Paper Published

Publications (List of papers published in SCI Journals, in year wise descending order):

S. No.	Author(s)	Title	Name of Journal	Volume	Page	Year
1	S. Mandal, G. Das, S. Dhar, R. M. Tomy, S. Mukhopadhyay, C. Banerjee, and a. K. Barua	Fabrication of single junction amorphous silicon solar cell/mini module using novel n-type nanocrystalline SiOx:F:H back reflector	J. Mater. Sci. Mater. Electron.	26	331-335	2014
2	S. Mandal, G. Das, S. Dhar, R. M. Tomy, S. Mukhopadhyay, C. Banerjee, and A. K. Barua	Development of a novel fluorinated n-nc-SiO:H material for solar cell application	Mater. Chem. Phys.	157	130-137	2015
3	S. Mandal, S. Mitra, S. Dhar, H. Ghosh, C. Banerjee, S. K. Datta, and H. Saha,	Potential of ITO nanoparticles formed by hydrogen treatment in PECVD for improved performance of back grid contact crystalline silicon solar cell	Appl. Surf. Sci.	349	116-122	2015
4	S. Dhar, S. Mandal, G. Das, S. Mukhopadhyay, P. P. Ray, C. Banerjee, and A. K. Barua	Silicon heterojunction solar cells with novel fluorinated n-type nanocrystalline silicon oxide emitters on p-type crystalline silicon	Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.	54	08KD03	2015
5	S. Mandal, S. Dhar, G. Das, S. Mukhopadhyay, and A. K. Barua	Development of optimized n-μc-Si:H/n-a-Si:H bilayer and its application for improving the performance of single junction a-Si solar cells	Sol. Energy	124	278–286	2016
6	Sukanta Dhar, Chandan Banerjee, Hiranmay Saha, Kunal Ghosh	Modeling and analysis of lifetime curve of amorphous silicon/ crystalline silicon heterostructure solar cell	IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES	63	3996	2016
7	H. Ghosh; S. Mitra; S. Dhar; A. Nandi; S. Majumdar; H. Saha; S. Datta; C. Banerjee	Light-harvesting properties of embedded tin oxide nanoparticles for partial rear contact silicon solar cells	Plasmonics	12	1761–1772	2017
8	Gourab Das, Sourav Mandal, Sukanta Dhar, Sukanta Bose, Jayasree Roy Sharma, Sumita Mukhopadhyay, Chandan Banerjee, and Asok Kumar Barua	Development of Improved n-µc-SiOx:H Films and Its Innovative Application in Silicon-Based Single Junction Thin Film Solar Cells	IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics	7	892 - 899	2017
9	Gourab Das, Sourav Mandal, Sukanta Dhar, Sukanta Bose, Sumita Mukhopadhyay, Chandan Banerjee, A. K. Barua	Development of n-type microcrystalline SiOx:H films and its application by innovative way to improve the performance of single junction µc-Si:H solar cell	Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics	28	5746–5753	2017
10	G. Das, S. Mandal, S. Dhar, S. Bose, S. Mukhopadhyay, C. Banerjee, A. K. Barua	Role of dual buffer at the p/i interface on the performance of single junction microcrystalline solar cells	Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing	66	9-14	2017
11	G. Das, S. Mandal, S. Dhar, S. Bose, J.R, Sharma, S. Mukhopadhyay, C. Banerjee, A. K. Barua	Influence of excitation frequency and electrode separation on the growth of microcrystalline silicon films and their application in single junction microcrystalline solar cell	Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics	28	10382–10390	2017
12	G. Das, S. Mandal, S. Dhar, S. Bose, B. P. Bhargav, S. Mukhopadhyay, C. Banerjee, A. K. Barua	Synthesis of ITO nanoparticles at room temperature using plasma treatment process and use it as back reflector in a-Si flexible solar cell	Surfaces and Interfaces	7	83-86	2017
13	Sukanta Dhar, Sourav Mandal, Suchismita Mitra, Hemanta Ghosh, Sampad Mukherjee, Chandan Banerjee, Hiranmoy Saha, and A K Barua	Light trapping in a-Si/c-Si heterojunctions solar cells by embedded ITO nanoparticles at rear surface	J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.	50	495110	2017
14	Anupam Nandi, Sourav Mandal, Sugato Ghosh, Sukanta Dhar, Sanhita Majumdar, Hiranmay Saha and Syed Minhaz Hossain	Application of Hybrid rGO-ITO Bilayer TCO on a-Si Solar Cell for Performance Enhancement	IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS	9	12-17	2018
15	Sudarshana Banerjee, Sourav Mandal, Sukanta Dhar, Arijit Bardhan Roy, and Nillohit Mukherjee	Nanomirror-Embedded Back Reflector Layer (BRL) for Advanced Light Management in Thin Silicon Solar Cells	Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research	58	12678-12686	2019
16	Anupam Nandi, Sukanta Dhar, Sanhita Majumdar, Hiranmay Saha, and Syed Minhaz Hossain	Performance Enhancement of Solar Cell by Incorporating Bilayer RGO-ITO Smart Conducting Antireflection Coating	Global Challenges	3	1800109	2019
17	Anupam Nandi, Pratanu Nag, Dipankar Panda, Sukanta Dhar, Syed Minhaz Hossain, Hiranmay Saha, and Sanhita Majumdar	Outstanding Room-Temperature Hydrogen Gas Detection by Plasma-Assisted and Graphene-Functionalized Core–Shell Assembly of SnO2 Nanoburflower	ACS omega	4	11053-11065	2019
18	Sukanta Dhar, Sourav Mandal, Gourab Das, Wenjie Li, Sampad Mukherjee, Chandan Banerjee, H. Saha, A.K. Barua	Synthesis of sputtered self-catalytic indium tin oxide nanorods for photovoltaic application	Journal of Alloys and Compounds	1004	175757	2024
19	Tathagat Bhanj Dev, Sakshee Rajpoot, Annaladasu Srivani and Sukanta Dhar	Performance optimization of eco-friendly CH3NH3SnI3 based perovskite solar cell employing CH3NH3SnBr3 as hole transport layer by SCAPS-1D device simulator	J. Phys.: Condens. Matter	36	475901	2024
20	Tathagat Bhanj Dev, Sakshee Rajpoot, Annaladasu Srivani and Sukanta Dhar	Novel lead-free dual absorber based perovskite solar cells: efficient numerical harnessing towards high efficiency through SCAPS-1D	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids	205	112776	2025
21	Sukanta Dhar, Sourav Mandal, Gourab Das, Sampad Mukherjee, Chandan Banerjee, H. Saha, and A. K. Barua	ITO nanorod-driven enhancement of current density in a-Si based p-i-n solar cells	J Mater Sci (2026) 61:4526–4543 Energy materials	61	4526–4543	2026

Detail of patents.

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Patent Title

Name of Applicant(s)

Patent No.

Award Date

Agency/Country

Status

1

Surface texturization of glass to

Improve the light management in superstrate type thin film solar cell

Gourab Das, Sourav Mandal, Sukanta Dhar, Sukanta Bose, Jayasree Roy Sharma, Sumita Mukhopadhyay, Chandan Banerjee, and Asok Kumar Barua

461554

23/10/2023

Govt. of India

Granted

2

Textured glass substrate for thin

Film solar cell

Gourab Das, Sourav Mandal, Sukanta Dhar, Sukanta Bose, Jayasree Roy Sharma, Sumita Mukhopadhyay, Chandan Banerjee, and Asok Kumar Barua

492596

01/01/2024

Govt. of India

Granted

Dr. Sukanta Dhar

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