Research Works
Nanostructured Electrodes in Energy Storage Devices
Nanostructured metal oxides in the form of nanorods, nanowires, nanotubes are considered to be promising anode material in lithium ion rechargeable batteries as well as in supercapacitors. A part of research work is focused on fabricating anisotropic nanostructures of metal oxides and their hybrid materials with graphene or carbon nanotubes to improvise their performance in energy storage devices.
Nanostructured TiO2 in Energy Applications
TiO2 is a wide band gap semiconductor with the band gap values of 3-3.2 eV. Owing to outstanding properties, nanostructured TiO2 can be used in a series of energy applications, such as, dye-sensitized solar cell, water splitting, photocatalysis, energy storage devices etc.
Metal Chalcogenides in Nanoscale Dimensions: Solution Based Methods
Several solution based methods (Hydrothermal, Solvothermal, Wet-chemical Methods) are established to fabricate 0D, 1D and 2D nanostructures of metal chalcogenides (CdSe, CdSe, CuS, ZnS etc.). A thorough study on their optical as well as electrical properties are also considered.