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Prof. Dr. Basudev Pradhan

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Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsSynthesis and Properties of Functional Materials,Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
KeywordsOptoelectronic Devices, Nanoscale Electronic Devices, Dye-Sensitized solar cells, Next-generation solar cells, Perovskite solar cells

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityRanchi
InstitutionCentral University of Jharkhand
InstituteCentre for Energy Engineering
Homepagehttps://cuj.ac.in/basudev_p.php

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dieter NeherInstitut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Golm
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2010

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Kumar, Prashant and Kumar, Anshu and Pareek, Ayushi and Haque, Enamul and Sen, Anik and Pradhan, Basudev: Harnessing natural dyes from Mirabilis Jalapa flower for dye-sensitized solar cells: A combined experimental and theoretical approach. In: Journal of Power Sources, 667, 2026, 239237
2025Shankar, Gyanendra and Kumar, Prashant and Pradhan, Basudev: Comment on:“Performance optimization of lead-free MASnBr3 based perovskite solar cells by SCAPS-1D device simulation”[Solar Energy 249 (2023) 401--413]. In: Solar Energy, 289, 2025, 113311
2025Kumar, Prashant and Lee, Won-June and Tang, Yuanhao and Yang, Hanjun and Xu, Wenzhan and Rout, Priyanka and You, Liyan and Romo, Joseph A and Pradhan, Basudev and Mei, Jianguo and others: Enabling ITO-free perovskite solar cells through n-doped poly (benzodifurandione)(n-PBDF) electrodes. In: EES Solar, 1, 2025, 529--535
2025Kumar, Prashant and Shankar, Gyanendra and Kumar, Anshu and Najar, Adel and Pradhan, Basudev: Recent progress in all-perovskite tandem solar cells and modules: redefining limits. In: Progress in Materials Science, 2025, 101560
2024B Pradhan, P Kumar, A Mahapatra: Introduction to Perovskite. Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices. Springer International Publishing, 2024. 1--17
2024Mahapatra, Arup and Kumar, Prashant and Pradhan, Basudev: Introduction to Perovskite. Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices. Springer International Publishing Cham, 2024. 1--17
2024Samantray, R and Manickavasakam, Karnan and Pradhan, B and Kandasamy, Manikandan and Mishra, SC and Misnon, Izan Izwan and Jose, Rajan and others: Nanoarchitectonics of low process parameter synthesized porous carbon on enhanced performance with synergistic interaction of redox-active electrolyte for supercapacitor application. In: Materials Chemistry and Physics, 314, 2024, 128885
2024Kumar, Prashant and Mahapatra, Arup and Pradhan, Basudev: Perovskite solar cells: fundamental to commercialization. Perovskite optoelectronic devices. Springer International Publishing Cham, 2024. 149--214
2024Bhandari, Sanjeev and Nath, Abhijit and Singh, L Robindro and Gogoi, Manashjit and Pradhan, Basudev and Mahato, Mrityunjoy: Sensing of alphacypermethrin pesticide using modified electrode of chitosan-silver nanowire nanocomposite Langmuir blodgett film. In: International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 104, 2024, 1817--1837
2024Uddin, Md Aslam and Kumar, Prashant and Rana, Prem Jyoti Singh and Pradhan, Basudev: Two-dimensional (2D) perovskite and its applications. Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices. Springer International Publishing Cham, 2024. 537--571
2023Mahapatra, Arup and Kumar, Prashant and Behera, Anil Kumar and Sen, Anik and Pradhan, Basudev: Comparative study of natural dye-sensitized solar cells using inedible extracts from kumkum, kamala and malabar spinach fruits. In: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 436, 2023, 114385
2023Banerjee, Amit and Batabyal, Sudip K and Pradhan, Basudev and Mohanta, Kallol and Bhattacharjee, Rama Ranjan: Future perspectives of carbon quantum dots. Carbon Quantum Dots for Sustainable Energy and Optoelectronics. Woodhead Publishing, 2023. 473--479
2023Anshu, Kumari and Kumar, Prashant and Pradhan, Basudev: Numerical simulation of stand-alone photovoltaic integrated with earth to air heat exchanger for space heating/cooling of a residential building. In: Renewable Energy, 203, 2023, 763--778
2023Kumar, Sandeep and Bharti, Pragya and Pradhan, Basudev: Performance optimization of efficient PbS quantum dots solar cells through numerical simulation. In: Scientific Reports, 13, 2023, 10511
2023Kumar, Prashant and Mahapatra, Arup and Kumar, Sandeep and Pradhan, Basudev: Photovoltaic application of carbon quantum dots. Carbon Quantum Dots for Sustainable Energy and Optoelectronics. Woodhead Publishing, 2023. 135--158
2023Kumar, Prashant and Shankar, Gyanendra and Pradhan, Basudev: Recent progress in bifacial perovskite solar cells. In: Applied Physics A, 129, 2023, 63
2023Shankar, Gyanendra and Kumar, Prashant and Pradhan, Basudev: Synergetically optimized perovskite subcells with a V OC beyond 2 V in tandem architecture. In: Energy \& Fuels, 37, 2023, 12291--12300
2022Shankar, G and Kumar, P and Pradhan, B: All-perovskite two-terminal tandem solar cell with 32.3% efficiency by numerical simulation. In: Materials Today Sustainability, 20, 2022, 100241
2022Srivastava, Shristy and Singh, Anand Kumar and Kumar, Prashant and Pradhan, Basudev: Comparative performance analysis of lead-free perovskites solar cells by numerical simulation. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 131, 2022,
2022Tiwari, Saket Kumar and Shankar, Gyanendra and Kumar, Prashant and Laref, Amel and Pradhan, Basudev: Efficiency approaching 26% in triple cation mixed halide perovskite solar cells by numerical simulation. In: IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 13, 2022, 242--249
2022Mahato, Sanchayan and Nandigana, Pardhasaradhi and Pradhan, Basudev and Subramanian, B and Panda, Subhendu K: Enhanced efficiency of DSSC by lyophilized tin-doped molybdenum sulfide as counter electrode. In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 894, 2022, 162406
2022Kumar, Prashant and Shankar, Gyanendra and Pradhan, Basudev: Improved performance study of monolithic all perovskite tandem solar cell in nip and pin structure. In: Materials Today: Proceedings, 66, 2022, 3392--3396
2022Nandigana, Pardhasaradhi and Mahato, Sanchayan and Dhandapani, Manjubashini and Pradhan, Basudev and Subramanian, B and Panda, Subhendu K: Lyophilized tin-doped MoS2 as an efficient photocatalyst for overall degradation of Rhodamine B dye. In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 907, 2022, 164470
2022Kumar, Sandeep and Kumar, Prashant and Mahapatra, Arup and Pradhan, Basudev: Quantum Dots Based Flexible Solar Cells. Smart and Flexible Energy Devices. CRC Press, 2022. 285--305
2022Mahapatra, A and Kumar, S and Kumar, P and Pradhan, B: Recent progress in perovskite solar cells: challenges from efficiency to stability. In: Materials Today Chemistry, 23, 2022, 100686
2021Mahapatra, Arup and Kumar, Prashant and Bhansare, Jyoti and Surapaneni, Sri Madhavi and Sen, Anik and Pradhan, Basudev: Development of dye-sensitized solar cell using M. philippensis (kamala tree) fruit extract: A combined experimental and theoretical study. In: International Journal of Energy Research, 2021, 1--7
2021Singh, Anand Kumar and Srivastava, Shristy and Mahapatra, Arup and Baral, Jayanta Kumar and Pradhan, Basudev: Performance optimization of lead free-MASnI3 based solar cell with 27% efficiency by numerical simulation. In: Optical Materials, 117, 2021, 111193
2020Mahapatra, Arup and Kumar, Prashant and Pradhan, Basudev: Improved performance of cadmium sulfide-sensitized solar cells by interface engineering. In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 31, 2020, 6274--6278
2020Nath, Bidisha and Pradhan, Basudev and Panda, Subhendu K: Optical tunability of lead free double perovskite Cs 2 AgInCl 6 via composition variation. In: New Journal of Chemistry, 44, 2020, 18656--18661
2020Kumar, Sandeep and Upadhyay, Rohitash and Pradhan, Basudev: Performance enhancement of heterojunction ZnO/PbS quantum dot solar cells by interface engineering. In: Solar Energy, 211, 2020, 283--290
2020Chowdhury, Farzana A and Pradhan, Basudev and Ding, Yi and Towers, Andrew and Gesquiere, Andre and Tetard, Laurene and Thomas, Jayan: Perovskite quantum dot-reduced graphene oxide superstructure for efficient photodetection. In: ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces, 12, 2020, 45165--45173
2020Cherusseri, Jayesh and Varma, Sreekanth J and Pradhan, Basudev and Li, Jinxin and Kumar, Jitesh and Barrios, Elizabeth and Amin, Mohammed Zain and Towers, Andrew and Gesquiere, Andre and Thomas, Jayan: Synthesis of air-stable two-dimensional nanoplatelets of Ruddlesden--Popper organic--inorganic hybrid perovskites. In: Nanoscale, 12, 2020, 10072--10081
2020Pradhan, Basudev and Das, Sonali and Li, Jinxin and Chowdhury, Farzana and Cherusseri, Jayesh and Pandey, Deepak and Dev, Durjoy and Krishnaprasad, Adithi and Barrios, Elizabeth and Towers, Andrew and others: Ultrasensitive and ultrathin phototransistors and photonic synapses using perovskite quantum dots grown from graphene lattice. In: Science advances, 6, 2020, eaay5225
2019Pradhan, BC and Kumar, SNV Siva: Aims of this chapter are to. In: Indian Business: Understanding a rapidly emerging economy, 2019,
2019Kumar, Hemant and Agrawal, Sagar and Rane, Ramkrishna and Mukherjee, Subroto and Pradhan, Basudev: Investigation of sulfurization effect on magnetron sputtered CZTS thin film. AIP Conference Proceedings. 2019. 030335
2019Li, Jinxin and Pradhan, Basudev and Gaur, Surya and Thomas, Jayan: Perovskite Solar Cells: Predictions and Strategies Learned from Machine Learning to Develop High-Performing Perovskite Solar Cells (Adv. Energy Mater. 46/2019).. In: Advanced Energy Materials, 9, 2019,
2019Li, Jinxin and Pradhan, Basudev and Gaur, Surya and Thomas, Jayan: Predictions and strategies learned from machine learning to develop high-performing perovskite solar cells. In: Advanced Energy Materials, 9, 2019, 1901891
2015Pradhan, Basudev: Available energy resources in rural India: Rural energy technology. In: Jharkhand, India, 2015,
2015Pradhan, Basudev and Das, Samir: Photophysical and photochemical properties of a family of isoelectronic tris chelated ruthenium(II) aza-/azo-aromatic complexes. In: RSC Advances, 5, 2015, 73726--73731
2014Pradhan, Basudev and Albrecht, Steve and Stiller, Burkhard and Neher, Dieter: Inverted organic solar cells comprising low-temperature-processed ZnO films. In: Applied Physics A, 115, 2014, 365--369
2010Pradhan, Basudev and Kohlmeyer, Ryan R and Chen, Jian: Fabrication of in-plane aligned carbon nanotube--polymer composite thin films. In: Carbon, 48, 2010, 217--222
2009Pradhan, Basudev and Sharma, Ashwani K and Ray, Asim K: A simple hybrid inorganic-polymer photodiode. In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 42, 2009, 165308
2009Pradhan, Basudev and Kohlmeyer, Ryan R and Setyowati, Kristina and Owen, Heather A and Chen, Jian: Advanced carbon nanotube/polymer composite infrared sensors. In: Carbon, 47, 2009, 1686--1692
2009Kohlmeyer, Ryan R and Javadi, Alireza and Pradhan, Basudev and Pilla, Srikanth and Setyowati, Kristina and Chen, Jian and Gong, Shaoqin: Electrical and dielectric properties of hydroxylated carbon nanotube- elastomer composites. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, 2009, 17626--17629
2009Pradhan, Basudev and Sharma, Ashwani K and Ray, Asim K: Nanoscale films of organic dyes for broadband environmental sensing. In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 20, 2009, 267--271
2008Pradhan, Basudev and Setyowati, Kristina and Liu, Haiying and Waldeck, David H and Chen, Jian: Carbon nanotube- polymer nanocomposite infrared sensor. In: Nano letters, 8, 2008, 1142--1146
2008Pradhan, Basudev and Kohlmeyer, Ryan R and Setyowati, Kristina and Chen, Jian: Electron doping of small-diameter carbon nanotubes with exohedral fullerenes. In: Applied Physics Letters, 93, 2008,
2008Pradhan, Basudev and Das, Samir: Role of new bis (2, 2′-bipyridyl)(triazolopyridyl) ruthenium (II) complex in the organic bistable memory application. In: Chemistry of Materials, 20, 2008, 1209--1211
2007Pradhan, Basudev and Sharma, Ashwani K and Ray, Asim K: Conduction studies on chemical bath-deposited nanocrystalline CdS thin films. In: Journal of Crystal Growth, 304, 2007, 388--392
2007Pradhan, Basudev and Majee, Swarup K and Batabyal, Sudip K and Pal, Amlan J: Electrical bistability in zinc oxide nanoparticle-polymer composites. In: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 7, 2007, 4534--4539
2007Pradhan, Basudev and Batabyal, Sudip K and Pal, Amlan J: Vertically aligned ZnO nanowire arrays in Rose Bengal-based dye-sensitized solar cells. In: Solar energy materials and solar cells, 91, 2007, 769--773
2006Pradhan, Basudev and Batabyal, Sudip K and Pal, Amlan J: Electrical bistability and memory phenomenon in carbon nanotube-conjugated polymer matrixes. In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110, 2006, 8274--8277
2006Pradhan, Basudev and Batabyal, Sudip K and Pal, Amlan J: Functionalized carbon nanotubes in donor/acceptor-type photovoltaic devices. In: Applied Physics Letters, 88, 2006,
2006Pradhan, Basudev and Batabyal, Sudip K and Pal, Amlan J: Rectifying junction in a single ZnO vertical nanowire. In: Applied physics letters, 89, 2006,
2005Pradhan, Basudev and Ray, Asim K and Sharma, Ashwani K: Large response of a hybrid inorganic-polymer photodetector. 5th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, 2005.. 2005. 249--251
2005Pradhan, Basudev and Sharma, Ashwani K and Ray, Asim K: Optical studies on chemical bath deposited nanocrystalline CdS thin films. In: Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 5, 2005, 1130--1134
2005Pradhan, Basudev and Pal, Amlan J: Organic photovoltaic devices: Concentration gradient of donor and acceptor materials in the molecular scale. In: Synthetic metals, 155, 2005, 555--559
2005Pradhan, Basudev and Pal, Amlan J: Role of dielectric properties in organic photovoltaic devices. In: Chemical physics letters, 416, 2005, 327--330
2004Pradhan, Basudev and Bandyopadhyay, Anirban and Pal, Amlan J: Molecular level control of donor/acceptor heterostructuresin organic photovoltaic devices. In: Applied physics letters, 85, 2004, 663--665
2004Pradhan, Basudev and Pal, Amlan J: Organic heterojunction photovoltaic cells: role of functional groups in electron acceptor materials. In: Solar energy materials and solar cells, 81, 2004, 469--476
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