Arts and Sciences

Dr. Md Zaman Molla

Research Interests

Educational Background

• Ph.D, (Solar Cell), Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
• Master of Science (MSc), (Physics), University of Dhaka
• Bachelor of Science (BSc), (Physics), University of Dhaka

Honors and Achievements

• Invited lecture on Enhancing the Efficiency of TCO-less Dye Sensitized Solar Cells utilizing Nanopar, Department of Physics, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Adamas University Kolkata, 30-31 July, 2021, 2021
• Best Oral Presentation Award in National Conference on Physics - 2021, Organized by Bangladesh Physical Society, held through Virtual Platform during 06- 07 August, 2021, 2021
• JASSO Scholarship, Japan, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2012
• University Merit Scholarship, University of Dhaka, 2006

Publications

1. Optimization of Device Parameters for Back Contact Transparent Conductive Oxide Less Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Fabrication, Physica Status Solidi A: Applications and Materials Science, 2023
2. Numerical Analysis of Unsteady Mixed Convection Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nanofluids Confined Within A Porous Lid-Driven L- Shaped Cavity, International Journal of Thermofluids, 2022
3. Boosting the Efficiency of Low-Cost TCO-Less Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Employing Nanoparticle Spacers and Cobalt Complex Redox Shuttle, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2020
4. Parametric optimization of back-contact T-C-O-free dye-sensitized solar cells employing indoline and porphyrin sensitizer based on cobalt redox electrolyte, Solar Energy, 2020
5. Effect of electrolyte for back contact transparent conducting oxide-less dye-sensitized solar cells: iodine versus cobalt, Journal of Photonics for Energy, 2020
6. Structural optimization and quantum size effect of Si-nanocrystals in SiC interlayer fabricated with bio-template, Materials Research Express, 2019
7. Spin relaxation in Si nanoclusters embedded in free-standing SiGe nanocolumns, Applied Physics Letters, 2017
8. Transparent conductive oxide-free dye-sensitized solar cells consisting of dye-cocktail and cobalt redox shuttle based electrolyte, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2017
9. Enhancing the Performance of TCO-less Back Contact Dye-sensitized Solar Cells by Facile Diffusion of Cobalt Species through the TiO2 Nanoporous Layer, RSC Advances, 2016
10. Transparent Conductive Oxide-less back contact dye-sensitized solar cells using cobalt electrolyte, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 2015
11. Characterization of Chemically-Deposited Silver Sulfide Thin Films, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 2009

1. Transparent conductive oxide-less back contact dye-sensitized solar cells using Zinc porphyrin dye employing cobalt complex redox shuttle, 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014