Faculty

Dr. S. Karthickprabhu

 skphy@tce.edu

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PUBLICATIONS       

1

SPONSORED PROJECTS

1

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

3

M.E./Ph.D. SCHOLARS

7

SEMINAR, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP ATTENDED

 Educational Qualification

DEGREE BRANCH INSTITUTE YEAR
B.Sc Physics Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi 2008
M.Sc Physics Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi 2010
Ph.D Physics Kalasalingam University, Krishnankovil 2015

 Experience

PERIOD NO OF YEARS DESIGNATION INSTITUTION
01-09-2014 to 08-05-2019 4 Years 8 Months Assistant Professor K.Ramakrishnan College of Technoilogy, Trichy
17-06-2019 to 30-11-2019 5 Months Assistant Professor Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi
02-12-2019 to 28-04-2023 3 Years 4 Months Assistant Professor Sri Kaliswari College, Sivakasi
07-08-2023 to Till date 5 Months Assistant Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering
07-08-2023 to Till date 5 Months Assistant Professor Thiagarajar College of Engineering

 Publications

 Journals
  1. Tailoring NiCoLa layered double hydroxide via hydrothermal synthesis for superior supercapacitor performance, B. Prabhu, S. Karthickprabhu, M. Mahendran, M. Deepikaa, Ionics, 2026
  2. Structure–property relationships of copper-based metal organic frameworks for high-performance hybrid supercapacitors, K Karuppasamy, A Anusuya, S Karthickprabhu, M Mahendran, Vasanth Rajendiran Jothi, Dhanasekaran Vikraman, Palanivel Molaiyan, Aravindhan Selvaraj, Hyun-Seok Kim, Min Jae Ko, Akram Alfantazi,Advances in Physics X, Vol. 11, Issue 01, September 2026
  3. Tailoring the anion-doped ZnCo2O4-xSx nanostructures via surfactant-assisted hydrothermal method for enhanced supercapacitor performance, K. Aruna Devi, S. Karthickprabhu, M. Mahendran, DhanasekaranVikraman, K. Karuppasamy,Hyun-Seok Kim, Akram Alfantazi, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 1057, Issue 186866, 2026
  4. Design and electrochemical profiling of Zn-MOF for next-generation supercapacitors, M Deepikaa, S Karthickprabhu, K Karuppasamy, M Mahendran, Ionics, 1-20, 2025
  5. Exploring the Multifaceted Applications of Streptosporangium terrae: From Antibacterial Activity to Microbial Fuel Cells, Venkatesh Sakthivel,Karthikkumaran Swaminathan,Shunmugiah Mahendran, Sundarakumar Muniyandi, Harinathan Balasundaram, Sivabalan Karthickprabhu, Kannathasan Gautam, Subbiah Sankaralingam, Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, Vol. 19(3) 2508-2520, July 2025
  6. Tailoring the structural and electrochemical properties of CuNi₂O₄ spinel for high-performance hybrid supercapacitor electrodes, Aruna Devi K., Karthickprabhu S., Karuppasamy K. & Mahendran M., Ionics, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-025-06638-x
  7. Revealing the electrochemical merits of coral-reef-like nickel-doped mixed metal-organic composites as advanced supercapacitor electrodes, S.Karthickprabhu,P.Sundararajaperumal,M.Mahendran,DhanasekaranVikraman,SajjadHussain,Khawla AhmedAlhebsi,Ali AbdulkareemAlhammadi,Hyun-SeokKim,K.Karuppasamy,Akram Alfantazi, Journal of Power Sources, 648, 2025,237378.
  8. Synthesis and Characterization of Pure and Dy Doped Zinc Cobalt Oxide Binary Metal Oxide Electrode Materials for High Performance Supercapacitors, K. Aruna Devi, S. Karthickprabhu, M. Vahini, M. Mahendran, Goya Journal, Volume 18 , Issue 08 , August 2025.
  9. The Transformative Role of Nano-SiO2 in Polymer Electrolytes for Enhanced Energy Storage Solutions, S. Jayanthi, M. Vahini, S. Karthickprabhu, A. Anusuya, N. Karthik, K. Karuppasamy,Tholkappiyan Ramachandran, A. Nichelson, M. Mahendran, B. Sundaresan and Dhanasekaran Vikraman Processes 2024, 12, 2174, https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12102174
  10. Structural and conductivity studies on LiNiPO4 synthesized by the polyol method, S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, A.Maheswaran, C.Sanjeeviraja, R.S.Daries Bella, Journal of Alloys and compounds, 548 (2013) 65-69
  11. Structural and electrical studies on Zn2 doped LiCoPO4, S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, A.Maheswaran, C.Sanjeeviraja, R.S.Daries Bella, Journal of Electrostatics, 72 (2014) 181-186
  12. Structural, Morphological, Vibrational and Electrical studies on Zn doped nanocrystalline LiNiPO4, S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, A.Maheswaran, C.Sanjeeviraja, R.S.Daries Bella, Materials science forum, 781 (2014) 145-153
  13. Structural, Thermal and Electrical conduction studies on LiNiPO4:RE (RE= La, Nd) prepared by polyol method, S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, A.Maheswaran, C.Sanjeeviraja, R.S.Daries Bella, Journal of New materials for electrochemical systems, 17(2014)159
  14. Influence of metals on the structural, vibrational and electrical properties of Lithium Nickel Phosphate,S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, A.Maheswaran, C.Sanjeeviraja, R.S.Daries Bella, Ionics, 21 (2014) 345-357
  15. Electrochemical studies on LiNi0.85Zn0.15PO4 cathode material synthesized by polyol method, S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, International Journal of ChemTech Research, Vol.6, No.13, pp 5256-5260
  16. A Brief Review on Integrated (Layered and Spinel) and Olivine Nano-structured Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Battery Applications A. Nichelson, S. Karthickprabhu, K. Karuppasamy, G. Hirankumar, and X. Sahaya Shajan, Materials Focus, Vol. 5, pp. 324–334, 2016
  17. Comparison of filler free and nano composite polymer electrolyte in the discharge characteristics of proton battery C. Ambika, G. Hirankumar, S. Karthickprabhu, R. S. Daries Bella, International Journal of ChemTech Research, Vol.6, No.13, pp 5209-5213
  18. Investigation of the Ionic conductivity and dielectric measurements of poly (N-vinyl pyrrolidone)-sulfamic acid polymer complexes R.S. Daries Bella, S. Karthickprabhu, A. Maheswaran, C. Amibika, G. Hirankumar, Premanand Devaraj, Physica B: Condensed Matter, Volume 458, 1 February 2015, Pages 51-57
  19. Structure and Ion dynamics of P2O5-CaO-Na2O-ZnO glass A.Maheswaran, G.Hirankumar, S.Karthickprabhu, N. Heller, J. Kawamura, International Journal of ChemTech Research, Vol.6, No.13, pp 5391-5395
  20. Effect of annealing temperatures on an ion transport properties of the bioglass, A.Maheswaran, G.Hirankumar, S.Karthickprabhu, R.S.Daries Bella, Journal of Alloys and compounds, 532 (2012) 86-91
  21. Conductivity studies on PMMA-Methanesulfonic acid based proton conducting polymer electrolytes, C.Ambika, G.Hirankumar, S.Karthickprabhu, R.S.Daries Bella, International journal of ChemTech Research, Vol.6, No.3, pp.1690-1692
  22. Electrical, electrochemical, and cycling studies of high-powerlayered Li(Li0.05Ni0.7-xMn.25Co)O2 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7)cathode materials for rechargeable lithium ion batteries, A. Nichelson, K. Karuppasamy,S. Thanikaikarasan,P. Anil Reddy, Pratap Kollu, S.Karthickprabhu, X. Sahaya Shajan, Ionics (2018) 24:1007–1017
  23. Synthesis and Characterization of Li(Li0.05Ni0.6Fe0.1Mn0.25)O2 Cathode Material for Lithim Ion Batteries, A. Nichelson, S. Thanikaikarasan, K. Karuppasamy, S. Karthickprabhu, T. Mahalingam, X.Sahaya Shajan, Edgar Valenzuela, Journal of New materials for electrochemical systems 21(2018)51-56
  24. 16.Electrochemical performances of LiNi1−xMnxPO4 (x = 0.05–0.2) olivine cathode materials for high voltage rechargeable lithium ion batteriesS. Karthickprabhu, K. Karuppasamy, Dhanasekaran Vikraman,K. Prasanna,T. Maiyalagan, A. Nichelson, A. Kathalingam, Hyun-Seok Kim, Applied Surface Science 449 (2018) 435–444
  25. Electrochemical and cycling performances of Neodymium doped LiNiPO4 cathode material for High voltage Lithium Ion batteries, S. Karthickprabhu, Dhanasekaran Vikraman, A.Kathalingam, K.Prasanna, Hyun-Seok Kim, K. Karuppasamy, Materials Letters 237 (2019) 224-227
  26. Structure, dielectric and bioactivity of P2O5-CaO-Na2O-B2O3 bioactive glass A. Maheswaran, G. Hirankumar, Nithya Heller, S. Karthickprabhu, Junichi Kawamura, Applied Physics A, Doi: 10.1007/s00339-014-8545-6
 Conferences
  1. Structural and Conductivity Studies on lanthanum doped LiNiPO4 prepared by Polyol method, S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, A.Maheswaran, C.Sanjeeviraja, R.S.Daries Bella, Paper published in proceedings of the 13th Asian Conference on Solid State Ionics to be held at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
  2. Effect of ZnO on the conductivity of LiCoPO4, S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, A.Maheswaran, C.Sanjeeviraja, R.S.Daries Bella, presented Oral presentation on 6th Asian Conference on Elecrochemical Power Sources to be held at Hotel Green park, Chennai during Jan 5-8, 2012
  3. Effect of La doping on the structural and conductivity of LiNiPO4 S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, A.Maheswaran, C.Sanjeeviraja, R.S.Daries Bella, presented Poster presentation on ICRAM 2012 to be held at VIT, Vellore during Feb 20-22, 2012
  4. Ion conduction mechanism in phosphate based bioactive glass, A.Maheswaran, S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar S.Selvasekarapandian, ICFMS-2012 to be held at Loyola college Chennai, 2012
  5. Electrochemical and cycling performances of Neodymium doped LiNiPO4 cathode material for High voltage Lithium Ion batteries, S. Karthickprabhu, Dhanasekaran Vikraman, A.Kathalingam, K.Prasanna, Hyun-Seok Kim, K. Karuppasamy Presented poster presentation on ANEH-2018 to be held at K.S.R College of Arts and Science for women, Tiruchengode on 31st August and 1st September
  6. Influence of ZrO2 on the conductivity of LiCoPO4, S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, A.Maheswaran, C.Sanjeeviraja, R.S.Daries Bella, presented Oral presentation on NCAFMA 2011 to be held on Kalasalingam University, Krishnankovil during Dec 16-17, 2011
  7. Impedance Studies on Al3 doped LiCoPO4, S.Karthickprabhu, G.Hirankumar, A.Maheswaran, C.Sanjeeviraja,Paper published in proceedings of the III National conference on Advanced Materials to be held at PSN College of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli during Jan 23-25, 2013. ISBN: 978-93-82062-86-8
  8. Proton conducting polymer complexes (PVP-NH2SO3NH4) : AC Impedance Spectroscopy study R.S.Daries Bella, S.Asathbahadur, S.Karthickprabhu, A.Maheswaran, G.Hirankumar Paper published in proceedings of the III National conference on Advanced Materials to be held at PSN College of Engineering and Tech
  9. Bonelike Apatite Formation and Dielectric analysis of 47P2O5-CaO-Na2O-ZnO A.Maheswaran, S.Karthickprabhu, R.S.Daries Bella, G.Hirankumar Paper published in proceedings of the III National conference on Advanced Materials to be held at PSN College of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli during Jan 23-25, 2013. ISBN: 978-93-82062-86-8
  10. Vibrational and electrical conductivity studies on Zn2 and Al3 doped LiCoPO4, S. Karthickprabhu, G. Hirankumar, A. Maheswaren. Paper published in proceedings of the National seminar on Technologically Important Crysatlline and Amorphous Solids to be held at Kalasalingam University, Krishnankovil during 28th Feb-1st March, 2014.ISBN: 978-81-921319—4-8
 Books
  1. Next-Generation Materials and Devices,A. Anusuya, S.Karthickprabhu, M. Mahendran, P. Velusamy, Springer, 2026
  2. Engineering Physics, M. Mahendran, M. Tamilelakkiya, S.Karthickprabhu, P. Sivakumar, Shanlax Publications,2026
  3. Energy Storage Technologies for Renewable Energy Applications, J. Vidhya, B. Bhuvaneswari, R. Manimegalai, P. Sangaiya, S. Karthickprabhu, Leilani Katie Publication and Press, 2026
  4. Physics for Engineers, M. Mahendran, M. Tamilelakkiya, S.Karthickprabhu, P. Sivakumar, Jayalakshmi Publications, 2026
  5. Book of Abstracts on MQUBIT Quantum Technologies, M. Mahendran M. Tamilelakkiya, S. Karthickprabhu, P. Sivakumar, V.Vijayanarayanan, B. Karuppasamy, Shanlax Publications, 2026
  6. Proceedings of the MQUBIT on Advanced Materials Science, M. Mahendran, M. Tamilelakkiya, S. Karthickprabhu, P. Sivakumar, V.Vijayanarayanan, B. Karuppasamy, Shanlax Publications, 2026

 Projects

TITLE SPONSORING AGENCY AMOUNT RESPONSIBILITY
Seed money scheme TCE 50000 Dr. S. Karthickprabhu

 Consultancy

NAME OF INDUSTRY DETAILS PERIOD
UG and PG Students Guiding Students for Projects 07-05-2026 to 31-10-2026

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Attended

  1. International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials and Devices, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai.
  2. Adapting tp AI- Driven Industry, AKDR Women’s College, 15-12-2025 to 19-12-2025
  3. Role of Physics in the Development of Advanced Materials, Department of Physics, New Prince Shri Bhavani College of Engineering & Technology, 25-06-2025 to 29-06-2025
  4. Informative & Emerging Research Trends in Applied Sciences, Department of Applied Science, NIMS University, 23-06-2025 to 27-06-2025
  5. The Roll of Tutors in Students well-being, TCE, 26-02-2024 to 26-02-2024
  6. Advanced Research Methodology in Physical Sciences, 03-10-2023 to 09-10-2023
  7. National Level seven-day upskilling professional development program, 23-08-2023 to 29-08-2023

 Seminar, Conference, Workshop Organised

  1. National Science Day (Prof. A. Sundaresan, JNCASR, Bangalore), 27-03-2024
  2. Special Webinar – A Continuous Inclusive Journey towards Success (TCE EEE Alumni, Dr. K. Selvakumar, Scotland), 06-03-2024
  3. Organized a special Lecture on “Device Physics", 30-11-2023 to 30-11-2023
  4. Organized a special Lecture on “Physics in Engineering and Engineering in Physics”, 09-10-2023 to 09-10-2023

 M.E./Ph.D. Scholars

NAME OF SCHOLAR COURSE AREA OF RESEARCH STATUS
Mrs. A. Anusuya Ph.D Course Work Ongoing
Ms. Deepikaa Ph.D Course Work Ongoing
Mr. B. Prabhu Ph.D Course Work Ongoing

 Lectures Delivered

TOPIC DELIVERED AT PERIOD
Supercapacitors: Fundamentals to Fabrication and Testing Schools of Chemistry, Department of Materials Sciece, MKU, Madurai 27-08-2026 to 27-08-2026
Workshop on innovation in Electrode materials for high performance Energy Devices Department of Physics, CoEMRES,TCE, Madurai 20-08-2025 to 20-08-2025