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Journal articles
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
,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, 'Is Sour Crude or Sour Gas a Potential Source of Se and Te?', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 19, pp. 991 - 995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1112
,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, '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, '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, 'Effective light trapping in polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells by means of rear localized surface plasmons', Applied Physics Letters, 96, pp. 261109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3460288
,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, 'Heavily boron-doped hydrogenated polycrystalline Ge thin films prepared by cosputtering', Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 13, pp. H354 - H356
,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, '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, '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
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