{"id":637,"date":"2025-06-30T05:49:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/?p=637"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:31:58","slug":"front-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/front-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-637_e02c22-36{margin:-25px;}.kb-gallery-type-grid.kb-gallery-id-637_e02c22-36 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:25px;}.kb-gallery-id-637_e02c22-36 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.kb-gallery-id-637_e02c22-36 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{color:#ffffff;background:linear-gradient( 0deg, #000000 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100% );font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-weight:inherit;}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-637_e02c22-36 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-637_e02c22-36 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:#000000;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-637_e02c22-36 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-grid kb-mobile-force-hover kb-gallery-id-637_e02c22-36 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"2\" data-columns-xl=\"2\" data-columns-md=\"2\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" \"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:779px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" style=\"padding-bottom:131%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/smll202470386-gra-0001-m-779x1024.jpg\" width=\"779\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/smll202470386-gra-0001-m.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/smll202470386-gra-0001-m.jpg\" data-id=\"627\" class=\"wp-image-627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/smll202470386-gra-0001-m-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/smll202470386-gra-0001-m-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/smll202470386-gra-0001-m-768x1009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/smll202470386-gra-0001-m-1169x1536.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/smll202470386-gra-0001-m.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Interface Properties<\/strong><br>\nThis cover highlights advances in interface engineering and characterization techniques, emphasizing the importance of addressing interfacial losses to improve charge transport in next-generation energy materials.<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" \"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:779px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" style=\"padding-bottom:131%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/advanced-materials-779x1024.jpg\" width=\"779\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/advanced-materials.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/advanced-materials.jpg\" data-id=\"630\" class=\"wp-image-630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/advanced-materials-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/advanced-materials-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/advanced-materials-768x1009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/advanced-materials-1169x1536.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/advanced-materials.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>High Efficiency Solar Cells<\/strong><br>\nThis cover art presents a novel rear contact structure for solution-processed CuIn(S,Se)\u00e2\u201a\u201a solar cells, using ALD-grown Al\u00e2\u201a\u201aO\u00e2\u201a\u0192 for rear surface passivation and CBD-grown CdS precipitates to create nanoscale point openings, reducing recombination losses.<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" \"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:779px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" style=\"padding-bottom:131%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jpccck-2024-128-issue-47-779x1024.jpg\" width=\"779\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jpccck-2024-128-issue-47.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jpccck-2024-128-issue-47.jpg\" data-id=\"628\" class=\"wp-image-628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jpccck-2024-128-issue-47-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jpccck-2024-128-issue-47-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jpccck-2024-128-issue-47-768x1009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jpccck-2024-128-issue-47-1169x1536.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jpccck-2024-128-issue-47.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Transient Absorption Spectroscopy<\/strong><br>\nThis cover art highlights the in-depth photophysical properties of CuS with varying Cu stoichiometry and investigates how trap states near the valence band edge affect carrier dynamics.<\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" \"><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:779px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic kb-gallery-image-ratio-inherit kb-has-image-ratio-inherit\" style=\"padding-bottom:131%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small-Methods-1-779x1024.jpg\" width=\"779\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small-Methods-1.jpg\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small-Methods-1.jpg\" data-id=\"629\" class=\"wp-image-629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small-Methods-1-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small-Methods-1-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small-Methods-1-768x1009.jpg 768w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small-Methods-1-1169x1536.jpg 1169w, https:\/\/materials.iisc.ac.in\/~rondiya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Small-Methods-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Band Engineering<\/strong><br>\nThis cover art illustrates the advantage of lower band offsets and how interface engineering in Cu\u00e2\u201a\u201aSnSe\u00e2\u201a\u0192-based heterojunctions can modulate them for efficient charge separation and 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