Dr. Love Bansal

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsSynthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
KeywordsPerovskite Solar Cells, Tandem Organic Solar Cells, Photovoltaic Supercapacitor, Supercapacitor, Metal Chalcogenides
Honours and awards

2026: Institute Best Technology Award

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityKiel
InstitutionChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
InstituteInstitut für Materialwissenschaft

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Tayebeh AmeriInstitut für Materialwissenschaft, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2026

Programme(s)

2026Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Ahlawat, Nikita; Rout, Partha Sarathi; Bansal, Love; Sahu, Bhumika; Rath, Deb Kumar; Srivastava, Saumya; Kumar, Shivam; Singh, Sharmistha; Shekhawat, Abhishek S; Saxena, Shailendra K; {Binary‐Ternary} {Complex} {Oxide} {Nanoflower:} {Pulse} {Reverse} {Electrodeposited} {Electrode} for {Designing} {Supercapacitor} {Prototype}. 11, 2026, e02300
2026Sahu, Bhumika; Bansal, Love; Ahlawat, Nikita; Rath, Deb K; Shekhawat, Abhishek S; Chondath, Subin K; Saxena, Shailendra K; Kumar, Rajesh; {Developing} a solid state electrochromic-supercapacitor prototype through {DFT-guided} charge transfer engineering in {2D} carbon doped {NiO}. 14, 2026, 5284--5297
2026Rout, Partha Sarathi; Bansal, Love; Ahlawat, Nikita; Kumar, Shivam; Sahu, Bhumika; Srivastava, Saumya; Singh, Sharmistha; Rath, Deb Kumar; Rana, Amit; Chaudhary, Anjali; {Hybrid} {ZnCo2S4/Polyindole} {Electrode} for {Advanced} {Supercapacitor:} {DFT} and {Raman} {Mapping‐Based} {Mechanistic} {Study} of {Improved} {Performance}. 10, 2026, e70880
2026Bansal, Love; Sengeni, Anantharaj; {Inert} {CH4} vs. polarized electrodes: current trends and perspectives on methane electroactivation. 14, 2026, 28824--28857
2026Bansal, Love; Kaladi Chondath, Subin; Sasidharan, Nivin Thulasibai; Saxena, Shailendra K; Kumar, Rajesh; {Photo-supercapacitors} for the {Future:} {Integrating} {Solar} {Conversion} and {Energy} {Storage} into a {Single} {Platform}. 17, 2026, 4259--4273
2026Bansal, Love; Chondath, Subin Kaladi; Sahu, Bhumika; Ahlawat, Nikita; Ghosh, Tanushree; Rath, Deb Kumar; Kandpal, Suchita; Kumar, Rajesh; {Quantum} materials based energy harvesting: a comprehensive review of energy conversion, storage, and saving technologies. 8, 2026, 12001
2026Chowdhury, Koustab; Ahlawat, Nikita; Bansal, Love; Sarkar, Sayantan; Samanta, Plabani; Kumar, Rajesh; Mukhopadhyay, Suman; {Role} of redox-active centres and charge density in covalent organic networks for energy storage applications as high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors. 14, 2026, 10755--10764
2026Chondath, Subin Kaladi; Bansal, Love; Rath, Deb Kumar; Ahlawat, Nikita; Sahu, Bhumika; Rout, Partha Sarathi; Srivastava, Saumya; Kumar, Shivam; Singh, Sharmistha; Kumar, Tikendra; {Unraveling} supercapacitive cobalt manganese sulfide nanoflakes: a standalone binder-free electrode material for a solid-state prototype device. 14, 2026, 4554--4563
2026Rath, Deb Kumar; Nishad, Bharat; Bansal, Love; Sahu, Bhumika; Saxena, Shailendra K; Kumar, Rajesh; {Unveiling} {Secrets} of {Quantum} {Materials} and {Devices} {Using} {Raman} {Imaging:} {A} {Technique} {Combining} {Microscopy} and {Spectroscopy}. 17, 2026, 6373--6382
2025Ahlawat, Nikita; Bansal, Love; Sahu, Bhumika; Rath, Deb Kumar; Tiwari, Soumya; Chaudhary, Anjali; Kaladi Chondath, Subin; Kumar, Rajesh; {A} {Viologen/α-MnO2} {Inorganic/Organic} {Hybrid} {Assembly-Based} {Solid-State} {Electrochromic} {Device:} {Improved} {Performance} and {Multiwavelength} {Switching}. 7, 2025, 5712--5720
2025Ahlawat, Nikita; Bansal, Love; Sahu, Bhumika; Rath, Deb Kumar; Tiwari, Soumya; Chaudhary, Anjali; Kaladi Chondath, Subin; Kumar, Rajesh; {Complementary} {Oxides} {Based} {Electrochromic} {Supercapacitor:} {Multiwavelength} {Switchable} {Solid} {State} {Device}. 8, 2025, 4288--4298
2025Kaladi Chondath, Subin; Bansal, Love; Sahu, Bhumika; Kumar, Rajesh; {Dopant-induced} defect engineering in transition metal oxide/chalcogenide-based electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors: a critical review. 8, 2025, 8680--8709
2025Chondath, Subin Kaladi; Bansal, Love; Rath, Deb Kumar; Ahlawat, Nikita; Sahu, Bhumika; Tiwari, Soumya; Chaudhary, Anjali; Kumar, Rajesh; {Dopant-induced} enhanced ion diffusion in flower-shaped {hollandite-MnO2:} a wearable supercapacitor with improved energy storage. 9, 2025, 3304--3314
2025Bansal, Love; Kaladi Chondath, Subin; Sahu, Bhumika; Rath, Deb K; Ahlawat, Nikita; Gupta, Adit; Saxena, Shailendra K; Lee, Pooi See; Kumar, Rajesh; {Emerging} multivalent electrochromic batteries: {Dual-function} energy storage with visual intelligence. 11, 2025, 111--124
2025Bansal, Love; Rath, Deb Kumar; Pandey, Shivansh Raj; Sahu, Bhumika; Ahlawat, Nikita; Chondath, Subin Kaladi; Kumar, Rajesh; {Energy} harvesting from {NiCo2S4/Co} x {S} y nanoflakes: {A} two-fold strategy by morphology control and using redox-additive electrolytes. 17, 2025, 12826--12836
2025Parashar, Ranjeev Kumar; Kandpal, Suchita; Kamal, Aditya; Bansal, Love; Gupta, Kirti; Kumar, Rajesh; Mondal, Prakash Chandra; {Exploring} the role of counterions in the electrochromic performance of redox-active viologen. 27, 2025, 25837--25847
2025Kaladi Chondath, Subin; Bansal, Love; Rethnakumaran, Anusree Veluthath; Davison, Deepa; Puthiyaparambath, Muhammed Fasil; Chatanathodi, Raghu; Kumar, Rajesh; Menamparambath, Mini Mol; {In} {Situ} {Generation} of {Porous} {Ag‐Hollandite/Polypyrrole} {2D} {Mats} at the {Water/Chloroform} {Interface} for {Dual} {Applications} in {Energy} {Storage} and {Electrochemical} {Sensing}. 9, 2025, 2401699
2025Bansal, Love; Lübkemann-Warwas, Franziska; Sahu, Bhumika; Ghosh, Tanushree; Kandpal, Suchita; Rani, Chanchal; Rath, Deb Kumar; Prawitt, Lasse; Wesemann, Christoph; Bigall, Nadja C; {Nano} aerogel-based {VIS-NIR} switchable electrochromic supercapacitor: energy storage and heat-shielding device. 17, 2025, 31201--31211
2025Rath, Deb Kumar; Bansal, Love; Barwa, Kuldeep; Sahu, Bhumika; Ahlawat, Nikita; Chondath, Subin Kaladi; Kumar, Rajesh; {Nonlinear} {Fano-Raman} line-shape evolution: direct evidence of the creation and annihilation of interferons in {V2O5}. 27, 2025, 8674--8679
2025Bansal, Love; Sahu, Bhumika; Rout, Partha Sarathi; Ahlawat, Nikita; Rath, Deb Kumar; Chondath, Subin Kaladi; Kumar, Rajesh; {Rationally} designed {NiCo2S4/CoδSξ} nanoflakes and redox-additive electrolyte: {Boosting} electrocatalytic activity. 1, 2025,
2025Kandpal, Suchita; Bansal, Love; Game, Onkar S; Kumar, Rajesh; {Self-sufficient} electrochromic solar cells: photovoltaic and color modulating smart windows. 17, 2025, 2703--2715
2025Rout, Partha Sarathi; Bansal, Love; Sahu, Bhumika; Rath, Deb Kumar; Ahlawat, Nikita; Singh, Sharmistha; Srivastava, Saumya; Kumar, Shivam; Rana, Amit; Chaudhary, Anjali; {Strategically} improving the oxygen evolution reaction performance of {ZnCo2S4} nanoflakes: role-specific redox-additive electrolytes. 49, 2025, 17047--17055
2025Sarma, Suryakamal; Jain, Nishita; Bansal, Love; Vishwakarma, Ravindra; Prasun, Aditya; Sahu, Tarun Kumar; Kumar, Rajesh; Sarma, Tridib K; {Supramolecular} {Self-Assembly} of {Polyaniline} {Embedded} {Enzyme-Mimicking} {GMP-Condensate} {Hydrogel} for {Electrochromic} {Energy} {Storage} {Applications}. 17, 2025, 48532--48546
2024Sahu, Bhumika; Bansal, Love; Rath, Deb Kumar; Kandpal, Suchita; Ghosh, Tanushree; Ahlawat, Nikita; Rani, Chanchal; Maximov, Maxim Yu; Kumar, Rajesh; {Bendable} \& twistable oxide-polymer based hybrid electrochromic device: {Flexible} and multi-wavelength color modulation. 7, 2024, 100082
2024Gupta, Pankaj Kumar; Bansal, Love; Kumar, Rajesh; Misra, Rajneesh; {Design,} {Synthesis,} and {Characterization} of a {Phenothiazine-Functionalized} {Triazine} {Derivative} for {Electrochromic} {Devices}. 3, 2024, 14--21
2024Rani, Sonam; Bansal, Love; Bhatia, Ravi; Kumar, Rajesh; Sameera, I; {Engineered} nano-architecture for enhanced energy storage capabilities of {MoS2/CNT-heterostructures:} {A} potential supercapacitor electrode. 84, 2024, 110865
2024Sahu, Bhumika; Bansal, Love; Ghosh, Tanushree; Kandpal, Suchita; Rath, Deb Kumar; Rani, Chanchal; Wesemann, Christoph; Bigall, Nadja C; Kumar, Rajesh; {Metal} oxide-mixed polymer-based hybrid electrochromic supercapacitor: {Improved} efficiency and dual band switching. 57, 2024, 245110
2024Sahu, Bhumika; Bansal, Love; Ahlawat, Nikita; Ghanghass, Anjali; Rath, Deb Kumar; Kaladi Chondath, Subin; Kandpal, Suchita; Bhatia, Ravi; Sameera, Ivaturi; Kumar, Rajesh; {Mixed} chalcogenides nanoflakes’ infrared cutting effect: utilization in thermal soothing electrochromic goggles. 2, 2024, 2128--2136
2024Bansal, Love; Ahlawat, Nikita; Sahu, Bhumika; Rath, Deb Kumar; Chondath, Subin Kaladi; Ghosh, Tanushree; Kumar, Rajesh; {Nano-nest} type porous {NiCo2S4@} polyindole core–shell array: efficient energy storage supercapacitor device. 6, 2024, 3736--3744
2024Bansal, Love; Sahu, Bhumika; Rath, Deb Kumar; Ahlawat, Nikita; Ghosh, Tanushree; Kandpal, Suchita; Kumar, Rajesh; {Stoichiometrically} {Optimized} {Electrochromic} {Complex} {[V2O2+} ξ {(OH)} 3‐ξ] {Based} {Electrode:} {Prototype} {Supercapacitor} with {Multicolor} {Indicator}. 20, 2024, 2312215
2024Nain, Ritu; Bansal, Love; Sagdeo, PR; Kumar, Rajesh; {Utilizing} rare earth titanates to improve performance of solid-state electrochromic device. 5, 2024, 25016
2023Bansal, Love; Kandpal, Suchita; Ghosh, Tanushree; Rani, Chanchal; Sahu, Bhumika; Rath, Deb Kumar; Kumar, Rajesh; {A} supercapacitive all-inorganic nano metal–oxide complex: a 180° super-bendable asymmetric energy storage device. 11, 2023, 16000--16009
2023Kandpal, Suchita; Bansal, Love; Ghanghass, Anjali; Ghosh, Tanushree; Rani, Chanchal; Sahu, Bhumika; Rath, Deb Kumar; Bhatia, Ravi; Sameera, I; Kumar, Rajesh; {Bifunctional} solid state electrochromic device using {WO3/WS2} nanoflakes for charge storage and dual-band color modulation. 11, 2023, 12590--12598
2023Bansal, Love; Rani, Chanchal; Ghosh, Tanushree; Kandpal, Suchita; Tanwar, Manushree; Kumar, Rajesh; {Charge} storage capabilities of fractal porous silicon obtained using simple metal assisted porosification method. 15, 2023, 167--175
2023Bansal, Love; Ghosh, Tanushree; Kandpal, Suchita; Rani, Chanchal; Sahu, Bhumika; Rath, Deb Kumar; Wesemann, Christoph; Chhoker, Sandeep; Bigall, Nadja C; Kumar, Rajesh; {Fluorane} sensitive supercapacitive microcrystalline {MoO3:} dual application in energy storage and {HF} detection. 4, 2023, 4775--4783
2023Bansal, Love; Rani, Chanchal; Ghosh, Tanushree; Kandpal, Suchita; Chhoker, Sandeep; Tanwar, Manushree; Kumar, Rajesh; {Mescoporous} nickel titanate–titanium oxide complex material for enhanced energy storage application. 127, 2023, 8925--8936
2023Ghosh, Ph D Tanushree; Bansal, Love; Kandpal, Suchita; Rani, Ph D Chanchal; Rath, Deb Kumar; Sahu, Bhumika; Chhoker, Sandeep; Kumar, Rajesh; {Multifunctional} electrochromic hybrid {PANI@} {WO3} core-shell for energy generation and storage. 72, 2023, 108640
2023Rani, Sonam; Bansal, Love; Tanwar, Manushree; Bhatia, Ravi; Kumar, Rajesh; Sameera, I; {Role} of precursor concentration in tuning the electrochemical performance of {MoS2} nanoflowers. 292, 2023, 116436
2022Ghosh, Tanushree; Bansal, Love; Kandpal, Suchita; Rani, Chanchal; Tanwar, Manushree; Kumar, Rajesh; {Ambipolar} all-organic solid-state electrochromic device using electrodeposited polyaniline: improving performance by design. 1, 2022, 473--480
2022Bansal, Love; Ghosh, Tanushree; Kandpal, Suchita; Rani, Chanchal; Tanwar, Manushree; Kumar, Rajesh; {Exploiting} charge storage capabilities of {NiTiO3/TiO2} for achieving the most efficient hybrid electrochromic device. 1, 2022, 577--583
2022Tanwar, Manushree; Bansal, Love; Rani, Chanchal; Rani, Sonam; Kandpal, Suchita; Ghosh, Tanushree; Pathak, Devesh K; Sameera, I; Bhatia, Ravi; Kumar, Rajesh; {Fano-type} wavelength-dependent asymmetric {Raman} line shapes from {MoS2} nanoflakes. 2, 2022, 417