Select Publications
By Dr Yan Zhu
Journal articles
2023, 'Efficient monolithic perovskite-Si tandem solar cells enabled by an ultra-thin indium tin oxide interlayer', Energy and Environmental Science, 16, pp. 1223 - 1233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2ee04007g
,2022, 'Advanced photoluminescence imaging using non-uniform excitation', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 30, pp. 349 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3488
,2021, 'A dynamic calibration method for injection-dependent charge carrier lifetime measurements', Small Methods, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202100440
,2021, 'On the correlation between light-induced degradation and minority carrier traps in boron-doped Czochralski silicon', ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, pp. 6140 - 6146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c17549
,2021, 'Review of injection dependent charge carrier lifetime spectroscopy', Progress in Energy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/abd488
,2021, 'Contactless series resistance imaging of perovskite solar cells via inhomogeneous illumination', Solar RRL, 5, pp. 2100655 - 2100655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202100655
,2021, 'Photoconductance determination of carrier capture cross sections of slow traps in silicon through variable pulse filling', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 11, pp. 273 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.3043835
,2021, 'The role of charge and recombination-enhanced defect reaction effects in the dissociation of FeB pairs in p-type silicon under carrier injection', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 15, pp. 2000520 - 2000520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202000520
,2021, 'Electrical characterization of thermally activated defects in n-type float-zone silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 11, pp. 26 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2020.3031382
,2021, 'Erratum to “Reassessments of minority carrier traps in silicon with photoconductance decay measurements”', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 11, pp. 241 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2020.3031381
,2020, 'Extracting bulk defect parameters in silicon wafers using machine learning models', npj Computational Materials, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41524-020-00410-7
,2020, 'Investigation of two-level defects in injection dependent lifetime spectroscopy', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110692
,2020, 'Detailed analysis of radiative transitions from defects in n-type monocrystalline silicon using temperature- and light intensity-dependent spectral Photoluminescence', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110376
,2019, 'Correction to: The Principle of Adaptive Excitation for Photoluminescence Imaging of Silicon: Theory (physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters, (2018), 12, 7, (1800137), 10.1002/pssr.201800137)', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201900076
,2019, 'Reassessments of minority carrier traps in silicon with photoconductance decay measurements', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 652 - 652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2019.2903584
,2018, 'Photoluminescence imaging at uniform excess carrier density using adaptive nonuniform excitation', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 8, pp. 1787 - 1787, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2869541
,2018, 'The principle of adaptive excitation for photoluminescence imaging of silicon: Theory', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 12, pp. 1800137 - 1800137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201800137
,2018, 'On the transient negative photoconductance in n-type Czochralski silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 8, pp. 421 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2784679
,2017, 'Recombination parameters of lifetime-limiting carrier-induced defects in multicrystalline silicon for solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, 110, pp. 092106 - 092106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4977906
,2017, 'Application of the Newton–Raphson method to lifetime spectroscopy for extraction of defect parameters', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 7, pp. 1092 - 1092, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2695666
,2017, 'Photoluminescence imaging of silicon wafers and solar cells with spatially inhomogeneous illumination', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 7, pp. 1087 - 1087, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2690875
,Conference Papers
2023, 'Dynamic calibration of injection dependent carrier lifetime from time-resolved photoluminescence', in 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Puerto Rico, pp. 1 - 1, presented at 50th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Puerto Rico, 12 June 2023 - 16 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc48320.2023.10360053
,2022, 'Extracting the parameters of two-energy-level defects in silicon wafers using machine learning', Newcastle, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Newcastle, Australia, 29 November 2022 - 01 December 2022
,2022, 'Photoluminescence imaging using non-uniform excitation: Recent progress', Milan, Italy, presented at 8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Milan, Italy, 26 September 2022 - 30 September 2022
,2022, 'Contactless determination of emitter sheet resistance for diffused silicon wafers', in 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Philadelphia, USA, pp. 0367 - 0367, presented at 49th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 06 June 2022 - 10 June 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc48317.2022.9938748
,2020, 'Boron-oxygen-related traps in Czochralski grown silicon', Online, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Online, 30 November 2020
,2020, 'Improving photoluminescence imaging using non-uniform illumination', UNSW ACDC Research Group, On-line, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, On-line, 30 November 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28096
,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, 'Temperature-dependent photoluminescence imaging using non-uniform excitation', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Virtual, pp. 0789 - 0792, presented at 47th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Virtual, 15 June 2020 - 21 August 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9301027
,2019, 'An incomplete ionization model for indium in silicon', Canberra, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, 03 December 2019
,2019, 'Inversion of the Shockley-Read-Hall equation using random forests', 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', Canberra, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, 03 December 2019
,2019, 'Injection dependent lifetime spectroscopy for two level defects in silicon', Chicago, USA, presented at 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Chicago, USA, 16 June 2019 - 21 July 2019
,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
,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, 'Insights into bulk defect in n-type monocrystalline silicon via temperature-dependent micro-photoluminescence spectroscopy', Hawaii, presented at 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hawaii, 11 June 2018 - 15 June 2018
,2018, 'Analysis of SiNx SRV injection- and temperature-dependence and its degradation via TIDLS measurements', in Analysis of SiNx SRV injection- and temperature-dependence and its degradation via TIDLS measurements, 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hawaii, presented at 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hawaii, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018
,2018, 'Investigating the different degradation behavior of multicrystalline silicon PERC and Al-BSF solar cells', Hawaii, presented at 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hawaii, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018
,2018, 'Reassessment of minority carrier traps in silicon during “quasi-steady-state” photoconductance measurements', 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), Hawaii, USA, pp. 77 - 80, presented at 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hawaii, USA, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547873
,2018, 'Surface photovoltage spectroscopy as a characterization technique for surface passivation quality assessmen', in Surface photovoltage spectroscopy as a characterization technique for surface passivation quality assessmen, 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hawaii, presented at 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hawaii, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018
,2018, 'Insights into striations in n-type Czochralski wafers investigated via low-temperature hyperspectral and temperature-dependent spectral photoluminescence', Japan, presented at 10th International Workshop on Crystalline Silicon for Solar Cells, Japan, 08 April 2018 - 11 April 2018
,2017, 'Defect engineering for material-quality improvements in low-capex crystalline silicon—an application of temperature- and injection-dependent lifetime spectroscopy', Boston, presented at MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, 26 November 2017 - 01 December 2017
,2017, 'Advanced temperature charctrisation of silicon nitride surface passivation layer', Shiga, Japan, presented at 27th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Shiga, Japan, 12 November 2017 - 17 November 2017
,2017, 'Impact of transient trapping on steady state photoconductance lifetime measurements', Shiga, Japan, presented at 27th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Shiga, Japan, 11 November 2017 - 17 November 2017
,2017, 'Photoluminescence imaging at uniform excess carrier density using non uniform illumination', in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Shiga, Japan, pp. 1787 - 1792, presented at 27th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Shiga, Japan, 11 November 2017 - 17 November 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2869541
,2017, 'Applications of DMD-based inhomogeneous illumination photoluminescence imaging for silicon wafers and solar cells', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Washington D.C., pp. 66 - 69, presented at 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Washington D.C., 25 June 2017 - 30 June 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366047
,2017, 'Assessing the defect responsible for LeTID: Temperature- and injection-dependent lifetime spectroscopy', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Washington D.C, pp. 3290 - 3294, presented at 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Washington D.C, 11 June 2017 - 16 June 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2017.8366132
,2016, 'Defect characterization via temperature and injection dependent lifetime spectroscopy', Tempe, Arizona, presented at 9th International Workshop on Crystalline Silicon for Solar Cells and 3rd Silicon Materials Workshop, Tempe, Arizona, 10 October 2016 - 12 October 2016, http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/unsworks_41897
,Preprints
2021, Contactless Series Resistance Imaging of Perovskite Solar Cells via Inhomogeneous Illumination, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2109.06971
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