Faculty

Dr.P.K.Kannan

 pkkphy@tce.edu

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PUBLICATIONS       

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SPONSORED PROJECTS

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CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

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M.E./Ph.D. SCHOLARS

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SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.Sc. Physics Gandhigram Rural University 2009
M.Sc. Applied Physics National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 2011
M.Tech Nanoscience and Technology Pondicherry University 2013
Ph.D. Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad 2020

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
23-08-2021 to Till date 0 Assistant Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering
07-01-2019 to 28-12-2019 1 Visiting Scholar Purdue University, IN, USA

 Publications

 Journals
  1. Kannan P.K., Mariappan Anandkumar, A theoretical investigation to boost the efficiency of CZTS solar cells using SCAPS-1D, Optik, 288 (2023) 171214.
  2. Kannan P.K., Sushmita Chaudhari, Suhash R. Dey, M. Ramadan, Progress in development of CZTS for solar photovoltaics applications, Encyclopedia of Smart Materials (2022) pp. 681–698.
  3. Impact of sulphurization environment on formation of Cu2ZnSnS4 film using electron beam evaporated stacked metallic precursors, Kannan P.K., Sushmita Chaudhari, Suhash R. Dey, Bulletin of Materials Science 42:11 (2019) 1-7
  4. Detailed Investigations on Influence of Precursor stacking and Sulfurization for Cu2ZnSnS4 film formation, Kannan P.K., Sushmita Chaudhari, Suhash R. Dey, Thin Solid Films 649 (2018) 81-88.
  5. Influence of stabilizing agent concentration on synthesis of CZTS thin film, Sushmita Chaudhari, Kannan P.K., Suhash R. Dey, Thin Solid Films 636 (2017) 144-149.
  6. Investigation of optimum annealing parameters for formation of dip coated CZTS thin film, Sushmita Chaudhari, Kannan P.K., Suhash R. Dey, Thin Solid Films 612 (2016) 456-462.
  7. Pulsed electrodeposition of Cu2ZnSnS4 absorber layer precursor for photovoltaic application, Sushmita Chaudhari, Srinivas Palli, Kannan P.K., Suhash R. Dey, Thin Solid Films 600 (2016) 169-174.
  8. Formation of Selenium rich Cu2ZnSn(SxSe1-x)4 Film through Non-Vacuum Dip Coating Technique, Sushmita Chaudhari, Kannan P.K., Madhuri K, Suhash R. Dey. J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron., 32 (2021) 19102–19109. doi:10.1007/s10854-021-06427-y
  9. Investigation on Effects of Precursor Pre-heat treatments on CIGS formation using spin coated CIG precursor, Madhuri K, Kannan P.K., Brijesh Singh Yadav, Sushmita Chaudhari, Sanjay R Dhage, Suhash R. Dey. J.Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron., 32 (2021) 1521-1527. doi:10.1007/s10854-020-04921-3
 Conferences
  1. Effect of Annealing duration and Heat flux on solvothermal synthesis of CIGS nanoparticles, Madhuri K, Kannan P.K., Sushmita Chaudhari, Sanjay R Dhage, Suhash R. Dey, Materials Today: Proceedings 21 (2020) 1882–1887.
  2. Effect of Triethanolamine on the formation of CZTS films using a simple dip coating technique, Sushmita Chaudhari, Kannan P.K., Suhash R. Dey (2016), 10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749852, Conference proceedings of IEEE-PVSC 2016, Portland, OR, USA.
  3. Effect of stacking sequences in the formation of CZTS thin film using electron beam evaporation, Kannan P.K., Sushmita Chaudhari, Suhash R. Dey (2016), EUPVSEC 2016, 32nd European PV Solar Conference and Exhibition, Munich, Germany, Conference Proceedings, 2016, pp. 1170-1174.
  4. Effect of annealing atmosphere and stabilizing agent on the formation of CZTS films using a simple dip coating technique, Sushmita Chaudhari, Kannan P.K., Suhash R. Dey (2016), EUPVSEC 2016, 32nd European PV Solar Conference and Exhibition, Munich, Germany, Conference Proceedings, 2016, pp. 1175-1178.
  5. Bandgap Tuning on Cu2ZnSn(SxSe1-x)4 absorbers using electron beam evaporated precursor stack, Kannan P.K., Sushmita Chaudhari, Madhuri K, Suhash R. Dey (2019), 10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980947, Conference proceedings of IEEE-PVSC 2019, Chicago, IL, USA
  6. Effect of Anionic Substitution of S by Se in CZTSSe Films prepared from Electron Beam Evaporation, Kannan P.K., Sushmita Chaudhari, Suhash R. Dey, Materials Today: Proceedings 21 (2020) 1787–1792.
 Books
  1. Progress in development of CZTS for solar photovoltaics applications, Kannan P.K., Sushmita Chaudhari, Suhash R. Dey. (2019) in: Saleem Hashmi (editor-in-chief), Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Oxford: Elsevier; 2019, 1-18.

 Projects

TITLE SPONSORING AGENCY AMOUNT RESPONSIBILITY
Synthesis of ACZTSSe thin films through nanoparticle based approach DST-SERB 19.5 Lakhs Student Incharge

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. Poster Presentation in IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference 2019, Chicago, IL, USA on "Bandgap Tuning on Cu2ZnSn(SxSe1-x)4 absorbers using electron beam evaporated precursor stack", 16-06-2019 to 21-06-2019
  2. NCPRE Workshop on Fabrication and Characterization of Silicon Solar cells by IIT Bombay, 27-08-2018 to 31-08-2018
  3. Oral Presentation in International Symposium on Functional Materials (ISFM-2018), Chandigarh, India on "Effect of Anionic Substitution of S by Se in CZTSSe Films prepared from Electron Beam Evaporation", 13-04-2018 to 15-04-2018
  4. GIAN course on Organic Solar Cells organized by Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, 08-01-2018 to 12-01-2018
  5. Poster Presentation in 2nd International Conference on Solar Energy Photovoltaic (ICSEP-2016), Bhubaneswar, India on "Synthesis of CZTSSe films with various S/Se ratio using Electron beam evaporation", 17-12-2016 to 19-12-2016
  6. Poster Presentation in 32nd European PV Solar Conference and Exhibition, Munich, Germany on "Effect of stacking sequences in the formation of CZTS thin film using electron beam evaporation", 20-06-2016 to 24-06-2016
  7. Oral Presentation in 18th International Workshop On Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD 2015), IISc Bangalore, India on "Synthesis of CZTS thin films using electron beam evaporation", 07-12-2015 to 10-12-2015

  Awards and Honours

  1. Synthesis of ACZTSSe thin films through nanoparticle based approach, SERB-Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellowship
  2. For Publishing in Recognized Journals, Research Excellence Award - Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
  3. For Securing First Rank in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Devdas Astronomy Endowment

 Visits Abroad

PLACE PURPOSE DURATION
Purdue University, IN, USA SERB-OVDF Fellowship 1 year
Munich, Germany Attended EUPVSEC Conference 5 days

 Membership

NAME OF SOCIETY DETAILS PERIOD
Materials Research Society of India LMB2287 - Life Membership