ashok.bera@iitjammu.ac.in

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  1. Amit, Vishal Nagar, Priya Kaith*, and Ashok Bera*, "Defects mediated anomalous photoconductivity for spray-pyrolysed YbMnO3 thin films" Surface and Interfaces, 2026, 86, 108773.
  2. Lokesh Kumar Rathore, Vishal Nagar, and Ashok Bera*, "A PEDOT:PSS-based hydrogel and cotton fabric-integrated solar-driven water evaporation system for sustainable freshwater-hydrovoltaic electricity cogeneration" Water Research, 2026, 293, 125473.
  3. Swati Rani, Priya Kaith, Swayang Priya Mahanta, Muskan Muskan, Nisha Yadav, Avtar Changotra, Subhankar Bedanta, Siriyara Jagannatha Prathappa, Ashok Bera*, and Subhas Smanata*, "A tris-azo anion radical wrapped multiple redox singlet Co(II) complex for efficient molecular memristor towards neuromorphic computing" Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2026, Advance Article.
  4. Vishal Nagar, Priya Kaith, Parul Garg, and Ashok Bera*, "Reactive Gas Assisted Depletion Layer Modification in Fe2O3/LaFeO3 Nanostructured Heterojunction: An Efficient Way for Room-Temperature Self-Sufficient Gas Sensing" Journal of Applied Physics, 2025, 138, 174504.
  5. Priya Kaith, Faisal Farooq, and Ashok Bera*, "Mimicking Hypoxia in Solution-Processed TiO2/NiFe2O4 Heterointerface-based Harsh Environment-Resistant Synaptic Memristor" Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 36, e10156.
  6. Lokesh Kumar Rathore, Vishal Nagar, Gopika Pranghol, and Ashok Bera*, "Green Upcycling of Crop Residue into Activated Carbon in Designing Photothermal/Adsorptive Membrane for Solar-Driven Desalination and Simultaneous Volatile Organic Compound Removal" ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2025, 17, 21, 30954–30965
  7. Tapas Das, Faisal Farooq, Parul Garg, Sakal Singla, Asim Guchhait*, and Ashok Bera*, "Bulk passivation and suppressing non-radiative loss in 3D all-inorganic CsPbIBr2 perovskite solar cell via a 2D layered perovskite framework" Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2025, 9, 269-279
  8. Priya Kaith, Parul Garg, Vishal Nagar, and Ashok Bera*, "Solution-Processed TiO2/ZnFe2O4 Heterostructure for Stable Multilevel Memristor with Room-Temperature Reactive Gas Selectivity" ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2024, 16, 46, 63769-63777.
  9. Priya Kaith, Parul Garg, and Ashok Bera*, "Applied voltage-induced AgBr formation and associated conduction process changes in Ag/CH3⁢NH3⁢PbBr3/TiO2 heterojunction memory" Physical Review Materials, 2024, 8, 104605.
  10. Lokesh Kumar Rathore and Ashok Bera*, "Photo-Fenton-Active MIL-88A/CNT-Based PVA Hydrogel for Solar-Driven Water Evaporation and Simultaneous Volatile Organic Compound Removal" ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2024, 16, 33, 43670–43681.
  11. Parul Garg, Priya Kaith, Vishal Nagar, and Ashok Bera*, "FeVO4-based solution-processed all oxide self-biased fast photodetectors", Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024, 12, 11033-11040.
  12. Parul Garg, Sanchari Bhattacharya, Arpita Paul, Sanjoy Datta, and Ashok Bera*, “Performance of ZnFe2O4 as a photoabsorber in solution-processed all-oxide planar photovoltaics” Physical Review Materials, 2024, 8, 065402.
  13. Parul Garg and Ashok Bera*, “Photo-physical properties of solution-processed CuFe2O4 thin films towards all oxide TiO2/CuFe2O4 heterojunction photovoltaics” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2024, 35 (12), 817.
  14. Lokesh Kumar Rathore, Parul Garg, Piyush Kumar, and Ashok Bera*, “Super-hydrophilic LaCoO3/g-C3N4 nanocomposite coated beauty sponge for solar-driven seawater desalination with simultaneous volatile organic compound removal” Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 2599-2607.
  15. Naba K. Rana, Tapas Das, Parul Garg, Ashok Bera, and Asim Guchhait*, “PTAA/Ag-Based Large Area Perovskite Solar Cells Toward Low-Cost and Ambient Stability” J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 45, 21954-21962.
  16. Tapas Das, Naba Kumar Rana, Parul Garg, Ashok Bera, and Asim Guchhait*, “Low-Temperature and Ambient Processed All Inorganic CsPbBr3 Perovskite Solar Cells: Stability Enhancement with AZO as an Electron Transport Layer” J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 44, 21504-21513.
  17. Parul Garg and Ashok Bera*, “Photo-induced oxygen vacancy formation and anomalous photoconductivity in solution-processed CoFe2O4 thin films” Applied Physics Letters 2023 123, 023301.
  18. Tawseef Ahmad Wani, Vanshika Gupta, Parul Garg, and Ashok Bera*, “In Situ Latent Heat Transfer for Nearly 100% Condensation in Single-Stage Interfacial Solar Steam Generation.” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11, 26, 9595–9600.
  19. Priya Kaith, Parul Garg, and Ashok Bera*, “Multilevel resistive switching in solution-processed CuFe2O4/TiO2 heterostructure” Applied Physics Letter 2023 122, 133301.
  20. Tawseef Ahmad Wani, Parul Garg, Priya Kaith, and Ashok Bera*, “Freshwater-electricity co-generation in solar-driven water desalination: an effective approach toward water-energy nexus” Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2022, 10, 21273-21278.
  21. Parul Garg, Sanchari Bhattacharya, Sakal Singla, Priya Kaith, Sanjoy Datta, Biswanath Chakraborty, and Ashok Bera*, “Solution-Processed CaMnO3−δ-Based All Oxide Solar Cells with High Open-Circuit Voltage” Physical Review Materials 2022, 6, 085402.
  22. Tawseef Ahmad Wani, Priya Kaith, Parul Garg, and Ashok Bera*, “Microfluidic Salinity Gradient-Induced All-Day Electricity Production in Solar Steam Generation” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 35802–35808.
  23. Nitish Kumar, Tawseef Ahmad Wani, Prakash Kumar Pathak, Ashok Bera* and Rahul R. Salunkhe*, “Multifunctional Nanoarchitectured Porous Carbon for Solar Steam Generation and Supercapacitor Applications” Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2022, 6, 1762-1769.
  24. Tawseef Ahmad Wani, Parul Garg, Saheb Bera, Sanchari Bhattachary, SanjoyDutta, Hemant Kumar, Ashok Bera*, “Narrow-Bandgap LaMO3 (M = Ni, Co) Nanomaterials for Efficient Interfacial Solar Steam Generation” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2022, 612, 203-212.
  25. Tawseef Ahmad Wan, Parul Garg and Ashok Bera*, “An Environmental Pollutant to an Efficient Solar Vapor Generator: an Eco-Friendly Method for Freshwater Production” Materials Advances, 2021, 2, 3856-3861.