Dr. Sourav Mandal
Rec Solar Pte. Ltd., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Behala College
0000-0001-7859-9648
About
Dr. Sourav Mandal is a Principal Engineer at REC Solar Pte. Ltd., Singapore, with over 13 years of experience spanning industrial research and development, advanced solar cell engineering, and academic research. His expertise lies in heterojunction (HJT) and back-contact silicon solar cell architectures, thin-film silicon technologies, and advanced passivation concepts.
He received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, where his doctoral research focused on oxide and fluorinated amorphous and microcrystalline silicon materials for high-efficiency silicon-based thin-film solar cells. He subsequently held research and faculty positions at IIT Delhi, including as an INSPIRE Faculty Fellow funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Dr. Mandal’s work bridges fundamental materials science and industrial-scale photovoltaic manufacturing, with contributions to process integration, device optimization, and reliability of advanced solar cell architectures. He is an author of more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and an inventor on multiple granted Indian patents and a European patent application. His research contributions have been recognized through international awards, including the Best Poster Award at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EUPVSEC).
Employment
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Rec Solar Pte. Ltd. Principal Engineer2022 - Present
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi INSPIRE Faculty2017 - 2022
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Behala College Part-time Assistant Teacher2009 - 2011
Education
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Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur PhD2012 - 2016
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Bengal Engineering and Science University M.Sc2007 - 2009
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Dinabandhu Andrews college B.Sc2004 - 2007
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (52)
- ITO nanorod-driven enhancement of current density in a-Si based p-i-n solar cells Save
- Investigation of optoelectronic properties of tin-doped indium oxide thin films and contact resistivity with silver film: Role of oxygen concentration variation during sputter deposition Save
- Observation of negative capacitance in silicon heterojunction solar cells: role of front contact in carrier depopulation Save
- Synthesis of sputtered self-catalytic indium tin oxide nanorods for photovoltaic application Save
- Effect of Dual Intrinsic Amorphous Silicon Passivation Layers by Deposition Temperature Variation on Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells Performance Save
- Impedance spectroscopy characterisation of silicon heterojunction solar cells: Observation of trap States distribution Save
- Impedance spectroscopy of amorphous/crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells under dark and illumination Save
- Investigation of anisotropic textured crystalline silicon surface passivation with intrinsic amorphous silicon layers: role of annealing pressure conditions during passivation recovery Save
- Investigation of dual intrinsic a-Si:H films for crystalline silicon surface passivation by spectroscopic ellipsometry: application in silicon heterojunction solar cells Save
- Role of wet chemical saw damage removal process in texturing of c-Si and performance of a-Si:H/c-Si heterojunction solar cells Save