Select Publications
Conference Papers
2023, 'Density functional theory to calculate accurate defect energy levels in silicon', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0141286
,2022, 'Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy Study of Float-zone Silicon Degradation under Light and Elevated Temperature', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0089221
,2021, 'Electronic Properties of the Boron-oxygen Defect Precursor in Silicon', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 269 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9519027
,2020, 'Boron-oxygen-related traps in Czochralski grown silicon', Online, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Online, 30 November 2020
,2020, 'Boron-oxygen related light-induced degradation of Si solar cells: Transformation between minority carrier trapping and recombination active centers', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Virtual, pp. 0689 - 0692, presented at 47th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Virtual, 15 June 2020 - 21 August 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300371
,2020, 'Defect luminescence from thermal donors in silicon: Impact of dopant type and thermal donor concentration', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2652 - 2654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300685
,2020, 'The Boron-Oxygen Defect: Does its Concentration Really Depends on the Boron/Dopant Concentration?', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2522 - 2524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300431
,2019, 'Trapping in multi-crystalline silicon wafers: Impact of laser treatment and firing', Canberra, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, 03 December 2019
,2019, 'Trapping in multi-crystalline silicon wafers: Impact of laser treatment and firing', Marseille, France, presented at European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Marseille, France, 09 September 2019 - 13 September 2019
,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
,2019, 'New insights into the thermally activated defects in n-type float-zone silicon', Leuven, presented at 9th International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics, Leuven, 08 April 2019 - 10 April 2019
,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, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27902
,2018, 'Accurate defect recombination parameters: What are the limitations of current analyses?', 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. 2520 - 2523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547585
,2018, 'Impact of Tabula Rasa and Phosphorus Diffusion Gettering on 21% Heterojunction Solar Cells Based on n-Type Czochralski-Grown Upgrade Metallurgical-Grade Silicon', 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. 1687 - 1691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548218
,2018, 'Slow minority carrier trapping and de-trapping in Czochralski silicon: Influence of thermal donors and the doping density', 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. 3312 - 3314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547946
,2018, 'An Open Source Based Repository for Defects in Silicon', 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), pp. 328 - 332, presented at 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547621
,2018, 'An Open Source Based Repository For Defects in 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. 0328 - 0332, 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:000469200400077&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2017, 'Growth of oxygen precipitates and dislocation in Cz silicon: Impact on the minority carrier lifetime', WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, Amsterdam, presented at 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Amsterdam, 24 September 2017 - 28 September 2017
,2016, 'Carrier induced degradation in compensated n-type silicon solar cells', Singapore, presented at 26th Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Singapore, 24 October 2016 - 28 October 2016
,2016, 'Characterization of Cu and Ni Precipitates in n- and p-type Czochralski-grown Silicon by Photoluminescence', in Energy Procedia, pp. 880 - 885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.07.097
,2016, 'Simulation of 20.96% Efficiency n-type Czochralski UMG Silicon Solar Cell', in Energy Procedia, pp. 434 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.07.124
,2016, 'Low temperature activation of grown-in defects limiting the lifetime of high purity n-type float-zone silicon wafers', in Solid State Phenomena, pp. 120 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.242.120
,2015, 'Can vacancies and their complexes with nonmetals prevent the lifetime reaching its intrinsic limit in silicon?', in 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355687
,2015, 'Physical Modelling of Luminescence Spectra from Crystalline Silicon', WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, Hamburg, presented at 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg, 14 September 2015 - 18 September 2015
,2015, 'Effects of Solar Cell Processing Steps on Dislocation Luminescence in Multicrystalline Silicon', in Energy Procedia, pp. 619 - 625, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.089
,2015, 'Lifetime Spectroscopy and Hydrogenation of Chromium in n- and p-type Cz Silicon', in Energy Procedia, pp. 646 - 650, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.092
,2014, 'Towards high efficiency UMG silicon solar cells', Kyoto, presented at 24th Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Kyoto, Japan,, Kyoto, 23 October 2014 - 27 October 2014
,2014, 'Parameterization of carrier mobility sum in silicon as a function of doping, temperature and injection level: Extension to p-type silicon', in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, pp. 129 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925391
,2014, 'Limiting defects in high-lifetime n-type silicon wafers', Breckenridge, presented at 24th Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Modules Materials and Processes, Breckenridge, Colorado, Breckenridge, 27 July 2014 - 30 July 2014
,2014, 'Recombination active defects limiting the lifetime of float-zone silicon', Breckenridge, presented at 24th Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Modules Materials and Processes, Breckenridge, Colorado, Breckenridge, 27 July 2014 - 30 July 2014
,2014, 'Temperature Dependence of Band-Band Absorption and Radiative Re-combination in Crystalline Silicon from Spectral Photoluminescence', Denver, presented at 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Denver, Colorado, Denver, 08 June 2014 - 13 June 2014
,2014, 'Parameterization of Carrier Mobility Sum in Silicon as a Function of Doping, Temperature and Injection Level: Extension to p-type Silicon', in 2014 IEEE 40TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, CO, Denver, pp. 125 - 130, 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:000366638900029&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2014, 'Permanent annihilation of thermally activated defects which limit the lifetime of float-zone silicon', Lille, presented at European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Lille, 26 May 2014 - 28 May 2014
,2014, 'Impact of grown-in point-defects on the minority carrier lifetime in Czochralski-grown silicon wafers', in Energy Procedia, pp. 81 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.346
,2013, 'Light Enhanced Hydrofluoric Acid Passivation for Evaluating Silicon Bulk Lifetimes', Paris, presented at 28th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Paris, France, Paris, 30 September 2013 - 04 October 2013
,2013, 'Boron-oxygen defect imaging in p-type Czochralskisilicon', Breckenridge, presented at 23rdWorkshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells & Modules: Materials and Processes, Breckenridge, Colorado, Breckenridge, 28 July 2013 - 31 July 2013
,2012, 'Acceptor-related metastable defects in compensated n-type silicon', Hangzhou, presented at 22nd Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Hangzhou, China, Hangzhou, 05 November 2012 - 09 November 2012
,2012, 'Impact of minority-impurity scattering on the carrier mobility in compensated silicon', Hangzhou, presented at 22nd Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Hangzhou, China, Hangzhou, 05 November 2012 - 09 November 2012
,2012, 'Incomplete ionization and carrier mobility in compensated p-type and n-type silicon', in 2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) PART 2, IEEE, pp. 1 - 6, presented at 2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) PART 2, 03 June 2012 - 08 June 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc-vol2.2013.6656739
,2012, 'Compensation engineering for silicon solar cells', in Energy Procedia, pp. 67 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2012.02.008
,2011, 'Transport properties of p-type compensated silicon at room temperature', in Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, pp. 787 - 793, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1036
,2011, 'A contactless method for determining the carrier mobility sum in silicon wafers for solar cells', Seattle, presented at 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle, Washington, Seattle, 19 June 2011 - 24 June 2011
,2011, 'Recombination activity and impact of the boron-oxygen defect in compensated n-type silicon', Seattle, presented at 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle, Washington, Seattle, 19 June 2011 - 24 June 2011
,2011, 'Contactless determination of the injection dependent carrier mobility sum in silicon', in 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, pp. 002928 - 002928, presented at 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 19 June 2011 - 24 June 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186558
,2011, 'Formation kinetics and extent of the boron oxygen defect in compensated n-type silicon', in 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, pp. 003424 - 003424, presented at 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 2011), 19 June 2011 - 24 June 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186682
,2010, 'Generation and annihilation of boron-oxygen-related recombination centers in compensated p - And n -type silicon', in Journal of Applied Physics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3511741
,2010, 'Boron-Oxygen-Related Recombination Centers in Compensated Silicon', WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, Valencia, presented at 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Valencia, Spain, Valencia, 06 September 2010 - 10 September 2010
,2010, 'Electron and hole mobility reduction and Hall Factor in compensated p-type silicon', WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, Valenci, presented at 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Valencia, Spain, Valenci, 06 September 2010 - 10 September 2010
,2010, 'revised equation for the formation rate of iron-boron pairs in silicon', WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, Valencia, presented at 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Valencia, Spain, Valencia, 06 September 2010 - 10 September 2010
,2009, 'Boron-oxygen defects in compensated p-type Czochralski silicon', WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany, Hamburg, presented at 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg, 21 September 2009 - 25 September 2009
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