Dr. Tara P. Dhakal
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Binghamton University, USA

Associate Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2008 Ph.D., University of Florida (USA), Physics

2001 M.Sc., Shimane University (Japan), Physics
1998 B.Sc., Tribhuvan University (Nepal), Physics, Maths, Statistics

Publications (Selected)

1. Nepal, M., Gudavalli, G. S., & Dhakal, T. P. (2025). MnO2 Nanoflowers Electrodeposited on Vertically Aligned CNTs as Binder-Free Electrodes for High-Rate Supercapacitors. ACS omega.
2. Basnet, B., Nepal, M., Thapa, G. J., Kafle, M., Kharel, R. P., Karkee, R., ... & Kafle, B. P. (2025). Theoretical Model for Determining the Thickness and Optical Constants of Transparent Conducting Oxide Thin Films From the Measured Reflectance Spectra. Surface and Interface Analysis, 57(1), 16-27.
3. Thomas, A. R., Kotadiya, N. B., Wang, B., & Dhakal, T. P. (2023). Physical vapor deposition simulator by graphical processor unit ray casting. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 41(6).
4. Nazari, H. H., & Dhakal, T. P. (2023). Influence of Ag-doping on the performance of Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells. Solar Energy, 253, 321-331.
5. Chen, Z., & Dhakal, T. P. (2023). Room temperature synthesis of lead-free FASnI3 perovskite nanocrystals with improved stability by SnF2 additive. Applied Physics Reviews, 10(1).
6. Gudavalli, G. S., Nepal, M., Young, J., Smeu, M., & Dhakal, T. P. (2023). Effect of a Ti layer on the growth of binder-free carbon nanotubes on Cu foil and their performance as lithium ion battery anodes. Energy Advances, 2(8), 1182-1189.
7. Chen, Z., & Dhakal, T. P. (2021, June). Room Temperature Synthesis of Lead-Free Stable FASnI 3 Perovskite Nanoparticles. In 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) (pp. 2430-2433). IEEE.
8. Dwyer, D. B., Mera, E. E., Gudavalli, G. S., Bernier, W. E., Dhakal, T. P., & Jones, W. E. (2021). Homogeneous titanium hydroxide yields hydroxyl decorated nanofiber separator with improved electrolyte uptake and device capacitance. Materials Letters, 284, 129023.
9. Rajbhandari, P. P., & Dhakal, T. P. (2020). Low temperature ALD growth optimization of ZnO, TiO2, and Al2O3 to be used as a buffer layer in perovskite solar cells. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 38(3).
10. Rajbhandari, P. P., & Dhakal, T. P. (2020). Limit of incorporating cesium cations into formamidinium-methylammonium based mixed halide perovskite solar cells. Nanotechnology, 31(13), 135406.
11. Rajbhandari, P. P., Chaudhari, A., & Dhakal, T. P. (2019). Substrate independent oriented 2D growth of SnS thin films from sputtering. Materials Research Express, 6(11), 116427.
12. Gudavalli, G. S., Turner, J. N., & Dhakal, T. P. (2019). Pulse electrodeposited manganese oxide on carbon fibers as electrodes for high capacity supercapacitors. Nanotechnology, 30(45), 455701.
13. Gao, Y., Soman, V. V., Lombardi, J. P., Rajbhandari, P. P., Dhakal, T. P., Wilson, D. G., ... & Jin, Z. (2019). Heart monitor using flexible capacitive ECG electrodes. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 69(7), 4314-4323.
14. Kaur, K., Sood, M., Kumar, N., Nazari, H. H., Gudavalli, G. S., Dhakal, T. P., & Kumar, M. (2018). Critical role of Zn/Sn ratio to enhance Cu-Zn-Sn-S solar cell efficiency by suppressing detrimental Cu2-xS secondary phase. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 179, 22-30.
15. Gudavalli, G. S., & Dhakal, T. P. (2018). Simple parallel-plate capacitors to high–energy density future supercapacitors: a materials review. Emerging materials for energy conversion and storage, 247-301.
16. Gudavalli, G. S., Turner, J. N., & Dhakal, T. P. (2017). Chemical vapor-deposited carbon nanotubes as electrode material for supercapacitor applications. MRS Advances, 2(54), 3263-3269.
17. Rajbhandari, P. P., Bikowski, A., Perkins, J. D., Dhakal, T. P., & Zakutayev, A. (2017). Combinatorial sputtering of Ga-doped (Zn, Mg) O for contact applications in solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 159, 219-226.

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