Prof. Mukesh Kumar
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Hysitron, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Colorado School of Mines
0000-0001-6389-2040
About
Dr. Mukesh Kumar is a Professor in the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab, India. In 2010, he earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi for his research on numerous aspects of transparent conducting oxide nanostructures. He then moved to South Dakota State University, SD, USA in Feb 2010 for his post-doctoral research where he worked to develop novel scanning probe microscopy facilities for nanoscale charge transport in organic solar cell materials. Since Dec 2011, Dr. Kumar was working with Colorado School of Mines and National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewal Energy Laboratory, Colorado, USA for the development of reliable and flexible thin films for next generation flexible solar cells and cathode materials for lithium ion batteries. Before joining at IIT Ropar, Dr. Kumar was working for Hysitron Inc., USA. Dr. Kumar has published two book chapters, nine review articles and total more than 70 research articles in journals like Energy Environmental Science, ACS Photonics, ACS Sensors, Applied Physics Letters and Advanced Optical Materials. Dr. Kumar has received many national and international awards like, Young Scientist Research Award from Department of Atomic Energy, India; Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy Fellowship from Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF); Faculty Research and Innovation Award, IIT Ropar. Recently, he received JSPS and prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship. Dr. Kumar is a selected member of Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS), National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) and Fellow of Institute of Physics (IOP). His research interest includes functional and renewable energy materials for optoelectronics and photovoltaics applications.
Employment
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Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Professor2024 - Present
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Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Associate Professor2019 - 2024
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Indian Institute of Technology Ropar Assistant Professor2013 - 2019
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Hysitron Material testing2013 - 2013
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Colorado School of Mines Development of Flexible TCO thin Films/Post Doc2011 - 2013
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South Dakota State University Development of nanoscale characterization facility for organic solar cells/Post Doc2010 - 2011
Education
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi PhD2005 - 2010
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Master of Technology2003 - 2005
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (102)
- Performance enhancement and emergence of self-powered in amorphous Ga2O3 solar-blind photodetectors via controlled reducing-environment annealing Save
- Emerging Two‐Dimensional vdW Materials and Their Heterostructures for Memristive Devices: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives Save
- Nonlinear Charge Density Fluctuation-Driven Plasmonic Enhancement in Au–Ag Thin Films Save
- Interface‐Driven Performance Enhancement in Perovskite Solar Cells Using Oxygen‐Tuned Cu‐Doped NiOx Hole Transport Layer Save
- A Self-Powered Ultrafast Polarization-Sensitive Multifunctional Photodetector Driven by Phonon Anisotropy in a PtSe2/MoSe2 Heterostructure Save
- Reverse-bias driven anomalous polarity switching in FeSi2/Ga2O3-NRs heterojunction based solar-blind photodetector Save
- Universal Ohmic contacts to β -Ga2O3 using interfacial dipoles of ultra-thin MgF2 layer and related defect passivation Save
- Performance Enhancement and Emergence of Self-Powered in Amorphous Ga2O3 Solar-Blind Photodetectors via Controlled Reducing-Environment Annealing Save
- Synergistic Interfacial Modification of Nanostructured GLAD TiO2 ETLs via KCl Treatment for CsPbBr3 Perovskite Solar Cells Save
- Phonon anomalies, anharmonicity, and thermal expansion coefficient in few layered PtX2 (X = S, Se): a temperature dependent Raman study Save