Organic/inorganic hybrid nanostructures for optoelectronics

Fabrication and characterization of semiconductor thin films for photovoltaic applications

Plasmon-enhanced solar cells using anisotropic metal nanoparticles

Aruna Wanninayake, Subhashini Gunashekar, Shengyi Li, Benjamin Church, Nidal Abu-Zahra. Performance Enhancement of Polymer Solar Cells using Copper oxide Nanoparticles, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 30: 064004 (7pp), (2015),  doi:10.1088/0268-1242/30/6/064004

Aruna Wanninayake, Subhashini Gunashekar, Shengyi Li, Benjamin Church, Nidal Abu-Zahra. CuO based Bulk Hetero-junction Solar cells: Investigations on Morphology and Performance, J. Sol. Energy Eng. 137(3): 031016 (7 pp), (2015), doi: 10.1115/1.4029542

Aruna P. Wanninayake, Subhashini Gunashekar, Shengyi Li, Benjamin C. Church, Nidal Abu-Zahra, Effect of Thermal Annealing on the Power Conversion Efficiency of CuO-Bulk Heterojunction P3HT/ PC70BM Solar cells, J. Sustainable Energy Eng.,3(2) pp. 107-126(20), (2015), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7569/JSEE.2014.629521

Aruna Wanninayake, Shengyi Li, Benjamin Church, Nidal Abu-Zahra. Electrical and Optical Properties of Hybrid Polymer Solar Cells Incorporating Au and CuO Nanoparticles, AIMS Materials Science, 3(1): pp35-50, (2016), doi: 10.3934/matersci.2016.1.35

Aruna Wanninayake, Shengyi Li, Benjamin Church, Nidal Abu-Zahra. Thermal Annealing of Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Incorporated with Au and CuO Nanoparticles, International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, 5(4): pp1080-1091, (2015)

Aruna Wanninayake, Benjamin Church, Nidal Abu-Zahra. Plasmonic Effect of Au Nanoparticles on Enhancing Power Conversion Efficiency of ZnO Buffer Layer Assembled Organic Solar Cells, J. Sustainable Energy Eng., pp.333-342(10) (2016), https://doi.org/10.7569/JSEE.2016.629504

Aruna Wanninayake, Benjamin Church, Nidal Abu-Zahra. Annealing Effect on ZnO Buffer Layer Assembled Organic Solar Cells synthesized with CuO Nanoparticles, Adv. Mat .Lett. 8(1) 08-12, (2017), doi: 10.5185/amlett.2017.6485

Aruna Wanninayake, Benjamin Church, Nidal Abu-Zahra. Effect of ZnO Nanoparticles on the Power Conversion Efficiency of Organic Photovoltaic Devices Synthesized with CuO Nanoparticles, AIMS Materials Science, 3(3): 927-937 (2016) doi: 10.3934/matersci.2016.3.927

Aruna Wanninayake, Benjamin Church, Nidal Abu-Zahra. CuO NPs Incorporated Single and Double Junction Polymer Solar Cells, Int. J. Nanoelectronics and Materials, In press, (2017)

Aruna Wanninayake, Benjamin Church, Nidal Abu-Zahra. Enhanced morphological and optoelectronic properties of organic solar cells incorporating CuO, ZnO and Au nanoparticles, J. Mater. Environ. Sci. Under reviewing, (2017)

Aruna Wanninayake, N. Abu-Zahra, Optoelectronic Effect Gold nanoparticles in the Active Layer of Polymer photovoltaic Devices, Proc. 14th Academic Sessions, University of Ruhuna (2017)

Aruna Wanninayake, Plasmonic effects of gold nanoparticles on the performance of organic photovoltaic devices, International Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences (IRSPAS), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, (2016)

Nidal H. Abu-Zahra, Aruna P. Wanninayake, Polymer Solar Cells Synthesized with Copper Oxide Nanoparticles, ICEERET 2015: XIII International Conference on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies, Marrakech, Morocco April, (2015)

Aruna Wanninayake, Gintaras Duda, Using 5th Force Searches to Place Limits on New Scalars in the Dark Sector, APS April Meeting, California, USA (2011)

Aruna Wanninayake, Using 5th Force Searches to Place Limits on New Scalars in the Dark Sector, St. Alberts Day meeting, Creighton University, Nebraska, (2011)

Aruna P. Wanninayake, G. Duda, Dark Matter and Fifth Force, Nebraska Academic of Science (NAS), April (2011)

Aruna P. Wanninayake, T. J. Torpin, and G. Duda, Theoretical Determination of Form Factors Used in Dark Mater Studies, Nebraska Academic of Science (NAS), April (2010)

T. J. Torpin, Aruna P. Wanninayake, and G. Duda, Dark Matter Detection Methods, Nebraska Academic of Science (NAS), April (2010)

KMDC Jayathilake, W Siripala, WTMAPK Wanninayake, JKDS Jayanetti, Fabrication and characterization of Eectrodeposited nanocrystalline / microcrystalline Cuprous Oxide thin films solar cells, Proc. 9th Annual Research Symp. 2008, University of Kelaniya (2008)

Member, Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka.