Education

• B.S., University of Nagpur, India, 1996
• M.S., University of Mumbai, India, 1999
• Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2004

Research Interests

• Alternate energy;
• Photovoltaics;
• Hydrogen generation at low and high temperature;
• Environmental remediation.

Sohn, Y.; Smith, Y.; Misra, M.; Subramanian, V. Electrochemically assisted photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange using anodized titanium dioxide nanotubes. Applied Catalysis B-Environmental 2008, 84, 372-378.

Kar, A.; Sohn, Y.; Subramanian, V., Synthesis of Oxide Semiconductors, Metal Nanoparticles and Semiconductor-Metal Nanocomposites. Research Signpost: Trivandrum, 2008; Vol. (in press).

Subramanian, V.; Choi, J.; Seebauer, E. G.; Masel, R. I. TiO2-Al2O3 as a support for propane partial oxidation over Rh. Catalysis Letters 2007, 113, (1-2), 13-18.

Subramanian, V. Nanostructured Semiconductor Composites for Solar Cells. Interface 2007, 16, (2), 32-36.

Ndiege, N.; Wilhoite, T.; Subramanian, V.; Shannon, M. A.; Masel, R. I. Sol-gel synthesis of thick Ta2O5 films. Chemistry of Materials 2007, 19, (13), 3155-3161.

Subramanian, V.; Roeder, R. K.; Wolf, E. E. Synthesis and UV-visible-light photoactivity of noble-metal-SrTiO3 composites. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2006, 45, (7), 2187-2193.

Subramanian, V.; Ni, Z.; Seebauer, E. G.; Masel, R. I. Synthesis of High-Temperature Titania-Alumina Supports. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2006, 45, (11), 3815-3820.

Subramanian, V.; DNdiege, N.; Seebauer, E. G.; Masel, R. I. Development of thick Ta2O5 films. Thin Solid Films (doi: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.08.138) 2006.

Robel, I.; Subramanian, V.; Kuno, M. K.; Kamat, P. V. Quantum dot solar cells. Harvesting light energy with CdSe nanocrystals molecularly linked to mesoscopic TiO2 films. Journal of American Chemical Society 2006, 128, (7), 2385-2393.

Chu, K. L.; Gold, S.; Subramanian, V.; Lu, C.; Shannon, M. A.; Masel, R. I. A nanoporous silicon membrane electrode assembly for on-chip micro fuel cell applications. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 2006, 15, (3), 671-677.