Publications by Ravindranathan Thampi

Organic Dyes Containing Coplanar Dihexyl-Substituted Dithienosilole Groups for Efficient Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel, Ravindranathan Thampi, Aswani Yella

A chromophore containing a coplanar dihexyl-substituted dithienosilole (CL1) synthesised for use in dye-sensitised solar cells displayed an energy conversion efficiency of 6.90% under AM 1.5 sunlight irradiation. The new sensitiser showed a similar fill fa ...

Hindawi Publishing Corporation2017

Photocatalytic degradation of Remazol Brilliant Blue (R) by sol-gel derived carbon-doped TiO2

Ravindranathan Thampi, Michael Jon Mattle

A simple, cheap and reproducible method to produce a C-doped TiO2 photocatalyst is presented, which can harvest visible light. This doped catalyst is able to degrade a stable organic dye molecule, Remazol Brilliant Blue (R) (RBB), under sunlight and visibl ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

Carbon-Doped TiO2 and Carbon, Tungsten-Codoped TiO2 through Sol-Gel Processes in the Presence of Melamine Borate: Reflections through Photocatalysis

Ravindranathan Thampi, Michael Jon Mattle

A series of C-doped, W-doped, and C,W-codoped TiO2 samples have been prepared using modified sol-gel techniques. Reproducible inexpensive C-doping arises from the presence of melamine borate in a sol-gel mixture, whereas W-doping is from the addition of tu ...

American Chemical Society2012

Trace-Level Detection of Atrazine Using Immuno-Chemiluminescence: Dipstick and Automated Flow Injection Analyses Formats

Ravindranathan Thampi

A sensitive chemiluminescence (CL)-based immunoassay technique based on both dipstick and flow injection analytical formats is reported for the detection of atrazine. In the dipstick-based immunoassay technique, antibody (anti-atrazine) was first immobiliz ...

2010

Desensitised fuel cell system

Ravindranathan Thampi

The present invention relates to a system using and/or processing fuel, wherein a catalytically active element is desensitised to impurities present in the fuel. The inventors thus surprisingly found that a fuel processing system, which may be a fuel cell ...

2009

Nanocrystalline Dye-sensitized Solar Cells Having Maximum Performance

Michael Graetzel, Paul Liska, Ravindranathan Thampi, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin

This paper presents an overview of the research carried out by a European consortium with the aim to develop and test new and improved ways to realise dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) with enhanced efficiencies and stabilities. Several new areas have been ...

2007

Immunochromatograpahic Dipstick Assay Format Using Gold Nanoparticles labeled Protein-Hapten Conjugate for the Detection of Atrazine

Ravindranathan Thampi

2007

New Trends in Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Research

Michael Graetzel, Paul Liska, Ravindranathan Thampi, Henry Snaith

2006

Site-directed antibody Immobilization on gold substrate for surface plasmon resonance sensors

Ravindranathan Thampi

2006

New strategies to obtain flexible dye sensitized solar cells

Pascal Comte, Michael Graetzel, Paul Liska, Ravindranathan Thampi

2006

Nanocrystalline dye-sensitized solar cell/copper indium gallium selenide thin-film tandem showing greater than 15% conversion efficiency

Michael Graetzel, Paul Liska, Ravindranathan Thampi

AIP American Institute of Physics2006

Tandem photovoltaic conversion device

Pascal Comte, Michael Graetzel, Paul Liska, Ravindranathan Thampi

The tandem photovoltaic conversion device comprises at least one top photovoltaic cell unit and one bottom photovoltaic cell unit laminated along a light transmitting direction and electrically connected, wherein said top cell unit is a dye sensitised or s ...

2006

Lipid-coated nanocrystals as multifunctionalized luminescent scaffolds for supramolecular biological assemblies

Rudolf Hovius, Ravindranathan Thampi, Horst Vogel

Nanometer light source: Interaction between high-affinity binding sites on lipid-coated nanocrystals (NCs) and different proteins enables the controlled formation of supramol. nanostructures on micropatterned surfaces. The NCs serve as local light sources ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2005

Highly active meso-microporous TaON photocatalyst driven by visible light

Pascal Comte, Michael Graetzel, Paul Liska, Ravindranathan Thampi

Royal Society of Chemistry2005