SIF 2nd Cohort Fellows - Koteshwar Devulapally, CY Cergy Paris Université

Devulapally
Devulapally

Curriculum Vitae

  • Education

24th March 2021, Ph.D. CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology , India, Chemical science

May 2011, Master of Science:, Kakatiya University, India, Chemistry

April 2009, Bachelors in Science, Kakatiya University, India, Chemistry, Botany and Biotechnology

  • Experience

12/08/2015 – 03/03/2016, Project Assistant, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology India
Development of the electrolytes and electrochemical fluorination of graphite for the application of rechargeable Magnesium ion batteries’

10/09/2013 – 11/08/2015, Chemistry Lecturer, Malla Reddy engineering college & management sciences, Hyderabad, India
Lecturer in chemistry

  • Publications/Research achievements

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JrpH0S0AAAAJ&hl=en
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Koteshwar-Devulapally

Research Project

Molecular nanographenematerials for perovskite photovoltaics: charge transporting materials molecular design toward efficient and stable solar cells

In the last five years, the rise of halide perovskite photovoltaics is one of the most impressive evolutions in the history of photovoltaic technologies with greater than 25% of their power conversion efficiency (PCE). Interestingly, these devices can also efficiently operate under low intensity and diffuse light. Thus, it is apparent that perovskite-based solar cells (PSCs), is the future of the next generation PV technologies suitable for both either indoor or outdoor applications, power IoT devices, etc.

The triumph of PSCs lies in unlimited possibility to design excellent and selective perovskite light absorption and long charge-carrier diffusion length of organic materials. Importantly, these solar cells are prepared by soft techniques using solution processing. Therefore, the cost-effective large-scale production is realizable. In this context, production cost, device performance and stability, leading to durability and long product’s life, are considered as the key performance parameters. Despite of important progress in term of device performance, the long-term stability of targeted technology needs to be further ameliorated.

Among different solutions at this respect, we propose herein the development of molecules .This could be possible thank to excellent electronic properties of structurally well-defined molecules which will be precisely synthetized. This interdisciplinary cover from chemistry (theoretical modelling, organic synthesis) to materials science (thin film characterization) and physics of optoelectronic devices (solar cells fabrication/investigation). The project cross from basic physical sciences to renewable energy.