Buy-back time using organic solar cells shorter, says polymer scientist Asha SK
Polymer scientist Asha SK wants her laboratory in Pune to be involved in developing organic polymers and their raw materials that will both find effective and environment-friendly use after reaching end-of-life use.
More often than not, many existing polymers and chemical compounds after desired use, turn nuisance environmentally and they end up at landfill sites or are subject to other harmful waste disposal methods.
Asha is the recent recipient of the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Power Fellows 2022 presented by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). She bagged the fellowship for a proposed project involving the development and scaling-up of p-Conjugated Polymers for Energy Storage applications using a now in-house synthesis facility at the CSIR-NCL.
