Dr. Kamal Kumar Paul

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,
University of Cambridge,
27 Charles Babbage Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0FS

kkp26@cam.ac.uk

Education:

• PhD in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gurwahati, India, (2013 - 2019)
• MSc in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India, (2011 - 2013)
• BSc in Physics from the University of Kalyani, India (2008 - 2011)

Work experience:

• Research Professor at Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea (2022 - 2023)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea (2019 - 2022)

Honors & Awards:

• Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF), University of Cambridge, UK, 2023.
  Grant title: van der Waals Heterostructures for Next-generation Hot Carrier Photovoltaics.
• Received the Best Poster Award in “International Conference on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials”, (NANOS) Gitam University, Vizag, India, 14-17 December, 2015.
• Received the Best Poster Award in “International Conference on Optoelectronic and Nano Materials for Advanced Technology”, (iCONMAT) Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India and January 3-5, 2019.

Publications:

• Yu Jin Jang^∥, Kamal Kumar Paul^∥, Jin Cheol Park, Meeree Kim, Minh Dao Tran, Hyun Yong Song, Seok Joon  Yun, Hyoyoung Lee, Temujin Enkhbat, JunHo Kim, Young Hee Lee and Ji-Hee Kim, “Boosting internal quantum  efficiency via ultrafast triplet transfer to 2H-MoTe₂ film” Sci. Adv. 9, eadg2324 (2023). 

• Kamal Kumar Paul, Ji-Hee Kim, Young Hee Lee, “Hot carrier photovoltaics in van der Waals heterostructures”  Nat Rev Phys, 3, 178-192 (2021). 

• Kamal Kumar Paul, Larionette P. L. Mawlong and P. K. Giri, “Trion inhibited strong excitonic emission and  broadband giant photoresponsivity from chemical vapor deposited monolayer MoS₂ grown in-situ on TiO2 nanostructure” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10, 42812 (2018).

• Kamal Kumar Paul, N. Sreekanth, Ravi K. Biroju, Alexander J Pattison, Daniel Escalera- López, Anku Guha,  Tharangattu N. Narayanan, Neil Vaughan Rees, Wolfgang Theis, and P. K. Giri, “Strongly enhanced visible light  photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction in n-doped MoS₂/TiO₂(B) heterojunction by selective decoration  of platinum nanoparticles at the MoS₂ edge sites” J. Mater. Chem. A, 6, 22681 (2018). 

• Kamal Kumar Paul, N. Sreekanth, Ravi K. Biroju, Tharangattu N. Narayanan and P. K. Giri, “Solar Light Driven  Photoelectrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and Dye Degradation by Metal-Free Few-Layer MoS2 Nanoflower/TiO₂(B) Nanobelts Heterostructure” Sol. Energy Mater Sol. Cells., 185, 364 (2018). 

• Kamal Kumar Paul, P. K. Giri, H. Sugimoto, Minoru Fujii, Biswajit Choudhury, “Evidence for plasmonic hot  electron injection-induced superior visible light photocatalysis by g-C₃N₄ nanosheets decorated with Ag–TiO₂(B)  and Au–TiO₂(B) nanorods” Sol. Energy Mater Sol. Cells., 201, 110053 (2019). 

• Kamal Kumar Paul, Subhadip Jana and P. K. Giri, “Tunable and high photoluminescence quantum yield from self decorated TiO₂ quantum dots on fluorine doped mesoporous TiO₂ flowers by rapid thermal annealing” Part. Part.  Syst. Charact., 35, 1800198 (2018). 

• Kamal Kumar Paul and P. K. Giri, “Role of surface plasmons and hot electrons on the multi-step photocatalytic  decay by defect enriched Ag@TiO₂ nanorods under visible light” J. Phys. Chem. C., 121, 20016 (2017). 

• Kamal Kumar Paul, Ramesh Ghosh and P. K. Giri, “Mechanism of strong visible light photocatalysis by Ag₂O nanoparticle-decorated monoclinic TiO₂(B) porous nanorods” Nanotechnology, 27, 315703 (2016). 

• Kamal Kumar Paul and P. K. Giri, “Shape tailored TiO₂ nanostructures and its’ hybrids for advanced energy and  environmental applications: A Review” J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 19, 307–331 (2019). 

• Kamal Kumar Paul and P. K. Giri, “Plasmonic metal and semiconductor nanoparticle decorated TiO₂-based  photocatalysts for solar light driven photocatalysis” A chapter in Encyclopedia of Interfacial Chemistry., DOI:  10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.13176-2, Elsevier, 786 (2018). 

• Sumaiya Parveen, Kamal Kumar Paul, P. K. Giri, “Precise Tuning of the Thickness and Optical Properties of  Highly Stable 2D Organometal Halide Perovskite Nanosheets through a Solvothermal Process and Their  Applications as a White LED and a Fast Photodetector” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 5, 6283 (2020). 

• Larionette P L Mawlong, Kamal Kumar Paul, P. K. Giri, “Exciton-plasmon coupling and giant photoluminescence  enhancement in monolayer MoS₂ through hierarchically designed TiO₂/Au/MoS₂ ternary core−shell heterostructure”  Nanotechnology, 32, 215201 (2021). 

• Biswajit Choudhury, Kamal Kumar Paul, Dirtha Sanyal, Anil Hazarika, P. K. Giri, “Evolution of nitrogen-related  defects in graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets probed by positron annihilation and photoluminescence spectroscopy”  J. Phys. Chem. C., 122, 9209 (2018). 

• Larionette P L Mawlong, Kamal Kumar Paul, P. K. Giri, “Direct CVD growth of monolayer MoS₂ on TiO2 nanorods and evidence for doping induced strong photoluminescence enhancement” J. Phys. Chem. C., 122, 15017  (2018). 

• Sumaiya Parveen, Kamal Kumar Paul, Ruma Das and P. K. Giri, “Large exciton binding energy, high  photoluminescence quantum yield and improved photostability of organo-metal halide hybrid perovskite quantum  dots grown on a mesoporous titanium dioxide template” J. Colloids & Interface Sci,. 539, 619-633 (2019).  

• Ruma Das, Kamal Kumar Paul, P. K. Giri, “Highly sensitive and selective label-free detection of dopamine in  human serum based on nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots decorated on Au nanoparticles: Mechanistic insights  through microscopic and spectroscopic studies” Appl. Surf. Sci., 490, 318-330 (2019). 

• Ramesh Ghosh, Joydip Ghosh, Ruma Das, Larionette P. L. Mawlong, Kamal Kumar Paul and P. K. Giri,  “Multifunctional Ag nanoparticle decorated Si nanowires for sensing, photocatalysis and light emission applications”  J. Colloids & Interface Sci,. 532, 464-473 (2018).