Post Docs
Vani Pawar
Post Doctoral Fellow
Room No: TF – 14
Email: vanipawar@iisc.ac.in
Group Webpage: https://www.cense.iisc.ac.in/heterojunctionLab/
Faculty Advisors: Prof. Sushobhan Avasthi, CeNSE.
• M.Sc Physics (Banasthali University Rajasthan)
• Ph.D. (Physics from Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi)
Experience
• Post-Doctoral Fellow at CENSE, IISC Bangalore
Research Area
Solar Cells
Publications
• Vani Pawar, Pardeep K. Jha, S.K. Panda, Priyanka A. Jha, and Prabhakar Singh, Band-gap engineering in ZnO thin films: A combined experimental and theoretical study, Physical Review Applied, 9, 054001 (2018).
• Vani Pawar, Manish Kumar, Priyanka A. Jha, S.K. Gupta, Pardeep K. Jha, and Prabhakar Singh, Cs/MAPbI3 composite formation and its influence on optical properties, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 783, 935-942 (2019).
• Manish Kumar, Vani Pawar, Priyanka A. Jha, S.K. Gupta, A.S.K. Sinha, Pardeep K. Jha, and Prabhakar Singh, Thermo-optical correlation for room temperature synthesis: cold-sintered lead halides, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30, 6, 6071-6081 (2019).
• Vani Pawar, Manish Kumar, Priyanka A. Jha, S.K. Gupta, A.S.K. Sinha, Pardeep K. Jha, and Prabhakar Singh, Ambient atmospheric temperature processed lead halide Perovskites, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 137, 1-6 (2019).
• Vani Pawar, Manish Kumar, P.K. Dubey, Manish K. Singh, A.S.K. Sinha, and Prabhakar Singh, Influence of synthesis route on structural, optical and electrical properties of TiO2, Applied Physics A, 125, 657, (2019).
• Vani Pawar, P. K. Jha and P. Singh, Observation of shift in bandgap with annealing in hydrothermally synthesized TiO2-Thin films, AIP conference proceedings, 1953, 030097 (2018).
• Vani Pawar, Manish Kumar, P.K. Dubey and P. Singh, Formation of TiO2 Nano-Rods by Hydrothermal Synthesis Method, AIP conference proceedings, 2009, 020020 (2018).
• Manish Kumar, Vani Pawar, Priyanka A. Jha, Pardeep K. Jha, and Prabhakar Singh, Influence of Br substitution on the physical properties of Cesium Lead Iodides, AIP conference proceedings, 2220,140045 (2020).
Conference and Seminars
• Participated in Young Scientist Meetup on “Photophysics of Metal Halide Perovskites: From Material to Devices PMHP-2020” and presented a paper titled “Tailoring in Band-Gap of ZnO Thin Films” held on July 6, 2020 at Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
• Participated in “International E-Conference on Advanced Functional Materials and Optoelectronic Devices-ICAFMOD-2020” and presented a paper titled “Incorporation of Cs+ ion into CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite System: Impact on Physical Properties” during June 13-15, 2020 organized by Centre for Renewable Energy, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur (U.P.), India
• Participated in National Webinar Series on “Experimental & Computational Tools for Materials Research-ECTMR-2020” during June 01-08, 2020 jointly organized by Discipline of Natural Sciences, PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing Jabalpur, and Department of Physics, Central University of Rajasthan, India.
• Participated in “44th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites-ICACC 2020” and delivered a talk on “Composite Formation of Cs/CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite System and its Influence on Physical Properties” during January 26-31, 2020 organized by The American Ceramic Society at Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
• Participated in “International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials-ICFNM-2019” and delivered a talk on titled “Ambient atmosphere synthesized inorganic-organic halide perovskites” during February 22-25, 2019 organized by Department of Physics, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India.
• Participated in First Indian Materials Conclave and 30th Annual General Meeting of MRSI “MRSI-2019” and presented a paper titled “Substitution of Cs+ on CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite material: cold sintering method” during February 12-15, 2019 organized by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
• Participated in the conference on Materials and technology for energy conversion and storage “MTECS-2018” and delivered a talk on titled “Stability vs. efficiency in halide perovskites” during September 26-29, 2018 organized by BARC, Mumbai, India.
• Participated in National conference on Advanced materials and nanotechnology “AMN-2018” and presented a paper titled “Formation of TiO2 nano rods by hydrothermal synthesis method” during March 15-17, 2018 organized by Department of Physics and Materials science and engineering, JIIT Noida, India.
• Participated in the 2nd International Conference on Condensed Matter and Applied Physics “ICC-2017” and presented a paper titled “Observation of shift in band gap with annealing in hydrothermally synthesized TiO2-thin films” during November 24-25, 2017 organized by Govt. Engineering College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
• Participated in the International Conference on Advances in Biological Systems and Materials Science in Nano-World “ABSMSNW” and present a paper titled “Structural and optical studies of TiO2 thin films synthesized by hydrothermal method” during 19th-23rd February 2017 organized by Department of Physics, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India.
• Participated in the “Institute Day- IIT (BHU) Varanasi” and presented a poster titled “Microstructural studies of TiO2 thin films synthesized by hydrothermal method” during February 25-26, 2017 organized by Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India.
• Participated in the “Institute Day- IIT (BHU) Varanasi” as a volunteer organized by Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi during April 2-3, 2016. Participated in the “20th symposium and workshop on thermal analysis” (THERMANS-2016) organized by Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi during January 18-22, 2016.
• Participated in Workshop on “Advanced microscopy and imaging techniques” during August 7-8, 2015 organized by DSS Image tech PVT LTD, Olympus medical system India PVT LTD and Photometrics (USA) along with IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India.
• Participated in Workshop on “Nanoscience and life” during 26th Feb-2nd March, 2015 organized by Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, India.