By Associate Professor Santosh Shrestha

Journal articles

Shrestha SK, 2010, 'Photovoltaics literature survey (No. 79)', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 18, pp. 385 - 388

Shrestha SK, 2010, 'Photovoltaics literature survey (No. 80)', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 18, pp. 481 - 484

Shrestha SK, 2010, 'Photovoltaics literature survey (No. 81)', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 18, pp. 559 - 561

Shrestha SK, 2010, 'Photovoltaics literature survey (No. 82)', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 18, pp. 607 - 610

Takeda Y; Motohiro T; Konig D; Aliberti P; Feng Y; Conibeer G; Shrestha SK, 2010, 'Practical factors lowering conversion efficiency of hot carrier solar cells', Applied Physics Express, 3, pp. 104301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/APEX.3.104301

Zhang B; Shrestha SK; Green MA; Conibeer G, 2010, 'Size controlled synthesis of Ge nanocrystals in SiO2 at temperatures below 400 °C using magnetron sputtering', Applied Physics Letters, 96, pp. 261901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3457864

Aliberti P; Shrestha SK; Teuscher R; Zhang B; Green MA; Conibeer G, 2010, 'Study of silicon quantum dots in a SiO2 matrix for energy selective contacts applications', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, pp. 1936 - 1941, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.024

Zhang B; Shrestha SK; Green MA; Conibeer G, 2010, 'Surface states induced high p-type conductivity in nanostructured thin film composed of Ge nanocrystals in SiO2 matrix', Applied Physics Letters, 97, pp. 132109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3496031

Takeda Y; Ito T; Motohiro T; Konig D; Shrestha SK; Conibeer GJ, 2009, 'Hot carrier solar cells operating under practical conditions', Journal of Applied Physics, 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3086447

Takeda Y; Ito T; Suzuki R; Motohiro T; Shrestha SK; Conibeer GJ, 2009, 'Impact ionization and Auger recombination at high carrier temperature', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, pp. 797 - 802

Shalav A; Shrestha SK, 2009, 'Photovoltaics literature survey (No. 74)', Progress in Photovoltaics, 17, pp. 594 - 599

Conibeer GJ; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Guillemoles J; Konig D; Cho EC; Jiang C; Shrestha SK; Green MA, 2009, 'Progress on Hot Carrier Cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, pp. 713 - 719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.034

Zeitz W; Dogra R; Byrne AP; Shrestha SK; Edge AV; Timmers H, 2008, 'Magnetism of isolated cadmium atoms in vacancy-associated sites in nickel', Physical Review - Section B - Condensed Matter, 78, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.014406

Conibeer GJ; Jiang C; Konig D; Shrestha SK; Walsh TM; Green MA, 2008, 'Selective energy contacts for hot carrier solar cells', Thin Solid Films, 516, pp. 6968 - 6973, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2007.12.031

Butcher KS; Fernandes AJ; Chen PP; Wintrebert-Fouquet M; Timmers H; Shrestha SK; Hirshy H; Perks R; Usher BF, 2007, 'The nature of nitrogen related point defects in common forms of InN', Journal of Applied Physics, 101, pp. 1 - 11

Chen PP; Butcher KS; Wintrebert-Fouquet M; Wuhrer R; Phillips MR; Prince KE; Timmers H; Shrestha SK; Usher BF, 2006, 'Apparent band-gap shift in InN films grown by remote-plasma-enhanced CVD', Journal of Crystal Growth, 288, pp. 241 - 246

Timmers H; Butcher KS; Shrestha SK; Chen PP; Wintrebert-Fouquet M; Dogra R, 2006, 'Compositional and structural characterization of indium nitride using swift ions', Journal of Crystal Growth, 288, pp. 236 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2005.12.004

Shrestha SK; Timmers H, 2006, 'The optimum heavy ion beam for the compositional analysis of indium nitride films', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms, 249, pp. 257 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2006.04.010

Dogra R; Shrestha SK; Byrne AP; Ridgway MC; Edge AV; Vianden R; Penner J; Timmers H, 2005, 'Evidence for atomic scale disorder in indium nitride from perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy', Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 17, pp. 6037 - 6046

Shrestha SK; Timmers H; Byrne AP; Hutchison WD; Chaplin DH; Dogra R, 2005, 'Implantation of the 111In/Cd Probe as InO− Ion for Radioisotope Tracer Studies', Hyperfine Interactions, 158, pp. 407 - 411, http://www.springerlink.com/content/yj42n45763w87j44/

Shrestha SK; Timmers H; Butcher KS; Wintrebert-Fouquet M; Chen PP, 2005, 'Nitrogen depletion of indium nitride films during Elastic Recoil Detection analysis', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms, 234, pp. 291 - 307

Scott K; Butcher A; Wintrebert-Fouquet M; Chen PP; Prince KE; Timmers H; Shrestha SK; Shubina TV; Ivanov SV; Wuhrer R; Phillips MR; Monemar B, 2005, 'Non-stoichiometry and non-homogeneity in InN', Physica Status Solidi C - Conferences and Critical Reviews, 2, pp. 2263 - 2266

Shrestha SK; Timmers H; Butcher KS; Wintrebert-Fouquet T, 2004, 'Accurate stoichiometric analysis of polycrystalline indium nitridefilms with elastic recoil detection', Current Applied Physics, 4, pp. 237 - 240

Butcher KS; Wintrebert-Fouquet M; Chen PP; Tansley TL; Dou HF; Shrestha SK; Timmers H; Kuball M; Prince K; Bradby JE, 2004, 'Nitrogen-rich indium nitride', Journal of Applied Physics, 95, pp. 6124 - 6128

Shrestha SK; Butcher KS; Wintrebert-Fouquet M; Timmers H, 2004, 'Reliable ERD analysis of group-III nitrides despite severe nitrogen depletion', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interactions With Materials and Atoms, 219-220, pp. 686 - 692

Timmers H; Shrestha SK; Byrne A, 2004, 'The potential of ion beam techniques for the development of indiumnitride', Journal of Crystal Growth, 269, pp. 50 - 58

Butcher KS; Wintrebert-Fouquet M; Chen PP; Timmers H; Shrestha SK, 2003, 'Detailed analysis of absorption data for indium nitride', Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 6, pp. 351 - 354

Butcher KSA; Wintrebert-Fouquet M; Motlan ; Shrestha SK; Timmers H; Prince KE; Tansley TL, 2002, 'A study of indium nitride films grown under conditions resulting in apparent band-gaps from 0.7 eV to 2.3 eV', Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 743, pp. 707 - 712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/proc-743-l11.23

Conference Papers

Hanif M; Dubajic M; Bremner SP; Nielsen MP; Shrestha S; Conibeer GJ, 2023, 'Controlling Photoexcited Carrier Relaxation Through Phonon Management in GaAs/AlAs Superlattices', in 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, presented at 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 11 June 2023 - 16 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc48320.2023.10359937

Conibeer G; Shrestha S, 2023, 'Third Generation Approaches for Low Cost, Radiation Tolerant, Efficienct Space Solar Cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359674

Radhwi H; Palm K; Dubajic M; Hanif M; Shrestha S; Munday J; Conibeer G, 2021, 'Structural and Optical Properties of Nonstoichiometric Titanium Hydride, Vanadium Hydride and Zirconium Hydride as Hot Carrier Solar Cell Absorbers', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2011 - 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518423

Thapa B; Dubajic M; Conibeer G; Shrestha S, 2021, 'Synthesis and Characterisation of Hafnium Oxynitride Thin Film: Can It Be Used as a Hot Carrier Solar Cell Material?', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1654 - 1658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518501

Thapa B; Dubajic M; Nielsen MP; Patterson R; Conibeer G; Shrestha S, 2020, 'Hot carrier dynamics in nitrogen - rich hafnium nitride thin film', in 2020 47TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 793 - 797, presented at 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), ELECTR NETWORK, 15 June 2020 - 21 August 2020, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000653077100196&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Thapa B; Dubajic M; Nielsen MP; Patterson R; Conibeer G; Shrestha S, 2020, 'Hot carrier dynamics in nitrogen - Rich hafnium nitride thin film', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 0793 - 0797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300430

Conibeer G; Dubajic M; Shrestha S; Bremner S; Patterson R; Chan KY; Thapa B; Jia X; Rule K, 2020, 'Materials and mechanisms for hot carrier solar cell absorbers', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1962 - 1966, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300869

Shrestha S; Liao Y; Cao W; Conibeer G, 2019, 'Experimental investigation of double barrier structures for energy selective contacts for hot carrier solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1780 - 1782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980578

Conibeer G; Dubajic M; Shrestha S; Bremner S; Patterson R; Thapa B, 2019, 'Investigation of materials for hot carrier solar cell absorbers', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2997 - 3000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980765

Thapa B; Patterson R; Dubajic M; Conibeer G; Shrestha S, 2019, 'Investigation of Structural and Optical Properties of Atomic Layer Deposited Hafnium Nitride Films', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1797 - 1801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980718

Conibeer G; Shrestha S; Bremner S; Zhang Y; Tayebjee M; Dubajic M, 2019, 'Slowed hot carrier cooling in multiple quantum wells for application to hot carrier solar cells', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2513176

Shrestha S; Chung S; Liao Y; Cao W; Gupta N; Zhang Y; Wen X; Conibeer G, 2017, 'Development of absorber and energy selective contacts for hot carrier solar cells', in 2017 IEEE 44TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, DC, Washington, pp. 696 - 700, presented at IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), DC, Washington, 25 June 2017 - 30 June 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000455636000174&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conibeer G; Zhang Y; Chung S; Liao Y; Bremner S; Shrestha S, 2017, 'Multiple quantum wells as slowed hot carrier cooling absorbers in hot carrier cells', in 2017 IEEE 44TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, DC, Washington, pp. 2186 - 2190, presented at IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), DC, Washington, 25 June 2017 - 30 June 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000455636002046&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Wang B; Patterson R; Chen W; Zhang Z; Yang J; Huang S; Shrestha S; Conibeer G, 2017, 'Ab initio calculation of transport properties between PbSe quantum dots facets with iodide ligands', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2283318

Kim S; Bowden S; Honsberg CB, 2017, 'Fabrication of nanopillar structure by silica nanosphere lithography and passivation with wet chemical oxidation cleaning', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 696 - 700, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366687

Conibeer G; Zhang Y; Bremner S; Shrestha S, 2017, 'Hot carrier cooling mechanisms in multiple quantum wells', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2251927

Chen W; Wen X; Latzel M; Yang J; Huang S; Shrestha S; Patterson R; Christiansen S; Conibeer G, 2017, 'Nanoscale characterization of GaN/InGaN multiple quantum wells on GaN nanorods by photoluminescence spectroscopy', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2249931

Yang J; Chen W; Wang B; Zhang Z; Huang S; Shrestha S; Wen X; Patterson R; Conibeer G, 2017, 'Selective optical contacting for solar spectrum management', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2251197

Chen W; Wen X; Latzel M; Yang J; Huang S; Shrestha S; Patterson R; Christiansen S; Conibeer G, 2017, 'Ultrafast carrier dynamics in GaN/InGaN multiple quantum wells nanorods', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2283328

Wang P; Wen X; Shrestha S; Conibeer G; Aguey-Zinsou K, 2016, 'Metal hydrides as hot carrier solar cell absorber', in Proc. SPIE 9937, Next Generation Technologies for Solar Energy Conversion VII, San Diego, CA, pp. 993707 - 993707-11, presented at Conference on Next Generation Technologies for Solar Energy Conversion VII, San Diego, CA, 29 August 2016 - 31 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2242400

Conibeer G; Shrestha S; Chan KY; Huang S; Puthen-Veettil B, 2016, 'Up-conversion equivalent circuit to boost current in Si cells', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2242401

Chung S; Shrestha S; Wen X; Xia H; Feng Y; Huang S; Gupta N; Conibeer G, 2015, 'Carrier dynamics and phonon properties of hafnium nitride: Potential hot carrier solar cell absorber', in 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356227

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