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Koushik Biswas

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Researcher

Also affiliated: Northwestern University (2011); Texas Tech University (2006–2008); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2011–2012); National Laboratory of the Rockies (2007–2011); Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (2013–2025); Indian Institute of Technology Indore (2013)

Faculty Researcher

20 h-index 72 pubs 1,439 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Koushik Biswas is a faculty member at Arkansas State University, where his research focuses on materials science and its applications in energy storage and optoelectronics. His work investigates novel semiconductor materials, including metal halide perovskites and doped carbon anodes, for use in next-generation batteries and lighting technologies. Biswas has published research exploring the fundamental properties of these materials, such as phase transitions and emission mechanisms.

His recent publications include experimental and theoretical investigations into boron and phosphorus dual-doped hard carbon for sodium-ion batteries, and vanadium-substituted cathode materials for enhanced battery performance across a range of temperatures. He has also studied the microstructural evolution of composite materials fabricated via laser cladding and explored the optical properties of cesium lead bromide compounds. Biswas's research network includes collaborations with Byungkyun Kang at Arkansas State University, with whom he has co-authored several publications.

With a h-index of 20 and over 72 publications, accumulating more than 1,374 citations, Biswas is recognized as a highly cited researcher. He maintains an active laboratory website to disseminate his research findings.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 72
  • Citations: 1,439

Selected Publications

  • The halogen vacancy, Tl-activator, and Tl-bound excitons in CsI:Tl scintillator (2025)
    Journal of Applied Physics DOI OpenAlex
  • The nature of defect tolerance in (some) halide perovskites (2025)
    APL Electronic Devices 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Case of the Bromine Vacancy in Cs<sub>4</sub>PbBr<sub>6</sub> (2023)
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Revisiting the origin of green emission in Cs <sub>4</sub> PbBr <sub>6</sub> (2022)
    Materials Advances 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Metal Halide Semiconductors beyond Lead-Based Perovskites for Promising Optoelectronic Applications (2021)
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 48 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Phase transition pathway of hybrid halide perovskites under compression: Insights from first-principles calculations (2021)
    Physical Review Materials 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • New Polymorphs of 2D Indium Selenide with Enhanced Electronic Properties (2020)
    Advanced Functional Materials 48 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Impact of organic molecule rotation on the optoelectronic properties of hybrid halide perovskites (2019)
    Physical Review Materials 25 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Perovskites – Revisiting the Venerable <scp>ABX</scp> <sub>3</sub> Family with Organic Flexibility and New Applications (2019)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Computational Design of Mixed-valence Tin Sulfides as Solar Absorbers (2019)
    arXiv (Cornell University) DOI OpenAlex
  • Computational Design of Mixed-Valence Tin Sulfides as Solar Absorbers (2019)
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 19 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Bismuth and Antimony Based Oxyhalides and Chalcohalides as Potential Optoelectronic Materials (2018)
    arXiv (Cornell University) DOI OpenAlex
  • Bismuth and antimony-based oxyhalides and chalcohalides as potential optoelectronic materials (2018)
    npj Computational Materials 145 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Exploring Polaronic, Excitonic Structures and Luminescence in Cs<sub>4</sub>PbBr<sub>6</sub>/CsPbBr<sub>3</sub> (2018)
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 146 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Comparative study of perovskite-type scintillator materials CsCaI <sub>3</sub> and KCaI <sub>3</sub> via first-principles calculations (2017)
    Journal of Physics D Applied Physics 27 citations DOI OpenAlex

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