Dr. Rahul Pandey
Assistant Professor

rahul.pandey@chitkara.edu.in

Expert Areas : PERC solar cell, Perovskite Solar Cell, Tandem Solar Cell, Advanced FET Devices, SILVACO ATLAS, SCAPS-1D, AFORS-HET, AMPS-1D.

Dr. Rahul Pandey is currently an Assistant Professor (Research) and associated with VLSI Centre of Excellence at CURIN department of Chitkara University. He received his doctorate (PhD) in design and simulations of solar cells, while associated with the Microelectronics Research Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University, New Delhi, India. During PhD work novel architectures have been designed for next-generation photovoltaics. He has been awarded junior and a senior research fellowship from University Grant Commission (UGC) Government of India. He has also one DST sponsored project (Rs. 24.5 Lacs) to his credit for the development of PERC solar cell through device simulations. He has been awarded international travel support from the DST, Delhi Technological University and CSIR, India for presenting part of his research work in USA and Portugal. He is an active reviewer of several international journals of high repute. He received research excellence and incentive awards from Chitkara University, Punjab and from Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India. His research area covers the design and simulation of solar cells, semiconductor physics, thin films and nanotechnology, electronic engineering, solar energy materials, photodetectors, Silicon, and perovskite solar cells. He is a member of International Solar Energy Society (ISES), Wiesentalstr. 50, 79115 Freiburg, Germany. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Solar Energy Society of India (SESI).

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RESEARCHER IDs

Field of Specializations

  1. Silicon-based high-efficiency solar cells such as PERC, HIT and TOPCon.
  2. POLO contact for high-efficiency silicon solar cell
  3. Front surface design to increase the optical coupling in the active region of the solar cell.
  4. Surface passivation of the solar cell.
  5. Perovskite solar cell.
  6. Electron and hole transport layers.
  7. Tunnel FET and FinFET.
  8. Expertise in SILVACO TCAD Omni and Victory Bundle, SCAPS-1D, AFORS-HET, AMPS-1D semiconductor device simulators.

ONGOING PROJECT

  1. Development of Fabrication Feasible PERC Solar Cells for More Than 23% Conversion Efficiencies Using the Process and Device Simulations. 24.3 Lacs, funded by DST-SERB under Start-up Research Grant. Sanctioned on 26/11/2019.

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

*Corresponding author

Paper published in Journals and conferences:

Total Publications: 54

  • 25               Papers in International Refereed Journals
  • 27               Papers in International Conferences
  • 01               National Conference
  • 01               Book Chapter

Journal publication:

  1. S. Sharma, R. Pandey*, J. Madan and R. Sharma, “Numerical simulations and proof of concept for performance assessment of cesium based lead-free wide-bandgap halide solar cells,” Optical Materials, Elsevier, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2020.110644.
  2. P. Sharma, J. Madan, R. Pandey*, and R. Sharma, “RF analysis of double gate junctionless Tunnel FET for wireless communication systems: A Non-Quasi Static Approach,” Journal of Electronic Materials, Springer, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s11664-020-08538-4.
  3. P. Sharma, K. Sharma, H. S. Jatana, J. Madan, R. Pandey*, and R. Sharma, “A 1.1 μW biopotential amplifier based on bulk-driven quasi-floating gate technique with extremely low-value of offset voltage,” Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, vol. 103, pp. 303-313, 2020/05/01 2020. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10470-020-01623-y
  4. K. Sharma, A. Pathania, R. Pandey*, J. Madan, and R. Sharma, “MOS based pseudo-resistors exhibiting Tera Ohms of Incremental Resistance for biomedical applications: Analysis and proof of concept,” Integration, 2020/08/30/ 2020. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167926020302625?dgcid=rss_sd_all
  5. Pathania, R.  Pandey*, J. Madan, and R. Sharma, “Design and optimization of 26.3% efficient perovskite/FeSi2 monolithic tandem solar cell,” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, vol. 31, pp. 15218-15224, 2020/09/01 2020. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10854-020-04086-z
  6. Pathania, J. Madan, R.  Pandey*, and R. Sharma, “Effect of structural and temperature variations on perovskite/Mg2Si based monolithic tandem solar cell structure,” Applied Physics A, vol. 126, p. 580, 2020/07/02 2020. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00339-020-03758-1
  7. R. Pandey, A. Khanna, K. Singh, S. K. Patel, H. Singh, and J. Madan, “Device simulations: Toward the design of> 13% efficient PbS colloidal quantum dot solar cell,” Solar Energy, vol. 207, pp. 893-902, 2020. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X20307131
  8. J. Madan, Shivani, R. Pandey*, and R. Sharma, “Device simulation of 17.3% efficient lead-free all-perovskite tandem solar cell,” Solar Energy, vol. 197, pp. 212-221, 2020/02/01/ 2020. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X20300062
  9. Jaya Madan, Rahul Pandey*, Rajnish Sharma and Rishu Chaujar, “Investigation of electrical/analog performance and reliability of gate metal and source pocket engineered DG-TFET”Microsystem Technologies, Springer, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-020-04845-2, April 2020.Visit: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00542-020-04845-2
  10. Preeti Sharma, Kulbhushan Sharma, H.S Jatana, Jaya Madan, Rahul Pandey* and Rajnish Sharma, “A 1.1 µW biopotential amplifier based on bulk-driven quasi-floating gate technique with extremely low-value of offset voltage”Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Springer, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-020-01623-y, April 2020. Visit: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10470-020-01623-y
  11. Jaya Madan, Minaxi Dassi, Rahul Pandey*, Rishu Chaujar and Rajnish Sharma, “Numerical analysis of Mg2Si/Si heterojunction DG-TFET for low power/high performance applications: Impact of non- idealities” Superlattices and Microstructures, Elsevier, 139, p. 106397, 2020.Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749603619318774
  12. Jaya Madan, Rahul Pandey* and Rishu Chaujar, “Conducting Polymer based Gas Sensor using PNIN- Gate All Around – Tunnel FET” Silicon, Springer, p. 1-9, 2020. IN PRESS. Visit: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12633-020-00394-5
  13. Jaya Madan, Shivani, Rahul Pandey* and Rajnish Sharma, “Device simulation of 17.3% efficient lead-free all-perovskite tandem solar cell” Solar Energy, Elsevier, 197, p. 212-221, 2020.Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X20300062
  14. Jaya Madan, Sparsh Garg, Kartavya Gupta, Shivam Rana, Aanchal Manocha and Rahul Pandey* and Rajnish Sharma, “Numerical simulation of charge transport layer free perovskite solar cell using metal work function shifted contacts” Optik, Elsevier, 202, p. 163646, 2020.Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003040261931544X
  15. Jaya Madan, Rahul Pandey*, Rajnish Sharma and Rishu Chaujar,“Impact of metal silicide source electrode on polarity gate induced source in junctionless TFET” Applied Physics A. 2019;125(9):600.Visit: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00339-019-2900-6
  16. Rahul Pandey, Anu Singla, Jaya Madan, Rajnish Sharma and Rishu Chaujar, “Toward the design of monolithic 23.1% efficient hysteresis and moisture free perovskite/c-Si HJ tandem solar cell: A numerical simulation study” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, IOP, 29, p. 064001,2019.Visit: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6439/ab1512
  17. Rahul Pandey, Anand Prakash Saini and Rishu Chaujar, “Numerical Simulations: Toward the Design of 18.6% Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cell Using Reduced Cerium Oxide Based ETL” Vacuum, 159, pp. 173-181, 2019. Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0042207X17318699
  18. Rahul Pandey andRishu Chaujar, “Rear contact silicon solar cells with a-SiCX:H based front surface passivation for near-ultraviolet radiation stability,”Superlattices and Microstructures, 122, pp. 111-123, 2018.Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749603618310413
  19. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Numerical simulations of novel SiGe-based IBC-HJ solar cell for standalone and mechanically stacked tandem applications,” Materials Research Bulletin, 93, pp. 282-289, 2017.Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025540817307523
  20. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Technology computer aideddesign of 29.5% efficient perovskite/interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction mechanically stacked tandem solar cell for energy-efficient applications,” Journal of Photonics for Energy, 7, pp. 022503-022503, 2017.Visit: https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.7.022503
  21. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Rear contact SiGe solar cell with SiC passivated front surface for> 90-percent external quantum efficiency and improved power conversion efficiency,” Solar Energy, 135, pp. 242-252, 2016. Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X16301748
  22. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Numerical simulations: Toward the design of 27.6% efficient four-terminal semi-transparent perovskite/SiC passivated rear contact silicon tandem solar cell,” Superlattices and Microstructures, 100, pp. 656-666, 2016.Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749603616311648
  23. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Numerical simulation of rear contact silicon solar cell with a novel front surface design for the suppression of interface recombination and improved absorption,” Current Applied Physics, 16, pp. 1581-1587, 2016. Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567173916302395
  24. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Novel back-contact back-junction SiGe (BC-BJ SiGe) solar cell for improved power conversion efficiency,” Microsystem Technologies, 22, pp. 2673-2680, 2016. Visit: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00542-015-2552-1
  25. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Front surface passivation scheme for back-contact back-junction (BC-BJ) silicon solar cell,” Advanced Science Letters, 22, pp. 815-820, 2016.(I. F= 1.253@2010). Visit: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/asp/asl/2016/00000022/00000004/art00017

 

Conference Publications

  1. K. Sharma, R. K. Tripathi, H. S. Jatana, R. Pandey, Jaya Madan, Preeti Sharma, Rajnish Sharma, “Current reference circuit operable at low voltages using composite MOS triode resistor”, 2020 IEEE VLSI Device, Circuit and Systems conference (VLSI-DCS), pp.-313-316, 18-19 July, 2020, Kolkata, India. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9179868
  2. S. Kashyap, J. Madan,R. Pandey and R. Sharma, “Comprehensive Study on the Recent Development of PERC Solar Cell,” in 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2020, pp. 2542-2546. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9300985
  3. S. Sharma, S. Gohri, R. Pandey, J. Madan* and R. Sharma, “Device Simulation of Poly (3-hexylthiophene) HTL Based Single and Double Halide Perovskite Solar Cells,” in 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2020, pp. 2327-2330. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9300485
  4. S. Gohri, S. Sharma, R. Pandey, J. Madan*and R. Sharma, “Influence of SnS and Sn2S3 based BSF layers on the performance of CZTSSe solar cell,” in 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2020, pp. 2300-2303. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9300852
  5. A. Pathania, R. Pandey, J. Madan*and R. Sharma, “Performance evaluation of lead-free perovskite solar cell with different Hole/Electron transport materials,” in 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2020, pp. 2288-2291.  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9300674
  6. S. Juneja, Rahul Pandey, Vanshika Arora, Rajnish Sharma and Archana Mantri, “Challenges faced in running ‘Train the Trainers’ program by industry professionals and possible solutions”, Procedia Computer Science, Vol 172, 2020, Pages 427-432, 2020.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187705092031423X
  7. M. Dassi, J. Madan, R. Pandey* and R. Sharma, “Effect of temperature on analog performance of Mg2Si source heterojunction double gate tunnel field effect transistor”, Materials Today: Proceedings, International Conference on Aspects of Materials Science and Engineering (ICAMSE 2020), 29-30th May, 2020, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221478532033488X
  8. Jaya Madan, Rahul Pandey*, Rajnish Sharma, Skanda Shekhar and Rishu Chaujar, “Built-in reliability investigation of gate-drain underlapped PNIN-GAA-TFET for improved linearity and reduced intermodulation distortion” 6th International Conference on ‘Microelectronics, Circuits and Systems’, Micro2019, 06-07thJuly, 2019, Amity University, Kolkata, India.
  9. Rahul Pandey, Jaya Madan, Rajnish Sharma and Rishu Chaujar “Numerical Simulations to Understand the Role of DIO Additive in PTB7:PC71BM Solar Cell” 46th IEEE PVSC, 16th -21st June 2019, Chicago, IL, USA.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8980682
  10. Shivani, Jaya Madan, Rahul Pandey and Rajnish Sharma “Designing of CZTSSe Based SnS Thin Film Solar Cell for Improved Conversion Efficiency: A Simulation Study with SCAPS ” 46th IEEE PVSC, 16th -21st June 2019, Chicago, IL, USA. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8980459
  11. Anisha Pathania, Rahul Pandey, Jaya Madan and Rajnish Sharma “Design and Simulation of Novel Perovskite/Mg2Si Based Monolithic Tandem Solar Cell With 25.5% Conversion Efficiency” 46th IEEE PVSC, 16th -21st June 2019, Chicago, IL, USA. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8980777
  12. Rupinder Kaur, Jaya Madan, Rajnish Sharma, Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar “Capacitive Analysis of Hetero Material Gate PNIN-DG-TFET over Diverge Temperature Range for Superior RF/Microwave PerformanceIEEE EDKCON 2018, 24th -25th Nov. 2018, Kolkata, India. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8770491?denied=
  13. Anu Singla, Rahul Pandey, Rajnish Sharma, Jaya Madan, Kanwardeep Singh, Vinod Kumar Yadav and Rishu Chaujar “Numerical Simulation of CeOx ETL based Perovskite Solar Cell: – An optimization study for high efficiency and stability” IEEE EDKCON 2018, 24th -25th Nov. 2018, Kolkata, India. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8770401
  14. Jaya Madan, Sandeep Sachdeva, Rupinder Kaur, Rajnish Sharma, Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar “Electrical Characteristics Assessment of Gate Metal and Source Pocket Engineered DG-TFET for low Power Analog Applications” IEEE EDKCON 2018, 24th -25th Nov. 2018, Kolkata, India. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8770462
  15. Navneet Arora, Rahul Pandey, Rajnish Sharma, Jaya Madan and Rishu Chaujar “Parametric Variation of ZnSe/TiO2 Electron Transport Layer Based Perovskite Solar Cell: A Simulation Study and Optimization” IEEE EDKCON 2018, 24th -25th Nov. 2018, Kolkata, India.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8770451?denied=
  16. Jaya Madan, Henika Arora, Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar “Analysis of Varied Dielectrics as Surface Passivation on AlGaN/GaN HEMT for Analog Applications” IEEE WECON 2018, 16th – 17th Nov. 2018, Punjab, India. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8782074
  17. Shivam Gupta, Rahul Pandey, Trijul Khatri and Rishu Chaujar, “A moisture stable, hysteresis-free semi-transparent perovskite solar cell with single wall carbon nanotubes” 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7), June 10-15, 2018, Waikoloa Hawaii. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8547616
  18. Jaya Madan, Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Gate Drain Underlapping: A Performance Enhancer For HD-GAA-TFET,” Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier, 5(9), pp17453-17463, 2018. (SNIP=0.694). Visit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214785318311593
  19. Rahul Pandey, Anand Prakash Saini, and Rishu Chaujar, “Numerical simulation of Reduced Cerium Oxide with polaron transport mobility based ETL for stable and efficient Perovskite Solar Cells,” presented at the 17th International Conference on Thin Films, CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India, 2017.
  20. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Rear Contact Silicon Solar Cell with SiC Based Front Surface Passivation for Ultraviolet Radiation Stability” presented at the9th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials, University of Aveiro, Portugal 19-21st July 2017.
  21. Rahul Pandey, Shivam Gupta, Trijjul Khatri, and Rishu Chaujar, “Interdigitated Back Contact Silicon Solar Cell with Perovskite layer for Front Surface Passivation and Ultraviolet Radiation Stability,” presented at the 44th IEEE PVSC, Washington, DC, USA, 2017.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8366313.
  22. Rahul Pandey, Apurva Jain, Ajay Kumar, and Rishu Chaujar “Impact of Minority Carrier Lifetime and Temperature on SiC Based Rear Contact SiGe Solar Cell for Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Applications,” in 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 2016, pp. 270-273.https://www.eupvsec-proceedings.com/proceedings?paper=39327.
  23. Rahul Pandey, Apurva Jain, and Rishu Chaujar, “Novel 4-terminal perovskite/SiC-based rear contact silicon tandem solar cell with 27.6% PCE,” in Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2016 IEEE 43rd, 2016, pp. 0812-0815.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7749718
  24. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Rear contact solar cell with ZrO2 nano structured front surface for efficient light trapping and enhanced surface passivation,” in Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2015 IEEE 42nd, 2015, pp. 1-5.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7356322?denied=
  25. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “Novel SiC encapsulated coaxial silicon nanowire solar cell for optimal photovoltaic performance,” in Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2015 IEEE 42nd, 2015, pp. 1-5.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7355933
  26. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar, “TCAD Analysis of Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) based Back-Contact Back-Junction (BC-BJ) solar cell as an alternative for silicon based cells,” in TechConnectWorld Innov. Conf. Expo (June 14-17, 2015), 2015, pp. 199-202.https://briefs.techconnect.org/wp-content/volumes/TCB2015v2/pdf/481.pdf
  27. Rahul Pandey and Rishu Chaujar “TCAD Analysis of novel back-contact-back junction SiGe (BC-BJ SiGe) solar cell for improved optical and electrical characteristics,” 1st International Conference on Microelectronics, CircuitsAnd System, July 11th -13th, Kolkata, India 2014. Vol. (1) pp. 127-129. ISBN: 8185824-46-0.

 

National

  1. Rahul Pandey, Rishu Chaujar: SiC Encapsulation Based Coaxial Silicon Nanowire Solar Cell forConcentrated Photovoltaic Applications. Second National Conference on Recent Developments in Electronics (NCRDE-2017), Department of Electronic Science, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India. February 17-18, 2017, pp. 84-87.

 

Book Chapters

  1. R. Pandey, J. Madan, R.  Sharma, M. Dassi, R. Chaujar (2020) Built-in Reliability Investigation of Gate-Drain Underlapped PNIN-GAA-TFET for Improved Linearity and Reduced Intermodulation Distortion. In: Sikander A., Acharjee D., Chanda C., Mondal P., Verma P. (eds) Energy Systems, Drives and Automations. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 664. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5089-8_19

 

Other Research realted activities

  1. Member of publication committee of 6th International Conference on Wireless Networks & Embedded Systems WECON 2018 held at Chitkara University during 16th -17th Nov, 2018, Punjab, India.
  2. Served as a Resource person in STEAM School, and shared expertise in the workshop for 10 days on solar cell device simulation during January-April 2019, organized by Chitkara university research and innovation network (CURIN), Chitkara university, Punjab.
  3. Member of DRC committee at Chitkara University, Punjab.
  4. Conducted Summer School on how to write research papers in semiconductor device and simulations.

 

OVERSEAS CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Presented international conference papers in the USA and Portugal.

 

REVIEWER

Active reviewer of

  1. IEEE Electron Device Letters
  2. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  3. IET Nano & Micro Letters,
  4. Current Nanoscience
  5. Physica Status Solidi (a)
  6. Solar Energy
  7. Journal of Electronic Materials
  8. Journal of physics and chemistry of solids
  9. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
  10. Journal of Photonics for Energy.