Dr. Narinder Kaur

Qualification

• Ph.D. (IIT Delhi)
• MTech (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Delhi)
• M.Sc. (Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar)
• B.Sc. (Panjab University Chandigarh)

Biography

Dr. Narinder Kaur is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering, JIIT Noida from Aug 2024. She has completed her M.Sc. (2007) and MTech (2012) from Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha university Delhi respectively. She has 8 years of teaching experience in different engineering colleges such as WCTM Gurgaon, ACEM Faridabad and KIET group of institutions Ghaziabad. She has completed her Ph.D. (2023) from IIT Delhi. 

Research expertise

Dr. Narinder has research experience in the experimental material science with research of synthesis and characterization of 2D materials and their heterojunctions for hydrogen production. She has achieved photo response over the entire UV-Visible region by formation of 2D-3D heterojunctions of In₂S₃, WO₃ and ZnO thin films. She has research expertise in PEC water splitting and photodetectors. She also has experience in thermoelectric and gas sensors.

Professional Achievements

• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering in 2008.
• Gold Medalist in M.Sc. (2007) and MTech (2012).
• Life time membership of Material research society of India.
• Best paper award during conference held at VIT Vellore.

Research Skills

• Expertise in Thin film deposition by CVD and PVD techniques.
• Expertise in Raman spectroscopy set up.
• Expertise in PEC water spitting set up for hydrogen generation.

Research Publications

• Narinder Kaur, Low dimensional WO₃ nanostructures and their heterojunction with In₂S₃ for improved photoelectrochemical water splitting performance over the entire UV-Visible region Renewable energy 2024 (Scopus/ SCI/ IF: 9.0).
• Prashant Bisht, Branson D Belle, Pallavi Aggarwal, Abhishek Ghosh, Wen Xing, Narinder Kaur, JP Singh, BR Mehta, “Gas Sensing Properties of PLD Grown 2D SnS Film: Effect of Film Thickness, Metal Nanoparticle Decoration, and In Situ KPFM Investigation”,small, 2024 small https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202307037.IF-13.3 (Scopus/ SCI/ IF: 13.3).
• Abhishek Ghosh, Chandan Kumar Vishwakarma, Prashant Bisht, Narinder Kaur Mujeeb Ahmad, Bodh Raj Mehta, “Understanding the Role of Oxygen-Passivated Grain Boundary in Modulating the Thermoelectric Properties of Sb₂Te₃ Thin Film” ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2024, 7, 12, 5107–5119(Scopus/ SCI/ IF: 5.5).
• Abhishek Ghosh, Chandan Kumar Vishwakarma, Prashant Bisht, Narinder Kaur, Mujeeb Ahmad, Bodh Raj Mehta, “Modulating thermoelectric properties in oxygen-passivated Sb₂Te₃ thin film through grain boundary engineering”,2024, arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.07906.
• Abhishek Ghosh, Khushboo Agarwal, Sergio Gonzalez Munoz, Prashant Bisht, Chandan K Vishwakarma, Narinder Kaur, Mujeeb Ahmad, Per Erik Vullum, Branson D Belle, Rajendra Singh, OV Kolosov, Bodh Raj Mehta, “Tuning thermoelectric properties of Sb₂Te₃AgSbTe₂ nanocomposite thin film -- synergy of band engineering and heat transport modulation”2024, arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.19217
• Narinder Kaur, Abhishek Ghosh, Prashant Bisht, Rajendra Singh, Bodh Raj Mehta, Extended photoresponse in UV-visible region for multi-layered band aligned for In₂S₃-WO₃-ZnO heterojunction for photoelectrochemical water splitting-ACS applied nanomaterials, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c02281(Scopus/ SCI/ IF: 5.9).
• Nikita Malhotra, Narinder Kaur, Abhishek Ghosh, Manan Mehta, Nisha Kodan, Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Response of the ZnO/V₂O₅ Heterojunction Via Improved Visible-Light Absorption and Charge Carrier Separation- ACS Applied Energy Materials ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023, 6, 13, 6926–6933.  https:// doi.org/ 10.1021/ acsaem. 3c00359(Scopus/ SCI/ IF: 5.5).
• Narinder Kaur, Enhanced photodetection and a wider spectral range in In₂S₃-ZnO 2D-3D heterojunction: Combined optical absorption and enhanced carrier separation at the type-II heterojunction in RSC Journal of materials chemistry C J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 14220-14231. DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC02281H(Scopus/ SCI/ IF: 8.0).
• Narinder Kaur, Abhishek Ghosh, Mujeeb Ahmad, Dipika Sharma, Rajendra Singh, B.R. Mehta, “Increased visible light absorption and charge separation in 2D-3D In₂S₃-ZnO heterojunctions for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting, Journal of Alloys, and Compounds 903, 2022, 164007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.164007(Scopus/ SCI/ IF: 6.4).
• Narinder Kaur, Dipika Sharma, B.R. Mehta, “Growth of In₂S₃ nanolayers on F-Mica, SiO₂, ZnO, and TiO₂ substrates using chemical vapor deposition”, Materials Science and Engineering: B, Volume 264, 2021, 114889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2020.114889 (Scopus/ SCI/ IF: 3.9).
• Narinder Kaur, D Sharma, BR Mehta, “Growth of specific geometries such as cubes of In₂S₃for PEC water splitting by hydrothermal technique”, Materials Today: Proceedings 50 (2022), 7-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.01.011.
• Synthesis and characterization of multiwalled CNT–PAN based composite carbon nanofibers via electrospinning, springer plus,2016, 5, 483.

Publications in conferences

• Narinder Kaur, and B R Mehta, ‘Surface Engineering and Controlled Growth of 2D-3D In S and ZnO Photocatalytic Heterojunction for PEC Water Splitting by Chemical Vapor Deposition, 2021 MRS fall meeting and exhibit, A hybrid meeting, Nov 29- Dec 2 2021, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Dec 6-8, 2021, Virtual.
• Narinder Kaur, Rajendra Singh, and B.R. Mehta, ‘Improved photoelectric performance of In₂S₃ decorated WO₃ nanoplatelets synthesized with hydrothermal technique, 4TH VIRTUAL CONGRESS ON MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, March 28-31, 2022.
• Narinder Kaur, R Singh, and B R Mehta, ‘Improved photoelectric performance of In₂S₃ decorated WO₃ nanoplatelets synthesized with hydrothermal technique, IWPSD-2021, XXIth international workshop on physics of semiconductor devices, Dec 14-17, 2021, Indian Insitute of Technology Delhi, India.
• Narinder Kaur, Dipika Sharma, R Singh, and B R Mehta, ‘Growth of specific geometries such as triangles and cubes of 2D-In₂S₃ for PEC water splitting’ VCAN 2020- International Virtual conference on nanomaterials and applications, June 17-19, 2020. Center of nanotechnology and research, Vellore institute of technology, Vellore, India.
• Narinder Kaur, Dipika Sharma, R Singh, and B R Mehta, ‘synthesis of In₂S₃nanolayers by chemical vapor deposition for photoelectrochemical water splitting under visible light’ IEEE-ICEE 2020, 5th international conference on Emerging Electronics, 26-28th November 2020, IIT Delhi, India.
• Narinder Kaur, R Singh, and B R Mehta, ‘Versatile 2D domain synthesis of In₂S₃ for application in photodetection and photocatalysis for hydrogen generation, IWPSD 2019, XXth international workshop on physics of semiconductor devices, Dec 17-20, 2019, Novotel hotel and residences, Kolkata, India.