Semiconductor Materials, Devices and Characterization Group (SMDC)
RESUME
Dr. Pankaj Yadav is an Assistant Professor at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gujarat, India. Prior to joining PDPU, he worked as a Swiss Excellence fellow with Prof. Michael Gratezel at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Yadav is a recipient of many prestigious awards including Fulbright fellowship, Swiss Excellence fellowship, Overseas postdoctoral fellowship, etc. He has many international active collaborations in Switzerland, UK, Sweden, Germany, US and others. He has published more than 55 papers in International journals and enjoys to be an active discussing material tech trends on the theme of energy with public, students and policy makers.
At PDPU, Pankaj is exploring the fundamentals and applications of different materials for various energy harvesting and storage devices. His current research interests ranges from thin film devices, solar photovoltaic, perovskite solar cells, hydrogen generation, fuel cells, energy generation and storage devices, and electroanalytical characterizations.
Professional
info
Career Highlights
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Swiss government excellence post doctoral Fellowship, Swiss government (2016 - 2017)
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Science and Engineering Research Board Overseas postdoctoral fellowship, Govt. of India (2016)
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Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship, USA government (2016)
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DST International Travel Grant (2015)
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Silver Medal (for securing 2nd rank in University) in MSc.
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Silver Medal (for securing 2nd rank in University) in BSc.
Skills
Work
experience
Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Solar Energy, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat, India
2017 - present
Swiss Excellence Fellow (Postdoc),
Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2016-2017
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Elucidating Intrinsic and Interfacial Kinetics of Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells
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Investigation of Multiple‐Cation‐Based High‐Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells
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Fabricating of high efficiency perovskite solar cells
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Electrical department, Incheon national University (South Korea)
2015-2016
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Investigation of the electron-transfer kinetics for solar cells and photo detectors
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Elucidating the working mechanism of photo detectors in photovoltaic and photocurrent mode
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Fabricating the zero bias photo detectors using the perovskite material
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DC characterization techniques: Current-voltage measurement, Cyclic voltammetry, Galvanostatic charge discharge, Open circuit voltage decay measurement
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AC characterization techniques: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Mott Schottky analysis, IMPS, IMVS
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CH Instruments and PGSTAT Autolab electrochemical workstation
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UV-Vis and near IR absorbance spectroscopy
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Carl Zeiss scanning electron microscope, Pananalytical X-ray diffraction, Solar simulator
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Development of appropriate analytical models by coupling the DC and AC characterization technique
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Thin film fabrication instruments
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Thermal evaporation
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Sputtering
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Spin coating
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Autoclave
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Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
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Spray pyrolysis
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Chemical bath deposition
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Electrodeposition
Dr. Pankaj Yadav, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Solar Energy,
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University,
Gandhinagar - 382007, Gujarat,
India
Education
PhD (Photovoltaic Science and Engineering)
Dept. of Solar Energy, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat, India
2012-2015
Thesis title: Electro-Analytical characterization of Silicon and Dye-Sensitized solar cells
MSc (Physics, Specialization: Electronic Science)
Gujarat University, Gujarat, India
2009-2011
The master's project entitled "Plasma Enhance Chemical Vapor deposition of thin films" was carried out at Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
BSc (Physics, Specialization: Electronic Science)
Gujarat University, Gujarat, India
2006-2009
Languages
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Microsoft Office
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MATLAB
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C language
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Origin Software