By Dr Alison Maree Ciesla

Book Chapters

Ciesla A, 2024, 'Hydrogenation', in , Wiley, pp. 123 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119578826.ch10

Hallam B; Wright M; Ciesla A, 2021, 'Hydrogen passivation of bulk defects', in Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 115 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch4

Hallam B; Ciesla A; Kim M; Herguth A, 2021, 'The boron-oxygen defect system', in Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 179 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch5

Chen R; Ciesla A; Vaqueiro-Contreras M; Chen D; Wright M; Hallam B; Peaker T, 2021, 'Negative impacts of hydrogen in silicon', in Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells, pp. 249 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch6

Journal articles

Wu X; Wang X; Lv R; Song H; Yu Y; Sen C; Cheng Y; Khan MU; Ciesla A; Xu T; Zhang G; Hoex B, 2025, 'Unveiling the degradation mechanisms in silicon heterojunction solar cells under accelerated damp-heat testing', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113325

Wu X; Sen C; Wang X; Cheng Y; Lv R; Song H; Yu Y; Liao B; Ma S; Khan MU; Ciesla A; Hoex B, 2024, 'Unveiling the origin of metal contact failures in TOPCon solar cells through accelerated damp-heat testing', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113188

Wu X; Wang X; Yang W; Nie J; Yuan J; Khan MU; Ciesla A; Sen C; Qiao Z; Hoex B, 2024, 'Enhancing the reliability of TOPCon technology by laser-enhanced contact firing', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112846

Samadi A; Ciesla A; Chan C; Juhl M, 2022, 'Implications of grain boundaries on quasi-steady-state photoconductance measurements in multicrystalline and cast-mono silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 238, pp. 111639, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111639

Kim M; Wright M; Chen D; Chan C; Ciesla A; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2022, 'Defect concentration and Δn change in light- And elevated temperature-induced degradation', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac34a8

Yu M; Shi Y; Deru J; Al-Dhahir I; McNab S; Chen D; Voss M; Hwu ET; Ciesla A; Hallam B; Hamer P; Altermatt PP; Wilshaw P; Bonilla RS, 2021, 'Assessing the Potential of Inversion Layer Solar Cells Based on Highly Charged Dielectric Nanolayers', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202100129

Chen R; Wright M; Chen D; Yang J; Zheng P; Zhang X; Wenham S; Ciesla A, 2021, '24.58% efficient commercial n-type silicon solar cells with hydrogenation', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1213 - 1218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3464

Ciesla A; Kim M; Wright M; Zafirovska I; Chen D; Hallam B; Chan C, 2021, 'A case study on accelerated light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation testing of commercial multi-crystalline silicon passivated emitter and rear cell modules', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1202 - 1212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3455

Green M; Barnett A; Honsberg C; Ciesla A; Ashworth P, 2021, 'Editorial for Stuart Wenham Special Issue', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1147 - 1148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3471

Chen D; Vaqueiro Contreras M; Ciesla A; Hamer P; Hallam B; Abbott M; Chan C, 2021, 'Progress in the understanding of light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation in silicon solar cells: A review', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1180 - 1201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3362

Chen R; Tong H; Zhu H; Ding C; Li H; Chen D; Hallam B; Chong CM; Wenham S; Ciesla A, 2020, '23.83% efficient mono-PERC incorporating advanced hydrogenation', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 28, pp. 1239 - 1247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3243

Hallam BJ; Hamer PG; Ciesla née Wenham AM; Chan CE; Vicari Stefani B; Wenham S, 2020, 'Development of advanced hydrogenation processes for silicon solar cells via an improved understanding of the behaviour of hydrogen in silicon', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 28, pp. 1217 - 1238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3240

Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; Chan C; Ciesla nee Wenham A; Rougieux F; Zhang Y; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2020, 'Hydrogen-induced degradation: Explaining the mechanism behind light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation in n- and p-type silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110353

Zhou R; Yu M; Tweddle D; Hamer P; Chen D; Hallam B; Ciesla A; Altermatt PP; Wilshaw PR; Bonilla RS, 2020, 'Understanding and optimizing EBIC pn-junction characterization from modeling insights', Journal of Applied Physics, 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5139894

Varshney U; Chan C; Hoex B; Hallam B; Hamer P; Ciesla A; Chen D; Liu S; Sen C; Samadi A; Abbott M, 2020, 'Controlling Light- And Elevated-Temperature-Induced Degradation with Thin Film Barrier Layers', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 10, pp. 19 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2945199

Ciesla AM; Bilbao JI; Chan CE; Payne DNR; Chen D; Kim M; Wenham SR; Hallam BJ, 2020, 'Modeling Boron-Oxygen Degradation and Self-Repairing Silicon PV Modules in the Field', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 10, pp. 28 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2945161

Sun C; Liu AY; Samadi A; Chan C; Ciesla A; Macdonald D, 2019, 'Transition Metals in a Cast-Monocrystalline Silicon Ingot Studied by Silicon Nitride Gettering', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201900456

Sen C; Chan C; Hamer P; Wright M; Varshney U; Liu S; Chen D; Samadi A; Ciesla A; Chong CM; Hallam B; Abbott M, 2019, 'Annealing prior to contact firing: A potential new approach to suppress LeTID', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.109938

Zafirovska I; Juhl MK; Ciesla A; Evans R; Trupke T, 2019, 'Low temperature sensitivity of implied voltages from luminescence measured on crystalline silicon solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 199, pp. 50 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.04.009

Wang S; Mai L; Ciesla A; Hameiri Z; Payne D; Chan C; Hallam B; Chong CM; Ji J; Shi Z; Wenham S, 2019, 'Advanced passivation of laser-doped and grooved solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 193, pp. 403 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.01.025

Varshney U; Abbott M; Ciesla A; Chen D; Liu S; Sen C; Kim M; Wenham S; Hoex B; Chan C, 2019, 'Evaluating the Impact of SiNx Thickness on Lifetime Degradation in Silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 601 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2896671

Kim K; Chen R; Chen D; Hamer P; Ciesla nee Wenham A; Wenham S; Hameiri Z, 2019, 'Degradation of surface passivation and bulk in p-type monocrystalline silicon wafers at elevated temperature', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 97 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2878791

Sen C; Kim M; Chen D; Varshney U; Liu S; Samadi A; Ciesla A; Wenham SR; Chan CE; Chong C; Abbott MD; Hallam BJ, 2019, 'Assessing the Impact of Thermal Profiles on the Elimination of Light- and Elevated-Temperature-Induced Degradation', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 40 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2874769

Fung TH; Kim M; Chen D; Chan CE; Hallam BJ; Chen R; Payne DNR; Ciesla A; Wenham SR; Abbott MD, 2018, 'A four-state kinetic model for the carrier-induced degradation in multicrystalline silicon: Introducing the reservoir state', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 184, pp. 48 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.04.024

Ciesla A; Chen R; Wang S; Ji J; Shi Z; Mai L; Chan C; Hallam B; Chong CM; Wenham S; Green M, 2018, 'High-voltage p-type PERC solar cells with anchored plating and hydrogenation', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 26, pp. 397 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.2986

Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; bourett-sicotte G; liu S; chan C; ciesla A; chen R; abbott M; hallam B; wenham S, 2018, 'Hydrogen induced degradation: A possible mechanism for light- and elevated temperature- induced degradation in n-type silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 185, pp. 174 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.05.034

Hallam BJ; Ciesla AM; Chan CC; Soeriyadi A; Liu S; Soufiani AM; Wright M; Wenham S, 2018, 'Overcoming the Challenges of Hydrogenation in Silicon Solar Cells', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 71, pp. 743 - 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH18271

Chen D; Kim M; Stefani BV; Hallam BJ; Abbott MD; Chan CE; Chen R; Payne DNR; Nampalli N; Ciesla A; Fung TH; Kim K; Wenham SR, 2017, 'Evidence of an identical firing-activated carrier-induced defect in monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 172, pp. 293 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.08.003

Chan C; Hamer P; Bourret-Sicotte G; Chen R; Ciesla A; Hallam B; Payne D; Bonilla RS; Wenham S, 2017, 'Instability of Increased Contact Resistance in Silicon Solar Cells Following Post-Firing Thermal Processes', Solar RRL, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.201700129

Bourret-Sicotte G; Hamer P; Bonilla RS; Collett K; Ciesla A; Colwell J; Wilshaw PR, 2017, 'Shielded hydrogen passivation − A potential in-line passivation process', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700383

Hamer P; Bourret-Sicotte G; Martins G; Wenham A; Bonilla RS; Wilshaw P, 2017, 'A novel source of atomic hydrogen for passivation of defects in silicon', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201600448

Chen R; Wang S; Wenham A; Shi Z; Young T; Ji J; Edwards M; Sugianto A; Mai L; Wenham S; Chong C, 2017, 'Plated contacts for solar cells with superior adhesion strength to screen printed solar cells', Frontiers in Energy, 11, pp. 72 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11708-016-0428-4

Chan C; Fung TH; Abbott M; Payne D; Wenham A; Hallam B; Chen R; Wenham S, 2017, 'Modulation of Carrier-Induced Defect Kinetics in Multi-Crystalline Silicon PERC Cells Through Dark Annealing', Solar RRL, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.201600028

Wang S; Mai L; Wenham A; Hameiri Z; Payne D; Chan C; Hallam B; Sugianto A; Chong CM; Ji J; Shi Z; Wenham S, 2017, 'Selective emitter solar cell through simultaneous laser doping and grooving of silicon followed by self-aligned metal plating', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 169, pp. 151 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.05.018

Wenham A; Song L; Abbott M; Zafirovska I; Wang S; Hallam B; Chan C; Barnett A; Wenham S, 2016, 'Defect passivation on cast-mono crystalline screen-printed cells', Frontiers in Energy, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11708-016-0443-5

Chan CE; Payne DNR; Hallam BJ; Abbott MD; Fung TH; Wenham AM; Tjahjono BS; Wenham SR, 2016, 'Rapid Stabilization of High-Performance Multicrystalline P-type Silicon PERC Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 6, pp. 1473 - 1479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2606704

Song L; Wenham A; Wenham S, 2016, 'Low temperature diffusion and its impact on hydrogenation', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 149, pp. 221 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.11.003

Davidsen RS; Li H; To A; Wang X; Han A; An J; Colwell J; Chan C; Wenham A; Schmidt MS; Boisen A; Hansen O; Wenham S; Barnett A, 2015, 'Black silicon laser-doped selective emitter solar cell with 18.1% efficiency', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 144, pp. 740 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.10.018

Hamer P; Wang S; Hallam B; Wenham S; Chong CM; Wenham A; Abbott M, 2015, 'Laser illumination for manipulation of hydrogen charge states in silicon solar cells', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 9, pp. 111 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201409495

Song L; Wenham A; Wang S; Hamer P; Ahmmed MS; Hallam B; Mai L; Abbott M; Hawkes ER; Chong C; Wenham S, 2015, 'Laser enhanced hydrogen passivation of silicon wafers', International Journal of Photoenergy, 2015, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/193892

Hallam BJ; Hamer PG; Wenham SR; Abbott MD; Sugianto A; Wenham AM; Chan CE; Xu G; Kraiem J; Degoulange J; Einhaus R, 2014, 'Advanced bulk defect passivation for silicon solar cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 4, pp. 88 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2281732

Conference Papers

Wright B; Chandany S; Samadi A; Ciesla A; Abbott M, 2021, 'Influence of Dislocation Density on Light-Induced Degradation in PERC Cells: A Cast- Mono Ingot Study', Online Event, presented at 31st International PV Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-31), Online Event, 13 December 2021

Kim M; Ciesla A; Sun C; Chen D; Malcolm A; Hallam B, 2021, 'Application of Δn Normalised Time, β: Linear Injection-Level Dependence on LeTID and the Recovery in Crystalline Silicon', in 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Online, pp. 191 - 193, presented at 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Online, 06 September 2021 - 10 September 2021

Wang L; Hamer P; Pollard M; Hallam B; Abbott M; Ciesla A; Chan C, 2020, 'A short time and low temperature bias annealing process to suppress LeTID on cast-mono p-type PERC solar cells', in APSRC, presented at ASIA-PACIFIC SOLAR RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2020, https://apvi.org.au/solar-research-conference/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Li-Wang-A-short-time-and-low-temperature-bias-annealing-process-to-suppress-LeTID-on-cast-mono-p-type-PERC-solar-cells.pdf

Kim M; wright M; Chen D; Ciesla A; Chan C; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2020, 'A new universal metric called the relative defect concentration, β in c-Si solar cells', in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2020, Australian PV Institute, Online, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC), Online, 30 November 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28402

Sen C; Chan C; Chen D; Wright M; Varshney U; Kim M; Samadi A; Liu S; Ciesla A; Chong C; Hallam B; Abbott M, 2019, 'Different extent and behaviour of LeTID in the past and current PERC silicon solar cells', in Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, Australia, 03 December 2019 - 05 December 2019, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chandany-Sen/publication/338669666_Different_Extent_and_Behaviour_of_LeTID_in_the_Past_and_Current_PERC_Silicon_Solar_Cells/links/5e22699992851cafc38c7fff/Different-Extent-and-Behaviour-of-LeTID-in-the-Past-and-Current-PERC-Silicon-Solar-Cells.pdf

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