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Professor
School of Chemistry
Sambalpur University
Jyoti Vihar – 768019
Sambalpur, Odisha, India
Email: amaresh.mishra@suniv.ac.in
Education
Ph.D. 2000 Sambalpur University, Odisha, India, Mentor: Prof. R. K. Behera
M.Phil. 1993 Sambalpur University, Odisha, India
M.Sc. 1991 Sambalpur University, Odisha, India
B.Sc. 1989 Rajendra College, Balangir, Odisha, India
Professional career
2019 – Present Professor, School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, India
2016 – 2019 Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, India
2007 – 2016 Group Leader, University of Ulm, RG: Organic semiconductors and dyes for photovoltaics (with Prof. Peter Bäuerle)
2005 - 2007 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Ulm University, Germany (with Prof. Peter Bäuerle)
2002 - 2005 Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India: (with Prof. N. Periasamy)
1999 - 2001 Post-doctoral Associate, University of Akron, Ohio, and University of South Florida, Tampa, USA (with Prof. George R. Newkome)
Research Interests
Our research involves the design, synthesis, and evaluation of functional organic materials for applications in organic electronics and biology.
Specific areas of our work include:
Functional conjugated donor-acceptor molecules, macromolecules, and dendrimers for photovoltaics, sensing, and energy storage applications
Interlayer and hybrid materials
Computational and photophysical studies
Our research is highly interdisciplinary covering features of organic and materials chemistry with a central idea of establishing the molecular structure-property correlations in the context of device performance, which is crucial for advancing green and sustainable energy technologies.
Country Visited for Research
10/2023 - 11/2023 Visiting Scientist at Institute of Organic Chemistry II, University of Ulm with Prof. Peter Bäuerle
09/2009 & 10/2013 Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (Research collaboration with Prof. M. Grätzel on n-type DSSC and perovskite solar cells)
01/2013 (2 weeks) Academic Visitor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (Research collaboration on p-type dye-sensitized solar cells with Prof. U. Bach in the frame of Go8-DAAD Australia Germany Joint Research Scheme)
01/2010 - 02/2010 Academic Visitor, Bio21, University of Melbourne and Monash University, Australia (collaborations with Prof. Andrew B. Holmes and Prof. U. Bach in the frame of Go8-DAAD Australia Germany Joint Research Scheme)
Group Update
Congratulations to Nirmala on the acceptance of her paper in ACS Applied Energy Materials! The journal is a highly regarded publication in the field of energy research (02.2025).
Congratulations to Nirmala N. Bhuyan on successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis on 17.01.2025. Many thanks to Prof. Ashok K. Mishra and Prof. Mahesh Hariharan for their comprehensive and insightful examination of Nirmala. Thanks to the funding from the S&T Department, Govt of Odisha, for supporting Nirmala's thesis.
We are delighted to share that our invited review article, Exploring the role of alkyl groups on the solar cell performance of organic semiconductors, has been accepted for publication in ChemComm (13.01.2025). Kudos to Abhisekh and Sarbeswar.
Congratulations Nirmala Niharika Bhuyan for receiving the Prof. Dinabandhu Bhatta Memorial Award (best Research Paper in Organic Chemistry) 2024 from the Orissa Chemical Society.
Nirmala's work on cost-effective fullerene-free acceptors for organic solar cells has been accepted in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations! (05.2024)
Congratulations Abhisekh Mishra for receiving the best poster prize at the 37th Annual Conference of Orissa Chemical Society 2023.
Congratulations to Rashmirekha Pradhan on receiving the Prof. Dinabandhu Bhatta Memorial Award (best Research Paper in Organic Chemistry) 2023 from the Orissa Chemical Society at the 37th Annual Conference.
Welcome Moksyaraj Bhoi, a new Ph.D student, who joins as a UGC-JRF Fellow!
Congratulations to Rashmirekha Pradhan on successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis on 23.09.2023. Thanks to Prof. Kallol K. Ghosh and Dr. Surya P. Singh for thoroughly and thoughtfully examining Rashmi. Thanks to DST SERI and SERB for supporting Rashmi's thesis.
Congratulations to Rashmi for the acceptance of a paper on ternary organic solar cells in Solar RRL on 23.08.2023.
One of our research works was featured on the front cover of Solar RRL in May 2023, issue 10.
A compelling review article focusing on organic molecular acceptors has been accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie (January 2023).
A great beginning for the new year: Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for a publication on ternary organic solar cells using coumarin donor in J. Mater. Chem. C accepted on 01.01.2023
Welcome Karishma Naik, a new Ph.D. student, who joins us as a DST-INSPIRE Fellow!
Congratulations Nirmala Niharika Bhuyan for receiving the Prof. Dayanidhi Patnaik Memorial Award (best Research Paper) 2022 by the Orissa Chemical Society at the 36th Annual Conference at Utkal University.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for receiving the best Oral Presentation Prize at the 23rd OBPC, National Conference on 'Science & Technology in Combating Climate Change’, Sambalpur University, held on 26-27 November 2022.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for the publication on ternary solar cells using new coumarin donors in ACS Applied Energy Materials accepted on 25.06.2022.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for receiving the Dr. Subasini Lenka Award (Best Poster Prize) 2021 by Orissa Chemical Society at the 35th Annual conference held on 18-19th December 2021.
An invited review article on semitransparent organic solar cells has been accepted in J. Mater. Chem. C 2022
Congratulations Nirmala Niharika Bhuyan for 2nd publication in J. Mol. Liq. Accepted on 01.10.2021.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for the 3rd publication on ternary solar cells using coumarin-based donor in ACS Applied Energy Materials 14.09.2021.
Congratulations Nirmala Niharika Bhuyan for 1st publication in J. Mol. Liq. Accepted on 19.12.2020.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for 2nd publication in J. Mater. Chem. A, Accepted on 04.12.2020.
A review article on "Material Perceptions and Advances in Molecular Heteroacenes for Organic Solar Cells, has been accepted in Energy Environ. Sci. 12.10.2020.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for 1st publication in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 17.08.2020.
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