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 citationsProf. Yuhua Wang is Director of the National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Optical Conversion Materials and Technology, and Professor at the School of Materials and Energy, Lanzhou University, China. From 2006 to 2012, he was Deputy Dean of the School of Physics Science and Technology at Lanzhou University. His research interests involve the discovery, development, and application of novel functional materials, and he has received numerous research grants and awards. Prof. Wang has published a large number of journal articles, several book chapters, and 21 patents.

• 1. Introduction: Why perovskites and perovskite solar cells?2. Organometal lead halide perovskite3. Evolution of perovskite solar cells4. Perovskite solar cell architectures5. Hybrid inorganic organic perovskites: A low-cost, efficient optoelectronic material6. Ion migration in hybrid perovskites: Evolving understanding of a dynamic phenomenon7. Low dimensional perovskites8. Developing high efficiency perovskite solar cells by defect engineering9. Interface engineering in perovskite solar cells10. Additive engineering in perovskite solar cells11. The role of anti solvents in perovskite solar cells12. Developments of single crystal perovskite solar cells13. Optoelectronic characterization of perovskite solar cells14. Inorganic perovskites15. Mathematical modelling of perovskite solar cells16. Fabrication and lifetime of perovskite solar cells17. Hole-conductor free perovskite solar cells18. Heterojunction perovskite solar cells19. Flexible perovskite solar cells20. Fabrication of semi-transparent perovskite solar cells21. Commercialization of largescale perovskite solar energy technology and scaling up issues22. Perovskite photovoltaics: Life cycle assessment