About us

'Excellence in Thesis Work Award' recipients from Particulate Materials Lab:

2018 - Dr. Mokurala Krishnaiah : Thin film and Dye sensitized solar cells

2022 - Dr. Baloji Adothu : Degradation of PV module encapsulants

Particulate Materials Lab is one of the oldest labs in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science working on some of the state of the art technologies.

Following are some of the areas we are currently engaged in:

Photovoltaics

• Organometallic ("Perovskite") sensitized solar cells

• Dye Sensitized solar cells

• Counter electrodes

• Hole conductor films

PV module encapsulants

• Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)

• Polyolefin

• Back sheet

Coatings

• Self-cleaning and anti-dust coatings

• Transparent conductive coatings

• Graphene and other carbon based films

Material synthesis

• Material synthesis by solution chemistry

• Nanomaterial synthesis

• Preparation of films by solution based methods - spin coating, dip coating etc.

Recycling of e-waste

• Recovery of metals from E-waste by environment friendly methods

• Recycling of Photovoltaic modules