Biosketch

Neeraj Khare is a Professor in Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He has been teaching Physics at IIT Delhi since 2005. He worked as Scientist in Superconductivity Group at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi from 1988 to 2005. He had various visiting positions at Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK, IBM, T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, Pohang University, South Korea and National University of Singapore.

His research interests are in the area of semiconductors, magnetic, ferroelectric, superconducting nanostructure/nanocomposites and exploring its potential for novel applications such as for enhanced photodegradation of organic dyes in industrial waste-water, photoelectrochemical water splitting for H2 production, nanogenerator for harnessing mechanical energy, thermoelectric devices, solar cells, resistive switching for neuromorphic computing and superconducting quantum devices.

He also worked as the head of the Nanotechnology Center at IIT Delhi from 2016 to 2022 and brought more than 12 million USD funding. He has published over 250 papers in international journals (current h-index: 51 and i-10 index: 145), nine patents and has edited three books including a book on “High-Temperature Superconductor Electronics”. He has supervised 28 Ph.D. students and more than 100 project theses of Master's and Undergraduate students. He is member of the editorial board of Superconductor Science and Technology (2005-2008) and member of the editorial board of Current Physics Application from 2017 and member of the editorial board of Proceedings of National Academy of Science: Physical Sciences from 2023.

Prof. Khare is a Fellow of Institute of Physics (IOP), UK, Fellow of National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), Trinity College (University of Cambridge) Visiting scholar Fellow and Fellow of Asia Pacific Academy of Material.

Fellowship

• Visiting fellow, Trinity Collage, University of Cambridge 2025
• Fellow of National Academy of Science India (NASI) from 2011.
• Fellow of Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM) from 2015.
• Fellow of Institute of Physics (IOP), UK from 2005.

Recent Publications

• Kumar, S., & Khare, N. (2025). Effect of the Width of Microbridge on the Characteristics of YBCO Step-Edge Josephson Junction. Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 38(1), 1-9.
• Sharma, A., Faraz, M., & Khare, N. (2025). Improved resistive switching behaviour in Ag–ZrO2 nanocomposite film. The European Physical Journal Plus, 140(1), 1-11.
• Mondal, A., Faraz, M., & Khare, N. (2024). Temperature-tuned enhanced performances of PVDF-based flexible triboelectric nanogenerator. Applied Physics Letters, 124(10).
• Mondal, A., Faraz, M., Dahiya, M., & Khare, N. (2024). Double-Layer Electronegative Structure-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Enhanced Performance Using Combined Effect of Enhanced Charge Generation and Improved Charge Trapping. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(38), 50659-50670.
• Singh, M., & Khare, N. (2024). Enhancing the thermoelectric properties of PEDOT: PSS films through the incorporation of g-C3N4 nanosheets and carbon nanotubes. Composites Communications, 51, 102092.
• Mittal, S., Khosya, M., Singh, M., & Khare, N. (2024). 2D/2D heterojunction of SnS2/g-C3N4 nanocomposite photoelectrode for improved photoelectrochemical water splitting performance. Applied Surface Science, 677, 161016.
• Kumar, S., Dahiya, M., & Khare, N. (2024). Transport properties of YBCO step edge Josephson junction with different step angles. Applied Physics A, 130(10), 708.
• Kumar, S., & Khare, N. (2024). Tuning the IcRn value of YBCO step edge Josephson junction through Ar+ ion irradiation. Physica Scripta, 99(10), 1059a2.
• Gautam, A. K., & Khare, N. (2023). High Performance of n-Type Silver Telluride Nanoparticle-Embedded Nylon Membrane Composite Flexible Films for Thermoelectric Generators. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6(12), 6666-6672.
• Gautam, A. K., Singh, H. H., & Khare, N. (2023). Multifunctional flexible Ag2Te-nylon nanocomposite freestanding film for harvesting thermal and mechanical energy. Nano Energy, 107, 108125.
• Kumar, D., Gautam, A. K., & Khare, N. (2023). Thermoelectric voltage triggered self-biased photoelectrochemical water splitting utilizing visible light active Ag/NaNbO3 nanocomposite photoanode. Energy Conversion and Management, 277, 116632.
• Khosya, M., Kumar, D., Faraz, M., & Khare, N. (2023). Enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting and photocatalytic degradation performance of visible light active ZnIn2S4/PANI nanocomposite. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(7), 2518-2531.