Advanced Materials and Technologies for Photovoltaics

Edited by:   Vinod Kumar (Assistant Professor Department of Physics at The University of the West Indies Saint Augustine Trinidad and Tobago), Dinesh Pathak (Head of Department of Physics, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago), Davinder Pal Sharma (Associate Professor, Department of Physics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.), Jean-Michel Nunzi (Professor, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, and the Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada)
Imprint:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   450g
ISBN:   9780443292507
ISBN 10:   0443292507
Series:   Solar Cell Engineering
Pages:   500
Publication Date:   19 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Vinod Kumar is an Assistant Professor in Renewable Energy and Coordinator of the MSc Renewable Energy Technology (RENT) program in the Department of Physics at The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. His primary research interests include oxide-based nanomaterials, dye-sensitized solar cells, perovskite and organic solar cells, photon management in solar cells, and the development of advanced materials for WLEDs. Dinesh Pathak serves as Head of the Department of Physics at The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. His primary research focuses on nanostructured compound semiconductors, oxide nanocomposites, ion beam synthesis of nanomaterials, organic semiconductors, and organic–inorganic hybrid semiconductor systems. Davinder Pal Sharma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. His main research interests lie in modeling and optimization of solar cells, microbial fuel cells for electricity generation and wastewater treatment, application of digital signal processing for communication systems, speech recognition, smart grid technology, and medical devices. Jean-Michel Nunzi is a Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, and the Department of Chemistry at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. His research focuses on the optical and electronic properties of organic materials and devices, chiral photonics, and solar cells.