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  • 1990 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Kirthi Tennakone is affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Materials Science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Polymers and Plastics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The research topics addressed by Tennakone notably include:

  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

Selected recent publications by Tennakone reflect their focus in these areas. These include:

  • Triethylammonium thiocyanate ionic liquid electrolyte-based supercapacitor fabricated using coconut shell-derived electronically conducting activated charcoal electrode material, 2022, Journal of Energy Storage
  • Transparent and conductive F-Doped SnO2 nanostructured thin films by sequential nebulizer spray pyrolysis, 2021, MRS Advances
  • Stability and efficiency improvement of TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells by surface modification of MgO, 2023, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry
  • Evolution of the COVID Pandemic: A Technique for Mathematical Analysis of Data, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • An electrical double-layer supercapacitor based on a biomass-activated charcoal electrode and ionic liquid with excellent charge-discharge cycle stability, 2024, Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

The venues in which Tennakone regularly publishes include the Journal of Energy Storage, MRS Advances, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka.

Frequent collaborators in Tennakone's research projects include G.R.A. Kumara, T. M. W. J. Bandara, R.M.G. Rajapakse, A.D.T. Medagedara, and L. Ajith DeSilva.

In recognition of contributions to science, Tennakone was named Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 1990.

Best Publications

  • A dye-sensitized nano-porous solid-state photovoltaic cell

    K Tennakone;G R R A Kumara;A R Kumarasinghe;K G U Wijayantha

  • An efficient dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical solar cell made from oxides of tin and zinc

    K. Tennakone;G. R. R. A. Kumara;I. R. M. Kottegoda;V. P. S. Perera

  • Dye-sensitized solar cell with the hole collector p-CuSCN deposited from a solution in n-propyl sulphide

    G.R.R.A Kumara;A Konno;G.K.R Senadeera;P.V.V Jayaweera

  • Dye-Sensitized Solid-State Solar Cells: Use of Crystal Growth Inhibitors for Deposition of the Hole Collector

    G. R. A. Kumara;A. Konno;K. Shiratsuchi;J. Tsukahara

  • A solid-state photovoltaic cell sensitized with a ruthenium bipyridyl complex

    K Tennakone;G R R A Kumara;I R M Kottegoda;K G U Wijayantha

  • Fabrication of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Triethylamine Hydrothiocyanate as a CuI Crystal Growth Inhibitor

    G. R. A. Kumara;S. Kaneko;and M. Okuya;K. Tennakone

  • Shiso leaf pigments for dye-sensitized solid-state solar cell

    G.R.A. Kumara;S. Kaneko;M. Okuya;B. Onwona-Agyeman

  • Recombination processes in dye-sensitized solid-state solar cells with CuI as the hole collector

    V.P.S. Perera;K. Tennakone

  • Photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants in water with TiO2 supported on polythene films

    K. Tennakone;C.T.K. Tilakaratne;I.R.M. Kottegoda

  • Graphite-type activated carbon from coconut shell: a natural source for eco-friendly non-volatile storage devices

    Nilanka M. Keppetipola;Maithri Dissanayake;Pubudu Dissanayake;Buddhika Karunarathne

  • Dye-sensitized solid state photovoltaic cell based on composite zinc oxide/tin (IV) oxide films

    K Tennakone;V P S Perera;I R M Kottegoda;G R R A Kumara

  • Nanoporous TiO2 photoanode sensitized with the flower pigment cyanidin

    K. Tennakone;A.R. Kumarasinghe;G.R.R.A. Kumara;K.G.U. Wijayantha

  • Suppression of recombinations in a dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cell made from a film of tin iv oxide crystallites coated with a thin layer of aluminium oxide

    G R R A Kumara;K Tennakone;V P S Perera;A Konno

  • Stability of the SnO2/MgO dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical solar cell

    M.K.I. Senevirathna;P.K.D.D.P. Pitigala;E.V.A. Premalal;K. Tennakone

  • Dye-sensitized solid-state solar cells made from magnesiumoxide-coated nanocrystalline titanium dioxide films: enhancement of the efficiency

    G.R.A Kumara;M Okuya;K Murakami;S Kaneko

  • Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells Based on Porous SnO2/ZnO Composite and TiO2 Films with a Polymer Electrolyte

    K. Tennakone;G.K.R. Senadeera;V.P.S. Perera;I.R.M. Kottegoda

  • Efficient photosensitization of nanocrystalline TiO2 films by tannins and related phenolic substances

    K. Tennakone;G.R.R.A. Kumara;A.R. Kumarasinghe;P.M. Sirimanne

  • Composite tin and zinc oxide nanocrystalline particles for enhanced charge separation in sensitized degradation of dyes

    J. Bandara;K. Tennakone;P.P.B. Jayatilaka

  • Dye-Sensitized Solid-State Photovoltaic Cells Based on Dye Multilayer−Semiconductor Nanostructures

    V. P. S. Perera;P. K. D. D. P. Pitigala;P. V. V. Jayaweera;K. M. P. Bandaranayake

  • Deposition of thin conducting films of CuI on glass

    K. Tennakone;G.R.R.A. Kumara;I.R.M. Kottegoda;V.P.S. Perera

  • Nanoporous n-/selenium/p-CuCNS photovoltaic cell

    K Tennakone;G R R A Kumara;I R M Kottegoda;V P S Perera

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonas Baltrusaitis
Jonas Baltrusaitis Lehigh University
H. C. Liu
H. C. Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Seigo Ito
Seigo Ito University of Hyogo
Shozo Yanagida
Shozo Yanagida Osaka University
Yuji Wada
Yuji Wada Tokyo Institute of Technology
P. K. Bhattacharya
P. K. Bhattacharya University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sanjay Krishna
Sanjay Krishna The Ohio State University
Margaret Buchanan
Margaret Buchanan National Research Council Canada
Takayuki Kitamura
Takayuki Kitamura Osaka University
Thierry Toupance
Thierry Toupance University of Bordeaux

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