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Dr. V. Vijay

Post Doctoral Fellow

Joins CeMAT @

26 August 2023

Qualification and Experience

Ph.D.-2023-SRMIST KTR Campus.

Ph.D. Thesis entitled

Investigation of n-type and p-type Bismuth selenide for near room temperature thermoelectric applications.

Achievements

1. “Best paper award” on “National Conference on Hierarchically structured materials

(NCHSM-2019)”, SRM University, Ramapuram Chennai, India 21-22nd February 2020.

2. “Sakura science” exchange program in Shizuoka University by Japan science and

technology agency, 2019.

3. “Best paper award” on “National Conference on Hierarchically structured materials

(NCHSM-2019)”, SRM University, Ramapuram Chennai, (22-23) February 2019.

4. “Best NSS Volunteer of the Year award-2016” in Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya

College of Arts and Science.

5. International Thermoelectrics Society member.

6. Sakura science club member.

Publications

1) V. Vijay, S. Harish, J. Archana, and M. Navaneethan. "Ultra-high power factor of p-type

Bi2Se3 for room-temperature thermoelectric applications." Chemical Communications.

2023, 59, 8119-8122. [IF – 4.9]

2) V. Vijay, S. Harish, J. Archana, and M. Navaneethan. "Realization of an ultra-low lattice

thermal conductivity in Bi2AgxSe3 nanostructures for enhanced thermoelectric

performance." J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2023, 637, 340–353. [IF – 9.9]

3) V. Vijay, S. Harish, J. Archana, M. Navaneethan, “Synergistic effect of grain boundaries

and phonon engineering in Sb substituted Bi2Se3 nanostructures for thermoelectric

applications”, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2022, 612, 97–110. [IF – 9.9]

4) V. Vijay, S. Harish, J. Archana, M. Navaneethan, “Cation disorder and bond anharmonicity

synergistically boosts the thermoelectric performance of p-type AgSbSe2”,

CrystEngComm. 2021, 23, 5522–5530. [IF – 3.1]

5) S. Priyadharshini, V. Vijay, S. Kamalakannan, J. Archana, and M. Navaneethan. "Realizing an

ultralow thermal conductivity via interfacial scattering and rational-electronic band

reformation in p-type Mg3Sb2." Applied Physics Letters 124, no. 3 (2024). [IF – 4]

6) S. Harish, V. Vijay, H. Ikeda, J. Archana, and M. Navaneethan. "Low lattice thermal

conductivity and improved power factor in Ga-substituted CuSbTe2 alloys for mid-temperature

thermoelectric application." Emergent Materials (2023): 1-8. [IF – 3.8]

7) A. Selestina, V. Vijay, N. Karunagaran, and M. Navaneethan. "Thermoelectric

performance of lead-free manganese telluride via alkaline Mg doping for mid-temperature

applications." Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2023, 172840. [IF – 6.2]

8) Joseph Dona, V. Vijay, S. Harish, J. Archana, K. Hara, and M. Navaneethan. "Band

structure modification and multi-scale phonon scattering synergistically boosts the

thermoelectric performance of antimony incorporated MoS2." Journal of Alloys and

Compounds, 2023, 172835. [IF – 6.2]

9) E. Karvannan, V. Vijay, T. S. Nivin, J. Archana, M. Navaneethan, and A. Karthigeyan.

"Enhanced thermoelectric performance of iso-valent Al substituted Bi2S3 via carrier tuning

and multiscale phonon scattering." Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2023, 128506. [IF –

4.6]


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10) Parvathi Krishna, V. Vijay, S. Ponnusamy, and M. Navaneethan. "Synergistic effect of

energy filtering effect and secondary phase formation in Cu substituted SnS for enhanced

thermoelectric applications." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. (just

accepted). [IF – 2.8]

11) M. Sabarinathan, V. Vijay, S. Harish, and Y. Hayakawa. “Enhanced thermoelectric

performance of Mo2S2 -Bi2S3 nanocomposites via low energy carrier filtering effect”,

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023, 41, 103140. [IF – 6.2]

12) Vinoth Elangovan, Vijay Vaiyapuri, Archana Jayaram, Harish Santhanakrishnan, and

Navaneethan Mani. "A silver nanoparticle (AgNP)-loaded Bi2Se3 topological insulator pn

heterojunction photodiode for a near-infrared (NIR) photodetector." Nano Futures, 2023,

7, 025004. [IF – 2.1]

13) R. Shanmuka Sundari, V. Vijay, V. Shalini, S. Harish, M. Shimomura, J. Archana, S.

Ponnusamy, and M. Navaneethan. "Effective decoupling of grain boundaries and secondary

phase interfaces for enhanced thermoelectric performance of Cu1.8S/WS2

nanocomposites." Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 170796. [IF – 6.2]

14) A. Selestina, L. Sudha, V. Vijay, N. Karunagaran, and M. Navaneethan. "Enhanced

thermoelectric power factor of Se-doped SnS nanostructures for flexible thermoelectric

applications." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 34, 2023, 255. [IF

– 2.8]

15) R. Shanmuka Sundari, S. Harish, V. Vijay, M. Shimomura, S. Ponnusamy, J. Archana, and

M. Navaneethan. "Suppression of intrinsic thermal conductivity in Sr1− xGdxTiO3 ceramics

via phonon-point defect scattering for enhanced thermoelectric application." RSC

advances 13, no. 1 (2023): 665-673. [IF – 3.9]

16) M. Sabarinathan, V. Vijay, S. Harish, and Y. Hayakawa. "n-Type to p-Type Transition of

Electrical Conduction in Silver (Ag)-Modified Bi2Te3 Nanosheets." Journal of Electronic

Materials. 2022, 51, 7275-7282. [IF – 2.1]

17) K. Monikapani, V. Vijay, S. Harish, J. Archana, C. Muthamizhchelvan, M. Navaneethan,

“Ultra-low thermal conductivity through the reduced phonon lifetime by microstructural

and Umklapp scattering in Sn1−xMnxSe nanostructures”, Journal of Alloys and

Compounds. 2022, 917, 165152. [IF – 6.2]

18) K. Monikapani, V. Vijay, R. Abinaya, J. Archana, S. Harish, M. Navaneethan, “Realizing

an enhanced Seebeck coefficient and extremely low thermal conductivity in anharmonic


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Sb-substituted SnSe nanostructures”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 2022, 923,

165961. [IF – 6.2]

19) Sruthy Subash, Vijay Vaiyapuri, M. Navaneethan, Y. Sivalingam, K. Kamala Bharathi,

“High-temperature Seebeck coefficient, small-polaron conduction and work function of

LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 thin films”, J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. 2020, 53, 475304. 475304. [IF – 3.4]


H. Cover page:

1) V. Vijay, S. Harish, J. Archana, M. Navaneethan, “Synergistic effect of grain boundaries

and phonon engineering in Sb substituted Bi2Se3 nanostructures for thermoelectric

applications”, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2022, 613, OFC, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-

9797(22)00223-5, [outside front cover].

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