Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sultan

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsExperimental Condensed Matter Physics,Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
KeywordsDefects, Band Alignment, Tandem Solar Cells, Perovskite Photovoltaics, MXene

Current contact address

CountryPakistan
CityMurree
InstitutionKohsar University Murree
InstituteDepartment of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Lukas Schmidt-MendeFachbereich Physik, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2026

Programme(s)

2024Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2026 Taimoor Hussain, Turab Ali Abbas, Kong Liu and Muhammad Sultan*: Elemental Depth Profiling in Perovskite Solar Cells by Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry . In: Journal of Electronic Materials , 2026,
2026Wahid Hussain, Ali Hamza, Muhammad Sultan PervoTransformer: Transformer-Based PCE Prediction and Device Design with MACE MLIPs for CsSnX3 Perovskites, . In: ChemRxiv, 2026,
2025Siddique, M. and Sultan, Muhammad and Khan, M. S. I. and Safeer, S. H.: Device optimization of CsPbI2Br-based inorganic perovskite solar cells using different charge transport layers via SCAPS-1D. In: Next Mater., 8, 2025, 100532
2025Mehmood, Bilal and Zhang, Chen and Wu, Shan and Lu, Jiangying and Zheng, Xu and Jiang, Wei and Amin, Kamran and Lu, Shudi and Khan, Muhammad Iftikhar and Sultan, Muhammad and Ashraf, Tanveer and Wang, Zhijie and Deng, Huixiong and Liu, Kong and Qu, Shengchun: Dual-modification strategy for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells via thermally induced liquid crystals and carbazole-based phenethylammonium boosting. In: Chem. Eng. J., 516, 2025, 163918
2024Maaz Ahmad, Abid Inayat, Muhammad Nasir Hussain, Azam Khan, Adnan, Manawwer Alam, Muhammad Sultan*, Syed Mustansar Abbas*: Graphene supported In2S3 nanostructure as electrode material for lithium-sulfur batteries and supercapacitors . In: Materials Today Sustainability , 2024,
2023Bashir, Amna and Inayat, Abid and Bashir, Rabia and Jamil, Sadaf and Abbas, Syed Mustansar and Sultan, Muhammad and Iqbal, Azhar and Akhter, Zareen: Design of porous Ni and rare-earth (Ce, Ho, Eu) co-doped TiO2 nanoarchitectures for energy conversion and storage. In: New J. Chem., 47, 2023, 3560--3571
2023Haider, Muhammad Irfan and Hu, Hao and Seewald, Tobias and Ahmed, Safeer and Sultan, Muhammad and Schmidt-Mende, Lukas and Fakharuddin, Azhar: Ethylenediamine vapor-assisted surface passivation of perovskite films for efficient inverted solar cells. In: Solar RRL, 2023, 2201092
2023Hussain, Wahid and Sawar, Samina and Sultan, Muhammad: Leveraging machine learning to consolidate the diversity in experimental results of perovskite solar cells. In: RSC Adv., 13, 2023, 22529--22538
2023Amjad, Akfeen and Qamar, Samina and Zhao, Chengchen and Fatima, Kalsoom and Sultan, Muhammad and Akhter, Zareen: Numerical simulation of lead-free vacancy-ordered Cs2PtI6 based perovskite solar cells using SCAPS-1D. In: RSC Adv., 13, 2023, 23211--23220
2022Qamar, Samina and Sultan, Muhammad and Akhter, Zareen and Ela, Sule Erten: A ficile one-step synthesis of Cs2SnI6−xBrx using methanol solvent for dye-sensitized solar cells. In: Int. J. Energy Res., 46, 2022, 13441--13452
2022Hussain, T. and Fatima, Kalsoom and Anjum, A. and Abbas, Turab Ali and Ahmad, I. and Fakharuddin, Azhar and Sultan, Muhammad: Experimental evidence of ion migration in unbiased aged inorganic perovskite solar cells using RBS depth profiling. In: RSC Mater. Adv., 3, 2022, 7846--7855
2022Haider, Irfan and Fatima, Kalsoom and Fakharuddin, Azhar and Schmidt-Mende, Lukas and Sultan, Muhammad: Modulating defect density of NiO hole transport layers via interfacial oxygen stoichiometry. In: Sol. Energy, 233, 2022, 326--336
2022S. Z. Noby, A. Fakharuddin, S. Schupp, M. Sultan, M. Krumov, M. Drescher, M. Azarkh, K. Boldt, and L. Schmidt-Mende: Oxygen vacancies in oxidized and reduced vertically aligned α-MoO3 nanoblades, . In: RSC Materials Advances, 3, 2022, 3581
2022Qamar, Samina and Fatima, Kalsoom and Ullah, N. and Akhter, Zareen and Waseem, A. and Sultan, Muhammad: Recent progress of MXenes in perovskite solar cells. In: Nanoscale, 14, 2022, 13018--13039
2022Fatima, Kalsoom and Haider, Muhammad Irfan and Bashir, Amna and Qamar, Samina and Qureshi, A. Ali and Akhter, Zareen and Sultan, Muhammad: Surface modification of CsPbI2Br for improved inorganic perovskite solar cells. In: Physica E, 142, 2022, 115265
2021Bashir, Amna and Naz, A. and Sultan, Muhammad and Bashir, Rabia and Ali, N. Z. and Iqbal, Azhar and Akhter, Zareen: Influence of Mn and Ni doping on CuO nanostructures. In: Int. J. Nanopart., 14, 2021, 13--30
2021Bashir, Amna and Rafique, O. and Bashir, Rabia and Jamil, Sadaf and Bashir, F. and Sultan, Muhammad and Mubeen, M. and Mehmood, A. and Iqbal, Azhar and Akhter, Zareen: Optical and electrochemical properties of Ni2+ and Pr3+ co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles. In: Appl. Nanosci., 11, 2021, 2397--2413
2021A Bashir, O. Rafique, R. Bashir, S. Jamil, F. Bashir, M. Sultan, M. Mubeen, A. Mehmood, A. Iqbal, Z. Akhter: Synthesis and comparative evaluation of optical and electrochemical properties of Ni+2 and Pr+3 ions co-doped TiO2 nanoparticles with undoped titania. In: Applied Nanosciences, 11, 2021, 2397
2020A Bashir, S. Shukla, R. Bashir, R. Patidar, A. Bruno, D. Gupta, M. Sultan, Z. Akhter: Low temperature, solution processed spinel NiCo2O4 nanoparticles as efficient hole transporting material for mesoscopic n-i-p perovskite solar cells. In: Solar Energy, 196, 2020, 367
2020Bashir, Amna and Shukla, S. and Bashir, Rabia and Patidar, R. and Bruno, A. and Gupta, D. and Sultan, Muhammad and Akhter, Zareen: Low-temperature processed NiCo2O4 nanoparticles as hole transporting material. In: Sol. Energy, 196, 2020, 367--378
2020Fatima, Kalsoom and Haider, Irfan and Fakharuddin, Azhar and Schmidt-Mende, Lukas and Sultan, Muhammad: Performance enhancement of CsPbI2Br perovskite solar cells via stoichiometric control. In: Sol. Energy, 211, 2020, 654--660
2019F. Amin, S. A. Zahra, M. Sultan, S. H. Mirza, and F, Azad: Bandgap Engineering of Bilayer Ge/CdS Thin Films via Interlayer Diffusion under Different Annealing Temperatures. In: Journal of Nanomaterials, 2019, 8384794
2019A. Fakharuddin, U. Shabbir, W. Qiu, T. Iqbal, M. Sultan,* P. Heremans, L. Schmidt-Mende: Inorganic and low dimensionality perovskites for optoelectronic devices. In: Advanced Materials, 2019,
2019S. Butt, M. U. Farooq, W. Mahmood, S. Salam, M. Sultan, M. A. Basit, J. Ma, Y. Lin, C. W. Nan: One-step rapid synthesis of Cu2Se with enhanced thermoelectric properties. In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds 786 2019, 557
2019Hu, Hao and Birkhold, Susanne and Sultan, Muhammad and Fakharuddin, Azhar and Koch, S. and Schmidt-Mende, Lukas: Surface band bending influences open-circuit voltage of perovskite solar cells. In: ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2, 2019, 4045--4052
2018N. Ali, A. Hussain, R. Ahmed, M. F. Omar, M. Sultan, Y. Q. Fu: Crystallized InBiS3 thin films with enhanced optoelectronic properties, . In: Applied Surface Science, 436, 2018, 293
2018A. Ali, G. Rahman, T. Ali, M. Nadeem, S.K. Hasanain, M. Sultan: Enhanced band edge luminescence of ZnO nanorods after surface passivation with ZnS, . In: Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 103 2018, 329
2018H. Nawaz, T. Iqbal, M. Sultan: Growth and characterization of graphene based transparent electrodes for perovskite solar cells. In: International Journal of Energy Research, 42, 2018, 4866
2018A. Fakharuddin, M.l Seybold, A. Agresti, S. Pescetelli, F. Matteocci, M. I. Haider, S. T. Birkhold, H. Hu, R. Giridharagopal, M. Sultan, I. Mora-Seró, A. D. Carlo, and L. Schmidt-Mende: Perovskite-Polymer Blends Influencing Microstructures, Nonradiative Recombination Pathways, and Photovoltaic Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells, . In: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 49, 2018, 42542
2017M. Sultan, S. Mumtaz, M.Y. Khan, T. Iqbal: Band alignment and optical response of facile grown NiO/ZnO nano-heterojunctions. In: Superlattices and Microstructures 112, 2017, 210
2017A. Asad, S.K. Hasanain, T. Ali and M. Sultan: Improvement of Antimony Sulfide photo absorber performance by interface modification in Sb2S3-ZnO hybrid nanostructures. In: Physica E, 87, 2017, 20
2016M. Usman, S. S. Suvanam, M. G. Yazdi, M. Göthelid, M. Sultan and A. Hallén: Stoichiometry of the ALD-Al2O3/4H–SiC interface by synchrotron-based XPS . In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 49 2016, 255308
2014A. Eschenlohr, M. Sultan, A. Melnikov, N. Bergeard, J. Wieczorek, T. Kachel, C. Stamm, and U. Bovensiepen: The role of spin-lattice coupling in the ultrafast demagnetization of Gd1−xTbx alloys. In: Physical Review B, 89, 2014, 214423
2013M. Sultan, Y. Khan, S. T. Hussain and M. Shafiq: Growth and optical properties of antimony sulfide decorated ZnO nanorod heterojunctions. In: Materials Letter, 104, 2013, 44
2012M. Sultan, U. Atxitia, A. Melnikov, O. Chubykalo-Fesenko, and U. Bovensiepen: Electron- and phonon-mediated ultrafast magnetization dynamics of Gd(0001). In: Physical Review B, 85, 2012, 184407
2011M. Wietstruk, A. Melnikov, C. Stamm, T. Kachel, N. Pontius, M. Sultan, C. Gahl, M. Weinelt, H. A. Dürr, and U. Bovensiepen: Hot-Electron-Driven Enhancement of Spin-Lattice Coupling in Gd and Tb 4f Ferromagnets Observed by Femtosecond X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism. In: Physical Review Letters, 106, 2011, 127401
2011M. Sultan, A. Melnikov, and U. Bovensiepen: Ultrafast magnetization dynamics of Gd(0001): Bulk versus surface. In: Basic Solid State Physics B, 248, 2011, 2323
2009Iqbal, T. and Rajput, M. U. and Sultan, Muhammad and Sajjad, M.: Absolute efficiency calibration of HPGe detectors. In: Radiat. Eff. Defects Solids, 164, 2009, 699--711