I am Vinod Kumar Solet, currently pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Mandi from Aug. 2021. My research is basically related to exploring the electronic, optical, and thermal transport properties of energy related materials for thermoelectric and photovoltaic solar cells applications. In this regard, I have applied Density Functional Theory (DFT) in various first-principles based codes to calculate the above properties.
What happens when almost 10^23 interacting electrons excited in a material with the application of sunlight? How can we utilize this highly rich yet complicated atomistic picture to figure out the performance of real-world optoelectronic devices?
What happens when almost 10^23 interacting electrons excited in a material with the application of sunlight? How can we utilize this highly rich yet complicated atomistic picture to figure out the performance of real-world optoelectronic devices?
PhD at School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, IIT Mandi, India, 175005
PhD at School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, IIT Mandi, India, 175005
Address - Thermoelectrics materials laboratory, south campus, IIT Mandi.
Contact no.- +91-7375015778
Research Highlights:-
Electronic structure using density functional theory (DFT).
Optical and thermoelectric (TE) properties for energy related materials from DFT.
Phonon related calculations using density functional perturbation theory (DFPT) and supercell methods.
Beyond DFT methods like GW, TB-mBJ and random phase approximation (RPA) for optical properties.
Electron-phonon coupling study for both solar cell and TE applications.
Many body theory and optical excitation effects (electron-hole interaction) using GW plus Bethe-Salpeter equation (GW+BSE) approach.
Materials :- Heusler alloys, Perovskite materials, Semiconducting Silicides