By Dr Shona McNab

Journal articles

Deng S; Liu Z; Gentle A; Wang R; Yousaf T; McNab S; Huang J; Rougieux F; Cai Y; Cheng Y; Roemer U; Seidel J; Zeng Y; Ye J; Green M; Song N, 2025, 'Influence of carbon incorporation on PECVD-deposited n+ polycrystalline silicon passivating contacts for high-efficiency solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.113824

Baldacchino AJ; Brett MW; Carwithen BP; McNab S; Tong J; Zhang VY; Chang NL; Ciesla A; de Clercq DM; Capomolla SS; Collins MI; Jiang JY; Kavungathodi MFM; Mo A; Pearce PM; Hoex B; McCamey DR; Nielsen MP; Beves JE; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Schmidt TW; Tayebjee MJY, 2025, 'Singlet Fission c-Si Solar Cells: Beyond Tetracene', ACS Energy Letters, 10, pp. 4596 - 4602, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c01930

Abdul Fattah TO; Chen J; McNab S; Wilshaw PR; Bonilla RS, 2025, 'Nanosecond vs picosecond: The potential for advanced solar cell processing via pulsed laser technology', Journal of Applied Physics, 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0284270

Niu X; McNab S; Bonilla RS, 2025, 'Silicon interface properties of AlOx and SiNx passivation nanolayers under electric field stress', APL Electronic Devices, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0261856

Wang Y; Hobson TDC; Swallow JEN; McNab S; O’Sullivan J; Soeriyadi AH; Niu X; Fraser RC; Dasgupta A; Maitra S; Altermatt PP; Weatherup RS; Wright M; Bonilla RS, 2025, 'Impact of precursor dosing on the surface passivation of AZO/AlOx stacks formed using atomic layer deposition', Energy Advances, 4, pp. 553 - 564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4ya00552j

Matsui T; Fukaya S; McNab S; McQueen J; Gotoh K; Sai H; Usami N; Bonilla RS, 2025, 'Symmetric Dopant-Free Si Solar Cells Enabled by TiOx Nanolayers: An In-Depth Study on Bipolar Carrier Selectivity', Advanced Science, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202410179

Niu X; Soeriyadi A; He G; McNab S; Lozano-Perez S; Bonilla RS, 2025, 'Oxide-nitride nanolayer stacks for enhanced passivation of p-type surfaces in silicon solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113231

Romain X; Wilshaw PR; Stantchev RI; Miao T; Mou S; Niewelt T; Mcnab S; Pain SL; Grant NE; Bonilla RS; Pickwell-Macpherson E; Murphy JD, 2025, 'Electrically Tunable Si-Based THz Photomodulator Using Dielectric/Polymer Surface Gating', IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 15, pp. 76 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TTHZ.2024.3477983

McNab S; Morisset A; Libraro S; Genç E; Niu X; Swallow JEN; Wilshaw P; Weatherup RS; Wright M; Haug FJ; Bonilla RS, 2024, 'Hole-Selective SiNx and AlOx Tunnel Nanolayers for Improved Polysilicon Passivating Contacts', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7, pp. 10259 - 10270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.4c01170

Grant NE; Pain SL; Khorani E; Jefferies R; Wratten A; McNab S; Walker D; Han Y; Beanland R; Bonilla RS; Murphy JD, 2024, 'Activation of Al2O3 surface passivation of silicon: Separating bulk and surface effects', Applied Surface Science, 645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.158786

Al-Dhahir I; Niu X; Yu M; McNab S; Lin Y; Altermatt PP; Patrick CE; Bonilla RS, 2023, 'Ion-Charged Dielectric Nanolayers for Enhanced Surface Passivation in High Efficiency Photovoltaic Devices', Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202300037

Mcnab S; Niu X; Khorani E; Wratten A; Morisset A; Grant NE; Murphy JD; Altermatt PP; Wright M; Wilshaw PR; Bonilla RS, 2023, 'SiNxand AlOxNanolayers in Hole Selective Passivating Contacts for High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 13, pp. 22 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2022.3226706

Matsui T; McNab S; Bonilla RS; Sai H, 2022, 'Full-Area Passivating Hole Contact in Silicon Solar Cells Enabled by a TiOx/Metal Bilayer', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5, pp. 12782 - 12789, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c02392

Al-Dhahir I; Kealy R; Kelly S; Yu M; McNab S; Collett K; Liu J; Grovenor C; Wilshaw PR; Bonilla RS, 2022, 'Electrostatic Tuning of Ionic Charge in SiO2 Dielectric Thin Films', Ecs Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/2162-8777/ac7350

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

Yu M; McNab S; Al-Dhahir I; Patrick CE; Altermatt PP; Bonilla RS, 2021, 'Extracting band-tail interface state densities from measurements and modelling of space charge layer resistance', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111307

Khorani E; McNab S; Scheul TE; Rahman T; Bonilla RS; Boden SA; Wilshaw PR, 2020, 'Optoelectronic properties of ultrathin ALD silicon nitride and its potential as a hole-selective nanolayer for high efficiency solar cells', APL Materials, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0023336

Conference Papers

Nielsen MP; McNab S; Pearce PM; Beves J; Schmidt T; Cho Y; Baldacchino AJ; Tong J; Brett MW; Carwithen BP; Jiang JY; Hoex B; Ciesla AM; McCamey DR; Tayebjee MJY; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2025, 'Organic multi exciton generation augmented silicon (OMEGA): Elucidating hybrid inorganic-organic energy transfer', in 2025 IEEE 53RD PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, PVSC, IEEE, CANADA, Montreal, pp. 172 - 172, presented at 53rd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference-PVSC-Annual, CANADA, Montreal, 08 June 2025 - 13 June 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC59419.2025.11133118

Nielsen MP; McNab S; Baldacchino AJ; Jones A; Ciesla A; Hoex B; Tayebjee MJY; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2025, 'Interfacial band alignment and triplet energy transfer in singlet fission silicon solar cells', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, FUNDACIO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA SCITO, presented at 12º nternational Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, 12 May 2025 - 14 May 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2025.019

Wang Z; McNab S; Cai Y; Cheng Y; Rougieux F; Song N, 2024, 'Balancing Pinhole Density and Doping Depth in for High Quality P+ TOPCon Layers', in Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2024, Australian PV Institute, Sydney, Australia, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2024’, Sydney, Australia, 03 December 2024 - 05 December 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30838

Schmidt TW; Tayebjee MJY; Nielsen MP; McCamey DR; Ekins-Daukes N; Baldacchino A; Mo A; Brett MW; Pearce PM; Ciesla AM; Chang NL; Hoex B; Beves JE; Jiang Y; McNab S; Carwithen BP; de Clercq DM; Tong J, 2024, 'Singlet fission solar cells', in Freundlich A; Hinzer K; Collin S; Sellers IR (eds.), Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices XIII, SPIE, pp. 2 - 2, presented at Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices XIII, 27 January 2024 - 01 February 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3003348

Yu M; Wright M; McNab S; Al-Dhahir I; Altermatt PP; Bonilla RS, 2023, 'Probing the interface state densities near band edges from inductively coupled measurements of sheet resistance', in Aip Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0140389

McNab S; Yu M; Al-Dhahir I; Khorani E; Rahman T; Boden SA; Altermatt PP; Wilshaw PR; Bonilla RS, 2022, 'Alternative Dielectrics for Hole Selective Passivating Contacts and the Influence of Nanolayer Built-in Charge', in Aip Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0089282

Al-Dhahir I; McNab S; Yu M; Shaw E; Hamer P; Bonilla RS, 2022, 'The Influence of Surface Electric Fields on the Chemical Passivation of Si-SiO2 Interfaces after Firing', in Aip Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0089930

Preprints

Baldacchino A; Brett M; Carwithen B; McNab S; Tong J; Zhang V; Chang N; Ciesla A; de Clercq D; Campomolla S; Collins M; Jiang J; Kavungathodi M; Mo A; Pearce P; Hoex B; McCamey D; Nielsen M; Beves J; Ekins-Daukes N; Schmidt T; Tayebjee M, 2025, Singlet Fission c-Si Solar Cells: Beyond Tetracene, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-f5fh8

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