Dr. Nillohit Mukherjee
Assistant Professor
nillohit@cegess.iiests.ac.in
Research Area
Advance Materials for Energy, Sensors and Storage,Thin c-Si Solar Cells,Hybrid Solar Cells,
Summary Profile
Basic research interest in Advance Materials for Energy, Sensors, and Storage. Have 7 years of teaching experience as Assistant Professor with more than 75 published papers in reputed SCI journals.
Research Interests
- Piezoelectric nanogenerator/energy harvester
- Photocatalysis and water splitting
- Gas sensors for low temperature applications
- Energy Storage-Supercapacitors
- Advanced solar cells, thin silicon solar cells
Academic Background
M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from Bengal Engineering College (Deemed University) in 2003
Ph.D (Science) from Bengal Engineering and Science University in 2009
Work Experience
PG Courses:
Contact Information
nillohit@cegess.iiests.ac.in
nillohit.mukherjee@gmail.com
Awards and Honours
- National Scholarship, Year: 1994
Other Professional Activities
Journal Publication
A. K. Dikshit, S. Maity, Nillohit Mukherjee and P. Chakrabarti, Hybrid inorganic–organic inverted solar cells with ZnO/ZnMgO barrier layer and effective organic active layer for low leakage current, enhanced efficiency and reliability, 11, 983 -990, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 20212Apurba Baral, Anupam Nandi, Navonil Bose, Nillohit Mukherjee*, Crumpled graphene oxide/spinel cobalt oxide composite based high performance supercapacitive energy storage device, 42, 103021, Journal of Energy Storage, 20213A Baral, A Dhara, A Sinha and Nillohit Mukherjee*, Chemically synthesized Sb2S3 hollow-spheres for significantly fast and reliable visible light driven dye photodegradation, 250, 119368, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 20214B. Biswas, B. Hazra, Nillohit Mukherjee and A. Sinha, Nanomechanical behaviour of ZrO2 dispersed sisal-based polymeric composites, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, 20215B. Biswas, N. R. Bandyopadhyay, Nillohit Mukherjee and A. Sinha, Mechanical Behaviour of Jute/ZrO2 Based Polyester Composites at Microstructural Scale, 06, 1731-1742, Fibers and Polymers, 20216Bhabatosh Biswas, Nillohit Mukherjee and Arijit Sinha, Indentation behavior of cellulosic fibers/fly ash-incorporated polymer composites at sub-micron scale, Proc IMechE Part J: J Engineering Tribology, 20217Bhabatosh Biswas, Biplab Hazra, Subhabrata Chakraborty, Nillohit Mukherjee and Arijit Sinha, Mechanical behavior of cellulosic fiber-incorporated modified fly ash-dispersed polymeric composites, Proc IMechE Part E: J Process Mechanical Engineering, 20218Epsita Kar, Moumita Barman, Soumen Das, Ankita Das, Pallab Datta, Sampad Mukherjee, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Nillohit Mukherjee* and Navonil Bose*, Chicken feather fiber-based bio-piezoelectric energy harvester: an efficient green energy source for flexible electronics, 5, 1857-1866, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 20219Bibhutibhushan Show, Sk. Faruque Ahmed, Anup Mondal, Nillohit Mukherjee, Hierarchical copper oxide as efficient enzymeless amperometric biosensor and promising photocatalyst, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 202010Ashutosh Kumar Dikshit, Pritam Banerjee, Nillohit Mukherjee, P. Chakrabarti, Theoretical optimization of double dielectric back reflector layer for thin c-Si based advanced solar cells with notable enhancement in MAPD, 149, 106747, Superlattices and Microstructures, 202011Apurba Baral; Gourab Das ; Arijit Bardhan Roy ; Arindam Kole ; Nillohit Mukherjee; Sukanta Bose, Stacked Back Reflector Architecture for Advanced Optical Management in State-of-the-Art Single-Junction ?c-Si:H Solar Cells, 10, 1203 -1213, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 202012Arnab Dhara, Dipak Kr Chanda, Anupam Nandi, Arijit Sinha, Nil Ratan Bandyopadhyay, Nillohit Mukherjee*, Synergistic interaction in metal oxide/silicon bulk heterostructures for efficient photo-carrier generation and photodegradation of toxic dye contaminants, 8, 103672, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2020
13Ashutosh Kumar Dikshit, Nabin Chandra Mandal, Sukanta Bose, Nillohit Mukherjee and P. Chakrabarti*, “Optimization of back ITO layer as the sandwiched reflector for exploiting longer wavelength lights in thin and flexible (30 ?m) single junction c-Si solar cells”, Solar Energy, 201914Sudarshana Banerjee, Sourav Mandal, Sukanta Dhar, Arijit Bardhan Roy and Nillohit Mukherjee*, “Nanomirror-Embedded Back Reflector Layer (BRL) for Advanced Light Management in Thin Silicon Solar Cells”, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 201915Epsita Kar, Navonil Bose, Biplab Dutta, Nillohit Mukherjee* and Sampad Mukherjee*, “Ultraviolet- and Microwave-Protecting, Self-Cleaning e?Skin for Efficient Energy Harvesting and Tactile Mechanosensing”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 201916Epsita Kar, Navonil Bose, Biplab Dutta, Sudarshana Banerjee, Nillohit Mukherjee* and Sampad Mukherjee*, “2D SnO2 nanosheet/PVDF composite based flexible piezoelectric energy harvester”, Energy Conversion and Management, 201917J. Basu, Apurba Baral, N. Samanta, Nillohit Mukherjee, C. Roychaudhuri, Low Noise Field Effect Biosensor with Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide, 165, B3201-B3207, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2018
18Epsita Kar, Navonil Bose, Biplab Dutta, Nillohit Mukherjee* and Sampad Mukherjee, “MWCNT@SiO2 Heterogeneous Nanofiller-Based Polymer Composites: A Single Key to the High-Performance Piezoelectric Nanogenerator and X?band Microwave Shield”, ACS Applied Nanomaterials,, 201819Habib Ali Molla, Rahul Bhowmick, Abu Saleh Musha Islam, Bibhutibhushan Show, Nillohit Mukherjee, Anup Mondal and Mahammad Ali, “Turn on Fluorogenic Chemosensor for Fe3+ and Schottky Barrier Diode with Frequency Switching Device Applications, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 201820Sk Faruque Ahmed, Md Shahbaz Alam, Nillohit Mukherjee, “Cu incorporated amorphous diamond like carbon (DLC) composites: An efficient electron field emitter over a wide range of temperature”, Physica E,, 201821Sugato Ghosh, Deepanjana Adak, Raghunath Bhattacharyya and Nillohit Mukherjee*,, *, “ZnO/?-Fe2O3 charge transfer interface toward Highly Selective H2S Sensing at a Low Operating Temperature of 30 °C”, ACS Sensors, 201722Deepanjana Adak, Bibhutibhushan Show, Anup Mondal and Nillohit Mukherjee*,, “ZnO/?-Fe2O3 charge transfer interface in zinc-iron oxide hollow cages towards efficient photodegradation of industrial dyes and methanol electrooxidation”, Journal of Catalysis,, 201723Bibhutibhushan Show, Nillohit Mukherjee*, Anup Mondal*, “Reusable iron sulfide nanospheres towards promoted photocatalytic and electrocatalytic activities”, New Journal of Chemistry, 201724Sukanta Bose, Debasish Dey, Sudarshana Banerjee, Gufran Ahmad, Sourav Mandal, Asok Kumar Barua and Nillohit Mukherjee*, “Blue and violet defect levels mediated absorption hot spots in tapered ZnO nanorods toward improved photocatalytic”, Journal of Materials Science, 201725Arijit Bardhan Roy, Sonali Das, Avra Kundu, Chandan Banerjee and Nillohit Mukherjee*, “c-Si/n-ZnO-based flexible solar cells with silica nanoparticles as a light trapping metamaterial”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 201726Epsita Kar, Navoneel Bose, Biplab Dutta, Nillohit Mukherjee* and Sampad Mukherjee, “Poly(vinylidene fluoride)/submicron graphite platelet composite: … shielding properties”, European Polymer Journal,, 201727Arijit Sinha, Nillohit Mukherjee*,, “Correlation between morphology and nanomechanical behavior of ZnO thin films”, J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. D, 201628Sudarshana Banerjee, Sourav Mandal, Asok Kumar Barua and Nillohit Mukherjee*, “Hierarchical indium tin oxide (ITO) nano-whiskers: Electron beam deposition and sub-bandgap defect levels mediated visible light driven enhanced photocatalytic activity, Catalysis Communications, 201629B Show, Nillohit Mukherjee* and A Mondal, “?-Fe2O3 nanospheres: facile synthesis and highly efficient photo-degradation of organic dyes and surface activation by nano-Pt for enhanced methanol sensing”, RSC Advances,, 201630A Dhara, B Show, A Baral, S Chabri, A Sinha, NR Bandyopadhyay and Nillohit Mukherjee, “Core-shell CuO-ZnO p-n heterojunction with high specific surface area for enhanced photoelectrochemical (PEC) energy conversion”,, Solar Energy, 201631S Banerjee, B Show, A Kundu, J Ganguly, U Gangopadhyay, H Saha and Nillohit Mukherjee*,, “N-acetyle cysteine assisted synthesis of core–shell Ag2S with enhanced light transmission and diminished reflectance: Surface modifier for c-SiNx solar cells”, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry,, 201632E Kar, N Bose, S Das, Nillohit Mukherjee and S Mukherjee, “Temperature dependent dielectric properties of self?standing and flexible poly (vinylidene fluoride) films infused with Er3+ doped GeO2 and SiO2 nanoparticles”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science,, 201633A Dhara, A Baral, S Chabri, A Sinha and N R Bandyopadhyay, Nillohit Mukherjee*,, “An Efficient Approach Towards the Photodegradation of Indigo Carmine by Introducing ZnO/CuO/Si Ternary Nanocomposite as Photocatalyst”, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series D,, 201634S Chabri, A Dhara, B Show, D Adak, A Sinha and Nillohit Mukherjee*,, “Mesoporous CuO–ZnO p–n heterojunction based nanocomposites with high specific surface area for enhanced photocatalysis and electrochemical sensing”,, Catalysis Science & Technology,, 201535B Mondal, J Das, C Roychaudhuri, Nillohit Mukherjee and H Saha, “Enhanced sensing properties of ZnO-SnO2 based composite type gas sensor”,, The European Physical Journal Applied Physics,, 201536S Ghosh, R Bhattacharya, H Saha, C Roy Chaudhuri and Nillohit Mukherjee*,, “Functionalized ZnO/ZnO2 n-N straddling heterostructure achieved by oxygen plasma bombardment for highly selective methane sensing”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,, 201537E Kar, N Bose, S Das, Nillohit Mukherjee and S Mukherjee, “Enhancement of electroactive ? phase crystallization and dielectric constant of PVDF by incorporating GeO2 and SiO2 nanoparticles”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 201538S Banerjee, A Kundu, B Show, J Ganguly, R Bhattacharyay, S K Datta, H Saha and Nillohit Mukherjee*, “A regular rippled pattern formed by the molecular self-organization of polyvinylpyrrolidone encapsulated Ag nanoparticles: a high transmissive coating for efficiency enhancement of c-Si solar cells”, RSC Advances, 201539S Ghosh, C Roy Chaudhuri, R Bhattacharya, H Saha and Nillohit Mukherjee*,, “Palladium–Silver-Activated ZnO Surface: Highly Selective Methane Sensor at Reasonably Low Operating Temperature”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 201440B Show, Nillohit Mukherjee* and A Mondal, “Electrochemically synthesized microcrystalline tin sulphide thin films: high dielectric stability with lower relaxation time and efficient photochemical and photoelectrochemical properties”, RSC Advances,, 201441A Ghosh, B Show, S Ghosh, Nillohit Mukherjee, G Bhattacharya, S K Datta and A Mondal, “Electrochemical synthesis of p-CuO thin films and development of a p-CuO/n-ZnO heterojunction and its application as a selective gas sensor”, RSC Advances,, 201442S Jana, Nillohit Mukherjee, B Chakraborty, B C Mitra and A Mondal, “Electrodeposited polymer encapsulated nickel sulphide thin films: frequency switching material”, Applied Surface Science, 201443B Mondal, L Dutta, C Roychaudhury, D Mohanta, Nillohit Mukherjee*, H Saha, “Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Morphology and Sensitivity of the Zinc Oxide Nanorods-Based Methane Senor”, Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters),, 201444B Mondal, B Basumatari, J Das, C Roychaudhury, H Saha and Nillohit Mukherjee,, ZnO–SnO2 based composite type gas sensor for selective hydrogen sensing, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 201445Nillohit Mukherjee*, H Chakraborty and S F Ahmed,, A comparative study on the cold field electron emission properties of cubic nanocrystalline lead chalcogenide thin films”,, RSC Advances, 201446H Chakraborty, A Sinha, Nillohit Mukherjee*, D Ray and PP Chattopadhyay, Indentation and scratch behavior of functionalized MWCNT–PMMA composites at the micro/nanoscale, Polymer Composites, 201447S Jana, S Kumar Bhar, Nillohit Mukherjee and A Mondal, Electrodeposition of polymer encapsulated cobalt sulfide thin films: search for a frequency switching materia, Materials Letters, 201348B Chakraborty, B Show, S Jana, B C Mitra, S K Maji, B Adhikary, Nillohit Mukherjee* and A Mondal,, “Cathodic and anodic deposition of FeS2 thin films and their application in electrochemical reduction and amperometric sensing of H2O2, Electrochimica Acta,, 201349S K Bhar, S Jana, A Mondal and Nillohit Mukherjee, “Photocatalytic degradation of organic dye on porous iron sulfide film surface, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science,, 201350H Chakraborty, A Sinha, Nillohit Mukherjee*, D Ray and P Protim Chattopadhyay, A study on nanoindentation and tribological behaviour of multifunctional ZnO/PMMA nanocomposite”, Materials Letters, 201351Nillohit Mukherjee*, S Jana, G G Khan and A Mondal, Photo-induced exciton generation in polyvinylpyrrolidone encapsulated Ag2S core-shells: Electrochemical deposition, regular shape and high order of particle size distribution, Journal of Applied Physics, 201252G G Khan, R Das, Nillohit Mukherjee and K Mandal, “Effect of metal doping on highly efficient photovoltaics and switchable photovoltage in bismuth ferrite nanotubes, Physica Status Solidi (RRL)-Rapid Research Letters, 201253S K Maji, Nillohit Mukherjee, A Mondal and B Adhikary, “Synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of ?-Fe2O3 nanoparticles, Polyhedron,, 201254Nillohit Mukherjee*, B Show, S K Maji, U Madhu, S K Bhar, B C Mitra, G G Khan and A Mondal,, “CuO nano-whiskers: electrodeposition, Raman analysis, photoluminescence study and photocatalytic activity”, Materials Letters, 201155S K Maji, Nillohit Mukherjee, AK Dutta, DN Srivastava, P Paul, B Karmakar, A Mondal and B Adhikary, Deposition of nanocrystalline CuS thin film from a single precursor: Structural, optical and electrical properties, Materials Chemistry and Physics,, 201156S K Maji, Nillohit Mukherjee, A Mondal, B Adhikary and B Karmakar, Synthesis of nanocrystalline and mesoporous zinc sulphide from a single precursor Zn (SOCCH3)2 Lut 2 complex, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 201157S K Maji, Nillohit Mukherjee, A Mondal, B Adhikary, B Karmakar and S Dutta, Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline zinc sulfide via zinc thiobenzoate-lutidine single-source precursor, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 201158Nillohit Mukherjee*, S F Ahmed, S K Maji and A Mondal, Experimental study on electron field emission, Raman scattering, and low temperature electrical properties of nanocrystalline lead selenide thin films, Journal of Applied Physics, 201159Nillohit Mukherjee, A Sinha, G G Khan, D Chandra, A Bhaumik and A Mondal, A study on the structural and mechanical properties of nanocrystalline CuS thin films grown by chemical bath deposition technique”, Materials Research Bulletin, 201160S K Bhar, Nillohit Mukherjee*, S K Maji, B Adhikary and A Mondal, Synthesis of nanocrystalline iron oxide ultrathin films by thermal decomposition of iron nitropruside: structural and optical properties, Materials Research Bulletin, 201061D Ghosh, P S Sardar, M Biswas, A Mondal and Nillohit Mukherjee, “Dielectric characteristics of poly (N-vinylcarbazole) and its nanocomposites with ZnO and acetylene black, Materials Chemistry and Physics,, 201062S K Maji, Nillohit Mukherjee, A Mondal, B Adhikary and B Karmakar, “Chemical synthesis of mesoporous CuO from a single precursor: Structural, optical and electrical properties”, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 201063Nillohit Mukherjee, G G Khan, A Sinha and A Mondal, Synthesis of band gap engineered PbXCd1–XSe thin films: A study on their optical, electrical, structural and localized mechanical properties”, Physica Status Solidi (A), 201064Nillohit Mukherjee and A Mondal, Comparative study on the properties of galvanically deposited nano-and microcrystalline thin films of PbSe”, : Journal of Electronic Materials,, 201065G G Khan, Nillohit Mukherjee, A Mondal, N R Bandyopadhyay, A Basumallick, “Optical and field emission characteristics of anodic aluminium oxide/ZnO hybrid nanostructure, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 201066Nillohit Mukherjee, A Mondal and U Madhu,, “Chemical bath deposition of thin films of CuO nanorods and their characterisation”,, International Journal of Nanomanufacturing,, 200967Nillohit Mukherjee, SF Ahmed, KK Chattopadhyay and A Mondal, “Role of solute and solvent on the deposition of ZnO thin films, Electrochimica Acta,, 200968Nillohit Mukherjee, S Ahmed, D Mukherjee, KK Chattopadhyay and A Mondal, Deposition of nano-crystalline lead chalcogenide thin films using a simple electrochemical technique, Physica Status Solidi (C),, 200869D Chandra, Nillohit Mukherjee, A Mondal and A Bhaumik, Design and synthesis of nanostructured porous SnO2 with high surface areas and their optical and dielectric properties”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 200870P Bhattacharyya, PK Basu, Nillohit Mukherjee, A Mondal, H Saha and S Basu, “Deposition of nanocrystalline ZnO thin films on p-Si by novel galvanic method and application of the heterojunction as methane sensor, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics,, 200771 U Madhu, Nillohit Mukherjee, NR Bandyopadhyay and A Mondal, Properties of CdS and CdTe thin films deposited by an electrochemical technique, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics,, 200772A Mondal, Nillohit Mukherjee, SK Bhar and D Banerjee, An electrochemical technique to deposit thin films of PbTe, Thin Solid Films, 200673 A Mondal and Nillohit Mukherjee, Cubic PbS thin films on TCO glass substrate by galvanic technique”, Materials Letters, 200674 A Mondal, Nillohit Mukherjee and SK Bhar, Galvanic deposition of hexagonal ZnO thin films on TCO glass substrate, Materials Letters, 200675 Nillohit Mukherjee, P Bhattacharyya, M Banerjee, A Mondal, Robert TT Gettens, PK Ghosh and H Saha, Galvanic deposition of nanocrystalline ZnO thin films from a ZnO–Zn (OH)2 mixed phase precursor on p-Si substrate, Nanotechnology, 2006
Patents
Book Chapter
1. A Ghosh, BB Show, Nillohit Mukherjee, SK Datta, G Bhattacharya and A Mondal, Electrochemical synthesis of p-CuO thin films and development of a p-CuO/n-ZnO thin film hetero-contact for gas sensing, Springer International, 2013
2 Nillohit Mukherjee, Dipankar Mukherjee, Anup Mondal, Influence of electrolyte on the deposition of ZnO thin films, Pentagon Press, 2007
Conference
1. Md Shahbaz Alam, Nillohit Mukherjee, Sk. Faruque Ahmed, Optical properties of diamond like carbon nanocomposite thin films, 2nd International Conference on Condensed Matter and Applied Physics, 20172Md Shahbaz Alam, Nillohit Mukherjee and Sk. Faruque Ahmed, Electron field emission property of nanostructure wrinkle thin film induced by amorphous diamond like carbon, 2nd International Conference on Material Science, 20173Susmita Biswas, Anupam Nandi, Arnab Dhara, Apurba Baral, Mallar Ray, Hiranmay Saha, Nillohit Mukherjee, Syed Minhaz Hossain, Effect of Centrifugation Time on the Optical Properties of Colloidal Silicon Nanoparticle, International Conference on Functional Materials, 20164Sudarshana Banerjee, Soma Ray, Utpal Gangopadhyay, Hiranmay Saha, Nillohit Mukherjee*, Study of Silver Sulfide Nanoparticle Decorated SiNW Array on Multi-c-Si Wafer, International Conference on Functional Materials, 20165Nillohit Mukherjee*, Sumanta Jana, Himel Chakrobaorty, Anup Mondal, Shape and Size Controlled Deposition of ZnO Thin Film: Comparative Sensitivity towards Methane Gas, International Conference on Nanomaterials: Applications and Properties, 20126Nillohit Mukherjee*, Sanjib Kumar Bhar, Anup Mondal, A Novel Approach to the Deposition of Nano and Sub-micro structured Thin Film Semiconductors, 1st Nano Today International Conference, 20097Nillohit Mukherjee*, Anup Mondal, Utpal Madhu, Chemical Bath Deposition of Thin Films of CuO nanorods and Their Characterization, 2nd International Conference on Advanced Nano-materials (ANM) 2008, 20088Nillohit Mukherjee*, Sk. F. Ahmed, Dipankar Mukherjee, Kalyan K Chattopadhyay, Anup Mondal, Deposition of nanocrystalline lead chalcogenide thin films using a simple electrochemical technique, European Materials Research Society 2007 Fall Meeting, 2007
