Energy

Solar Photovoltaics

    • Multi crystalline silicon growth and characterisation

 

    • Silicon thin film based planar and radial junction solar cells

 

    • Dye Sensitised Solar Cells

 

    • Perovskite based solar cells

 

    • Quantum dot solar cells

 

Energy Storage

  • Silicon based anode materials for Lithium Ion battery

 

  • 2D materials for Energy storage applications

 

Modelling and Simulation:

  • Optimization of heat transfer properties of the Directional Solidification process

 

  • Optimization of Oxygen, Carbon and Nitrogen impurities in mc-Si ingot

 

  • Numerical modelling on industrial scale mc-Si growth process for PV application

 

  • Thermal investigation on organic sensitizer for DSSC applications

Materials

Growth of single crystals

  • Growth of single crystals by solution and melt growth techniques

 

  • Organic and Inorganic single crystals for nonlinear optical (NLO) applications

 

  • Ternary Chalcogenide materials for thermoelectric applications

 

  • Organic single crystals for radiation and scintillation detector applications

 

Energy Harvester/piezoelectric Accelerometer

  • Development of Lead-free piezoelectric materials

 

  • Development of vertically aligned nanostructures

 

  • Composite materials

 

Materials for white light emitting diode, Dosimetry and thermoelectric  applications

Growth and Characterization of Graphene for Optoelectronic and energy applications

Development of Alternate Transparent Conducting Electrode materials for optoelectronic applications.

Growth of Metal oxide nanostructures by Hydrothermal method for radial junction solar cell applications

PECVD grown Silicon nanowires using Vapour-Liquid-Solid (VLS) mechanism for energy conversion and storage applications

TMD based electrode materials for Battery applications