Metal Oxides for Next-generation Optoelectronic, Photonic, and Photovoltaic Applications

Vijay Kumar is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. His current research endeavors include the synthesis, processing, and characterization of functional materials, solid-state luminescent materials, soft and ceramic materials, biopolymers, drug delivery devices, and wastewater treatment. Dr. Vishal Sharma is presently working as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Forensic Science & Criminology, Faculty of Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He currently heads the Institute at Panjab University. He has obtained his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India and Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India. He is the recipient of DAE Young Scientist Research Award in 2011. Recently he has been conferred the best researcher award by Panjab University under Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE), DST Govt. of India grant and Dr. P.D. Sethi National Award in 2018. He is the author of more than 90 peer-reviewed scientific papers, six book chapters and three books as editor. His current research focus is in the field of Material Science and includes the synthesis of smart materials for different applications, nanophosphors, hydrogels, sensors (drug sensing, fingermark sensing). Hendrik C. Swart is a senior professor in the Department of Physics at the University of the Free State, South Africa. His research investigates the degradation of phosphors for field emission displays, as well as developing materials for nano solid-state lighting. He has been key in the development of processes to synthesize and deposit thin films of several types of semiconductor nanoparticles to enhance the color, luminescent intensity, and lifetime of such displays. Dr. Subrata Das is a distinguished materials scientist in India and a Senior Scientist at CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram since mid-2017. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian School of Mines Dhanbad (presently known as Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad) in 2010. In mid-2011, he joined the Optoelectronic Research Laboratory in the Chemical Engineering Department of National Taiwan University. He was selected for the National Science Council post-doctoral fellowship in Taiwan in 2013. His research focuses on down-converted phosphors for lighting and display applications, upconverted nanophosphors for sensor and imaging applications, persistent or dark glow phosphors for energy-saving displays, and night vision applications.

• Section 1: Metal oxide-based transparent electronics1. Optical Transparency combined with Electrical Conductivity: Challenges and Prospects2. Transparent Ceramics: The Material of Next Generation3. Transparent metal oxides in OLED devicesSection 2: Metal oxide-based phosphors and their applications4. Metal oxide-based nanophosphors for next generation optoelectronic and display applications5. Metal oxide-based phosphors for white light-emitting diodes6. Thermographic phosphors7. Metal oxide-based phosphors for chemical sensors8. Upconversion nanophosphors for biosensing applicationSection 3: Metal oxides for photonic and optoelectronic applications9. Metal oxide-based LEDs and lasers10. All Metal oxide-based photodetectors11. Metal oxide charge transport layers for halide perovskite light-emitting diodes12. Antireflective Coatings and Optical Filters13. Colloidal metal oxides and their optoelectronic and photonic application14. Metal oxides in quantum dot-based LEDs and their application15. Metal oxides for bio-photonics16. Metal oxides for plasmonic applications17. Metal oxide nanomaterials dispersed liquid crystals for advanced electro-optical devicesSection 4: Metal oxides for solar-cell applications18. Metal Oxides for Dye-Sensitized solar cells19. Metal oxides in organic solar cells20. Metal oxides for hybrid photo-assisted electrochemical energy conversion systems