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2024, 'Engineering phononic cavities: ultrafast phonon and carrier dynamics', in Betz M; Elezzabi AY (ed.), Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XXVIII, SPIE, pp. 14 - 14, presented at Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XXVIII, 27 January 2024 - 01 February 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3001946
,2023, 'Advances in GaAsP Top Cells for Use in GaAsP/Si Tandems', in 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, pp. 1 - 1, presented at 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 11 June 2023 - 16 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc48320.2023.10359558
,2023, 'Controlling Photoexcited Carrier Relaxation Through Phonon Management in GaAs/AlAs Superlattices', in 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, pp. 1 - 1, presented at 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 11 June 2023 - 16 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc48320.2023.10359937
,2023, 'Ultrafast Dynamics of Photoexcited Carriers and Phonons in Tailored 1D Acoustic Phonon Potentials', in 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, pp. 1 - 1, presented at 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 11 June 2023 - 16 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc48320.2023.10359540
,2021, 'Low-temperature aluminium doped a-Si as hole selective contacts on p-type silicon solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 778 - 780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518591
,2021, 'Recent Advances in GaAsP/Si Top Cell Enabling 27% Tandem Efficiency', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1644 - 1646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518768
,2021, 'The Application of a-Si:H/AlO
2020, 'Assessment of the potential application of copper(I) sulfide as carrier selective contact on silicon bottom cell for III/V-Si tandem solar cells', Virtual, pp. 0380 - 0383, presented at 47th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Virtual, 15 June 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300627
,2020, 'Fundamental Aspects of Hot Carrier Solar Cell Operation', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2227 - 2232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300536
,2020, 'Loss Analysis and Design Strategies Enabling >23% GaAsP/Si Tandem Solar Cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1884 - 1886, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300787
,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
,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
,2019, 'On the Origin of Silicon Lifetime Degradation during Anneal in III-V Material Growth Chambers', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1074 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980846
,2019, 'Toward >25% Efficient Monolithic Epitaxial GaAsP/Si Tandem Solar Cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 734 - 737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980574
,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
,2018, 'A Comparison Study of Dispatching Various Battery Technologies in a Hybrid PV and Wind Power Plant', in IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2018.8585803
,2018, 'Broadband Reflectance Reduction for Wafer Bonded III-V//Si tandem Cell Using Polydimethylsiloxane -Replicated Surface Texturing', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, pp. 271 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547922
,2018, 'Pulsed Laser Deposition Nickel Oxide on crystalline Silicon as hole selective contacts', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, pp. 2183 - 2186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547358
,2018, 'Simulation of Solar Cells Employing 2 Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide - Silicon Front Surfaces', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, pp. 2092 - 2096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547793
,2018, 'Thermally Diffused Point Contacting by Localized Dielectric Breakdown Solar Cells with Boron Etch Back', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, pp. 1086 - 1089, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548148
,2018, 'Loss analysis for single junction concentrator solar cells', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5053511
,2018, 'Effect of Silicon Front Surface Doping Profile on GaP/Si Heterostructure for III-V/GaP/Si Multi-junction Solar Cells', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, IEEE, Waikoloa Village, HI, USA, pp. 275 - 278, presented at World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7) 2018, Waikoloa Village, HI, USA, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547600
,2018, 'Simple, Robust Hydrogen Passivation of Bare Silicon for Estimating Bulk Lifetime of Silicon Wafers', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), HI, Waikoloa, pp. 2252 - 2255, presented at 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), HI, Waikoloa, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547614
,2018, 'Broadband Reflectance Reduction for Wafer Bonded III-V//Si tandem Cell Using Polydimethylsiloxane - Replicated Surface Texturing', in 2018 IEEE 7TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION (WCPEC) (A JOINT CONFERENCE OF 45TH IEEE PVSC, 28TH PVSEC & 34TH EU PVSEC), IEEE, HI, Waikoloa, pp. 0271 - 0274, presented at 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) / A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC / 28th PVSEC / 34th EU PVSEC, HI, Waikoloa, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000469200400064&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2018, 'Effect of Silicon Front Surface Doping Profile on GaP/Si Hetero-structure for III-V/GaP/Si Multi-junction Solar Cells', in 2018 IEEE 7TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION (WCPEC) (A JOINT CONFERENCE OF 45TH IEEE PVSC, 28TH PVSEC & 34TH EU PVSEC), IEEE, HI, Waikoloa, pp. 0275 - 0278, presented at 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) / A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC / 28th PVSEC / 34th EU PVSEC, HI, Waikoloa, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000469200400065&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2018, 'An economic optimization for BESS sizing in a hybrid PV and wind power plant', in 2017 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia: Smart Grid for Smart Community, ISGT-Asia 2017, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2017.8378353
,2017, 'An Economic Optimization for BESS Sizing in a Hybrid PV and Wind Power Plant', in 2017 IEEE INNOVATIVE SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES - ASIA (ISGT-ASIA), IEEE, NEW ZEALAND, Univ Auckland, Auckland, pp. 220 - 225, presented at 7th IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT-Asia), NEW ZEALAND, Univ Auckland, Auckland, 04 December 2017 - 07 December 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000435854300040&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2017, 'Contact Resistance Measurement for Thermally Diffused Point Contact by Localized Dielectric Breakdown Solar Cells', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), IEEE, pp. 948 - 952, presented at 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 25 June 2017 - 30 June 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2017.8366648
,2017, 'Spin Coated Nickel Oxide and Vanadium Oxide Layers on Silicon for a Carrier Selective Contact Solar Cell', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), IEEE, pp. 1845 - 1849, presented at 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 25 June 2017 - 30 June 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2017.8366591
,2017, 'Bismuth Surfactant-Mediated Growth of GaNAsSb(Bi) Solar Cells', in 2017 IEEE 44TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, DC, Washington, pp. 1215 - 1219, 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:000455636001056&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2017, 'Low temperature rear surface metallization of multi-crystalline silicon solar cells for improved bulk lifetime', in 2017 IEEE 44TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, DC, Washington, pp. 953 - 957, 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:000455636000232&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,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
,2017, 'Numerical Simulation of p-type front junction PERL Silicon cell for III-V/Si Tandem Devices', in 2017 IEEE 44TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, DC, Washington, pp. 2569 - 2572, 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:000455636002136&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2017, 'Ultrathin Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) wafer for compliant substrate', in 2017 IEEE 44TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, DC, Washington, pp. 858 - 860, 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:000455636000209&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,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
,2017, 'Investigation of voltage processing window for point-contacting by localised dielectric breakdown', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 59 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366693
,2017, 'Potential of point-contacting by localized dielectric breakdown technique for formation of rear point contact arrays in silicon solar cells', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 1761 - 1764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366709
,2016, 'Investigation of voltage processing window for point-contacting by localised dielectric breakdown', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2938 - 2942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750197
,2016, 'Potential of point-contacting by localized dielectric breakdown technique for formation of rear point contact arrays in silicon solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2994 - 2998, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750212
,2016, 'Absorption in and scattering from single horizontal Au-contacted InAs/InP heterostructure nanowires', in 16th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2016, IEEE, AUSTRALIA, pp. 221 - 222, presented at 16th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), AUSTRALIA, 11 July 2016 - 15 June 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NUSOD.2016.7547006
,2015, 'General design considerations for making optimal use of new photovoltaic materials', in 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355696
,2015, 'Potential performance of Out-of-Sequence multi-junction solar cells: III-V on virtual Ge substrates with active Si bottom sub-cell', in 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356243
,2015, 'The design of single-junction GaAs and dual-junction GaAs/Si in the presence of threading dislocation density', in 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356245
,2014, ''Thin silicon solar cells: A path to 35% shockley-queisser limits', a DOE funded FPACE II project', in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, pp. 2467 - 2470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925429
,2014, 'Hot carrier extraction using energy selective contacts and its impact on the limiting efficiency of a hot carrier solar cell', in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, pp. 3422 - 3424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925666
,2014, 'Point-contacting by Localised Dielectric Breakdown: A robust approach to contacting silicon for solar applications', in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, pp. 2813 - 2817, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925515
,2014, 'Results from coupled optical and electrical sentaurus TCAD models of a gallium phosphide on silicon electron carrier selective contact solar cell', in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, pp. 836 - 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925045
,2014, 'Progress toward a Si-plus architecture: Epitaxially-integrable Si sub-cells for III-V/Si multijunction photovoltaics', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Denver, CO, USA, pp. 3439 - 3442, presented at 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Denver, CO, USA, 08 June 2014 - 18 June 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC-Vol2.2014.7588253
,2014, 'Results from Coupled Optical and Electrical Sentaurus TCAD Models of a Gallium Phosphide on Silicon Electron Carrier Selective Contact Solar Cell', in 2014 IEEE 40TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, CO, Denver, pp. 827 - 831, presented at 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), CO, Denver, 08 June 2014 - 13 June 2014, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000366638901011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2013, 'Localized Ohmic Contact through a Passivation Dielectric for Novel Rear Surface Design Solar Cells', in 2013 IEEE 39TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, FL, Tampa, pp. 904 - 907, presented at 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), FL, Tampa, 16 June 2013 - 21 June 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000340054100201&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
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