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Manuscripts In Preparation

Manuscript Published/Accepted

2024

26. B. Jarwal, S. Abbas, T-L Chou, S. M. Vailyaveettil, A. Kumar, S. Quadir, T-T. Ho, D. P. Wong, L. C. Chen*, and Kuei-Hsien Chen, Boosting Thermoelectric Performance in Nanocrystalline Ternary Skutterudite Thin Films through Metallic CoTe2 Integration, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2024) Accepted, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c17695

2023

25. A. Kumar, A Moll*, M. N. Mouhamadsiradjoudine, F. Brisset, D. Berardan, N. Dragoe*, Thermoelectric properties of high-entropy wolframite oxide: (CoCuNiFeZn)1-xGaxWO4. Physica Status Solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters (2023) 2300372 (Impact Factor: 3.22) https://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202300372  

24. A. Kumar, D. Bérardan, F. Brisset, D. Dragoe, N. Dragoe*, Novel entropy-stabilized fluorite oxides with multifunctional properties.  Journal of Materials Chemistry A 11 (2023) 14320-14332.  (Impact Factor: 14.51) https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA02124F 

23. A. Kumar*, P. Bhumla, D. Sivaprahasam, S. Bhattacharya*, N. Dragoe*, Effect of crystal field engineering and Fermi level optimization on thermoelectric properties of Ge1.01Te: Experimental investigation and theoretical insight Physical Review Materials 7 (2023) 045402 (Impact Factor: 3.98) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.045402 

22. A. Kumar, D. Bérardan, D. Dragoe, E. Riviere, T. Takayama, H. Takagi, N. Dragoe*, Magnetic and electrical properties of high-entropy rare-earth manganites, Materials Today Physics 32 (2023) 101026 (Impact Factor: 11.02) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2023.101026

21. A. Kumar, D. Dragoe, D. Bérardan, N. Dragoe*, Thermoelectric properties of high-entropy rare-earth cobaltates, Journal of Materiomics 9 (2023) 191-196. (Impact Factor: 9.4) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2022.08.001 (Selected for Cover Image in JOM)


2022

20. D. Sivaprahasam*, A. Kumar, B. Jayachandran, S. B. Chandrasekar, R. Gopalan, Thermoelectric properties of Sb doped AlFe2B2, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2212.01193

19. A. Kumar, P. Bhumla, A. Kosonowski, K. Wolski, S. Zapotoczny, S. Bhattacharya*, K. T. Wojciechowski*, Simultaneous effect of workfunction and acoustic impedance mismatch to realize improved thermoelectric performance in GeTe/WC composite, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14(39), (2022) 44527-44538 (Impact Factor: 10.38) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c11369 

18. A. Kumar*, Electrical and thermal transport studies of Sr and Mn co-substituted NdCoO3, doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2107.10564

17. A. Kumar*, K. T. Wojciechowski, Effect of interface thermal resistance on thermoelectric properties of acoustically mismatched composite, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 42(10), (2022) 4227-4232 (Impact Factor: 6.36) doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.03.062

16. A. Kosonowski, A. Kumar, K. Wolski, S. Zapotoczny, K. T. Wojciechowski*, Origin of electrical contact resistance and its dominating effect on electrical conductivity in PbTe/CoSb3 composite Journal of the European Ceramic Society 42(10), (2022) 2844-2852 (Impact Factor: 6.36) doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.01.049    


2021

15. A. Kumar*,  D. Sivaprahasam, A. D. Thakur*, "Improved thermoelectric properties in (1-x)LaCoO3/(x)La0.7Sr0.3CoO3 composite, Materials Chemistry Physics 269 (2021) 124750 (Impact Factor: 4.6)  doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.124750 

14. A. Kumar*, P. Bhumla, T. Parashchuk, S. Baran, S. Bhattacharya*, K. T. Wojciechowski*, Engineering electronic structure and lattice dynamics to achieve enhanced thermoelectric performance of Mn-Sb co-doped GeTe. Chemistry of Materials 33(10), (2021) 3611–3620 (Impact Factor: 10.5) doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00331 

13. K. Kumari, A. Kumar, A. D. Thakur, S. J. Ray*, Charge transport and resistive switching in a 2D hybrid interface, Materials Research Bulletin 139 (2021) 111195 (Impact Factor: 5.4) doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2020.111195 

12. A. Kosonowski, A. Kumar, T. Parashchuk, R. Cardoso-Gil, K. T. Wojciechowski*, Thermal conductivity of PbTe-CoSb3 bulk polycrystalline composite: the role of microstructure and interface thermal resistance, Dalton Transactions  50 (2021) 1261-1273 (Impact Factor: 4.56) https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT03752D 

11. A. Kumar*, D. Sivaprahasam, A. D. Thakur*, Colossal Seebeck coefficient in Aurivillius Phase-Perovskite Oxide Composite  Journal of Alloys and Compounds 853 (2021) 157001 (Impact Factor: 6.2) doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.157001 

10. A. Kumar*, A. Kosonowski, P. Wyzga, K. T. Wojciechowski, Effective thermal conductivity of SrBi4Ti4O15-La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 oxide composite: Role of particle size and interface thermal resistance  Journal of the European Ceramic Society 41 (1), (2021) 451-458 (Impact Factor: 5.7doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.08.069 


2020

9. A. Kumar*,  K Kumari, S. J. Ray, A. D. Thakur, Graphene mediated resistive switching and thermoelectric behavior in lanthanum cobaltate, Journal of Applied Physics 127, 235103 (2020) (Impact Factor: 2.328) doi.org/10.1063/5.0009666 

8. A. Kumar*, Ravi Kumar, Dillip K Satapathy*, Bi2Se3-PVDF polymer composite: A flexible thermoelectric system Physica B: Condensed Matter  593 (2020) 412275 (Impact Factor: 2.8) doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2020.412275 

7. K Kumari, A. Kumar, D K Kotnees, J Balakrishnan, A D Thakur, S J Ray*, "Structural and resistive switching behaviour in lanthanum strontium manganite -reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite system"  Journal of Alloys and Compounds 815 (2020) 152213. (Impact Factor: 6.2) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152213 


2019

6. A. Kumar*, M Battabyal, A Chauhan, G Suresh, R Gopalan, N V Ravikumar, D K Satapathy, "Charge transport mechanism and thermoelectric behavior in Te:(PEDOT:PSS) composite" Materials Research Express 6 (2019) 115302 (Impact Factor:2.3) https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab43a7 

5. D. Sivaprahasam*, S. B. Chandrasekar, S. Kashyap, A. Kumar, R. Gopalan, "Thermal conductivity of nanostructured Fe0.04Co0.96Sb3 skutterudite, Materials Letters 252 (2019) 231-234  (Impact Factor: 3.01) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2019.05.140 

4. A. Kumar*, K. Kumari, B. Jayachandran, D. Sivaprahasam and A. D. Thakur*,  “Thermoelectric Properties of (1-x)LaCoO3.(x)La0.95Sr0.05CoO3 composite” Materials Research Express 6 (2019)  055502  (Impact Factor:2.3)  doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aade73 


2018

3. A. Kumar, C. V. Tomy and A. D. Thakur, “Magnetothermopower, magnetoresistance and magnetothermal conductivity in La0.95Sr0.05Co1-xMnxO3 (0.00≤x≤1.00)” Materials Research Express 5 (2018) 086110.  (Impact Factor:2.3) doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aad44c 

2. A. Kumar, K. Kumari, B. Jayachandran, D. Sivaprahasam and A. D. Thakur,  “Thermoelectric Properties of (1-x)LaCoO3.(x)La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 composite”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 749 (2018) 1092-1097. (Impact Factor: 6.2)  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.03.347

1. A. Kumar, D. Sivaprahasam and A. D. Thakur, “Improvement of thermoelectric properties of lanthanum cobaltate by Sr and Mn co-subsitution”,  Journal of Alloys and Compounds 735 (2018) 1787-1791 (Impact Factor: 6.2)  doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.11.334 

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Research Highlights

Thermoelectric Properties of high-entropy rare-earth cobaltates 

FESEM and TEM image of (a,c) Te nanorod and (b, d) Te:(PEDOT:PSS) composite respectively
Potential Seebeck microprobe measurement of Te:(PEDOT:PSS) composite