Select Publications
Journal articles
2023, 'Improvements and gaps in the empirical expressions for the fill factor of modern industrial solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 253, pp. 112183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112183
,2022, 'Illumination-dependent temperature coefficients of the electrical parameters of modern silicon solar cell architectures', Nano Energy, 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107221
,2022, 'Effects of thermal annealing on the distribution of boron and phosphorus in p-i-n structured silicon nanocrystals embedded in silicon dioxide', Nanotechnology, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ac38e6
,2021, 'Kinetics studies of thin film amorphous titanium niobium oxides for lithium ion battery anodes', Electrochimica Acta, 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138544
,2019, 'Hybrid solar energy harvesting and storage devices: The promises and challenges', Materials Today Energy, 13, pp. 22 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2019.04.003
,2019, 'High-temperature annealing effects on molybdenum–silicon contact substrate for vertically structured silicon quantum-dot solar cells', Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland), 9, pp. 135 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13204-018-0893-7
,2018, 'Rapid, deep dopant diffusion in crystalline silicon by laser-induced surface melting', Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 86, pp. 8 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2018.06.012
,2018, 'Post-sputtering heat treatments of molybdenum on siliconwafer', Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app8091692
,2017, 'Extraction of Essential Solar Cell Parameters of Subcells in a Tandem Structure With a Novel Three-Terminal Measurement Technique', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 8, pp. 327 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2762596
,2017, 'Spectral response of steady-state photoluminescence from GaAs
2017, 'Microstructure analysis of silicon nanocrystals formed from silicon rich oxide with high excess silicon: Annealing and doping effects', Journal of Applied Physics, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4990983
,2017, 'Properties of silicon nanocrystals with boron and phosphorus doping fabricated via silicon rich oxide and silicon dioxide bilayers', Materials Research Express, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aa7328
,2017, 'Optical characterisation of III-V alloys grown on Si by spectroscopic ellipsometry', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 162, pp. 7 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.12.023
,2017, 'Accurate analysis of the size distribution and crystallinity of boron doped Si nanocrystals: Via Raman and PL spectra', RSC Advances, 7, pp. 34244 - 34250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ra04472k
,2017, 'Atom probe tomography of size-controlled phosphorus doped silicon nanocrystals', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201600376
,2017, 'Short circuit current and efficiency improvement of SiGe solar cell in a GaAsP-SiGe dual junction solar cell on a Si substrate', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 159, pp. 86 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.08.037
,2016, 'Performance improvement for epitaxially grown SiGe on Si solar cell using a compositionally graded SiGe base', Applied Physics Letters, 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4972034
,2016, 'Optical absorption of graded buffer layers and short circuit current improvement in SiGe solar cells grown on silicon substrates', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 157, pp. 973 - 980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.08.019
,2016, 'Structural, optical, and electrical properties of silicon nanocrystals fabricated by high silicon content silicon-rich oxide and silicon dioxide bilayers', Applied Physics Express, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/APEX.9.115001
,2016, 'Atom probe tomography of phosphorus- and boron-doped silicon nanocrystals with various compositions of silicon rich oxide — ERRATUM', MRS Communications, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2016.47
,2016, 'Characterisation of active dopants in boron-doped self-assembled silicon nanostructures', Applied Physics Letters, 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4964742
,2016, 'Performance improvement for epitaxially grown SiGe on Si solar cell by optimizing the back surface field', Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201600231
,2016, 'Atom probe tomography of phosphorus- and boron-doped silicon nanocrystals with various compositions of silicon rich oxide', MRS Communications, 6, pp. 283 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2016.37
,2016, 'Current and efficiency improvement for a GaAsP/SiGe on Si tandem solar cell device achieved by light trapping techniques', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 10, pp. 596 - 599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201600157
,2016, 'All-silicon tandem solar cells: Practical limits for energy conversion and possible routes for improvement', Journal of Applied Physics, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4954003
,2016, 'Pulsed KrF excimer laser dopant activation in nanocrystal silicon in a silicon dioxide matrix', Applied Physics Letters, 108, pp. 083103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4942466
,2016, 'Temperature dependent electroluminescence from all-Si-nanocrystal p-i-n diodes grown on dielectric substrates', Journal of Applied Physics, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4941695
,2016, 'Increased Spectrum Utilization with GaAsP/SiGe Solar Cells Grown on Silicon Substrates', MRS Advances, 1, pp. 2901 - 2906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/adv.2016.354
,2016, 'Current matched three-terminal dual junction GaAsP/SiGe tandem solar cell on Si', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 146, pp. 80 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.11.037
,2016, 'Window optimization enabling broadband double-layer antireflection coating for GaAsP/SiGe tandem on silicon', Solar Energy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.01.019
,2015, 'Determination of active doping in highly resistive boron doped silicon nanocrystals embedded in SiO
2015, 'Optical constants of silicon germanium films grown on silicon substrates', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 140, pp. 69 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.03.031
,2015, 'Material and Device Improvement of GaAsP Top Solar Cells for GaAsP/SiGe Tandem Solar Cells Grown on Si Substrates', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2459918
,2015, 'Material and device analysis of SiGe solar cell in a GaAsP-SiGe dual junction solar cell on Si substrate', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 134, pp. 114 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.11.027
,2015, 'Boron doped Si rich oxide/SiO
2015, 'Point-contacting by localised dielectric breakdown: Characterisation of a metallisation technique for the rear surface of a solar cell', Journal of Applied Physics, 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4927282
,2015, 'Tandem GaAsP/SiGe on Si solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 143, pp. 113 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.06.033
,2015, 'Point-contacting by localized dielectric breakdown with breakdown fields described by the weibull distribution', IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 62, pp. 1826 - 1830, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TED.2015.2423292
,2015, 'Characterization and simulation of optical absorption in Si nanocrystals', Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics, 12, pp. 271 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201400089
,2015, 'Accurate determination of the size distribution of Si nanocrystals from PL spectra', RSC Advances, 5, pp. 55119 - 55125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ra02805a
,2014, 'Passivation effects in B doped self-assembled Si nanocrystals', Applied Physics Letters, 105, pp. 222108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4903776
,2014, 'In-situ high resolution transmission electron microscopy observation of silicon nanocrystal nucleation in a SiO
2014, 'Experimental testing of SiNx/SiO2 thin film filters for a concentrating solar hybrid PV/T collector', Renewable Energy, 72, pp. 79 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.033
,2014, 'A method to overcome the time step limitation of PC1D in transient excitation mode', Energy Procedia, 55, pp. 155 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.08.105
,2014, 'Silicon nanocrystal photovoltaic device fabricated via photolithography and its current-voltage temperature dependence', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 128, pp. 435 - 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.06.007
,2013, 'Investigation in feasibility of Molybdenum as a back contact layer for Silicon based quantum dot solar cells', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2003504
,2013, 'Three-dimensional imaging for precise structural control of Si quantum dot networks for all-Si solar cells', Nanoscale, 5, pp. 7499 - 7504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3nr01998e
,2012, 'Phosphorous doping of superlattice silicon quantum dots in silicon dioxide', Physica status solidi. C, Current topics in solid state physics : PSS, 9, pp. 1908 - 1911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201200241
,2012, 'Si solid-state quantum dot-based materials for tandem solar cells', Nanoscale research letters, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-7-193
,2012, 'Silicon Filaments in Silicon Oxide for Next-Generation Photovoltaics', Advanced Materials, 24, pp. 1182 - 1186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201104578
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