Nanomaterials and Solar Energy Conversion Lab

Sambandam Anandan obtained his doctoral degree in chemistry from the University of Madras, India, under the supervision of Prof. P. Maruthamuthu, where he worked on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. After two postdoctoral terms at Chungnam National University in South Korea and the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, he was a visiting researcher at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). Subsequently, he joined the Central Electrochemical Research Institute in India and later the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, where he is now a Professor of Physical Chemistry, leading the research group “Nanomaterials and Solar Energy Conversion Processes”. He had also spent short periods at University of Melbourne, Feng Chia University, the University of Loughborough, and the University of Alicante. 

His recent research interests include hybrid semiconductor nanomaterials and their applications in solar cells, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, supercapacitors, fuel cells and biosensors. Dr. S. Anandan was selected for the Hiyoshi Environmental Award 2014 award, instituted by the Hiyoshi Corporation, Japan and Hiyoshi India Ecological Services Pvt. Ltd., Chennai. He is the author of about 382 research articles.