodes for direct electroreduction of hexavalent chromium complexes

R.S. Moakhar, M. Bagheri, Ajay Kushwaha, A. Dolati, M. Ghorbani and G.K.L.Goh, Australian Journal of Chemistry 69, 423 (2016)

24. Temperature-dependent electrical characteristics of CBD/CBD grown n-ZnO nanowire/p-Si heterojunction diodes

A. Das, Ajay Kushwaha, S. Chakraborty, H.S. Dutta, A. Karmakar,D. Chi, and G. Dalapati, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49, 145105 (2016)

23. Enhanced dye loading-light harvesting TiO2 photoanode with screen printed nanorod-nanoparticles assembly for highly efficient solar cell

M. Jalali, R.S. Moakhar, Ajay Kushwaha, G.K..L Goh, N. Riahi-Noori, and S. K. Sadrnezhaad, Electrochimica Acta 169, 395-401 (2015)

22. Cr-induced modifications in the structural, photoluminescence and acetone-sensing behaviour of hyrothermally synthesised SnO2 nanoparticles

R.K. Mishra, Ajay Kushwaha, P.P. Sahay, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience 10, 1042 (2015)

21. TiO2 surface nanostructuring for improved dye loading and light scattering in double layered screen printed dye sensitized solar cells

M. Jalali, R.S. Moakhar, Ajay Kushwaha, G.K.L. Goh, N.R. Noori and S. K. Sadrnezhaad, J. Applied Electrochemistry 45,831 (2015)

20. SnO2 quantum dots decorated on RGO: A superior sensitive, selective and reproducible performance for a H2 and LPG sensor

RK Mishra, SB Upadhyay, Ajay Kushwaha, TH Kim, G Murali, R Verma, M. Srivastava,J. Singh, P. P. Sahayb and S.H. Lee, Nanoscale 7, 11971 (2015)

19. ZnS shielded ZnO nanowire photoanodes for efficient water splitting

Ajay Kushwaha and M. Aslam, Electrochimica Acta 130, 222 (2014)

18. Influence of Cu doping on the structural, photoluminescence and formaldehyde sensing properties of SnO2 nanoparticles

R.K. Mishra, Ajay Kushwaha and P.P. Sahay, RSC Advances 4 (8), 3904 (2014)

17. Spray-deposited nanocrystalline WO3 thin films prepared using tungsten hexachloride dissolved in N-N dimethylformamide and influence of In doping on their structural, optical and electrical properties

M. Mukherjee, Ajay Kushwaha and P.P. Sahay, Electronic Materials Letters,10, 401 (2014)

16. Improved structural and optical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films via optimized potential in single bath electrodeposition

B. Ananthoju, F.J. Sonia, Ajay Kushwaha, D. Bahadur, N.V. Medhekar and M. Aslam, Electrochimica Acta 137, 154 (2014)

15. Defect controlled water splitting characteristics of gold nanoparticle functionalized ZnO nanowire films

Ajay Kushwaha and M Aslam, RSC Advances 4 (40), 20955 (2014)

14.Tuning the Observability of Surface Plasmon in Silica–Gold Raspberry Shaped Nanoparticles Using Cuprous Oxide Shell

H. Tyagi, J. Mohapatra, Ajay Kushwaha and M. Aslam, ACS applied materials & interfaces 5 (23), 12268-12274 (2013)

13. Effect of Al dopants on the structural, optical and gas sensing properties of spray-deposited ZnO thin films

C.S. Prajapati, Ajay Kushwaha, P.P. Sahay, Materials Chemistry and Physics 142 (1), 276 (2013)

12. Experimental investigation of spray-deposited Fe-doped ZnO nanoparticle thin films: structural, microstructural, and optical properties

C.S. Prajapati, Ajay Kushwaha, P.P. Sahay, Journal of thermal spray technology 22 (7), 1230 (2013)

11. Hydrogen-incorporated ZnO nanowire films: stable and high electrical conductivity

Ajay Kushwaha and M. Aslam, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 46, 485104 (2013)

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10. Role of defect states in magnetic and electrical properties of ZnO nanowires

Ajay Kushwaha, H Tyagi and M Aslam, AIP Advances 3 (4), 042110 (2013)

9. Influence of Fe doping on the structural, optical and acetone sensing properties of sprayed ZnO thin films

C.S. Prajapatia, Ajay Kushwaha and P. P. Sahay, Materials Research Bulletin 48, 2687 (2013)

8. Optoelectronics and formaldehyde sensing properties of tin-doped ZnO thin films

C.S. Prajapati, Ajay Kushwaha and P.P. Sahay, Applied Physics A 339, 7589 (2013)

7. Defect induced high photocurrent in solution grown vertically aligned ZnO nanowire array films

Ajay Kushwaha and M Aslam, Journal of Applied Physics 112, 054316 (2012)

6. Controlled growth of highly oriented ZnO nanorod array on amorphous glass substrate and their optical and electrical properties

Ajay Kushwaha and M Aslam, International Journal of Nanoscience 10, 635 (2011)

5. pH-dependent synthesis of stabilized gold nanoparticles using ascorbic aciders

H. Tyagi, Ajay Kushwaha, A. Kumar and M. Aslam, International Journal of Nanoscience 10, 857 (2011)

4. Performance Enhancement of p-type Organic Thin Film Transistors Using Zinc Oxide Nanostructures

A. Kumar, R.R. Navan, Ajay Kushwaha, M. Aslam and V. Ramgopal Rao, International Journal of Nanoscience 10, 761 (2011)

3. Electrochemical unzipping of multi-walled carbon nanotubes for facile synthesis of high-quality graphene nanoribbons

D.B. Shinde, J. Debgupta, Ajay Kushwaha, M. Aslam and V.K. Pillai, Journal of the American Chemical Society 133, 4168 (2011) (Highlighted in Nature India)

2. A novel catalyst-free synthesis of vertically aligned silicon nanowire–carbon nanotube heterojunction arrays high performance electron field emitters

V.S. Kale, B.R. Sathe, Ajay Kushwaha, M. Aslam and M.V. Shelke, Chemical Communications 47, 7785 (2011)

1. Synthesis of Rh–carbon nanotube based heterostructures and their enhanced field emission characteristics

B. R. Sathe, B.A. Kakade, Ajay Kushwaha, M. Aslam and V. K. Pillai, Chemical Communications 46 567

Conference Proceedings

6. Effect of Oxygen Annealing on the Surface Defects and Photoconductivity of Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanowire Array

Ajay Kushwaha, H. Kalita and M. Aslam; World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 74, 326 (2013)

7. Surface roughness induced defects and photoconductivity of acid etched ZnO nanowire arrays

Ajay Kushwaha and M. Aslam; IEEE Explore 2012, DOI:10.1109/ICEmElec.2012.6636232)

8. Energy efficient and size-tunable synthesis of ‘colloidal’ zinc oxide nanoparticles by simple beaker chemistry

Ajay Kushwaha, V. Singh and M. Aslam, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1349, 391 (2011)

9. PVA stabilized gold nanoparticles using ascorbic acid as a reducing agent

H. Tyagi, Ajay Kushwaha , A. Kumar, and M. Aslam, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1349, 419 (2011)

10. Synthesis and photo luminescence properties of zno nanorod grown via hydrothermal approach

Ajay Kushwaha , Anshuman Kumar and M. Aslam, 54th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium Proceeding (2009)

1. Effect of solvents on structural, morphological and optical properties of solvothermally grown Cu2FeSnS4 particles

N. Mukurala, S. Suman and Ajay Kushwaha, AIP Conference Proceedings , 2115 (1), 030603 (2019)

2. Enhanced electrical conductivity and reduced defect emissions of ZnO:Mo nanowire array films

Ajay Kushwaha and M. Aslam, AIP Proceeding, 1512, 240 (2013)

3. Structural and optical properties of electrochemically grown highly crystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films

B. Ananthoju, Ajay Kushwaha, F. J. Sonia and M. Aslam, AIP Proceeding, 1512, 706 (2013)

4. Morphology controlled synthesis of ZnO nanostructure through a mild-thermal decomposition

S. Singh, J. Mohapatra, A. Mitra, Ajay Kushwaha, M. Aslam, AIP Proceeding, 1512, 326 (2013)

5. Burr Formation and Surface Quality in High Speed Micromilling of Titanium Alloy (Ti6Al4V)

V. Bajpai, Ajay Kushwaha and R.K. Singh, ASME 2013 Volume 2: Systems; Micro and Nano Technologies