Specialization

Condensed Matter Physics (Glass, Ceramics & Bio-ceramics)

Email

kusingh@thapar.edu

Biography

PhD, IIT Bombay,1995; M.Phil., HPU Shimla, 1988; M.Sc. (Physics) 1985.

Research Projects

[1]. Completed a UGC minor project on Development of Glass sealants for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
(2001-2002) Rs. 0.2 Lakhs (PI).
[2]. AICTE sanctioned a project on Development of Electrolyte Material for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
under the Research and Development scheme. (2003-2006 ) Rs. 5.7 Lakhs (PI).
[3]. Completed a DST sponsored project on Development of sealant materials for solid oxide fuel
cells (2006- 2009) Rs. 25.00 Lakhs (PI).
[4]. Completed a CSIR sponsored research project on Development of high performance
conventional bearing materials by spray deposition technique (2006-2009) Rs. 20.00 Lakhs
(Co-PI).
[5]. Completed a UGC sponsored research project on Preparation and characterization of La 1-x
A x MO 3-δ and Y 1-x A x MO 3-δ (A=Ca, Sr; M=Ti, Nb) interconnect materials for Solid Oxide Fuel
Cells (2009-2012) (2009-2012) Rs. 6.09 Lakhs ( PI).
[6]. Completed a AICTE sponsored research project on Development of wear resistant light weight
composites by spray deposition technique (2009-2012) Rs. 9.00 Lakhs. (Co-PI).
[7]. Completed a DST sponsored project on Synthesis of WC nanopowder through thermo-chemical
reduction and its appication for the development of WC-Co composites (2010- 2013) Rs. 27.00
Lakhs (Co-PI).

[8]. Completed a DST sponsored project on Tungsten carbide powder from Wolframite Ore
Synthesis (2010- 2013) Rs. 33.00 Lakhs (Co-PI).
[9]. Completed a UGC sponsored project on corrosion resistance behavior of glass steel interface
(2011- 2014) Rs. 9.03 Lakhs (Co-PI).
[10]. Completed a DST sponsored research project on Study on lanthanum doped mixed conductors
for solid electrolytes (2012-2015) Rs. 34.50 Lakhs (PI).
[11]. Completed a DRDO sponsored research project on study on Alkaline earth metals substitutions
in bismuth based mixed ion conductors for solid oxide fuel cells applications (2012-2015) Rs.
14.42 Lakhs (PI).
[12]. Completed a UGC sponsored research project on Synthesis and characterization of vanadium
carbide nanoparticles (2012-2015) Rs. 7.34 Lakhs (Co-PI).
[13]. Completed a DST sponsored project on Synthesis and Characterization of Na 2 S-P 2 S 5 glass/glass-
ceramic based solid electrolytes for Na-ion batteries (2014-17) Rs. 28.00 Lakhs (Co-PI).
[14]. Completed project of DST-WOSA on Study of Alkali metal oxide containing calcium silicate
glasses as substrate for solar cell (2017-2020) Rs. 23.70 Lakhs (Mentor).
[15]. Completed project of DST-WOSA on Bioactive properties of glasses/glass ceramics
synthesized from agricultural and food wastes (2019-2022) Rs 24.36 Lakhs (Mentor).
[16]. Ongoing DST project on transition metals doped strontium zirconate and strontium manganite
pervoskite for solid oxide fuel cell applications Rs 55.00 Lakhs (PI).

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

• Materials Research Society of India (LM No. 447)

• Indian Physics Association (GEN/ LM No. 11815)

• Punjab Academy of Sciences (LM-790)

• Electron Microscope Society of India (LM-542)

Recent Publications and other Research Outputs

(2022)

1. Vimi Dua, K Singh, Crystallization kinetics study of magnesium vanadate glasses using non-isothermal method, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 595, 121820.
2. Taranveer Kaur, K Singh, Jayant Kolte, Effect of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Oxygen Vacancies on the Conductivity of Gd-Doped CeO₂ Synthesized by a Sonochemical Route, J. Phys. Chem. C, 126, 42, 18018–18028
3. Taranveer Kaur, Raman Kumar, Savidh Khan, K Singh, Jayant Kolte, Structural and Electrical Properties of Gd Doped CeO₂ (GDC) Nanoceramics for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications, , 81.
4. N. Bansal, S. Khan, G. Sharma, Rajni, Devender Kumar, K. Singh, Alkali field strength effects on optical, dielectric, and conducting properties of calcium borosilicate glasses, Ceramics International, 2022
5. S. Punj, Neha Srivastava, Manoj, Baranwal, K Singh, In-vitro Biological Evaluation of Diopside Bio-ceramic Synthesized From Sustainable Agro-food Waste Ashes, Silicon ,14, 7423–7433.
6. MK Chinna, K Singh, Photoluminescence and structural properties of air-reduced rare-earth (Eu) doped calcium silicates derived using biomass wastes, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 16, 562-575
7. MK Chinna, R. Mittal, S. Kaur, K Singh, SrO effect on the structure, phase separation and crystallization kinetics of CaO−SiO2−B2O3−Na2O−ZrO2 glasses, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 576, 121301
8. Paramvir Kaur, Trisha Walia, K Singh, An interfacial study between SrZr0. 85Cu0. 15O3-δ and barium oxide-containing borosilicate glass sealant for solid oxide fuel cell application, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 288, 126441
9. Gaurav Sharma, Nahid Tyagi, K Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Km Preeti, Sanjeev K Sharma, Biogenic silicate glass-ceramics: Physical, dielectric, and electrical properties, Bioresource Technology Reports, 101176.
10. Gurbinder Kaur, Rameez Ahmad Mir, Piyush Sharma, Vishal Kumar, K Singh, OP Pandey, X-Ray Photoelectron spectroscopy and high resolution TEM studies of glass composites, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2267, (2022), 012127.
11. S.K. Arya, Manmeet Kaur Chhina, Raveena Choudhary, Vimi Dua, K. Singh,Growth of different nanocrystalline phases in ZnO–Li2O–B2O3–TiO2–V2O5 glass and their effect on photoluminescence and photocatalytic activity, Ceramics International,48, (2022), 20619-20626,
12. Sanjeev K. Sharma, Gaurav Sharma, Abhishek Sharma, Kirti Bhardwaj, Km. Preeti, K. Singh, Anirudh Kumar, Vinod Kumar Pal, Eun Ha Choi, Satendra Pal Singh, Nagendra Kumar Kaushik, Synthesis of silica and carbon-based nanomaterials from rice husk ash by ambient fiery and furnace sweltering using a chemical method, Applied Surface Science Advances, 8 (2022) 100225
13. Paramveer Kaur, K Singh , Perovskite-structured cobalt-free cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cells, Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies, 2 (2022) 357-373

(2021)

14. MK Chhina, K. Singh, Photoluminescence and structural properties of air‐reduced rare‐earth (Eu) doped calcium silicates derived using biomass wastes, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (2021)
15. K. Singh, T. Walia, Review on silicate and borosilicate‐based glass sealants and their interaction with components of solid oxide fuel cell, International Journal of Energy Research, 45 (2021) 20559-20582
16. Mohd Azam, Deepak Kumar Mohanty, Vineet Kumar Rai, K Singh, Luminescence and Judd-Ofelt study of Ho3+/Ho3+-Yb3+ doped/codoped lead tellurite glasses for multifunctional applications, Journal of Luminescence, 239 (2021) 118319
17. Pooja Singla, Aayush Gupta, K Singh, OP Pandey, Influence of anatase-brookite composition on photocatalytic degradation of diethyl phthalate, Ceramics International, 47 (2021) 30702-30710
18. Shivani Punj, Neha Srivastava, Manoj Baranwal, K. Singh, In-vitro Biological Evaluation of Diopside Bio-ceramic Synthesized From Sustainable Agro-food Waste Ashes, Silicon (2021) 1-11
19. Shivani Punj, Jashandeep Singh, K Singh, Ceramic biomaterials: Properties, state of the art and future prospectives, Ceramics International, 47 (2021) 28059-28074
20. Piyush Sharma, Kulvir Singh, OP Pandey, Investigation on oxidation stability of V2AlC MAX phase, Thermochimica Acta, 204 (2021) 179010
21. N Bansal, BC Mohanty, K Singh, Diffusional investigation of alkali ions from composition tuned glass substrates to Mo-thin film for solar cell application, Surfaces and Interfaces,  24 (2021) 101060
22. SS Danewalia, K Singh, Bioactive glasses and glass–ceramics for hyperthermia treatment of cancer: State-of-art, challenges and future perspectives, Materials Today Bio (2021) 100100
23. SS Danewalia, K Singh, SK Arya, Influence of vanadium oxide on non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of zinc lithium borate glasses, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 553 (2021) 120471
24. N Bansal, M Gupta, BC Mohanty, K Singh, Evaluating the role of composition and local structure on alkali out‐diffusion in glasses for thin‐film solar cells, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 104 (2), 851-859
25. G Sharma, K Singh, Dielectric Properties of the Calcium Silicate Glass-Ceramics Prepared from Agro-Food Wastes, Silicon (2021) doi: 10.1007/s12633-021-00940-9
26. Manjeet Kumar, Vishwa Bhatt, Joondong Kim, Ashutosh C Abhyankar, Hak-Jun Chung, K Singh, Young Bin Cho, Young Jun Yun, Kwang Soo Lim, Ju-Hyung Yun, Holey engineered 2D ZnO-nanosheets architecture for supersensitive ppm level H2 gas detection at room temperature, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 326, 128839
27. MK Chhina, K Singh, Dysprosium doped and titanium activated calcium silicates for cool white light emitting diode derived from natural resources, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1227 (2021)129665.
28. S Khan, K Singh, Influence of Al3+ doping for V5+ on the structural, optical, thermal and electrical properties of V2-xAlxO5-δ (x= 0–0.20) ceramics, Ceramics International, (2021) 10724-10732.
29. MK Chhina, K Singh, Samarium doped calcium silicate derived from agro-food wastes and their structural, optical and luminescent properties, (2021) doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.04.171.
30. T Walia, K Singh, Mixed alkaline earth modifiers effect on thermal, optical and structural properties of SrO-BaO-SiO₂-B₂O₃-ZrO₂ glass sealants, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 564 (2021) 120812.
31. P Kaur, V Singh, K Singh, Optical and photoluminescence properties of CaV₂O₆ functionalized by sodium doping, Materials Today Communications, 27 (2021) 102354.

(2020)

32. N. Bansal, B.C. Mohanty, K. Singh ,Designing composition tuned glasses with enhanced properties for use as substrate in Cu₂ZnSnS₄ based thin film solar cells, J.Alloys Compd. 819 (2020) 152984.
33. M. Mahajan, K. Roy, S. Parmar, G. Singla, O.P. Pandey, K. Singh, R. Vaidgyanathan, S. Ogale, Room temperature processed in-situ carbon-coated vanadium carbide (VC@C) as a high capacity robust Li/Na battery anode material, Carbon 161 (2020) 108-116.
34. A. Kaur, S. Khan, D. Kumar, V. Bhatia, S.M. Rao, N. Kaur, K. Singh, A. Kumar, S.P. Singh, Effect of MnO on structural, optical and thermoluminescence properties of lithium borosilicate glasses, J. Lumin 219 (2020) 116872.
35. G. Sharma, M. Kaur, S. Punj, K. Singh, Biomass as a sustainable resource for value‐added modern materials: a review, Biofuels Bioproducts Biorefining (2020) doi: 10.1002/bbb.2079.
36. S. Khan, K. Singh, Structural, optical, thermal and conducting properties of V_2−xLi_xO_5−δ (0.15 ≤ x ≤ 0.30) systems, Sci. Rep. 10 (2020) 1089.
37. P Kaur, K Singh, Review of perovskite-structure related cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cells, Ceramics International 46 (5), 5521-5535.
38. SS Danewalia, S Khan, S Dhillon, N Bansal, G Sharma, K Singh, Effect of transition metals (MO-TiO2, MnO2, Fe2O3, and ZnO) on crystallization and electrical conductivity of SiO2-CaO-Na2O-P2O5-based glass-ceramics, IONICS, 26 (2020) .
39. MK Chhina, K Singh, Dy3+ and inherent Ti4+ activated Ca2SiO4 near white light emitting phosphors synthesized from agro-food waste ashes, Ceramics International 46 (7), 9370-9379.
40. G Sharma, K Singh, Dielectric and optical properties of glasses and glass-ceramics synthesized from agro-food wastes, Materials Chemistry and Physics 246, 122754.
41. T Kaur, S Punj, R Kumar, K Singh, Effect of minor phase (CuO) on sinterability, grain size, and dielectric properties of CaCu 3 Ti 4 O 12 ceramics,  Applied Physics A 126 (10), 1-6.
42. S Punj, K Singh, Bioactive calcium silicate glass synthesized from sustainable biomass wastes, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 14 (6), 1141-1151.
43. P Kaur, K Singh, Structural, thermal, and electrical study of copper-doped strontium zirconate, IONICS 26(2020) 6233-6244.
44. N Bansal, A Arora, SS Danewalia, K Singh, Synthesis, Characterization and Bioactivity of Fluoride Containing Borosilicate Glass Matrix Composite, (2020) doi: 10.1007/s12633-020-00562-7.