SwarnaJayanti Fellow developing doping agents for efficient next-generation low-cost semiconductor materials
Pabitra K. Nayak, reader at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research-Hyderabad and Swarnajayanti fellow for the year 2020-21, is leading a research group for the development of efficient next-generation low-cost semiconductor materials which can contribute to India’s technological leadership in this area. India has recently announced incentives of INR 2,30,000 crore to position India as global hub for electronics manufacturing with semiconductors as the foundational building block and efficient next-generation low-cost semiconductor materials could pave the path towards positioning India as the global hub for Electronic System Design and Manufacturing as per the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Large-scale commercially viable electronic applications can be realized by low-energy processible materials like metal halide perovskite and organic semiconductors. However, in competing with traditional inorganic semiconductors, organic materials and halide perovskites still lag in electrical con