Research Group Publications
 
  • Thanasekar C; Javaregowda B. H; Veer S. D; Devasia G; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Babu S. S., Orthogonally Engineered Redox-Active Polyimide-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids for Long-Life Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode, Small., 22, e09881 (2026).
  • Veerasubash M; Birajdar S. H; Kika S. P; Senthilkumaran M; Deshpande K; Shevate R; Krishnamoorthy K., Metal Films from a Single Source and Their Application in Nanoporous Filtration Synthesis, Electromagnetic Interference Shielding, and Electroadhesion, ACS Omega., 11, 14203 - 14211 (2026).
  • Ingole K. B; Siby J; Pandya R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J. , Auxiliary Triazatruxene Donor-Based Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Cis- and Trans- Configuration of Dyes for Modulating Photophysical and Electronic Properties, Chem. Asian J., 21, e70455 (2026).
  • Kargude R; Rajendran P. B; Kika S. P; Krishnamoorthy K., Modulation of Lithium Ion Transport and Cycling Stability Using Rigid and Flexible Urethane Moieties on the Backbone of Polymers, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 17, 63784 - 63791 (2025).
  • Marimuthu S; Javaregowda B. H; Rajput T; Shanmuganathan K; Rajendran P; Roy D; Krishnamoorthy K., Multitype Interaction Between a Redox-Active Inclusion Complex, Polymer, and Polysulfides that Boosts the Performance of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Batteries & Supercaps., , e202500485 (2025).
  • Thanasekar C; Javaregowda B. H; Dnyaneshwar S; Devasia G; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Babu S. S. , Orthogonally Engineered Redox-Active Polyimide-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids for Long-Life Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode, Small., Accepted, (2025).
  • Jadhav A. P; Siby J; Pandya R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Visible-Light Active ?-Extended Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Steric Effects for Controlling the Aggregation of Dyes, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 8, 15459 - 15470 (2025).
  • Nawghare I. S; Deshmukh S. S; Joshi K; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Far-red active squaraine dye-sensitized photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cells with a copper (II/I) electrolyte, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A., 459, 116086 (2025).
  • Ranjeesh K. C; Bharathkumar H. J; Gaber S; Bhauriyal P; Kumar S; Skorjanc T; Finsgar M; Heine T; Krishnamoorthy K; Shetty D., Heteroatom-Synergistic Effect on Anchoring Polysulfides In Chalcone-Linked Nanographene Covalent Organic Frameworks for High-Performance LiS Batteries, Adv. Sci., 12, 2415897 (2025).
  • Gaber S; Mohammed A. K; Bharathkumar H. J; Martinez J. I; Sanchez P. P; Gandara F; Krishnamoorthy K; Shetty D., MOFite: A High-Density Lithiophilic and Scalable Metal-Organic Framework Anode for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery, Angewandte Chemie Int Ed., 63, e202409256 (2025).
  • Ingole K. B; Siby J; Pandya R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Double anchoring squaraine dye with triazatruxene amine donor for dye-sensitized solar cells: Sequential cosensitization for panchromatic light-harvesting, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A., 462, 116229 (2025).
  • Jadhav A. P; Singh A. K; Shivankar B. R; Siby J; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Effect of Cyclization and Alkyl Group Wrapping in Visible-Light-Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 8, 5017 (2025).
  • Kumar V; Bharthkumar H. J; Devasia G; Narayanan A; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Babu S. S., Diamondoid All-Carbon Porous Aromatic Framework Host for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Small., , e2500388 (2025).
  • Senthilkumaran M; Bharathkumar H. J; Prakashbabu R; Balasubramanian R; Ajithkumar T. G; Ravindranathan S; Krishnamoorthy K., Mechanochemical Large-Scale Rapid Synthesis of Ultrapure Sodium Hexafluorophosphate, ChemPlusChem., , e2400640 (2025).
  • Kargude R; Srinivasalu H. H; Devasia G; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K., Long Cycling Stability Imparted to Li-ion Batteries by Conjugated Polymers with Low Dihedral Angle and High Electron Density on Functional Group, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 7, 7719 - 7728 (2025).
  • Singh A; Singh A. K; Dixit R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Visible, Far-Red, and Near-Infrared Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes Based on Extended Conjugation within the Polymethine Framework for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 7, 1461 (2024).
  • Deshmukh S. S; Maibam A; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Visible-Light-Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes with Pyridyl Anchoring Groups for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cels, Langmuir., 40, 251 (2024).
  • Jadhav A. P; Singh A. K; Pandya R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Jayaraj N., Far-red Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes Containing N-arylated Indoline Donors for Dye sensitized Solar Cells, PhotoChem. PhotoBiol., 100, 1116 (2024).
  • Jadhav A. P; Singh A. K; Maibam A; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J. , Aniline and Indoline Donors Based Far-Red Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, ChemPhotoChem., , e202300160 (2024).
  • Singh A; Singh A. K; Dixit R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Visible, Far-Red, and Near-Infrared Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes Based on Extended Conjugation within the Polymethine Framework for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 7, 1461 (2024).
  • Singh A; Singh A. K; Dixit R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Effect of Position of Donor Units and Alkyl Groups on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Device Performance: Indoline-Aniline Donor-Based Visible Light Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes, ACS Omega., 9, 16429 (2024).
  • Bharathkumar H. J; Shivankar B. R; Krishnamurty S; Chen D; Caruso R. A; Krishnamoorthy K., Polyvalent interaction and confinement to suppress polysulfide dissolution and improve electrocatalysis, Catal. Sci. Technol., 14, 3416 (2024).
  • Bharathkumar H. J; Kargude R; Birajdar S; Shivankar B; Krishnamurty S; Jones L. A; Caruso R. A; Krishnamoorthy K., Synergistic Effect of Lactam and Pyridine Nitrogen on Polysulfide Chemisorption and Electrocatalysis in Lithium Sulfur Batteries, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 16, 42059 (2024).
  • Kargude R; Bharathkumar H. J; Palani S; Singh A. K; Krishnamoorthy K., Shuttle Balance between Lithiophilic Functionalities Substituted on Conjugated Polymers to Improve Lithium Ion Diffusion and Cycling Stability of Batteries, Macromolecules., 57, 7830 (2024).
  • Ingole K. B; Deshmukh S. S; Verma T. S; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Triazatruxene Amine Donor-Based Visible-Light-Responsive Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 7, 7982 (2024).
  • Jadhav A. P; Singh A. K; Maibam A; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., D-A-D -based Unsymmetrical Thiosquaraine Dye for the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, PhotoChem. PhotoBiol., 99, 529 (2023).
  • Singh A; Singh A. K; Dixit R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Visible-Light-Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes with 1 V of Open-Circuit Voltage for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ChemPhotoChem., 7, e202200328 (2023).
  • Swain G; Jawaregowda B; Dambhare N; Krishnamoorthy K., Organic Field Effect Transistors Comprising Copolymers Synthesized without Structure Directing Moieties with Enhanced Carrier Mobility, ACS Appl. Elect. Mater., 5, 2338 (2023).
  • Indrajeet S. N; Singh A. K; Maibam A; Deshmukh S. S; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Halogen Functionalized D-A-D Type Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Mater. Adv., 4, 3270 (2023).
  • Singh A. K; Sudhakar V; Javaregowda B. H; Bisht R; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Modular TiO2-Squaraine Dyes/Electrolyte Interface for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Cobalt Electrolyte, ChgemPhotoChem., 7, e202200171 (2023).
  • Kumar S; Swain G; Krishnamoorthy K., Can Metal Cations Electrocatalyze Sulfur Redox Reaction and Suppress Polysulfide Shuttle?, Batteries&Supercaps., , e202300136 (2023).
  • Aher J; Sathiskumar P; Krishnamoorthy K., Linear Polymer Comprising Dual Functionalities with Hierarchical Pores for Lithium Ion Batteries, ChemElectroChem., , e202300389 (2023).
  • Kumar V; Bharathkumar H. J; Dongre S. D; Gonnade R; Krishnamoorthy K; Sukumaran S. B., Isomer Effect on Energy Storage of ?-Extended S-Shaped Double[6]Heterohelicene, Angewandte Chemie Int Ed., , e202311657 (2023).
  • Vijay V; Jain B; Mahale R; Kumar S; Krishnamoorthy K;, Instabilities as the Origin of Large-Area Self-Assembled and Aligned Organic Semiconductor Nanocrystals, ACS Applied Electronic Materials., , (2022), DOI:10.1021/acsaelm.2c00061.
  • Kumar S; Krishnamoorthy K., Concurrent Polyvalent Interaction and Electrocatalysis to Improve Lithium-Sulfur Battery Performance, Batteries&Supercaps., 5, e202100229 (2022).
  • Kakde N. R; Bharathkumar H. J; Wavhal B. A; Nikam A; Patil S; Das S. R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Kulkarni A; Asha S. K., Direct (hetero)arylation (DHAP) Polymerization of Conjugated Polymers – New A–B–A Monomer Design for P(NDI2OD-T2) & the Challenges of Adopting DHAP for Continuous Flow Processes, J Mater Chem C., 10, 13025 (2022).
  • Singh A. K; Kavungathodi M. F. M; Mozer A. J; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Solvent-Dependent Functional Aggregates of Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes on TiO2 Surface for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Langmuir., 34, 14808 (2022).
  • Singh A; Maibam A; Javaregowda B; Bisht R; Kudlu A; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Unsymmetrical Squarine Dyes for Dye Sensitised Solar Cells: Position of Anchoring Group Controls the Orientation and Self-assembly of Sensitizers on TiO2 Surface and Modulates its Flat Band Potential, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 124, 18436 (2020).
  • Kumar N; Yuvaraj S; Kavitha P; Sudhakar V; Krishnamoorthy K; Neppolian B, Aromatic Amine Passivated TiO2 for Dye Sensitised Solar Cells with 9.8% Efficiency, Solar Energy., 201, 965 (2020).
  • Aher J; Graefenstein A; Deshmukh G; Subramani K; Krueger B; Haensch M; Schwenzel J; Krishnamoorthy K; Wittstock G., Effect of Aromatic Rings and Substituent on the Performance of Lithium Batteries with Rylene Imide Cathodes, ChemElectroChem., 7, 1160 (2020).
  • Sudhakar V; Krishnamoorthy K., Enhancing the Device Efficiency by Filling the Traps in Photoanodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry C., 7, 14632 (2019).
  • Deshmukh G; Krishnamoorthy K., Conversion of Curved Assemblies into Two Dimensional Sheets, Nanoscale., 11, 5732 (2019).
  • Ramzan P. M; Pandey P; Siddiqui H; Sudhakar V; Krishnamoorthy K; Haque F. Z., Evolution of ZnO Nanostructures as Hexagonal Disk: Implementation as Photoanode Material and Efficiency Enhancement in Al: ZnO based Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Applied Surface Science., 470, 1130 (2019).
  • Prakash K; Sudhakar V; Sankar M; Krishnamoorthy K., Trans-A2B2 Zn(II) Porphyrin Dyes with Various Donor Groups and Their Co-sensitization for Highly Efficient Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Dyes and Pigments., 160, 386 (2019).
  • Kumar R; Sudhakar V; Prakash K; Krishnamoorthy K; Sankar M., Tuning the Photovoltaic Performance of DSSCs by Appending Various Donor Groups on Trans-dimesityl Porphyrin Backbone, ACS Applied Energy Materials., 1, 2793 (2018).
  • Murugan P; Raghavendra V; Mandal A. B; Subramanian V; Chithiravel S; Krishnamoorthy K; Subramanian V; Samanta D., Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Different Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymers, ACS Omega., 3, 11710 (2018).
  • Dharmapurikar S. S; Chithiravel S; Mane M. V; Deshmukh G; Krishnamoorthy K., Dihedral Angle Control to Improve the Charge Transport Properties of Conjugated Polymers in Organic Field Effect Transistor, Chemical Physics Letters., 695, 51 (2018).
  • Bisht And R; Singh S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J., Modulated Photochemical Reactivities of O-acetylated (3',5'-dimethoxyphenyl)heteroaryl Acyloin Derivatives under Direct Irradiation and Photo-induced Electron Transfer Conditions, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences., 17, 835 (2018).
  • Sudhakar V; Das C; Krishnamoorthy K., Silk Cocoon as Counter-Electrode Substrate in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Chemistry Select., 3, 7195 (2018).
  • Jain B; Krishnamoorthy K., Large Anion Incorporation to Improve the Performance of Large, Paper based Conducting Polymer Supercapacitors, Materials Today Energy., 5, 112 (2017).
  • Kataria D; Krishnamoorthy K; Iyer S. S. K., Increasing Light Coupling in a Photovoltaic Film by Tuning Nanoparticle Shape with Substrate Surface Energy, Materials Rsearch Express., 4, 085022/1 (2017).
  • Prakash K; Manchanda S; Sudhakar V; Sharma N; Sankar M; Krishnamoorthy K., Facile Synthesis of ?-functionalized "Push-pull" Zn(II) Porphyrins for DSSC Applications, Dyes and Pigments., 147, 56 (2017).
  • Umale S. V; Tambat S. N; Sudhakar V; Sontakke S. M; Krishnamoorthy K., Fabrication, Characterization and Comparison of DSSC using Anatase TiO2 Synthesized by Various Method, Advanced Powder Technology., 28, 2859 (2017).
  • Das C; Chatterjee S; Kumaraswamy G; Krishnamoorthy K., Elastic Compressible Energy Storage Devices from Ice Templated Polymer Gels treated with Polyphenols, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 121, 3270 (2017).
  • Bhosale M. E; Banerjee A; Krishnamoorthy K., Heteroatom Facilitated Preparation of Electrodes for Sodium Ion Batteries, RSC Advances., 7, 12659 (2017).
  • Sudhakar V; Arulkashmir A; Krishnamoorthy K., A Polymer and Graphene Layer to Increase Dye Regeneration and Suppress Back Electron Transfer in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Chemical Communications., 53, 6629 (2017).
  • Jain B; Krishnamoorthy K., Enhancement in Charge Storage upon Conversion of Conjugated Polymer Spheres to Fibers, Electrochimica Acta., 246, 1023 (2017).
  • Singh A. K; Krishnamoorthy K., Self-Assembled Spheres, Flowers, and Fibers from the Same Backbone and Similar Side Chains, Langmuir., 33, 13401 (2017).
  • Devaraji P; Mapa M; Abdul H. H. M; Sudhakar V; Krishnamoorthy K; Gopinath C. S., ZnO-ZnS Heterojunctions: A Potential Candidate for Optoelectronics Applications and Mineralization of Endocrine Disruptors in Direct Sunlight, ACS Omega., 2, 6768 (2017).
  • Bhosale M. E; Illathvalappil R; Kurungot S; Krishnamoorthy K., Conjugated Porous Polymers as Precursors for Electrocatalysts and Storage Electrode Materials, Chemical Communications., 52, 316 (2016).
  • Debnath S; Bedi A; Zade S. S; Chithiravel S; Krishnamoorthy K; Sharma S., Selenium-Containing Fused Bicyclic Heterocycle Diselenolodiselenole: Field Effect Transistor Study and Structure-Property Relationship, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces., 8, 18222 (2016).
  • Arulkashmir A; Krishnamoorthy K., Disassembly of Micelles to Impart Donor and Acceptor Gradation to Enhance Organic Solar Cell Efficiency, Chemical Communications., 52, 3486 (2016).
  • Arulkashmir A; Sudhakar V; Krishnamoorthy K., Band Edge Modulated Polymer Layer to Decrease Back Electron Transfer and Increase Efficiency in Sensitized Solar Cells, Advanced Energy Materials., 6, 1502334/1 (2016).
  • Sasikumar M; Bharath D; Kumar G. S; Chereddy N. R; Chithiravel S; Krishnamoorthy K; Shanigaram B; Bhanuprakash K; Rao V. J., Role of Acceptor Strength on OFET Properties of Small Molecular Organic Semiconducting Materials with D-A-D Architecture, Synthetic Metals., 220, 236 (2016).
  • Das C; Krishnamoorthy K., Flexible Microsupercapacitors Using Silk and Cotton Substrate, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces., 8, 29504 (2016).
  • Debnath S; Singh S; Bedi A; Krishnamoorthy K; Zade And S. S., Site-selective Synthesis and Characterization of BODIPY-acetylene Copolymers and their Transistor Properties, Journal of Polymer Science (Polymer Chemistry)., 54, 1978 (2016).
  • Kaleeswaran D; Vishnoi P; Kumar S; Chithiravel S; Walawalkar M. G; Krishnamoorthy K; Murugavel R., Alkyl-Chain-Separated Triphenylbenzene - Carbazole Conjugates and their Derived Polymers: Candidates for Sensory, Electrical and Optical Materials, Chemistry Select., 1, 6649 (2016).
  • Singh S; Chithiravel S; Krishnamoorthy K., Copolymers Comprising Monomers with Various Dipoles and Quadrupole as Active Material in Organic Field Effect Transistor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 120, 26199 (2016).
  • Kumar R; Sankar M; Sudhakar V; Krishnamoorthy K., Synthesis and characterization of simple cost-effective trans-A2BC porphyrins with various donor groups for dye-sensitized solar cells, New Journal of Chemistry., 40, 5704 (2016).
  • Goudappagouda; Chithiravel S; Krishnamoorthy K; Gosavi S. W; Santhosh B. S., Seeded on-surface Supramolecular Growth for Large Area Conductive Donor-acceptor Assembly, Chemical Communications., 51, 10439 (2015).
  • Bharath D; Chithiravel S; Sasikumar M; Chereddy N. R; Shanigaram B; Bhanuprakash K; Krishnamoorthy K; Rao V. J., A Detailed Study on the Thermal, Photo-physical and Electrochemical Properties and OFET Applications of D-?-A-?-D Structured Unsymmetrical Diketopyrrolopyrrole Materials, RSC Advances., 51, 94859 (2015).
  • Bhosale M; Krishnamoorthy K., Chemically Reduced Organic Small-Molecule-Based Lithium Battery with Improved Efficiency, Chemistry of Materials., 27, 2121 (2015).
  • Debnath S; Singh S; Bedi A; Krishnamoorthy K; Zade S. S., Synthesis, Optoelectronic, and Transistor Properties of BODIPY- and Cyclopenta[c]thiophene-Containing ?-Conjugated Copolymers, Jourla of Physical Chemistry C., 119, 15859 (2015).
  • Das C; Jain B; Krishnamoorthy K., Phenols from Green Tea as a Dual Functional Coating to Prepare Devices for Energy Storage and Molecular Separation, Chemical Communications., 51, 11662 (2015).
  • Das C; Krishnamoorthy K., Disassembly of Micelles in Nanoscopic Space to Prepare Concentric Nanotubes with Variable Hydrophobic Interiors, Chemical Communications., 50, 5905 (2014).
  • Arulkashmir A; Jain B; Roy K; John J; Krishnamoorthy K., Chemically Doped Perylene Diimide Lamellae based Field Effect Transistor with Low Operating Voltage and High Charge Carrier Mobility, Chemical Communications., 50, 326 (2014).
  • Singh S; Venugopalan V; Krishnamoorthy K., Organic Soluble and Uniform Film Forming Oligoethylene Glycol Substituted BODIPY Small Molecules with Improved Hole Mobility, Phyiscal Chemistry Chemical Physics., 16, 13376 (2014).
  • Prajitha; Chithravel S; Krishnamoorthy K; Asha S. K. , Structure-property Relationship in Charge Transporting Behaviour of Room Temperature Liquid Crystalline Perylenebisimide, Journal of Materials Chemistry C., 2, 9882 (2014).
  • Nikam A; Arulkashmir A; Krishnamoorthy K; Kulkarni A; Prasad B. L. V., pH-dependent Single-step Rapid Synthesis of CuO and Cu2O Nanoparticles from the Same Precursor, Crystal Growth & Design., 14, 4329 (2014).
  • Dharmapurikar S; Arulkashmir A; Das C; Muddellu P; Krishnamoorthy K., Enhanced Hole Carrier Transport due to Increased Intermolecular Contacts in Small Molecule based Field Effect Transistors, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces., 5, 7086 (2013).
  • Arulkashmir A; Bhosale M; Krishnamoorthy K., Cleavable and Removable Polymer for Organic Field Effect Transistors Packaging, RSC Advances., 3, 22591 (2013).
  • Mahale R. Y; Arulkashmir A; Dutta K; Krishnamoorthy K., Band Edge Modulated Conjugated Polymers for Oxidation Prevention, Phyiscal Chemistry Chemical Physics., 14, 4577 (2012).
  • Arulkashmir A; Mahale R. Y; Dharmapurikar S. S; Jangid And M. K; Krishnamoorthy K., Supramolecular Interaction Facilitated Small Molecule Films for Organic Field Effect Transistor, Polymer Chemistry., 3, 1641 (2012).
  • Dutta K; Mahale R. Y; Arulkashmir A; Krishnamoorthy K., Reversible Assembly and Disassembly of Micelles by a Polymer that Switches between Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Wettings, Langmuir., 28, 10097 (2012).