By Dr Catherine Emily Chan

Books

Hallam B; Chan C, 2021, Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells

Book Chapters

Widanage R; Chan C, 2024, 'Water Allocation and Food Production Value Chain: Partial Social Cost Pricing for Balancing Food Self-sufficiency and Ecological Needs in Hawaiʻi', in Agricultural Value Chain - Past Trends and Emerging Issues [Working Title], IntechOpen, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1007898

Vaqueiro-Contreras M; Wright M; Chan C, 2021, 'Laser doping for rapid diffusion in silicon', in Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 305 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch7

Soufiani AM; Chan C; Ji ; Hallam B, 2021, 'Laser-doped selective emitter formation and the passivation of laser-induced defects', in Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 337 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch8

Chan C; Hallam B, 2021, 'Applications of laser doping', in Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells, pp. 395 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch9

Wright M; Hallam B; Chan C, 2021, 'Conclusion and future outlook', in Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells, pp. 437 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch10

Wright M; Hallam B; Chan C; Green M, 2021, 'Industrial silicon solar cells', in Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch1

Journal articles

Zhang Y; Wang S; Wang L; Chang YC; Chen R; Chan C; Sun L; Cheng Y; Song N; Okamoto K; Ao Y; Wang D; Hallam B, 2025, 'Silver-lean screen-printing metallisation for industrial TOPCon solar cells: Enabling an 80 % reduction in silver consumption', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.113654

Widanage R; Chan C, 2025, 'Public Preferences for Water Allocation between Local Food Production and Protecting Watersheds in Hawai‘i', Water Economics and Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s2382624x25500067

Chang YC; Zhang Y; Wang L; Wang S; Wang H; Huang CY; Chen R; Chan C; Hallam B, 2025, 'Silver-lean metallization and hybrid contacts via plating on screen-printed metal for silicon solar cells manufacturing', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 33, pp. 158 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3799

Wang S; Kim M; Wang L; Zhang Y; Chang N; Chan C; Hallam B, 2025, 'Sustainability Impact of Different PV Mounting Systems and Pathways for Decarbonizing Emissions of PV Deployment', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2025.3567083

Zhang Y; Wang S; Wang L; Sun Z; Chang YC; Chen R; Chan C; Okamoto K; Ao Y; Wang D; Dhamrin M; Kosuke T; Hallam B, 2024, 'Ultra-Lean Silver Screen-Printing for Sustainable Terawatt-Scale Photovoltaic', Solar Rrl, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202400478

Kim M; Drury S; Altermatt P; Wang L; Zhang Y; Chan C; Dias P; Hallam B, 2023, 'Identifying methods to reduce emission intensity of centralised Photovoltaic deployment for net zero by 2050: Life cycle assessment case study of a 30 MW PV plant', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 31, pp. 1493 - 1502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3747

Sen C; Wu X; Wang H; Khan MU; Mao L; Jiang F; Xu T; Zhang G; Chan C; Hoex B, 2023, 'Accelerated damp-heat testing at the cell-level of bifacial silicon HJT, PERC and TOPCon solar cells using sodium chloride', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112554

Khan MU; Sen C; Chan C; Abbott M; Poduval G; Wu Y; Lv R; Zhang G; Hoex B, 2023, 'Supercharging cell-level potential-induced degradation (PID) testing using a salt-enriched hybrid polymer layer', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112479

Sen C; Wang H; Wu X; Khan MU; Chan C; Abbott M; Hoex B, 2023, 'Four failure modes in silicon heterojunction glass-backsheet modules', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112358

Vaqueiro-Contreras M; Hallam B; Chan C, 2023, 'Review of Laser Doping and its Applications in Silicon Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 13, pp. 373 - 384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2023.3244367

Underwood R; Kim M; Drury S; Zhang Y; Wang L; Chan C; Hallam B, 2023, 'Abundant Material Consumption Based on a Learning Curve for Photovoltaic toward Net-Zero Emissions by 2050', Solar Rrl, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200705

Nie S; Chin RL; Soufiani AM; Mehl T; Theska F; Haghdadi N; Primig S; Chan C; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2022, 'Temperature sensitivity maps of silicon wafers from photoluminescence imaging: The effect of gettering and hydrogenation', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 30, pp. 1298 - 1311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3579

Samadi A; Ciesla A; Chan C; Juhl M, 2022, 'Implications of grain boundaries on quasi-steady-state photoconductance measurements in multicrystalline and cast-mono silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 238, pp. 111639, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111639

Kim M; Wright M; Chen D; Chan C; Ciesla A; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2022, 'Defect concentration and Δn change in light- And elevated temperature-induced degradation', Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac34a8

Ciesla A; Kim M; Wright M; Zafirovska I; Chen D; Hallam B; Chan C, 2021, 'A case study on accelerated light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation testing of commercial multi-crystalline silicon passivated emitter and rear cell modules', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1202 - 1212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3455

Soufiani AM; Soeriyadi A; Chan C; Hallam B, 2021, 'Improved Laser-Induced Defect Passivation and Simultaneous Elimination of Light-Induced Degradation in p-Type Czochralski Silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 11, pp. 1370 - 1379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3104765

Chen D; Vaqueiro Contreras M; Ciesla A; Hamer P; Hallam B; Abbott M; Chan C, 2021, 'Progress in the understanding of light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation in silicon solar cells: A review', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1180 - 1201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3362

Hallam BJ; Hamer PG; Ciesla née Wenham AM; Chan CE; Vicari Stefani B; Wenham S, 2020, 'Development of advanced hydrogenation processes for silicon solar cells via an improved understanding of the behaviour of hydrogen in silicon', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 28, pp. 1217 - 1238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3240

Sen C; Chan C; Hamer P; Wright M; Chong CM; Hallam B; Abbott M, 2020, 'Eliminating light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation in P-type PERC solar cells by a two-step thermal process', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110470

Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; Chan C; Ciesla nee Wenham A; Rougieux F; Zhang Y; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2020, 'Hydrogen-induced degradation: Explaining the mechanism behind light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation in n- and p-type silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110353

Varshney U; Chan C; Hoex B; Hallam B; Hamer P; Ciesla A; Chen D; Liu S; Sen C; Samadi A; Abbott M, 2020, 'Controlling Light- And Elevated-Temperature-Induced Degradation with Thin Film Barrier Layers', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 10, pp. 19 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2945199

Ciesla AM; Bilbao JI; Chan CE; Payne DNR; Chen D; Kim M; Wenham SR; Hallam BJ, 2020, 'Modeling Boron-Oxygen Degradation and Self-Repairing Silicon PV Modules in the Field', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 10, pp. 28 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2945161

Sun C; Liu AY; Samadi A; Chan C; Ciesla A; Macdonald D, 2019, 'Transition Metals in a Cast-Monocrystalline Silicon Ingot Studied by Silicon Nitride Gettering', Physica Status Solidi Rapid Research Letters, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201900456

Sen C; Chan C; Hamer P; Wright M; Varshney U; Liu S; Chen D; Samadi A; Ciesla A; Chong CM; Hallam B; Abbott M, 2019, 'Annealing prior to contact firing: A potential new approach to suppress LeTID', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.109938

Wang S; Mai L; Ciesla A; Hameiri Z; Payne D; Chan C; Hallam B; Chong CM; Ji J; Shi Z; Wenham S, 2019, 'Advanced passivation of laser-doped and grooved solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 193, pp. 403 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.01.025

Varshney U; Abbott M; Ciesla A; Chen D; Liu S; Sen C; Kim M; Wenham S; Hoex B; Chan C, 2019, 'Evaluating the Impact of SiNx Thickness on Lifetime Degradation in Silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 601 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2896671

Vargas C; Nie S; Chen D; Chan C; Hallam B; Coletti G; Hameiri Z, 2019, 'Degradation and recovery of n-type multi-crystalline silicon under illuminated and dark annealing conditions at moderate temperatures', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 355 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2885711

Vargas C; Coletti G; Chan C; Payne D; Hameiri Z, 2019, 'On the impact of dark annealing and room temperature illumination on p-type multicrystalline silicon wafers', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 189, pp. 166 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.09.018

Sen C; Kim M; Chen D; Varshney U; Liu S; Samadi A; Ciesla A; Wenham SR; Chan CE; Chong C; Abbott MD; Hallam BJ, 2019, 'Assessing the Impact of Thermal Profiles on the Elimination of Light- and Elevated-Temperature-Induced Degradation', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 40 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2874769

Liu S; Payne D; Vargas Castrillon C; Chen D; Kim M; Sen C; Varshney U; Hameiri Z; Chan C; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2018, 'Impact of dark annealing on the kinetics of light- and elevated-temperature-induced degradation', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 8, pp. 1494 - 1494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2866325

Fung TH; Kim M; Chen D; Chan CE; Hallam BJ; Chen R; Payne DNR; Ciesla A; Wenham SR; Abbott MD, 2018, 'A four-state kinetic model for the carrier-induced degradation in multicrystalline silicon: Introducing the reservoir state', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 184, pp. 48 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.04.024

Hamer P; Chan C; Bonilla RS; Hallam B; Bourret-Sicotte G; Collett KA; Wenham S; Wilshaw PR, 2018, 'Hydrogen induced contact resistance in PERC solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 184, pp. 91 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.04.036

Ciesla A; Chen R; Wang S; Ji J; Shi Z; Mai L; Chan C; Hallam B; Chong CM; Wenham S; Green M, 2018, 'High-voltage p-type PERC solar cells with anchored plating and hydrogenation', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 26, pp. 397 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.2986

Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; bourett-sicotte G; liu S; chan C; ciesla A; chen R; abbott M; hallam B; wenham S, 2018, 'Hydrogen induced degradation: A possible mechanism for light- and elevated temperature- induced degradation in n-type silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 185, pp. 174 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.05.034

Vargas C; Kim K; Coletti G; Payne D; Chan C; Wenham S; Hameiri Z, 2018, 'Carrier-induced degradation in multicrystalline silicon: Dependence on the silicon nitride passivation layer and hydrogen released during firing', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 8, pp. 413 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2783851

Hallam BJ; Ciesla AM; Chan CC; Soeriyadi A; Liu S; Soufiani AM; Wright M; Wenham S, 2018, 'Overcoming the Challenges of Hydrogenation in Silicon Solar Cells', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 71, pp. 743 - 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH18271

Chen D; Kim M; Stefani BV; Hallam BJ; Abbott MD; Chan CE; Chen R; Payne DNR; Nampalli N; Ciesla A; Fung TH; Kim K; Wenham SR, 2017, 'Evidence of an identical firing-activated carrier-induced defect in monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 172, pp. 293 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.08.003

Chan C; Hamer P; Bourret-Sicotte G; Chen R; Ciesla A; Hallam B; Payne D; Bonilla RS; Wenham S, 2017, 'Instability of Increased Contact Resistance in Silicon Solar Cells Following Post-Firing Thermal Processes', Solar RRL, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.201700129

Hallam BJ; Chan CE; Chen R; Wang S; Ji J; Mai L; Abbott MD; Payne DNR; Kim M; Chen D; Chong C; Wenham SR, 2017, 'Rapid mitigation of carrier-induced degradation in commercial silicon solar cells', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 56, pp. 08mb13, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.56.08MB13

Vargas C; Zhu Y; Coletti G; Chan C; Payne D; Jensen M; Hameiri Z; Vargas Castrillon C, 2017, 'Recombination parameters of lifetime-limiting carrier-induced defects in multicrystalline silicon for solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, 110, pp. 092106 - 092106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4977906

Chan C; Fung TH; Abbott M; Payne D; Wenham A; Hallam B; Chen R; Wenham S, 2017, 'Modulation of Carrier-Induced Defect Kinetics in Multi-Crystalline Silicon PERC Cells Through Dark Annealing', Solar RRL, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.201600028

Wang S; Mai L; Wenham A; Hameiri Z; Payne D; Chan C; Hallam B; Sugianto A; Chong CM; Ji J; Shi Z; Wenham S, 2017, 'Selective emitter solar cell through simultaneous laser doping and grooving of silicon followed by self-aligned metal plating', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 169, pp. 151 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.05.018

Payne DNR; Chan CE; Hallam BJ; Hoex B; Abbott MD; Wenham SR; Bagnall DM, 2016, 'Rapid passivation of carrier-induced defects in p-type multi-crystalline silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 158, pp. 102 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2016.05.022

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