Physicist · PhD, Physics (LUMS)
Qurat Ul Ain
Physicist working in optoelectronics and photovoltaics — perovskite solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, and the liquid-crystal hole-transport materials that keep them stable.
Her recent work spans dopant-free hole-transporting materials, lead-free absorber simulation with SCAPS-1D, and stability engineering for perovskite devices, with papers in Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie, and Solar RRL.
Research
What she works on.
Perovskite solar cells
Stability engineering and device optimization for perovskite and dye-sensitized architectures — from liquid-crystal hole-transport layers to carbon-nanotube interfaces.
Optoelectronics
Hybrid organic–inorganic materials, their morphology, and their optical behavior in thin-film devices.
Hole-transport materials
Dopant-free spiro-type and discotic liquid-crystal hole conductors for stable perovskite cells.
Numerical device simulation
SCAPS-1D modeling of lead-free chalcogenide and all-inorganic perovskite absorbers.
Publications
Selected publications
- 2025
P‐Dopant with Spherical Anion for Stable n‐i‐p Perovskite Solar Cells
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- 2025
Temperature-dependent photoluminescence and grain size control in a prototypical lead-free bismuth halide perovskite
Advanced Engineering Materials
- 2024
Quasi‐Planar Core based Spiro‐Type Hole‐Transporting Material for Dopant‐Free Perovskite Solar Cells
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- 2023
Transparent Liquid Crystal Hole‐Transporting Material for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
Solar RRL
- 2023
Foldable Hole‐Transporting Materials for Merging Electronic States between Defective and Perfect Perovskite Sites
Advanced Materials
- 2023
Interface connection of functionalized carbon nanotubes for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- 2022
Columnar liquid crystals as stability enhancing hole transport layers for Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite optoelectronics
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
Education
PhD in Physics, LUMS
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan — photovoltaics and optoelectronics.