Dr. Sakthivel Kandaiah Associate Professor

Specialization

Inorganic chemistry, Electrochemistry

Areas Of Interest

Electrochemistry, Energy conversion devices

Qualification

PhD, Postdoc ( Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany)

Teaching Experience

Academic- Teaching – 16 years, Research - 23 years

Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognitions:- Max Planck Research Fellowship

International Visits: - Germany, Switzerland, France, Denmark

Orcid ID

0000-0003-4390-7705

Vidwan ID/Profile URL

https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/231342

Scopus ID/Google Scholar ID

25637484200

Funded Project (amount sanctioned)

Publications In Refereed Journals

Key Publications (Only Q1 & Q2 rated):-

Corresponding author *

• Sarada K Gopinathan, Prashanth Vishwa, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Atomically Dispersed Iron Sites in Nanometer-Thick-Coordination Polymer Films Based on 2, 5-Dimercapto-1, 3, 4-thiadiazole for Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2025, Accepted article (Q1)

• Sarada K Gopinathan, Vishwanath Rudregowda Sarojamma, Prashanth Vishwa, Gilbert Daniel Nessim, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Facile Electropolymerization of Manganese–2, 5-Dimercapto-1, 3, 4-Thiadiazole-Based Disulfide-Linked Photoactive Thin Film for Pseudocapacitor and Oxygen Reduction, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 8, 861-874, 2025( Q1)

• Sarada K. Gopinathan, Prashanth Vishwa, Gilbert Daniel Nessim, Iranna Udachyan and Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Bismuth(III) Coordination Linkage with Dimercapto Thiadiazole- a p-Type Metallopolymer Photocathode Stable in Protic Electrolytes. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7(15), 6807, 2024(Q1)

• Prashanth Vishwa, Manoj Nagaraj, Selvabarathi Palanivel, Tharakaraman Annaiah, Sanay Prakash, R Vinith Kumar, Vishwanath Rudregowda Sarojamma, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Incorporation of Ruthenium Ions into Nanometer-Thick Films of Copper Sulfide by Anodization for Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7, 4453, 2024(Q1)

• Prashanth Vishwa , Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer on Mixed-Valent Copper Ions Containing S and N-rich Triazine-dimercapto thiadiazole Coordination Polymer Photocathode, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023, 6 (23), 11934-11945(Q1)

• Prashanth Vishwa, Charles Babbet, Bhargav Reddy, Debabrat Kotoky, Sarada K Gopinathan, Iranna Udachyan, Vishwanath RS, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Atomistic Distribution of Iron and Copper in Coordination Metallopolymer for Highly Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Evolution in Protic Media, ChemCatChem, 15(20), e202300629, 2023(Q1)

• Prashanth Vishwa, Sarada K Gopinathan, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Stable p-type Molybdenum and Copper ions containing Coordination Polymer photocathode in protic electrolytes , ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6(9), 4766, 2023(Q1)

• Prashanth Vishwa, Charles Babbet, Bhargav Reddy, Debabrat Kotoky, Sarada K Gopinathan, Iranna Udachyan, Vishwanath RS, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Visible light-active binary metal ion containing functional triazine metallopolymers as a stable p-type photo-electrocatalyst in protic electrolytes, New Journal of Chemistry 47 (21), 10105-10115, 2023(Q2)

• Anju Kumari, Shobith M Shanbogh, Iranna Udachyan, Sakthivel Kandaiah, Amit Roy, Vaibhav Varade, Anjaneyulu Ponnam, Interface-Driven Multifunctionality in Two-Dimensional TiO2 Nanosheet/Poly(Dimercaptothiadiazole-Triazine) Hybrid Resistive Random Access Memory Device, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12 (50), 56568-56578(Q1)

• Iranna Udachyan, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Visible-Light-Active Triazine–Thiadiazole-Based p-Type Copolymer with Stable Photoelectrochemical Behavior in Acidic Electrolytes, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123 (28), 17075-17082(Q1)

• Iranna Udachyan, R S Vishwanath, P Kumara, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Anodic fabrication of nanostructured Cu_xS and CuNiS_x thin films and their hydrogen evolution activities in acidic electrolytes, New Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 43 (20), 7674-7682 (Q2)

• Iranna Udachyan, P Kumara, RS Vishwanath, Sakthivel Kandaiah*,Visible‐Light‐Active Mixed‐Valent Copper‐Ion‐Coordinated 2, 5‐Dimercapto‐1, 3, 4‐thiadiazole‐Based p‐Type Metallopolymer, ChemElectroChem, 2018, 5 (24), 3847-3853(Q1)

• Iranna Udachyan, R S Vishwanath, CSP Kumara, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Potential dependent growth of Cu (OH)₂ nanostructures on Cu and their thermal conversion to mixed-valent copper oxides p-type photoelectrode, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2019, 44 (14), 7181-7193(Q1)

• Iranna Udachyan, RS Vishwanath, CSP Kumara, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Ruthenium ion containing N and S rich triazine based metallopolymer as a low overpotential acid stable electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution, Journal of catalysis 2018, 357, 138-146(Q1)

•  Deepak. K, Amit Roy, P. Anjaneyulu, Sakthivel Kandaiah, Sampatrao L. Pinjare , Charge Transport Mechanism in p-type Copper ion Containing Triazine Thiolate Metallopolymer Thin Film Devices - Journal of Applied Physics - 2017, 122, 164504(Q2)

• Vishwanath R. S. and Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Metal ion-containing C₃N₃S₃ coordination polymers chemisorbed to a copper surface as acid stable hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts , Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 2052 (Q1)

• Vishwanath R. S. and Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Electrochemical growth of triazine based metal ion containing polymers on nanostructured nickel electrodeposits and their hydrogen evolution activities in acidic condition , International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,2016, 41, 8829-8838 (Q1)

• R. S. Vishwanath, Sakthivel Kandaiah*,Chemically Immobilized Triazine Based Cu^IIS₃C₃N₃ Metallopolymer on Copper as a Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2016, 163 (6) H402-H409 (Q1)

• R. S. Vishwanath, Sakthivel Kandaiah*, Electrochemical preparation of crystalline γ-CuI thin films through potential-controlled anodization of copper and its photoelectrochemical investigations, J Solid State Electrochem. (2016) 20:2093–2102 (Q2)

•   R. S. Vishwanath, Sakthivel Kandaiah* ,Facile electrochemical growth of nanostructured copper phthalocyanine thin film via simultaneous anodic oxidation of copper and dilithium phthalocyanine for photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution, J Solid State Electrochem. (2016) 20:767–773

Patents Copyrights

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UG / PG Projects

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