Perovskite Solar Cells: Fundamental Approaches and Materials Processing for Sustainable Future

Mr. Abhishek Srivastava is presently pursuing his PhD in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science at IIT Indore, India. His current research work is focused toward finding lead-free perovskite materials for solar cell applications and some other hybrid modules of solar cells, such as dye-sensitized solar cells. Additionally, he optimizes the optoelectronic properties of solar radiation-absorbing materials, aiding photovoltaic efficiency. His interests extend to stable stoichiometries for efficient photovoltaic applications and sustainable technologies such as green hydrogen generation and wastewater remediation. He has published numerous articles cited by peers in the scientific community, reflecting his impact on sustainable energy and advanced materials research with an h-index of 10 and i10-index of 10. Recently, he received the "Outstanding Paper Award-2023" from the esteemed Energy Advances journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Dr. Parasharam M. Shirage is a Professor in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore and a Visiting Professor at Meiji University, Ikuta Campus, Tokyo, Japan. He is currently serving as Vice-Chairman of JEE(Advanced) at IIT Indore. He has been listed in the world's top 2 % of scientists since its inception and is a gold medallist in materials science at IIT Indore. He has more than 13 years of teaching experience at IIT Indore. He has served as Dean of Planning, Head of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, and Chief Warden of the Hall of Residence at IIT Indore from 2017 to July 2019. Prior to that, he was a Visiting Fellow at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai; he was a Senior Scientist at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan. He authorizes over 450 peer-reviewed research papers with 7015 citations h-index 49, i10-index = 159. Under his supervision, 19 PhD, 41 master's, and 15 BTech students have completed their thesis. Currently, his research group has 6 BTech, 07 PhD students, and 1 master's student. He is the recipient of a highly prestigious Medal from the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) 2020. He is a Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences and a member of the Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT). Among the various honours and awards received, mention must be made of the MRSI Medal 2020, Excellence in Teaching i.e., Best Teacher Award at IIT Indore (2016), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) award from Japan (2006), MEXT fellowship (2008) from Japan, MK-21 (Geongnam Technopark ) award from Ministry of South Korea (2004), Visiting Fellowship from TIFR Mumbai, Best paper presentation award from Materials Research Society of India (2000 and 2019), RSC outstanding paper 2024, Paper of Editors suggestion from American Physical Society three times (2011, 2009,2008), Paper of editor's choice from Physical Society of Japan (JPS) (2011, 2009). He is a fellow of the Institute of Physics, U.K., a member of the executing body of the Indian Scientist Association in Japan (ISAJ), on the editorial board of The Open Applied Physics Journal (BENTHAM), and a reviewer for APS, ACS, JPS, IOP, Elsevier journals.

阿比謝克·斯里瓦斯塔瓦先生目前正在印度印多爾的印度理工學院冶金工程與材料科學系攻讀博士學位。他目前的研究工作專注於尋找無鉛鈣鈦礦材料以應用於太陽能電池，以及其他一些混合型太陽能電池模組，如染料敏化太陽能電池。此外，他還優化太陽輻射吸收材料的光電特性，以提高光伏效率。他的興趣擴展到穩定的化學計量比，以實現高效的光伏應用和可持續技術，如綠氫生成和廢水修復。他已發表多篇文章，受到科學界同行的引用，反映出他在可持續能源和先進材料研究方面的影響，h-index 為 10，i10-index 為 10。最近，他獲得了由皇家化學學會出版的Energy Advances期刊頒發的「2023年傑出論文獎」。

帕拉沙拉姆·M·希拉基博士是印度理工學院印多爾冶金工程與材料科學系的教授，並且是日本東京明治大學生田校區的訪問教授。他目前擔任印多爾印度理工學院 JEE(Advanced) 的副主席。自該計畫成立以來，他一直被列為全球前 2% 的科學家，並且是印多爾印度理工學院材料科學的金牌獲得者。他在印多爾印度理工學院擁有超過 13 年的教學經驗。自 2017 年至 2019 年 7 月，他曾擔任規劃院院長、冶金工程與材料科學系主任以及印多爾印度理工學院宿舍的首席監管人。在此之前，他曾是孟買塔塔基礎研究所 (TIFR) 的訪問研究員；並且曾在日本筑波的先進工業科學技術研究所 (AIST) 擔任高級科學家。他發表了超過 450 篇經過同行評審的研究論文，引用次數達 7015，h-index 為 49，i10-index 為 159。在他的指導下，已有 19 名博士生、41 名碩士生和 15 名學士生完成了論文。目前，他的研究小組有 6 名學士生、7 名博士生和 1 名碩士生。他是 2020 年印度材料研究學會 (MRSI) 頒發的極具聲望的獎章獲得者。他是馬哈拉施特拉科學院的院士，也是印度物理教師協會 (IAPT) 的成員。在他所獲得的各種榮譽和獎項中，值得一提的有 2020 年 MRSI 獎章、2016 年印多爾印度理工學院的教學卓越獎（最佳教師獎）、2006 年來自日本的日本科學促進會 (JSPS) 獎、2008 年來自日本的 MEXT 獎學金、2004 年來自南韓的 MK-21（京南科技園）獎、來自孟買 TIFR 的訪問獎學金、2000 年和 2019 年印度材料研究學會的最佳論文報告獎、2024 年 RSC 傑出論文獎、三次獲得美國物理學會的編輯建議論文（2011、2009、2008）、以及 2011 年和 2009 年日本物理學會的編輯選擇論文。他是英國物理學會的院士，印度科學家協會在日本的執行機構成員，《開放應用物理學期刊》（BENTHAM）的編輯委員會成員，以及 APS、ACS、JPS、IOP、Elsevier 期刊的審稿人。