Individual Information
Saravanan Somasundaram
RenewSys India Pvt Limited
Web Page:
http://drssaravanan.weebly.com/
Educational Qualification
From 1994 to 1997, B.Sc. Physics , Bharahtidasan University, Trichy, India
From 1997 to 1999, M.Sc. Physics , Bharahtidasan University, Trichy, India
From 1999 to 2003, Ph.D. , Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India
Research Interests
Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell - Process Integration
Fabrication and Characterisation of Si Solar Cells
Conducting Polymers
Semiconducting Thin Films
Ceramic Thin Films
Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation
Work Experience
From 2004 to 2007, Post Doctoral Research Associate , Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
From 2005 , Visiting Post Doctoral Fellow , School of PEMS, UNSW @ ADFA, Canberra, Australia
From 2007 to 2012, Deputy Manager - Process & Technology , TATA BP Solar India Ltd, Bangalore, India
From 2012 to 2016, Senior Technical Manager , National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
From 2016 , Manager R & D , RenewSys India Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad Division
Selected Publications
Educational Qualification
From 1994 to 1997, B.Sc. Physics , Bharahtidasan University, Trichy, India
From 1997 to 1999, M.Sc. Physics , Bharahtidasan University, Trichy, India
From 1999 to 2003, Ph.D. , Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India
Research Interests
Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell - Process Integration
Fabrication and Characterisation of Si Solar Cells
Conducting Polymers
Semiconducting Thin Films
Ceramic Thin Films
Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation
Work Experience
From 2004 to 2007, Post Doctoral Research Associate , Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
From 2005 , Visiting Post Doctoral Fellow , School of PEMS, UNSW @ ADFA, Canberra, Australia
From 2007 to 2012, Deputy Manager - Process & Technology , TATA BP Solar India Ltd, Bangalore, India
From 2012 to 2016, Senior Technical Manager , National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
From 2016 , Manager R & D , RenewSys India Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad Division
Selected Publications
Books
Journal Articles
Conference Papers
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S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, D K Avasthi: Investigations on pristine and swift heavy ion irradiated plasma polymerized aniline thin films, Polymer Thin Films, Abbass A Hashim (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-059-9, INTECH Publishers, Austria (111-127) 2010 |
| 2. |
Sreenivasa Murty Dasari, K V Nagaraj, ?S Saravanan?, Prakash Suratkar, T S Keshav Prasad: Studying the life time of Crystalline PV ?Modules? ?by interpreting the Acceleration Test Data with Statistical Reliability Models?, Manufacturing the Solar Future: The 2013 Production Annual, Mark Thrisk (Ed.) ISBN: 9780956533135, Phtovoltaic International Publishers, London (220-225) 2013 |
| 1. |
C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, S Jayalekshmi: Characterization of low dielectric constant polyaniline thin film synthesized by ac plasma polymerization technique - J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. Vol 35 (240 - 245) 2002 (DOI: http: //dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/35/3/312) |
| 2. |
C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, S Jayalekshmi : Effect of iodine doping on the bandgap of plasma polymerized aniline thin films - J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 35 (2206 - 2210) 2002 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/35/17/ 318) |
| 3. |
C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, S Jayalekshmi: Conduction mechanism in plasma polymerised aniline thin films - Mat. Letts. Vol 57 Issue 15 (2253 - 2257) 2003 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-577X(02)01205-3) |
| 4. |
S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran: Dielectric and conductivity studies on tetrameric cobalt phthalocyanines - J. appl. Polym. Sci. Vol 91 Issue 4 (2529-2535) 2004 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.13395) |
| 5. |
Sajan D George, S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P Radhakrishnan, V P N Nampoori, C P G Vallabhan: Thermal characterization of doped Polyaniline and its composites with CoPc - Phys. Rev. B Vol 69 Issue 23 (235201- 235205) 2004 (DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.235201) |
| 6. |
S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam: Low k thin films based on RF plasma polymerised aniline - New Journal of Physics 64 (6) 2004 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/6/1/064) |
| 7. |
S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, D K Avasthi, F Singh: Photoluminescence studies on Pristine and Swift Heavy Ion Irradiated Plasma polymerised polymer thin films - Synth. Met. 155 (311-315) 2005 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. synthmet.2005.09.006) |
| 8. |
S Sagar, S Saravanan, S Suresh Kumar, S Venkatachalam, M R Anantharaman: Evidence for the Existence of Multiple Equilibrium States in Cobalt Phthalocyanine Tetramers: A Study by Dielectric Spectroscopy - J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys 39 (1678 - 1683) 2006 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/39/8/030) |
| 9. |
T Hysen, S Deepa, S Saravanan, R V Ramanujan, D K Avasthi, P A Joy, S D Kulkarni M R Anantharaman: Effect of thermal annealing on Fe40Ni38B18Mo4 films: modified Herzer model for magnetic evolution - J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys 39 (1993 – 2000) 2006 (DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/39/10/002) |
| 10. |
U S Sajeev, C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, Rajeev R Ashokan, S Venkatachalam, M R Anantharaman: On the optical and electrical properties of rf and a.c. plasma polymerized aniline thin films - Bull. Mater. Sci., Vol. 29 (2) (159–163) 2006 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10. 1007/BF0270460) |
| 11. |
S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, P V Prabhakaran S Venkatachalam: Investigations on the electrical and structural properties of Polyaniline Doped with Camphor Sulphonic Acid - J of Phys. and Chem. Solids Vol 67 Iss 7 (1496-1501) 2006 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2006.01.100) |
| 12. |
S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam: Structural and Electrical Studies on Tetrameric Cobalt Phthalocyanine and Polyaniline Composites - Mat. Sci. and Engg. B - Solid State Materials for Advanced Technology Vol 135 Issue 2 (113-119) 2006 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2006.08.048) |
| 13. |
S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, D K Avasthi: Studies on the Optical Band Gap and Cluster Size of the Polyaniline Thin Films Irradiated with Swift Heavy Si Ions - Vacuum Vol 82 Iss 1 (56-60) Sep 2007 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.vacuum.2007.03. 008) |
| 14. |
S Saravanan, Hari G Srinivas, V Jayaram, M Paulraj, S Asokan: Synthesis and characterization of Y3Al5O12 and ZrO2 - Y2O3 Thermal Barrier coatings by Combustion Spray Pyrolysis - Surface and Coatings Technology Vol 202 Iss 19 (4653-4659) 2008 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2008.03.029) |
| 15. |
E Veena Gopalan, K A Malini, S Saravanan, D Sakthi Kumar, Yasuhiko Yoshida, M R Anantharaman: Evidence for polaron conduction in nanostructured manganese ferrite - J. of Phys. D: Appl. Phys 41 (185005, 9pp) 2008 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/41/18/ 185005) |
| 16. |
E Veena Gopalan, K A Malini, Kumar D Sakthi, Yasuhiko Yoshida, I A Al-Omari, S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman: On the dielectric dispersion and absorption in nanosized manganese zinc mixed ferrites - J. of Phys.: Condens Matter 21 (146006, 12pp) 2009 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/21/14/146006) |
| 17. |
Sreenivasa Murty Dasari, K V Nagaraj, S Saravanan, Prakash Suratkar, T S Keshav Prasad: Studies on Crystalline PV Modules Life Time by interpreting the Acceleration Test Data with Statistical Reliability Models - Photovoltaic International, 15th Edition (141-147) 2012 |
| 18. |
S Saravanan, D S Murty, A Guru Prasad, Dinesh Kumar, Prakash Suratkar: Studies on the Influence of Effective Carrier Lifetime in the Performance of Industrial Silicon Solar Cells - Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (2940-2942) 2012 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186562) |
| 19. |
Dinesh Kumar, S Saravanan, Prakash Suratkar: Effect of Oxygen Ambient During POCl3 Diffusion on the Performance of Silicon Solar Cells - Proc. of the 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (2167-2171) 2012 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186385) |
| 20. |
S Saravanan, M Meera, Prakash Suratkar, E V Gijo: Efficiency Improvement on the Multicrystalline Silicon Wafer through Six Sigma Methodology - Int Journal of Sustainable Energy Vol 31, Iss 3 (143-153) 2012 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1478646X.2011.554981) |
| 21. |
Dinesh Kumar, S Saravanan, Prakash Suratkar: Effect of oxygen ambient during phosphorous diffusion on silicon solar cell - J of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Vol 4 Iss 3 (33105, 8pp) 2012 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4717513) |
| 22. |
Sreenivasa Murty Dasari, K V Nagaraj, S Saravanan, Prakash Suratkar, T S Keshav Prasad: Studies on Crystalline PV Modules Life Time by interpreting the Acceleration Test Data with Statistical Reliability Models - PV Tech PRO, 3rd Edition (62-68) June 2012, Reproduced from PV International 15th Edition to Chinese Version |
| 23. |
Sreenivasa Murty Dasari, Piyush Srivastav, Ravi Shaw, S Saravanan, Prakash Suratkar: Optimization of Cell to Module Conversion Loss by Reducing the Resistive Losses - Renewable Energy Vol 50 (82-85) 2013 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2012.05.022) |
| 24. |
Peraiah Sastry Aakella, S Saravanan, Suhas S Joshi, Chetan Singh Solanki: Pre-metallization processes for c-Si solar cells - Solar Energy Vol 97 (388-397) 2013 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2013.08.026) |
| 25. |
M Karthick, Sandeep K, A K Kapoor, A Dhaul, S Saravanan, Richard Pinto, B M Arora: POCl3 Diffusion Process Optimisation for the Emitter in the Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells - Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (3011-3013) 2014 (DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925567) |
| 26. |
A Guru Prasad, Sreenivasa Murty Dasari, Prakash Suratkar, S Sara?vanan: Effect of Gas Flow Rates in Optimizing Silicon Nitride Films for Large Area Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells - International Journal of Electronics Letters Vol 3 Iss 2 (87-93) 2015 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/ 21681724.2014.911364) |
| 27. |
S Sankarasubramanian, G K Saud, M Shashikala, P Suratkar, S ?Saravanan?: Impact of Surface Texturization on Overall Performance of Mono Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells - ECS Transactions Vol 66, Iss 6 (9-17) 2015 (DOI: ????????????http://dx.doi. org/10.1149/0??6606.??000??3ecst??????????) |
| 28. |
A K Sharma, S Sarav?anan, Balraj A, Firoz Anzari, Gurappa B, Sandeep K, K L Narasimhan, B M Arora, Anil Kottantharayil: Imaging of carrier life time variation during c-Si solar cell fabrication - Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Photospecialists Conference (1-3) 2015 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355745) |
| 29. |
Mehul C. Raval, Amruta P. Joshi, Sandeep S. Saseendran, Stephan Suckow, S. Sara?vanan, Chetan S. Solanki, Anil Kottantharayil: Study of Nickel Silicide Formation and Associated Fill-Factor Loss Analysis for Silicon Solar Cells With Plated Ni-Cu Based Metallization - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics Vol 5 Iss 6 (1554-1562) 2015 (DOI: ?http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2463741?) |
| 30. |
Mehul C. Raval, Sandeep S. Saseendran, Stephan Suckow, S. Sara?vanan, Chetan S. Solanki, Anil Kottantharayil: N2O Plasma Treatment for Minimization of Background Plating in Silicon Solar Cells with Ni-Cu Front Sidd Metallization - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Vol 144 (671-677) 2016 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.10.002)? |
| 31. |
A. Guru Prasad, S Saravanan, Gijo E V, D S Murty, Raghu Tatachar, Prakash Suratkar: Six Sigma Approach on Throughput Improvement in the Diffusion Process of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Manufacturing - International Journal of Sustainable Energy Vol 35 Iss 2 (190-204) 2016 (DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2013.861463) |
| 32. |
Y. Aditya Sumanth, R. Annie Sujatha, S. Mahalakshmi, P. C. Karthika, S. Nithiyanantham, S. Sara?vanan, M. Azagiri: Synthesis and Characterization of nano phase zinc oxide materials - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Vol 27 Iss 2 (1616-1621) 2016 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-3932-0) |
| 33. |
Sandeep S. Saseendran, S. Sara?vanan, Mehul C Raval, Anil Kottantharayil: Impact of interstitial oxygen trapped in silicon during plasma growth of silicon oxy-nitride films for silicon solar cell passivation - Journal of Applied Physics Vol 119 (9095307) 2016 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4943177)? |
| 1. |
S Saravanan: M?ssbauer Studies on heat-treated Ferromanganese Nodules from Central Indian Ocean - One day State Level Post Graduate Students Technical Seminar in Physical Sciences held at Pachiyappa’s College Chennai on 13 March 1999 |
| 2. |
C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, S Venkatachalam, S Jayalakshmi, M R Anantharaman: Evaluation of Schottky Device Parameters for Doped Polyaniline - National Seminar on current trends in materials science held at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam during 23 - 24 March 2001 |
| 3. |
C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, S Jayalekshmi, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran: On the optical bandgap of in situ doped plasma polymerised aniline thin films - IVS National Symposium on Science and Technology of vacuum and Thin films held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 5 - 7 September 2001 |
| 4. |
C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, S Jayalekshmi, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran: Plasma Assisted Deposition Technique for Synthesis of low Dielectric Constant Polyaniline Thin Films - APS DPP held at USA Oct – Nov, 2001 |
| 5. |
C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, S Jayalekshmi, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran: On the Optical Bandgap of in situ Doped Plasma Polymerised Anisidine Thin Films - APS DPP held at USA Oct - Nov 2001 |
| 6. |
S. Saravanan: Plasma Polymerization: A Review - IUCAA Reference Centre Seminar Series at the Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin India (2002) Lecture |
| 7. |
U S Sajeev, C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, S Venkatachalam, M R Anantharaman: The Optical and Electrical Properties of Polyaniline Thin Films Deposited under rf and ac Plasma Polymerization - Proceedings of the Symposium on Power Beams and Materials Processing, held at BARC, Bombay (696-700) 2002 |
| 8. |
S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran: Low dielectric constant materials based on plasma polymerised aniline thin films - Proceedings of the 45th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, held at Punjab University, Chandigarh Vol. 45 (261-262) 2002 |
| 9. |
S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran: Structural and Dielectric Properties of Polyaniline Doped with Camphor Sulphonic Acid - Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology, held at Chennai Vol. I (D21 – D24) 2002 |
| 10. |
S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, P V Prabhakaran: Conductivity Studies on Oligomeric Cobalt Phthalocyanine - Proceedings of the International Seminar on: Advances in Polymer Technology, held at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin (211-215) 2002 |
| 11. |
C Joseph Mathai, S Saravanan, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, S Jayalekshmi: Plasma assisted deposition technique for synthesis of low dielectric constant polyanisidine thin films - 29th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science held at Banff, Alberta, Canada, during May 26 - 30, 2002 |
| 12. |
S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, D K Avasthi, S Venkatachalam, M R Anantharaman: Effect of Swift Heavy Ions on the Structural and Optical Properties of RF Plasma Polymerized Aniline Thin Films - AVS 50th International Symposium held at Baltimore, MD, USA during Nov. 2 - 7, 2003 |
| 13. |
S. Saravanan: Plasma Polymerized Thin Films - TMS Night Club Talk series at the Department of Materials Engineering (Metallurgy), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India (2004) Lecture |
| 14. |
S Saravanan, C Joseph Mathai, M R Anantharaman, S Venkatachalam, D K Avasthi, F Singh: Photoluminescence Studies on RF Plasma Polymerized Thin Films - 6th International Conference on Conjugated Polymers and Biosystems held at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research & Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during January 4-8, 2005 |
| 15. |
S. Saravanan: Conducting Polymer and Ceramic Thin Films: Synthesis and Characterization - School of PEMS, UNSW @ ADFA, Canberra Australia (2005) Lecture |
| 16. |
S Saravanan, N Manikandan, M Paulraj, V Jayaram, S Asokan: Thermal Characterization of YAG thin films using Photo acoustics - National Symposium on Instrumentation (2005) held at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin India during 30th Nov - 2nd Dec, 2005 |
| 17. |
S Saravanan, G Hari Srinivas, V Jayaram: Y3Al5O12 and Y2O3 - 8 mol% ZrO2 Coatings by Combustion Spray Pyrolysis - International Symposium on Advances in Materials Engineering held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India during July 4-6, 2007 |
| 18. |
S Saravanan, Heiko Timmers, Santhosh K Shresta, K Scott A Butcher, Marie Wintrebert-Fouquet, Armand J Atanacio: Calibration of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry of RF-sputtered Indium Nitride Thin films with elastic recoil detection Analysis - International Conference on Electronic Materials 2008 (IUMRS-ICEM 2008) held at Hilton Sydney Australia during 28th July - 1st August 2008 |
| 19. |
S. Saravanan: Photovoltaics: Where are we now? - Karunya University Coimbatore (2008) Lecture |
| 20. |
S. Saravanan: Photovoltaics: Past, Present and the Future - Kristu Jayanthi College, Bangalore (2008) Lecture |
| 21. |
S. Saravanan: A Preview on Silicon Solar Cells - National Conference on Solar Energy: Research and Opportunities held at SASTRA University, Thanjavur during 20-21/Mar/2009 - Invited Talk |
| 22. |
S. Saravanan: Technology and Manufacturing of High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells - International symposium on Photovoltaic Science and Technology held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur during 12-13/Jan/2010 as part of the Energy Conclave - Invited Talk |
| 23. |
S Saravanan, Prakash Suratkar: Efficiency Improvement of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells through PECVD and Metallization - 3rd Indo American frontiers of Engineering Symposium organized by Indo-US Science and Technology Forum held at Agra during 11th - 13th March 2010 (Invited presentation) |
| 24. |
S Saravanan, D S Murty, A Guru Prasad, Prakash Suratkar: Electrical Studies on the Mono Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Fabricated with out Saw Damage Etching in Alkali Etching - International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2011) held at Singapore during 26th June - 1st July 2011 |
| 25. |
S. Saravanan: Silicon Photovoltaics: Past, Present and the Future - Faculty development programme on Fuels for the future held at Viswa Vikas Institute of Engineering and technology, Mysore during 23-25/Feb/2011 - Invited Talk |
| 26. |
A Guru Prasad, Dinesh Kumar, S Saravanan, D S Murty, Prakash Suratkar: Evaluation of Carrier Life Time & the Electrical Parameters of the Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells Fabricated by using Different POCl3 Flow rates - 21st International Photovoltaic Science & Engineering Conference held at Japan during Nov 28 - Dec 02, 2011 |
| 27. |
S Saravanan, Prakash Suratkar, Sumant Phadtare, M N Shashikala, Murali Sastry: Studies on the effect of Nano Silver based Conductive Front Contact Paste for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells - International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT 2012) held at ARCI, Hyderabad during January 20-23,2012 |
| 28. |
Sanju Kumar, A Guru Prasad, D S Murty, Prakash Suratkar, S Saravanan: Effect of High Aspect Ratio in Multi Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells through Screen Design Optimization - Proceedings of the Fifth National Conference on Advances in Energy Conversion Technologies (256-258) 2012 |
| 29. |
A Guru Prasad, S Saravanan, Dinesh Kumar, D S Murty, Prakash Suratkar: Studies on the effect of different POCl3 flow rates in carrier life time & electrical parameters of the silicon solar cells - International Conference on Materials Science & Technology (ICMST 2012) held at St. Thomas College, Kottayam during June 10-14, 2012 |
| 30. |
A Guru Prasad, S Saravanan, D S Murty, Dinesh Kumar, Prakash Suratkar: Studies on the Effect of Gas Flow Rates in Optimizing Silicon Nitride Films for Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells - 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference held at Texas during June 3-8, 2012 |
| 31. |
S. Saravanan: Fabrication of High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells:Technology Transfer from R and D Lab to Industry - School of Nano Science and Technology, Karunya University Coimbatore on September 2012 - Invited Lecture |
| 32. |
S. Saravanan: Improving the industrial silicon solar cell performance through optimized fabrication process and by using the advanced materials - National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay on 12/Sep/2012 - Invited Lecture |
| 33. |
Dinesh Kumar, D S Murty, S Saravanan, Prakash Suratkar: Texturization of mc-Si in a HF-HNO3 System and Effect of HF Concentration on Surface Morphology and Solar Cells Performance - 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition held at Paris during Sep 30 - Oct 4, 2013 |
| 34. |
Pratibha Patil, Rahul Ramamurthy, A Guru Prasad, Sreenivasa Murty Dasari, S Saravanan, Prakash Suratkar: Effect of HF and HCl Mixture on the Electrical Performance of the Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells - 23rd International Photovoltaic Science & Engineering Conference held at Taiwan during Oct 28 - Nov 3, 2013 |
| 35. |
S. Saravanan: Fabrication of High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells:Challenges and Mitigation - National Workshop on Challenges in Photovoltaic Technologies held at the Karunya University Coimbatore during 02-03/Aug/2013 - Invited Lecture |
| 36. |
S. Saravanan: Role of Nanotechnology in the Conventional Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Processes - National Symposium on Nanoscience and nano technology (NSNN-13) held at the Karunya University Coimbatore during 30/Sep/2013 to 01/Oct/2013 - Invited Lecture |
| 37. |
S. Saravanan: Cutting-edge Process Improvements towards the High Efficiency Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells - 23rd International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-23) held at the Taiwan during 27/Oct/2013 to 02/Nov/2013 - Invited Lecture |
| 38. |
S. Saravanan: Fabrication of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and its Challenges - Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program's Hands on Training workshop on Nanofabrication technologies held at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay during 26-30/Nov/2013 - Invited Lecture |
| 39. |
S. Saravanan: Technology and Manufacturing of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells - International Union of Materials Research Societies International Conference in Asia 2013 (IUMRS-ICA 13) held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 16-20/Dec/2013 - Invited Lecture |
| 40. |
M Karthick, Sandeep K, A K Kapoor, A Dhaul , S Saravanan, Richard Pinto, B M Arora: POCl3 diffusion process optimization for the formation of emitters in the crystalline silicon solar cells - 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference held at Colorado during June 8-13, 2014 |
| 41. |
K Jayachandran, S Saravanan: New-fangled Platform for Sizing the Building Integrated Photovoltaics - 6th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion to be held at Kyoto International Conference Center in Kyoto, Japan during November 23-27, 2014 |
| 42. |
M Raval, S Saseendran, S Saravanan, B Arunachalam, S Mallikarjunchary, H Singh, K Murukesan, S Kumbhar, A Kottantharayil, C Solanki: Impact of N2O Plasma Pretreatment Prior to Silicon Nitride Deposition on Silicon Solar Cells with Ni-Cu Based Front Metallization - 6th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion to be held at Kyoto International Conference Center in Kyoto, Japan during November 23-27, 2014 |
| 43. |
S. Saravanan: Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells: Overview and Process flow - Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program's Hands on Training workshop on fabrication and characerization of crystalline silicon solar cells held at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay during 17-22/Nov/2014 - Invited Lecture |
| 44. |
S. Saravanan: Process and Production Technology of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells - National Workshop on Photovoltaics 2015 held at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur, Kolkata during 20-21/Jan/2015 - Invited Lecture |
| 45. |
S Sankarasubramanian, G K Saud, M. Shasikala, P Suratkar, S Saravanan: Impact of Surface Characterisation on Overall Performance of Mono Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells - 227th Electro Chemical Society Meeting (Symposium: Electronic Materials and Processing) held at Chicago, Illinois, USA during May 24-28, 2015 |
| 46. |
A K Sharma, S Saravanan, Balraj A, Firoz Anzari, Gurappa B, Sandeep K, K L Narasimhan, B M Arora, Anil Kottantharayil: Imaging of carrier life time variation during c-Si solar cell fabrication - 42nd IEEE Photospecialists Conference held at Hyatt Regency - New Orleans, LA during June 14-19, 2015 |
| 47. |
Vaithianathan K, Balraj A, Sandeep K, Mehul C Raval, Gurappa B, Hemanth K SIngh, Anzar G, S Saravanan: Studies on the Effect of Texture Additive in Silicon Solar Cells - International Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference held at Savitribhai Phule Pune University during July 30 - Aug 1, 2015 |
| 48. |
S. Saravanan: Overview on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Process Technology - International Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (SOLAR ASIA 2015) held at Savithiri Phule Pune University Pune during July 30 - Aug 1, 2015 - Invited Lecture |
| 49. |
S. Saravanan: Process overview on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Fabrication - Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program's Hands on Training workshop on fabrication and characerization of crystalline silicon solar cells held at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay during 21-25/Sep/2015 - Invited Lecture |
| 50. |
Sandeep S S, Tarun Yadav, Mehul C Raval, A Balraj, Sandeep K, Anzar G, S Saravanan, A Kottantharayil: Low Temperature Oxidation for emitter surface passivation in crystalline silicon solar cells - 18th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore India during December 7-10, 2015 |
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S Saravanan, A Balraj, Sandeep K, Mehul C Raval, Sandeep S S, Anzar G, H K Singh, A K Sharma, K L Narasimhan, B M Arora, C S Solanki, A Kottantharayil: Development of Baseline Fabrication Process for Large Area Silicon Solar Cells and Associated Novel Structures - 18th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices to be held at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore India during December 7-10, 2015 |
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A K Sharma, Sandeep S S, A Balraj, Sandeep K, Gurappa B, S Saravanan, K L Narasimhan, B M Arora: Investigation of carrier lifetime improvements with SiO2/SiNx stacking layer during c-Si solar cell fabrication - 18th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices held at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore India during December 7-10, 2015 |
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Sandeep S Saseendran, Mehul C Raval, A Balraj, Sandeep Kumbhar, Tarun S Yadav, Pradeep P, S Saravanan, Anil Kottantharayil: Approach of Low Temperature Oxidation for surface passivation and Ni/Cu Metallization in crystalline silicon solar cells - Accepted in SNEC 10th (2016) International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition to be held at Shanghai during May 23-26, 2016 |
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A. Soman, S. Mondal, S. Bhatia, B. Arunachalam, S. Kumbhar, S. Somasundaram, P. Nair & A. Antony - Silicon Oxynitride–Silicon Nitride Surface Passivation of P-Type C-Si Solar Cells with Laser Fired Rear Contacts – Accepted in 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition to be held at Munich during 20-24 June 2016 |