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Book Chapters

Gusev EY; Avdeev SP; Malokhatko SV; Klimin VS; Polyakov VV; Wang S; Ren X; Chen D; Han L; Wang Z; Zhang W; Ageev OA, 2024, 'Silicon-on-Silicon Oxide Metalens: Design and Fabrication Aspects', in Springer Proceedings in Materials, pp. 56 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52239-0_6

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, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 249 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch6

Journal articles

Ernst M; Liu X; Asselineau CA; Chen D; Huang C; Lennon A, 2024, 'Accurate modelling of the bifacial gain potential of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems', Energy Conversion and Management, 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117947

Yu C; Gao K; Peng CW; He C; Wang S; Shi W; Allen V; Zhang J; Wang D; Tian G; Zhang Y; Jia W; Song Y; Hu Y; Colwell J; Xing C; Ma Q; Wu H; Guo L; Dong G; Jiang H; Wu H; Wang X; Xu D; Li K; Peng J; Liu W; Chen D; Lennon A; Cao X; De Wolf S; Zhou J; Yang X; Zhang X, 2023, 'Industrial-scale deposition of nanocrystalline silicon oxide for 26.4%-efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells with copper electrodes', Nature Energy, 8, pp. 1375 - 1385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01388-4

Vicari Stefani B; Wright M; Soeriyadi A; Chen D; Kim M; Wright B; Andronikov D; Nyapshaev I; Abolmasov S; Wilson G; Hallam B, 2022, 'Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells and p-type Crystalline Silicon Wafers: A Historical Perspective', Solar RRL, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200449

Lim J; Choi E; Kim M; Lee M; Chen D; Green MA; Seidel J; Kim C; Park J; Hao X; Yun JS, 2022, 'Revealing the Dynamics of the Thermal Reaction between Copper and Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar Cells', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14, pp. 20866 - 20874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c01061

Chen D; Madumelu C; Kim M; Stefani BV; Soeriyadi A; Kang D; Sio HC; Zhang X; Zhu P; Hallam B; Wright M, 2022, 'Investigating the degradation behaviours of n+-doped Poly-Si passivation layers: An outlook on long-term stability and accelerated recovery', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111491

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

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

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

Chen D; Kim M; Shi J; Vicari Stefani B; Yu Z; Liu S; Einhaus R; Wenham S; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2021, 'Defect engineering of p-type silicon heterojunction solar cells fabricated using commercial-grade low-lifetime silicon wafers', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1165 - 1179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3230

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

Hamer P; Chen D; Bonilla R, 2021, 'Thermal Processes and their Impact on Surface Related Degradation', Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters

Zhang Y; Wang L; Chen D; Kim M; Hallam B, 2021, 'Pathway towards 24% efficiency for fully screen-printed passivated emitter and rear contact solar cells', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abe900

Lee M; Choi E; Soufiani AM; Lim J; Kim M; Chen D; Green MA; Seidel J; Lim S; Kim J; Dai X; Lee‐Chin R; Zheng B; Hameiri Z; Park J; Hao X; Yun JS, 2021, 'Enhanced hole-carrier selectivity in wide bandgap halide perovskite PV devices for indoor IoT applications', Advanced Functional Materials, pp. 2008908 - 2008908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202008908

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

Madumelu C; Wright B; Soeriyadi A; Wright M; Chen D; Hoex B; Hallam B, 2020, 'Investigation of light-induced degradation in N-Type silicon heterojunction solar cells during illuminated annealing at elevated temperatures', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110752

Vicari Stefani B; Soeriyadi A; Wright M; Chen D; Kim M; Zhang Y; Hallam B, 2020, 'Large-Area Boron-Doped 1.6 Ω cm p-Type Czochralski Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with a Stable Open-Circuit Voltage of 736 mV and Efficiency of 22.0%', Solar RRL, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202000134

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

Sio HC; Phang SP; Fell A; Wang H; Zheng P; Chen DK; Zhang X; Zhang T; Wang Q; Jin H; Macdonald D, 2019, 'The electrical properties of high performance multicrystalline silicon and mono-like silicon: Material limitations and cell potential', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110059

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

Khan MU; Chen D; Jafari S; Ohshima T; Abe H; Hameiri Z; Chong CM; Abbott M, 2019, 'Degradation and regeneration of radiation-induced defects in silicon: A study of vacancy-hydrogen interactions', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.109990

Vicari Stefani B; Weigand W; Wright M; Soeriyadi A; Yu Z; Kim M; Chen D; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2019, 'P-type Upgraded Metallurgical-Grade Multicrystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltages over 690 mV', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201900319

Sio HC; Fell A; Phang SP; Wang H; Zheng P; Chen DK; Zhang X; Zhang T; Jin H; Macdonald D, 2019, '3-D Modeling of Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 965 - 973, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2914874

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

Sun C; Chen D; Rougieux F; basnet R; Hallam B; macdonald D, 2019, 'Kinetics and dynamics of the regeneration of boron-oxygen defects in compensated n-type silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.03.016

Vargas C; Nie S; Chen D; Chan C; Hallam B; Coletti G; Hameiri Z, 2019, 'Degradation and recovery of n-type multi-crystalline silicon under illuminated and dark annealing conditions at moderate temperatures', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 355 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2885711

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

Sun C; Chen D; Weigand W; Basnet R; Phang SP; Hallam B; Holman Z; Macdonald D, 2018, 'Complete regeneration of BO-related defects in n-type upgraded metallurgical-grade Czochralski-grown silicon heterojunction solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5042460

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

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

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

Kim M; Chen DANIEL; abbott M; Nampalli ; wenham ; Stefani B; hallam , 2018, 'Impact of interstitial iron on the study of meta-stable B-O defects in Czochralski silicon: Further evidence of a single defect', Journal of Applied Physics, 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5000323

Hallam B; Chen D; Shi J; Einhaus R; Holman ZC; Wenham S, 2018, 'Pre-Fabrication Gettering and Hydrogenation Treatments for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: A Possible Path to \textgreater700mV Open-Circuit Voltages Using Low-Lifetime Commercial-Grade p-Type Czochralski Silicon', Solar RRL, 1700221, pp. 2 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.201700221

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

Hallam BJ; Chan CE; Chen R; Wang S; Ji J; Mai L; Abbott MD; Payne DNR; Kim M; Chen D; Chong C; Wenham SR, 2017, 'Rapid mitigation of carrier-induced degradation in commercial silicon solar cells', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.56.08MB13

Hallam B; Chen D; Kim M; Stefani B; Hoex B; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2017, 'The role of hydrogenation and gettering in enhancing the efficiency of next-generation Si solar cells: An industrial perspective', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700305

Chen D; Edwards M; Wenham S; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2017, 'Laser enhanced gettering of silicon substrates', Frontiers in Energy, 11, pp. 23 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11708-016-0441-7

Conference Papers

Weigand W; Muralidharan P; Chen D; Soeriyadi A; Stefani BV; Hallam B; Goodnick SM; Yu ZJ; Holman ZC, 2020, 'Diffusion profiles beneath silicon heterojunction contacts reduce contact resistivity and increase efficiency', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1404 - 1407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300520

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; Weigand W; Wright M; Kim M; Shi J; Yu ZJ; Stefani BV; Soeriyadi A; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2019, 'Evaluating the Impact of and Solutions to Light-induced Degradation in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1099 - 1103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980779

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

Chen D; Hamer P; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Rougieux F; Liu S; Kim M; Samadi A; Wright B; Vargas C; Zhang X; Hameiri Z; Hao J; Wenham S; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2019, 'Hydrogen-Induced Degradation: An explanation of Light-and Elevated Temperature-Induced Degradation Mechanisms in n-and p-type Silicon', Leuven, Belgium, presented at 9thInternational Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics 2019, Leuven, Belgium, 08 April 2019


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