Perovskite Photovoltaics: Basic to Advanced Concepts and Implementation, Edition 2

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.

Dr. Sabu Thomas (Ph.D.) is the Director of the School of Energy Materials, School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He received his Ph. D. in 1987 in Polymer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, and a member of the American Chemical Society. He has been ranked no.1 in India about the number of publications (most productive scientists). Prof. Thomas’s research group specialized areas of polymers which includes Polymer blends, Fiber filled polymer composites, Particulate-filled polymer composites and their morphological characterization, Ageing and degradation, Pervaporation phenomena, sorption and diffusion, Interpenetrating polymer systems, Recyclability and reuse of waste plastics and rubbers, Elastomer cross-linking, Dual porous nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering, etc. Prof. Thomas’s research group has extensive exchange programs with different industries, research, and academic institutions all over the world and is performing world-class collaborative research in various fields. Professors Centre is equipped with various sophisticated instruments and has established state-of-the-art experimental facilities which cater to the needs of researchers within the country and abroad. His H Index- 133, Google Citations- 86424, Number of Publications- 1300, and Books-160.

Prof. 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.