Dye Sensitized Solar Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells

I am a Junior Research Fellow with the background of Chemical Enginnering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, focused on carbon-based nanomaterials for dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells, with interests in co-sensitization, interfacial engineering, tolerance improvement, stability enhancement and device performance optimization.

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Research Interests

Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

Investigating low-cost, sustainable carbon-based counter electrodes with optimized performance

Perovskite Solar Cells

ETL optimization, studying interfacial enginnering and radiation-based tolerance improvement with Quantum Dots and device fabrication

Material Synthesis

Developing sustainable and low-cost Carbon and Graphene Quantum Dots by bottom-up approaches.

Projects

Low-cost Sustainable Carbon-based Counter electrode for DSSC cells

Developed MWCNT, Graphene Oxide, Graphene Powder, Carbon Quantum Dots etc. counter electrodes for DSSC cells and optimized the device performance

Synthesized and optimised Nanoparticles for DSSC and Perovskite Solar Cells

Synthesizing Carbon Quantum Dots, Graphene Quantum, CsPbI3 dots as a co-sensitizer and CE material for DSSC cells and interlayer for Perovskite cells

Core Annular Flow of heavy oil with water for energy efficient pipeline transportation

Referred to the Publication section

Simulation of liquid flows using OpenFOAM and ANSYS

B.Tech Project: Developed and validated porous-media flow models in ANSYS for laminar and turbulent flows, analyzing pressure drop and velocity profiles.

Publications

Energy • 2025

Energy Efficient Transportation of Heavy Crude Oil with CAF inducing Device

Proposed and validated a novel static in-line device for stabilizing core-annular flow, achieving up to ~57% pressure-drop reduction and ~93% pumping-energy savings at ultra-low water cut.

AIChE Annual Meeting • 2024

A Novel Core Annular Flow Inducing Device for Energy-Efficient Transportation of High Viscous Oil

Identified the stability of Core Annular Flow with different oil-water flow rates, observe the fouling impacts and suggesting a device to re-induced Core Annular Flow.

Internships

DHDT Unit, IOCL Haldia Refinery (2023)

Material Balance and Furnace Efficiency Optimization in DHDT Unit, IOCL Haldia

  • Performed sulfur material balance and process optimization for BS-VI compliant diesel in the DHDT unit at IOCL Haldia.
  • Analyzed furnace efficiency and optimized flue gas parameters in the DHDT unit.
  • Designed and optimized the diesel-feed preheater heat exchanger (thermal & hydraulic).

    • Universite Laval• 2023

    Viscous Fingering in Bingham Plastic Fluids (Carbopol Solution)

  • Simulated 50+ MATLAB simulations to validate OpenFOAM results for Bingham-Plastic fluids
  • Analyzed yield stress regime, viscous regime, transitional regime and elasto-inertial regime to identify fingertip behaviour.
  • Explored some secondary features and networking structure.

    • Education

    Junior Research Fellow
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 2024 – Present
    CGPA: 8.71

    Currently Working on the Dye-Sesitized Solar Cells, Perovskite Solar cells and carbon nanomaterials.

    Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.tech) in Chemical Engineering
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 2019 – 2024
    CGPA: 7.83

    Broad Aspect: Energy and Pipeline Transport

    Thesis: Energy Efficient pipeline transportation of heavy crude oil and re-establishment of Core Annular Flow

    Higher Secondary Education
    Barrackpore Govt. High School
    CGPA: 9.00

    Subjects: Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology.

    Secondary Education
    Ramkrishna Vivekananda Mission Vidyabhawan
    CGPA: 9.72

    Ranked 20th throughout the state West Bengal, India.