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Sun K; Liu F; Yan C; Zhou F; Huang J; Shen Y; Liu R; Hao X, 2016, 'Influence of sodium incorporation on kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells fabricated on stainless steel substrates', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 157, pp. 565 - 571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.07.036

Tong Z; Zhang K; Sun K; Yan C; Liu F; Jiang L; Lai Y; Hao X; Li J, 2016, 'Modification of absorber quality and Mo-back contact by a thin Bi intermediate layer for kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 144, pp. 537 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.09.066

Liu F; Yan C; Huang J; Sun K; Zhou F; Stride JA; Green MA; Hao X, 2016, 'Nanoscale Microstructure and Chemistry of Cu2ZnSnS4/CdS Interface in Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells', Advanced Energy Materials, 6, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201600706

Sun K; Yan C; Liu F; Huang J; Zhou F; Stride JA; Green M; Hao X, 2016, 'Over 9% Efficient Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell Fabricated by Using Zn1–xCdxS Buffer Layer', Advanced Energy Materials, 6, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201600046

Liu X; Huang J; Zhou F; Liu F; Sun K; Yan C; Stride JA; Hao X, 2016, 'Understanding the Key Factors of Enhancing Phase and Compositional Controllability for 6% Efficient Pure-Sulfide Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells Prepared from Quaternary Wurtzite Nanocrystals', Chemistry of Materials, 28, pp. 3649 - 3658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b04620

Sheng R; Ho-Baillie AWY; Huang S; Keevers M; Hao X; Jiang L; Cheng YB; Green MA, 2015, 'Four-Terminal Tandem Solar Cells Using CH3NH3PbBr3 by Spectrum Splitting', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, pp. 3931 - 3934, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01608

Zhou F; Zeng F; Liu X; Liu F; Song N; Yan C; Pu A; Park J; Sun K; Hao X, 2015, 'Improvement of Jsc in a Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell by Using a Thin Carbon Intermediate Layer at the Cu2ZnSnS4/Mo Interface', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7, pp. 22868 - 22873, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b05652

Liu F; Shen S; Zhou F; Song N; Wen X; Stride JA; Sun K; Yan C; Hao X, 2015, 'Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells by a facile DMF-based solution coating process', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3, pp. 10783 - 10792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5tc01750e

Liu X; Huang Y; Yun J; Wen X; Lu Z; Zhang T; Cui H; Li W; Lee CY; Xu S; Hao X; Conibeer G, 2015, 'Characterization of a Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell fabricated by sulfurization of metallic precursor Mo/Zn/Cu/Sn', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 212, pp. 2074 - 2079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201431942

Liu F; Zeng F; Song N; Jiang L; Han Z; Su Z; Yan C; Wen X; Hao X; Liu Y, 2015, 'Kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells with beyond 8% Efficiency by a Sol–Gel and Selenization Process', ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, pp. null - null, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b01151

Song N; Young M; Liu F; Erslev P; Wilson S; Harvey SP; Teeter G; Huang Y; Hao X; Green MA, 2015, 'Epitaxial Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film on Si (111) 4° substrate', Applied Physics Letters, 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4922992

Li W; Chen J; Yan C; Hao X, 2015, 'The effect of ZnS segregation on Zn-rich CZTS thin film solar cells', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 632, pp. 178 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.01.205

Liu X; Cui H; Kong C; Hao X; Huang Y; Liu F; Song N; Conibeer G; Green M, 2015, 'Rapid thermal annealed Molybdenum back contact for Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4916994

Li W; Liu X; Cui H; Huang S; Hao X, 2015, 'The role of Ag in (Ag,Cu)2ZnSnS4 thin film for solar cell application', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 625, pp. 277 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.11.136

Almansouri I; Bremner S; Ho-Baillie A; Mehrvarz H; Hao X; Conibeer G; Grassman TJ; Carlin JA; Haas A; Ringel SA; Green MA, 2015, 'Designing bottom silicon solar cells for multijunction devices', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5, pp. 683 - 690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2381875

Cui H; Li W; Liu X; Song N; Lee CY; Liu F; Hao X, 2015, 'Optimization of precursor deposition for evaporated Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells', Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, 118, pp. 893 - 899, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8806-4

Sheng R; Ho-Baillie A; Huang S; Chen S; Wen X; Hao X; Green MA, 2015, 'Methylammonium lead bromide perovskite-based solar cells by vapor-assisted deposition', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, pp. 3545 - 3549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp512936z

Chen J; Li W; Yan C; Huang S; Hao X, 2015, 'Studies of compositional dependent Cu2Zn(GexSn1-x)S4 thin films prepared by sulfurizing sputtered metallic precursors', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 621, pp. 154 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.09.097

Cui H; Lee CY; Li W; Liu X; Wen X; Hao X, 2015, 'Improving efficiency of evaporated Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells by a thin ag intermediate layer between absorber and back contact', International Journal of Photoenergy, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/170507

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 X; Zhou F; Song N; Huang J; Yan C; Liu F; Sun K; Stride JA; Hao X; Green MA, 2015, 'Exploring the application of metastable wurtzite nanocrystals in pure-sulfide Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells by forming nearly micron-sized large grains', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5TA05813A

Song N; Wen X; Hao X, 2015, 'Radio frequency magnetron sputtered highly textured Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films on sapphire (0001) substrates', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 632, pp. 53 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.01.192

Liu X; Cui H; Li W; Song N; Liu F; Conibeer G; Hao X, 2014, 'Improving Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cell performance by an ultrathin ZnO intermediate layer between CZTS absorber and Mo back contact', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 8, pp. 966 - 970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201409052

Li W; Li , 2014, 'Inhibiting MoS2 formation by introducing a ZnO intermediate layer for Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells', Materials Letters

Cui H; Liu X; Song N; Li N; Liu F; Hao X, 2014, 'Impact of rapid thermal annealing of Mo coated soda lime glass substrate on device performance of evaporated Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells', Materials Letters, 125, pp. 40 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.03.122

Li W; Chen J; Yan C; Liu F; Hao X, 2014, 'Transmission electron microscopy analysis for the process of crystallization of Cu2ZnSnS4 film from sputtered Zn/CuSn precursor', Nanotechnology, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/25/19/195701

Zhang K; Su Z; Zhao L; Yan C; Liu F; Cui H; Hao X; Liu Y, 2014, 'Improving the conversion efficiency of Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell by low pressure sulfurization', Applied Physics Letters, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4870508

Song N; Wang Y; Hu Y; Huang Y; Hao X; Huang S; Li W, 2014, 'Heteroepitaxial growth of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film on sapphire substrate by radio frequency magnetron sputtering', Applied Physics Letters, 104, pp. 092103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4867093

Liu F; Sun K; Li W; Yan C; Cui H; Jiang L; Hao X; Green MA, 2014, 'Enhancing the Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell efficiency by back contact modification: Inserting a thin TiB2 intermediate layer at Cu2ZnSnS4/Mo interface', Applied Physics Letters, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4863736

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

Cui H; Liu X; Liu F; Hao X; Song N; Yan C, 2014, 'Boosting Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells efficiency by a thin Ag intermediate layer between absorber and back contact', Applied Physics Letters, 104, pp. 041115 - 041115-4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4863951

Su Z; Sun K; Han Z; Cui H; Liu F; Lai Y; Li J; Hao X; Liu Y; Green MA, 2014, 'Fabrication of Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells with 5.1% efficiency via thermal decomposition and reaction using a non-toxic sol-gel route', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, pp. 500 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ta13533k

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

Sun K; Su Z; Yan C; Liu F; Cui H; Jiang L; Shen Y; Hao X; Liu Y, 2014, 'Flexible Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells based on successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method', RSC Advances, 4, pp. 17703 - 17708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ra47823h

Song N; Li W; Hao X; Huang Y; Green MA, 2014, 'Radio frequency magnetron sputtered epitaxial Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film on ZnS(100)', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 8, pp. 404 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201409169

Yan C; Liu F; Song N; Ng BK; Stride JA; Tadich A; Hao X, 2014, 'Band alignments of different buffer layers (CdS, Zn(O,S), and In2S3) on Cu2ZnSnS4', Applied Physics Letters, 104, pp. - - -, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4873715

Liu Y; Yang J; Gu E; Cao T; Su Z; Jiang L; Yan C; Hao X; Liu F; Liu Y, 2014, 'Colloidal synthesis and characterisation of Cu3SbSe3 nanocrystals', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4TA00085D

Yan C; Chen J; Liu F; Song N; Cui H; Ng BK; Stride JA; Hao X, 2014, 'Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell from sputtered Zn/(Cu & Sn) metal stack precursors', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 610, pp. -486 - -491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.05.004

Kourkoutis ; Hao X; Huang S; Puthen-Veettil B; Conibeer G; Green MA; Perez-Wurfl I, 2013, 'Three-dimensional imaging for precise structural control of Si quantum dot networks for all-Si solar cells', Nanoscale, 5, pp. 7499 - 7504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3nr01998e

Liu X; Hao X; Green MA; Huang S; Conibeer G, 2012, 'RF magnetron sputtered molybdenum back contact for Cu2ZnSnS 4 thin film solar cells', Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, Proceedings, COMMAD, pp. 61 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COMMAD.2012.6472360

Conibeer G; Perez-Wurfl I; Hao X; Di D; Lin D, 2012, 'Si solid-state quantum dot-based materials for tandem solar cells', Nanoscale research letters, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-7-193

Zatryb G; Podhorodecki A; Hao X; Misiewicz J; Shen Y; Green MA, 2011, 'Correlation between stress and carrier nonradiative recombination for silicon nanocrystals in an oxide matrix', Nanotechnology, 22, pp. 335703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/33/335703

Tsao C; Huang J; Hao X; Campbell PR; Green MA, 2011, 'Formation of heavily boron-doped hydrogenated polycrystalline germanium thin films by co-sputtering for developing p+ emitters of bottom cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 95, pp. 981 - 985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2010.12.003

Tsao C; Liu Z; Hao X; Green MA, 2011, 'In situ growth of Ge-rich poly-SiGe: H thin films on glass by RF magnetron sputtering for photovoltaic applications', Applied Surface Science, 257, pp. 4354 - 4359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.12.058

Perez-Wurfl I, 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

Conibeer G; Green MA; Konig D; Perez-Wurfl I; Huang S; Hao X; Di D; Shi L; Shrestha SK; Puthen Veettil B; So Y; Zhang B; Wan Z, 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

Tsao C; Huang J; Hao X; Campbell PR; Green MA, 2010, 'Heavily boron-doped hydrogenated polycrystalline Ge thin films prepared by cosputtering', Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 13, pp. H354 - H356

Di D; Perez-Wurfl I; Gentle A; Kim DH; Hao X; Shi L; Conibeer G; Green MA, 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

Zatryb G; Podhorodecki A; Hao X; Shen Y; Green MA, 2010, 'Quantitative evaluation of boron-induced disorder in multilayers containing silicon nanocrystals in an oxide matrix designed for photovoltaic applications', Optics Express, 18, pp. 22004 - 22009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.022004

Hao X; Cho EC; Scardera G; Bellet-Amalric E; Bellet D; Shen Y; Huang S; Huang Y; Conibeer GJ; Green MA, 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


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