Gowthambabu Vellingiri
- Visiting Ph.D. Student, Photonics Laboratory
Biography
Gowthambabu Vellingiri is a Visiting Scholar at Photonics Laboratory in the Division
of Computer Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering (CEMSE) at King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
He is a Ph.D. scholar in Physics at Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
Department of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
His current research focuses on identifying suitable catalysts for electrochemical and
photoelectrochemical N2 reduction, CO2 Reduction reactions, and their scaling-up
processes.
Research Interests
- Green and Clean Energy
- NO 3 /N 2 /CO 2 reduction reaction
- Photo-electrochemistry of Nitride Semiconductors
About
Education
- Ph.D. (Physics) [November 2021 – present]
- Department of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Research advisor: Prof. K. Jeganathan
- M. Sc. (Physics) & B. Sc. (Physics)
- Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College Coimbatore - 641004, Tamil Nadu, India
Selected Publications
- A. Gunasekaran, S. Sadhasivam, V. Gowthambabu, N. Anbarasan, K.
Jeganathan, “Two-dimensional layered Cs 3 Bi 2 I 9 based heterostructures for
efficient photodetection applications” Journal of Materials Chemistry C
2025, 13, 2978-2986 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TC03469D - V. Gowthambabu, A. Balamurugan, R. Dhivya Bharathy, S. Satheeskumar,
S.S. Kanmani,“ZnO nanoparticles as efficient sunlight driven photo catalyst
prepared by solution combustion method involved lime juice as biofuel”
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
258 (2021) 119857 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2021.119857 - V. Gowthambabu, S.S. Kanmani, N. Rajamanickam, “Influence of anionic
precursors on electrochemical properties of tin oxide nanoparticles – A
comparative analysis” Journal of materials science: Materials in
electronics 32 (2021) 11695 – 11708 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-
05788-8 - V. Gowthambabu, Murnal Deshpande, R. Govindaraj, V. K. Nithesh Krishna,
M. Leela Charumathi, J. Manish Kumar, M. S. Dhilip Vignesh, R. Isaac Danial,
P. Ramasamy, “Synthesis of anatase TiO 2 microspheres and their efficient
performance in dye-sensitized solar cell” Journal of materials science:Materials in electronics 32 (2021) 26306-26317
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06923-1
Work experience
Summer Internship Fellow (SSVIP - 2019), Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory, International Research Centre, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Research advisor: Prof. S. Asathbhadur
Title: Nanostructural, Surface morphology and Optical properties of CuMnSe2 Nanoparticles synthesized via Chemical Precipitation method