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Dr. D V Prashant

Dr. D V Prashant

  • Assistant Professor
    Institute of Engineering & Technology
  • Department

    Department of Electronics & Communication
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  • Experience

    1.5 years Teaching/Research experience in the field.

  • Qualifications

    • PhD in Pharmacy, 2024, from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDMJ), Jabalpur (MP). Thesis Theoretical Investigation of the Optoelectronic Properties of GaAs Nanostructure based Solar cells for Enhanced Light Harvesting
    • In 2019, M.Tech. (Micro-Nanoelectronics-VLSI) from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDMJ), Jabalpur (MP)
    • In 2016, B.E (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) from Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University (CSVTU), Durg (CG)
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  • 01 D.V. Prashant, Suneet K. Agnihotri, A. Biswas, D.P. Samajdar, “Design Perspectives of a Thin-film GaAs Solar cell integrated with carrier-selective contacts and anti-reflective coatings: Optical and Device analysis”, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 112396, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2024.112396
  • 02 D.V. Prashant, Suneet K. Agnihotri, S. Bhattarai, R Pandey, D.P. Samajdar, “Systematic Investigation of the Optoelectronic Properties of GaAs Nanowire and Nanocone Solar Cells: Effect of Geometrical Nonuniformities, Angle of Incidence, and Structural and Electronic Parameters”, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 5, 4885–4898, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c00657
  • 03 S.K. Agnihotri, D.V. Prashant and D.P. Samajdar, “Theoretical Insights into the Efficient Coupled Optoelectronic Analysis of InP Truncated Nanopyramid/Germanium Tandem Solar Cell”, Solar Energy, 249, 327–335, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2022.11.036
  • 04 S.K. Agnihotri, D.V. Prashant and D.P. Samajdar, “Role of metallic nanoparticles in the optoelectronic performance enhancement of InP ultrathin film solar cell”, Optical Materials, 134, 113129, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2022.113129
  • 05 D.V. Prashant, S.K. Agnihotri and D.P. Samajdar, “GaAs Nanocone array-based hybrid solar cells with excellent light-trapping capabilities and enhanced photogeneration rate”, Semiconductor Science Technology, 37, 095002, (2022), 10.1088/1361-6641/ac7fb5
  • 06 S.K. Agnihotri, D.V. Prashant and D.P. Samajdar, “A Modified Hexagonal Pyramidal InP nanowire Solar Cell structure for Efficiency Improvement: Geometrical Optimization and Device Analysis”, Solar Energy, 237, 293–300, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2022.04.014
  • 07 Ankit Tenwar, D.V. Prashant, and D.P. Samajdar, “Investigation of the Optoelectronic Performance of GaAs Nanostructures for Solar cell Applications”, Materials Today Communications, 33, 104593, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104593
  • 08 D.V. Prashant, Suneet K. Agnihotri, and D.P. Samajdar, “Efficient GaAs nanowire solar cells with carrier selective contacts: FDTD and device analysis”, Material Science in Semiconductor Processing, 141, 106410, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2021.106410
  • 09 Suneet K. Agnihotri, D.V. Prashant, and D.P. Samajdar, “Role of Hole-Selective Contact in Efficiency Improvement of ITO-Free InP/MoO3/ PEDOT: PSS Nanowire Solar Cells”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 68, 5666–5673, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2021.111080
  • 10 S.K. Agnihotri, D.V. Prashant and D.P. Samajdar, “Performance analysis of ITO-free PEDOT: PSS/InP nanowire solar cells”, Solar Energy, 228, 418–426, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.09.078
  • 11 Suneet K. Agnihotri, D.V. Prashant, and D.P. Samajdar, “Numerical analysis of InP based high efficiency radial junction nanowire solar cell”, Optical Materials, 119, 111365, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2021.111365
  • 12 D.V. Prashant, Suneet K. Agnihotri and D.P. Samajdar, “Geometric optimization and performance enhancement of PEDOT: PSS/GaAs NP array-based heterojunction solar cells”, Optical Materials, 117, 111080, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2021.111080
  • 13 D.V. Prashant, D.P. Samajdar and Zahra Arefina, “FDTD-Based Optimization of Geometrical Parameters and Material Properties for GaAs Truncated Nanopyramid Solar Cells”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 68, 1135–1141, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2021.111080
  • 14 D.V. Prashant, D.P. Samajdar and Dheeraj Sharma, “Optical simulations of high efficiency GaAs nanostructure array based solar cells: Significance of geometrical parameter optimization on light harvesting properties”, Solar Energy, 194, 848–855, (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.11.027

Patents

  • 01 Performance analysis of ITO-free PEDOT: PSS/InP nanowire hybrid solar cell, German Patent No. 20 2023 101 600, Grant date 02/05/2023.

Book Chapters

  • 01 D.V. Prashant, Suneet K. Agnihotri, and D. P. Samajdar, “Efficiency Enhancement in GaAs Ultra-Thin Solar Cell Using Anti-Reflection Coating”, Devices for Integrated Circuits (DevIC), IEEE, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1109/DevIC57758.2023.10134780.
  • 02 D.V. Prashant, S.K. Agnihotri, and D. P. Samajdar, “Design Methodology of GaAs Nanowire-Based Solar Cells for Enhanced Efficiency”, Springer, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2572-6_35.
  • 03 D.V. Prashant, S.K. Agnihotri, and D. P. Samajdar, “Enhanced light harvesting in GaAs thin-film solar cells using plasmonic gold (Au) nanoparticle absorbers”, Materials Today: Proceedings, Elsevier, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.251.
  • 04 D.V. Prashant and D. P. Samajdar, “GaAs Nanostructure- Based Solar Cells with Enhanced Light-Harvesting Efficiency”, Internet of Things, 2021, ISBN: 9781003181613.
  • 05 D.V. Prashant, D. P. Samajdar, and Dheeraj Sharma “Optical Simulations of high efficiency GaAs nanostructure array based solar cells: Significance of geometrical parameter optimization on light harvesting properties and overall photocurrent”, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0016773.
  • 06 D.V. Prashant, D. P. Samajdar, and Dheeraj Sharma “Optical Simulations of III-V Semiconductor Nanowires/PEDOT: PSS- Based Hybrid Solar Cells: Influence of Polymer Coating Thickness and Geometrical Parameters”, Springer, Singapore 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5089-8_34.
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