AWARDS AND HONORS

University 2rd Rank holder (M.Sc Physiscs). Winner of INDO-SWISS joint research program 2011-2012

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. Study on the enhancement of photovoltaic parameters with use of ionic electrolyte/Ruthenium dye in combination with pre-treatement of nanotube in dye sensitized solar cell, Mini P.A , Deepika B, Sherine A, Sindhu S, Prasanth R, S.V Nair and Subramanian K. R. V. 2. Solar cells with quantum dots linked to TiO2 as light harvesters. P. Lekha, K. G. Deepa, B. Deepika, P. A. Mini, K. R. V. Subramanian, R. Prasanth, Shanti Kumar V. Nair and S. Sindhu, ICMAT 2009, Singapore, 28th June-3rd July 2009. 3. Study of dye sensitized and quantum dot sensitized thin film TiO2 solar cells, Lekha P, Mini P.A, Deepika B, Deepa K.G, Prasanth .R, K.R.V. Subramanian, S. Sindhu, and S. V. Nair, 18th PVSEC, Kolkatta, 19-23rd Jan 2009.

PATENTS
1. Shanti V Nair, Subramanian K.R.V and Mini P. A. (Indian Patent 3273/CHE/2010). Combination device of a solar cell with electrical energy storage capacity and method for production of same. 2. Shanti V Nair, Subramanian K.R.V, Avinash Balakrishnan, Nandhini Ranganathan and Mini P.A. Super capacitor electrodes using activated carbon from graphite by ball milling (3456/CHE/2011).

Awards and Honours

PUBLICATIONS

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Mini P.A, Nair S.V. and Subramanian K.R.V. Design and development of an integrated device consisting of an independent solar cell with electrical storage capacity. Progress in Photovoltaics. DOI: 10.1002/pip.2187.

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P.A Mini, Avinash Balakrishnan, Shanti V. Nair and K. R. V. Subramanian. Highly super capacitive electrodes made of graphene/poly(pyrrole) ChemComm., 2011, 47, 5753-5755.

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Mini P.A, Dona Jacob, Avinash Balakrishnan, Nair S.V and Subramanian K.R.V. Studies on the electrochemical behaviour of Graphene-Poly(3,4ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) composite electrodes for supercapacitor applications (Communicated to Bulletin of material science).

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Mini P.A, Alex Sherine, K.T. Shalumon, Avinash Balakrishnan, S.V. Nair , and K.R.V. Subramanian. Study on variation in Schottky barrier potential of Ti-TiO2 nanotube junction, Appl. Phy. A , 2012, 108, 393-400.

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Sonia T.S, Mini P.A, Nandhini R, Sujith Kalluri, Avinash Balakrishnan, Nair S.V and Subramanian K.R.V. Composite Supercapacitor electrodes made of activated carbon/PEDOT:PSS and activated carbon/Doped PEDOT (Accepted in Bulletin of Material Science).

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Nandhini R, Mini P.A, Avinash B, Nair S.V and Subramanian K.R.V. Super capacitor electrodes using activated carbon from graphite by ball milling, Materials Letters, 87, 2012,165-168.

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R. Ranjusha, R. Sreeja, P.A. Mini, K.R.V. Subramanian, Shantikumar V. Nair, Avinash Balakrishnan, Electrical and optical characteristics of surface treated ZnO nanotubes, Mater. Resear. Bulletin, 47, 2012, 1887-189.

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