Dr. Kanishka Biswas

Solid State Chemistry Laboratory

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Dr. Kanishka Biswas

Professor
New Chemistry Unit
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Jakkur, Bangalore, 560064, India

Executive Editor

ACS Applied Energy Materials

Email:

kanishka@jncasr.ac.in

Phone: Office

+918022082678

Research Interest

Focus- Renewable Energy & Clean Environment

Solid-State Inorganic Chemistry of Metal Chalcogenides/Halides

Studying metal chalcogenides and halides to create efficient, stable materials for energy applications.

Thermoelectric Materials

Developing materials to convert waste heat into electricity, boosting energy efficiency.

2D Layered Materials

Investigating nanosheets for energy storage and environmental applications due to their unique properties.

Topological Insulators and Dirac Semimetals

Exploring these materials for potential breakthroughs in electronics and quantum computing.

Perovskite Halides

Researching perovskite halides for affordable solar and optoelectronic applications.

Synchrotron X-ray Techniques

Using advanced X-ray methods to understand material structures for sustainable energy solutions.

Water Purification

Developing scalable, advanced materials and methods for efficient water purification to improve clean water access.

News

  • Congratulations to Dr. Arnab Mandal, Anustoop Das and Shuva Biswas on receiving the Best Poster Award in International Conference of Metal Halide Perovskites (HyPe) 2024!
  • Congratulations to Dr. Debattam Sarkar on receiving the C.N.R. Rao Best Ph.D. Thesis Award 2024!
  • Congratulations to Animesh Bhui on receiving the Graduate Student Award from International Thermoelectric Society!
  • Congratulations to Riddhimoy Pathak on receiving the prestigious Young Researchers Award from European Materials Research Society!
  • Congratulations to Riddhimoy Pathak and Vaishali Taneja for securing first runner-up position in Tata Steel Materials NEXT 5.0!

Opportunities

Ph.D. APPLICANTS:

Candidates with excellent CSIR-NET and GATE ranks are encouraged to apply.

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW APPLICANTS:

Applications are invited from candidates with strong background in condensed matter physics. Please mail to application.biswasgroup@gmail.com

  1. Solid State Inorganic Chemistry of Metal Chalcogenides/Halides
  2. Thermoelectric Materials- Waste Heat to Electrical Energy.
  3. 2D  layered Materials including nanosheets/nanostructures
  4. Topological Insulators and Dirac Semimetal
  5. Synchrotron X-ray Based Techniques- Diffraction and Pair distribution function (PDF)
  6. Water Purification
  7. Perovskite halides

Research Highlights

1. s-d Coupling-Induced Dynamic Off-Centering of Cu Drives High Thermoelectric Performance in TlCuS. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 3758-3768.
2. Influence of Subvalent Twin-Rattler for High n-Type Thermoelectric Performance in Bi13S18Br2 Chalcohalide. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 30518.
3. Nanostructured Ferecrystal Intergrowths with TaSe2 Unveiled High Thermoelectric Performance in n-type SnSe. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 24716.
4. Evidence of Lone Pair Crafted Emphanisis in the Ruddelsden-Popper Halide Perovskite Cs2PbI2Cl2. Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2408008.
5. Deciphering Pauling’s Third Rule: Uncovering Strong Anharmonicity and Exceptionally Low Thermal Conductivity in TlAgSe for Thermoelectrics. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202408908.
6. High Thermoelectric Performance in Phonon-Glass Electron-Crystal Like AgSbTe2. Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2307058.
7. Hg Doping Induced Reduction in Structural Disorder Enhances the Thermoelectric Performance in AgSbTe2. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 25392.
8. Metavalent Bonding-Mediated Dual 6s2 Lone Pair Expression Leads to Intrinsic Lattice Shearing in n-Type TlBiSe2. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 9292.
9. Strong Antibonding I(p)-Cu(d) States Lead to Intrinsically Low Thermal Conductivity in CuBiI4. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 1349.
10. Glassy thermal conductivity in Cs3Bi2I6Cl3 single crystal. Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 5053.
11. Emphanisis in Cubic (SnSe)0.5(AgSbSe2)0.5 : Dynamic Off-Centering of Anion Leads to Low Thermal Conductivity and High Thermoelectric Performance. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 16839. ​
12. Enhanced atomic ordering leads to high thermoelectric performance in AgSbTe2. Science, 2021, 371, 722.
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Dr. Kanishka Biswas

Professor
New Chemistry Unit,
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,
Jakkur, Bangalore, 560064, India.

Executive Editor,

ACS Applied Energy Materials

Email:

kanishka@jncasr.ac.in

Phone: Office

+918022082678

News

Congratulations to Animesh Bhui on receiving the Graduate Student Award from International Thermoelectric Society

Congratulations to Riddhimoy Pathak on receiving the prestigious Young Researchers Award from European Materials Research Society

Congratulations to Riddhimoy Pathak and Vaishali Taneja for securing first runner-up position in Tata Steel Materials NEXT 5.0.

Congratulations to Animesh Bhui for publication in Nat. Mater.(News and Views).

Congratulations to Dr. Prabir Dutta, Dr. Sushmita Chandra and Ivy Maria for publication in Adv. Funct. Mater.

Oppurtunities

Ph.D APPLICANTS: Candidates with excellent CSIR-NET and GATE ranks are encouraged to apply.

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW APPLICANTS:
Applications are invited from candidates with strong background in condensed matter physics. Please mail to application biswasgroup@gmail.com