Select Publications

Conference Papers

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, 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, 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, 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

Li X; Hylton NP; Giannini V; Lee KH; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Maier SA, 2012, 'Aluminum nanoparticles for efficient light-trapping in plasmonic gallium arsenide solar cells', in Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACP

Li X; Hylton NP; Giannini V; Lee K-H; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Maier SA, 2012, 'Aluminum Nanoparticles for Efficient Light-trapping in Plasmonic Gallium Arsenide Solar Cells', in Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, OSA, presented at Asia Communications and Photonics Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/acp.2012.af3f.2

Walters RJ; González M; Tischler JG; Lumb MP; Meyer JR; Vurgaftman I; Abell J; Yakes MK; Ekins-Daukes N; Adams JGJ; Chan N; Stavrinou P; Jenkins PP, 2011, 'Design of an achievable, all lattice-matched multijunction solar cell using InGaAlAsSb', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 000122 - 000126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185859

Führer MF; Adams JGJ; Barnham KWJ; Browne BC; Chan NLA; Farrell DJ; Hirst L; Lee KH; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Ogura A; Yoshida K; Okada Y, 2011, 'Extensible modelling framework for nanostructured III-V solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 002615 - 002618, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186484

Ekins-Daukes NJ; Farrell DJ; Hirst L, 2011, 'High efficiency photovoltaics: Recent progress and long term goals', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Hirst L; Führer M; Farrell DJ; LeBris A; Guillemoles JF; Tayebjee MJY; Clady R; Schmidt TW; Wang Y; Sugiyama M; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2011, 'Hot carrier dynamics in InGaAs/GaAsP quantum well solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 003302 - 003306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186643

Hylton NP; Giannini V; Vercruysse D; Van Dorpe P; Lee KH; Li X; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Maier SA, 2011, 'III-V plasmonic solar cells: Targeting absorption enhancements close to the GaAs band edge', in Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Hylton NP; Giannini V; Vercruysse D; Van Dorpe P; Lee KH; Li XF; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Maier SA, 2011, 'Plasmonic nanostructures for absorption enhancements close to the GaAs band edge', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 003627 - 003630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185934

Giannini V; Hylton NP; Li X; Lee KH; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Maier SA, 2011, 'Solar cells with a multi-functional plasmonic light concentration layer', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 000864 - 000865, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186088

Piper R; Yoshida M; Ekins-Daukes N; Haque S; Cheng YY; Fückel B; Khoury T; Clady RGCR; Tayebjee MJY; Crossley MJ; Schmidt TW, 2011, 'Two-photon triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion for photovoltaics', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 003632 - 003635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185936

Ekins-Daukes N; Barnham K; Chan A; Farrell D; Hirst L; Lee KH; Fuhrer M; Hylton N; Yoshida M; .Roberts JS; Airey R, 2011, 'High Efficiency Quantum Well Solar Cells', in Extended Abstracts of the 2011 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials, The Japan Society of Applied Physics, presented at 2011 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials, 27 September 2011 - 30 September 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/ssdm.2011.l-1-1

Hylton NP; Giannini V; Vercruysse D; Van Dorpe P; Lee KH; Li X; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Maier SA, 2011, 'III-V plasmonic solar cells: Targeting absorption enhancements close to the GaAs band edge', in 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO EUROPE/EQEC 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943615

Ekins-Daukes NJ; Farrell DJ; Hirst L, 2011, 'High efficiency photovoltaics: Recent progress and long term goals', in 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011

Lee K-H; Barnham KWJ; Browne BC; Connolly JP; Adams JGJ; Airey RJ; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Führer M; Rees V; Lumb M; Dobbin AL; Mazzer M; Roberts JS; Tibbits TND, 2011, 'Multiple quantum well top cells for multijunction concentrator solar cells', in 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, presented at 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 19 June 2011 - 24 June 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2011.6185857

Chan NLA; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Brindley HE, 2011, 'Optimal bandgap combinations — Does material quality matter?', in 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, presented at 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 19 June 2011 - 24 June 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc.2011.6186463

González M; Chan N; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Adams JGJ; Stavrinou P; Vurgaftman I; Meyer JR; Abell J; Walters RJ; Cress CD; Jenkins PP, 2011, 'Modeling and analysis of multijunction solar cells', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.875757

Adams JGJ; Elder W; Stavrinou PN; Roberts JS; Gonzalez M; Tischler JG; Walters RJ; Abell J; Vurgaftman I; Meyer JR; Jenkins P; Barnham KWJ; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2010, 'Experimental measurement of restricted radiative emission in quantum well solar cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614119

Chan N; Young T; Brindley H; Chaudhuri B; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2010, 'Variation in spectral irradiance and the consequences for multi-junction concentrator photovoltaic systems', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 3008 - 3012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614136

Yap Cheng Y; Fückel B; Roberts DA; Khoury T; Clady RGCR; Tayebjee MJY; Piper R; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Crossley MJ; Schmidt TW, 2010, 'Molecular approaches to third generation photovoltaics: Photochemical up-conversion', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.862739

Hirst LC; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2010, 'Quantifying intrinsic loss mechanisms in solar cells: Why is power efficiency fundamentally limited?', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.860681


Back to profile page