Research Projects

Project 1

Project Title	: Transmission Electron Microscopy of Compositionally Graded Coatings of YSZ/ Ni-YSZ on Ni Base Superalloy for Nuclear Waste Vitrification Components.
Funding Agency	: UGC-DAE-CSR, Indore
Project Period	: 2013-2016
Project Status	: Completed
PI / Co-PI	: Dr.P.Kuppusami/ Dr.Shyju T.S.

Project 2

Project Title	: entre of Excellence for Energy Research
Funding Agency	: MHRD-FAST
Project Period	: 2014-2021
Project Status	: Completed
Coordinator	: Coordinator: Dr.T.Sasipraba
PI	: Solar Energy : Dr.Shyju T.S; Super Capacitors/Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Dr.P.Kuppusami; Bio energy: Dr.S.S.Dawn

Project 3

Project Title	: Development of thermal barrier coatings by electron beam physical vapour deposition
Funding Agency	: VSSC, ISRO, Government of India
Scheme	: Respond Programme
Project Period	: 2014-2017
Project Status	: Completed
PI / Co-PI	: Dr.Shyju T.S. / Dr.P.Kuppusami

Project 4

Project Title	: Development of Diffusion Barrier Coatings of YSZ/Ni-YSZ on Ni-Based Superalloy by Electron Beam Evaporation for Applications in Nuclear Waste Processing
Funding Agency	: DAE-BRNS, Government of India, Mumbai
Project Period	: 2014-2017
Project Status	: Completed
PI / Co-PI	: Dr.P.Kuppusami / Dr.Shyju T.S.

Project 5

Project Title	: Development of solid-state Perovskite Solar cells (Nº 3160445)
Funding Agency	: National Fund for Scientific Research and Technological Development (FONDECYT)
Project Period	: 2015-2018
Project Status	: Completed
PI	: Dr.Shyju T.S.

Project 6

Project Title	: Materials Development for Solar Cell Applications
Funding Agency	: Sathyabama - SEED Grant
Project Period	: 2020-2022
Project Status	: Completed
PI / Co-PI	: Dr.Shyju T.S. / Dr. P. Vengatesh

Project 7

Project Title	: Development of Novel Quaternary Metal Chalcogenides for Energy Harvesting Applications
Funding Agency	: UGC-DAE-CSR INDORE
Project Period	: 2022-2025
Project Status	: Ongoing
PI / Co-PI	: Dr.Shyju T.S. / Dr. P. Vengatesh

Project 8

Project Title	: Sustainable livelihood development through the production of high quantity and quality meat from the backyard poultry farming using enzymes at Uthukadu Village, Walajabad, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
Funding Agency	: DST, SEED, SCSP STI. Government of India
Project Period	: 2022-2024
Project Status	: Completed
PI / Co-PI	: Dr. A. Dayananda / Dr.Shyju T.S.

Project 9

Project Title	: Investigations on Rare Earth Doped Oxide Color Tunable Phosphors for White Light Emitting Diode Applications
Funding Agency	: UGC-DAE-CSR INDORE
Project Period	: 2023-2026
Project Status	: Completed
PI / Co-PI	: Dr.D. Balaji / Dr.Shyju T.S.

Project 10

Project Title	: Preparation of Cost-effective Perovskite Precursors for Perovskite Solar Cells
Funding Agency	: Sathyabama SEED Grant
Project Period	: 2023-2024
Project Status	: Completed
PI / Co-PI	: Dr.P.Vengatesh / Dr.Shyju T.S.

Project 11

Project Title	: Cu-Based (p-Type) Delafossite Oxide Films by Reactive RF Magnetron Co-Sputtering for Planar Heterojunction Oxide Solar Cells.
Funding Agency	: UGC-DAE-CSR INDORE
Project Period	: 2025-2028
Project Status	: Ongoing
PI / Co-PI	: Dr.P.Vengatesh / Dr.Shyju T.S.

Patents

Sl.No	Number	Title	Date	Granted
1	Patent No: 521238 Application No: 201941027791	TUNABLE OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES AND HIGHLY EFFICIENT P-TYPE METAL NITRIDE BY BARIUM (BA) DOPING	11-07-2019 15-01-2021 07-03-2024	Granted
2.	Application No: 20 2022 103 048;	A System for Decorating the ZnO Surface with Tin Sulfide-Based Nanoparticles for Improving the Photocatalytic Degradation Efficiency, Dr. Govindasamy Murugadoss, Dr. Subhenjit Hazra, Dr. Shyju Thankaraj Salammal, Dr. Kuppusami Parasuraman, Dr. Rajasekar Mani	Filed date: 31.05.2022	German Patent- Granted
3.	202341032360	Method for Development of Quaternary Metal Chalcogenides Through Mechanosynthesis	08/05/2023 16/06/2023	Published

Publications

1. Immanuel, A., Sajitha, D.R., Govindasamy, C., Almutairi, K.M., Beauno, S. and Salammal, S.T., 2025. Exploration of structural and optoelectronic behaviour of mechanochemically synthesized earth-abundant phase pure Cu2FeSnSe4. Materials Research Bulletin, 189, p.113477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2025.113477
2. Vijayaraghavan, G.V., Suriakarthick, R., Priscilla, J., Shyju, T.S. and Mani, J., 2025. Electrical, electrochemical and thermoelectric properties of PANI/AgBiSe2 multi-functional polymeric composite material for energy storage and conversion applications. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1021, p.179534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.179534
3. Agnes, J.A., Sajitha, D.R., Beauno, S., Selvaraj, M. and Salammal, S.T., 2025. Efficient mechanochemical studies of Cu2FeSnSe4 quaternary chalcogenide for energy conversion and storage applications. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 173, p.113881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2024.113881
4. Sajitha, D.R., Stephen, B., Nakamura, A., Selvaraj, M., Salammal, S.T. and Hussain, S., 2024. The Emergence of Chalcogenides: A New Era for Thin Film Solar Absorbers. Progress in Solid State Chemistry, p.100490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2024.100490
5. Murugadoss, G., Kannappan, T., Rajabathar, J.R., Manavalan, R.K., Salammal, S.T. and Venkatesh, N., 2023. Rapid photocatalytic activity of crystalline CeO2-CuO-Cu (OH) 2 ternary nanocomposite. Sustainability, 15(21), p.15601. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115601
6. Chinnakutti, K.K., Kirubaharan, A.K., Patra, L., Pandey, R., Theerthagiri, J., Vengatesh, P., Salammal, S.T., Paramasivam, N., Sambandam, A., Kasemchainan, J. and Choi, M.Y., 2023. Modulating the combinatorial target power of MgSnN2 via RF magnetron sputtering for enhanced optoelectronic performance: Mechanistic insights from DFT studies. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 15(11), pp.14546-14556.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c22514
7. Mathew, J. and Shyju, T.S., 2022. Plasmon-enhanced efficiency of DSSC and hybrid nano catalysis applications. Topics in Catalysis, 65(19), pp.1719-1732.DOI:10.1007/s11244-022-01678-3
8. kumar Chinnakutti, K., Patra, L., Panneerselvam, V., Govindarajan, D., Kheawhom, S., Theerthagiri, J., Yu, Y., Salammal, S.T. and Choi, M.Y., 2022. Lithium inserted ZnSnN2 thin films for solar absorber: n to p-type conversion. Materials Today Chemistry, 25, p.100957.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.100957
9. Anandhi, S. and Shyju, T.S., 2021. Enhancement of nonlinearity by a parasubstituted compounds-it's spectroscopic analysis. Materials Today: Proceedings, 47, pp.1123-1127.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.07.239
10. kumar Chinnakutti, K., Panneerselvam, V. and Salammal, S.T., 2021. Ba-acceptor doping in ZnSnN2 by reactive RF magnetron sputtering:(002) faceted Ba–ZnSnN2 films. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 855, p.157380.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157380
11. Nazimudeen, E.A., Girish, T.E., Abraham, S., Modi, M.H., Tiwari, M.K., Midhun, C.V., Shyju, T.S. and Varier, K.M., 2020. X-ray Reflectivity measurements of Speculum metal mirrors using Synchrotron radiation. arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.12754. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2002.12754
12. Chinnakutti, K.K., Panneerselvam, V., Govindarajan, D., kumar Soman, A., Parasuraman, K. and Salammal, S.T., 2019. Optoelectronic and electrochemical behaviour of γ-CuI thin films prepared by solid iodination process. Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 29(5), pp.533-540.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnsc.2019.09.005
13. Sundaram, S.K., Subramanian, S., Panneerselvam, V. and Salammal, S.T., 2019. Preferentially oriented CuCdS2 thin films and thickness effects on structural, optical and electrical properties. Applied Physics A, 125(5), p.356.DOI 10.1007/s00339-019-2656-z
14. Karthikeyan, K.V., Anandhi, S., Ramkumar, V., Shyju, T.S., Jaisankar, S.N. and Suriakarthick, R., 2019. Studies on nonlinear optical properties of a mixture of 4-nitroaniline-picric acid (2/1). Materials Research Express, 6(7), p.075105.DOI 10.1088/2053-1591/ab1772
15. kumar Chinnakutti, K., Panneerselvam, V. and Salammal, S.T., 2019. Tailoring optoelectronic properties of earth-abundant ZnSnN2 by combinatorial RF magnetron sputtering. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 772, pp.348-358.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.08.331
16. Shyju, T.S., 2019. Exploring Optoelectronic and Electrochemical Behavior of γ-CuI Thin films Prepared by Solid Iodination Process. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnsc.2019.09.005
17. Chinnakutti, K.K., Panneerselvam, V. and Salammal, S.T., 2019. Investigation on structural and optoelectronic properties of in-situ post growth annealed ZnSnN2 thin films. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 89, pp.234-239.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2018.09.016
18. Panneerselvam, V., Chinnakutti, K.K., Thankaraj Salammal, S., Soman, A.K., Parasuraman, K., Vishwakarma, V. and Kanagasabai, V., 2018. Role of copper/vanadium on the optoelectronic properties of reactive RF magnetron sputtered NiO thin films. Applied Nanoscience, 8, pp.1299-1312.DOI:10.1007/s13204-018-0784-y
19. Chinnakutti, K.K., Salammal, S.T., Panneerselvam, V., Parasuraman, K. and Vishwakarma, V., 2018. Highly transparent zinc nitride thin films by RF magnetron sputtering with enhanced optoelectronic behavior. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 232, pp.33-40.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2018.10.016
20. Vengatesh, P., Shyju, T.S. and Kuppusami, P., 2018. Fabrication of planar heterojunction oxide solar cells by radio frequency magnetron sputtering. Materials Letters, 220, pp.197-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.03.037
21. Sreedhar, M., Neelakanta Reddy, I., Bera, P., Shyju, T.S. and Anandan, C., 2017. Studies of Cu‐doped ZnS thin films prepared by sputtering technique. Surface and Interface Analysis, 49(4), pp.284-290. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.6130
22. Chamorro, W., Shyju, T.S., Boulet, P., Migot, S., Ghanbaja, J., Miska, P., Kuppusami, P. and Pierson, J.F., 2016. Role of Cu+ on ZnS: Cu p-type semiconductor films grown by sputtering: influence of substitutional Cu in the structural, optical and electronic properties. RSC Advances, 6(49), pp.43480-43488.DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA05819A
23. Suriakarthick, R., Kumar, V.N., Shyju, T.S. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2015. Effect of substrate temperature on copper antimony sulphide thin films from thermal evaporation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 651, pp.423-433.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.08.061
24. Shyju, T.S., Anandhi, S., Suriakarthick, R., Gopalakrishnan, R. and Kuppusami, P., 2015. Mechanosynthesis, deposition and characterization of CZTS and CZTSe materials for solar cell applications. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 227, pp.165-177.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2015.03.033
25. Anandhi, S., Rahulan, K.M. and Shyju, T.S., 2014. Hyperpolarizability and two photon observation of imidazolium picrate. Optik, 125(24), pp.7132-7135.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2014.08.085
26. Suriakarthick, R., Kumar, V.N., Indirajith, R., Shyju, T.S. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2014. Photochemically deposited and post annealed copper indium disulphide thin films. Superlattices and Microstructures, 75, pp.667-679.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spmi.2014.08.012
27. Suriakarthick, R., Kumar, V.N., Shyju, T.S. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2014. Investigation on post annealed copper sulfide thin films from photochemical deposition technique. Materials science in semiconductor processing, 26, pp.155-161.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2014.04.024
28. Shyju, T.S., Anandhi, S., Sivakumar, R. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2014. Studies on lead sulfide (PbS) semiconducting thin films deposited from nanoparticles and its NLO application. International Journal of Nanoscience, 13(01), p.1450001.https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219581X1450001X
29. Anandhi, S., Shyju, T.S. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2013. Studies on vibrational, thermal, optical, dielectric and mechanical properties of a molecular salt: 2-Methylimidazolium hydrogen succinate. Optik, 124(22), pp.5553-5560.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2013.03.168
30. Shyju, T.S., Anandhi, S., Sivakumar, R., Garg, S.K. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2012. Investigation on structural, optical, morphological and electrical properties of thermally deposited lead selenide (PbSe) nanocrystalline thin films. Journal of Crystal Growth, 353(1), pp.47-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2012.05.003
31. Rajalakshmi, M., Shyju, T.S., Indirajith, R. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2012. Unidirectional growth of benzil crystal from solution by Sankaranarayanan–Ramasamy method and its characterization. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 86, pp.27-32.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2011.09.049
32. Shyju, T.S., Anandhi, S. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2012. Comparative studies on conventional solution and Sankaranarayanan–Ramasamy (SR) methods grown potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate single crystals. Cryst Eng Comm, 14(4), pp.1387-1396. https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CE05849E
33. Shyju, T.S., Anandhi, S., Indirajith, R. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2011. Solvothermal synthesis, deposition and characterization of cadmium selenide (CdSe) thin films by thermal evaporation technique. Journal of crystal growth, 337(1), pp.38-45.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2011.09.051
34. Anandhi, S., Shyju, T.S., Srinivasan, T.P. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2011. Investigation on growth and characterization of imidazolium picrate: An organic salt. Journal of Crystal Growth, 335(1), pp.75-83.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2011.08.012
35. Anandhi, S., Rajalakshmi, M., Shyju, T.S. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2011. Growth and characterization of an adduct 4-aminobenzoic acid with nicotinic acid. Journal of crystal growth, 318(1), pp.774-779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.10.113
36. Anandhi, S., Shyju, T.S. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2010. Studies on growth, thermal, optical, vibrational properties and hyperpolarizability of a complex orthonitroaniline with picric acid. Journal of crystal growth, 312(22), pp.3292-3299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.08.007
37. Shyju, T.S., Anandhi, S., Indirajith, R. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2010. Effects of annealing on cadmium selenide nanocrystalline thin films prepared by chemical bath deposition. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 506(2), pp.892-897.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.07.106

National Journals & Conference Proceedings

1. Immanuel, A.S.A., Sivaramalingam, A., Panneerselvam, V. and Salammal, S.T., 2023. Development of phase pure Cu2ZnSiSe4 via solid-state synthesis for energy applications. Materials Today: Proceedings.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.06.141
2. Devika, R.S., Vengatesh, P. and Shyju, T.S., 2023. Review on ternary chalcogenides: potential photoabsorbers. Materials Today: Proceedings.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.04.113
3. Sriharan, R., Anandhi, S., Vengatesh, P. and Shyju, T.S., 2021. Effect of substrate temperature on thermally evaporated CdS/CZTS for solar cell fabrication. Materials Today: Proceedings, 47, pp.A8-A12.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.09.366
4. Vengatesh, P. and Shyju, T.S., 2021. Effect of substrate temperature on reactive RF magnetron sputtered SnO2 thin films for photovoltaic applications. Materials Today: Proceedings, 47, pp.1035-1039.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.06.202
5. kumar Chinnakutti, K., Panneerselvam, V., Govindarajan, D. and Salammal, S.T., 2020. Fabrication of p-type cubic γ-CuI by solid iodination process for energy conversion and storage applications. Materials Today: Proceedings, 23, pp.34-38.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.05.387
6. P Vengatesh, CK Kumar, TS Shyju, One-dimensional TiO2 by electrochemical anodization of DC sputtering Ti films, J. Indian Chem. Soc 96, 100-102.
7. Shyju, T.S. and Paulraj, M., 2018. A New Approach to Grow A-TiO2 Nanocubes. Key Engineering Materials, 759, pp.76-80. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.759.76
8. Jesuraj, S.A., Kuppusami, P., Kamalan Kirubaharan, A.M., Ramchandaran, D., Shyju, T.S. and Devapal, D., 2017. Effect of substrate temperature on lanthanum zirconate coatings by EB-PVD technique. In Proceedings of the seventeenth international conference on thin films: abstracts.
9. Shyju, T.S. and Paulraj, M., IMRC 2017 XXVI International Materials Research Congress Sociedad Mexicana de Materiales.
10. Viswanathan, K., Shyju, T.S., Ramachandran, D. and Pradhaban, G., 2016. Electric properties of ZnO thin films by RF magnetron sputtering technique. Materials Today: Proceedings, 3(6), pp.1548-1552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2016.04.041
11. Ponmudi Selvan, T., Shyju, T.S., Kirubaharan, A.K., Devapal, D. and Kuppusami, P., 2015, October. Microstructure and Nanomechanical Behaviour of Electron Beam Evaporated Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Films on Ni Base Superalloy. In Materials Science Forum (Vol. 830, pp. 691-694). Trans Tech Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.830-831.691
12. Saravanan, K.G., Kumar, R.A., Ramachandran, D., Shyju, T.S., Vishwakarma, V., Kim, S.J. and Kuppusami, P., 2013, July. Structural and corrosion behaviour of bilayer and alloyed films of Cu-Ni. In International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials & Emerging Engineering Technologies (pp. 179-180). IEEE.
13. Shyju, T.S. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2013, July. Studies on lead sulphide thin films deposited by photochemical method. In International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials & Emerging Engineering Technologies (pp. 340-343). IEEE.
14. Kumar, V.N., Suriakarthick, R., Shyju, T.S. and Gopalakrishnan, R., 2013, June. Deposition of CdS thin films by chemical bath and photochemical deposition methods and its characterization. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 1536, No. 1, pp. 347-348). American Institute of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4810243

Book Chapters

1. Devika, R.S., Immanuel, S.A., Panneerselvam, V., Salammal, S.T. and Hussain, S., 2024. High Performance Quaternary Chalcogenides for Solar Energy Conversion.Elsevier, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-93940-9.00112-2, Part of ISBN: 9780124095489, Jan 2024.
2. Rajkumar, C., Vengatesh, P., Shyju, T.S., Arulraj, A. and Mangalaraja, R.V., 2023. Halide perovskite for photodetector applications. In Low-Dimensional Halide Perovskites (pp. 335-367). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-88522-5.00003-X
3. Vengatesh, P., Kumar, C.K., Shyju, T.S. and Paulraj, M., 2023. Biomass-derived Carbon as Electrode Materials for Batteries. Biomass-Derived Carbon Materials.DOI:10.1002/9783527832903
4. Murugadoss, G., Shyju, T.S. and Kuppusami, P., 2022. Bio-Mediated Synthesis of Nanomaterials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Mater. Res. Found, 121, pp.175-210.
5. Shyju, T.S., Anandhi, S., Vengatesh, P., Karthik Kumar, C. and Paulraj, M., 2019. Graphitic Carbon Nitride Based Nanocomposites as Photoanodes. Interfacial Engineering in Functional Materials for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells, pp.247-263.  https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119557401.ch12
6. Sivaramalingam, A., Thankaraj Salammal, S., Soosaimanickam, A., Sakthivel, T., Paul David, S. and Sambandam, B., 2021. Role of TiO2 in highly efficient solar cells. In Metal, Metal-Oxides and Metal Sulfides for Batteries, Fuel Cells, Solar Cells, Photocatalysis and Health Sensors (pp. 147-168). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Awards and Honors

• High Impact Journal Award- Sathyabama 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023
• Received INTERNATIONAL BEST RESEARCHER AWARD in the field of Materials science by ISSN AWARDS 2022.
• Sathyabama High Score overall award in Academic and Research - 2021
• Awarded a postdoctoral research fellow (2016-2018) in the research project entitled “Development of solid-state Perovskite Solar cells (Nº 3160445)” sponsored by National Fund for Scientific Research and Technological Development (FONDECYT) of National Commission of scientific Research and Technology (CONICYT), at University of Concepcion, Chile.
• Financial assistance for attending 8th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2015), Materials Research Society of Singapore (Travel Grant) by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST) (ITS/1473/2015-2016) Govt., Government of India,
• Received Best Paper Award in the “International Conference on Energy Materials” held at Sathyabama University, Chennai during July 28th -30th, 2014.
• Awarded as a SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (Govt. of India) for the year 2011.

Research Innovations

• Developed a Single-Phase Novel Quaternary Chalcogenides
• Highly stable and standard earth-abundant nitride thin film for Semiconductor devices (ZnSnN2)