Perovskite Solar Cells: Fundamental Approaches and Materials Processing for Sustainable Future (Springer Tracts in Electrical and Electronics Engineering)

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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.