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Journal articles
2011, 'Electrical properties of conductive Ge nanocrystal thin films fabricated by low temperature in situ growth', Nanotechnology, 22, pp. 125204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/12/125204
,2011, 'Interplay between the hot phonon effect and intervalley scattering on the cooling rate of hot carrier in GaAs and InP', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 20, pp. 82 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1121
,2011, 'N-type Conductivity of Nanostructured Thin Film Composed of antimony-doped Si Nanocrystals in Silicon Nitride Matrix', Europhysics Letters, 96, pp. 17011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/96/17011
,2011, 'Optical evaluation of doping concentration in SiO2 doping source layer for silicon quantum dot materials', EPJ Photovoltaics, 2, pp. N/A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2011024
,2011, 'Rapid thermal annealing and crystallization mechanisms study of silicon nanocrystal in silicon carbide matrix', Nanoscale research letters, 6, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-6-129
,2011, 'Silicon nanocrystals in an oxide matrix for thin film solar cells with 492 mV open circuit voltage', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2011.02.029
,2011, 'Silicon quantum dot based solar cells: addressing the issues of doping, voltage and current transport', Progress in Photovoltaics: Res. Appl., 19, pp. 813 - 824, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1045
,2011, 'Single layer of Silicon Quantum Dots in Silicon Oxide matrix: Investigation of Forming Gas Hydrogenation on Photoluminescence Properties and Study of Composition of the Silicon Rich Oxide Layers.', Journal of Crystal Growth, 327, pp. 84 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2011.05.016
,2011, 'Structural and optical study of Ge nanocrystals embedded in Si 3N4 matrix', Energy Procedia, 10, pp. 20 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2011.10.146
,2011, 'Structural and Photoluminescence Properties of Superlattice Structures Consisting of Sn-rich SiO2 and Stoichiometric SiO2 layers', Thin Solid Films, 520, pp. 641 - 645
,2011, 'Study on electrical properties of Si quantum dot based materials', Physica status solidi. C, Current topics in solid state physics : PSS, 248, pp. 472 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201000676
,2011, 'Surface plasmons for improving the performance of quantum dot structures for third generation solar cell applications', Physica status solidi. C, Current topics in solid state physics : PSS, 8, pp. 181 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201000644
,2011, 'Ultra-thin silicon nitride barrier implementatino for Si nano-crystals embedded in amorphous silicon carbide matrix with hybrid super-lattice structure', Europhysics Letters, 95, pp. 67006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/95/67006
,2011, 'Wrapping the walls of n-TiO2 nanotubes with p-CuInS2 nanoparticles using pulsed-electrodeposition for improved heterojunction photoelectrodes', Chemical Communications, 47, pp. 11288 - 11290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1cc13738g
,2010, 'Phonon lifetimes in model quantum dot superlattice systems with applications to the hot carrier solar cell', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, pp. 1931 - 1935, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.030
,2010, 'Preface', Heart Development and Regeneration: Volume I, 1, pp. xxxi - xxxii, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-381332-9.00048-7
,2010, '43% Composite Spolit-Spectrum Concentrator Solar Cell Efficiency', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 18, pp. 42 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.026
,2010, 'Characterisation of size-controlled and red luminescent Ge nanocrystals in multilayered superlattice structure', Thin Solid Films, 518, pp. 5483 - 5487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2010.04.024
,2010, 'Correlation between fixed charge and capacitance peaks in silicon nanocrystal metal–insulator–semiconductor devices', Semiconductor Science and Technology, 25, pp. 045011-1 - 045011-8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0268-1242/25/4/045011
,2010, 'Energy Selective Contacts for Hot Carrier solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, pp. 1546 - 1550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2009.11.029
,2010, 'Formation and photoluminescence of Si quantum dots in SiO2/Si3N4 hybrid matrix for all-Si tandem solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, pp. 2238 - 2243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2010.07.018
,2010, 'Impacts of Post-metallisation Processes on the Electrical and Photovoltaic Properties of Si Quantum Dot Solar Cells', Nanoscale research letters, 5, pp. 1762 - 1767, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11671-010-9707-x
,2010, 'In situ low temperature growth of poly-crystalline germanium thin film on glass by RF magnetron sputtering', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, pp. 1501 - 1505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2010.02.035
,2010, 'Investigation of theoretical efficiency limit of hot carriers solar cells with a bulk indium nitride absorber', Journal of Applied Physics, 108, pp. 94507 - 094516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3494047
,2010, 'Modelling of hot carrier solar cell absorbers', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, pp. 1521
,2010, 'Modelling of metal-insulator-semiconductor devices featuring a silicon quantum well', Physica E - Low - Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 42, pp. 2211 - 2217
,2010, 'Practical factors lowering conversion efficiency of hot carrier solar cells', Applied Physics Express, 3, pp. 104301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/APEX.3.104301
,2010, 'Size controlled synthesis of Ge nanocrystals in SiO2 at temperatures below 400 °C using magnetron sputtering', Applied Physics Letters, 96, pp. 261901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3457864
,2010, 'Study of silicon quantum dots in a SiO2 matrix for energy selective contacts applications', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, pp. 1936 - 1941, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2010.06.024
,2010, 'Study on electrical properties of Si quantum dots based materials', Physica Status Solidi B - Basic Solid State Physics, 248, pp. 472 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201000676
,2010, 'Surface states induced high p-type conductivity in nanostructured thin film composed of Ge nanocrystals in SiO2 matrix', Applied Physics Letters, 97, pp. 132109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3496031
,2009, 'Capacitance and conductance characteristics of silicon nanocrystal metal-insulator-semiconductor devices', Solid - State Electronics, 53, pp. 530 - 539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sse.2009.03.001
,2009, 'Effects of phosphorus doping on structural and optical properties of silicon nanocrystals in a SiO2 matrix', Thin Solid Films, 517, pp. 5646 - 5652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2009.02.076
,2009, 'Hot carrier solar cells operating under practical conditions', Journal of Applied Physics, 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3086447
,2009, 'Impact ionization and Auger recombination at high carrier temperature', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, pp. 797 - 802
,2009, 'Impact of bridge- and double-bonded oxygen on OH-terminated Si quantum dots: A density-functional-Hartree-Fock study', Materials Science and Engineering B - Solid State Materials for Advanced Technology, 159-160, pp. 117 - 121
,2009, 'Impact of interface on the effective band gap of Si quantum dots', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, pp. 753 - 758, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.026
,2009, 'In situ formation of tin nanocrystals embedded in silicon nitride matrix', Journal of Applied Physics, 105, pp. 124303
,2009, 'n-Type silicon quantum dots and p-type crystalline silicon heteroface solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, pp. 684 - 690
,2009, 'Phosphorus-doped silicon quantum dots for all-silicon quantum dot tandem solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, pp. 1524 - 1530
,2009, 'Progress on Hot Carrier Cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, pp. 713 - 719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.034
,2009, 'Si nanocrystal p-i-n diodes fabricated on quartz substrates for third generation solar cell applications', Applied Physics Letters, 95, pp. 153506
,2009, 'Synthesis and characterization of boron-doped Si quantum dots for all-Si quantum dot tandem solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, pp. 273 - 279
,2008, 'Critical Discussion of Computation Accuracy (EPAPS article - ftp://aip.org/epaps/phys\_rev\_b/E-PRBMDO-78-101827/EPAPS\Rev3.pdf', Physical Review - Section B - Condensed Matter, 78
,2008, 'Effects of boron doping on the structural and optical properties of silicon nanocrystals in a silicon dioxide matrix', Nanotechnology, 19
,2008, 'Evolution of Si (and SiC) nanocrystal precipitation in SiC matrix', Thin Solid Films, 516, pp. 3824 - 3830, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2007.06.150
,2008, 'Fabrication of multilayered Ge nanocrystals by magnetron sputtering and annealing', Nanotechnology, 19, pp. 455611 - 455615
,2008, 'Fabrication of multilayered Ge nanocrystals embedded in SiOxGeNy films', Applied Surface Science, 254, pp. 7527 - 7530
,2008, 'Formation of a Si-Si3N4 nanocomposite from plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition multilayer structures', Journal of Crystal Growth, 310, pp. 3685 - 3689
,2008, 'Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of annealed silicon-rich silicon nitride thin films', Journal of Applied Physics, 104, pp. 104310
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