By Dr Ziheng Liu

Book Chapters

Liu Z; Hao X; Ho-Baillie A; Green M, 2018, 'Epitaxial Growth of Ge on Si by Magnetron Sputtering', in Epitaxy

Journal articles

Wu T; Gao X; Liu Z; Liu X; Hao X; Zhang M, 2026, 'The recycling of perovskite solar cells: progress, challenges and opportunities', Science Bulletin, 71, pp. 1583 - 1586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2026.02.003

Zhang P; Li C; Liu Z; Huang J; Cong J; Cao J; Yu K; Zhou J; Miao L; Zheng J; Li T; Yang J; Tao W; Zhang X; Jin H; Sun M; Liu JZ; Wei SH; Green MA; Hao X, 2026, 'A non-destructive UV Raman characterisation platform to enable insight into the mechanism of reversible ultraviolet-induced degradation (UVID) in TOPCon solar cells', Energy and Environmental Science, 19, pp. 1148 - 1158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5ee05078b

Wang Y; Zhang M; Zhang M; Liu X; Lee M; Feng Z; Yuan X; Liu Z; Yun JS; Xu J; Hao X, 2026, 'A Complementary Hole-Transport Layer of PTAA and SAM on FTO Substrate for p-i-n Structured Perovskite Solar Cells', Advanced Functional Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202508510

, 2026, 'Back cover', Energy & Environmental Science, 19, pp. 1395 - 1396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d6ee90017h

He M; Zhang M; Li Z; Liu X; Sun K; Liu Z; Hao X, 2025, 'Top Cells for Silicon-Based Tandem Photovoltaics', Advanced Materials, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202411858

Li C; Xu Y; Xie M; Zhang P; Zhang B; Xiao B; Zhang S; Liu Z; Zhang W; Hao X, 2025, 'Assessing solar-to-PV power conversion models: Physical, ML, and hybrid approaches across diverse scales', Energy, 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.135744

Feng Z; Lee M; Tian R; Patterson R; Wang Y; Qian C; Sun K; Liu Z; Yun JS; Xu M; Zhang X; Jin H; Green M; He M; Li Z; Hao X, 2025, 'Doped-NiOx Seed Layer on Textured Substrates for Low-Loss Contacts in Perovskite Solar Cells', Advanced Energy Materials, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202405016

Hou T; Zhang M; Sun X; Wang Y; Chen K; Fu Z; He M; Liu X; Liu Z; Huang Y; Green MA; Hao X, 2024, 'Methylammonium-Free Ink for Low-Temperature Crystallization of α-FAPbI3 Perovskite', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202400932

Han C; Li C; Yuwono JA; Liu Z; Sun K; Wang K; He G; Huang J; Kumar PV; Vongsvivut J; Cong J; Mehrvarz H; Han Z; Lu X; Pan J; Hao X; Amal R, 2024, 'Nanostructured hybrid catalysts empower the artificial leaf for solar-driven ammonia production from nitrate', Energy and Environmental Science, 17, pp. 5653 - 5665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ee03836j

Zhang P; Li C; He M; Liu Z; Hao X, 2024, 'The Intermediate Connection of Subcells in Si-based Tandem Solar Cells', Small Methods, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202300432

Wang Y; Zhou S; Liu X; Sun K; Lee M; Liu Z; Zhang M; Bai Y; Hameiri Z; Hao X, 2024, 'Cu2(Thiourea)Br2 complex as a multifunctional interfacial layer for reproducible PTAA‐based p‐i‐n perovskite solar cells', Solar RRL, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202300920

Qian C; Sun K; Cong J; Cai H; Huang J; Li C; Cao R; Liu Z; Green M; Hoex B; Chen T; Hao X, 2023, 'Bifacial and Semitransparent Sb2(S,Se)3 Solar Cells for Single‐Junction and Tandem Photovoltaic Applications', Advanced Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202303936

Li C; Pusch A; Liu Z; Zhang P; Huang J; Guo H; Zhang W; Wang H; Gao P; Sun Q; Ekins-Daukes N; Hao X, 2023, 'A modeling framework to quantify the intermediate layer impact in III-V//Si multijunction solar cells', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/acd45e

Liu X; Zheng B; Shi L; Zhou S; Xu J; Liu Z; Yun JS; Choi E; Zhang M; Lv Y; Zhang WH; Huang J; Li C; Sun K; Seidel J; He M; Peng J; Hao X; Green M, 2023, 'Perovskite solar cells based on spiro-OMeTAD stabilized with an alkylthiol additive', Nature Photonics, 17, pp. 96 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41566-022-01111-x

Li C; Wang H; Liu Z; Guo H; Zhang P; Rey G; Huang J; Gao P; Sun Q; Zhang W; Ekins-Daukes N; Hao X, 2021, 'Improving Performance of Bifacial-Grid III–V Solar Cells Bonded on Glass by Selective Contact Annealing', Solar Rrl, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202100438

Lim J; Kim M; Park HH; Jung H; Lim S; Hao X; Choi E; Park S; Lee M; Liu Z; Green MA; Seo J; Park J; Yun JS, 2021, 'Kinetics of light-induced degradation in semi-transparent perovskite solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110776

Liu Z; Hao X; Huang J; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2019, 'Laser-induced aluminium-assisted crystallization of Ge-rich SixGe1-x epitaxy on Si', Thin Solid Films, 679, pp. 55 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2019.04.005

Liu X; Shi L; Huang J; Liu Z; Zhang P; Yun JS; Soufiani AM; Seidel J; Sun K; Hameiri Z; Stride JA; Zhang Y; Green MA; Lin H; Hao X, 2019, 'Improvement of Cs-(FAPbI3)0.85(MAPbBr3)0.15 quality via DMSO-molecule-control to increase the efficiency and boost the long-term stability of 1 cm2 sized planar perovskite solar cells', Solar RRL, pp. 1800338 - 1800338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.201800338

Zhang Y; Huang J; Yan C; Sun K; Cui X; Liu F; Liu Z; Zhang X; Liu X; Stride JA; Green MA; Hao X, 2019, 'High open-circuit voltage CuSbS2 solar cells achieved through the formation of epitaxial growth of CdS/CuSbS2 hetero-interface by post-annealing treatment', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 27, pp. 37 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3061

Liu Z; Hao X; Huang J; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2018, 'Reduction of Threading Dislocation Density in Sputtered Ge/Si(100) Epitaxial Films by Continuous-Wave Diode Laser-Induced Recrystallization', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1, pp. 1893 - 1897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.7b00130

Liu Z; Noh S; Hao X; Huang J; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2018, 'Fabrication of low-defect Ge-rich SiGe-on-insulator by continuous-wave diode laser-induced recrystallization', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 744, pp. 679 - 682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.02.151

Noh S; Hao X; Liu Z; Green MA; Lee S; Ho-Baillie A, 2018, 'Investigating the effect of silicon thickness on ultra-thin silicon on insulator as a compliant substrate for gallium arsenide heteroepitaxial growth', Thin Solid Films, 653, pp. 371 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2018.03.056

Schmitt SW; Sarau G; Speich C; Döhler GH; Liu Z; Hao X; Rechberger S; Dieker C; Spiecker E; Prost W; Tegude FJ; Conibeer G; Green MA; Christiansen SH, 2018, 'Germanium Template Assisted Integration of Gallium Arsenide Nanocrystals on Silicon: A Versatile Platform for Modern Optoelectronic Materials', Advanced Optical Materials, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adom.201701329

Liu X; Zhang Y; Shi L; Liu Z; Huang J; Yun JS; Zeng Y; Pu A; Sun K; Hameiri Z; Stride JA; Seidel J; Green MA; Hao X, 2018, 'Exploring inorganic binary alkaline halide to passivate defects in low-temperature-processed planar-structure hybrid perovskite solar cells', Advanced Energy Materials, 8, pp. 1800138 - 1800138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201800138

Liu Z; Hao X; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2017, 'Effects of Al thickness on one-step aluminium-assisted crystallization of Ge epitaxy on Si by magnetron sputtering', Materials Letters, 209, pp. 32 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.07.103

Liu Z; Hao X; Huang J; Ho-Baillie A; Varlamov S; Green MA, 2017, 'Diode laser annealing of epitaxy Ge on sapphire (0 0 0 1) grown by magnetron sputtering', Materials Letters, 208, pp. 35 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.05.043

Zhang J; Song J; Liu Z; Hao X; Chen H; Hu H; Zhang H, 2017, 'Modeling of continuous wave laser melting of germanium epitaxial films on silicon substrates', Materials Express, 7, pp. 341 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/mex.2017.1382

Liu Z; Hao X; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2017, 'In situ X-ray diffraction study on epitaxial growth of SixGe1−xon Si by aluminium-assisted crystallization', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 695, pp. 1672 - 1676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.10.315

Liu Z; Hao X; Huang J; Li W; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2016, 'Diode laser annealing on Ge/Si (100) epitaxial films grown by magnetron sputtering', Thin Solid Films, 609, pp. 49 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2016.04.040

Liu Z; Hao X; Ho-baillie A; Tsao C-Y; Green MA, 2015, 'Cyclic thermal annealing on Ge/Si(100) epitaxial films grown by magnetron sputtering', Thin Solid Films, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.11.083

Liu Z; Hao X; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2014, 'One-step aluminium-assisted crystallization of Ge epitaxy on Si by magnetron sputtering', Applied Physics Letters, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4864463

Liu Z; Hao X; Qi F; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2014, 'Epitaxial growth of single-crystalline silicon-germanium on silicon by aluminium-assisted crystallization', Scripta Materialia, 71, pp. 25 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.09.026

Conference Papers

Zhang P; LI C; Liu Z; Huang J; Cong J; Cao J; Green M; Hao X, 2026, 'Insight into the Mechanism of Reversible UVID in TOPCon Solar Cells using a non-destructive characterisation', New Orleans, US, presented at 54th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans, US, 07 June 2026

Gayot F; Nguyen K; LE HTA; Bing J; Ho-Bailli A; Liu Z; Hao X; Bullock J; Jasieniak J; Li Y; Hameiri Z, 2025, 'Let’s go outside! Enabling Australia-wide comparative outdoor testing of perovskite-based solar devices', Brisbane, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 02 December 2025

Liu Z; Zhang P; LI C; Hao X, 2025, 'Mechanism analysis of light-induced recovery of ultraviolet-induced degradation (UV-ID) in TOPCon solar cells', Wuxi, China, presented at ATPV 2025 Fall meeting, Wuxi, China, 11 November 2025

Zhang P; Liu Z; LI C; Hao X, 2025, 'Unveiling carbon evolution in the degradation of different types of metal contacts after damp-heat(DH) testing using Raman characterisation', Wuxi, China, presented at ATPV 2025 Fall Meeting, Wuxi, China, 11 November 2025

Zhang P; Liu Z; LI C; Hao X, 2025, 'Carbon evolution in the degradation of silver-paste-based metal contacts after damp-heat(DH) testing', Wuxi, China, presented at ATPV 2025 Spring Meeting, Wuxi, China, 14 May 2025

LI C; Liu Z; Zhang P; Hao X, 2025, 'Perspectives on optimisation of the characterisation methodology to accelerate the analysis of Si solar cell degradation mechanism', Wuxi, China, presented at ATPV 2025 Spring Meeting, Wuxi, China, 14 May 2025

Liu Z; Zhang P; LI C; Hao X, 2025, 'Understanding a reversible Ultraviolet-Induced Degradation (UV-ID) in TOPCon Solar Cells', Wuxi, China, presented at ATPV 2025 Spring Meeting, Wuxi, China, 14 May 2025

Liu Z; Zhang P; LI C; Hao X, 2024, 'Si solar cell degradation mechanism analysis', Wuxi, China, presented at ATPV 2024 Fall Meeting, Wuxi, China, 07 November 2024

Hao X; Liu Z, 2024, 'Top cell for silicon based tandem cells', Wuxi, China, presented at ATPV 2024 Fall Meeting, Wuxi, China, 07 November 2024

LI C; Liu Z; Zhang P; Xiao B; Zhang S; Hao X, 2024, 'Comparison of prediction models for forecasting photovoltaic power output', Vienna, Austria, presented at EUPVSEC 2024, Vienna, Austria, 23 September 2024

LI C; Liu Z; Zhang P; Xiao B; Hao X, 2023, 'Comparative study on the prediction of photovoltaic power output between physical and machine learning models', Melbourne, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference 2023, Melbourne, 05 December 2023

LI C; Liu Z; Zhang P; Huang J; Hao X, 2023, 'A novel transparent conductive adhesive (TCA) layer in tandem solar cells', Shenzhen, China, presented at PVSEC -34, Shenzhen, China, 06 November 2023

LI C; Liu Z; Zhang P; Xiao B; Hao X, 2023, 'Evaluation of prediction models for forecasting photovoltaic power output', Shenzhen, China, presented at PVSEC - 34, Shenzhen, China, 06 November 2023

Liu Z; LI C; Zhang P; Hao X, 2022, 'Transparent conductive adhesive (TCA) intermediate layers for tandem solar cells', Newcastle, NSW, AU, presented at Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference 2022, Newcastle, NSW, AU, 29 November 2022

LI C; Pusch A; Liu Z; Zhang P; Huang J; Hao X, 2022, 'Investigation of intermediate layer of III-V/Si multijunction solar cells', Nagoya, Japan, presented at PVSEC -33, Nagoya, Japan, 13 November 2022

Li C; Liu Z; Hao X; Green M, 2020, 'Design of nanostructured intermediate layer for tandem solar cells', Virtual, presented at 47th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Virtual, 15 June 2020

Li C; Liu Z; Hao X; Green M, 2019, 'Optical optimization for III-V/Si multijunction solar cells', Xi'an, China, presented at 29th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Xi'an, China, 04 November 2019

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