Dr. Jiban Kangsabanik

Jiban Kangsabanik
DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellow

jiban.kangsabanik@bose.res.in
www.bose.res.in
Telephone +91-33-2335 5706/07/08 (extn: 221)

Educational Background:

M.Sc (Physics), IIT Bombay, 2014.

Ph.D (Computational Condensed Matter Physics), IIT Bombay, 2020.

Professional Background:

Postdoctoral Researcher: Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (Computational Materials Design), 2020-2024.
DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellow: S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences\ (Computational Condensed Matter Physics) (Sept. 2024-Present)

Main area of Research:

Electronic Structure.

Optoelectronics.

Photovoltaics.

Point Defects and Carrier transport.

High-throughput Materials Discovery.

Renewable Energy Applications.

Selected Awards & Achievements:

INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship (DST) (2024).

DST-SERB travel grants (DST) (2016 and 2019).

INSPIRE fellowship (DST) (2009-2012).

Research Grants:

INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship Research Grant (2024-2029, 7 lakhs/ year).

Significant Recent Publications:

GPAW: An open Python package for electronic structure calculations, J. Chem. Phys. 160, 092503 (2024).

Indirect band gap semiconductors for thin-film photovoltaics: High-throughput calculation of phonon-assisted absorption, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 43, 19872-19883 (2022).

Origin of High Nonradiative Recombination and Relevant Optoelectronic Properties of Ba2Bi1+xNb1-xO6 : Candidate for Photo(electro)catalysis and Photovoltaic Applications ?, Adv. Optical Mater., 2000901 (2020).

Optoelectronic Properties and Defect Physics of Gold Mixed Valence Halide Perovskites: Potential Lead-free Photovoltaic Absorber, Phys. Rev. Applied 13, 014005 (2020)(selected as Editors' suggestion).

Double Perovskites overtaking the single perovskites: A set of new solar harvesting materials with much higher stability and efficiency, Phys. Rev. Materials 2, 055401 (2018).

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