Journal Articles
Agbenyeke, R, Sheppard, A, Keynon, J, Benhaddou, N, Fleck, N, Corsetti, V, Alkhalifah, MA, Tiwari, D,
Bowers, J, Fermin, DJ (2024)
Correlating Molecular Precursor Interactions with Device Performance in Solution-Processed Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Thin-Film Solar Cells,
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(27), pp.35315-35322, ISSN: 1944-8244. DOI:
10.1021/acsami.4c05321.
Hunwick, N, Liu, X, Togay, M, Walls, J,
Bowers, J, Isherwood, P (2024)
The effect of oxygen on NiO as a back buffer layer in CdTe solar cells,
Energy Advances, 3(7), pp.1746-1753, DOI:
10.1039/d4ya00125g.
Kornienko, V, Oklobia, O, Irvine, S, Jones, S, Munshi, A, Sampath, W, Abbas, A, Curson, K, Robertson, S, Tse, Y, Barth, K,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2024)
Absorber texture and the efficiency of polycrystalline thin film CdTe solar cells,
Thin Solid Films, 793, 140277, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2024.140277.
Liu, X, Abbas, A, Togay, M, Kornienko, V, Greenhalgh, R, Curson, K,
Bowers, J, Barth, K, Walls, M, Bastola, E, Barros-King, G, Phillips, AB, Heben, MJ (2024)
The effect of remnant CdSe layers on the performance of CdSeTe/CdTe photovoltaic devices,
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 267, 112717, ISSN: 0927-0248. DOI:
10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112717.
Kujovic, L, Liu, X, Abbas, A, Jones, L, Law, A, Togay, M, Curson, K, Barth, K,
Bowers, J, Walls, M, Oklobia, O, Lamb, DA, Irvine, SJC, Zhang, W, Lee, C, Nagle, T, Lu, D, Xiong, G (2023)
Achieving 21.4% efficient CdSeTe/CdTe solar cells using highly resistive intrinsic ZnO buffer layers,
Advanced Functional Materials, 34(14), 2312528, ISSN: 1616-301X. DOI:
10.1002/adfm.202312528.
Togay, M, Greenhalgh, R, Fiducia, TA, Shimpi, T, Sampath, W, Barth, K, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2023)
Transient metastable behavior caused by magnesium-doped zinc oxide emitters in CdSeTe/CdTe solar cells,
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 13(3), pp.391-397, ISSN: 2156-3381. DOI:
10.1109/jphotov.2023.3243399.
Andreasen, JW, Arca, E,
Bowers, JW, Bär, M, Breternitz, J, Dale, PJ, Dimitrievska, M, Fermin, DJ, Ganose, A, Hages, CJ, Hobson, T, Jaramillo, R, Kavanagh, SR, Kayastha, P, Kondrotas, R, Lee, J, Major, JD, Mandati, S, Mitzi, DB, Scanlon, DO, Schorr, S, Scragg, JJS, Shin, B, Siebentritt, S, Smiles, M, Sood, M, Sopiha, KV, Spalatu, N, Sutton, M, Unold, T, Valdes, M, Walsh, A, Wang, M, Wang, X, Weiss, TP, Woo, YW, Woods-Robinson, R (2022)
Novel chalcogenides, pnictides and defect-tolerant semiconductors: general discussion,
Faraday Discussions, 239, pp.287-316, ISSN: 1359-6640. DOI:
10.1039/d2fd90057b.
Agbenyeke, R, Andreasen, JW, Benhaddou, N,
Bowers, JW, Breternitz, J, Bär, M, Dimitrievska, M, Fermin, DJ, Ganose, A, Hawkins, C, Jaramillo, R, Kavanagh, SR, Kondrotas, R, Major, JD, Mandati, S, Nicolson, A, Platzer Björkman, C, Savory, C, Scanlon, DO, Schorr, S, Scragg, JJS, Sheppard, A, Shin, B, Siebentritt, S, Sood, M, Sopiha, KV, Spalatu, N, Walsh, A, Weiss, TP, Woods-Robinson, R, Yetkin, HA (2022)
Materials design and bonding: general discussion,
Faraday Discussions, 239, pp.375-404, ISSN: 1359-6640. DOI:
10.1039/d2fd90058k.
Andreasen, JW,
Bowers, JW, Breternitz, J, Dale, PJ, Dimitrievska, M, Fermin, DJ, Ganose, A, Gurieva, G, Hages, CJ, Hawkins, C, Hobson, TDC, Jaramillo, R, Kavanagh, SR, Major, JD, Mandati, S, Mitzi, DB, Naylor, MC, Platzer Björkman, C, Scanlon, DO, Schorr, S, Scragg, JJS, Shin, B, Siebentritt, S, Sood, M, Sopiha, KV, Sutton, M, Unold, T, Valdes, M, Wang, M, Weiss, TP, Woods-Robinson, R (2022)
Indium-free CIGS analogues: general discussion,
Faraday Discussions, 239, pp.85-111, ISSN: 1359-6640. DOI:
10.1039/d2fd90055f.
Paráda, G, Korsós, F, Bojtor, A, Bos, JWG, Don, E,
Bowers, J, Togay, M (2022)
Exploiting bi-modulated magnetic field and drive current modulation to achieve high-sensitivity Hall measurements on thermoelectric samples,
MRS Advances, 7(28), pp.608-613, DOI:
10.1557/s43580-022-00258-7.
Ulicna, S, Welch, L, Abbas, A, Togay, M, Tsai, V, Betts, T, Malkov, A, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2021)
Sodium doping of solution‐processed amine‐thiol based CIGS solar cells by thermal evaporation of NaCl,
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29(5), pp.546-557, ISSN: 1062-7995. DOI:
10.1002/pip.3408.
Lowe, J, Wright, L, Eremin, D, Burykina, J, Martens, J, Plasser, F, Ananikov, V,
Bowers, J, Malkov, A (2020)
Solution processed CZTS solar cells using amine-thiol systems: understanding the dissolution process and device fabrication,
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 8(30), pp.10309-10318, ISSN: 2050-7526. DOI:
10.1039/d0tc00955e.
Wang, J, Lisco, F, Hutt, D, Jones, L,
Bowers, J, Isherwood, P, Zhou, Z, Conway, P (2020)
Laser sintering and patterning of gallium-doped zinc oxide/indium-tin oxide nanoparticle films with tailorable electrical and optical properties,
Materials & Design, 194, 108865, ISSN: 0264-1275. DOI:
10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108865.
Bittau, F, Jagdale, S, Potamialis, C,
Bowers, J, Walls, M, Munshi, AH, Barth, KL, Sampath, WS (2019)
Degradation of Mg-doped zinc oxide buffer layers in thin film CdTe solar cells,
Thin Solid Films, 691, 137556, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2019.137556.
Fiducia, TAM, Mendis, BG, Li, K, Grovenor, CRM, Munshi, AH, Barth, K, Sampath, WS, Wright, LD, Abbas, A,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM (2019)
Author Correction: Understanding the role of selenium in defect passivation for highly efficient selenium-alloyed cadmium telluride solar cells (Nature Energy, (2019), 4, 6, (504-511), 10.1038/s41560-019-0389-z),
Nature Energy, 4(6), pp.526-526, DOI:
10.1038/s41560-019-0416-0.
Fiducia, T, Mendis, BG, Li, K, Grovenor, CRM, Munshi, AH, Barth, K, Sampath, WS, Wright, LD, Abbas, A,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM (2019)
Understanding the role of selenium in defect passivation for highly efficient selenium-alloyed cadmium telluride solar cells,
Nature Energy, DOI:
10.1038/s41560-019-0389-z.
Ulicna, S, Arnou, P, Abbas, A, Togay, M, Welch, L, Bliss, M, Malkov, AV, Walls, J,
Bowers, JW (2019)
Deposition and application of a Mo–N back contact diffusion barrier yielding a 12.0% efficiency solution-processed CIGS solar cell using an amine–thiol solvent system,
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ISSN: 2050-7488. DOI:
10.1039/c8ta12089g.
Deng, W, Peter, LM, Lisco, F,
Bowers, J (2018)
Characterization of cadmium sulfide buffer layers using electrolyte contacts,
Thin Solid Films, 671, pp.12-17, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2018.12.024.
Wright, L, Lowe, J, Bliss, M, Tsai, V, Togay, M, Betts, T, Walls, M, Malkov, A,
Bowers, J (2018)
Water based spray pyrolysis of metal-oxide solutions for Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells using low toxicity amine/thiol complexants,
Thin Solid Films, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2018.11.040.
Tiwari, D, Cattelan, M, Harniman, RL, Sarua, A, Abbas, A,
Bowers, J, Fox, NA, Fermin, DJ (2018)
Mapping shunting paths at the surface of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 films via energy filtered photoemission microscopy,
iScience, DOI:
10.1016/j.isci.2018.10.004.
Ong, KH, Agileswari, R, Maniscalco, B, Arnou, P, Kumar, CC,
Bowers, JW, Marsadek, MB (2018)
Review on Substrate and Molybdenum Back Contact in CIGS Thin Film Solar Cell,
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHOTOENERGY, ARTN 9106269, ISSN: 1110-662X. DOI:
10.1155/2018/9106269.
Ong, KH, Ramasamy, A, Arnou, P, Maniscalco, B,
Bowers, J, Kumar, CC, Marsadek, MB (2018)
Formation of MoOx barrier layer under atmospheric based condition to control MoSe2 formation in CIGS thin film solar cell,
Materials Technology, 33(11), pp.723-729, ISSN: 1066-7857. DOI:
10.1080/10667857.2018.1502512.
Ulicna, S, Dou, B, Kim, DH, Zhu, K, Walls, M,
Bowers, J, van Hest, MFAM (2018)
Scalable deposition of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells by spray-coating,
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1(5), pp.1853-1857, DOI:
10.1021/acsaem.8b00328.
Bittau, F, Potamialis, C, Togay, M, Abbas, A, Isherwood, P,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2018)
Analysis and optimisation of the glass/TCO/MZO stack for thin film CdTe solar cells,
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, ISSN: 0927-0248. DOI:
10.1016/j.solmat.2018.07.019.
Eeles, A, Arnou, P,
Bowers, J, Walls, M, Whitelegg, S, Kirkham, P, Allen, C, Stubbs, S, Liu, Z, Masala, O, Newman, C, Pickett, N (2017)
High efficiency nanoparticle solution-processed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells,
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 8(1), pp.288-292, ISSN: 2156-3381. DOI:
10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2762581.
Arnou, N, Cooper, C, Ulicna, S, Abbas, A, Eeles, A, Wright, L, Malkov, A, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2017)
Solution processing of CuIn(S,Se)2 and Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 thin film solar cells using metal chalcogenide precursors,
Thin Solid Films, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2016.10.011.
Bittau, F, Abbas, A, Barth, KL,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2017)
The effect of temperature on resistive ZnO layers and the performance of thin film CdTe solar cells,
Thin Solid Films, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2016.10.068.
Cooper, C, Arnou, P, Wright, L, Ulicna, S, Walls, M, Malkov, A,
Bowers, J (2017)
An innovative approach for fabrication of Cu2ZnSnSe4 absorber layers using solutions of elemental metal powders,
Thin Solid Films, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2016.12.026.
Tiwari, D, Skidchenko, E,
Bowers, J, Yakushev, MV, Martin, RW, Fermin, DJ (2017)
Spectroscopic and electrical signatures of acceptor states in solution processed Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells,
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, ISSN: 2050-7534. DOI:
10.1039/C7TC03953K.
Arnou, N, van Hest, MFAM, Cooper, C, Malkov, A, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2016)
Hydrazine-free solution-deposited CuIn(S,Se)2 solar cells by spray deposition of metal chalcogenides,
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ISSN: 1944-8244. DOI:
10.1021/acsami.6b01541.
Arnou, P, Cooper, CS, Malkov, AV,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM (2015)
Solution-processed CuIn(S, Se)(2) absorber layers for application in thin film solar cells,
THIN SOLID FILMS, 582, pp.31-34, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2014.10.080.
Bliss, M, Wu, X, Bedrich, K,
Bowers, J, Betts, T, Gottschalg, R (2015)
Spatially and spectrally resolved electroluminescence measurement system for photovoltaic characterisation,
IET Renewable Power Generation, ISSN: 1752-1416. DOI:
10.1049/iet-rpg.2014.0366.
Maniscalco, B, Abbas, A,
Bowers, J, Kaminski, P, Bass, K, West, G, Walls, M (2015)
The activation of thin film CdTe solar cells using alternative chlorine containing compounds,
Thin Solid Films, 582, pp.115-119, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2014.10.059.
Lisco, F, Kaminski, P, Abbas, A,
Bowers, J, Claudio, G, Losurdo, M, Walls, M (2014)
High rate deposition of thin film cadmium sulphide by pulsed direct current magnetron sputtering,
THIN SOLID FILMS, 574, pp.43-51, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2014.11.065.
Lisco, F, Kaminski, P, Abbas, A, Bass, K,
Bowers, J, Claudio, G, Losurdo, M, Walls, M (2014)
The structural properties of CdS deposited by chemical bath deposition and pulsed direct current magnetron sputtering,
Thin Solid Films, 582, pp.323-327, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2014.11.062.
Crozier, ML, Brunton, A, Henley, SJ, Shephard, JD, Abbas, A,
Bowers, JW, Kaminski, PM, Walls, JM (2014)
Inkjet and laser hybrid processing for series interconnection of thin film photovoltaics,
Materials Research Innovations, 18(7), pp.509-514, ISSN: 1432-8917. DOI:
10.1179/1433075x14y.0000000260.
Isherwood, PJM, Neves, NNP,
Bowers, J, Newbatt, P, Walls, M (2014)
High quality aluminium doped zinc oxide target synthesis from nanoparticulate powder and characterisation of sputtered thin films,
Thin Solid Films, 566, pp.108-114, ISSN: 0040-6090. DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2014.07.032.
Isherwood, PJM, Abbas, A,
Bowers, JW, Grew, B, Walls, JM (2014)
Deposition of cupric oxide thin films by spin coating,
MATERIALS RESEARCH INNOVATIONS, 18(2), pp.95-98, ISSN: 1432-8917. DOI:
10.1179/1433075X14Y.0000000204.
Grew, B,
Bowers, JW, Lisco, F, Arnou, N, Walls, JM, Upadhyaya, HM (2014)
High Mobility Titanium-doped Indium Oxide for Use in Tandem Solar Cells Deposited via Pulsed DC Magnetron Sputtering,
Energy Procedia, 60, pp.148-155, ISSN: 1876-6102. DOI:
10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.357.
Abbas, A, West, G, Bowers, J, Isherwood, P, Kaminski, P, Maniscalo, B, Rowley, P, Walls, J, Barricklow, K, Sampath, W, Barth, K (Accepted for publication) The Effect of Cadmium Chloride Treatment on Close-Spaced Sublimated Cadmium Telluride Thin-Film Solar Cells, IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS, 99, pp.not kown-not known.
Turyanska, L, Makarovsky, O, Elfurawi, U, Patanè, A, Fay, MW,
Bowers, JW, Upadhyaya, HM (2011)
Imaging the photovoltaic response of PbS-sensitized porous titania,
Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 208(10), pp.2450-2453, ISSN: 1862-6300. DOI:
10.1002/pssa.201127066.
Bowers, JW, Upadhyaya, HM, Nakada, T, Tiwari, AN (2010)
Effects of surface treatments on high mobility ITiO coated glass substrates for dye sensitized solar cells and their tandem solar cell applications,
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, 94(4), pp.691-696, ISSN: 0927-0248. DOI:
10.1016/j.solmat.2009.10.023.
Bowers, JW, Upadhyaya, HM, Calnan, S, Hashimoto, R, Nakada, T, Tiwari, AN (2009)
Development of Nano-TiO2 Dye Sensitised Solar Cells on High Mobility Transparent Conducting Oxide Thin Films,
PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS, 17(4), pp.265-272, ISSN: 1062-7995. DOI:
10.1002/pip.872.
Conferences
Greenhalgh, RC, Kornienko, V, Togay, M, Abbas, A, Bastola, E, Phillips, AB, Heben, MJ,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2023)
The microstructure of thin film CdSe following cadmium chloride activation treatment. In
2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), San Juan, PR, USA,ISBN: 9781665460590. DOI:
10.1109/pvsc48320.2023.10360054.
Kornienko, V, Drost, C, Siepchen, B, Spaeth, B, Jones, L, Curson, K, Abbas, A, Greenhalgh, R, Tse, Y,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2023)
The formation of dendrites in overtreated CdSeTe/CdTe solar cells. In
2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), San Juan, PR, USA,ISBN: 9781665460590. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359978.
Infante-Ortega, LC, Liu, X, Kujovic, L, Togay, M, Jones, LO, Abbas, A, Curson, K, Greenhalgh, RC, Barth, KL,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM, Oklobia, O, Irvine, S, Colegrove, E, Good, B, Reese, M (2023)
SnO2 Buffer Layers for High Efficiency CdSeTe/CdTe Devices. In
2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), pp.1-3, DOI:
10.1109/pvsc48320.2023.10359712.
Togay, M, Greenhalgh, RC, Morris, K, Liu, X, Kujovic, L, Infante-Ortega, LC, Hunwick, N, Law, AM, Shimpi, T, Walajabad, SS, Don, E, Parada, G, Barth, KL, Walls, JM,
Bowers, JW (2023)
Extracting Electrical Properties of CdTe, CdSeTe and CdSe Thin Films using a Parallel Dipole Line Hall Effect System. In
2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), pp.1-3, DOI:
10.1109/pvsc48320.2023.10359784.
Kujovic, L, Liu, X, Togay, M, Infante-Ortega, LC, Barth, KL,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM, Oklobia, O, Irvine, SJC, Zhang, W, Miller, DW, Nagle, T, Mallick, R, Lu, D, Metzger, WK, Xiong, G (2023)
19.5% Efficient CdSeTe/CdTe Solar Cells Using ZnO Buffer Layers. In
2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), pp.1-3, DOI:
10.1109/pvsc48320.2023.10359794.
Kenyon, J, Benhaddou, N, Welch, L,
Bowers, J (2023)
Drying Effects Upon Spin Coating of Solution-Processed Amine-Thiol Thin Film Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2Absorber Fabrication. In
, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359596.
Morris, KM, Togay, M, Jones, L, Walls, JM,
Bowers, JW (2023)
Co-Sputtered Sn-Doped ZnO Thin Film n-Type Layers for Incorporation into CdTe Based Photovoltaics. In
, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359899.
Benhaddou, N, Kenyon, J, Jones, LO, Welch, LM,
Bowers, JW (2023)
Optimization of Back-Contact Diffusion Barrier for Solution-Processed CIGS Solar Cells: Case of MoO3 and MoN. In
, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359733.
Togay, M, Shimpi, T, Walajabad, SS, Barth, K, Don, E, Parada, G, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2022)
Ga-doping of MZO in CdSeTe/CdTe thin film solar cells. In
2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp.658-660, ISBN: 9781728161174. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938831.
Kornienko, V, Oklobia, O, Irvine, S, Jones, S, Kartopu, G, Abbas, A, Tse, Y,
Bowers, J, Barth, K, Walls, M (2022)
Large area survey grain size and texture optimization for thin film CdTe solar sells using xenon-plasma focused ion beam (PFIB). In
2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp.63-68, ISBN: 9781728161174. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938662.
Greenhalgh, R, Morris, K, Kornienko, V, Bliss, M, Abbas, A,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2022)
Effect of microstructure on the photoactivity of thin film CdSe. In
2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp.900-903, ISBN: 9781728161174. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938834.
Greenhalgh, R, Hatton, P, Kornienko, V, Abbas, A, Goddard, P, Smith, R,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2021)
The origins of void formation in sputtered CdSe. In
2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, pp.886-889, ISBN: 9781665419222. DOI:
10.1109/pvsc43889.2021.9519113.
Kornienko, V, Robertson, S, Maclachlan, R, Shimpi, T, Sampath, W, Barth, KL, Fiducia, T, Abbas, A, Tse, Y,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2021)
High speed 3-dimensional characterisation of graded CdSeTe/CdTe PV devices using a xenon plasma-focused ion beam (PFIB). In
2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, pp.621-626, ISBN: 9781665419222. DOI:
10.1109/pvsc43889.2021.9519098.
Togay, M, Greenhalgh, R, Shimpi, T, Walajabad, SS, Barth, KL, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2021)
Transient metastable behaviour in highly efficient MZO/CdSeTe/CdTe thin film solar cells. In
2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, pp.637-642, ISBN: 9781665419222. DOI:
10.1109/pvsc43889.2021.9518997.
Greenhalgh, R, Kornienko, V, Morris, K, Abbas, A,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2021)
High rate deposition of CdSe thin films by pulsed DC magnetron sputtering. In
2020 IEEE 47th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Virtual, pp.2132-2135, ISBN: 9781728161150. DOI:
10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300694.
Morris, K, Greenhalgh, R, Kornienko, V, Potamialis, C,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2021)
Comparison of Cadmium Selenide Thin Films deposited by chemical bath and pulsed DC sputtering for use in Cadmium Telluride devices. In
2020 IEEE 47th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, OR, Canada, pp.1782-1785, ISBN: 9781728161150. DOI:
10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300466.
Kornienko, V, Greenhalgh, R, Morris, K, Abbas, A, Fiducia, T, Maclachlan, R, Tse, Y, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2021)
Effects of successive CdCl2 treatments on the texture of thin film CdTe solar cells. In
2020 IEEE 47th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Virtual, pp.1401-1403, ISBN: 9781728161150. DOI:
10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300881.
Welch, L, Ulicna, S, Togay, M, Tsai, V, Malkov, A, Betts, T, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2020)
Extrinsic doping of amine-thiol solution-processed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 thin film photovoltaics. In
46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC-46); 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Chicago, IL, pp.1867-1871, ISBN: 9781728104942. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980531.
Morris, K, Potamialis, C, Bittau, F,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2020)
Chemical bath deposition of thin film CdSe layers for use in Se alloyed CdTe solar cells. In
46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC-46); 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference(PVSC), Chicago, IL, pp.1857-1862, ISBN: 9781728104942. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8981251.
Greenhalgh, R, Tsai, V, Abbas, A, Kornienko, V, Fiducia, T, Togay, M, Li, K, Grovenor, CRM, Danielson, AH, Munshi, A, Barth, KL, Sampath, WS, Bowers, J, Walls, M (Accepted for publication) Analysis of MZO/CdTe photovoltaic device treated with cadmium bromide. In 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Chicago, pp.2489-2493, ISBN: 9781728104942. DOI: 10.1109/pvsc40753.2019.8981153.
Morris, KM, Potamialis, C, Bittau, F,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM, IEEE, (2019)
Chemical bath deposition of thin film CdSe layers for use in Se alloyed CdTe solar cells. In
, 2019 IEEE 46TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE (PVSC), pp.1861-1866.
Greenhalgh, RC, Abbas, A, Munshi, AH, Shimpi, TM, Barth, KL, Sampath, WS,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM (2018)
Activation of Thin Film CdTe Solar Cells Using a Cadmium Bromide Treatment. In
2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), Hawaii. DOI:
10.1109/pvsc.2018.8547756.
Togay, M, Ulicna, S, Bukhari, S, Lisco, F, Bliss, M, Eeles, A, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2018)
Exploring metastable defect behavior in solution-processed antimony doped CIGS thin film solar cells. In
7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7), Waikoloa, Hawaii, US,ISBN: 9781538685297. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547492.
Ulicna, S, Togay, M, Bliss, M, Tsai, V, Wright, L, Lowe, J, Malkov, A, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2018)
Electronic properties of solution-processed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells using metal chalcogenides and amine-thiol solvent mixtures. In
, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA,ISBN: 9781538685297. DOI:
10.1109/pvsc.2018.8547821.
Ulicna, S, Arnou, P, Eeles, A, Togay, M, Wright, L, Abbas, A, Malkov, A, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2017)
Control of Mose2 formation in hydrazine-free solution-processed CIS/CIGS thin film solar cells. In
IEEE PVSC-44, Washington, D.C.,ISBN: 9781509056057. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366174.
Ulicna, S, Arnou, P, Cooper, CS, Wright, L, Malkov, A, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2017)
A comparison of different selenisation approaches for solution-processed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells. In
PVSAT-13, Bangor University.
Arnou, P, Ulicna, S, Eeles, A, Togay, M, Wright, L, Malkov, A, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2017)
Variation of Cu content of sprayed Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells based on a Thiol-Amine solvent mixture. In
IEEE PVSC 44, Washington DC,ISBN: 9781509056057. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366765.
Bittau, F, Artegiani, E, Abbas, A, Menossi, D, Romeo, A,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2017)
Magnesium-doped zinc oxide as a high resistance transparent layer for thin film CdS/CdTe solar cells. In
2017 IEEE PVSEC, Washington,ISBN: 9781509056057. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366785.
Potamialis, C, Lisco, F, Maniscalco, B, Togay, M, Abbas, A, Bliss, M,
Bowers, J, Walls, M, Rimmaudo, I, Fernandez, RM, Rejon, V, Pena, JL (2017)
Photoluminescence imaging analysis of doping in thin film CdS and CdS/CdTe devices. In
44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Washington DC,ISBN: 9781509056057. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2017.8521507.
Gona, M, Isherwood, P,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2017)
Combinatorial study of Sn-Ti-W-O transparent conducting oxide thin films for photovoltaic applications. In
44th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialist Conference (PVSC), Washington, DC USA,ISBN: 9781509056057. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2017.8521477.
Potamialis, C, Lisco, F, Maniscalco, B, Togay, M,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2017)
Process development of sublimated Cu-free CdTe solar cells. In
PHOTOVOLTAIC SCIENCE APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY (PVSAT-13), Bangor University, Bangor, UK,ISBN: 0904963837.
Kaminski, PM, Yilmaz, S, Abbas, A, Bittau, F,
Bowers, J, Greenhalgh, R, Walls, M (2017)
Blistering of magnetron sputtered thin film CdTe devices. In
44th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialist Conference (PVSC), Washington, DC USA,ISBN: 9781509056057. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366120.
Menossi, D, Artegiani, E, Bittau, F, Barbato, JM, Meneghini, M, Meneghesso, G,
Bowers, J, Walls, M, Piccinelli, F, Romeo, A (2017)
High efficiency CdTe solar cells by low temperature deposition with MgZnO HRT layer. In
33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam,ISBN: 3936338477. DOI:
10.4229/EUPVSEC20172017-3BO.9.5.
Eeles, A, Abbas, A, Arnou, P,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM, Whitelegg, S, Kirkham, P, Allen, C, Stubbs, S, Liu, Z, Masala, O, Newman, C, Pickett, N (2016)
Analysis and comparison of different selenization routes for nanoparticle ink deposited Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2 solar cells. In
IEEE Photovolatics Specialist Conference, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Portland, Oregon, pp.2152-2156, ISBN: 9781509027248. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750014.
Kaminski, P, Abbas, A, Yilmaz, S,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2016)
High rate deposition of thin film CdTe solar cells by pulsed dc magnetron sputtering. In
MRS Fall meeting 2015, Boston.
Ulicna, S, Arnou, P, Cooper, C, Wright, L, Malkov, A, Walls, M,
Bowers, J (2016)
Hydrazine-free metal chalcogenide precursor solutions for sprayed CuIn(S,Se)2 thin film solar cells. In
PVSAT-12, University of Liverpool, pp.195-198, ISBN: 0904963829.
Potamialis, C, Lisco, F,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2016)
Fabrication of CdTe thin films by close space sublimation. In
PHOTOVOLTAIC SCIENCE APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY PVSAT-12, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK,ISBN: 0904963829.
Arnou, P, Cooper, CS, Malkov, Walls, JM,
Bowers, JW (2015)
Solution-Deposited CuIn(S,Se)2 Absorber Layers From Metal
Chalcogenides. In
42 IEEE PVSC, New Orleans, USA. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356369.
Arnou, P, Cooper, CS, Malkov, AV, Walls, JM,
Bowers, JW (2015)
Solution-deposited CuIn(S,Se)2 absorber layers from metal chalcogenides. In
2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), pp.1-6, DOI:
10.1109/pvsc.2015.7356369.
Kaminski, P, Abbas, A, Chen, C, Yilmaz, S, Bittau, F,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2015)
Internal strain analysis of CdTe thin films deposited by pulsed DC magnetron sputtering. In
IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, New Orleans. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356093.
Isherwood, P, Gona, M,
Bowers, J, Neves, NNP, Newbatt, P, Walls, M (2015)
Comparison of DC and RF sputtered aluminium-doped zinc oxide for photovoltaic applications. In
, New Orleans, USA. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355900.
Abbas, A, Kaminski, PM, West, GD, Barth, KL, Sampath, WS,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2015)
Cadmium chloride assisted re-crystallisation of CdTe: The effect on the CdS window layer. In
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, pp.7-12, DOI:
10.l557/opt.2015.I77.
Abbas, A, Swanson, DE, Munshi, A, Barth, KL, Sampath, WS, West, GD,
Bowers, J, Kaminski, P, Walls, M (2015)
The effect of a post-activation annealing treatment on thin film CdTe device performance. In
2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), New Orleans, 14 Jun 2015 - 19 Jun 2015, New Orleans. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356441.
Abbas, A, Kaminski, PM, West, G, Barth, K, Sampath, WS,
Bowers, JW, Kaminski, PM (2014)
Cadmium Chloride Assisted Re-Crystallisation of CdTe: The Effect on the CdS Window Layer. In
2014 MRS Fall Meeting, MRS Proceedings, Boston, pp.mrsf14-1738-mrsf14-1738, DOI:
10.1557/opl.2015.177.
Abbas, A, West, GD,
Bowers, JW, Kaminski, PM, Maniscalco, B, Walls, JM, Barth K L, Sampath, WS (2014)
Cadmium Chloride Assisted Re-Crystallization of CdTe: The effect of
annealing over-treatment. In
Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014 IEEE 40th, Denver, pp.0701-0706, DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925018.
Lisco, F, Abbas, A,
Bowers, J, Claudio, G, Kaminski, PM, Walls, JM (2014)
Electrodeposition of CdTe films on CdS layers deposited using magnetron sputtering and chemical bath deposition. In
PVSAT-10, Loughborough, pp.145-148.
Crozier, M, Brunton, A, Jiang, M, Henley, S, Shephard, J, Abbas, A,
Bowers, JW, Kaminski, PM, Walls, JM (2014) Inkjet and laser hybrid processing for the series interconnection of TF-PV. In
PVSAT-10, Loughborough, pp.1-4.
Arnou, P,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JW (2014) Ultrasonically sprayed TCO layers for thin film solar cells. In
PVSAT-10, Loughborough, pp.129-132.
Isherwood, PJM,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM (2014) Band gap engineering of P-type oxides. In
PVSAT-10, Loughborough, pp.137-140.
Arnou, N,
Bowers, J, Walls, M (2014)
Aluminium-doped zinc oxide deposited by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis for thin film solar cell applications. In
IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Denver, USA. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2014.6924920.
Abbas, A, West, G,
Bowers, J, Kaminski, P, Maniscalco, B, Walls, M, Barth, KL, Sampath, WS (2014)
Cadmium chloride-assisted re-crystallization of CdTe: the effect of annealing over-treatment. In
IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Demver, USA. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925018.
Kaminski, P, Lisco, F, Abbas, A,
Bowers, J, Claudio, G, Walls, M (2014)
Oxygenated CdS window layers for thin film CdTe photovoltaics by pulsed DC magnetron sputtering. In
2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, pp.1626-1631, ISBN: 9781479943982. DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925231.
Mihaylov, B,
Bowers, J, Betts, T, Gottschalg, R, Krametz, T, Leidl, R, Berger, KA, Zamini, S, Dekker, NJJ, Graditi, G, Roca, F, Pellegrino, M, Flaminio, G, Pugliatti, P, Stefano, AD, Aleo, F, Gigliucci, G, Ferrara, W, Razongles, G, Merten, J, Pozza, A, Lancia, AS, Hoffmann, S, Koehl, M, Gerber, A, Noll, J, Paletta, F, Friesen, G, Dittmann, S (2014)
Results of the Sophia module intercomparison part-1: stc, low irradiance conditions and temperature coefficients measurements of C-Si technologies. In
29th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, pp.2443-2448, ISBN: 3936338345. DOI:
10.4229/EUPVSEC20142014-5DO.9.3.
Mihaylov, B,
Bowers, J, Betts, T, Gottschalg, R, Krametz, T, Leidl, R, Berger, KA, Zamini, S, Dekker, NJJ, Graditi, G, Roca, F, Pellegrino, M, Flaminio, G, Pugliatti, P, Stefano, AD, Aleo, F, Gigliucci, G, Ferrara, W, Razongles, G, Merten, J, Pozza, A, Lancia, AS, Hoffmann, S, Koehl, M, Gerber, A, Noll, J, Paletta, F, Friesen, G, Dittmann, S (2014)
Uncertainty in energy yield estimation based on C-Si module roundrobin results. In
6th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Kyoto.
Isherwood, PJM, Maniscalco, B, Lisco, F, Kaminski, PM,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM (2013)
Cupric oxide thin films for photovoltaic applications. In
, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, pp.185-190, DOI:
10.1557/opl.2013.978.
Walls, JM, Abbas, A, West, GD,
Bowers, JW, Isherwood, PJM, Kaminski, PM, Maniscalco, B, Sampath, WS, Barth, KL (2013)
The effect of annealing treatments on close spaced sublimated cadmium telluride thin film solar cells. In
, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, pp.147-152, DOI:
10.1557/opl.2012.1704.
Abbas, A, West, GD,
Bowers, JW, Isherwood, P, Kaminski, PM, Maniscalco, B, Rowley, P, Walls, JM, Barricklow, K, Sampath, WS, Barth, KL (2013)
The effect of cadmium chloride treatment on close spaced sublimated cadmium telluride thin film solar cells. In
2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) PART 2, pp.1-6, DOI:
10.1109/pvsc-vol2.2013.6656778.
Grew, B,
Bowers, JW, Upadhyaya, HM (2013)
Zinc oxide-doped indium oxide(IZO): an amorphous transparent conducting oxide for use in tandem solar cells. In
9th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, Swansea, pp.137-140.
Lisco, F, Bass, K, Kaminski, PM,
Bowers, JW, Losurdo, M, Claudio, G, Walls, JM (2013) Improved chemical bath deposition of CdS on FTO coated glass using a plasma surface pre-treatment. In
9th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, Swansea, pp.171-174.
Schuler, GP, Maniscalco, B,
Bowers, JW, Claudio, G, Walls, JM (2013)
Optimisation of cadmium chloride solution processing of close space sublimated thin film CdTe solar cells. In
9th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, Swansea, pp.175-178.
Arnou, P,
Bowers, JW, Walls, JM (2013)
Ultrasonically sprayed aluminium-doped zinc oxide layers for transparent conductive oxide in thin film solar cells. In
9th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, Swansea, pp.231-234.
Crozier, ML, Brunton, AN, Abbas, A,
Bowers, JW, Kaminski, PM, Walls, JM, Shephard, JD (2013)
One step thin-film PV interconnection process using laser and inkjet. In
, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp.3411-3415, DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2013.6745181.
Kaminski, PM, Abbas, A,
Bowers, JW, Claudio, G, Maniscalco, B, Walls, JM, Crozier, ML, Brunton, AN (2013)
Characterization of contacts produced using a laser ablation/inkjet one step interconnect process for thin film photovoltaics. In
, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp.1694-1699, DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744471.
Grew, B,
Bowers, JW, Upadhyaya, HM (2013)
The optimization of optical properties for increased performance in a monolithic tandem dye-sensitized/Cu(In, Ga)Se2 solar cell. In
, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp.1008-1012, DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744311.
Abbas, A, Maniscalco, B,
Bowers, JW, Kaminski, PM, West, GD, Walls, JM (2013)
Initiation of the cadmium chloride assisted re-crystallization process of magnetron sputtered thin film CdTe. In
, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp.1930-1934, DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744847.
Abbas, A, West, GD,
Bowers, JW, Kaminski, PM, Maniscalco, B, Walls, JM, Sampath, WS, Barth, KL (2013)
Cadmium chloride assisted re-crystallization of CdTe: The effect of the annealing temperature. In
, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp.356-361, DOI:
10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744166.
Abbas, A,
Bowers, JW, Maniscalco, B, Moh, S, West, GD, Rowley, PN, Upadhyaya, HM, Walls, JM (2012)
Characterization of thin film CdTe photovoltaic materials deposited by high plasma density magnetron sputtering. In
, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, pp.145-150, DOI:
10.1557/opl.2011.835.
Bowers, JW, Tiwari, AN, Upadhyaya, HM (2010)
Aluminium doped zinc oxide thin film contacts for use in dye sensitized solar cells. In
6th Photovoltaic Science, Applications and Technology Conference, Southampton, pp.63-66.
Bowers, JW, Upadhyaya, HM, Calnan, S, Hashimoto, R, Nakada, T, Tiwari, AN (2008)
Dye sensitised solar cells using high mobility, transparent conducting oxides for tandem solar cell applications. In
23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Valencia, pp.748-751.
Upadhyaya, HM, Pitigala, D,
Bowers, JW, Powar, S, Kaelin, M, Thampi, KR, Gratzel, M, Tiwari, AN (2007) Flexible Solid State Dye Sensitised Solar Cells Using Different Hole Conductors. In
22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Milan, pp.613-616.
