Dr. Harikrishnan  M.P.

Department Department of Physics
Designation Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification PhD in Physics (National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, 2018-2023; Supervisor Name: Prof. A. Chandra Bose), Postdoc (IISER Thiruvananthapuram, 2023-2024; Supervisor Name: Prof. M.M. Shaijumon), Podoctoral Scientist, India Innovation Centre for Graphene, Digital University Kerala 2024-2025; Supervisor Name: Prof. Alex P. James)
E-Mail harikrishnanmp.phy@nitrr.ac.in
Contact Number 08891996611
Areas of Interest
  • Experimental Condensed matter physics
  • Materials for electrochemistry
  • Supercapacitor & Hybrid ion capacitor
  • Electrocatalysis; HER, OER and ORR
  • 2D materials for sensing applications
  • Batteries; Li-ion, Na-ion and Dual ion battery
  • Wearable & Flexible energy storage devices
  • Triboelectric (TENG) & piezoelectric nanogenerators
Publications

List of publications in international peer-reviewed journals

  • M.P. Harikrishnan, A.J.C. Mary, and A.C. Bose, Electrochemical performance of ANiO3 (A= La, Ce) perovskite oxide material and its device performance for supercapattery application, Electrochimica Acta, 362 (2020), 137095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137095 [I.F =7.3].
  • M.P. Harikrishnan and A.C. Bose, Binder-free synthesis of cerium nickel oxide for supercapattery devices, International Journal of Energy Research, 46 (2022), 21826-21840. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.8728 [I.F =5.3].
  • M.P. Harikrishnan and A.C. Bose, Porous CeNiO3 with an enhanced electrochemical performance and prolonged cycle life (> 50000 cycles) via a lemon-assisted sol–gel autocombustion method, New Journal of Chemistry, 46 (2022), 15118-15129. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NJ02295H [I.F =3.6].
  • M.P. Harikrishnan and A.C. Bose, Fabrication of Cerium Nickel Oxide (CeNiO3) Nanoparticle on Vanadium Tetra Sulphide (VS4) Nanosheet Composite Materials as an Enhanced Electrode for Supercapacitor Applications, Electrochimica Acta 462 (2023), 142729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142729 [I.F =7.3].
  • M.P. Harikrishnan and A.C. Bose, Recent Advances and Future Perspectives of VS4 and its Nanostructure Composites for Supercapacitor Applications: A Review, ACS Energy and Fuels, 37, (2023), 10799–10826. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c00866 [I.F =5.6]. 
  • A.J.C. Mary, S.S. Shalini, R. Balamurugan, M.P. Harikrishnan, and A.C. Bose, Supercapacitor and non enzymatic biosensor application of an Mn2O3/NiCo2O4 composite material, New Journal of Chemistry, 44 (2020), 11316-11323. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NJ01942A [I.F =3.3].
  • S. Nithya george, S., Syeda Ramsha Ali, Ragavendra Babu, Lolly Maria Jose, R. Jayavel, K. C. Sanal, M.P. Harikrishnan, R. S. Rimal Isaac, D. Sajan, and Arun Aravind, Hydrothermally grown hollandite manganese dioxide nanorods: evaluation of supercapattery performance and photocatalytic efficiency, Ionics (2024): 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-024-05616-z [I.F =2.6].

Papers published in National /International Conference Proceedings:

  • M.P. Harikrishnan and A.C. Bose, Perovskite oxide LaCoO3 electrode as high performance pseudocapacitor, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2082 (2019), 060001. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5093874 [I.F =0.38]. 
  • M.P. Harikrishnan and A.C. Bose, LaNiO3 perovskite oxides by co- precipitation method as electrode for high performance supercapacitor, AIP https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5112968 [I.F =0.38]. pseudocapacitor, Conference Proceedings, 2115 (2019), 030129.
  • M.P. Harikrishnan and A.C. Bose, Co-precipitation route for synthesizing CeNiO3 and its application as excellent AIP Conference https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0016695 [I.F =0.38].

Book Chapters:

  • R. Balamurugan, M.P. Harikrishnan, S. Siva Shalini, S. Velmathi, A. Chandra Bose, Gold and Silver Nanoparticles; Chapter 4: Glucose biosensing with gold and silver nanoparticles for real-time applications, Elsevier (2023).
Other Info.

Teaching:

UG level: 

  1. PH10I005PH: Theory of Relativity; Wave  Optics; Introduction to Quantum Mechanics; Superconductivity, Dielectrics and Magnetic materials.
  2. PH101006PH: Theory of Semiconductors, Solid State Devices, Electro-Magnetic Theory, Laser & Fiber Optics.

PG level: 

  1. PH913103PH: Nuclear Physics
  2. PH912101PH: Advanced Quantum Mechanics

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=r18961MAAAAJ&hl=en 

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0070-8578 

Achievements: 

  • Qualified CSIR/UGC National Eligibility Test/Junior Research Fellow Examination December 2017 conducted by Council of scientific and Industrial Research Human Resource Development Group. 
  • Qualified GATE Examination February 2017 and secured a rank of 260 (All India) Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. 
  • Best Poster Award Sponsored by Elsevier at International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Energy and Environment 2024, held in CUSAT, Ernakulam, Kerala (11-13th December 2024). 
  • Best Poster Award International Conference on Novel Engineering Materials for Biomedical, Energy, Environment, Sensing and other Applications-2021 (ICON-BEES’21), NIT Trichy, Trichy, Tamil Nadu (11 13th March 2021). 
  • Best Article Appreciation from ACS Editorial Board for the publication entitled “Recent Advances and Future Perspectives of VS4 and its Nanostructure Composites for Supercapacitor Applications: A Review” 2023.