Mahendra Sunkara
Professor & University Scholar
Dr. Mahendra K. Sunkara is currently a Professor of Chemical Engineering, University Scholar and Director for the Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research (Conn Center) at University of Louisville. Dr. Sunkara received his B. Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering from Andhra University (India) in 1986 and M.S., Ph. D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University in 1988 and Case Western Reserve University in 1993, respectively. He worked at Faraday Technology, Inc. in Dayton, OH from 1993-1996 as a Project Engineer for various electrochemical technologies toward environmental remediation and corrosion sensing and mitigation. He has published over 100 articles in refereed journals and proceedings, four book chapters and was awarded ten U.S. patents along with several additional U.S. patent applications pending. He co-authored a book entitled "Inorganic Nanowires: Applications, Properties and Characterization" published by CRC Press. Several national and international news articles appeared on his research work in the area of nanoscale materials and their use in energy conversion and storage applications. In the last ten years, Dr. Sunkara delivered over fifty invited and keynote lectures in Germany, US, Greece, Taiwan, Slovenia and India. Four of his research articles appeared on the covers of prestigious journals, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemical Communications and Carbon. He was awarded the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty in Engineering award in 1999 and was the first recipient of the prestigious CAREER grant in Speed School from the National Science Foundation in 1999. In 2002, the Louisville Magazine placed him in the list of top 25 young guns in the city of Louisville. In 2009, he received the UofL President's distinguished faculty award for research and United Phosphorus CDS Award from the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers in December 2009.
Education
- BTECH in Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, 1986
- M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University, 1988
- Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1993
Publications
Journal Articles
- Petzold, F., G., Jasinski, J., ., Clark, E., L., Kim, J., H., Absher, J., ., Toufar, H., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2012). Nickel supported on zinc oxide nanowires as advanced hydrodesulfurization catalysts. CATALYSIS TODAY, 198(1), 219-227
- Neyts, E., C., Ostrikov, K., (., Sunkara, M., K. & Bogaerts, A., . (2015). Plasma Catalysis: Synergistic Effects at the Nanoscale. CHEMICAL REVIEWS, 115(24), 13408-13446
- Thapa, A., K., Shin, T., H., Ida, S., ., Sumanasekera, G., U., Sunkara, M., K. & Ishihara, T., . (2012). Gold-Palladium nanoparticles supported by mesoporous beta-MnO2 air electrode for rechargeable Li-Air battery. JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 220, 211-216
- Cowley, J., M., Mani, R., C., Sunkara, M., K., O'Keeffe, M., . & Bonneau, C., . (2004). Structures of carbon nanocrystals. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 16(24), 4905-4911
- ANGUS, J., C., SUNKARA, M., ., SAHAIDA SR, ., . & GLASS, J., T. (1992). TWINNING AND FACETING IN EARLY STAGES OF DIAMOND GROWTH BY CHEMICAL VAPOR-DEPOSITION. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, 7(11), 3001-3009
- Chakrapani, V., ., Thangala, J., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2009). WO3 and W2N nanowire arrays for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 34(22), 9050-9059
- Kumar, V., ., Kim, J., H., Pendyala, C., ., Chernomordik, B., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2008). Gas-Phase, Bulk Production of Metal Oxide Nanowires and Nanoparticles Using a Microwave Plasma Jet Reactor. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 112(46), 17750-17754
- Alghsham, R., S., Satpathy, S., R., Bodduluri, S., R., Hegde, B., ., Jala, V., R., Twal, W., ., Burlison, J., A., Sunkara, M., . & Haribabu, B., . (2019). Zinc Oxide Nanowires Exposure Induces a Distinct Inflammatory Response via CCL11-Mediated Eosinophil Recruitment. FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY, 10
- Fan, X., ., Dickey, E., C., Pennycook, S., J. & Sunkara, M., K. (1999). Z-contrast imaging and electron energy-loss spectroscopy analysis of chromium-doped diamond-like carbon films. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 75(18), 2740-2742
- Kumari, S., ., Ajayi, B., P., Kumar, B., ., Jasinski, J., B., Sunkara, M., K. & Spurgeon, J., M. (2017). A low-noble-metal W1-xIrxO3-delta water oxidation electrocatalyst for acidic media via rapid plasma synthesis. ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 10(11), 2432-2440
- Rao, R., ., Rao, A., M., Xu, B., ., Dong, J., ., Sharma, S., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2005). Blueshifted Raman scattering and its correlation with the [110] growth direction in gallium oxide nanowires. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 98(9)
- Chen, Z., ., Cummins, D., ., Reinecke, B., N., Clark, E., ., Sunkara, M., K. & Jaramillo, T., F. (2011). Core-shell MoO3-MoS2 Nanowires for Hydrogen Evolution: A Functional Design for Electrocatalytic Materials. NANO LETTERS, 11(10), 4168-4175
- Cvelbar, U., ., Chen, Z., ., Sunkara, M., K. & Mozetic, M., . (2008). Spontaneous Growth of Superstructure alpha-Fe2O3 Nanowire and Nanobelt Arrays in Reactive Oxygen Plasma. SMALL, 4(10), 1610-1614
- Jalilian, R., ., Sumanasekera, G., U., Chandrasekharan, H., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2006). Phonon confinement and laser heating effects in Germanium nanowires. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 74(15)
- Bahadur, J., ., Ghahremani, A., H., Martin, B., ., Pishgar, S., ., Druffel, T., ., Sunkara, M., K. & Pal, K., . (2019). A study on the material characteristics of low temperature cured SnO2 films for perovskite solar cells under high humidity. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS, 30(20), 18452-18461
- Sharma, S., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2002). Direct synthesis of gallium oxide tubes, nanowires, and nanopaintbrushes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 124(41), 12288-12293
- Bhimarasetti, G., ., Sunkara, M., K., Graham, U., M., Davis, B., H., Suh, C., . & Rajan, K., . (2003). Morphological control of tapered and multi-junctioned carbon tubular structures. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 15(19), 1629-+
- Chakrapani, V., ., Pendyala, C., ., Kash, K., ., Anderson, A., B., Sunkara, M., K. & Angus, J., C. (2008). Electrochemical pinning of the Fermi level: Mediation of photoluminescence from gallium nitride and zinc oxide. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 130(39), 12944-12952
- Chandrasekaran, H., ., Sumanasekara, G., U. & Sunkara, M., K. (2006). Rationalization of nanowire synthesis using low-melting point metals. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 110(37), 18351-18357
- Bahadur, J., ., Ghahremani, A., H., Gupta, S., ., Druffel, T., ., Sunkara, M., K. & Pal, K., . (2019). Enhanced moisture stability of MAPbI(3) perovskite solar cells through Barium doping. SOLAR ENERGY, 190, 396-404
- Vaddiraju, S., ., Chandrasekaran, H., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2003). Vapor phase synthesis of tungsten nanowires. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 125(36), 10792-10793
- Mozetic, M., ., Cvelbar, U., ., Sunkara, M., K. & Vaddiraju, S., . (2005). A method for the rapid synthesis of large quantities of metal oxide nanowires at low temperatures. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 17(17), 2138-+
- Sunkara, M., K., Sharma, S., ., Miranda, R., ., Lian, G., . & Dickey, E., C. (2001). Bulk synthesis of silicon nanowires using a low-temperature vapor-liquid-solid method. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 79(10), 1546-1548
- Vaddiraju, S., ., Mohite, A., ., Chin, A., ., Meyyappan, M., ., Sumanasekera, G., ., Alphenaar, B., W. & Sunkara, M., K. (2005). Mechanisms of 1D crystal growth in reactive vapor transport: Indium nitride nanowires. NANO LETTERS, 5(8), 1625-1631
- Gubbala, S., ., Chakrapani, V., ., Kumar, V., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2008). Band-edge engineered hybrid structures for dye-sensitized solar cells based on SnO2 nanowires. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 18(16), 2411-2418
- LAMBRECHT, W., ., LEE, C., H., SEGALL, B., ., ANGUS, J., C., LI, Z., D. & SUNKARA, M., . (1993). DIAMOND NUCLEATION BY HYDROGENATION OF THE EDGES OF GRAPHITIC PRECURSORS. NATURE, 364(6438), 607-610
- Hassan, H., H., Amin, M., A., Gubbala, S., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2007). Participation of the dissolved O-2 in the passive layer formation on Zn surface in neutral media. ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 52(24), 6929-6937
- Sheetz, R., M., Richter, E., ., Andriotis, A., N., Lisenkov, S., ., Pendyala, C., ., Sunkara, M., K. & Menon, M., . (2011). Visible-light absorption and large band-gap bowing of GaN1-xSbx from first principles. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 84(7)
- Eaton, S., C. & Sunkara, M., K. (2000). Construction of a new C-H-O ternary diagram for diamond deposition from the vapor phase. DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, 9(7), 1320-1326
- Graham, U., M., Sharma, S., ., Sunkara, M., K. & Davis, B., H. (2003). Nanoweb formation: 2D self-assembly of semiconductor gallium oxide nanowires/nanotubes. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 13(7), 576-581
- Krogman, K., C., Druffel, T., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2005). Anti-reflective optical coatings incorporating nanoparticles. NANOTECHNOLOGY, 16(7), S338-S343
- Deb, B., ., Desai, S., ., Sumanasekera, G., U. & Sunkara, M., K. (2007). Gas sensing behaviour of mat-like networked tungsten oxide nanowire thin films. NANOTECHNOLOGY, 18(28)
- Cummins, D., R., Martinez, U., ., Sherehiy, A., ., Kappera, R., ., Martinez-Garcia, A., ., Schulze, R., K., Jasinski, J., ., Zhang, J., ., Gupta, R., K., Lou, J., ., Chhowalla, M., ., Sumanasekera, G., ., Mohite, A., D., Sunkara, M., K. & Gupta, G., . (2016). Efficient hydrogen evolution in transition metal dichalcogenides via a simple one-step hydrazine reaction. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 7
- Cummins, D., R., Russell, H., B., Jasinski, J., B., Menon, M., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2013). Iron Sulfide (FeS) Nanotubes Using Sulfurization of Hematite Nanowires. NANO LETTERS, 13(6), 2423-2430
- Nambo, A., ., He, J., ., Nguyen, T., Q., Atla, V., ., Druffel, T., . & Sunkara, M., . (2017). Ultrafast Carbon Dioxide Sorption Kinetics Using Lithium Silicate Nanowires. NANO LETTERS, 17(6), 3327-3333
- Meduri, P., ., Kim, J., H., Russell, H., B., Jasinski, J., ., Sumanasekera, G., U. & Sunkara, M., K. (2010). Thin-Walled Carbon Microtubes as High-Capacity and High-Rate Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 114(23), 10621-10627
- Rajamanickam, N., ., Kumari, S., ., Vendra, V., K., Lavery, B., W., Spurgeon, J., ., Druffel, T., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2016). Stable and durable CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells at ambient conditions. NANOTECHNOLOGY, 27(23)
- Mani, R., C., Li, X., ., Sunkara, M., K. & Rajan, K., . (2003). Carbon nanopipettes. NANO LETTERS, 3(5), 671-673
- Meduri, P., ., Clark, E., ., Dayalan, E., ., Sumanasekera, G., U. & Sunkara, M., K. (2011). Kinetically limited de-lithiation behavior of nanoscale tin-covered tin oxide nanowires. ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 4(5), 1695-1699
- Thangala, J., ., Vaddiraju, S., ., Bogale, R., ., Thurman, R., ., Powers, T., ., Deb, B., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2007). Large-scale, hot-filament-assisted synthesis of tungsten oxide and related transition metal oxide nanowires. SMALL, 3(5), 890-896
- Cvelbar, U., ., Ostrikov, K., ., Levchenko, I., ., Mozetic, M., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2009). Control of morphology and nucleation density of iron oxide nanostructures by electric conditions on iron surfaces exposed to reactive oxygen plasmas. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 94(21)
- Vaddiraju, S., ., Sunkara, M., K., Chin, A., H., Ning, C., Z. & Dholakia, G., R. (2007). Synthesis of group III antimonide nanowires. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 111(20), 7339-7347
- Gubbala, S., ., Thangala, J., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2007). Nanowire-based electrochromic devices. SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, 91(9), 813-820
- Chernomordik, B., D., Russell, H., B., Cvelbar, U., ., Jasinski, J., B., Kumar, V., ., Deutsch, T., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2012). Photoelectrochemical activity of as-grown, alpha-Fe2O3 nanowire array electrodes for water splitting. NANOTECHNOLOGY, 23(19)
- Chen, Z., ., Cvelbar, U., ., Mozetic, M., ., He, J., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2008). Long-range ordering of oxygen-vacancy planes in alpha-Fe2O3 nanowires and nanobelts. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 20(9), 3224-3228
- Druffel, T., ., Mandzy, N., ., Sunkara, M., . & Grulke, E., . (2008). Polymer nanocomposite thin film mirror for the infrared region. SMALL, 4(4), 459-461
- Meduri, P., ., Clark, E., ., Kim, J., H., Dayalan, E., ., Sumanasekera, G., U. & Sunkara, M., K. (2012). MoO3-x Nanowire Arrays As Stable and High-Capacity Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries. NANO LETTERS, 12(4), 1784-1788
- Bahadur, J., ., Ghahremani, A., H., Martin, B., ., Druffel, T., ., Sunkara, M., K. & Pal, K., . (2019). Solution processed Mo doped SnO2 as an effective ETL in the fabrication of low temperature planer perovskite solar cell under ambient conditions. ORGANIC ELECTRONICS, 67, 159-167
- Chin, A., H., Vaddiraju, S., ., Maslov, A., V., Ning, C., Z., Sunkara, M., K. & Meyyappan, M., . (2006). Near-infrared semiconductor subwavelength-wire lasers. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 88(16)
- Chin, A., H., Ahn, T., S., Li, H., ., Vaddiraju, S., ., Bardeen, C., J., Ning, C., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2007). Photoluminescence of GaN nanowires of different crystallographic orientations. NANO LETTERS, 7(3), 626-631
- Kumar, B., ., Atla, V., ., Brian, J., P., Kumari, S., ., Nguyen, T., Q., Sunkara, M., . & Spurgeon, J., M. (2017). Reduced SnO2 Porous Nanowires with a High Density of Grain Boundaries as Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical CO2-into-HCOOH Conversion. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 56(13), 3645-3649
- Andriotis, A., N., Mpourmpakis, G., ., Broderick, S., ., Rajan, K., ., Datta, S., ., Sunkara, M., . & Menon, M., . (2014). Informatics guided discovery of surface structure-chemistry relationships in catalytic nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 140(9)
- Dey, P., ., Bible, J., ., Datta, S., ., Broderick, S., ., Jasinski, J., ., Sunkara, M., ., Menon, M., . & Rajan, K., . (2014). Informatics-aided bandgap engineering for solar materials. COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE, 83, 185-195
- Meduri, P., ., Pendyala, C., ., Kumar, V., ., Sumanasekera, G., U. & Sunkara, M., K. (2009). Hybrid Tin Oxide Nanowires as Stable and High Capacity Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries. NANO LETTERS, 9(2), 612-616
- Mozetic, M., ., Primc, G., ., Vesel, A., ., Zaplotnik, R., ., Modic, M., ., Junkar, I., ., Recek, N., ., Klanjsek-Gunde, M., ., Guhy, L., ., Sunkara, M., K., Assensio, M., C., Milosevic, S., ., Lehocky, M., ., Sedlarik, V., ., Gorjanc, M., ., Kutasi, K., . & Stana-Kleinschek, K., . (2015). Application of extremely non-equilibrium plasmas in the processing of nano and biomedical materials. PLASMA SOURCES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 24(1)
- Sunkara, M., K., Sharma, S., ., Chandrasekaran, H., ., Talbott, M., ., Krogman, K., . & Bhimarasetti, G., . (2004). Bulk synthesis of a-SixNyH and a-SixOy straight and coiled nanowires. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 14(4), 590-594
- ANGUS, J., C., ARGOITIA, A., ., GAT, R., ., LI, Z., ., SUNKARA, M., ., WANG, L., . & WANG, Y., . (1993). CHEMICAL VAPOR-DEPOSITION OF DIAMOND. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 342(1664), 195-208
- Ziolkowska, D., A., Arnold, W., ., Druffel, T., ., Sunkara, M., . & Wang, H., . (2019). Rapid and Economic Synthesis of a Li7PS6 Solid Electrolyte from a Liquid Approach. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 11(6), 6015-6021
- Chen, Z., ., Jaramillo, T., F., Deutsch, T., G., Kleiman-Shwarsctein, A., ., Forman, A., J., Gaillard, N., ., Garland, R., ., Takanabe, K., ., Heske, C., ., Sunkara, M., ., McFarland, E., W., Domen, K., ., Miller, E., L., Turner, J., A. & Dinh, H., N. (2010). Accelerating materials development for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production: Standards for methods, definitions, and reporting protocols. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, 25(1), 3-16
- Gupta, M., ., He, J., ., Nguyen, T., ., Petzold, F., ., Fonseca, D., ., Jasinski, J., B. & Sunkara, M., K. (2016). "Nanowire catalysts for ultra-deep hydro-desulfurization and aromatic hydrogenation". APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL, 180, 246-254
- Sharma, S., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2004). Direct synthesis of single-crystalline silicon nanowires using molten gallium and silane plasma. NANOTECHNOLOGY, 15(1), 130-134
- Li, H., W., Chin, A., H. & Sunkara, M., K. (2006). Direction-dependent homoepitaxial growth of GaN nanowires. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 18(2), 216-+
- Thapa, A., K., Pandit, B., ., Thapa, R., ., Luitel, T., ., Paudel, H., S., Sumanasekera, G., ., Sunkara, M., K., Gunawardhana, N., ., Ishihara, T., . & Yoshio, M., . (2014). Synthesis of mesoporous birnessite-MnO2 composite as a cathode electrode for lithium battery. ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 116, 188-193
- Sunkara, S., ., Vendra, V., K., Kim, J., H., Druffel, T., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2013). Scalable synthesis and photoelectrochemical properties of copper oxide nanowire arrays and films. CATALYSIS TODAY, 199, 27-35
- Carreon, M., Jaramillo, D., Chaudhuri, I., Menon, M. & Sunkara, M., K. (2018). Synergistic interactions of H2 and N2 with molten gallium in the presence of plasma. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 36, 021303
- Dharmasena, R., Thapa, A., Hona, R., Jasinski, J., Sumanasekera, G. & Sunkara, M., K. (2018). Mesoporous TiO2 coating on carbon–sulfur cathode for high capacity Li–sulfur battery. RSC Advances, 8, 11622
- Khmaissia, F., Frigui, H., Jasinski, J., Martinez-Garcia, A., Pace, T., Menon, M. & Sunkara, M., K. (2018). Accelerating Band Gap Prediction for Solar Materials using Feature Selection and Regression techniques. J. Computational Materials Science, 147, 304-315
- Carreon, M., L., Jaramillo, D., F., Chaudhury, I., Menon, M. & Sunkara, M., K. (2018). Synergistic interactions of H2 and N2 with molten gallium in the presence of plasma. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, A36, 021303
- Kolli, S., Sunkara, M., K. & Alphenaar, B., W. (2018). Reduction of Leakage Current at the Six/GaN Interface in GaN Schottky Diodes. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 29, 19353
- Ajayi, B., P., Thapa, A., K., Cvelbar, U., Jasinski, J., B. & Sunkara, M., K. (2017). Atmospheric plasma spray pyrolysis of lithiated nickel-manganese-cobalt oxides for cathodes in lithium ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Science, 174, 302-310
- Nambo, A., H., He, J., Atla, V., Nguyen, T., Q., Druffel, T. & Sunkara, M., K. (2017). Ultrafast carbon dioxide sorption kinetics using lithium silicate nanowires. Nano Letters, 17(6), 3327-3333
- Kumar, B., Atla, V., Brian, J., Kumari, S., Nguyen, T., Sunkara, M. & Spurgeon, J., M. (2017). Reduced SnO2 Porous Nanowires with High-density Grain Boundaries as Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical CO¬2-to-HCOOH Conversion. Angewandte Chemie, 56, 3645-3649
- Kumari, S., Ajayi, B., Kumar, B., Jasinski, J., Sunkara, M. & Spurgeon, J., M. (2017). A Low-noble-metal W1-xIrxO3-δ Water Oxidation Electrocatalyst for Acidic Media via Rapid Plasma Synthesis. Energy and Environmental Science, 10, 2432-2440
- Cummins, D., R., Martinez, U., Sherehiy, A., Kappera, R., Martinez-Garcia, A., Schulze, R., K., Jasinski, J., Zhang, J., Gupta, R., K., Lou, J., Chhowalla, M., Sumanasekera, G., Mohite, A., D., Sunkara, M., K. & Gupta, G. (2016). Efficient hydrogen evolution in transition metal dichalcogenides via a simple one-step hydrazine reaction. Nature Communications, 7, 11857
- Gupta, M., He, J., Nguyen, T., Petzold, F., Fonseca, D., Jasinski, J., B. & Sunkara, M., K. (2016). "Nanowire catalysts for ultra-deep hydro-desulfurization and aromatic hydrogenation". Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, 180, 246-254
- Gupta, M., Nguyen, T., Q., Petzold, F., Fonseca, D., Jasinski, J., Sunkara, M., K. & Advanced Energy Materials, LLC, J., H. (2016). Nanowire Based Catalysts for Ultra-deep HydroDesulfurization and Aromatic Hydrogenation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 180, 246-254
- Nguyen, T., Q., Atla, V., Thapa, A., K., Druffel, T. & Sunkara, M., K. (2016). Scalable Solvo-plasma Production of Porous Tin Oxide Nanowires. Chemical Engineering Science, 154, 20-26
- Rajamanickam, N., Soundarrajan, P., Vendra, V., N., Jasinski, J., B. & Sunkara, M., K. (2016). Efficiency enhancement of cubic perovskite BaSnO3 nanostructures based dye sensitized solar cells. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(12), 8468-8478
- Rajamanickam, N., Vendra, V., K., Kumari, S., Lavery, B., W., Druffel, T., Sunkara, M., K. & Spurgeon, J. (2016). Stable and Durable CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells at Ambient Conditions. Nanotechnology, 27(23), 235404
- Russell, H., B., Andriotis, A., N., Menon, M., Jasinski, J. & Sunkara, M., K. (2016). Direct Band Gap Gallium Antimony Phosphide (GaSbxP1-x) Alloys. Scientific Reports, 6, 20822
- Akhtar, M., Menon, M., Sunkara, M., K., Sumanasekera, G., Durygin, A. & Jasinski, J. (2015). High pressure synthesis of rhombohedral a-AgGaO2 via direct solid reaction. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 641, 87-92
- Carreon, M., Thapa, A., K., Jasinski, J. & Sunkara, M., K. (2015). The capacity and durability of amorphous silicon nanotube thin film anode for lithium ion battery applications. ECS Electrochemistry Letters, 4(10), A124-128
- Cummins, D., Martinez, U., Kappera, R., Damien, V., Martinez-Garcia, A., Jasinski, J., Kelly, D., Chowalla, M., Mohite, A., Sunkara, M., K. & Gupta, G. (2015). Catalytic Activity in Lithium Treated Core-Shell MoOx/MoS2 Nanowires. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119(40), 22908-22914
- Garcia, A., M., Thapa, A., K., Dharmadasa, R., Nguyen, T., Q., Jasinski, J., Druffel, T. & Sunkara, M., K. (2015). High rate and durable, binder free anode based on silicon loaded MoO3 nanoplatelets. Scientific Reports (Nature), 5, 10530
- Jaramillo-Cabanzo, D., F., Willing, G., A. & Sunkara, M., K. (2015). Plasma Etching Chemistry for Smoothening of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films. ECS Solid State Letters, 4(10), P80-P84
- Lupitskyy, R., Vendra, V., K., Jasinski, J., Amos, D., A., Sunkara, M., K. & Druffel, T. (2015). Toward high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells with a photoanode fabricated via a simple water-based formulation. Progress in Photovoltaics, 23, 883
- Mozetic, M., Primc, G., Vesel, A., Zaplotnik, R., Modic, M., Junkar, I., Recek, N., Klanjsek-Gunde, M., M., Guhy, L., Sunkara, M., K., Assensio, M., C., Milosevic, S., Lehocky, M., Sedlarik, V., Gorjanc, M., , K., K. & Stana-Kleinschek, K. (2015). Application of extremely non-equilibrium plasmas in the processing of nano and biomedical materials. Plasma Sources Science & Technology, 24(1)
- Neyts, E., Ostrikov, K., Sunkara, M., K. & Bogaerts, A. (2015). Plasma Catalysis: Synergistic Effects at the Nanoscale. Chemical Reviews, 115(24), 13408-13446
- Vendra, V., K., Nguyen, T., Q., Thapa, A., K., Jasinski, J., B. & Sunkara, M., K. (2015). Scalable Synthesis and Surface Stabilization of Li2MnO3 Cathode Materials in Li-Ion Batteries. RSC Advances, 5, 36906-36912
- , A., , S., Sunkara, M., K., Jasinski, J., Cohn, R., W. & , G. (2014). Thermionic emission from phosphorus (P) doped diamond nanocrystals supported by conical carbon nanotubes and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy study of P-doped diamond films. Diamond and Related Materials
- Brockway, L., Vasiraju, V., R., Sunkara, M., K. & Vaddiraju, S. (2014). Engineering Efficient Thermoelectrics from Large-scale Assemblies of doped ZnO Nanowires: Nanoscale Effects and Resonant-Level Scattering. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14923-14930
- Carreon, M., L., Jasinski, J. & Sunkara, M., K. (2014). Low Temperature Synthesis of Silicon Nanowire Arrays. Materials Research Express, 1, 045006
- Dey, P., Bible, J., Datta, S., Broderick, S., R., Jasinski, J., Sunkara, M., K., Menon, M. & Rajan, K. (2014). Informatics aided band gap engineering for solar materials. J. Comp. Mater. Sci, 83, 185-195
- Lupitskyy, R., Vendra, V., K., Jasinski, J., Amos, D., A., Sunkara, M., K. & Druffel, T. (2014). Toward high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells with a photoanode fabricated via a simple water-based formulation. Progress in Photovoltaics
- Nguyen, T., Q., Thapa, A., K., Vendra, V., K., Jasinski, J., B., Sumanasekera, G., U. & Sunkara, M., K. (2014). High rate capacity retention of binder free, tin oxide nanowire arrays using thin titania and alumina coatings. RSC Advances, 4(7), 3312-3317
- Sunkara, S., Vendra, V., K., Jasinski, J., Deutsch, T., Andriotis, A., N., Menon, M., Rajan, K. & Sunkara, M., K. (2014). New Visible Light Absorbing Materials for Solar Fuels, Ga(Sbx)N1-x. Advanced Materials, 26(18), 2878-2882
- Thapa, A., K., Pandit, B., Thapa, R., Luitel, T., Paudel, H., S., Sumanasekera, G., U., Sunkara, M., K., Gunawardhana, N., Ishihara, T. & Yoshio, M. (2014). Synthesis of mesoporous birnessite-MnO2 composite as a cathode electrode for lithium battery. Electrochemica Acta, 116, 188-193
- Vendra, V., K., Nguyen, T., Q., Druffel, T., Jasinski, J., B., Amos, D., A. & Sunkara, M., K. (2014). Nanowire architectures for iodide free dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, 3543–3550
- Cummins, D., Russell, H., Jasinski, J., Menon, M. & Sunkara, M. (2013). Iron Sulfide (FeS) Nanotubes Using Sulfurization of Hematite Nanowires. NANO LETTERS, 13(6), 2423-2430
- Kolli, S., Pendyala, C., Sunkara, M., Jasinski, J. & Alphenaar, B. (2013). Thermally activated luminescence in InN nanowires. JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, 141, 162-165
- Martinez-Garcia, A., Vendra, V., Sunkara, S., Haldankar, P., Jasinski, J. & Sunkara, M. (2013). Tungsten oxide-coated copper oxide nanowire arrays for enhanced activity and durability with photoelectrochemical water splitting. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 1(48), 15235-15241
- Sherehiy, A., Dumpala, S., Safir, A., Mudd, D., Arnold, I., Cohn, R., Sunkara, M. & Sumanasekera, G. (2013). Thermionic emission properties and the work function determination of arrays of conical carbon nanotubes. DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, 34(13), 1-8
- Sunkara, S., Vendra, V., K., Kim, J., H., Druffel, T. & Sunkara, M., K. (2013). Scalable synthesis and photoelectrochemical properties of copper oxide nanowire arrays and films. CATALYSIS TODAY, 199(48), 27-35
- Chernomordik, B., D., Russell, H., B., Cvelbar, U., Jasinski, J., B., Kumar, V., Deutsch, T. & Sunkara, M., K. (2012). Photoelectrochemical activity of as-grown, alpha-Fe2O3 nanowire array electrodes for water splitting. Nanotechnology, 23(19)
- Cvelbar, U., Chen, Z., Q., Levchenko, I., Sheetz, R., M., Jasinski, J., B., Menon, M., Sunkara, M., K. & Ostrikov, K. (2012). Sub-oxide-to-metallic, uniformly-nanoporous crystalline nanowires by plasma oxidation and electron reduction. Chemical Communications, 48(90), 11070-11072
- LaPierre, R. & Sunkara, M. (2012). Nanowires for energy. Nanotechnology, 23(19)
- Meduri, P., Clark, E., Kim, J., H., Dayalan, E., Sumanasekera, G., U. & Sunkara, M., K. (2012). MoO3-x nanowire arrays as stable and high-capacity anodes for lithium ion batteries. Nano Letters, 12(4), 1784-1788
- Pendyala, C., Jasinski, J., B., Kim, J., H., Vendra, V., K., Lisenkov, S., Menon, M. & Sunkara, M., K. (2012). Nanowires as semi-rigid substrates for growth of thick, In xGa1-xN (x 0.4) epi-layers without phase segregation for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Nanoscale, 4(20), 6269-6275
- Petzold, F., G., Jasinski, J., Clark, E., L., Kim, J., H., Absher, J., Toufar, H. & Sunkara, M., K. (2012). Nickel supported on zinc oxide nanowires as advanced hydrodesulfurization catalysts. Catalysis Today, 198(1), 219-227
- Thapa, A., K., Shin, T., H., Ida, S., Sumanasekera, G., U., Sunkara, M., K. & Ishihara, T. (2012). Gold-Palladium nanoparticles supported by mesoporous beta-MnO2 air electrode for rechargeable Li-Air battery. Journal of Power Sources, 220, 211-216
- Vendra, V., K., Absher, J., Ellis, S., R., Amos, D., A., Druffel, T. & Sunkara, M., K. (2012). Photoanode area dependent efficiency and recombination effects in dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 159(8), H728-H733
- ANGUS, J., C., WANG, Y., X. & SUNKARA, M., . (1991). METASTABLE GROWTH OF DIAMOND AND DIAMOND-LIKE PHASES. ANNUAL REVIEW OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, 21, 221-248
- Gubbala, S., ., Russell, H., B., Shah, H., ., Deb, B., ., Jasinski, J., ., Rypkema, H., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2009). Surface properties of SnO2 nanowires for enhanced performance with dye-sensitized solar cells. ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 2(12), 1302-1309
- Mani, R., C., Sunkara, M., K., Baldwin, R., P., Gullapalli, J., ., Chaney, J., A., Bhimarasetti, G., ., Cowley, J., M., Rao, A., M. & Rao, R., H. (2005). Nanocrystalline graphite for electrochemical sensing. JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 152(4), E154-E159
- Martinez-Garcia, A., ., Vendra, V., K., Sunkara, S., ., Haldankar, P., ., Jasinski, J., . & Sunkara, M., K. (2013). Tungsten oxide-coated copper oxide nanowire arrays for enhanced activity and durability with photoelectrochemical water splitting. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 1(48), 15235-15241
- Ostrikov, K., (., Levchenko, I., ., Cvelbar, U., ., Sunkara, M., . & Mozetic, M., . (2010). From nucleation to nanowires: a single-step process in reactive plasmas. NANOSCALE, 2(10), 2012-2027
More about Mahendra Sunkara
- KSEF Fellow, 2017, Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation
- United Phosphorous CHEMCON Distinguished Speaker Award, 2009, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
- President's Distinguished Award in Research, Scholarly Activity, 2009, University of Louisville President
- Fellow, 2019, Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences
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