Academic Building (B3)-Room 017
Department of Civil and Environmental Technology
Faculty of Technology
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Mahenwatte, Pitipana North
Homagama 10200
Sri Lanka

Email: vikum@sjp.ac.lk

Dr. E.V.A. Premalal received his B.Sc (special) Degree in Physics (2003) from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and M.Phil. Degree (2007) in the field of Dye-sensitized solar cells from the Postgraduate Institute of Science University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He has received his Ph.D Degree (2011) in the field of Dye-sensitized solar cells at Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan. Then He has worked as a Postdoctoral fellow (2012-2015) in the area of synthesis and application of spinnable-carbon nanotubes at Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University Japan. Before his joining to the Facuty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, he has worked in the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC) (2015-2019) as a senior research scientist. His research interest are thin film solar cells, supercapacitors and batteries and nanomaterial synthesizing from CVD techniques. He has published 31 research publications in index journals and about 20 conference proceedings and abstracts in international conferences. Currently, He is working as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Research Keywords: Thin film solar cells, carbon nanotubes and CVD techniques, battery and supercapacitors.

Thin-film Solar cells, Batteries and Supercapacitors, Synthesis of Nanomaterial from Chemical vapour deposition technique

Metal and polymer-mediated synthesis of porous crystalline hydroxyapatite nanocomposites for environmental remediation. Danushika C Manatunga, Rohini M de Silva, KM Nalin de Silva, Nuwan de Silva, EVA Premalal. Royal Society Open Science 5 (1) (2018) 171557.

Facile Synthesis of Colored and Conducting CuSCN Composite Coated with CuS Nanoparticles. E.V.A. Premalal, Yasun Kannangara, Samantha Ratnayake MRSC, Nalin De Silva. Nanoscale Research Letters (2017) 12:507

Versatile Synthesis of Fluorine-doped Tin (IV) Oxide One-Dimensional Nanostructured Thin Films. Ajith Bandara, Kenji Murakami, Rajapakse M. G. Rajapakse, Piyankarage V. V. Jayaweera, Masaru Shimomura, Herath M. N. Bandara, D. Liyanage, Edirisinghege V. A. Premalal. Thin Solid Films, Volume 621, 1 January 2017, Pages 229-239.

Mechanical property enhancement of aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube sheets and composites through press-drawing process. Tran Huu Nam, Ken Goto, Kahori Oshima, E.V.A. Premalal, Yoshinobu Shimamura, Yoku Inoue, Kimiyoshi Naito & Shinji Ogihara. Advanced Composite Materials 25(1) (2016) 73-86.

Improving mechanical properties of high volume fraction aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube/epoxy composites by stretching and pressing. Tran Huu Nam, Ken Goto, Yudai Yamaguchi, E.V.A. Premalal, Yoshinobu Shimamura, Yoku Inoue, Shuichi Arikawa, Satoru Yoneyama, Shinji Ogihara. Composites Part B: Engineering 85 (2016) 15–23.

Effects of CNT diameter on mechanical properties of aligned CNT sheets and composites. Tran Huu Nam, Ken Goto, Yudai Yamaguchi, E.V.A. Premalal, Yoshinobu Shimamura, Yoku Inoue, Kimiyoshi Naito, Shinji Ogihara. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 76 (2015) 289–298.

Effects of Stretching on Mechanical Properties of Aligned Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube/Epoxy Composites. Tran Huu Nam, Ken Goto, Hirokazu Nakayama, Kahori Oshima, Vikum Premalal, Yoshinobu Shimamura, Yoku Inoue, Kimiyoshi Naito, Satoshi Kobayashi. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 64 (2014) 194–202.

Facile synthesis of both needle-like and spherical hydroxyapatite nanoparticles: Effect of synthetic temperature and calcination on morphology, crystallite size and crystallinity. W.P.S.L. Wijesinghe, M.M.M.G.P.G. Mantilaka, E.V.A. Premalal, H.M.T.U. Herath, S. Mahalingam, M. Edirisinghe, R.P.V.J. Rajapakse, R.M.G. Rajapakse. Materials Science and Engineering C 42 (2014) 83–90

Employment of CuI on Sb2S3 Extremely Thin Absorber Solar Cell: N719 Molecules as a Dual Role of a Recombination Blocking Agent and an Efficient Hole Shuttle. N. Dematage, E.V.A. Premalal, A. Konno,
International Journal of Electrochemical Science 9 (2014) 1729 – 1737.

Preparation of Structurally- modified, Conductivity-enhanced – p- CuSCN and Its Application in Dye-sensitized Solid-state Solar Cells. E.V.A Premalal, N. Dematage, G.R.R.A. Kumara, R.M.G. Rajapakse, M. Shimomura, K. Murakami, A. Konno, Journal of Power Sources 203 (2012) 288–296.

Carbon Black Paste Combined with Conductivity-enhanced CuSCN for Improved Performance in Quasi-solid-state Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. E. V. A. Premalal, Nilupulee Dematage, and Akinori Konno,
Chemistry Letters 41 (2012) 510-512.

Preparation of High-quality Spray-deposited Fluorine-doped Tin Oxide Thin Films Using Dilute di(n-butyl) tin(iv) Diacetate Precursor Solutions. E.V.A. Premalal, N. Dematage, S. Kaneko, A. Konno,
Thin Solid Films 520 (2012) 6813-6817.

Shorter Nanotubes and Finer Nanoparticles of TiO2 for Increased Performance in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. E.V.A. Premalal, N. Dematage, G.R.R.A. Kumara, R.M.G. Rajapakse, K. Murakami, A. Konno, Electrochimica Acta 63 (2012) 375-380.

Development of Quality FTO Films by Spray Pyrolysis for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Edirisinghage V.A. Premalal, Nilupulee Dematage, Shoji Kaneko, Akinori Konno, Electrochemistry 80(9) (2012) 624–628.

Large-area Dye-sensitized Solar Cells with Titanium-based Counter Electrode. G.R.A. Kumara, S. Kawasaki, P.V.V. Jayaweera, E.V.A. Premalal, S. Kaneko, Thin Solid Films 520 (2012) 4119–4121.

Pulse Electrodeposition as a Tool to Enhance the Penetration of Cuprous Iodide in Dye-sensitized, Solid-state Solar Cells. E.V.A. Premalal, R.M.G. Rajapakse, Akinori Konno, Electrochimica Acta 56 (2011) 9180-9185.

Sensitization of Nano-porous ZnO Photo-anode by a Conjugated Conducting Polymer. P.M. Sirimanne, E.V.A. Premalal, H. Minoura, Renewable Energy 36 (2011) 405-408.

Photo-induced Reductive Leaching of Iron from Ilmenite in Hydrochloric Acid Solutions. P.M. Jayaweera, P.V.V. Jayaweera, U. L. Jayasundara, C .D. Jayaweera, G. S. Peiris, E. V. A Premalal, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy 120 (2011) 191-196.

Preparation of ZnO Films with Different Morphologies and Their Applications in dye-sensitized Photo-voltaic Cells. P.M. Sirimanne, E.V.A. Premalal, Sri Lankan Journal of Physics 12 (2011) 15-24.

 Tuning Chemistry of CuSCN to Enhance the Performance of TiO2/N719/CuSCN All-solid-state Dye-sensitized Solar Cell. E. V. A. Premalal, G. R. R. A. Kumara, R. M. G. Rajapakse, Masaru Shimomura, K. Murakami, A. Konno, Chemical Communications 46 (2010) 3360–3362.

Electrochemical Impedance and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic Analysis of Dye-sensitized Liquid Electrolyte-based SnO2/ZnO Solar Cell. G.R.R.A. Kumara, K. Murakami, M. Shimomura, K. Velauthamurty, E.V.A. Premalal, R.M.G. Rajapakse, H.M.N. Bandara, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 215 (2010) 1–10.

Recent Developments of Dye-sensitized Solid-state Solar Cell. A. Konno, E.V.A. Premalal, Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology 23(2) (2010) 279-282.

Sensitization Process of Two Organic Dyes Anchored on Titania Films in Photo-voltaic Cells. E.V.A. Premalal, P.M. Sirimanne, Solar Energy 83 (2009) 696-699.

A High Efficiency Indoline-sensitized Solar Cell Based on a Nanocrystalline TiO2 Surface Doped with Copper. T.R.C.K. Wijayarathna, G.M.L.P. Aponsu, Y.P.Y.P. Ariyasinghe, E.V.A. Premalal, G.K.R. Kumara, K. Tennakone, Nanaotechnology 19 (2008) 485703-485707.

Stability of the SnO2/MgO Dye-sensitized Photoelectrochemical Solar Cell. M.K.I.Senevirathna, P.K.D.D.P.Pitigala, E.V.A.Premalal, K.Tennakone, G.R.A.Kumara, A.Konno, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 91 (2007) 544-547.

Utilization of Poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethyl-hexyloxy)-phenylene vinylene] as a Hole-conductor in Titania-based Photovoltaic Cell. P.M. Sirimanne, E.V.A. Premalal, T. Soga, Current Science 93 (2007) 132-133.

Optical Properties of Poly-[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethyl-hexyloxy)-phenylene Vinylene and Its Application in Photovoltaic Cells. P. M. Sirimanne, E. V. A. Premalal, Sri Lankan Journal of Physics 8 (2007) 29-37.

Utilization of MEH-PPV as a Sensitizer in Titana-based Photovoltaic Cells. P.M. Sirimanne, E.V.A. Premalal, P.K.D.D.P.Pitigala, K. Tennakone, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 90 (2006) 1673–1679.

Utilization of Natural Pigment Extracted from Pomegranate Fruits as Sensitizer in Solid Solar Cells. P.M. Sirimanne, M.K.I Senevirathna, E.V.A. Premalal, .K.D.D.P.Pitigala, V. Shivarkumar, K.Tennakone, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 177 (2006) 324-327.

A Solid-state Solar Cell Sensitized with Mercurochrome. P.M. Sirimanne, M.K.I. Senevirathna, E.V.A. Premalal, P.K.D.D.P. Pitigala, K. Tennakone. Current Science 90 (2006) 639-640.

Enhancement of the Photoproperties of Solid-state TiO2|Dye|CuI Cells by Coupling of Two Dyes. P.M. Sirimanne, M.K.I. Senevirathna, E.V.A. Premalal, P.K.D.D.P. Pitigala, K. Tennakone, Semiconductor Science and Technology 21 (2006) 818–821