Dr. Ganesh L. Agawane

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Dr. Ganesh L. Agawane

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Applied Chemistry

Email: gla.sbas@jspmuni.ac.in

Phone: +91-9834932896

Office Location: B Building, FST, School of Basic and Applied Sciences

  • Postdoctorate – Laser Physics, Korea Photonics Technology Institute, S. Korea and Osaka University, Japan, 2017
  • Ph.D. – Materials’ Chemistry, Chonnam National University, South Korea, 2015
  • M.Sc. – Applied Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 2010
  • B.Sc. – General Chemistry, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 2008

  • Research Scientist, Korea Photonics Technology Institute, Korea, 2015-2017
  • Assistant Professor, COEP Technological University, Pune, 2018-2023
  • Assistant Professor, JSPM University, Pune, 2023 onwards

  • Nanotechnology
  • Solar cell
  • Material Chemistry, Ceramics, Metallurgy
  • Laser Physics
  • Waste management

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Title of the publication

Authors

Name of the Journal (do not include conference

publications)

Year of publication

1.

Effect of complexing agent on structural, morphological, and optical properties of ZnS thin films prepared using uniform heating

technique

Y.S. Patil, N.A.

Patil, G.L. Agawane

Materials Today, Corrected Proof available online

2023

2.

Effect of Annealing on the Physical Properties of LaFeO3 Perovskite Nanomaterial Prepared by Co- Precipitation Method for

H2 Generation

N.A. Patil, Y.S.

Patil, G.L. Agawane, J.W. Dadge

Materials Science Forum 1099, 139-144

2023

 

3.

Effect of Lanthanum doping on properties of ZnS thin films for water splitting

Y.S. Patil, N.A.

Patil, G.L. Agawane

Solid State Phenomena 350, 109-114

2023

4.

Wet Chemical Feasible Synthesis of PPy-Nickel Oxide nanocomposites and their photocatalytic effects on Methylene Blue

NV Iyer, G Agawane, A Bhapkar, J Kher, S Bhame

Journal of Water and Environmental Nanotechnology 8 (1),

23-33

2023

5.

Synthesis of m-TTIP/b-TiO2 thin films using spin-coating technique for photovoltaic applications

PR Kaurav, MV Ghamande, YS Patil, SP Butee, NV Iyer, GL Agawane

NOVYI MIR Research Journal 7 (8), 1-8

2022

6.

A NOVEL DOUBLE CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR PYROLYSIS OF WASTE PLASTICS

SH Deshpande, JA Kher, GL Agawane, AS Chougale, NV lyer

Australian Patent

2021104948 A4

2022

7.

Hydrothermal synthesis of mesoporous NiMnO3 nanostructures for supercapacitor application: Effect of electrolyte

SD Dhas, PS Maldar, SB Abitkar, GL Agawane, AV Moholkar

Journal of Energy Storage 35, 102277

2021

8.

Spectroscopic investigations on the thermal conversion of LDPE into diesel fuel using Zeolite-Alumina

catalyst

SH Deshpande, GL Agawane, NV Iyer, JA Kher

Journal of Information and Computational Science 13 (9), 107-

114

2020

9.

Process for synthesis of diesel oil by catalytic pyrolysis of thermo softening plastic wastes

SH Deshpande, JA Kher, NV Iyer, GL Agawane

Indian Patent

202021023096 A

2020

10.

Zeolite and Aluminium catalytic thermolysis of HDPE: A study on the effect of temperature

SH Deshpande, GL Agawane, NV Iyer, JA Kher

International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology 29 (7),

3664-3669

2020

11.

Effect of temperature on HDPE prepared by Catalytic Pyrolysis, FTIR analysis, and its applications

M Ghamande, GL Agawane, NV Iyer, JA Kher

International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology 28

(13), 954-960

2019

12.

High emission cross-section Er3+- doped fluorophosphate glasses for

active device application

GL Agawane, K Linganna, JH In, JH

Choi

Optik 198, 163228

2019

13.

Spectroscopic properties of Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped fluorophosphate glasses for NIR luminescence and optical temperature sensor

applications

K Linganna, GL Agawane, JH In, J Park, JH Choi

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 67, 236-243

2018

14.

Spectroscopic properties of Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped fluorophosphate glasses for optical device applications

K Linganna, GL Agawane, JH In, J Park, JH Choi

Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in …

2018

15.

Fabrication of Cu2(ZnxMg1-x)SnS4 thin films by pulsed laser deposition

GL Agawane, SA

Vanalakar, AS

Materials Science in

2018

 

 

technique for solar cell applications

Kamble, AV Moholkar, JH Kim

Semiconductor Processing 76, 50-54

 

16.

Luminescence studies on fluorophosphate glasses for 1.53 μm optical telecommunication

applications

GL Agawane, NV Iyer, K Linganna, JH Choi

Proceedings of the national conference on advanced materials

synthesis …

2018

17.

The green hydrothermal synthesis of nanostructured Cu2ZnSnSe4 as solar cell material and study of their

structural, optical and morphological properties

SA Vanalakar, GL Agawane, AS Kamble, PS Patil, JH Kim

Applied Physics A 123, 1-7

2017

18.

Thermo-mechanical studies on Er3+- doped fluorophosphate glasses for

near infrared lasers

GL Agawane, K Linganna, JH In, J

Park, JH Choi

Ceramics International 43 (14), 11177-11181

2017

19.

Longer lifetime of Er3+/Yb3+ co- doped fluorophosphate glasses for

optical amplifier applications

K Linganna, GL Agawane, JH Choi

Journal of Non- Crystalline Solids 471,

65-71

2017

20.

Influence of laser repetition rate on the Cu2ZnSn(SSe)4 thin films

synthesized via pulsed laser deposition technique

SA Vanalakar, SS Mali, GL Agwane,

A Kamble, IY Kim, PS Patil, JY Kim

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 157, 331-336

2016

21.

Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells with a single

spin‐coated absorber layer prepared via a simple sol–gel route

NK Youn, GL Agawane, D Nam, J Gwak, SW Shin, JH Kim, JH Yun

International Journal of Energy Research 40 (5), 662-669

2016

22.

Nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite doped with aluminium: A potential

carrier for biomedical applications

TV Kolekar, ND Thorat, HM Yadav,

GL Agawane

Ceramics International 42 (4), 5304-5311

2016

23.

Synthesis of fast response, highly sensitive and selective Ni: ZnO based NO2 sensor

VV Ganbavle, SI Inamdar, GL Agawane, JH Kim,

KY Rajpure

Chemical Engineering Journal 286, 36-47

2016

24.

Sulfur ion concentration dependent morphological evolution of CdS thin films and its subsequent effect on

photo-electrochemical performance

A Kamble, B Sinha, GL Agawane, S Vanalakar, I young

Kim, JY Kim

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18

(40), 28024-28032

2016

25.

Monodispersed wurtzite Cu2SnS3 nanocrystals by phosphine and oleylamine free facile heat-up

technique

A Kamble, B Sinha, S Vanalakar, G Agawane, JY Kim,

P Patil

CrystEngComm 18

(16), 2885-2893

2016

26.

Simplistic toxic to non-toxic hydrothermal route to synthesize Cu2ZnSnS4 nanoparticles for solar

cell applications

SA Vanalakar, AS Kamble, SS Mali, GL Agawane, VL

Patil

Solar Energy 122,

1146-1153

2015

27.

Fabrication of 3.01% power conversion efficient high-quality CZTS thin film solar cells by a green and simple sol–gel technique

GL Agawane, AS Kamble, SA Vanalakar, SW

Shin, MG Gang, JH Yun

Materials Letters 158,

58-61

2015

28.

A Promising Modified SILAR Sequence for the Synthesis of Photoelectrochemically Active Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) Thin Films

MP Suryawanshi, SW Shin, GL Agawane, KV Gurav, UV

Ghorpade

Israel Journal of Chemistry 55 (10),

1098-1102

2015

 

29.

Boosting the Performance of ZnO/CdS Core‐Shell Nanorod Array‐ based Solar Cells by ZnS Surface

Treatment

A Kamble, BB Sinha, GL Agawane, SA

Vanalakar

Israel Journal of Chemistry 55 (9),

1011-1016

2015

30.

Nitrogen dioxide sensing properties of sprayed tungsten oxide thin film sensor: effect of film thickness

VV Ganbavle, SV Mohite, GL Agawane, JH Kim,

KY Rajpure

Journal of colloid and interface science 451,

245-254

2015

31.

Fabrication of Cu2SnS3 thin film solar cells using pulsed laser deposition technique

SA Vanalakar, GL Agawane, AS Kamble, PS Patil,

JH Kim

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 138, 1-8

2015

32.

A mild hydrothermal route to

synthesis of CZTS nanoparticle inks for solar cell applications

SA Vanalakar, GL

Agwane, JH Kim, JY Kim

physica status solidi (c) 12 (6), 500-503

2015

33.

Fabrication of 5.2% efficient Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells using DC‐ sputtered metal precursors

followed by sulfo‐selenization

HS Yang, G Agawane, SW Shin, S Vanalakar,

WL Jung, JH Kim

physica status solidi (c) 12 (6), 708-712

2015

34.

Investigations on chemo-mechano stabilities of the molybdenum thin films deposited by DC-sputter technique

GL Agawane, SW Shin, SA Vanalakar, MP Suryawanshi, AV Moholkar,

Zeitschrift fürPhysikalische Chemie 229 (3), 377-

393

2015

35.

Synthesis of simple, low cost and benign sol–gel Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films: influence of different annealing atmospheres

GL Agawane, SW Shin, SA Vanalakar, MP

Suryawanshi, AV Moholkar

Journal of materials science: Materials in electronics 26, 1900-

1907

2015

36.

Non-vacuum mechanochemical route to the synthesis of Cu2SnS3

nano-ink for solar cell applications

SA Vanalakar, GL Agawane, PS Patil,

JY Kim, JH Kim

Acta Materialia 85,

314-321

2015

37.

A review on pulsed laser deposited CZTS thin films for solar cell

applications

SA Vanalakar, GL Agawane, SW

Shin

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 619, 109-

121

2015

38.

Improved photoelectrochemical performance of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films prepared using modified successive ionic layer adsorption

and reaction (SILAR) sequence

MP Suryawanshi, SW Shin, UV Ghorpade, GL Agawane

Electrochimica Acta 150, 136-145

2014

39.

Next generation promising Cu2 (ZnxFe1− x) SnS4 photovoltaic absorber material prepared by

pulsed laser deposition technique

GL Agawane, SW Shin, SA Vanalakar, AV

Moholkar, JH Kim

Materials Letters 137,

147-149

2014

40.

A chemical approach for synthesis of photoelectrochemically active Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films

MP Suryawanshi, SW Shin, KV Gurav, GL

Agawane

Solar Energy 110, 221-

230

2014

41.

Photoluminescence quenching of a CdS nanoparticles/ZnO nanorods core–shell heterogeneous film and its improved photovoltaic

performance

SA Vanalakar, SS Mali, PR Jadhav, GL Agawane

Optical Materials 37,

766-772

2014

 

42.

Effect of post-annealing atmosphere on the grain-size and surface morphological properties of pulsed laser deposited CZTS thin films

SA Vanalakar, SW Shin, GL Agawane, MP Suryawanshi, KV

Gurav

Ceramics International 40 (9), 15097-15103

2014

43.

Thickness Dependent Photoelectrochemical Performance of Chemo-Synthesized

Nanostructured CdS Thin Films

SA Vanalakar, SS Mali, GL Agawane

Zeitschrift für 7 Physikalische Chemie 228 (8), 817-82

2014

44.

Influence of growth temperatures on the properties of photoactive CZTS thin films using a spray

pyrolysis technique

SM Bhosale, MP Suryawanshi, PN Bhosale, JH Kim,

GL Agawane

Materials Letters 129,

153-155

2014

45.

Non-toxic novel route synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline ZnSxSe1−x thin films with tunable band gap characteristics

SW Shin, SA Vanalakar, AV Moholkar, KV Gurav, GL

Agawane

Materials Research Bulletin 55

2014

46.

Non-toxic novel route synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline ZnSxSe1− x thin films with tunable band gap characteristics

GL Agawane, SW Shin, SA Vanalakar, AV Moholkar, KV

Gurav

Materials Research Bulletin 55, 106-113

2014

47.

Kesterite CZTS nanocrystals: pH‐

dependent synthesis

M Suryawanshi, SW Shin, W Bae,

GL Agawane

physica status solidi (a) 211 (7), 1531-1534

2014

48.

Correlation between soft annealing conditions and structural, microstructural, morphological, and optical properties of CuInS2 thin films prepared by sulfurization of

stacked

SW Shin, KV Gurav, MG Gang, PS Patil, GL Agawane

Journal of crystal growth 394, 49-54

2014

49.

Structural, Optical, Electrical, and Dielectric Properties of the Spray- Deposited WO3 Thin Films

VV Ganbavle, GL Agawane, AV Moholkar, JH Kim,

KY Rajpure

Journal of materials engineering and performance 23, 1204-

1213

2014

50.

The synergistic influence of anionic bath immersion time on the photoelectrochemical performance of CZTS thin films prepared by a

modified SILAR sequence

MP Suryawanshi, PS Patil, SW Shin, KV Gurav, GL Agawane, MG

Gang

RSC Advances 4 (36),

18537-18540

2014

51.

Gas sensing properties of hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods with different aspect

ratios

KV Gurav, MG Gang, SW Shin, UM Patil, GL

Agawane

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 190, 439-

445

2014

52.

Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS)-based room temperature liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sensor

KV Gurav, SW Shin, UM Patil, PR Deshmukh, GL

Agawane

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 190, 408-

413

2014

53.

Novel reduced toxic route synthesis and characterization of chemical bath deposited ZnSe thin films

GL Agawane, SW Shin, MP Suryawanshi, KV Gurav, AV

Moholkar, JY Lee

Ceramics International 40 (1), 367-374

2014

 

54.

Opto-structural and electrical properties of chemically grown Ga doped MoBi2Se5 thin films

SV Patil, RM Mane, SS Mali, PS Patil, GL Agawane

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 24, 4669-

4676

2013

55.

Studies on the controlling of the microstructural and morphological properties of Al doped ZnO thin films prepared by hydrothermal

method

MG Gang, SW Shin, YB Wang, GL Agawane, JY Lee, JH Moon

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 52 (10S), 10MA06

2013

56.

Electrosynthesis of CZTS films by sulfurization of CZT precursor: Effect of soft annealing treatment

KV Gurav, SM Pawar, GL Agawane, PS Patil,

JH Yun

Applied Surface Science 283, 74-80

 

57.

Room temperature chemical synthesis of Cu(OH)2 thin films for supercapacitor application

KV Gurav, UM Patil, GL Agawane, MP Suryawanshi, SM

Pawar

Journal of alloys and compounds 573, 27-31

 

58.

Pulsed electrodeposited CZTS thin films: Effect of duty cycle

KV Gurav, JH Yun, SM Pawar, SW Shin, MP Suryawanshi, YK

Kim, GL Agawane

Materials Letters 108,

316-319

2013

59.

Development of transparent conductive Mg and Ga co-doped ZnO thin films: Effect of Mg concentration

SW Shin, GL Agawane, JH Kim, JY Lee

Surface and Coatings Technology 231, 364-

36

2013

60.

Preparation and characterization of chemical bath deposited nanocrystalline ZnSe thin films using Na3-citrate and hydrazine hydrate: A comparative study

GL Agawane, SW Shin, KV Gurav, AV Moholkar, JY Lee

Materials letters 106,

186-189

2013

61.

Facile method of synthesis of polyaniline-SnO2 hybrid nanocomposites: Microstructural, optical and electrical transport

properties

GD Khuspe, ST Navale, MA Chougule, GL Agawane, JH Kim

Synthetic metals 178,

1-9

 

62.

Green route fast synthesis and characterization of chemical bath deposited nanocrystalline ZnS

buffer layers

GL Agawane, SW Shin, MS Kim, KV Gurav

Current Applied Physics 13 (5), 850-856

2013

63.

Study on the effects of different sulfur vaporization temperature on the properties of CuInS2 thin films

SW Shin, JH Han, GL Agawane, AV Moholkar, MG

Gang

Applied surface science 270, 572-577

2013

64.

CZTS based thin film solar cells: a status review

MP Suryawanshi, GL Agawane, JH Kim

Materials Technology 28 (1-2), 98-109

2013

65.

Thickness dependent H2S sensing properties of nanocrystalline ZnO thin films derived by advanced spray

pyrolysis

PS Shewale, GL Agawane, SW Shin, AV

Moholkar, JY Lee,

Sensors and actuators B: chemical 177, 695-

702

2013

 

 

 

JH Kim

 

 

66.

Studies of compositional dependent CZTS thin film solar cells by pulsed laser deposition technique: An

attempt to improve the efficiency

AV Moholkar, SS Shinde, GL Agawane, KY

Rajpure, PS Patil

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 544, 145-

151

2012

67.

A facile and low-cost synthesis of earth abundant element Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanocrystals: Effect of Cu

concentrations

SW Shin, JH Han, GL Agawane, AV Moholkar

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 541, 192-

197

2012

68.

Novel method for fabrication of room temperature polypyrrole–ZnO nanocomposite NO2 sensor

MA Chougule, DS Dalavi, S Mali, AV Moholkar, GL Agawane

Measurement 45 (8),

1989-1996

2012

69.

Non-toxic complexing agent Tri- sodium citrate’s effect on chemical bath deposited ZnS thin films and its growth mechanism

GL Agawane, SW Shin, AV Moholkar, JH Yun, JY Lee, JH Kim

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 535, 53-61

2012

70.

Preparation and characteristics of chemical bath deposited ZnS thin films: Effects of different complexing agents

SW Shin, GL Agawane, MG Gang, AV Moholkar, JH

Moon, JH Kim

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 526, 25-30

2012

71.

Effects of Cu/In compositional ratio on the characteristics of CuInS2

absorber layers prepared by sulfurization of metallic precursors

SH Lee, SW Shin, GL Agawane, JH Yun

Electronic Materials Letters 8, 191-197

2012

72.

Low temperature epitaxial growth and characterization of Ga-doped ZnO thin films on Al2O3 (0001) substrates prepared with different

buffer layers

SW Shin, GL Agawane, IY Kim, YB Kwon, IO Jung, MG Gang

Applied surface science 258 (12), 5073-

5079

2012

73.

A facile and low-cost synthesis of promising absorber materials on Cu 2 ZnSn (S x, Se 1− x) 4 nanocrystals consisting of earth abundant

elements with tunable band gap

SW Shin, JH Han, YC Park, GL Agawane, CH Jeong, JH Yun

Journal of Materials Chemistry 22 (40),

21727-21732

2012

74.

Design and growth of quaternary Mg and Ga codoped ZnO thin films with transparent conductive characteristics

SW Shin, IY Kim, GH Lee, GL

Agawane, AV Mohokar, GS Heo, JH Kim

Crystal growth & design 11 (11), 4819-

4824

2011

75.

Influence of deposition temperature on morphological, optical, electrical and opto-electrical properties of

highly textured nano-crystalline spray deposited CdO: Ga thin films

AV Moholkar, GL Agawane, KU Sim, Y Kwon, KY Rajpure, JH Kim

Applied Surface Science 257 (1), 93-

101

2010

76.

Temperature dependent structural, luminescent and XPS studies of CdO: Ga thin films deposited by spray pyrolysis

AV Moholkar, GL Agawane, KU Sim, Y Kwon, DS Choi, KY Rajpure

Journal of alloys and compounds 506 (2),

794-799

2010

 

77.

Structural, optical and electrical properties of chemically sprayed nanosized gallium doped CdO thin

films

RJ Deokate, SV Salunkhe, GL Agawane, BS

Pawar, SM Pawar

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 496 (1-2),

357-363

2010

78.

Studies on the effect of nozzle-to- substrate distance on the structural, electrical and optical properties of spray deposited CdIn2O4 thin films

RJ Deokate, AV Moholkar, GL Agawane, SM Pawar, JH Kim, KY

Rajpure

Applied surface science 256 (11), 3522-

3530

2010

79.

Next generation promising Cu2 (ZnxFe1-x) SnS4 absorber material prepared by pulsed laser deposition technique

GL Agawane, AS Kamble, SJ Yeo, AV Moholkar, JH Kim

CHERIC Korean Proceedings

2010

 

  • Low dimensional TiO2/CH3NH3PBI3 materials for enhanced stability of high voltage perovskite solar cell and engineering its properties, 4.9 Lakhs, COEP R&D, Govt. of Maharashtra, 2020
  • Study of effect of dopants on properties of ZnO nanostructures and their application for gas sensing & H2 generation, 5.0 Lakhs, COEP R&D, Govt. of Maharashtra, 2023
  • One Major Project has been submitted in 2023 to the Research Organization, Govt. of India
  • Fabrication of rare earth doped fluorophosphate glasses forLiDAR and Optical Amplifier applications at Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI), 95 Lakhs, SouthKorea

  • DS-Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow, UGC, New Delhi, 2018
  • Brain Korea-21 Fellow, Seoul, March 2011
  • STAR Faculty Award Winner, COEP, 2022

  • American Chemical Society, Member
  • ISTE, New Delhi, Life Member
  • Korean Photovoltaic Society, Life Member
  • Korean Ceramic Society, Life Member

  • Applied Chemistry Theory for Tech.
  • Applied Chemistry Laboratory for Tech.
  • Polymer Chemistry for Tech.
  • Thin Film Technologies for Tech.
  • Advanced Spectroscopic Techniques for PhD scholars
  • Quantum Dot Materials for H2 generation for PhD scholars
  • Material Characterization for PhD scholars
  • Solar Cell Nanomaterials for PhD scholars

  • Attended several FDPs, Refresher Courses at COPE Tech Pune
  • Attended several FDPs, Refresher Courses at IIT Bombay
  • Organized and successfully completed several workshops in COEP Pune

  • Attended several NPTEL Courses on MOOC

  • Best Paper Award at the 4th International Conference on Physics of Materials and Materials Based Device Fabrication (ICPM-MDF-2019) held at Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 2019.
  • Phenomenal Oral Presentation Award at The 8th Conference and Exhibition on Materials Science and Engineering, Osaka, Japan, 2017
  • of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing by Elsevier for years 2015-2022
  • Recognized Reviewer Status by Elsevier for the years 2014-2018.
  • Rajashri Shahu Merit Scholarship Fellow, GKG College, Kolhapur, 2006-2008.

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