Research Group Publications
 
  • Kargude, R.; Srinivasalu, H. H.; Devasia, G.; Krishnamurty, S.; Krishnamoorthy And 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., Accepted, (2025).
  • Senthilkumaran, M.; Bharathkumar, H. J.; Prakashbabu, R.; Balasubramanian, R.; Ajithkumar, T. G.; Ravindranathan, S.; Krishnamoorthy And K., Mechanochemical Large-Scale Rapid Synthesis of Ultrapure Sodium Hexafluorophosphate, ChemPlusChem., , e2400640 (2025).
  • Kumar, V.; Bharthkumar, H. J.; Devasia, G.; Narayanan, A.; Krishnamurty, S.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Babu And S. S., Diamondoid All-Carbon Porous Aromatic Framework Host for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Small., , e2500388 (2025).
  • Jadhav, A. P.; Singh, A. K.; Shivankar, B. R. ; Siby, J.; Krishnamurty, S.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Nithyanandhan And 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).
  • Ranjeesh, K. C.; Bharathkumar, H. J.; Gaber, S.; Bhauriyal, P.; Kumar, S.; Skorjanc, T.; Finsgar, M.; Heine, T.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Shetty And D., Heteroatom-Synergistic Effect on Anchoring Polysulfides In Chalcone-Linked Nanographene Covalent Organic Frameworks for High-Performance LiS Batteries, Adv. Sci., 12, 2415897 (2025).
  • Ingole, K. B.; Siby, J.; Pandya, R.; Vanka, K.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Nithyanandhan And 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).
  • Nawghare, I. S.; Deshmukh, S. S.; Joshi, K.; Krishnamurty, S.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Nithyanandhan And 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).
  • Gaber, S.; Mohammed, A. K.; Bharathkumar, H. J.; Martinez, J. I.; Sanchez, P. P.; Gandara, F.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Shetty And 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.; Deshmukh, S. S.; Verma, T. S.; Krishnamurty, S.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Nithyanandhan And J., Triazatruxene Amine Donor-Based Visible-Light-Responsive Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 7, 7982 (2024).
  • Kargude, R.; Bharathkumar, H. J.; Palani, S.; Singh, A. K.; Krishnamoorthy And K., Shuttle Balance between Lithiophilic Functionalities Substituted on Conjugated Polymers to Improve Lithium Ion Diffusion and Cycling Stability of Batteries, Macromolecules., 57, 7830 (2024).
  • Bharathkumar, H. J.; Kargude, R.; Birajdar, S.; Shivankar, B.; Krishnamurty, S.; Jones, L. A.; Caruso, R. A.; Krishnamoorthy And K., Synergistic Effect of Lactam and Pyridine Nitrogen on Polysulfide Chemisorption and Electrocatalysis in Lithium Sulfur Batteries, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 16, 42059 (2024).
  • Bharathkumar, H. J.; Shivankar, B. R.; Krishnamurty, S.; Chen, D.; Caruso, R. A.; Krishnamoorthy And K., Polyvalent interaction and confinement to suppress polysulfide dissolution and improve electrocatalysis, Catal. Sci. Technol., 14, 3416 (2024).
  • Singh, A.; Singh, A. K.; Dixit, R.; Vanka, K.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Nithyanandhan And 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).
  • Singh, A.; Singh, A. K.; Dixit, R.; Vanka, K.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Nithyanandhan And 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).
  • Jadhav, A. P.; Singh, A. K.; Pandya, R.; Vanka, K.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Jayaraj And 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 And J. , Aniline and Indoline Donors Based Far-Red Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, ChemPhotoChem., , e202300160 (2024).
  • Deshmukh, S. S.; Maibam, A.; Krishnamurty, S.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Nithyanandhan And J., Visible-Light-Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes with Pyridyl Anchoring Groups for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cels, Langmuir., 40, 251 (2024).
  • Singh, A.; Singh, A. K.; Dixit, R.; Vanka, K.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Nithyanandhan And 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).
  • Kumar, V.; Bharathkumar, H. J.; Dongre, S. D.; Gonnade, R.; Krishnamoorthy, K.; Sukumaran And S. B., Isomer Effect on Energy Storage of ?-Extended S-Shaped Double[6]Heterohelicene, Angewandte Chemie Int Ed., , e202311657 (2023).
  • Aher, J.; Sathiskumar, P.; Krishnamoorthy And K., Linear Polymer Comprising Dual Functionalities with Hierarchical Pores for Lithium Ion Batteries, ChemElectroChem., , e202300389 (2023).
  • Kumar, S; Swain, G; Krishnamoorthy And K., Can Metal Cations Electrocatalyze Sulfur Redox Reaction and Suppress Polysulfide Shuttle?, Batteries&Supercaps., , e202300136 (2023).
  • Indrajeet S. N; Singh, A. K; Maibam, A; Deshmukh, S. S; Krishnamurty, S; Krishnamoorthy, K; Nithyanandhan And 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 And J., Modular TiO2-Squaraine Dyes/Electrolyte Interface for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Cobalt Electrolyte, ChgemPhotoChem., 7, e202200171 (2023).
  • Swain, G; Jawaregowda, B; Dambhare, N; Krishnamoorthy And K., Organic Field Effect Transistors Comprising Copolymers Synthesized without Structure Directing Moieties with Enhanced Carrier Mobility, ACS Appl. Elect. Mater., 5, 2338 (2023).
  • Singh, A; Singh, A. K; Dixit, R; Vanka, K; Krishnamoorthy, K; Nithyanandhan And J. , Visible-Light-Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes with 1 V of Open-Circuit Voltage for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ChemPhotoChem., 7, e202200328 (2023).
  • Jadhav, A. P; Singh, A. K; Maibam, A; Krishnamurty, S; Krishnamoorthy, K; Nithyanandhan And J., D-A-D -based Unsymmetrical Thiosquaraine Dye for the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, PhotoChem. PhotoBiol., 99, 529 (2023).
  • Singh, A. K; Kavungathodi, M. F. M; Mozer, A. J; Krishnamoorthy, K; Nithyanandhan And J., Solvent-Dependent Functional Aggregates of Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes on TiO2 Surface for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Langmuir., 34, 14808 (2022).
  • Kakde, N. R. Bharathkumar, H. J; Wavhal, B. A; Nikam, A; Patil, S; Das, S. R; Vanka, K; Krishnamoorthy, K; Kulkarni, A. Asha And 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).
  • Vijay Venugopalan, Jain Bhanprakash, Mahale Rajshree, Kumar Subramani And Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, 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 Subramani; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Concurrent Polyvalent Interaction and Electrocatalysis to Improve Lithium-Sulfur Battery Performance, Batteries&Supercaps., 5, e202100229 (2022).
  • Aher Jagdish; Graefenstein Alexander; Deshmukh Gunvant; Subramani Kumar; Krueger Bastian; Haensch Mareike; Schwenzel Julian; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Wittstock Gunther, Effect of aromatic rings and substituent on the performance of lithium batteries with rylene imide cathodes, ChemElectroChem., 7, 1160 (2020).
  • Kumar Naveen; Yuvaraj S; Kavitha P; Sudhakar Vediappan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Neppolian B, Aromatic amine passivated TiO2 for dye sensitised solar cells with 9.8% efficiency, Solar Energy., 201, 965 (2020).
  • Singh Ambarish; Maibam Ashakiran; Javaregowda Bharathkumar; Bisht Rajesh; Kudlu Ashwath; Krishnamurty Sailaja; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Nithyanandhan Jayaraj , 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).
  • Prakash Kamal; Sudhakar Vediappan; Sankar Muniappan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, 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).
  • Ramzan Parra Mohammad; Pandey Padmini; Siddiqui Hafsa; Sudhakar Vediappan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Haque Fozia 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).
  • Deshmukh Gunvant; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Conversion of curved assemblies into two dimensional sheets, Nanoscale., 11, 5732 (2019).
  • Sudhakar Vediappan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Enhancing the device efficiency by filling the traps in photoanodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry C., 7, 14632 (2019).
  • Kumar, R.; Sudhakar, V.; Prakash, K.; Krishnamoorthy K.; Sankar And 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 Pachaiyappan; Raghavendra Venkatraman; Mandal Asit Baran; Subramanian Venkatesan; Samanta Debasis; Raghavendra Venkatraman; Chithiravel Sundaresan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Subramanian Venkatesan; Samanta Debasis, Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Different Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymers, ACS Omega., 3, 11710 (2018).
  • Dharmapurikar, Satej S.; Chithiravel, Sundaresan; Mane, Manoj V.; Deshmukh And Gunvant; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Dihedral angle control to improve the charge transport properties of conjugated polymers in organic field effect transistor, Chemical Physics Letters., 695, 51 (2018).
  • Bisht, Rajesh; Singh, Saumya; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Nithyanandhan And Jayaraj, 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, Vediappan; Das And Chayanika; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Silk Cocoon as Counter-Electrode Substrate in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Chemistry Select., 3, 7195 (2018).
  • Bhanprakash Jain And Kothandam Krishnamoorthy, Large anion incorporation to improve the performance of large, paper based conducting polymer supercapacitors, Materials Today Energy., 5, 112 (2017).
  • Kataria, Devika; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Iyer And S. Sundar Kumar, Increasing light coupling in a photovoltaic film by tuning nanoparticle shape with substrate surface energy, Materials Rsearch Express., 4, 085022/1 (2017).
  • Prakash, Kamal; Manchanda, Shweta; Sudhakar, Vediappan; Sharma, Nidhi; Sankar And Muniappan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Facile synthesis of ?-functionalized "push-pull" Zn(II) porphyrins for DSSC applications, Dyes and Pigments., 147, 56 (2017).
  • Umale, Sanjivani V.; Tambat, Sneha N.; Sudhakar, Vediappan; Sontakke And Sharad M.; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Fabrication, characterization and comparison of DSSC using anatase TiO2 synthesized by various method, Advanced Powder Technology., 28, 2859 (2017).
  • Das, Chayanika; Chatterjee, Soumyajyoti; Kumaraswamy And Guruswamy; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Elastic Compressible Energy Storage Devices from Ice Templated Polymer Gels treated with Polyphenols, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C., 121, 3270 (2017).
  • Bhosale, Manik E.; Banerjee And Abhik; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Heteroatom facilitated preparation of electrodes for sodium ion batteries, RSC Advances., 7, 12659 (2017).
  • Sudhakar, Vediappan; Arulkashmir And Arulraj; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, 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 And Bhanprakash; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Enhancement in charge storage upon conversion of conjugated polymer spheres to fibers, Electrochimica Acta., 246, 1023 (2017).
  • Singh And Anup Kumar; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Self-Assembled Spheres, Flowers, and Fibers from the Same Backbone and Similar Side Chains, Langmuir., 33, 13401 (2017).
  • Devaraji, Perumal; Mapa, Maitri; Abdul Hakkeem, Hasna M.; Sudhakar, Vediappan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Gopinath And Chinnakonda S., ZnO-ZnS Heterojunctions: A Potential Candidate for Optoelectronics Applications and Mineralization of Endocrine Disruptors in Direct Sunlight, ACS Omega., 2, 6768 (2017).
  • Bhosale Manik E; Illathvalappil Rajith; Kurungot Sreekumar; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Conjugated porous polymers as precursors for electrocatalysts and storage electrode materials, Chemical Communications., 52, 316 (2016).
  • Debnath Sashi; Bedi Anjan; Zade Sanjio S; Chithiravel Sundaresan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Sharma Sagar, Selenium-Containing Fused Bicyclic Heterocycle Diselenolodiselenole: Field Effect Transistor Study and Structure-Property Relationship, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces., 8, 18222 (2016).
  • Arulkashmir And Arulraj; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Disassembly of micelles to impart donor and acceptor gradation to enhance organic solar cell efficiency, Chemical Communications., 52, 3486 (2016).
  • Arulkashmir, Arulraj; Sudhakar And Vediappan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, 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. Siva; Chereddy, Narendra Reddy; Chithiravel, S.; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Shanigaram, Balaiah; Bhanuprakash, K.; Rao And V. Jayathirtha, Role of acceptor strength on OFET properties of small molecular organic semiconducting materials with D-A-D architecture, Synthetic Metals., 220, 236 (2016).
  • Das And Chayanika; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Flexible Microsupercapacitors Using Silk and Cotton Substrate, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces., 8, 29504 (2016).
  • Kaleeswaran, D.; Vishnoi, Pratap; Kumar, Subramani; Chithiravel, Sundaresan; Walawalkar, Mrinalini G.; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Murugavel And Ramaswamy, Alkyl-Chain-Separated Triphenylbenzene - Carbazole Conjugates and their Derived Polymers: Candidates for Sensory, Electrical and Optical Materials, Chemistry Select., 1, 6649 (2016).
  • Singh, Saumya; Chithiravel And Sundaresan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, 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).
  • Debnath, Sashi; Singh, Saumya; Bedi, Anjan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Zade And Sanjio S., Site-selective synthesis and characterization of BODIPY-acetylene copolymers and their transistor properties, Journal of Polymer Science (Polymer Chemistry)., 54, 1978 (2016).
  • Kumar, Ravi; Sankar, Muniappan; Sudhakar And Vediappan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, 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, Sundaresan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Gosavi, Suresh W.; Santhosh Babu And Sukumaran, Seeded on-surface supramolecular growth for large area conductive donor-acceptor assembly, Chemical Communications., 51, 10439 (2015).
  • Bharath, D.; Chithiravel, S.; Sasikumar, M.; Chereddy, Narendra Reddy; Shanigaram, Balaiah; Bhanuprakash, K.; Krishnamoorthy K.; Rao And V. Jayathirtha, 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).
  • Debnath, Sashi; Singh, Saumya; Bedi, Anjan; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam; Zade And Sanjio S., Synthesis, Optoelectronic, and Transistor Properties of BODIPY- and Cyclopenta[c]thiophene-Containing ?-Conjugated Copolymers, Jourla of Physical Chemistry C., 119, 15859 (2015).
  • Das, Chayanika; Jain And Bhanprakash; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Phenols from green tea as a dual functional coating to prepare devices for energy storage and molecular separation, Chemical Communications., 51, 11662 (2015).
  • M Bhosale and K Krishnamoorthy, Chemically Reduced Organic Small-Molecule-Based Lithium Battery with Improved Efficiency, Chemistry of Materials., 27, 2121 (2015).
  • A. Arulkashmir, B. Jain, K. Roy And J. John and K. Krishnamoorthy, Chemically Doped Perylene Diimide Lamellae based Field Effect Transistor with Low Operating Voltage and High Charge Carrier Mobility, Chemical Communications., 50, 326 (2014).
  • S. Singh And V. Venugopalan and K. Krishnamoorthy, Organic soluble and uniform film forming oligoethylene glycol substituted BODIPY small molecules with improved hole mobility, Phyiscal Chemistry Chemical Physics., 16, 13376 (2014).
  • A Nikam, A Arulkashmir, K Krishnamoorthy, A Kulkarni And BLV Prasad, pH-dependent single-step rapid synthesis of CuO and Cu2O nanoparticles from the same precursor, Crystal Growth & Design., 14, 4329 (2014).
  • Prajitha, Chithravel And K Krishnamoorthy and S K Asha, Structure-property relationship in charge transporting behaviour of room temperature liquid crystalline perylenebisimide, Journal of Materials Chemistry C., 2, 9882 (2014).
  • C. Das and K. Krishnamoorthy, Disassembly of micelles in nanoscopic space to prepare concentric nanotubes with variable hydrophobic interiors, Chemical Communications., 50, 5905 (2014).
  • S. Dharmapurikar, A. Arulkashmir, C. Das, P. Muddellu And K. Krishnamoorthy, Enhanced Hole Carrier Transport due to Increased Intermolecular Contacts in Small Molecule based Field Effect Transistors, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces., 5, 7086 (2013).
  • A. Arulkashmir, M. Bhosale And K. Krishnamoorthy, Cleavable and Removable Polymer for Organic Field Effect Transistors Packaging, RSC Advances., 3, 22591 (2013).
  • Mahale, Rajashree Y.; Arulkashmir, Arulraj; Dutta And Kingshuk; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Band edge modulated conjugated polymers for oxidation prevention, Phyiscal Chemistry Chemical Physics., 14, 4577 (2012).
  • Arulkashmir, Arulraj; Mahale, Rajashree Y.; Dharmapurikar, Satej S.; Jangid And Manoj K.; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Supramolecular interaction facilitated small molecule films for organic field effect transis, Polymer Chemistry., 3, 1641 (2012).
  • Dutta, Kingshuk; Mahale, Rajashree Y.; Arulkashmir And Arulraj; Krishnamoorthy Kothandam, Reversible assembly and disassembly of micelles by a polymer that switches between hydrophilic and hydrophobic wettings, Langmuir., 28, 10097 (2012).
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