Publications by Aravind Kumar Chandiran

Measurement of the inclusive and differential t(t)over-bar gamma cross sections in the dilepton channel and effective field theory interpretation in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

Matthias Finger, Varun Sharma, Olivier Martin, Ian Smith, Jean-François Carlin, Arvind Shah, Rakesh Chawla, Thomas Mountford, Chao Wang, João Miguel das Neves Duarte

The production cross section of a top quark pair in association with a photon is measured in proton-proton collisions in the decay channel with two oppositely charged leptons (e(+/-)mu(-/+), e(+)e(-), or mu(+)mu(-)). The measurement is performed using 138 ...

Springer Nature2022

Search for resonant and nonresonant new phenomena in high-mass dilepton final states at root s=13 TeV

Konstantin Androsov, Jan Steggemann, Aravind Kumar Chandiran

A search is presented for physics beyond the standard model (SM) using electron or muon pairs with high invariant mass. A data set of proton-proton collisions collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC at root s = 13 TeV from 2016 to 2018 corresponding to ...

Springer Nature2021

Coordinate parameterisation and spectral method optimisation for Beltrami field solver in stellarator geometry

David Pfefferlé, Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Antoine Baillod, Ajay Kumar

The numerical solution of the stepped pressure equilibrium (Hudson et al 2012 Phys. Plasmas 19 112502) requires a fast and robust solver to obtain the Beltrami field in three-dimensional geometry such as stellarators. The spectral method implemented in the ...

2020

Investigation on the Interface Modification of TiO2 Surfaces by Functional Co-Adsorbents for High-Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Robin Humphry-Baker, Aravind Kumar Chandiran

The influence of interface modification of sensitized TiO2 surfaces by co-adsorbents on photovoltaic performance is detailed. We investigated different functional groups of co-adsorbents, such as carboxylic (4-guanidino butyric acid, chenodeoxycholic acid) ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Pyridyl- and Picolinic Acid Substituted Zinc(II) Phthalocyanines for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Jun Ho Yum, Aravind Kumar Chandiran

A series of tri-tert-butyl zinc(II) phthalocyanines (Pcs) substituted with pyridyl, carboxyl, or picolinic acid anchoring groups on the periphery were prepared. Photovoltaic (PV) studies on these dyes were carried out revealing some interesting features. I ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2017

Double D-pi-A Dye Linked by 2,2'-Bipyridine Dicarboxylic Acid: Influence of para- and meta-Substituted Carboxyl Anchoring Group

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Peng Gao, Paramaguru Ganesan

Starting from 2,2-bipyridine dicarboxylic acid, two new (D--A)(2) sensitizers, including m-DA with the carboxyl anchoring group substituted meta to the donor-bridge moiety and p-DA with a para-substituted anchoring group, were synthesized in order to evalu ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Yttrium-substituted nanocrystalline TiO2 photoanodes for perovskite based heterojunction solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Nicolas Tétreault, Peng Gao, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Thomas Moehl, Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Peng Qin

We report the use of Y3+-substituted TiO2 (0.5% Y-TiO2) in solid-state mesoscopic solar cells, consisting of CH3NH3PbI3 as the light harvester and spiro-OMeTAD as the hole transport material. A power conversion efficiency of 11.2% under simulated AM 1.5 fu ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2014

Quantum-Confined ZnO Nanoshell Photoanodes for Mesoscopic Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mohammad Ibrahim Dar, Chenyi Yi, Aswani Yella, Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Mojtaba Abdi Jalebi

We present a photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) based on ZnO nanoshell deposited by atomic layer deposition at 150°C, on a mesoporous insulating template. An ultrathin layer of ZnO between 3 and 6 nm, which exhibits quantum confinement effect, ...

American Chemical Society2014

Sub-Nanometer Conformal TiO2 Blocking Layer for High Efficiency Solid-State Perovskite Absorber Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Aswani Yella, Peng Gao, Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Matthew Thomas Mayer

A mere 2 nm conformal titanium dioxide overlayer coated by atomic layer deposition is shown to act as a blocking layer for high-efficiency solid-state perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) absorber-based solar cells. Surpassing the existing multilayer passivation, this ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Adapting Ruthenium Sensitizers to Cobalt Electrolyte Systems

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Aravind Kumar Chandiran

In this work, we report the use of bulky substitutions in a new heteroleptic ruthenium(II) bipyridine complex, Ru(NCS)(2)LL', coded TT-230 to obtain high open-circuit potential in a dye-sensitized solar cell (where L is a bipyridine ligand appended with tw ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014