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He is exploring advanced optoelectronic, spectroscopic (vibrational, HRXPS, UPS, NEXAFS) as well photovoltage characterization techniques to understand structure-property-performance relation in emerging photovoltaics. One of the several domains of his research involves fundamental investigation to minimize the toxicity of these solar cells and using interface engineering approach to improve performance, long-term stability and ultimately upscaling of these novel technologies. The research also involves exploring new application for photovoltaics for instance, photocatalysis (H2 generation), indoor light harvesting for IOT, Space application, Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), Application targeted integrated photovoltaics (ATIP) and many more inline.
With Industrial partners he is actively investigating Floating photovoltaics (FPV) and Agrivoltaics (APV) performance , research and development capabilities at Cranfield University.
Presently, he is establishing the scale-up facility for roll-to-roll manufacture of perovskite, dye solar, organic photovoltaics and tandem photovoltaics.
Membership - Member of American chemical society , Royal chemicals society , Associate member of Supergen Supersolar hub
Review editor for Frontiers in Chemistry , Frontiers in Materials, Frontiers in Energy research.
* Bachelor (BSc) and Master of Science (MSc) in Physical Chemistry from University of Pune, India.
* Research fellow : Secured Council of scientific and industrial research (CSIR), Government of India fellowship to work on Catalysis at National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune. India
* Doctoral degree : Secured Italian government's Ministry of university education and research (MIUR) scholarship to complete Ph.D. in science and technology of nanomaterials at University of Turin, Italy (Prof. Adriano Zecchina)
* Postdoctoral fellows : Won Baden-Wurttemberg fellowship to perform research on advanced spectroscopic characterization and application of self-assembled monolayers in futuristic microelectronics at Heidelberg university, Germany
* Scientist : Won prestigious Wallenberg fellowship of Swedish government to perform research on emerging photovoltaics and optoelectronics at Uppsala university, Sweden (Prof. Gerrit Boschloo, Prof. Anders Hagfeldt)
* Independent Marie-Curie fellow : Won ER Marie-Curie fellowship to perform research in characterization, fabrication and upscale of emerging photovoltaics and optoelectronics at Swansea university, UK (Prof. James R. Durrant, FRS)
What do you think are the challenges for equity/equality, diversity and inclusion in the energy research community in reaching netzero targets by 2050?
The biggest challenge for equality is to pave a way for different opinion, vision person in the community.
The UK's academic pipeline is failing to retain Black, Asian and other ethnic minority (BAME) chemists, an analysis by the Royal Society of Chemistry