National and International Research grants (> 35 million rupees) won by the staff for the following projects
| Title of the Project | Investigator(s) | Period From To |
Funding Agency |
Amount (Rs) |
| Optoelectronic properties of hybrid Metal oxide / Polymer Nano–composites (since May 2005) |
Dr.L.Jeyanathan(PI) Dr.S.Sivaraya Dr.P.Ravirajan |
2000-2004 2000-2005 2005-2008 |
NRC | 11,000,000 |
| Hot Electron Spectroscopic Studies of indirect tunnel barriers |
Dr. S. Sivaraya(PI) | 2004–2006 | TWAS | 770,000 |
| Low cost solar cells based on Nanocrystalline titanium dioxide and vegetable dyes |
Prof.P.Ravirajan(PI) | 2006–2009 | IFS | 1,100,000 |
| Fabrication and Characterization of Hybrid organic/metal oxides Nano structured PV devices |
Prof.P.Ravirajan(PI) | 2006–2009 | NRC | 8,350,000 |
| Characterization of Nanostructured polymer / Fullerene solar cells |
Prof.P.Ravirajan(PI) | 2007–2011 | NSF | 1,900,000 |
| Improving the performance of Hybrid TiO2 / Polymer solar cell using interface modifiers |
Prof.P.Ravirajan(PI) | 2011–2015 | NRC | 8,000,000 |
| Gel-Polymer Electrolytes for Sodium Batteries |
Prof.P.Ravirajan(PI) Dr.K.Vignarooban Mr.S.Senthuran |
2015-2018 | NRC | 5,000,000 |
where
TWAS – The World Academy of Sciences, Italy
NRC – National Research Council, Sri Lanka
IFS – International Foundation for Science, Sweden
NSF – National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka
University Research Grants (4 millions rupees) won by the staff for the following projects
| Title of the Project | Investigators | Year of award |
Amount (LKR) |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Low-Cost Heat Transfer Fluids and Novel Polymer Electrolytes |
Dr.K.Vignarooban | 2014 | 600,000.00 |
| Improving the efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cell using CdSe quantum dots as an anti-reflection layer / photon down converter |
Mr.S.Senthuran | 2014 | 550,000.00 |
| Fabrication of ZnO/ZnS nanostructures for PV and chemical sensing application |
Mr.M.Thanihaichelvan | 2014 | 567,000.00 |
| Fabrication of CdS/TiO2 Nanostructured solar cells |
Mr.M.Thanihaichelvan | 2013 | 170,000.00 |
| Study the effect of hexylthiophene polymers with different energy levels as sensitizers in hybrid metal oxide/ polymer solar cells |
Mr.K. Prashanthan | 2014 | 598,000.00
|
| Investigation of Gel-Polymer Electrolytes for Rechargeable Batteries |
Dr.K.Vignarooban | 2015 | 499,500.00 |
| Comparative study on the performance of Cadmium telluride & silicon solar panels in low light & high temperature conditions |
Mr.S.Senthuran(PI) Prof.P.Ravirajan Dr. Ramesh Dhere |
2015 | 490,000.00 |
| Modeling of Granular rheology, Granular fluidity and Granular Temperature in tumbling mills | Dr.T.Pathmathas | 2016 | 800,000.00 |
| Tropical cyclone in current and future climate Over Sri Lanka: Results from Conformal Cubic Atmosphereic Model (CCAM) simulations | Dr.A.Thevakaran | 2016 | 798,000.00 |
| Factors affecting the hydrothermal ageing resistance of Y-TZP ceramics and mechanisms for enhancing the hydrothermal ageing resistance | Dr.(Ms) U.Sutharsini | 2016 | 800,000.00 |
| Enhancing the performance of Hybrid TiO2/P3HT Solar Cells by improving the charge transport using Carbon Nanotubes | Mr.K.Prashanthan | 2016 | 800,000.00 |