Ajay Singh
Assistant Professor
91 361 2583698 singhajay@iitg.ac.in
Key Research Areas: Solar Photovoltaics and Organic Electronics. Fabrication and characterization of Perovskite Solar Cells, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Organic Solar Cells and Tandem Solar Cells. Numerical modeling of Solar Cells, LEDs, Transistors and Thermoelectric Nanowires.Personal Website | IRINS Profile
Solar Photovoltaics and Organic Electronics. Fabrication and characterization of Perovskite Solar Cells, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Organic Solar Cells and Tandem Solar Cells. Numerical modeling of Solar Cells, LEDs, Transistors and Thermoelectric Nanowires.
Google Scholar link
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=txv_F64AAAAJ&hl=en
Education
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Degree |
Discipline |
University/Institute |
Year |
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Dr. -Ing. (Doctor of Engineering) |
Electrical and Computer Science Engineering: Perovskite Solar Cells |
Technical University of Munich, Germany |
2021 |
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M. Tech. |
Optoelectronics and Optical Communication |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
2016 |
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B. Tech. |
Engineering Physics |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
2014 |
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I.T.I (Vocational Training) |
Electrician |
Industrial Training Institute Bayana |
2007 |
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May 2023- May 2024 |
Development Engineer, AVANCIS GmbH, Germany Topic: Solvent-free perovskite top cell for Perovskite/CIGS tandem solar cells |
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July 2021-Mar 2023 |
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Topic: Thermal evaporation and degradation analysis of tin-perovskite films |
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Oct 2017- June 2021 |
DAAD Ph.D. Scholar, Technical University Munich, Germany Supervisor: Prof. Alessio Gagliardi Topic: Theoretical and experimental investigation of electronic and ionic transport in perovskite solar cells |
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Nov 2019- Feb 2020, Aug 2020-Nov 2020 |
Visiting Research Scholar, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy Topic: Fabrication and characterization of semitransparent perovskite solar cells |
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Aug 2016-Jul 2017 |
CSIR-Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India Topic: Developing optical frequency-comb for high-bandwidth data communication |
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Jan 2016-July 2016 |
Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Topic: Electrochemical deposition of PbO over nanoporous-Si, and then conversion into CHPI perovskite (2D) |
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May 2015-May 2016 |
M. Tech. Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Topic: Design and development of solar pumped Nd:YAG Laser |
| May 2013-July 2013 |
Industrial training, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), India Topic: Investigating minority carrier lifetimes in crystalline silicon solar cells |
Awards
- DAAD Research Scholarship to pursue Doctorate at the Technical University of Munich, 2017-2021
- CSIR-JRF 2015 (Junior Research Fellowship) and NET 2015 (National Eligibility Test)
- GATE 2014 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Scholarship
- IIT JEE 2010 (Indian Institute of Technology, Joint Entrance Exam)
Journal Publications
- A. Singh and A. Gagliardi. Drift-diffusion modeling of perovskite solar cells: past and future possibilities. EES Solar, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EL00040H
- J. Hieulle, A. Krishna, A. Boziki, J. N. Audinot, M. U. Farooq, J. F. Machado, M. M., H. Phirke, A. Singh, T. Wirtz, A. Tkatchenko, M. Graetzel, A. Hagfeldt and A. Redinger. Understanding and decoupling the role of wavelength and defects in light-induced degradation of metal-halide perovskites. Energy & Environmental Science, 17, 2024, 184-295. DOI: 10.1039/D3EE03511E.
- H. Phirke, S. Gharabeiki, A. Singh, A. Krishna, S. Siebentritt & A. Redinger. Quantifying recombination and charge carrier extraction in halide perovskites via hyperspectral time-resolved photoluminescence imaging. APL Energy, 2, 1, 2024, 016111. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0188166.
- A. Krishna, V. Škorjanc, M. Dankl, J. Hieulle, H. Phirke, A. Singh, E. A. Alharbi, H. Zhang, F. Eickemeyer, S. M. Zakeeruddin, G. N. M. Reddy, A. Redinger, U. Rothlisberger, M. Grätzel and A. Hagfeldt. Mitigating the Heterointerface Driven Instability in Perovskite Photovoltaics. ACS Energy Letters, 8, 8, 2023, 3604-3613. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01029.
- A. Singh, J. Hieulle, J. F. Machado, S Gharabeiki, W. Zuo, M. U. Farooq, H. Phirke, M. Saliba and A. Redinger, Coevaporation stabilizes tin based perovskites in a single Sn-oxidation state. Nano Letters, 22, 17, 2022, 7112-7118. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02204.
- W. Kaiser, K. Hussain, A. Singh, A. A. Alothman, D. Meggiolaro, A. Gagliardi, E. Mosconi and Filippo De Angelis, Defect Formation and Healing at Grain Boundaries in Lead-Halide Perovskites. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, 2022, 24854-24865. DOI: 10.1039/D2TA06336K.
- A. Singh and T. Mukherjee, Application of carotenoids in sustainable energy and green electronics. Materials Advances, 3, 3, 2022, 1341-1358. DOI: 10.1039/D1MA01070K.
- S. Siebentritt, U.Rau, S. Gharabeiki, T. P. Weiss, A. Prot, T. Wang, D. Adeleye, M. Drahem and A. Singh, Photoluminescence assessment of materials for solar cell absorbers. Faraday Discussions, 239, 2022, 112-129. DOI: 10.1039/D2FD00057A.
- A. Singh, F. Matteocci, H. Zhu, D. Rossi, S. Mejaouri, S. Cacovich, M. A. D. Maur, F. Sauvage, A. Gagliardi, M. Grätzel and A. D. Carlo, Methylamine gas treatment affords improving semi-transparency, efficiency and stability of CH3NH3PbBr3-based perovskite solar cells. Solar RRL, 5, 9, 2021, 2100277. DOI: 10.1002/solr.202100277.
- A. Singh, W. Kaiser and A. Gagliardi, Role of cation-mediated recombination in perovskite solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 221, 2021, 110912. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110912.
- L. Canil, T. Cramer, B. Fraboni, D. Ricciarelli, D. Meggiolaro, A. Singh, M. Liu, M. Rusu, C. M. Wolff, N. Phung, Q. Wang, D. Neher, T. Unold, P. Vivo, A. Gagliardi, F. D. Angelis and A. Abate, Tuning Halide Perovskite Energy Levels. Energy & Environmental Science, 14, 3, 2021, 1429-1438. DOI: 10.1039/D0EE02216K.
- A. Singh and A. Gagliardi, Device simulation of all-Perovskite four-terminal tandem solar cells: Towards 33% efficiency, EPJ Photovoltaics, 12, 2021, 4. DOI: 10.1051/epjpv/2021004.
- K.P. Nagarajun, B.S. Vikram, R. Prakash, A. Singh, S. K. Selvaraja and V.R. Supradeepa, Optical frequency comb based on nonlinear spectral broadening of a phase modulated comb source driven by dual offset locked carriers. Optics Letters, 45, 4, 2020, 893-896. DOI: 10.1364/OL.381319.
- B.S. Vikram, R. Prakash, K.P. Nagarajun, A. Singh, S. K. Selvaraja and V.R. Supradeepa. Generation of multi-wavelength source spanning the entire c-band by nonlinear spectral broadening of dual-carrier electro-optic frequency combs. OSA Continuum, 3, 8, 2020, 2185. DOI: 10.1364/OSAC.401107.
- A. Singh and A. Gagliardi, Efficiency of all-perovskite two-terminal tandem solar cells: A drift-diffusion study. Solar Energy, 187, 2019, 39-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.05.006.
- A. Singh, E. Radicchi, S. Fantacci, F. Nunzi, F. De Angelis and A. Gagliardi, Interface electrostatics of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells: A joint drift-diffusion and density functional theory study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 24, 2019, 14955-14963. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03658.
- P.K. Kanaujia, A. Singh and G. V. Prakash, Silicon‐based inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposites for optoelectronic applications. Energy Technology, 5, 10, 2017, 1795-1799. DOI: 10.1002/ente.201700355
Conferences Papers
- A. Singh and A. Gagliardi, Role of ion-assisted recombination and grain boundaries in perovskite solar cell hysteresis and efficiency. In 2020 IEEE 20th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), IEEE, 2020, 227-232, DOI: 10.1109/NANO47656.2020.9183602.
- K. P. Nagarjun, B. S. Vikram, R. Prakash, S. Suparna, A. Singh, S. K. Selvaraja and V. R. Supradeepa, Frequency offset locked dual-carrier excitation of phase-modulated electro-optic frequency combs for bandwidth scaling and nonlinear spectral broadening. In Proc. SPIE 10561, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems VII, SPIE, 2018, 1056109, DOI: 10.1117/12.2290148.
Conference Presentations
- A. Singh, J. Hieulle, H. Phirke, S. Gharabeiki, M. U. Farooq, R. Ahmed, J. A. F. Machado, S. Siebentritt and A. Redinger, Synthesis and characterization of CH3NH3SnI3 films: A path towards stable lead-free perovskite solar cells. In Pace Young Scientist Conference, Luxembourg, Oral Presentation, 10-12 Oct 2022.
- A. Singh, J. Hieulle, H. Phirke, J. A. F. Machado, S. Gharabeiki, R. Ahmad,
S. Siebentritt and A. Redinger, Sn4+-free, stable tin perovskite films for lead-free perovskite solar cells. In 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Philadelphia, USA, Oral Presentation, 5-10 June 2022, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9938891 - J. Hieulle, M. U. Farooq, J. A. F. Machado, A. Singh, A. Krishna, A. Hagfeldt and A. Redinger, Intrinsic Light Instabilities in Metal Halide Perovskites. In 2022 MRS Fall Meeting, Oral Presentation, Boston, USA, 26 Nov - 1 Dec 2022, https://www.mrs.org/docs/default-source/meetings-events/fall-meetings/2022/f22-program-final.pdf?sfvrsn=8bdc60e_2
H. Phirke, A. Singh, J. Hieulle, A Redinger and A. Krishna, Inhomogeneities in lead halide perovskite absorbers revealed by quantitative Photoluminescence Imaging. In International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV22), Valencia, Spain, Oral presentation, 19-25 May 2022, https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2022.073.
- A. Singh, and A. Gagliardi. Role of Ionic-Assisted Recombination and Grain Boundaries in Perovskite Solar Cell Hysteresis and Efficiency. In IEEE 20th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO: Virtual), Montreal, Canada, Oral presentation, 29-31 July 2020, DOI: 10.1109/NANO47656.2020.9183602.
- A. Singh, E. Radicchi, S. Fantacci, F. Nunzi, F. D. Angelis and A. Gagliardi, Investigation of interface electrostatics of solid-state dye sensitized solar cells. In 2nd Dyenamo DSSC Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, Oral presentation, 14-15 October 2019, https://dyenamo.se/conference_program_day1.php.
- A. Singh and A. Gagliardi, Drift-diffusion and machine learning for high efficiency perovskite-perovskite based tandem solar cells. In International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV), Rome, Italy, Poster presentation, 12-14 May 2019, https://www.nanoge.org/proceedings/HOPV19/5c35fb65c551940ccd2f4349.
- A. Gagliardi, A. Singh and W. Kaiser, Simulation of ion migration in perovskite solar cells using a Kinetic Monte Carlo/Drift-diffusion numerical model and analysis of the impact on device performance. In International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics (HOPV), Benidorm, Spain, Oral presentation, 28-31 May, 2018, DOI: 10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2018.099.
- K. P. Nagarjun, B. S. Vikram, R. Prakash, S. Suparna, A. Singh, S. K. Selvaraja and V. R. Supradeepa. Frequency offset locked dual-carrier excitation of phase-modulated electro-optic frequency combs for bandwidth scaling and nonlinear spectral broadening. In Proc. SPIE 10561, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems VII, San Francisco, United States, Oral presentation, January 2018. DOI: 10.1117/12.2290148.
- A. Singh, M. Gupta and D.S. Mehta, Solar pumped Nd:YAG laser systems. In International conference on Light and Light Based Technologies (ICLLT), Tezpur, Assam, Oral presentation: ICL2T/2016/092, November 2016.
