By Dr Yan Zhu

Book Chapters

Hameiri Z; Zhu Y, 2024, 'Temperature-Dependent Lifetime and Photoluminescence Measurements', in Photovoltaic Solar Energy from Fundamentals to Applications Volume 2, pp. 273 - 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119578826.ch17

Journal articles

Yadav A; Pain SL; Grant NE; Zhu Y; Hameiri Z; Thome FT; Altermatt PP; Lord JS; Yokoyama K; Murphy JD, 2026, 'Temperature-dependent carrier lifetime in silicon heterojunction solar cells measured using photoexcited muon spin spectroscopy', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, PP, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2026.3724232

Wang X; Yuan J; Nie J; Zhu Y; Zhang X; Gou T; Li D; Yang W; Li F; Wu X; Hoex B, 2026, 'Thermal stability of laser-assisted fired TOPCon solar cells: Crucial insights for module manufacturing, certification testing, and field conditions', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.114124

Black LE; Zhu Y; Hameiri Z; Macdonald DH, 2026, 'Temperature dependence of Auger recombination in crystalline silicon from 117–463 K', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.113985

Fischer O; Bui AD; Zhu Y; Nie S; Nath TJB; Hou YH; Wang W; Nguyen K; Wibowo AA; Landgraf JB; Borchert J; Schindler F; Shen H; Weber K; Nguyen HT; Glunz SW; Hameiri Z; Macdonald D; Schubert MC, 2026, 'Quantifying the spatial distribution of series resistance in monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells using voltage-dependent photoluminescence imaging', Small, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202513958

Javier GMN; Wright B; Bucquet H; Zhu Y; Wu T; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2026, 'Extraction of qualitative photoluminescence and series resistance images from a single electroluminescence measurement', Solar RRL, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202500592

Fischer O; Bett AJ; Zhu Y; Messmer C; Bui AD; Schygulla P; Fell A; Er-Raji O; Kore BP; Schindler F; Macdonald D; Hameiri Z; Glunz SW; Schubert MC, 2025, 'Revealing charge carrier transport and selectivity losses in perovskite silicon tandem solar cells', Matter, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2025.102404

Nath SK; Syed N; Pan W; Yu Y; Liu D; Nielsen MP; Yuwono J; Kumar PV; Zhu Y; Cortie DL; Nguyen CK; Fu L; Roberts A; Faraone L; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Lei W, 2025, 'Liquid Metal-Exfoliated SnO2-Based Mixed-Dimensional Heterostructures for Visible-to-Near-Infrared Photodetection', Advanced Optical Materials, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adom.202500765

Zhu Y; Chin R; Mussakhanuly N; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Dynamic calibration of injection-dependent carrier lifetime from time-resolved photoluminescence of thin-film photovoltaic semiconductors', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 33, pp. 980 - 988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.70000

Gayot F; Zhu Y; Weber JW; Zheng Z; Zandi S; Feng Z; Zhang M; Hou T; Liu J; Huang Y; Hao X; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Outdoor implied open-circuit voltage imaging of perovskite solar cells using sunlight excitation', Joule, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2025.101946

Zandi S; Nie S; Zhu Y; Allen TG; Aydin E; Ugur E; Zheng J; Wang G; Liu X; Hao X; Ho-Baillie A; De Wolf S; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Luminescence-based implied voltage imaging of tandem solar cells using bandpass filters', Small Methods, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202401003

Zhu Y; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2024, 'A contactless method of emitter sheet resistance measurement for silicon wafers', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113209

Wang S; Wright B; Zhu Y; Buratti Y; Hameiri Z, 2024, 'Extracting the parameters of two-energy-level defects in silicon wafers using machine learning models', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113123

Wang G; Duan W; Lian Q; Mahmud MA; Leung TL; Liao C; Bing J; Bailey C; Yi J; Tao R; Yang J; Cui X; Nie S; Zhu Y; Lambertz A; Jankovec M; Topič M; McCamey DR; Bremner S; Hameiri Z; Ding K; Mckenzie D; Zheng J; Ho-Baillie A, 2024, 'Reducing voltage loss via dipole tuning for electron-transport in efficient and stable perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells', Advanced Energy Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202401029

Nguyen K; Fischer O; Messmer C; Zhu Y; Nguyen DT; Bui AD; Hameiri Z; Schindler F; Schubert MC; Shen H; Weber K; Catchpole K; Macdonald D; Nguyen HT, 2024, 'The role of luminescent coupling in monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells', Small, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202403461

Wang G; Duan W; Lian Q; Mahmud A; Leung TL; Liao C; Bing J; Bailey C; Yi J; Tao R; Yang J; Cui X; Nie S; Zhu Y; Lambertz A; Jankovec M; Topič M; McCamey DR; Bremner S; Hameiri Z; Ding K; Mckenzie D; Zheng J; Ho‐Baillie A, 2024, 'Reducing voltage loss via dipole tuning for electron‐transport in efficient and stable perovskite‐silicon tandem solar cells', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202470175

Zheng J; Duan W; Guo Y; Zhao ZC; Yi H; Ma FJ; Granados Caro L; Yi C; Bing J; Tang S; Qu J; Fong KC; Cui X; Zhu Y; Yang L; Lambertz A; Arafat Mahmud M; Chen H; Liao C; Wang G; Jankovec M; Xu C; Uddin A; Cairney JM; Bremner S; Huang S; Ding K; McKenzie DR; Ho-Baillie AWY, 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

Nie S; Zhu Y; Kunz O; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 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

Zhu Y; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2021, 'A dynamic calibration method for injection-dependent charge carrier lifetime measurements', Small Methods, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202100440

Jafari S; Zhu Y; Rougieux F; De Guzman JAT; Markevich VP; Peaker AR; Hameiri Z, 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

Zhu Y; Hameiri Z, 2021, 'Review of injection dependent charge carrier lifetime spectroscopy', Progress in Energy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/abd488

Mahboubi Soufiani A; Zhu Y; Mussakhanuly N; Yun JS; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 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

Siriwardhana M; Zhu Y; Hameiri Z; Macdonald D; Rougieux F, 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

Sun C; Zhu Y; Juhl M; Yang W; Rougieux F; Hameiri Z; Macdonald D, 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

Zhu Y; Rougieux F; Grant NE; De Guzman JAT; Murphy JD; Markevich VP; Coletti G; Peaker AR; Hameiri Z, 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

Zhu Y; Juhl MK; Coletti G; Hameiri Z, 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

Buratti Y; Le Gia QT; Dick J; Zhu Y; Hameiri Z, 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

Zhu Y; Sun C; Niewelt T; Coletti G; Hameiri Z, 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

Chin RL; Pollard M; Zhu Y; Hameiri Z, 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

Heinz FD; Zhu Y; Hameiri Z; Juhl M; Trupke T; Schubert MC, 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

Zhu Y; Juhl MK; Coletti G; Hameiri Z, 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

Zhu Y; Heinz F; Juhl M; Schubert M; Tropke T; Hameiri Z, 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

Heinz FD; Zhu Y; Hameiri Z; Juhl MK; Trupke T; Schubert MC, 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

Zhu Y; Juhl M; Coletti G; Hameiri Z, 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

Vargas C; Zhu Y; Coletti G; Chan C; Payne D; Jensen M; Hameiri Z, 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

Zhu Y; Le Gia QT; Juhl MK; Coletti G; Hameiri Z, 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

Zhu Y; Juhl MK; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 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

Nath T; Zhu Y; Ehret L; Nie S; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Contactless series resistance imaging of solar cells with line-scan luminescence: A quantitative approach​', Brisbane, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 02 December 2025

Ho VPA; Abdullah-Vetter Z; Zhu Y; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Machine learning assisted contactless series resistance characterisation of solar cells', Brisbane, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 02 December 2025

Zheng Z; Zhu Y; Gayot F; Weber J; Modra D; Grayson K; McDonald D; Lasich J; Gentle A; Keevers M; Rodriguez J; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Outdoor photoluminescence imaging under concentrated sunlight', Brisbane, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 02 December 2025

Nath T; Zhu Y; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Sensitivity analysis of photoluminescence-based series resistance imaging methods using a simulated ground truth', Brisbane, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 02 December 2025

Nie S; Zhu Y; Gayot F; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Contact-free J-V: A simple technique for universal state-of-the-art solar cells', Bilbao, Spain, presented at 42nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Bilbao, Spain, 22 September 2025

Zheng Z; Zhu Y; Gayot F; Weber J; Lasich J; McDonald D; Grayson K; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Outdoor photoluminescence imaging of III-V multijunction solar cells under direct sunlight', Montreal, Quebec, presented at 53rd IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Montreal, Quebec, 08 June 2025

Nie S; Zhu Y; Gayot F; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Simplified contactless method for current-voltage characterisation of modern solar cells', Montreal, Quebec, presented at 53rd IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Montreal, Quebec, 08 June 2025

Black L; Zhu Y; Hameiri Z; Macdonald D, 2025, 'Temperature dependence of the ambipolar Auger coefficient in crystalline silicon', Oxford, UK, presented at 15th SiliconPV, Oxford, UK, 08 April 2025

Zandi S; Zhu Y; LE AHT; Weber JW; Lee Chin R; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2024, 'Contactless approach for estimating intrinsic carrier concentration using luminescence measurements', Sydney, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 03 December 2024

Zheng Z; Zhu Y; Gayot F; Weber J; Lasich J; McDonald D; Grayson K; Hameiri Z, 2024, 'Outdoor photoluminescence imaging of III-V multijunction solar cells', Sydney, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 03 December 2024

Nguyen K; Fischer O; Messmer C; Zhu Y; Nguyen D-T; Bui AD; Hameiri Z; Schindler F; Schubert MC; Shen H; Weber K; Catchpole K; Macdonald D; Nguyen HT, 2024, 'The role of luminescent coupling in monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells', Sydney, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 03 December 2024

Black L; Zhu Y; Hameiri Z; Macdonald D, 2024, 'Temperature dependence of the ambipolar Auger coefficient in crystalline silicon', Numazu, Japan, presented at 35th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Numazu, Japan, 10 November 2024

Zhu Y; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2024, 'Contactless quantitative imaging of series resistance of solar cells', Vienna, Austria, presented at 41st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, 23 September 2024

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