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Journal Articles

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.

Fiducia, T, Howkins, A, Abbas, A, Mendis, B, Munshi, A, Barth, K, Sampath, W, Walls, M (2022) Selenium passivates grain boundaries in alloyed CdTe solar cells, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 238, 111595, ISSN: 0927-0248. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111595.

Mathews, I, Kantareddy, SNR, Liu, Z, Munshi, A, Barth, K, Sampath, W, Buonassisi, T, Peters, IM (2020) Analysis of CdTe photovoltaic cells for ambient light energy harvesting, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 53(40), ISSN: 0022-3727. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ab94e6.

Lisco, F, Bukhari, F, Ulicna, S, Isbilir, K, Barth, KL, Taylor, A, Walls, M (2020) Degradation of hydrophobic, anti-soiling coatings for solar module cover glass, Energies, 13(15), 3811, DOI: 10.3390/en13153811.

Oehler, G, Lisco, F, Bukhari, F, Ulicna, S, Strauss, B, Barth, KL, Walls, M (2020) Testing the durability of anti-soiling coatings for solar cover glass by outdoor exposure in Denmark, Energies, 13(2), 299, ISSN: 1996-1073. DOI: 10.3390/en13020299.

Fiducia, T, Li, K, Munshi, AH, Barth, K, Sampath, WS, Grovenor, CRM, Walls, M (2019) Three-dimensional imaging of selenium and chlorine distributions in highly efficient selenium-graded cadmium telluride solar cells, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 10(2), pp.685-689, ISSN: 2156-3381. DOI: 10.1109/jphotov.2019.2955313.

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, A, Barth, KL, Sampath, WS, Wright, L, Abbas, A, Bowers, J, Walls, M (2019) Understanding the role of selenium in defect passivation for highly efficient selenium-alloyed cadmium telluride solar cells, Nature Energy, 4, DOI: 10.1038/s41560-019-0389-z.



Conferences

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.

Liu, X, Jones, L, Kujovic, L, Hunwick, N, Infante-Ortega, L, Walls, M, Shimpi, T, Sampath, W, Barth, K, Jones, S, Oklobia, O, Irvine, S (2022) Measurement of band alignment between ZnO based front emitters and CdCl2 treated CdSeTe/CdTe absorbers. In 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp.0387-0389, ISBN: 9781728161174. DOI: 10.1109/PVSC48317.2022.9938648.

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.

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.

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.

Ellis, S, Maple, L, Shimpi, T, Pavgi, A, Tamizhmani, G, Sampth, W, Barth, K (2021) Reliability and Manufacturing Demonstrations of a New Photovoltaic Module Architecture and Streamlined Approach to Encpasulation. In , Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp.1504-1506, ISBN: 9781665419222. DOI: 10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518523.

Fiducia, T, Howkins, A, Abbas, A, Mendis, B, Munshi, AH, Barth, K, Sampath, WS, Walls, M (2021) TEM-based cathodoluminescence of a Selenium-alloyed CdTe solar cell. In 2020 IEEE 47th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, OR, Canada, pp.2233-2234, ISBN: 9781728161150. DOI: 10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300484.

Ulicna, S, Bukhari, F, Lisco, F, Oehler, GC, Barth, KL, Walls, M (2021) Outdoor testing of anti-soiling hydrophobic coatings: Observations of cementation. In 2020 IEEE 47th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, OR, Canada, pp.1773-1775, ISBN: 9781728161150. DOI: 10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300590.

Bukhari, F, Lisco, F, Ulicna, S, Barth, K, Walls, M (2021) Abrasion resistance of hydrophobic, anti-soiling coatings for solar cover glass. In 2020 IEEE 47th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, OR, Canada, pp.1866-1870, ISBN: 9781728161150. DOI: 10.1109/pvsc45281.2020.9300904.

Shimpi, T, Reich, C, Danielson, A, Munshi, A, Kindvall, A, Pandey, R, Barth, K, Sampath, W (2020) Influence of Process Parameters and Absorber Thickness on Efficiency of Polycrystalline CdSeTe/CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells. In , Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp.1933-1935, ISBN: 9781728161150. DOI: 10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300840.

Strauss, B, Lisco, F, Bukhari, F, Walls, M, Barth, KL (2020) Novel hydrophobic coatings for soiling mitigation in the PV industry: durability and anti-soiling demonstrations. In 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaics Specialist Conference (PVSC), Chicago, IL, USA, pp.2899-2903, ISBN: 9781728104942. DOI: 10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8981166.

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 (2020) Analysis of MZO/CdTe photovoltaic device treated with cadmium bromide. In 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC); 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), pp.2489-2493, ISBN: 9781728104942. DOI: 10.1109/pvsc40753.2019.8981153.

Abbas, A, Munshi, A, Barth, KL, Sampath, WS, West, GD, Walls, M (2018) Investigation of localized phase changes using high resolution electron back-scatter diffraction in thin film cadmium telluride photovoltaic material with high lattice defect densities. In 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC); 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), Waikoloa Village, HI, USA, pp.1692-1696, ISBN: 9781538685297. DOI: 10.1109/pvsc.2018.8547212.

Fiducia, T, Munshi, AH, Barth, K, Proprentner, D, West, G, Sampath, WS, Walls, M (2018) Defect tolerance in as-deposited selenium-alloyed cadmium telluride solar cells. In 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC); 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), Waikoloa Village, HI, USA, pp.127-130, ISBN: 9781538685297. DOI: 10.1109/pvsc.2018.8547294.

Munshi, AH, Kephart, JM, Reich, CL, Hemenway, DR, Shimpi, TM, Abbas, A, Cameron, KC, Danielson, AH, Barth, KL, Walls, M, Sampath, WS (2018) Advanced co-sublimation hardware for deposition of graded ternary alloys in thin-film applications. In 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC); 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), Waikoloa, HI, pp.842-845, ISBN: 9781538685297. DOI: 10.1109/pvsc.2018.8547356.

Fiducia, TAM, Li, K, Munshi, AH, Barth, K, Sampath, WS, Grovenor, C, Walls, JM (2018) Large Area 3D Elemental Mapping of a MgZnO/CdTe Solar Cell with Correlative EBSD Measurements. In 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC), 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC). DOI: 10.1109/pvsc.2018.8547876.



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