DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Educational Qualification:
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2004- 2010 |
PhD (Physics) Specialization in Thin Film solar Cells Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi-682 022, Kerala, India Title of the thesis: Engineering the properties of indium sulfide for thin film solar cells by doping. |
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2001 – 2003 |
M. Sc (Physics) Specialization in Electronics, University of Calicut Mercy College, Palakkad, Kerala, India . |
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1998 – 2001 |
B. Sc (Physics) Chemistry, Mathematics (subsidiary subjects) University of Calicut Mercy College, Palakkad, Kerala, India |
Posts Held
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2011-pursuing |
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, St. Joseph’s college, Devagiri, Kozhikode |
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2009-2011 |
Post Doctoral Fellow (Research faculty), Dept. of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay |
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2007–2008 |
Sr. Engineer Technology at TATA BP Solar India LTD, Bangalore-560100, India |
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2005-2007 |
JRF in the IUAC Project entitled “Ion beam Mixing of Cu & In2S3 to get CuInS2: A Trial |
Awards
US Naval Research Global Award at the ICOOPMA-2007 (International Conference on Optical and Optoelectronic Properties of Materials and Applications) held at Queen Mary’s University, London for best presentation with industrial application
Research Publications
33 in total, (Please find details enclosed below)
10 in International Journals,
12 in International conferences
11 in National conferences
Research Projects
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Sl. No |
Title of the Project |
Funds Sanctioned and Status |
Funding Agency |
Role |
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1. |
Preperation and Characterization of cadmium free buffer layers for photovoltaic applications using chemical methods |
Rs.4.55,000/- (ONGOING) |
UGC Minor Project |
PI |
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2 |
Preparation and Characterisation of HDPE/nanochitosan/ nano hydroxyapatite biocomposites |
Rs.25,25,400/- (ONGOING) |
KSCSTE |
Co-Investigator |
Memberships in professional organizations:
Life member of Material Research Society of India
Publications:
Journal Papers
1. TenyTheresa John, Meril Mathew, C. Sudha Kartha, K. P.Vijayakumar, T. Abe, Y. Kashiwaba, “CuInS2/In2S3 thin film solar cell using spray pyrolysis technique having 9.5% efficiency” Sol.Energy.Mat.Sol.Cells 89(1) (2005) 27-36
2. Meril Mathew, R. Jayakrishnan, P. M. Ratheesh Kumar, C. Sudha Kartha, K. P. Vijayakumar, T. Abe, Y. Kashiwaba. “Anomalous behavior of silver doped indium sulfide thin films” J. Appl. Phys. 100 (2006) 033504
3. Meril Mathew, C. Sudha Kartha, K. P.Vijayakumar and Parameswar Hari, “Bandgap engineering in In2S3 thin films by tin mixing” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Volume 1012, (2007) 1012-Y12-14
4. Meril Mathew, C. Sudha Kartha, K. P.Vijayakumar, “In2S3:Ag, An ideal buffer layer for thin film solar cells”, J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 1085 (2008) 49591-7
5. A. K. Panchal, D. Rai, M. Mathew, C.S. Solanki, “Si quantum dots growth in SiNx dielectric: A review”, Nano, 4(5) (2009) 265-279
6. Angel Susan Cherian, Meril Mathew, C. Sudha Kartha, K.P. Vijayakumar Role of chlorine on the opto-electronic properties of β-In2S3 thin films, Thin Solid Films 518(7) (2010) 1779-1783 2009
7. Meril Mathew, Manju Gopinath, C. Sudha Kartha, K. P. Vijayakumar, T. Abe, Y. Kashiwaba.”Tin doping in spray pyrolysed indium sulfide thin films for solar cell applications”, Solar Energy 84 (2010) 888–897.
8. A.K.Panchal, D.K.Rai, M.Mathew, C.S.Solanki, “a-Si/SiNx multilayered light absorber for solar cell”, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 13(6) (2011) 2467-2473.
9. Meril Mathew, Anitha Warrier, Sudha Kartha, K.P. Vijayakumar, "Realizing photoactive CuInS2/In2S3 junction by thermaldiffusion of copper in In2S3films", Devagiri Journal of Science, 1(1), 2015, 16-24.
10. Meril Mathew, Sudha Kartha, K.P. Vijayakumar, " Impact of thermal assistance on silver diffusion in indium sulfide thin films", International Journal of Advanced Research in Science and Engineering, 6(6), 2017, 266-274.
International Conference Papers
1. Meril Mathew, Teny Theresa John, C. Sudha Kartha and K. P. Vijayakumar. Effect of tin doping on spray pyrolysed Indium Sulfide thin films, Proc. International conference on Optoelectronic Materials and Thin films for Advanced Technology-2005, Pages 445-451
2. Meril Mathew, C. Sudha Kartha and K. P.Vijayakumar, Silver Diffused In2S3 With and Without Thermal Assistance; An ideal Buffer layer for Thin film solar Cells, 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Milan Italy, 2007,Pages 2104-2108
3. Meril Mathew , C Sudha Kartha and K P Vijayakumar, Thermal diffusion of copper: A different approach for the preparation of CuInS2 / In2S3 p-n junction, Proc. International Conference on optical, optoelectronic and Photonic Materials and applications, London, UK, 2007,
4. Meril Mathew, Angel Susan Cherian, C. Sudha Kartha and K. P.Vijayakumar, Tuning the Properties of Indium Sulfide to realize an Ideal Buffer layer for Thin film Solar Cells, Proc. International conference on solar cells-2008, Kochi, Page 149
5. A. K Panchal, D. K. Rai, M. Mathew, C.S. Solanki, “Effect of substrate temperature and SiH4 cracking time on the properties of a-Si/SiNx multilayer films prepared using Hot Wire CVD”,Proc. International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD), New Delhi, Dec. 2009.
6. A. K. Panchal, D. K. Rai, Meril Mathew, C. S. Solanki, “Co-relation between capacitance-voltage, conductance-voltage and photoconductive properties of the as-deposited and annealed a-Si/SiNx multilayer films prepared using HWCVD”, Proc. 35th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference 2010, Hawaii USA.
7. Meril Mathew, C. Sudha Kartha and K. P. Vijayakumar, ”Impact of chlorine on indium sulfide films” Proc. IUMRS-ICEM 2010, Seol, Korea
8. Meril Mathew,” Cadmium free buffer layers for compound Thin film solar cells” Proc. LCES-2011,Dalian China page-385
9. Hemant Kumar Singh, Anil Kottantharayil, C.S.Solanki, Meril Mathew“Plasmonic resonance tuning in RF sputtered silver nanoparticles for photovoitaic application” presented at ICAER 2011.
10. A. K. Panchal, D.K. Rai, M. Mathew, C.S. Solanki “Photovoltaic Devices with Silicon Quantum Wells and Dots Structures in Silicon Nitride Dielectric” Proc.26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EUPVSEC - 2011), Hamburg.
11. H.K. Singh, M. Mathew, A. Kottantharayil, C.S.Solanki “ Plasmonic effect of silver nanoparticles sandwiched in silicon nitride and oxide structures for solar cell application.” Proc. 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC - 2012), Frankfurt, Germany. 1524 - 1527 .
12. Meril Mathew, Sudha Kartha, K.P. Vijayakumar, " Impact of thermal assistance on silver diffusion in indium sulfide thin films” 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Technology, Science and Management, ICETETSM-2017, Delhi, India.
National Conference Papers
13. Meril Mathew, C. Sudha Kartha and K. P. Vijayakumar, ”Device quality indium sulfide thin films by silver doping” 1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research 2006 , IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Pages 217-222
14. Tina Sebastian, T.T.John, Meril.Mathew, Vijayakumar.K.P, C.Sudha Kartha , Deposition of Copper Indium Sulfide with widely varying optoelectonic properties by chemical spray pyrolysis, Proc. of 17th AGM of MRSI, Lucknow University-2006, Page 128, 12.
15. Meril Mathew, C. Sudha Kartha and K. P. Vijayakumar, “Enhanced conductivity in In2S3 thin films by Sn Doping” Proc. Materials for Energy Generation, Conservation and Storage, MRSI-2007, NPL Delhi Page 106
16. Angel Susan Cherian, Meril Mathew, C.Sudha Kartha, Tina Sebastian, K.P.Vijayakumar, Variation on the properties of spray pyrolysed In2S3 films due to sodium doping.Proc. Materials for Energy Generation, Conservation and Storage, MRSI-2007, NPL Delhi Page 102
17. Meril Mathew, C. Sudha Kartha and K. P. Vijayakumar, Highly Photosensitive Wide Bandgap Thin Film for Photovoltaic Application,National Conference on Current Trends in Materials Science, CTMS-07, Page 167
18. Chemical Spray Pyrolysed β-In2S3 ccveR.Jayakrishnan, Teny Theresa John, Tina Sebastian, Meril Mathew, C.Sudha Kartha and K.P.Vijayakumar Souvenir and Abstracts of the 18th Annual General meeting of MRSI, p.42, (2007)
19. Angel Susan Cherian, Meril Mathew, C Sudha Kartha, K P Vijayakumar, Role of Chlorine on opto-electronic properties of b-In2S3 thin films,Proc. New Horizons in Theoretical and Experimental Physics-2007.
20. Kumar Bikash, D.S. Murty, Meril Mathew, Alka chauhan, C.L. Saravanan, Nase Irem and Gleaton Mark , Optimization of Al BSF for low bow in 200 μm silicon substrates, Proc. of National Conference on the Emerging Trends in the Photovoltaic energy Generation and Utilization (NCETPEGU), IIT Kanpur, March 27-29, 2008,Page 81
21. Kumar Bikash, D.S. Murty, Meril Mathew, Alka chauhan, Benefits of Optimal Etch process on Silicon solar cells, Proc. of National Conference on the Emerging Trends in the Photovoltaic energy Generation and Utilization (NCETPEGU), IIT Kanpur, March 27-29, Page 15
22. Meril Mathew, “Plasmonic resonance tuning of dielectric silver nanoparticle matrix for Photovoltaic application” Proc. of Recent Trends in Experimental Physics-2013
23. Meril Mathew, “Plasmonic resonance tuning for Photovoltaic application” Proc. Of National seminar on Advancements in Material Science – 2013
Lectures Delivered
1. “Thin Film Solar cells” at two-Day CEP Course on Solar Photovoltaic Technologies, 20-21 Aug 2010, IIT Bombay
2. “CdTe-CIGS Thin film solar cells” at three day CEP course on Solar Photovoltaic Technologies Introduction and Current Status16-18 Sep2010, IIT Bombay
3. “PC1D solar cell simulation” at three day CEP course on Solar Photovoltaic Technologies Introduction and Current Status16-18 Sep2010, IIT Bombay
4. “Plasmonic Coatings for Thin Film Solar cells” at three day CEP course on Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies 16-19 Sep2011, IIT Bombay
5. “Cadmium free buffer layer for compound thin film Solar Cells” at International conference Low Carbon Earth Summit, LCES- 2011 Oct 19-27 held at Dalian China
