Manju Sheokand

Aspire to obtain a position that will utilize and enhance the knowledge and future development of overall skills in the organization.

Knowledgeable with a robust background in advanced research and academic scholarship. Demonstrated success in leading innovative projects and contributing to scholarly publications. Proficient in analytical techniques and collaborative research methodologies.

• Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 2019-2022
• Junior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 2017-2019
• Qualified GATE, 2014, Chemistry
• CSIR NET-JRF, AIR-49

• Role of Pyridine based positional isomers as effective hole-transporting materials in the Perovskite solar cells, MRSI Conclave, 2021, Oral Presentation
• International conference on Emerging Trends in Chemistry, IIT Indore, 07/12/19 - 07/15/19, Participation

• Date of Birth: 01/14/93
• Nationality: Indian

• Huang, P., Manju, Kazim, S., Sivakumar, G., Salado, M., Misra, R., & Ahmad, S., Pyridine bridging diphenylamine-carbazole with linking topology as rational hole transporter for perovskite solar cells fabrication, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 12, 20, 22881-22890, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c03584, 10.38
• Lee, D. Y., Sivakumar, G., Manju, Misra, R., & Seok, S. I., Carbazole-based Spiro [fluorene-9, 9′- xanthene] as an efficient hole-transporting material for perovskite solar cells, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 12, 25, 28246-28252, https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c06318, 10.38
• Huang, P., Manju, Kazim, S., Lezama, L., Misra, R., & Ahmad, S., Leverage of pyridine isomer on phenothiazine core: organic semiconductors as selective layers in perovskite solar cells, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14, 4, 5729-5739, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c21996, 10.38
• Huang, P., Manju, Kazim, S., Lezama, L., Misra, R., & Ahmad, S., Tailoring of a phenothiazine core for electrical conductivity and thermal stability: hole-selective layers in perovskite solar cells, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 28, 33311-33320, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c08470, 10.38
• Sheokand, M., Rout, Y., & Misra, R., Recent development of pyridine based charge transporting materials for organic light-emitting diodes and perovskite solar cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10, 18, 6992-7017, 10.1039/d2tc00387b, 8.06
• Sheokand, M., Mencaroni, L., Ekbote, A., Bianconi, T., Mancuso, M. A., Elisei, F., ... & Misra, R., Enabling Peculiar Photophysics and Mechanochromic Luminescence by Introducing Bromine in Push–Pull Pyridine Derivatives, J. Phys. Chem. C, 127, 4176−4187, 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c07355, 4.17
• Sheokand, M., Alsaleh, A. Z., D’Souza, F., & Misra, R., Excitation Wavelength-Dependent Charge Stabilization in Highly Interacting Phenothiazine Sulfone-Derived Donor–Acceptor Constructs, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08472, 3.46
• Chiara Montanari, Tommaso Bianconi, Manju Sheokand, Giulia Cavalletti, Titouan Teunens, Jérôme Cornil, Rajneesh Misra, Enabling Red Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence by Increasing the Push-Pull Strength in Naphthalimide-Phenothiazine Derivatives, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Just Accepted
• Sheokand, M., Nikhil Ji Tiwari and Rajneesh Misra, Near-IR absorbing 1,1,4,4-tetracyanobutadiene-functionalized Phenothiazine Sulfones, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Manuscript to be communicated
• Peng Huang, Manju Sheokand, David Payno, Samrana Kazim, Luis Lezama, Rajneesh Misra, and Shahzada Ahmad, Molecular Tailoring of Pyridine Core-Based Hole Selective Layer for Efficient and Stable Cs2AgBiBr6 Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS Applied Energy Materials, Just Accepted

• Design and synthesis of charge transporting materials (HTMs and ETMs) for PSCs and device fabrication
• Phenothiazine-based molecules for batteries
• Material Science
• Materials for Photovoltaic cells
• Organic Optoelectronics