Kavyashree Keremane
About
Kavyashree Keremane is an assistant research professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) at Penn State. Previously, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow in MatSE at Penn State. Keremane's research focuses on optoelectronics, photovoltaics, and bio-hybrid materials by integrating materials into science, molecular engineering, electronics, and energy research. She specializes in the design and fabrication of multifunctional materials and semiconductor devices, with expertise in thin-film processing, cleanroom nanofabrication, interface engineering, and advanced materials characterization. Her work includes perovskite and organic photovoltaics, bio-inspired DNA-semiconductor hybrid memristors, wireless power transfer systems for implantable bioelectronics, and neurochemical sensing platforms. Her work emphasizes sustainable, energy-efficient, and adaptive technologies for applications in energy harvesting, intelligent electronics, sensing, data storage, and biomedical systems.
Research Projects
- Novel Memory Devices for High-Density Data Storage based on Integrated DNA-Perovskite Semiconductors, 2023-2027 (National Science Foundation-NSF)
- Bio-Inspired Material Architectures for Deep Sea (BIMADS), 2026 (Office of Naval Research)
- Ultra-Compact Co-Packaged Photovoltaics and Power Conversion for Terrestrial Surface Applications, 2026-2027 (Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) SOLSTICE Program)
- Upconversion Nanoparticles Modified Photoreceptive Composite Architectures for Enhanced Quantum Optoelectronics, 2023-2025 (Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
- Photochemical Neurotransmitter Sensor for Dynamic Brain Diagnostics, 2024 (AFSOR)
- Transparent perovskite tandem structures towards ultrahigh efficiency solar cells, 2022-2023 (US Army RIF program)
- Laser-Induced Wireless Power Transfer using Perovskite Solar Cells at Penn State University, 2022-2024 (US Army RIF program)
Publications
- Kavya S. Keremane, Abhinav Gorthy, Luyao Zheng, Neela H. Yennawar, Shashank Priya, Rashmi Jha, Bed Poudel, “Molecularly Engineered Highly Stable Memristors with Ultra‐Low Operational Voltage: Integrating Synthetic DNA with Quasi‐2D Perovskites”, Wiley, Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36, 34, e30539, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202530539.
- Haodong Wu, Jungjin Yoon, Kavya S. Keremane, Luyao Zheng, Yuchen Hou, Yanhui Zhang, Jin Qian, Shashank Priya, Bed Poudel, Kai Wang, “Holistic Anode Interface Engineering for High-Efficiency and Stable Carbon-Perovskite Solar Modules”, Wiley, Advanced Energy Materials, 2026, 16, 13, e06097, https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202506097.
- Kavya S. Keremane, M. Gururaj Acharya, Praveen Naik, Chandi C. Malakar, Kai Wang, Bed Poudel, “Recent Advances in Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) Fluorescent Sensors for Biomolecule Detection”, Chemosensors, 2025, 13, 5, 174, https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors13050174.
- Vighneshwar Ganesh Bhat, Kavya S. Keremane, Ivy M. Asuo, Bed Poudel, Udaya Kumar Dalimba, “Dopant-free hydrophobic fluorene-based hole transport materials: impact of methoxy-substituted triphenylamine and carbazole peripheral groups on the performance of perovskite solar cells”, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2025, 9, 2769-278, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SE00120J.
- Archana Sheshachala, Kavya S. Keremane, Ivy M. Asuo, Nutifafa Yao Doumon, Bed Poudel, Udaya Kumar Dalimba, "A Molecular‐Level Exploration of Dopant‐Free Pyrazine‐Derived Hole Transport Materials: Investigation of Interfacial Interaction in Perovskite Photovoltaics”, ChemPlusChem, 2025, 2500124, https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202500124.
- Kavya S. Keremane, Islam M. Abdellah, Mohamed R. Eletmany, Praveen Naik, P. Anees, Airody Vasudeva Adhikari, “Push–pull carbazole twin dyads as efficient sensitizers/co-sensitizers for DSSC application: effect of various anchoring groups on photovoltaic performance”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2025, 13, 8, 9258-9275. DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04612A.
- Jinguo Cao, Bowen Jin, Kavya Keremane, Shashank Priya, Xiaowen Hu, Congcong Wu, Kai Wang, “Structural Properties of Perovskite”, Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices- Springer International Publishing, 2024, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-57663-8_2
- Kavya S. Keremane, Aurélien Planchat, Yann Pellegrin, Denis Jacquemin, Fabrice Odobel, and Airody Vasudeva Adhikari, “Push-pull phenoxazine-based sensitizers for p-type DSSCs: Effect of acceptor units on photovoltaic performance”. ChemSusChem-Wiley, 2022. https: //doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202200520.
- Kavya S. Keremane, Aurélien Planchat, Yann Pellegrin, Denis Jacquemin, Fabrice Odobel, and Airody Vasudeva Adhikari, “New Carbazole-Based Sensitizers for p-Type DSSCs: Impact of the Position of Acceptor Units on Device Performance”. ACS J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 30, 12383–12390. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03651.
- Kavya S. Keremane, Sateesh Prathapani, Lew Jia Haur, Annalisa Bruno, Anish Priyadarshi, Airody Vasudeva Adhikari, Subodh G Mhaisalkar, “Improving the Performance of CarbonBased Perovskite Solar Modules (70 cm2) by Incorporating Cesium Halide in Mesoporous TiO2”. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 1, 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c02213.
Awards
- Recipient of the 2026 Charles Hosler Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Postdoc Award, awarded by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS), Penn State.
- Recipient of the 2025 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, awarded by the Materials Research Institute, Penn State.
- Contributed to the development of future astrobiology mission concepts through participation in the NASA Astrobiology Mission Ideation Factory (NMIF) 2025 (phase-I program) and selected for 2026 (phase-II), a NASA-sponsored innovation program for top 25 early-career scientists globally.
- EMS Sustainability Fund Award 2023 and 2026 for research and innovation from the EMS Sustainability Council, Penn State.
- Best poster presentation award in the First International Conference on Thin Films and Nanotechnology: Knowledge, Leadership and Commercialization-2021 (ICTN-KLC), organized by IIT Delhi, India.
- Outstanding Women Research Award in the International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology (ICSMN-2020), India.
- Excellent Performance Award in Nanyang Technological University Research (NTU) Programme-2018, NTU, Singapore.
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