• Gender: Male
• Age: 44
• Designation: Department Head
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 10.7 Year(s)

Education

Pursuing Post-doctoral From Weizmann Institute of Science  

Post-doctoral From Indian Institute of Science
in 2013

Ph. D From Indian Institute of Science in 2012

Research Associate From Syngenta Bio-sciences Pvt. Ltd. in 2007

M.Sc. in Chemistry From University of Hyderabad in 2010

B.Sc. in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry From Andhra University in 85.5%

Work Experience

Research Associate
Company Profile: A leading Institute of Science
Job Profile:
I am working on “Design, Synthesis and fabrication of Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells as PeryleneDiimide (PDI) derivatives Hole Transporting Material.”
My Ph.D., thesis entitled “Investigation of Phase Separation in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells via Self-assembly Approach and Role of Organic Fluorine in Design of n-type Molecular Semiconductors”

Research Associate - R&D department
2006 to 2007
Company Profile : Manufacturer of Seeds, Seed Care, Crop Protection, Crop Nutrients and Yield Protection.

Hands on experience
Expert in synthesis of organic macro molecules.
Expert in handling of moisture sensitive reactions and carrying reactions at low temperature and high temperatures.
Chromatographic Techniques such as Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), Column Chromatography and Preparative TLC.
Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) for Molecular Weight measurements of the polymers.
High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for purification and quantification of purity.
FT- NMR spectrometer (Bruker Ultra-shield 400 MHz).
UV-visible-NIR spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer UV-Vis spectrometer 35 and Varian Cary 5000 UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer).
Infra-Red spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer).
Fluorescence spectrophotometer (Steady state) (Jobin Yvon-Fluorolog-3 and Varian Cary Eclipse Fluorimeter).
Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) (CHI 400a and CHI 600a Potentiostat).
Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) instrument (X-pert PRO Pan-analytical).
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM): Dimension ICON with ScanAsyst 2.
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM): Carl-Zeiss SUPRA and Ultra.
Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM): JEOL-2100.
Thermal Evaporation of Metal thin films (Aluminium/ Silver/Gold).
Newport Sol3A Class AAA Solar Simulator.
In computational Chemistry: (a) Gaussian 09/03, Gauss view 4.0/4.2. Well versed with chemistry related computer packages like Chem Draw ultra, SciFinder Scholar, Reaxys.

Achievements
Industrial training in large scale fabrication of organic solar cells by Moserbaer India Pvt. Ltd.
Awarded Junior and Senior Research Fellowships by CSIR, India for the NET exam conducted in December 2005 and June, 2006. Qualified among the top 20% of the students.
Secured 94th rank in all India level GATE examination held in 2006.
Qualified for OCES-2006 conducted by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
(BARC).
Secured 3rd Position in M.Sc. Chemistry in School Of Chemistry.
Secured 2nd rank in M.Sc. Entrance for chemistry in OU-CET in 2004
Secured 2nd position in Bachelor’s Degree.

Publications
Kanth S. R. B., Das, J.; Brenner, T. M.; Kedem, N.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Cahen, D.; Hodes, G.; Rybtchinski, B. Organic Salt as Charge Transporting Material in Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar cells. (under Review).

Das, J.*; Kanth S. R. B.*, Cahen, D.; Rybtchinski, B.; Hodes, G. Thiophene- Modified Perylenediimide as Hole Transporting Material in Hybrid Lead Bromide Perovskite Solar Cells. J Mater Chem-A 2015, 2, 2445. ( 10.1039/C5TA04828A) (*equal contribution)

Naik, M. A.; Raghavendra, M.; Kanth, S. R. B.; Patil, S. Polymer solar cells: design of materials by donor-acceptor approach. Curr. Sci. 2013, 105, 1115.

Kanth, S. R. B.; Stephen, M.; Ali, F.; Patil, S. Investigation of Phase Separation in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells via Supramolecular Chemistry. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 1173, 9129. (10.1021/jp401523u)

Kanth, S. R. B.; Prasad, K. D.; Guru Row, T. N.; Patil, S. Unique type-II halogen···halogen interactions in Pentafluorophenyl appended 2,2'-bithiazoles. Cryst. Growth Des. 2013, 13, 1045. (10.1021/cg3012298)

Kanth, S. R. B.; Smith, J.; Anthopoulos, T. D.; Patil, S. Acenaphtho[1,2-b] quinoxaline based low band gap copolymers for organic thin film transistor applications J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 4450. (10.1039/C1JM13540F)

Kanth, S. R. B.; Tandy, K.; Horecha, M.; Formanek, P.; Stamm, M.; Gevorgyan, S.; Krebs, F. C.; Kiriy, A.; Meredith, P.; Burn, P. L.; Namdas, E. B.; Patil, S. Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Donor–Acceptor–Donor Based Oligothiophenes and Their Optoelectronic Properties J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 14369. (10.1021/jp204271c)

Mukhopadhyay, S.*; Kanth, S. R. B.*; Ramasesha, S.; Patil, S. Synthesis and Characterization of a Class of Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Molecules:
Experiments and Theoretical Calculations J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 4647. (10.1021/jp909635g) (*equal contribution)

Sissa, C., Terenziani,F., Painelli, A., Kanth, S. R. B., Patil, S. Spectroscopic characterization and modeling of quadrupolar charge-transfer dyes with bulk substituents. J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 4959. (10.1021/jp3005508)

Bernède, J.-C.; Nguyen, D.-T.; Cattin, L.; Morsli, M.; Kanth, S. R. B.; Patil, S. About the transparent electrode of the organic photovoltaic cells. Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 2011, 56, 34102. (10.1051/epjap/2011110120)

Bernède, J. C.; Cattin, L.; Djobo, S. O.; Morsli, M.; Kanth, S. R. B.; Patil, S.; Leriche, P.; Roncali, J.; Godoy, A.; Diaz, F. R.; del Valle, M. A. Influence of the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of the donor material on the effectiveness of the anode buffer layer in organic solar cells. Phys. Status Solidi A 2011, 208, 1989. (10.1002/pssa.201127047)

Chandrasekaran, Y.; Dutta, G. K.; Kanth, S. R. B.; Patil, S. Tetrahydro quinoxaline based squaraines: Synthesis and photophysical properties Dyes Pigm.2009, 83, 162. (10.1016/j.dyepig.2009.04.003)

Presentations/symposiums/conferences
12th International Symposium on Functional p-Electron Systems (Fpi-12) held in Seattle, USA, July 2015 (Presented poster on Organic salt as Hole Transporting Material in Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar Cells).

10th International Symposium on Functional p-Electron Systems (Fpi-10) held in Beijing, China, October 2011(Presented poster on Acenaphtho[1,2-b]quinoxaline based low band gap copolymers for thin film transistor applications).

International Conference on the Chemistry of the Organic Solid State (ICCOSS- XX) held in Institute of Science Bangalore, June 2011. (Presented poster on “Barbiturate based Donor-Acceptor-Donor derivative for optoelectronic applications”).

11th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry & 3rd CRSI-RSC Symposium held in 2009.

Future Goals

Growth