Select Publications
Journal articles
2018, 'Reduction of Threading Dislocation Density in Sputtered Ge/Si(100) Epitaxial Films by Continuous-Wave Diode Laser-Induced Recrystallization', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1, pp. 1893 - 1897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.7b00130
,2018, 'Rear texturing for light-trapping in laser-crystallised silicon thin-film solar cells on glass', Solar Energy, 166, pp. 213 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.03.055
,2018, 'Fabrication of low-defect Ge-rich SiGe-on-insulator by continuous-wave diode laser-induced recrystallization', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 744, pp. 679 - 682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.02.151
,2018, 'The effect of thermal evaporated MoO
2018, 'Boosting the kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells performance by diode laser annealing', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 175, pp. 71 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.10.009
,2018, 'Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells with over 10% power conversion efficiency enabled by heterojunction heat treatment', Nature Energy, 3, pp. 764 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0206-0
,2018, 'Exploring inorganic binary alkaline halide to passivate defects in low-temperature-processed planar-structure hybrid perovskite solar cells', Advanced Energy Materials, 8, pp. 1800138 - 1800138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201800138
,2018, 'Self-assembled nanometer-scale ZnS structure at the CZTS/ZnCdS heterointerface for high-efficiency wide band gap Cu
2017, 'Efficiency Enhancement of Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells via Solution-Processed Ultrathin Tin Oxide Intermediate Layer at Absorber/Buffer Interface', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1, pp. 154 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.7b00044
,2017, 'Diode laser annealing of epitaxy Ge on sapphire (0 0 0 1) grown by magnetron sputtering', Materials Letters, 208, pp. 35 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.05.043
,2017, 'Beyond 8% ultrathin kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells by interface reaction route controlling and self-organized nanopattern at the back contact', NPG Asia Mater, 9, pp. e401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/am.2017.103
,2017, 'Properties of laser-crystallised silicon thin-film solar cells on textured glass', Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 28, pp. 10391 - 10399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-6809-6
,2017, 'Diode laser annealing on sputtered epitaxial Cu
2017, 'Spatial Grain Growth and Composition Evolution during Sulfurizing Metastable Wurtzite Cu
2017, 'Sentaurus modelling of 6.9% Cu
2017, 'Enhanced light-trapping in laser-crystallised silicon thin-film solar cells on glass by optimised back surface reflectors', Solar Energy, 150, pp. 477 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2017.04.069
,2017, 'Beyond 11% Efficient Sulfide Kesterite Cu2ZnxCd1–xSnS4 Solar Cell: Effects of Cadmium Alloying', ACS Energy Letters, 2, pp. 930 - 936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00129
,2017, 'Boost Voc of pure sulfide kesterite solar cell via a double CZTS layer stacks', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 160, pp. 7 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.09.027
,2016, 'Enhanced Absorption in Laser-Crystallized Silicon Thin Films on Textured Glass', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 6, pp. 852 - 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2545410
,2016, 'Correlation of the crystal orientation and electrical properties of silicon thin films on glass crystallized by line focus diode laser', Thin Solid Films, 609, pp. 12 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2016.01.048
,2016, 'Diode laser annealing on Ge/Si (100) epitaxial films grown by magnetron sputtering', Thin Solid Films, 609, pp. 49 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2016.04.040
,2016, 'Light absorption enhancement in laser-crystallized silicon thin films on textured glass', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 6, pp. 159 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2015.2501727
,2016, 'Influence of sodium incorporation on kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells fabricated on stainless steel substrates', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 157, pp. 565 - 571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.07.036
,2016, 'Nanoscale Microstructure and Chemistry of Cu2ZnSnS4/CdS Interface in Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells', Advanced Energy Materials, 6, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201600706
,2016, 'Over 9% Efficient Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell Fabricated by Using Zn1–xCdxS Buffer Layer', Advanced Energy Materials, 6, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201600046
,2016, 'Understanding the Key Factors of Enhancing Phase and Compositional Controllability for 6% Efficient Pure-Sulfide Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells Prepared from Quaternary Wurtzite Nanocrystals', Chemistry of Materials, 28, pp. 3649 - 3658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04620
,2015, 'Lifetime analysis of laser crystallized silicon films on glass', Journal of Applied Physics, 118, pp. 055304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4928156
,2015, 'Effects of front and rear texturing on absorption enhancement in laser-crystallized silicon thin-films on glass', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.54.08KB04
,2015, 'Erratum: Effect of deposition temperature on electron-beam evaporated polycrystalline silicon thin-film and crystallized by diode laser (Applied Physics Letters (2014) 104: 242102)', Applied Physics Letters, 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4922895
,2015, 'Defect elimination in solid-phase crystallised Si thin films by line-focus diode laser annealing', Thin Solid Films, 576, pp. 42 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.12.033
,2015, 'Micro-structural defects in polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells on glass by solid-phase crystallisation and laser-induced liquid-phase crystallisation', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 132, pp. 282 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.09.021
,2015, 'Exploring the application of metastable wurtzite nanocrystals in pure-sulfide Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells by forming nearly micron-sized large grains', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5TA05813A
,2014, 'Fabrication of an ant-nest nanostructure in polycrystalline silicon thin films for solar cells', Scripta Materialia, 92, pp. 27 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2014.08.006
,2014, 'Effect of deposition temperature on electron-beam evaporated polycrystalline silicon thin-film and crystallized by diode laser', Applied Physics Letters, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4883863
,2014, 'Diode laser crystallization processes of Si thin-film solar cells on glass', EPJ Photovoltaics, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2014002
,2014, 'Vapour-phase and solid-phase epitaxy of silicon on solid-phase crystallised seed layers for solar cells application', International Journal of Photoenergy, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/234602
,2013, 'Polycrystalline silicon on glass thin-film solar cells: A transition from solid-phase to liquid-phase crystallised silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 119, pp. 246 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2013.08.001
,2013, 'Performance potential of low-defect density silicon thin-film solar cells obtained by electron beam evaporation and laser crystallisation', EPJ Photovoltaics, 4, pp. no. 40301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2012012
,2013, 'Thin-film polycrystalline silicon solar cells formed by diode laser crystallisation', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 21, pp. 1377 - 1383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.2282
,2011, 'Structural inhomogeneities in polycrystalline silicon on glass solar cells and their effects on device characteristics', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 19, pp. 695 - 705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1089
,2011, 'Formation of heavily boron-doped hydrogenated polycrystalline germanium thin films by co-sputtering for developing p+ emitters of bottom cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 95, pp. 981 - 985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2010.12.003
,2011, 'Structural dependence of electrical properties of Ge films prepared by RF magnetron sputtering', Applied Physics A - Materials Science and Processing, 102, pp. 689 - 694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-5957-9
,2011, 'The role of shallow and deep levels in the recombination behavior in polycrystalline silicon on glass solar cells', Progress in Photovoltaics : Research & Applications, 20, pp. 915 - 922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1154
,2010, 'Heavily boron-doped hydrogenated polycrystalline Ge thin films prepared by cosputtering', Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 13, pp. H354 - H356
,2010, 'Lifetime limiting recombination pathway in thin-film polycrystalline silicon on glass solar cells', Journal of Applied Physics, 107, pp. 123705
,2009, 'Anomalous temperature dependence of diode saturation currents in polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells on glass', Journal of Applied Physics, 105, pp. 103705
,'Defect Control for 12.5% Efficiency Cu <sub>2</sub>ZnSnSe <sub>4</sub> Kesterite Thin-Film Solar Cells by Engineering of Local Chemical Environment', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3542579
,Conference Papers
2022, 'Amorphous Manganese Sulfide Enables Efficient and Stable All-Inorganic Antimony Selenosulfide Solar Cells', in 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, presented at 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), 05 June 2022 - 10 June 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc48317.2022.9938881
,2019, 'Effects of layer thicknesses on laser-induced aluminium-assisted crystallization of Ge-rich SiGe epitaxy on Si', Chicago, USA, presented at 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Chicago, USA, 16 June 2019
,2019, 'High-efficient Cd-free CZTS solar cells achieved by nanoscale atomic layer deposited aluminium oxide', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IL, Chicago, pp. 2482 - 2484, presented at 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IL, Chicago, 16 June 2019 - 21 June 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc40753.2019.8980884
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