By Dr Muhammad Umair Khan

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

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

Scardera G; Payne D; Khan M; Zhang Y; Soeriyadi A; Zou S; Zhang D; Davidsen R; Hansen O; Hoex B; Abbott M, 2021, 'Silicon Nanotexture Surface Area Mapping Using Ultraviolet Reflectance', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 11, pp. 1291 - 1298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3086439

Khan MU; Scardera G; Zou S; Zhang D; Abbott M, 2021, 'The role of metal-catalyzed chemical etching black silicon in the reduction of light- And elevated temperature-induced degradation in P-type multicrystalline wafers', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 11, pp. 627 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3059426

Scardera G; Wang S; Zhang Y; Khan MU; Zou S; Zhang D; Davidsen RS; Hansen O; Mai L; Payne DNR; Hoex B; Abbott MD, 2021, 'On the Enhanced Phosphorus Doping of Nanotextured Black Silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 11, pp. 298 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.3047420

Varshney U; Kim M; Khan MU; Hamer P; Chan C; Abbott M; Hoex B, 2021, 'Impact of Substrate Thickness on the Degradation in Multicrystalline Silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 11, pp. 65 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.3038412

Karimov KS; Ahmad Z; Bhadra J; Nabi J-U; Hong M; Bashir MM; Ahkmedov KM; Murtaza I; Khan MU, 2020, 'Design of a Semiconductor Photoelectrochemical Cells Using Orange Dye and NaCl Aqueous Solutions', International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 15, pp. 3189 - 3195, http://dx.doi.org/10.20964/2020.04.56

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

Fung TH; Khan MU; Zhang Y; Western NJ; Payne DNR; McIntosh KR; Abbott MD, 2019, 'Improved Ray Tracing on Random Pyramid Texture via Application of Phong Scattering', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 591 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2894688

Conference Papers

Varshney U; Kim M; Khan MU; Hamer P; Chan C; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2020, 'P-type Czochralski Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with High and Stable Open-circuit Voltage', in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2020, Australian PV Institute, Online, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC), Online, 30 November 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28404

Zhang Y; Kong C; Khan MU; Fung TH; Davidsen RS; Hansen O; Scardera G; Abbott MD; Hoex B; Payne DNR, 2019, 'Advanced Characterisation of Black Silicon Surface Topography with 3D PFIB-SEM', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 825 - 828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980830

Abbott M; McIntosh K; Sudbury B; Meydbray J; Fung TH; Umair Khan M; Zhang Y; Zou S; Wang X; Xing G; Scardera G; Payne D, 2019, 'Annual energy yield analysis of solar cell technology', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 3046 - 3050, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980523

Payne D; Fung TH; Khan MU; Cruz-Campa J; McIntosh K; Abbott M, 2018, 'Understanding the optics of industrial black silicon', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5049297

Khan MU; Jafar A; Karimov KS; Feroze S, 2016, 'A proposed optimized solution for wireless power transfer using magnetic resonance coupling', in 2016 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Engineering (ICISE), IEEE, pp. 350 - 355, presented at 2016 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Engineering (ICISE), 15 January 2016 - 17 January 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/intelse.2016.7475148

Saeed MA; Khan SM; Ahmed N; Khan MU; Rehman A, 2016, 'Design and analysis of capacitance based Bio-MEMS cantilever sensor for tuberculosis detection', in 2016 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Engineering (ICISE), IEEE, pp. 175 - 180, presented at 2016 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Engineering (ICISE), 15 January 2016 - 17 January 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/intelse.2016.7475116

Khan MU; Wali K; Karimov KS; Saeed MA, 2015, 'A new proposed hierarchy for renewable energy generation to distribution grid integration', in 2015 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), IEEE, pp. 1 - 6, presented at 2015 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), 19 December 2015 - 20 December 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icet.2015.7389187

Preprints

Wang H; Sen C; Fu J; Khan MU; Wu Y; Song H; Lv R; Conibeer G; Hoex B, 2024, How Solder Flux Can Cause Significant Degradation in Heterojunction Cells, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.172115394.42991480/v1

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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