दीनदयाल उपाध्याय गोरखपुर विश्‍वविद्यालय

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University

(Accredited A++ by NAAC)
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Dr. Alok Kumar Patel                

Ph.D., Assistant Professor (On Contract)

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

Solar Photovoltaics, Thin Film Solar Cell, TMDCs

S.No. Employer Designation From To
1 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, U.P. Assistant Professor 10/09/2024 till date
2 Institute of Technology and Management, Maharajganj, UP Assistant Professor 05/8/2015 11/8/2018
S.No. Title Journal Volume Year Contribution
1 Simulation of ZnO (window layer)-ZnS (buffer)-SDL-CIGS (absorber)-Sb2S3 (back surface field layer) solar cell design achieving 35.82% power conversion efficiency with low thermal effect Journal of Optics . 2025 Co-author
2 Enhancing CsSn0.5Ge0.5I3 perovskite solar cell efficiency: role of Cl-doped SnO2 layer and absorber properties Journal of Optics . 2025 Co-author
3 Performance investigation of double absorber based thin film solar cell with MoS2 and WS2 as absorber layers Physica Scripta 100 2025 Co-author
4 Simulation study of cadmium-free CIGS solar cell for efficiency enhancement by minimizing recombination losses through back surface field mechanism Solid State Communications 394 2024 Co-author
5 A computational analysis to enhance performance of CIGS solar cells using back surface field and ZnSe buffer layer approach Semiconductor Science and Technology 40 2024 Co-author
6 Designing and simulating of new highly efficient ultra-thin CIGS solar cell device structure: Plan to minimize cost per watt price Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 193 2024 Co-author
7 Investigating improvement in the performance of WS2 absorber layer based thin film solar cell with a hole transport layer of Indium Telluride Physica Scripta 99 2024 Co-author
8 Design and performance investigation of CIGS/SWCNT tandem solar cell for efficiency improvement Optics Communications 559 2024 First Author
9 Electrical and optical parameters optimization and interface engineering for efficiency improvement of double CIGS absorber based solar cell Solar Energy 257 2023 First Author
10 Efficiency improvement of Cu(In1-x Gax)Se2 solar cell using copper barium tin sulphide as back surface field layer and bandgap grading technique Semiconductor Science & Technology 39 2023 First Author
11 Modeling and Simulation of CZTS Solar Cell using Zn1-xMgxO as a buffer layer and Cul as a hole transport layer for efficiency improvement Engineering Research Express 6 2023 Co-author
12 Impact of electrical and optical parameters on performance of CdTe solar cell with a-Si as a hole transport layer Journal of Optics 52 2023 Co-author
13 Numerical study on performance enhancement of CZTSSe solar cells with Cu2O and MoTe2 as hole transport layer Journal Computational Electronics 21 2022 Co-author
14 Efficient CZTSSe thin film solar cell employing MoTe2/MoS2 as hole transport layer, Micro and Nanostructures Micro and Nanostructures 169 2022 Co-author
15 Performance analysis of WSe2 solar cell with Cu2O hole transport layer by optimization of electrical and optical properties Journal Computational Electronics 21 2022 Co-author
16 Performance Analysis of a Cu(In1-xGax)Se2 Solar Cell with Nontoxic WS2 and WSSe Buffer Layers Journal of Electronic Materials 51 2022 First Author
17 Performance enhancement of CIGS solar cell with two dimensional MoS2 hole transport layer Micro and Nanostructures 165 2022 First Author
S.No. Name of Award Agency Year
1 Commendable Research Award Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur 2025
2 Letter of Appreciation for Expert-Led Training and Hands-On Session in Solar Cell HBTU, Kanpur 2024
3 UGC-NET NTA 2022
4 National Fellowship NBCFDC 2022
S.No. Title of Chapter Page Numbers Title of Book Publisher ISBN Year
1 Electrical and Optical Properties Optimization for Efficiency Improvement of CZTSSe Solar Cell 149-157 Control Applications in Modern Power Systems Springer, Singapore 9789819990542 2024
2 Perovskite CH3NH3SnI3 Solar Cell Performance Investigation with SnS2 Buffer Layer 159-167 Control Applications in Modern Power Systems Springer, Singapore 9789819990542 2024
3 "Performance Analysis of Mg Doped CuAlO2 HTL Based Organic Perovskite Solar Cell 1-5 IEEE Students Conference on Engineering and Systems (SCES) IEEE Xplore 9798350374711 2024
4 Efficiency enhancement of CIGS solar cell with C2N buffer layer: A simulation approach by SCAP-1D 1-5 First International Conference on Microwave, Antenna and Communication IEEE Xplore 9798350303001 2023
5 Performance Analysis of WS2 TMD Material as an Absorber layer used in Solar Cell 382-384 International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering IEEE Xplore 9781728158464 2020