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, 2011, 'Learning Experience for Thin-Film Solar Modules: First Solar, Inc. Case Study', Progress in Photovoltaics, 19, pp. 498 - 500
, 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, 'Perturbation theory for solar cell efficiency I - basic principles', IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 58, pp. 4011 - 4015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TED.2011.2164577
, 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, 'Solar cell efficiency tables (version 37)', Progress in Photovoltaics, 19, pp. 84 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1088
, 2011, 'Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 38)', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 19, pp. 565 - 572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1150
, 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, 'Structural inhomogeneities in polycrystalline silicon on glass solar cells and their effects on device characteristics', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 19, pp. 695 - 705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1089/full
, 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, 'Tandem Hybrid Concentrator Using Dye Cells and Silicon', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2, pp. 181 - 184
, 2011, 'The role of shallow and deep levels in the recombination behavior in polycrystalline silicon on glass solar cells', Progress in Photovoltaics : Research & Applications, 20, pp. 915 - 922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1154
, 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, 'Utilization of direct and diffuse sunlight in a dye-sensitized solar cell', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2, pp. 581 - 585, http://pubs.acs.org/JPCL
, 2010, 'Investigation of theoretical efficiency limit of hot carriers solar cells with a bulk indium nitride absorber', Journal of Applied Physics, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3494047
, 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, 'Heavily boron-doped hydrogenated polycrystalline Ge thin films prepared by cosputtering', Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 13, pp. H354 - H356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.3473730
, 2010, 'Effective light trapping in polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells by means of rear localized surface plasmons', Applied Physics Letters, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3460288
, 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, '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, 'Influence of hydrogen on structural and optical properties of low temperature polycrystalline Ge films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering', Journal of Crystal Growth, in press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.06.008
, 2010, 'Investigating polysilicon thin film structural changes during rapid thermal annealing of a thin film crystalline silicon on glass solar cell', Journal of Materials Science - Materials in Electronics, 21, pp. 994 - 999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10854-010-0062-6
, 2010, 'Lifetime limiting recombination pathway in thin-film polycrystalline silicon on glass solar cells', Journal of Applied Physics, 107, pp. 123705
, 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, 'Plasmonics for Photovoltaic Applications', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 94, pp. 1481 - 1486
, 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
, 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, 'Solar cell efficiency tables (version 35)', Progress in Photovoltaics, 18, pp. 144 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.974
, 2010, 'Solar cell efficiency tables (version 36)', Progress in Photovoltaics, 18, pp. 346 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1021
, 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, '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, 'Anomalous temperature dependence of diode saturation currents in polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells on glass', Journal of Applied Physics, 105, pp. 103705
, 2009, 'Blue-violet photoluminescence from colloidal suspension of nanocrystalline silicon in silicon oxide matrix', Solid State Communications, 149, pp. 352 - 356
, 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, 'Do Built-in Fields Improve Solar Cell Performance?', Progress in Photovoltaics, 17, pp. 57 - 66
, 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, 'Effects of Si-rich oxide layer stoichiometry on the structural and optical properties of Si QD/SiO2 multilayer films', Nanotechnology, 20, pp. 485703 - 485713
, 2009, 'Estimates of Te and In Prices from Direct Mining of Known Ores', Progress in Photovoltaics, 17, pp. 347 - 359
, 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, 'Low-temperature growth of polycrystalline Ge thin film on glass by insitu deposition and ex situ solid-phase crystallization for photovoltaic applications', Applied Surface Science, 255, pp. 7028 - 7035