Advanced Photonic Devices for Energy and Sensing Applications

Dr. Anand M. Shrivastav received his PhD from IIT Delhi in 2018 and has completed postdoctoral research at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Ben-Gurion University (Israel), and the Public University of Navarra (Spain). He has been awarded prestigious fellowships, including the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship and the PBC Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Shrivastav has authored more than 40 journal articles, several book chapters, and one book and has been listed among the top 2% of scientists globally (Stanford University survey) since 2021. He is currently an assistant research professor and DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellow at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, India, working in the field of optical biosensing using SPR, LMR, and SERS.Dr. Subhojyoti Sinha is currently working as a research assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Nanotechnology at the SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, India. He received his PhD from National Institute of Technology Durgapur in 2015 and did his postdoctoral research works at IIT Madras, India, and Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA. Dr. Sinha has authored more than 23 journal articles and several book chapters. His current research interest focuses on exploring the interplay between physics and chemistry at the interfaces of engineered nanomaterials and nanocomposites for next-generation electrical and electrochemical energy storage devices. Dr. Shailendra Saxena is serving as an assistant professor (research track) in the Department of Physics and Nanotechnology at SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Kattankulathur campus, since March 2023. He earned his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore in 2016 and has held postdoctoral positions, including fellowships at the University of Alberta, Canada, and the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. His research projects have attracted funding from prominent agencies such as the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) and UGC-CSR India. In recognition of his research excellence, Dr. Saxena received the Senior Postdoctoral Award from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 2021. Dr. Saxena has authored more than 70 journal articles and several book chapters. His research interest includes Raman spectroscopy, Fano resonances, molecular electronics, and understanding exciton–plasmon interactions.

• Chapter 1 Perovskite Solar Cells: Advances, Challenges, and Industrialization Roadmap Chapter 2 Luminescent Solar Concentrator: A Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic for Solar Energy Conversion Chapter 3 Recent Developments in Nanostructured Materials for Photocatalysis and Biosensing Applications Chapter 4 Sustainable photonics towards achieving a net-zero economy Chapter 5 Advanced Photonics for Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENG) Chapter 6 Improvement of solar cell performance using metamaterials through bandgap engineering Chapter 7 Exciton plasmon coupled photonic materials for supercapacitor applications Chapter 8 Optical Biosensing Through Surface Plasmon Resonance: A Review of Techniques and Trends Chapter 9 Metamaterial-Enabled Photonic Sensors for Explosive Detection Chapter 10 Artificial intelligence in developing novel SERS based pathogen sensing Chapter 11 Recent Advances in Microfiber-Based WaveFlex Biosensors for Next-Generation Health Monitoring Chapter 12 Excitonic plasmon coupled surfaces for sensing applications Chapter 13 Zinc Oxide-Based Lossy Mode Resonance Sensors: Principles and Applications Chapter 14 Quantum Plasmonics: A Revolution Beyond Classical Constraints Chapter 15 Advancing Photonic Waveguide Technologies: Strip, Plasmonic, and Beyond for Enhanced Sensing Chapter 16 Designing Photoresponsive Crystals for the Light Energy Harvesting Applications