Dr. S. Gopalakrishnan

Ph.D. (Physics) - Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India (2022)

M.Phil. (Physics) -Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India (2013)

M.Sc. (Physics) - Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India (2012)

B.Sc. (Physics) - Government Arts College, Salem, (Affiliated to Periyar University), India  (2010)

S. Gopalakrishnan, V.Saranya, G. Anandha babu, S. Harish, E. Senthil Kumar, M. Navaneethan, Rationally design of bimetallic cobalt-nickel oxide/sulfide heterostructure as hybrid bifunctional electrocatalyst for sustainable overall alkaline seawater splitting, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 965 (2023) 171124 (IF-6.2)

S. Gopalakrishnan, Mihir Ranjan Sahoo, Avijeet Ray, Nirpendra Singh, S. Harish, E. Senthil Kumar, M. Navaneethan, NiCo2S4 cocatalyst supported Si nanowires heterostructure for improved solar driven water reduction: experimental and theoretical insights, RSC Sustainable Energy & Fuels 7 (2023) 1687 (IF-5.60) 

Exploring the heterostructure engineering of SnS/NiCo2O4 for overall water splitting,  G. John, S. Gopalakrishnan, Abhishek Sharan, M. Navaneethan, K. Jeganathan, Nirpendra Singh and P. Justin Jesuraj, ACS Energy & Fuels 37 (2022) 624-634 (IF-5.30).

S. Athithya, V.S. Manikandan, K.Silambarasan, S. Gopalakrishnan S. Harish, H. Ikeda, M. Navaneethan, J. Archana, The effect of plasmonic properties of Ag nanoparticles for substantial improvement of solar energy harvesting and environmental remediation of TiO2/rGO ternary nanostructures, Nanomaterial 13 (2022) 65 (IF – 5.30).

 M. Vadivel, S. Gopalakrishnan, R. Ramesh Babu, M. Senthil Pandian & P. Ramasamy, Influence of Bi Doping Concentrations on the Structural, Morphological, Dielectric, Optical and Magnetic Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism  1-13 (2022) (IF – 1.8).

G. Murali, S. Gopalakrishnan, Sandeep Kumar Lakhera, Bernaurdshaw Neppolian,  S. Ponnusamy, S. Harish, M. Navaneethan, Biomass derived activated carbon sphere supported TiO2 nanostructures for Solar-driven photocatalytic hydrogen evaluation Diamond & related materials, 128 (2022) 109226 (IF – 4.10)

 S. Gopalakrishnan, G. Paulraj, Mathan K Eswaran, Avijeet Ray, Nirpendra Singh, K. Jeganathan, VS2 wrapped Si Nanowires as core-shell heterostructure photocathode for Highly efficient photoelectrochemical water reduction performance, Chemosphere, 302 (2022) 134708-134717 (IF.8.8)

G. Paulraj, P. Sundara Venkatesh, P. Dharmaraj,  S. Gopalakrishnan, K. Jeganathan, Stable and highly efficient MoS2/Si NWs hybrid heterostructure for photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45 (2020) 1793-1801. (IF – 7.2)

 S. Gopalakrishnan, G.M. Bhalerao, K. Jeganathan, SrTiO3 NPs/g-C3N4 NSs Coupled Si NWs based hybrid photocathode for visible light-driven photoelectrochemical water reduction, ACS Sustainable  Chemistry & Engineering 7 (2019) 13911-13919. (IF – 8.40)

 S. Gopalakrishnan, G.M. Bhalerao, K. Jeganathan, g-C3N4 nanosheets functionalized silicon nanowires hybrid photocathode for efficient photoelectrochemical water reduction, Journal of Power Sources, 413 (2019) 193- 301. (IF – 9.20)

S. Gopalakrishnan, K. Jeganathan, Facile fabrication of silicon nanowires as photocathode for visible-light induced photoelectrochemical water splitting International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42 (2017) 22671-22676. (IF – 7.2)

 M. Gopalakrishnan, S. Gopalakrishnan, G. M. Bhalerao K. Jeganathan, Multiband  InGaN nanowires with enhanced visible photon absorption for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting, Journal of Power Sources, 337 (2017) 130-136. `(IF – 9. 20)

Participated in Hands-on training program on advanced characterization techniques, Nanotechnology Research Centers (NRC), SRM Institute of Science & Technology, on March 06-08th 2023.

 Participated in DST & ACS workshop, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, on December 09 2019.

S. Gopalakrishnan and K. Jeganathan “Liquid exfoliated graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheets loaded with Si nanowires as photocathode for photoelectrochemical water splitting” in International conference on Advances in Functional materials, Anna University, Chennai on January 6-8 2017. (Oral Presentation)

S. Gopalakrishnan and K. Jeganathan “Improved photoelectrochemical water splitting using silicon nanowires as photocathode” in Recent Advances in materials science and applications, Anna University BIT campus, Tiruchirappalli on August 19-20 2016. (Oral Presentation)

S. Gopalakrishnan and K. Jeganathan “SrTiO3 NPs as HER co-catalyst coupled with Si nanowires as photocathode to improved photoelectrochemical water splitting performance” in International Sustainable Energy Technologies (i-SET 2018), Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, on June 27-28 2018. (Oral Presentation)

S. Gopalakrishnan, M.Vadivel, R. Ramesh Babu, S.Raja, K. Ramamurthi “Investigation on structural, dielectric and magnetic properties of surfactant assisted Bismuth Ferrite (BiFeO3) nanoparticles by co-precipitation method” in Recent advances in materials science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli on February 3-4 2014. (Poster Presentation)

S. Gopalakrishnan, M. Vadivel, R. Ramesh Babu, K. Ramamurthi “Effect of Bi doped ZnO nanoparticles using co-precipitation method” in Recent trends in crystal growth and nanomaterials, National College, Tiruchirappalli on March 13-15 2013. (Oral Presentation)