Materials Science Programme

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Current research activities in our programme

  • Phosphors for solid state illumination,
  • MgO based systems for plasma display panels,
  • ZnO based transparent conducting oxides for photovoltaics and spintronic device
  • Multi-elements perovskite-type oxides membranes for gas separation,
  • Nature of metal-semiconductor interface/ Schottky junctions, and
  • FIB fabrication of nano-devices
  • Fast ion conductors/superionic conductors
  • High energy batteries
  • High Tc superconductors
  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Nanostructured materials
  • Functionally graded materials
  • Materials for Fuel cell, Solar cell, Li-battery
  • Polymer
  • Thermoelectric materials
  • Nanocomposites, Biomaterials
  • RF Sensors
  • EMI Shielding Microwave absorber and supercapacitors