Som Mondal has worked in experimental fabrication of silicon solar cell. His expertise lies in industrial silicon solar cell and application of various laser assisted processes in its fabrication. He has also worked on TCAD simulation and development of alternative device characterization methods for solar cell. Prior to joining at TERI School of Advanced Studies, he worked with Solar Energy Corporation of India and the Ministry of Shipping, GoI, for implementation of utility-scale solar PV projects at major Indian ports. He is also the Co-PI of Centre of Excellence in Thermal Energy Storage in which he is working on development of thermal energy storage for various applications using phase change materials.

Courses taught

ENR 124: Solar Technologies (PV)
ENR 136: Solar Thermal and Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation (PV)
ENR 186: Heat Transfer Lab
ENR 122: Renewable Energy Resource Characteristics (solar)
ENR 119: Fundamentals of Thermal and Electrical Engineering (thermal)

Research interests

- Performance optimization and loss analysis of solar PV plant
- Development of storage thermal energy storage systems for hot and cold applications
- Renewable energy generation mapping


On-going projects

Centre of Excellence in Thermal Energy Storage at TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi (Co-PI).

Research interests

• Novel high efficiency solar cells 
• Development of storage thermal energy storage materials and system for hot and cold applications
• PV module cooling

Publications:

• Som Mondal, Prasad Thakur and Chetan Singh Solanki, 2013, Diffused Bulk Channels Instead of Laser Drilled Via-holes in Emitter Wrap-through Solar Cell Structure: A Simulation Study, Solar Energy, Vol. 96,119-127
• Som Mondal and Chetan Singh Solanki, 2017, Deep Diffusion of Phosphorus in Silicon using Microsecond-pulsed Laser Doping, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Vol. 59, 2017, pp. 10-17
• Hemant Kumar Singh, Som Mondal, Balraj Arunachalam, Anishkumar Soman, Pratibha Sharma and Chetan Singh Solanki, 2018, D-M-D Plasmonic Anti-reflector for Next-generation Thin c-Si Solar Cell Applications, Plasmonics, Vol. 13, 2018, pp. 705-714
• Som Mondal, Anishkumar Soman and Aldrin Antony, 2017, Optimization and Fabrication of Rear Surface Passivated c-Si Solar Cells on 156 cm2 Area with Local Point Contacts Made by Microsecond-pulsed Laser Firing, Solar Energy, Vol. 158, 2017, pp. 360-366
• Birinchi Bora, Rajesh Kumar, O.S. Sastry, Basudev Prasad, Som Mondal, A.K. Tripathi, 2018, Energy rating estimation of PV module technologies for different climatic conditions, Solar Energy, Vol. 174, 2018, pp. 901-911
• A Pattnaik, S Jha, M Tomar, V Gupta, B Prasad and S Mondal, 2018, Improving the quantum efficiency of the monocrystalline silicon solar cell using erbium-doped zinc sulphide nanophosphor in downshift layer, Material Research Express, Vol. 5 (9), 095014