Rate My Professor Sudip Batabyal

Dr. Sudip Kumar Batabyal serves as Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Physics at Amrita School of Physical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore. He obtained his MSc in Physics from Vinoba Bhave University and Ph.D. from Jadavpur University at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, where his doctoral research from 2001 to 2005 focused on the synthesis and characterization of novel nanomaterials under the supervision of Prof. Chitra Basu. Following his Ph.D., he conducted postdoctoral research from 2006 to 2010 at the National University of Singapore, Department of Chemistry, investigating metal coordinated gels and coordination polymeric nanofibers. Subsequently, from 2010 to 2015, he worked as a senior scientist at the Energy Research Institute @ NTU, Nanyang Technological University, where he supervised the CIGS group, developed solution-phase fabrication techniques for CIGS and CZTS thin-film photovoltaic devices, and explored dye-sensitized solar cells, solar water splitting, and energy storage in lithium and sodium-ion batteries.

Since joining Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham as a Senior Research Scientist at the Amrita Centre for Industrial Research and Innovation in 2015, Dr. Batabyal has advanced research in solution-processed photovoltaics, nanomaterials for energy harvesting, electrochemical energy storage, photo-rechargeable systems, lead and lead-free perovskite solar cells, memory devices, LEDs, photodetectors, metal chalcogenides, metal oxides, polymer composites for supercapacitors and batteries, biopolymer films for sensors, solar thermal evaporation, atmospheric water harvesting, and hydro-voltaic power generation. His contributions include key publications such as 'Cation Substitution of Solution-Processed Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Film Solar Cell with over 9% Efficiency' (Advanced Energy Materials, 2015), 'TiO2 nanotube arrays based flexible perovskite solar cells with transparent carbon nanotube electrode' (Nano Energy, 2014), 'CoxMo(1−x)S2 intermixed reduced graphene oxide as efficient counter electrode materials for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells' (International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023), and patents like 'Tubular Hydro-voltaic Device' (US Patent 12,308,764, 2025). With over 9,166 citations on Google Scholar, his work has substantial impact in materials science and renewable energy.