By Dr Chandany Sen

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

Sen C; Wang H; Khan MU; Fu J; Wu X; Wang X; Hoex B, 2024, 'Buyer aware: Three new failure modes in TOPCon modules absent from PERC technology', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112877

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

Rougieux FE; Sen C; Abbott M; Hoex B, 2024, 'Light-activated surface passivation for more efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells: Origin, physics and stability', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112789

Wu X; Sen C; Wang H; Wang X; Wu Y; Khan MU; Mao L; Jiang F; Xu T; Zhang G; Hoex B, 2024, 'Addressing sodium ion-related degradation in SHJ cells by the application of nano-scale barrier layers', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112604

Sen C; Wu X; Wang H; Khan MU; Mao L; Jiang F; Xu T; Zhang G; Chan C; Hoex B, 2023, 'Accelerated damp-heat testing at the cell-level of bifacial silicon HJT, PERC and TOPCon solar cells using sodium chloride', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112554

Khan MU; Sen C; Chan C; Abbott M; Poduval G; Wu Y; Lv R; Zhang G; Hoex B, 2023, 'Supercharging cell-level potential-induced degradation (PID) testing using a salt-enriched hybrid polymer layer', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112479

Sen C; Wang H; Wu X; Khan MU; Chan C; Abbott M; Hoex B, 2023, 'Four failure modes in silicon heterojunction glass-backsheet modules', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112358

Sen C; Hamer P; Soeriyadi A; Wright B; Wright M; Samadi A; Chen D; Stefani BV; Zhang D; Wu J; Jiang F; Hallam B; Abbott M, 2022, 'Impact of surface doping profile and passivation layers on surface-related degradation in silicon PERC solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111497

Sen C; Chan C; Hamer P; Wright M; Chong CM; Hallam B; Abbott M, 2020, 'Eliminating light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation in P-type PERC solar cells by a two-step thermal process', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110470

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

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

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

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

Liu S; Payne D; Vargas Castrillon C; Chen D; Kim M; Sen C; Varshney U; Hameiri Z; Chan C; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2018, 'Impact of dark annealing on the kinetics of light- and elevated-temperature-induced degradation', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 8, pp. 1494 - 1494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2866325

Sen C-D; Son J-I; Kim H-H; Yun H-S; Cho N-H, 2014, 'Variation of the nanostructural feature of nc-SiC:H thin films with post-deposition thermal annealing', Thin Solid Films, 571, pp. 238 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.10.002

Conference Papers

Sen C; Chan C; Wu X; Wang H; Khan MU; Mao L; Jaubert J-N; Jiang F; Zhang G; Hoex B, 2022, 'The role of Na+ contamination in humidity-induced degradation in silicon HJT cells', in Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Newcastle, Australia, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Newcastle, Australia, 29 November 2022 - 01 December 2023

Chen D; Sen C; Soeriyadi A; Kim M; Abbott M; Hoex B; Hallam B; Hamer P, 2020, 'Examining Surface-Related Degradation - An Emerging Issue for Commercial Silicon Solar Cells', in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2020, Australian PV Institute, Online, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2020, Online, 30 November 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28403

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

Samadi A; Sen C; Liu S; Varshney U; Chen D; Kim M; Soufiani AM; Contreras MV; Chong CM; Ciesla A; Abbott M; Chan C, 2019, 'Hydrogenation of dislocations in p-type cast-mono silicon', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5123894

Soeriyadi A; Weigand W; Wright B; Stefani BV; Wright M; Sen C; Chen D; Kim M; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2019, 'Elevating Low-Quality Silicon Wafers for High-Efficiency Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell Applications', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 807 - 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980613

Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; Mullins J; Sen C; Khan M; Oshima T; Abe H; Liu S; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Rougieux F; Zhou Z; Wright B; Varshney U; Vicari Stefani B; Soeriyadi A; Vargas Castrillon C; Samadi A; Hameiri Z; zhang X; Jin H; Qi W; Abbott M; Chong C; Peaker A; Hallam B, 2019, 'Will LeTID remain a commercial problem? Evaluating the solutions and a possible root cause. (LeTID仍是一个商业难题吗？根源分析和问题解决)', Wuxi, China, presented at 18th Issue PV WE CLASS-Crystalline Silicon Advanced Technology and Materials Forum, Wuxi, China, 24 April 2019 - 24 May 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27317

Hamer P; Li H; Chan C; Sen C; Bonilla RS; Wilshaw P, 2018, 'The Behavior and Transport of Hydrogen in Silicon Solar Cells Observed through Changes in Contact Resistance', 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. 1682 - 1686, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547880

Liu S; Chan C; Chen D; Kim M; Sen C; Varshney U; Hallam B; Abbott M; Wenham S; Payne D, 2018, 'Investigation of temperature and illumination dependencies of carrier-induced degradation in p -type multi-crystalline silicon', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5049333

Wenham ACN; Wenham S; Chen R; Chan C; Chen D; Hallam B; Payne D; Fung T; Kim M; Liu S; Wang S; Kim K; Samadi A; Sen C; Vargas C; Varshney U; Stefani BV; Hamer P; Bourret-Sicotte G; Nampalli N; Hameiri Z; Chong C; Abbott M; Ciesla A, 2018, 'Hydrogen-induced degradation', 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), Hawaii, USA, pp. 1 - 8, presented at 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hawaii, USA, 10 June 2018 - 17 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548100

Wenham ACN; Wenham S; Chen R; Chan C; Chen D; Hallam B; Payne D; Fung T; Kim M; Liu S; Wang S; Kim K; Samadi A; Sen C; Vargas C; Varshney U; Stefani BV; Hamer P; Bourret-Sicotte G; Nampalli N; Hameiri Z; Chong C; Abbott M, 2018, 'Hydrogen-induced degradation', IEEE, Waikoloa, HI, pp. 0001 - 0008, presented at 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC), Waikoloa, HI, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018

Varshney U; Abbott MD; Liu S; Chen D; Kim M; Sen C; Payne DNR; Wenham SR; Hoex B; Chan C, 2018, 'Influence of dielectric passivation layer thickness on LeTID in multicrystalline silicon', 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. 0363 - 0367, 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:000469200400086&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Posters

Varshney U; Liu S; Chen D; Kim M; Abbott M; Payne D; Hoex B; Chan C; Wenham S; Sen C, 2018, 'Influence of dielectric passivation layer thickness on LeTID in multicrystalline silicon', Hawaii, USA, Vol. 00, pp. 363 - 367, presented at WCPEC-7, Hawaii, USA, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547618

Conference Presentations

Sen C; Wang H; Wu X; Khan MU; Chan C; Hoex B, 2023, 'Hidden Fingerprints: How Solar Cell Handling Leads to Damp Heat Failures in Silicon Heterojunction Technology', presented at PVSEC-34 -International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Shenzhen, China, 06 November 2023 - 10 November 2023, https://www.pvsec-34.com/

Sen C; Wang H; Wu X; Khan MU; Mao L; Jiang F; Zhang G; Chan C; Hoex B, 2023, 'Al2O3 Barrier Layers: A Novel Approach to Preventing Humidity-Induced Failure in Heterojunction', presented at 40th EU PVSEC Conference and Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal, 18 September 2023 - 22 September 2023, https://www.eupvsec.org/index.php/conference/conference

Sen C, 2023, 'Comparing the Role of Na + in Damp Heat-Induced Failure in Bifacial Silicon HJT, PERC and TOPCon Cells', presented at SiliconPV Conference, Delft, the Netherlands, 05 April 2023

Chen D; Kim M; Varshney U; Sen C; Liu S; Zhang YUCHAO; Hamer P; Chong C; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2019, 'Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation (LeTID): the Past , the Present and What Lies Ahead', presented at 2019 Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, Australia, 02 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27901

Theses / Dissertations

Sen C, 2021, Understanding and Mitigating Light and Elevated Temperature-Induced Bulk and Surface Degradation in Commercial Silicon Solar Cells, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/22503

Preprints

Sen C; Wang H; Wu X; Khan MU; Chan C; Abbott M; Hoex B, Four Failure Modes in Silicon Heterojunction Glass-Backsheet Modules, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4293027

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