Photovoltaic Materials: Synthesis, Characterizations and Applications (Smart Engineering Systems: Design and Applications)

The text will serve as a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, and students interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of photovoltaic materials, from fundamental principles to emerging trends and future directions in solar cell technology.

• Discusses topics such as synthesis processes, characterization techniques, and photovoltaic device architectures.

• Focuses on emerging materials and technologies and includes novel approaches aimed at enhancing solar cell efficiency and durability.

• Covers all aspects of photovoltaic materials from fundamentals to advanced topics such as perovskite solar cells and nanomaterials.

• Explores the fundamental properties of photovoltaic materials, techniques for synthesizing them, and detailed characterization methods.

• Emphasizes photovoltaic materials for hybrid energy systems that integrate solar power with other renewable energy sources like wind and hydroelectricity.

The text is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, nanoscience, and nanotechnology.

Sampat G. Deshmukh is working as Dean, at SKN Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pandharpur, India. He has 27 years of experience in research, teaching, and industry. He has published research papers in journals and conferences. His areas of research interest include nanomaterials, chemical deposition, thin film deposition, nanotechnology, and nanoparticle synthesis. He is on the editorial board of Electronics Science Technology and Application and Frontiers of Mechatronics Engineering.

Suman Lata Tripathi is associated with the Lovely Professional University, Punjab as a professor with more than 19 years of experience in academics. She has published more than 135 research papers in refereed IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, and IOP science journals and conferences. She has also published 13 Indian patents and 2 copyrights. Her area of expertise includes microelectronics device modeling and characterization, lowpower VLSI circuit design, VLSI design of testing, advanced FET design for the Internet of Things, embedded system design, and biomedical applications.

Abhishek Kumar is working as an associate professor, in the School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. He has published more than 55 research papers in journals and conferences of national and international repute. His work extends beyond publications; he has been actively involved in intellectual property creation, having published 20 patents and registered 5 copyrights.