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Prof. Ganesh Datt Sharma

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	Name	Prof. Ganesh Datt Sharma
	Designation	Emeritus Professor
	Department	Physics
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	Date of Joining	-

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Address	B-403 Rosewood apartments Main Sirsi Road, near Vaishaili Nagar
City	JAIPUR
State	RAJASTHAN
Country	INDIA

Email Address	gdsharma@lnmiit.ac.in
Phone [Mobile]	9649473882
Office Extension	0

Academic Information

	Degree/Diploma	Institute/ Organization	Year	Branch/Specialization
3	Post Doctoral Research	Department of Electrical and computer Science, The State University of New Jersy, USA ( April 1990-M	1990	Organic Solar cells
2	Ph. D. (Doctor of Philosophy )	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	1985	Organic Electronics
1	M.Sc. (Master of Science )	Garhwal University, Srinagar (Uttranchal)	1979	Physics with Solid State Electronics

Project Information

	Name of Project	Total Cost of Project	Funding Agency	Duration From	Duration To
4	Development of efficient polymer solar cells based on non-fullerene acceptors	41	BRICS joint project, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India	2019	2023
10	Novel wide bandgap polymers for organic solar cells	25	INDO- Russia Joint project, DST, Government of India	2019	2021
15	Third generation solar cells base on organic materials	25	Indo- Taiwan, GITA, Government of India	2019	2023
6	Development of New small molecules and device architechtures for highly efficient and reliable organic solar cells	125	SERI-DST, Government of India, New Delhi	2017	2021
3	Design and Synthesis of New Conjugated Low Band Gap Polymers Based on “Weak Donor – Strong Acceptor” An Approach for Efficient Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells	1300000	DST, New Delhi Under INDO-Russia joint Project	2013	2015
7	Graphene based Electronics and optoelectronics device	1200000	EU commission (Greece)	2012	2015
8	Interactive Systems and Coatings for a Sustainable Built Environment	5000000	UKIERI Project with MANIT, Bhopal and IIT, Delhi	2011	2014
1	Bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices	770000	CSIR, New Delhi	2006	2010
14	Thin film solar cells on dye senstitized nanopprous TiO2 and polymers	900000	DST, New Delhi	2005	2009
9	Investigation of functional piezoelectric and pyroelectric material for defence applications	300000	DRDO, New Delhi	2004	2008
5	Development of hybrid materials for photovoltaic device	450000	UGC, New Delhi	2002	2005
11	study of organic electroluminescent and electrochromic devices	950000	CSIr, New Delh	1998	2002
13	systematic study of organic semiconductor for photovoltaic devices	800000	DST, New Delhi	1994	1998
12	systematic study of organic semiconductors for gas sensors devices	450000	CSIR, New Delhi	1993	1997
2	Charge injection in organic dyes	140000	DST	1987	1989

Research Publications

New alternating D–A1–D–A2 copolymer containing two electron-deficient moieties based on benzothiadiazole and 9-(2-Octyldodecyl)-8H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]bisthieno[2,3-f:3',2'-h]quinoxaline-8,10(9H)-dione for efficient polymer solar cells, , M. L. Keshtov, S. A. Kuklin, D. Y. Godovsky, A. R. Khokhlov, R. Kurchania, F. C. Chen, Emmanuel N. Koukaras and G. D. Sharma, J. Poly Science Part A, 54, 155–168 (2016) FEB 2016

2	Positional isomers of pyridine linked triphenylamine-based donor-acceptor organic dyes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells, Rajneesh Misra, Ramesh Maragani, Deepali Arora, Abhishek Sharma, Ganesh D. Sharma Dyes and Pigments, 126, 38-45 (2016) MAR 2016

The effect of acceptor end groups on the physical and photovoltaic properties of A–p–D–p–A type oligomers with same S, N-heteropentacene central electron donor unit for solution processed organic solar cells, Hyejeoung Lee, Hyeonjun Jo, Dayoung Kim, Subhayan Biswas, Ganesh D. Sharma, Jaejung Ko, Dyes and Pigments, 129, 209-219 (2016) 2016

4	1,1,4,4-Tetracyanobuta-1,3-diene Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrroles: An Acceptor for Solution Processable Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, Yuvraj Patil, Rajneesh Misra, M. L. Keshtov, and Ganesh D. Sharma, J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 6324–6335 (2016) 2016

5	High performance dye-sensitized solar cell from a cocktail solution of a ruthenium dye and metal free organic dye, Ganesh Koyyada, Sanchari Shome, M. Chandrasekharam, G. D. Sharma and Surya Prakash Singh, RSC advances 6, 41151-41155 (2016) 2016

6	Design and synthesis of new ultra-low band gap thiadiazoloquinoxaline-based polymers for near-infrared organic photovoltaic application M. L. Keshtov, S. A. Kuklin, N. A. Radychev, A. Yu. Nikolaev, E. N. Koukaras, Abhishek Sharma and G. D. Sharma, RSC Adv. 6, 14893-14908 (2016) 2016

New low bandgap near-IR conjugated D–A copolymers for BHJ polymer solar cell applications, M. L. Keshtov, S. A. Kuklin, N. A. Radychev, A. Y. Nikolaev, I. E. Ostapov, M. M. Krayushkin, I. O. Konstantinov, E. N. Koukaras, Abhishek Sharma and G. D. Sharma, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 8389-8400 (2016) 2016

8	Hetero aromatic donors as effective terminal groups for DPP based organic solar cells, Marri Anil Reddy, CH. Pavan Kumar, Akudari Ashok, Abhishek Sharma, G. D. Sharma and Malapaka Chandrasekharam, RSC Adv., 2016,6, 9023-9036 (2016) 2016

Synthesis of alternating D–A1–D–A2 terpolymers comprising two electron-deficient moieties, quinoxaline and benzothiadiazole units for photovoltaic applications, M. L. Keshtov, A. R. Khokhlov, S. A. Kuklin, F. C. Chen, A. Y. Nikolaev, E. N. Koukaras and G. D. Sharma, Polym. Chem. 7, 4025-4035 (2016) 2016

10	D–A–D–p–D–A–D type diketopyrrolopyrrole based small molecule electron donors for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, Yuvraj Patil, Rajneesh Misra, Abhishek Sharma and Ganesh D. Sharma, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 16950-16957 (2016) 2016

Solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells based on A–D–A small molecules with a dihydroindoloindole (DINI) central donor and different acceptor end groups, Jangkeun Sim, Hyejeoung Lee, Kihyoung Song, Subhayan Biswas, Abhishek Sharma, Ganesh D. Sharma and Jaejung Ko, J. Mater. Chem. C 4, 3508-3516 (2016) 2016

12	Dicyanoquinodimethane-substituted benzothiadiazole for efficient small-molecule solar cells, Prabhat Gautam, Rajneesh Misra and Ganesh D. Sharma, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 7235-7241 (2016) 2016

13	Pyridyl vs. bipyridyl anchoring groups of porphyrin sensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells, Panagiotis A. Angaridis, Eleftherios Ferentinos, Georgios Charalambidis, Kalliopi Ladomenou, Vasilis Nikolaou, Ganesh D. Sharma and Athanassios G. Coutsolelos, RSC Adv. 6, 22187-22203 (2016) 2016

Two new bulky substituted Zn porphyrins bearing carboxylate anchoring groups as promising dyes for DSSCs, Asterios Charisiadis, Vasilis Nikolaou, Kostas Karikis, Chrysa Giatagana, Konstantina Chalepli, Kalliopi Ladomenou, S. Biswas, Ganesh D. Sharma and Athanassios G. Coutsolelos, New J. Chem.40, 5930-5941 (2016) 2016

15	A D–p–A1–p–A2 push–pull small molecule donor for solution processed bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, Prabhat Gautam, Rajneesh Misra, Subhayan Biswas and Ganesh D. Sharma, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.18, 13918-13926 (2016) 2016

D-A-D-A-D push pull organic small molecules based on 5,10-dihydroindolo[3,2-b]indole (DINI) central core donor for solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells, Jangkeun Sim, Kwangseok Do, Kihyoung Song, Abhishek Sharma, S. Biswas, Ganesh D. Sharma, Jaejung Ko, Organic Electronics 30, 122-130 (2016) 2016

CuSCN as selective contact in solution-processed small-molecule organic solar cells leads to over 7% efficient porphyrin-based device, Gabriela Morán, Susana Arrechea, Pilar de la Cruz, Virginia Cuesta, Subhayan Biswas, Emilio Palomares, Ganesh D. Sharma and Fernando Langa, J. Mater. Chem. A, 4, 11009-110022 2016

Design, synthesis and photophysical properties of D1-A-D2-A-D1-type small molecules based on fluorobenzotriazole acceptor and dithienosilole core donor for solution processed organic solar cells, M.L. Keshtov, D. Yu Godovsky, S.A. Kuklin, J. Lee, J. Kim, B. Lim, H.K. Lee, Subhayan Biswas, E.N. Koukaras, G.D. Sharma, Dyes and Pigments, 132, 387-397 (2016) 2016

Dithienopyrrole-benzodithiophene based donor materials for small molecular BHJSCs: Impact of side chain and annealing treatment on their photovoltaic properties, M. Reddy Busireddy, Venkata Niladri Raju Mantena, Narendra Reddy Chereddy, Balaiah Shanigaram, Bhanuprakash Kotamarthi, Ganesh Datt Sharma, Jayathirtha Rao Vaidya, Org. Electronics 37, 312-325 (2016) 2016

20	New ultra low bandgap thiadiazolequinoxaline-based D-A copolymers for photovoltaic applications, M.L. Keshtov, S.A. Kuklin, I.O. Konstantinov, I.E. Ostapov, M.A. Topchiy, A.R. Khokhlov, E.N. Koukaras, Ganesh D. Sharma, Org. Electronics 37, 411-420 (2016) 2016

Synthesis of new D-A1-D-A2 type low bandgap terpolymers based on different thiadiazoloquinoxaline acceptor units for efficient polymer solar cells, M. L. Keshtov, S. A. Kuklin, N. A. Radychev, I. E. Ostapov, A.Y. Nikolaev, I.O. Konstantinov, M. M. Krayushkin, E.N. Koukaras, G. D. Sharma, RSC Advances doi:10.1039/c6ra14537j 2016

Solvent Annealing Control of Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells with 6.6% Efficiency Based on a Benzodithiophene Donor Core and Dicyano Acceptor Units, Challuri Vijay Kumar, Lydia Cabau, Aurelien Viterisi, Subhayan. Biswas, Ganesh D. Sharma and Emilio Palomares, J. Phys. Chem. C doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07130 JUN 2015

Efficient co-sensitization of dye-sensitized solar cells by novel porphyrin/triazine dye and tertiary aryl-amine organic dye, Ganesh D. Sharma, Panagiotis A. Angaridis, Sophia Pipou, Galateia E. Zervaki, Vasilis Nikolaou, Rajneesh Misra, Athanassios G. Coutsolelos, Organic Electronics 2015, 25, 295–307 JUN 2015

24	A-?-D–?-A based porphyrin for solution processed small molecule bulk heterojunction solar cells, Challuri Vijay Kumar, Lydia Cabau, Emmanuel N. Koukaras, Abhishek Sharma, Ganesh D. Sharma, Emilio Palomares, J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 16287-16301 JULY 2015

Efficient Solution processed D1-A-D2-A-D1 small molecules bulk heterojunction solar cells based on alkoxy triphenylamine and benzo[1,2-b:4, 5-b?]thiophene units, Challuri Vijay Kumar, Lydia Cabau, Emmanuel N. Koukaras, Ganesh D. Sharma and Emilio Palomares, Organic. Electronics 2015, 26, 36-47 APRIL 2015

Solution processed organic solar cells based on A–D–D’–D–A small molecule with benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’] dithiophene donor (D’) unit, cyclopentadithiophene donor (D) and ethylrhodanine acceptor unit having 6% light to energy conversion efficiency, Challuri Vijay Kumar, Lydia Cabau, Emmanuel N. Koukaras, Aurelien Viterisi, Ganesh D. Sharma and Emilio Palomares, J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 4892-4902 FEB 2015

Efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells based on solution processed small molecules based on same benzo[1,2-b:4, 5-b?]thiophene unit as core donor and different terminal units, Challuri Vijay Kumar, Lydia Cabau, Emmanuel N. Koukaras, S.A. Siddiqui, Ganesh D. Sharma and Emilio Palomares, Nanoscale, doi: 10.1039/c5nr01037c FEB 2015

Synthesis, Optical and Electrochemical Properties of A- p -D- p-A Porphyrin and its Application as Electron Donor in Efficient Solution Processed Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, Challuri Vijay Kumar, Lydia Cabau , E. N. Koukaras, G. D. Sharma and Emilio Palomares, Nanoscale 2015, 7, 179-189 AUG 2015

29	CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Sensitized Solar Cells Using a D-A Copolymer Acceptor as Hole Transport Material, P. Nagarjuna, K. Narayanaswamy, G. Swetha, G. Hanumantha Rao, Surya Prakash Singh and G. D. Sharma, Electrochimica Acta 2015, 151, 21-26 2015

Synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties new Donor-Acceptor (D-A) Copolymers Based on Benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b':6,5-b''] trithiophene donor and different acceptor units: application as donor for photovoltaic devices, M.L. Keshtov, Y. Geng, S.A. Kuklin, A.R. Khokhlov, E. N. Koukaras, and G.D. Sharma, Organic Electronics 2015, 17, 167-177 MAR 2015

31	Donor-acceptor -?-acceptor based charge transfer chromophore as electron donors for solution processed small molecule organic bulk heterojunction solar cells, P. Gautam, R. Misra, S.A. Siddiqui and G. D. Sharma, Organic Electronics 2015, 19, 76-82 APRIL 2015

Synthesis and characterization of ?-conjugated copolymers with thieno-imidazole units in the main chain: application for bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells, M. L. Keshtov, D. Yu. Godovsky, F. C. Chen, A. R. Khokhlov, S. A. Siddiqui and G. D. Sharma, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 7888-7897 JULY 2015

33	Unsymmetrical Donor–Acceptor–Acceptor–?–Donor type benzothiadiazole based small molecule for solution processed BHJ organic solar cell, P. Gautam, R. Misra, S.A. Siddiqui and G. D. Sharma, ACS Applied Materials and interface DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02250 OCT 2015

34	A triazine mono(carboxy)Porphyrin-(Bodipy)2 triad as donor for bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, G. D. Sharma, S. A. Siddiqui, A. Nikiforou, G. E. Zervaki, K. Ladomenou, Athanassios G. Coutsolelos, J. Mater. Chem. C DOI: 10.1039/c5tc01076d OCT 2015

35	A new unsymmetrical near-IR small molecule with squaraine chromophore for solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells, Sanghyun Paek, Hyeju Choi, Hyunjun Jo, Kiae Lee, Kihyung Song, S. A. Siddiqui, G. D. Sharma and Jaejung Ko, J. Mater. Chem. C DOI: 10.1039/c5tc00679a OCT 2015

36	A new D-A conjugated polymer P(PTQD-BDT) with PTQD acceptor and BDT donor unit for BHJ polymer solar cells application, M. L. Keshtov, S.A. Kuklin, F. C. Chen, A. R. Khokhlov, Rajnish Kurchania and G. D. Sharma, J. Polymer Science, Part A DOI: 10.1002/pola.27699 JULY 2015

New alternating D–A1–D–A2 copolymer containing two electron-deficient moieties based on benzothiadiazole and 9-(2-octyldodecyl)-8H-pyrrolo[3,4-b]bisthieno[2,3-f:3',2'-h]quinoxaline-8,10 (9H)-dione for efficient polymer solar cells, M. L. Keshtov, S. A. Kuklin, D. Yu. Godovsky, F. C. Chen, A. R. Khokhlov, R. Kurchania and G. D. Sharma, J. Polymer Science Part A DOI: 10.1002/pola.27786 2015

A supramolecular assembling of zinc porphyrin with a ?-conjugated oligo(phenylenevinylene) (oPPV) molecular wire for dye sensitized solar cell, Asterios Charisiadis, Christina Stangel, Vasilis Nikolaou, Mahesh S. Roy, Ganesh D. Sharma and Athanassios G. Coutsolelos, RSC Adv.,2015,5, 88508-88519 2015

40	Donor-Acceptor-Acceptor-Donor Benzothiadiazoles: Small Molecules for Solution Processed Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, Prabhat Gautam, Rajneesh Misra, Emmanuel N. Koukaras, Abhishek Sharma, G. D. Sharma, Organic Electronics 2015, 27, 72-83 2015

41	Efficient bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices based on modified PCBM, Shyam S. Sharma, Khushboo Sharma and G. D. Sharma, Nanotechnology Reviews, DOI 10.1515/ntrev-2014-0041 2015

Influence of thermal and solvent annealing on the morphology and photovoltaic performance of solution processed, D–A–D type small molecule-based bulk heterojunction solar cells, C. H. Pavan Kumar, K. Ganesh, T. Suresh, Abhishek Sharma, K. Bhanuprakash, G. D. Sharma and Malapaka Chandrasekharam, RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 93579- 93590 2015

43	Bulk heterojunction organic solar cells based on carbazole–BODIPY conjugate small molecules as donors with high open circuit voltage, Thaksen Jadhav, Rajneesh Misra, S. Biswas and Ganesh D. Sharma, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04807a 2015

44	S, N heteropentacene based small molecules with A-D-A structure for solution processed organic bulk heterojunction solar cells, Hyeonjun Jo, Sojin Park, Hyeju Choi, Subok Lee, Kihyung Song, S. Biswas, Abhishek Sharma, Ganesh. D. Sharma, and Jaejung Ko, RSC Advances (in Press). 2015

45	Positional isomers of Pyridine linked triphenylamine-based donor-acceptor organic dyes for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells, Rajneesh Misra, Ramesh Maragani, Deepali Arora, Abhishek Sharma and Ganesh D. Sharma, Dye and pigments (in press) 2015

D-A-D-A-D push pull organic small molecules based on 5,10-dihydroindolo[3,2-b]indole (DINI) central core donor for solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells, Jangkeun Sim, Kwangseok Do, Kihyoung Song, Abhishek Sharma, S. Biswas, Ganesh. D. Sharma, Jaejung Ko, Organic Electronics (in Press) 2015

Academic Experience

	Name of Institute	Post/Designation	Duration From	Duration To
1	JEC Group of Colleges, Jaipur Engineering College, Jaipur		2009	2015
2	J. N.V. University, Jodhpur		1985	2009