Preface

The National Conference on Advanced Materials and Applications (NCAMA-2019) has successfully taken place at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur, India during December 21-22, 2019. NCAMA-2019 continues to be a forum mainly for the Physics, Chemistry, Material Science professional and academic communities engaged in research and development of smart luminescence materials, light emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells, thermoelectric device engineering, and related areas of engineering. The major goal of NCAMA-2019 was to bring together scientists and practitioners, engineers and industry researchers to share their experience and innovations. The two-day conference provided a great opportunity to initiate discussions on topical issues of research & development on advanced materials testing and applications. Scientists and practitioners, mostly from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and other nearby states of India submitted over 75 papers. All the papers were reviewed by the editors and invited experts. The most up-to-date and comprehensive manuscripts were selected for this volume. We sincerely hope that the NCAMA-2019 proceedings will show the readers a broad overview of the latest research results from the field of photovoltaic, luminescence, thermoelectrics and optoelectronics.