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Biography
Education
Sep. 2012 - Oct. 2015, Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics and Nanotechnology, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain Supervisor: Dr. Larry Lüer.
July 2008- April 2011: M.Sc. Tech (Photonics), National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India
June 2005- March 2008, B.Sc (Physics), University of Calicut, India
Professional Experience
Assistant professor: Tsinghua SIGS, China (01/2023- present)
Research scientist: KAUST, KSA (01/2022- 12/2022)
Postdoctoral research associate: KAUST, KSA (02/2016- 12/2021)
Early-stage researcher: IMDEA Nanociencia, Madrid, Spain (2012-2015)
Ph.D. internship: Belectric OPV GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany (January-February 2015)
Visiting researcher: Vilnius University, Lithuania (2013-2014)
Visiting student researcher: Raman Research Institute Bangalore, India (2010-2011)
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Current Courses
Course Title: Photophysics of Organic Semiconductors
Course ID:85991313
Details:
48 class hours, 3 credit course
Open to MS and PhD students
Master’s & Ph.D. Advising
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Research Interests
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy, photo-physics of nanostructured systems, optics, organic electronics, semiconductor physics.
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Selected Publications
[1] H.Tang#, Z Liao, S. Karuthedath#, S. Chen, H. Liu, J.I Khan, M. Babics, W.Yang, M. Alqurashi, Y. He, J. Gorenflot, J. Huang, G. Li, S. De Wolf, X. Lu, C. J. Brabec, F. Laquai, and S. Lu, Rationale for Highly Efficient and Outdoor-Stable Terpolymer Solar Cells, Energy & Environmental Science 16 (5), 2056-2067, (Shared first author)
[2] Y. Huang, S. Chung, S. Karuthedath*, C. S. P. De Castro, H.Tang, M. Jeong, S. Lu, K. Cho, F. Laquai, and Z. Kan, Charge Carrier Dynamics in Planar Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells.Solar RRL, 2300267, 2023, [Corresponding Author].
[3] B. Liu, S. Liang, S. Karuthedath, Y He, J. Wang, W. L Tan, H. Li, Y. Xu, F. Laquai, C. J Brabec, C. R McNeill, C. Xiao, Z. Tang, J. Hou, F. Yang, W. Li, Double-Cable Conjugated Polymers Based on Simple Non-Fused Electron Acceptors for Single-Component Organic Solar Cells,Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 3, 1154–1164(Shared first author)
[4] S. Karuthedath, S.H. K. Paleti, A. Sharma, H. Yin, C. S. P. De Castro, S. Chen, H. Xu, N.Alshehri, N.Ramos, J. I. Khan, J. Martin, G. Li, F. Laquai, D.Baran and J. Gorenflot Rationalizing the influence of tunable energy levels on quantum efficiency to design optimal non fullerene acceptor-based ternary organic solar cells, Advanced Energy Materials (2023)
[5] S. Karuthedath, J. Gorenflot, Y. Firdaus, N. Chaturvedi, C. SP De Castro, G.T Harrison, J. I Khan, A. Markina, A. H Balawi, T. A.D. Peña, W. Liu, R. Liang, A. Sharma, S. HK Paleti, W. Zhang, Y. Lin, E. Alarousu, D. H Anjum, P. M Beaujuge, S. De Wolf, I. McCulloch, T. D Anthopoulos, D. Baran, D. Andrienko, F. Laquai. , Intrinsic Efficiency Limits in Low-bandgap Non- fullerene Acceptor Organic Solar Cells, Nature Materials 20, 378–384 (2021)
[6] Y. Firdaus,V. M. Le Corre, S. Karuthedath, et al., Long-range exciton diffusion in molecular non-fullerene acceptors, Nature Communications, 11 (1), 5220, 2020
[7] X. Jiang#, Z. Ma#, S. Karuthedath#, J. Li, W. Lai, C. Li, C. Xiao, L. Ye, F. Laquai ,Z. Tang, W. Li, Miscibility-Controlled Phase Separation in Double-Cable Conjugated Polymers for SingleComponent Organic Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 8%, Angewandte Chemie IE(2020), (Shared first author)
[8] S Karuthedath, J Gorenflot, A Melianas, Z Kan, M Kemerink, F Laquai, Build-up of Triplet State Population in Operating TQ1:PC71BM Devices Does Not Limit Their Performance,The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11, 8, 2838-2845 (2020)
[9] S.Karuthedath*, Y. Firdaus, R-Z. Liang, J. Gorenflot, P. M. Beaujuge, T. D. Anthopoulos, F. Laquai, Impact of Fullerene on the Photophysics of Ternary Small Molecule Organic Solar Cells, Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 9 (33), 1901443,DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201901443, (2019)
[10] S.Karuthedath*, J. Gorenflot, Y. Firdaus, W‐Y. Sit, F. Eisner, A.Seitkhan, M. K. Ravva, T. D. Anthopoulos, F.Laquai, Advanced Energy Materials 9 3, 1802476 (2019)
[11] M. Filatov, S. Karuthedath, P. Polestshuk, H. Savoie, K. Flanagan, C. Sy, E.Sitte, M.Telitchko, F.Laquai, R. W Boyle, M. O Senge, Generation of Triplet Excited States via Photoinduced Electron Transfer in meso-anthra-BODIPY: Fluorogenic Response Towards Singlet Oxygen in Solution and in Vitro, The Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139 (18), 6282–6285 (2017)
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Awards and Honors
Marie Curie ITN Ph.D Student Fellowship awarded by European Union under the Marie Curie Action Initial Training Network, ESTABLIS.
Higher Education Teaching Certificate course from Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning