RESEARCH INTERESTS

Electronic devices, photovoltaics, nanofabrication, bandgap engineering, and interfaces between absorbing layer & charge transport layers for electronic devices.

Education

2018 – 2020: M.Tech. Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India, Master of Technology | Green Energy Technology
2012 – 2016: B.Tech, Uttarakhand Technical University, Uttarakhand, India, Bachelor of Technology | Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Experience (Internship)

Aug 2020 – present

Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit, and Centre for Nano Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
Junior Research Fellow – with Prof. Satish Patil and Prof. Sushobhan Avasthi
Engineering a low cost small organic molecule as charge transport layer as an alternative
of Spiro-OMeTAD by tuning the bandgap (M.Tech Thesis).
• Developing stable pervoskite solar cells by partial substitution of A site cation.
• Integrating flexible substrate for large area perovskite solar cell applications with Acetamidinium
substitution on MAPbI matrix.
• Learning about the interfaces between perovskite layer and charge transport layer, bandgap
tunability.

Aug 2019 – Dec 2019

Nano-photovoltaic Lab, Pondicherry University M.Tech Student – with Prof. Ravindra Prasanth
• Developed a novel nano-particle based coating for self-cleaning application of solar cell
surfaces.

Publications and Conferences

• S. Kumar, A.K. Palariya, “Acetamidinium-substituted methylammonioum lead iodide based
  perovskite solar cell on flexible stainless-steel substrate”, 2021 IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists
  Conference (PVSC), Accepted.
• A.K. Palariya, A. Choudhary, A.Yadav, “Modelling, Control And Simulation Of MPPT
  For Wind Energy Conversion Using Matlab/Simulink”, ij-tejas, Volume 1, Issue 2, July
  2016.(Undergraduate)[PDF]
• A.K. Palariya, C. Sharma, “Feasibility study to evaluate the integration of solar photovoltaic
  grid-tied with smart EV charging to promote electric mobility in Pondicherry”, MTECS
  2018, IIITDM- Kancheepuram.(Poster Presentation)