Professional Qualification:
Work Experience:
Research Experience:
- Chemical synthesis of various nanomaterials, including chalcogenide quantum dots (QD).
- Synthesis of solid polymer electrolytes and their conductivity studies.
- Fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) and QD sensitized solar cells (QDSSC).
- Used various characterization tools CH electrochemical workstation, Keithley source meter, UV-Vis absorption, SEM, TEM and XRD.
- Synthesis of graphene oxide via various chemical routes.
- Fabrication of graphene oxide based ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) actuator.
Papers under communication (02):
Papers Published (18):
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2020.110092 (IF – 2.779)
49 (2020) 2197-2202. DOI: 10.1007/s11664-019-07925-w (IF - 1.676)
Charu Pathak, Karan Surana, Vivek Kumar Shukla, and Pramod K. Singh, Fabrication and characterization of dye sensitized solar cell using natural dyes, Materials Today: Proceedings, 12P3 (2019) 665-670. (Scopus)
DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2017.10.028 (Scopus
Achievements:
My research paper ‘Synthesis, Characterization and application of CdSe quantum dots’ was amongst the Top 25 Hottest Article of Elsevier in 2015.
Second Best Paper Award in National Conference on Nano Devices – April 2015 in Hindustan College of Science & Technology.
Best Oral Presentation Award in Solar Asia – August 2015 in Savitribai Phule Pune University.
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Book:
‘All the best, baby’, novel published by Half Baked Beans. ISBN-13: 978-9384315009
Book Chapter:
Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells (QDSSCs). In: Khan Z. (eds) Nanomaterials and Their Applications, (2018) Advanced Structured Materials, vol 84, Springer, Singapore.
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6214-8_12
Karan Surana
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