By Dr Yuchao Zhang

Journal articles

Zhang Y; Wang S; Wang L; Sun Z; Chang YC; Chen R; Chan C; Okamoto K; Ao Y; Wang D; Dhamrin M; Kosuke T; Hallam B, 2024, 'Ultra-Lean Silver Screen-Printing for Sustainable Terawatt-Scale Photovoltaic', Solar RRL, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400478

Chang YC; Zhang Y; Wang L; Wang S; Wang H; Huang CY; Chen R; Chan C; Hallam B, 2024, 'Silver-lean metallization and hybrid contacts via plating on screen-printed metal for silicon solar cells manufacturing', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3799

Vicari Stefani B; Kim M; Zhang Y; Hallam B; Green MA; Bonilla RS; Fell C; Wilson GJ; Wright M, 2023, 'Historical market projections and the future of silicon solar cells', Joule, 7, pp. 2684 - 2699, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.11.006

Kim M; Drury S; Altermatt P; Wang L; Zhang Y; Chan C; Dias P; Hallam B, 2023, 'Identifying methods to reduce emission intensity of centralised Photovoltaic deployment for net zero by 2050: Life cycle assessment case study of a 30 MW PV plant', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 31, pp. 1493 - 1502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3747

Hallam B; Kim M; Zhang Y; Wang L; Lennon A; Verlinden P; Altermatt PP; Dias PR, 2023, 'The silver learning curve for photovoltaics and projected silver demand for net-zero emissions by 2050', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 31, pp. 598 - 606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3661

Puthen Veettil B; Zhang Y; Payne D; Juhl M; Huang S; Hallam B; Bagnall D, 2023, 'Microwave annealing of silicon solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0127896

Underwood R; Kim M; Drury S; Zhang Y; Wang L; Chan C; Hallam B, 2023, 'Abundant Material Consumption Based on a Learning Curve for Photovoltaic toward Net-Zero Emissions by 2050', Solar RRL, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200705

Zhang Y; Kim M; Wang L; Verlinden P; Hallam B, 2021, 'Design considerations for multi-terawatt scale manufacturing of existing and future photovoltaic technologies: Challenges and opportunities related to silver, indium and bismuth consumption', Energy and Environmental Science, 14, pp. 5587 - 5610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ee01814k

Zhang Y; Wang L; Chen D; Kim M; Hallam B, 2021, 'Pathway towards 24% efficiency for fully screen-printed passivated emitter and rear contact solar cells', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abe900

Vicari Stefani B; Soeriyadi A; Wright M; Chen D; Kim M; Zhang Y; Hallam B, 2020, 'Large-Area Boron-Doped 1.6 Ω cm p-Type Czochralski Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with a Stable Open-Circuit Voltage of 736 mV and Efficiency of 22.0%', Solar RRL, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202000134

Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; Chan C; Ciesla nee Wenham A; Rougieux F; Zhang Y; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2020, 'Hydrogen-induced degradation: Explaining the mechanism behind light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation in n- and p-type silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110353

Conference Papers

Yamaguchi M; Araki K; Ota Y; Nishioka K; Zhang Y; Hallam B; Kojima N; Ohshita Y, 2024, 'Effectiveness of the Concentrating Photovoltaics (CPV) Toward TW-Scale PV Production', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 48 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC57443.2024.10749584

Yamaguchi M; Araki K; Zhang Y; Hallam B; Kojima N; Ohshita Y, 2023, 'Consideration for importance of concentrating photovoltaics (PV) toward TW-scale PV production', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0146171

Kim M; Wang L; Zhang Y; Underwood R; Drury S; Hallam B, 2023, 'Roadmap towards sustainable SHJ solar cell design', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0140906

Kim M; Zhang Y; Verlinden P; Hallam B, 2022, 'Towards Sustainable Silicon PV Manufacturing at the Terawatt Level', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0090424

Zhang Y; Kim M; Wang L; Dias P; Underwood R; Verlinden P; Hallam B, 2021, 'Towards Multi-TW Scale Manufacturing of PV Technologies: Challenges Related to Material Consumption', in Proceedings - ISES Solar World Congress 2021, International Solar Energy Society (ISES), pp. 62 - 71, presented at Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2021, - 29 November 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.18086/swc.2021.04.01

Conference Presentations

Wang L; Zhang Y; Kim M; Underwood R; Drury S; Hallam B; Wright M, 2022, 'Sustainability Evaluations on Material Consumption for Terawatt Scale Manufacturing of Silicon based Tandem Solar Cells', presented at TandemPV workshop 2022, 30 May 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3687

Zhang Y; Kim M; Wang L; Dias P; Underwood R; Verlinden P; Hallam B, 2021, 'Towards Sustainable Manufacturing of Solar Energy Technologies at the Terra-Watt Scale', presented at 2021 ISES Solar World Congress, 25 October 2021 - 29 October 2021

Chen D; Kim M; Varshney U; Sen C; Liu S; Zhang YUCHAO; Hamer P; Chong C; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2019, 'Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation (LeTID): the Past , the Present and What Lies Ahead', presented at 2019 Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, Australia, 02 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27901

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