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A. Funde and A. Shah
Adinath Funde is Assistant Professor at School of Energy
Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University
of Pune), Pune, India from the year 2011. He is coordinator for
Solar Photovoltaic and Energy Storage initiatives of the department, School of Energy Studies of his University. His broader
research interests are Renewable Energy Conversion and Energy
Storage. His present specific research interests include low cost
alternative materials for solar photovoltaics, battery electrode
materials for sodium ion chemistry, and iron flow batteries. He
has worked as Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow at Aalto University, Finland, where he worked on hybrid structure solar cells.
He is member of several professional organizations. Adinath
obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from University of Pune in 2011
on research in thin-film solar cells.
Arvind Shah is the Founder of the Photovoltaics Research Laboratory (PV-Lab), at the Institute of Microtechnology (IMT), in
Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
PV laboratory, Neuchâtel, has done pioneering work in the
establishment of low-cost production methods for solar cells
based on silicon: It introduced a novel plasma-assisted deposition method called “VHF deposition” permitting a significant increase in the deposition rate for thin-film silicon layers.
It also introduced microcrystalline silicon, deposited by VHF
plasma, and with very low oxygen content, as novel absorber
layer, within thin-film solar cells.
From 1979 to 2005, Arvind was a professor at the University
of Neuchâtel. From 1987 to 2005, he was additionally a parttime professor at the EPFL Lausanne.
In 1975, he founded and co-directed the Centre for Electronics Design and Technology (CEDT) at the Indian Institute
of Science in Bangalore. CEDT is now one of India’s leading
University Centres in the field of electronics.
Since 2006, he has been active as a scientific consultant to
the PV laboratory and to various Industries, in Europe, India and
the USA.
He received the Swiss Solar Prize, together with Johannes
Meier in 2005. He received the Becquerel Award in 2007.
A. Funde and A. Shah
Adinath Funde is Assistant Professor at School of Energy
Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University
of Pune), Pune, India from the year 2011. He is coordinator for
Solar Photovoltaic and Energy Storage initiatives of the department, School of Energy Studies of his University. His broader
research interests are Renewable Energy Conversion and Energy
Storage. His present specific research interests include low cost
alternative materials for solar photovoltaics, battery electrode
materials for sodium ion chemistry, and iron flow batteries. He
has worked as Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow at Aalto University, Finland, where he worked on hybrid structure solar cells.
He is member of several professional organizations. Adinath
obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from University of Pune in 2011
on research in thin-film solar cells.
Arvind Shah is the Founder of the Photovoltaics Research Laboratory (PV-Lab), at the Institute of Microtechnology (IMT), in
Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
PV laboratory, Neuchâtel, has done pioneering work in the
establishment of low-cost production methods for solar cells
based on silicon: It introduced a novel plasma-assisted deposition method called “VHF deposition” permitting a significant increase in the deposition rate for thin-film silicon layers.
It also introduced microcrystalline silicon, deposited by VHF
plasma, and with very low oxygen content, as novel absorber
layer, within thin-film solar cells.
From 1979 to 2005, Arvind was a professor at the University
of Neuchâtel. From 1987 to 2005, he was additionally a parttime professor at the EPFL Lausanne.
In 1975, he founded and co-directed the Centre for Electronics Design and Technology (CEDT) at the Indian Institute
of Science in Bangalore. CEDT is now one of India’s leading
University Centres in the field of electronics.
Since 2006, he has been active as a scientific consultant to
the PV laboratory and to various Industries, in Europe, India and
the USA.
He received the Swiss Solar Prize, together with Johannes
Meier in 2005. He received the Becquerel Award in 2007.