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Conference Papers

Riverola A; Mellor A; Alvarez DA; Llin LF; Guarracino I; Markides CN; Paul D; Chemisana D; Ekins-Daukes N, 2017, 'Experimental and theoretical study of the infrared emissivity of crystalline silicon solar cells', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), IEEE, pp. 1339 - 1341, presented at 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 25 June 2017 - 30 June 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2017.8366081

Sandwell P; Ekins-Daukes N; Nelson J, 2017, 'What are the greatest opportunities for PV to contribute to rural development?', in Energy Procedia, Shanghai, China, pp. 139 - 146, presented at SNEC 11th International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition, SNEC 2017 Scientific Conference, Shanghai, China, 17 April 2017 - 20 April 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.416

Donchev V; Asenova I; Milanova M; Alonso-Álvarez D; Kirilov K; Shtinkov N; Ivanov IG; Georgiev S; Valcheva E; Ekins-Daukes N, 2017, 'Optical properties of thick GaInAs(Sb)N layers grown by liquid-phase epitaxy', in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/794/1/012013

Roucka R; Clark A; Wilson T; Thomas T; Fuhrer M; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Johnson A; Hoffman R; Begarney D, 2017, '3J solar cells comprising a lattice matched epitaxial SiGeSn SubCell', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 2488 - 2491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366543

Ochoa M; Garcia I; Lombardero I; Ayllon L; Cifuentes L; Rey-Stolle I; Algora C; Johnson AD; Davies JI; Tan KH; Loke WK; Wicaksono S; Yoon SF; Ochoa E; Gabas M; Thomas T; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Garcia H; Castan H; Duenas S; Estrade S; Peiro F, 2017, 'Advances towards 4J lattice-matched including dilute nitride subcell for terrestrial and space applications', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 2952 - 2956, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366123

Alonso-Álvarez D; Ferre Llin L; Mellor A; Paul DJ; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2017, 'Comparative Study of Annealed and High Temperature Grown ITO and AZO Films for Solar Energy Applications', in MRS Advances, pp. 3117 - 3122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/adv.2017.448

Dimmock JAR; Kauer M; Mellor AV; Stavrinou PN; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2017, 'Current voltage characteristics of a metallic structure for a hot-carrier photovoltaic cell', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 993 - 998, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366183

Richards RD; Harun F; Cheong JS; Mellor A; Hylton NP; Wilson T; Thomas T; Ekins-Daukes NJ; David JPR, 2017, 'GaAsBi: An alternative to InGaAs based multiple quantum well photovoltaics', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 3410 - 3412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366221

Mellor A; Hylton NP; Wellens C; Thomas T; Al-Saleh Y; Giannini V; Braun A; Hauser H; Maier SA; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2017, 'Improving the radiation hardness of space solar cells via nanophotonic light trapping', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366800

Mellor A; Guarracino I; Llin LF; Alonso-Alvarez D; Riverola A; Thoms S; Paul DJ; Markides CN; Chemisana D; Maier S; Ekins-Daukes N, 2017, 'Specially designed solar cells for hybrid photovoltaic-thermal generators', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 1228 - 1232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366699

Yakes MK; Schmieder KJ; Lumb MP; Bennett MF; Hirst LC; Kotulak NA; Gonzalez M; Tomasulo S; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Walters RJ, 2017, 'Split InAlAs top cell enabled four-junction solar cell lattice matched to InP', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 1385 - 1388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366664

Pusch A; Yoshida M; Hylton NP; Mellor A; Vaquero-Steiner A; Phillips CC; Hess O; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2017, 'The purpose of a photon ratchet in intermediate band solar cells', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 2536 - 2537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366014

Sugiyama M; Fujii H; Katoh T; Toprasertpong K; Sodabanlu H; Watanabe K; Alonso-Álvarez D; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Nakano Y, 2016, 'Quantum wire-on-well (WoW) cell with long carrier lifetime for efficient carrier transport', in Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, pp. 1606 - 1614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.2769

Roucka R; Clark A; Wilson T; Thomas T; Fuhrer M; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Johnson A; Hoffman R; Begarney D, 2016, '3J solar cells comprising a lattice matched epitaxial SiGeSn subcell', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2362 - 2365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750062

Ochoa M; Garcia I; Lombardero I; Ayllon L; Cifuentes L; Rey-Stolle I; Algora C; Johnson AD; Davies JI; Tan KH; Loke WK; Wicaksono S; Yoon SF; Ochoa E; Gabas M; Thomas T; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Garcia H; Castan H; Duenas S; Estrade S; Peiro F, 2016, 'Advances towards 4J lattice-matched including dilute nitride subcell for terrestrial and space applications', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 52 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749407

Dimmock JAR; Kauer M; Mellor AV; Stavrinou PN; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2016, 'Current voltage characteristics of a metallic structure for a hot-carrier photovoltaic cell', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1043 - 1046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749770

Richards RD; Harun F; Cheong JS; Mellor A; Hylton NP; Wilson T; Thomas T; Ekins-Daukes NJ; David JPR, 2016, 'GaAsBi: An alternative to InGaAs based multiple quantum well photovoltaics', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1135 - 1137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749791

Mellor A; Hylton NP; Wellens C; Thomas T; Al-Saleh Y; Giannini V; Braun A; Hauser H; Maier SA; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2016, 'Improving the radiation hardness of space solar cells via nanophotonic light trapping', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 3401 - 3404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750298

Yakes MK; Schmieder KJ; Lumb MP; Bennett MF; Hirst LC; Kotulak NA; Gonzalez M; Tomasulo S; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Walters RJ, 2016, 'Split InAlAs top cell enabled four-junction solar cell lattice matched to InP', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 2836 - 2838, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750171

Pusch A; Yoshida M; Hylton NP; Mellor A; Vaquero-Steiner A; Phillips CC; Hess O; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2016, 'The purpose of a photon ratchet in intermediate band solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 9 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7749398

Wilson T; Thomas T; Führer M; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Roucka R; Clark A; Johnson A; Hoffman R; Begarney D, 2016, 'Single and multi-junction solar cells utilizing a 1.0 eV SiGeSn junction', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4962096

Ekins-Daukes NJ; Sandwell P; Nelson J; Johnson AD; Duggan G; Herniak E, 2016, 'What does CPV need to achieve in order to succeed?', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4962072

Mellor A; Riverola A; Hylton NP; Alonso-Alvarez D; Chemisana D; Maier SA; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2016, 'Simple models for complex devices', in 2016 Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium (PIERS), IEEE, pp. 4606 - 4606, presented at 2016 Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium (PIERS), 08 August 2016 - 11 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/piers.2016.7735702

Mellor A; Guarracino I; Llin LF; Alonso-Alvarez D; Riverola A; Thoms S; Paul DJ; Markides CN; Chemisana D; Maier S; Ekins-Daukes N, 2016, 'Specially designed solar cells for hybrid photovoltaic-thermal generators', in 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, pp. 2960 - 2963, presented at 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 05 June 2016 - 10 June 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2016.7750203

Mellor A; Hylton NP; Höhn O; Wellens C; Hauser H; Thomas T; Al-Saleh Y; Tucher N; Oliva E; Bläsi B; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Maier SA, 2016, 'Nanoparticle scattering for multijunction solar cells', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2228589

Alonso-Álvarez D; Ekins-Daukes N, 2016, 'Quantum wells for high-efficiency photovoltaics', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2217590

Mellor A; Hylton NP; Shirley F; Thomas T; Lee KH; Al-Saleh Y; Braun A; Loo J; Vercruysse D; Van Dorpe P; Maier SA; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2015, 'Nanoparticle scattering for radiation-hard multi-junction space solar cells', in 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355669

Thomas T; Kasamatsu N; Tan KH; Wicaksono S; Loke WK; Yoon SF; Johnson A; Kita T; Ekins-Daukes N, 2015, 'Time-resolved photoluminescence of MBE-grown 1 eV GaAsSbN for multi-junction solar cells', in 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356069

Wilson T; Thomas T; Führer M; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2015, 'Addressing reflectivity losses in multijunction solar cells to achieve 50% power conversion efficiency', in Energy Materials: Materials Science and Engineering for Energy Systems, pp. 503 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14328917.2015.1115630

Dimmock JAR; Kauer M; Stavrinou PN; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2015, 'A metallic hot carrier photovoltaic cell', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2077573

Mellor A; Hylton NP; Shirley F; Thomas T; Lee K-H; Al-Saleh Y; Braun A; Loo J; Vercruysse D; Van Dorpe P; Tobias I; Luque A; Maier SA; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2015, 'Nanostructured Solar Cells: Surface Textures and Quantum Dots', in Light, Energy and the Environment 2015, OSA, pp. PTu2B.2 - PTu2B.2, presented at Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/pv.2015.ptu2b.2

Alonso-Alvarez D; Fuhrer M; Thomas T; Ekins-Daukes N, 2014, 'Elements of modelling and design of multi-quantum well solar cells', in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, pp. 2865 - 2870, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925530

Thomas T; Fuhrer M; Alvarez DA; Ekins-Daukes N; Tan KH; Wicaksono S; Loke WK; Yoon SF; Johnson A, 2014, 'GaNAsSb 1-eV solar cells for use in lattice-matched multi-junction architectures', in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, pp. 550 - 553, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924980

Thomas T; Chan NLA; Fuhrer M; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2014, 'Performance enhancement from radiative coupling considering realistic spectral conditions for optimal and sub-optimal bandgap multijunction solar cells', in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, pp. 3409 - 3413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925663

González M; Lumb MP; Yakes MK; Abell J; Tischler JG; Bailey CG; Vurgaftman I; Meyer JR; Hirst LC; Schmieder KJ; Molina SI; Delgado FP; Adams JGJ; Hillier G; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Walters RJ, 2014, 'Modeling, design and experimental results for high efficiency multi-junction solar cells lattice matched to InP', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2041289

Hofmann C; Herter B; Gutmann J; Löffler J; Fischer S; Wolf S; Piper R; Ekins-Daukes N; Treat N; Goldschmidt JC, 2014, 'Organic upconverters embedded in a Bragg structure', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2052286

Lumb MP; González M; Bailey CG; Vurgaftman I; Meyer JR; Abell J; Yakes M; Hoheisel R; Tischler JG; Stavrinou PN; Fuhrer M; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Walters RJ, 2013, 'Drift-diffusion modeling of InP-based triple junction solar cells', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2005332

Hylton NP; Li X; Giannini V; Lee KH; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Loo J; Vercruysse D; Van Dorpe P; Sodabanlu H; Sugiyama M; Maier SA, 2013, 'Al nanoparticle arrays for broadband absorption enhancements in GaAs devices', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 22 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744090

Führer M; Farrell D; Ekins-Daukes N, 2013, 'CPV modelling with solcore: An extensible modelling framework for the rapid computational simulation and evaluation of solar cell designs and concepts', in AIP Conference Proceedings, pp. 34 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4822193

Lee KH; Barnham KWJ; Roberts JS; Führer M; Alonso-Alvarez D; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2013, 'Dual-junction solar cells with multiple-quantum-well top cells', in AIP Conference Proceedings, pp. 45 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4822196

Richards R; Bastiman F; Hunter CJ; Mohmad AR; David JPR; Ekins-Daukes N, 2013, 'GaAsBi MQWs for multi-junction photovoltaics', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 303 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744153

Kowaki H; Lee KH; Kojima T; Inagaki M; Ikeda K; Bouzazi B; Kojima N; Ohshita Y; Yamaguchi M; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2013, 'Optical DLTS for the study of recombination centers in GaAsN grown by chemical beam epitaxy', in AIP Conference Proceedings, pp. 41 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4822195

Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2013, 'Routes to high efficiency photovoltaic power conversion', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 13 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744088

Gonzalez M; Lumb MP; Yakes MK; Bailey CG; Tischler JG; Hoheisel R; Abell J; Vurgaftman I; Meyer J; Maximenko S; Jenkins PP; Molina SI; Delgado-Gonzalez FJ; Bahena D; Ponce A; Adams JGJ; Fuhrer M; Ekins-Daukes N; Walters RJ, 2013, 'Towards high efficiency multi-junction solar cells grown on InP Substrates', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 145 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744116

Li X; Hylton NP; Giannini V; Lee KH; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Maier SA, 2012, '3D device simulation of plasmonic solar cells', in Information Optoelectronics, Nanofabrication and Testing, IONT 2012

Cheng YY; Fückel B; Schulze T; MacQueen RW; Tayebjee MJY; Danos A; Khoury T; Clady RGCR; -Daukes NJE; Crossley MJ; Stannowski B; Lips K; Schmidt TW, 2012, 'Improving the light-harvesting of second generation solar cells with photochemical upconversion', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.945217

Chan NLA; Brindley HE; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2012, 'Quantifying the impact of individual atmospheric parameters on CPV system power and energy yield', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 922 - 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317753

Bremner S; Ghosh K; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Honsberg CB; Goodnick S, 2012, 'Issues in the physical measurement of the intermediate band effect', in 2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 641 - 646, presented at 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2012, Austin, TX, United States, 03 June 2012 - 08 June 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317692

Hirst LC; Führer M; Farrell DJ; Le Bris A; Guillemoles JF; Tayebjee MJY; Clady R; Schmidt TW; Sugiyama M; Wang Y; Fujii H; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2012, 'InGaAs/GaAsP quantum wells for hot carrier solar cells', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.910581

Lumb MP; Gonzalez M; Vurgaftman I; Meyer JR; Abell J; Yakes M; Hoheisel R; Tischler JG; Jenkins PP; Stavrinou PN; Fuhrer M; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Walters RJ, 2012, 'Simulation of novel InAlAsSb solar cells', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.909324


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