Perovskite Photovoltaics

Dr. Aparna Thankappan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Baselius College, Kerala, India. She completed her PhD in Photonics in 2015 at Cochin University of Science and Technology, before working on a project on ZnO nanostructures for solar cell applications at the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, from 2015 to 2017. She has published numerous articles and edited books in the area of advanced materials. Professor Sabu Thomas is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. He is a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India. He is also a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. He is the Chairman of the TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The H index of Professor Thomas is 163 and he has more than 133,000 citations

• 1. Introduction: why perovskites and perovskite solar cells?2. Organo –metal lead halide perovskite3. Evolution of perovskite solar cells4. Perovskite solar cell architectures5. Optical bandgap positions and engineering of perovskites6. Properties in hybrid perovskites7. Ion migration in hybrid perovskites8. Low dimensional perovskite9. Lifetime of perovskite solar cells10. Hole conductor free perovskite solar cells11. Flexible perovskite solar cells12. Commercialisation of large-scale perovskite solar energy technology and scaling up issues13. Perovskite photovoltaics: life-cycle assessment