By Dr Richard Corkish

Journal articles

Chowdhury P; Chowdhury T; Das P; Chowdhury H; Bontempi E; Corkish R, 2026, 'Green solvents for end-of-life photovoltaic module recycling: Mechanisms, applications, environmental and economic perspectives', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.113964

Chowdhury P; Chowdhury T; Chowdhury H; Corkish R; Chang NL, 2026, 'Necessity for recycling photovoltaic glass: Managing resource constraints and environmental impacts of antimony in terawatt scale photovoltaics', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 295, pp. 114012 - 114012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2025.114012

Chowdhury T; Dehghanimadvar M; Chang NL; Corkish R, 2025, 'Review of issues and opportunities for glass supply for photovoltaic production at multiterawatt (TW) scale', Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 9, pp. 1414 - 1431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4se01567c

Gilmore N; Koskinen I; Burr P; Obbard E; Sproul A; Konstantinou G; Bilbao J; Daiyan R; Kay M; Corkish R; Macgill I; Lovell E; Menictas C; Bruce A, 2023, 'Identifying weak signals to prepare for uncertainty in the energy sector', Heliyon, 9, pp. e21295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21295

Belongeay M; Shirkey G; Lunardi MM; Rodriguez-Garcia G; Sinha P; Corkish R; Stewart RA; Anctil A; Chen J; Celik I, 2023, 'Photovoltaic Systems through the Lens of Material-Energy-Water Nexus', Energies, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16073174

Chowdhury T; Chowdhury H; Islam KS; Sharifi A; Corkish R; Sait SM, 2023, 'Resilience analysis of a PV/battery system of health care centres in Rohingya refugee camp', Energy, 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.125634

Chowdhury H; Chowdhury T; Sharifi A; Corkish R; Sait SM, 2022, 'Role of Biogas in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh', Sustainability Switzerland, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141911842

Corkish R, 2021, 'The genesis of the first specialist PV Bachelor of Engineering program—The educational legacy of Stuart Ross Wenham', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1149 - 1157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3183

Shirkey G; Belongeay M; Wu S; Ma X; Tavakol H; Anctil A; Marquette-Pyatt S; Stewart RA; Sinha P; Corkish R; Chen J; Celik I, 2021, 'An environmental and societal analysis of the us electrical energy industry based on the water–energy nexus', Energies, 14, pp. 2633, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14092633

Weerasinghe RPNP; Yang RJ; Wakefield R; Too E; Le T; Corkish R; Chen S; Wang C, 2021, 'Economic viability of building integrated photovoltaics: A review of forty-five (45) non-domestic buildings in twelve (12) western countries', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110622

Dias P; Schmidt L; Monteiro Lunardi M; Chang NL; Spier G; Corkish R; Veit H, 2021, 'Comprehensive recycling of silicon photovoltaic modules incorporating organic solvent delamination – technical, environmental and economic analyses', Resources Conservation and Recycling, 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105241

Tao M; Fthenakis V; Ebin B; Steenari BM; Butler E; Sinha P; Corkish R; Wambach K; Simon ES, 2020, 'Major challenges and opportunities in silicon solar module recycling', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 28, pp. 1077 - 1088, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3316

Celik I; Lunardi M; Frederickson A; Corkish R, 2020, 'Sustainable end of life management of crystalline silicon and thin film solar photovoltaic waste: The impact of transportation', Applied Sciences Switzerland, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/APP10165465

Lunardi MM; Needell DR; Bauser H; Phelan M; Atwater HA; Corkish R, 2019, 'Life Cycle Assessment of tandem LSC-Si devices', Energy, 181, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.05.085

M. Lunardi M; Alvarez-Gaitan JP; Chang NL; Corkish R, 2018, 'Life cycle assessment on PERC solar modules', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 187, pp. 154 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.08.004

Lunardi MM; Alvarez-Gaitan JP; Bilbao JI; Corkish R; Alvarez Gaitan J; Monteiro Lunardi M, 2018, 'Comparative life cycle assessment of end-of-life silicon solar photovoltaic modules', Applied Sciences Switzerland, 8, pp. 1396, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app8081396

Lunardi MM; Moore S; Alvarez-Gaitan JP; Yan C; Hao X; Corkish R, 2018, 'A comparative life cycle assessment of chalcogenide/Si tandem solar modules', Energy, 145, pp. 700 - 709, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.12.130

Monteiro Lunardi M; Alvarez Gaitan J; Bilbao J; Corkish R, 2018, 'Life Cycle Assessment of Silicon-Based Tandem Solar Photovoltaics and their End-of-Life', Indonesian Journal of Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability, 2, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.52394/ijolcas.v2i2.49

Lund C; Pryor T; Jennings P; Blackmore K; Corkish R; Saman W; Miller W; Woods-McConney A, 2017, 'Sustainable Energy Education: Addressing the Needs of Students and Industry', Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/rees/2017046

Monteiro Lunardi M; Richard Corkish RC; Stephen Moore SM; J.P. Alvarez-Gaitan JPAG; Anita Ho-Baillie AHB, 2017, 'A Life Cycle Assessment of Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells', Progress in Photovoltaics: research and applications, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.2877

Lui GY; Roser D; Corkish R; Ashbolt NJ; Stuetz R, 2016, 'Point-of-use water disinfection using ultraviolet and visible light-emitting diodes', Science of the Total Environment, 553, pp. 626 - 635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.039

Lui GY; Roser D; Corkish R; Ashbolt N; Jagals P; Stuetz R, 2014, 'Photovoltaic powered ultraviolet and visible light-emitting diodes for sustainable point-of-use disinfection of drinking waters', Science of the Total Environment, 493, pp. 185 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.104

Corkish RP; Barnett A; Bremner S; Bruce A; Kay M; Lennon A; Perez-Wurfl I; Sproul A; Stapleton G; Shrestha S; Spooner ED; Taylor R; Uddin A; Wentworth D, 2012, 'Renewable Energy Education at UNSW', Journal of Materials Education, 34, pp. 117 - 132

Lahreche ; Beggah ; Corkish RP, 2011, 'The effect of electron range on electron beam induced current collection and a simple method to extract an electron range for any generation function', Ultramicroscopy, 111, pp. 1343 - 1351

Corkish RP; Bruce A; Prasad DK, 2010, 'Integrated solar photovoltaics for buildings', Review of Architecture and Building Science, 54, pp. 86 - 92, http://www.aik.or.kr/

Corkish RP, 2009, 'Enabling Activities for Photovoltaics Industry Expansion for the Asia-Pacific Region', Journal of Materials Education, 31, pp. 243 - 250, http://www.unt.edu/ICME/

Corkish RP, 2009, 'Photovoltaics Education in Australia', Journal of Materials Education, 31, pp. 17 - 22

Cho EC; Green MA; Corkish RP; Reece PJ; Lee SC; Gal M, 2007, 'Photoluminescence in crystalline silicon quantum wells', Journal of Applied Physics, 101, pp. 024321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2430919

Corkish RP; Prasad DK, 2006, 'Integrated Solar Photovoltaics for Buildings', Journal of Green Building, 1(2), pp. 63 - 76

Corkish RP; Wenham SR; Cotter JE; Sproul AB; Aberle AG; Bruce AG; Green MA, 2006, 'Materials Engineering Education in two new engineering degree programs at the centre for photovoltaic engineering', Journal of Materials Education, 28, pp. 57 - 68

Conibeer GJ; Green MA; Corkish RP; Cho YH; Cho EC; Jiang C; Fangsuwannarak T; Pink E; Huang Y; Puzzer T; Trupke T; Richards BS; Shalav A; Lin K, 2006, 'Silicon nanostructures for third generation photovoltaic solar cells', Thin Solid Films, 511-512, pp. 654 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.12.119

Corkish R, 2005, 'Fusion fallacies', NEW SCIENTIST, 188, pp. 24 - 24, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000233763000024&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Corkish R; Lloyd P, 2005, 'Fusion fallacies [1] (Multiple letters)', New Scientist, 188, pp. 24

Corkish R, 2004, 'Tax on warming', NEW SCIENTIST, 183, pp. 24 - 24, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000223325800021&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Cho EC; Green MA; Xia JJ; Corkish RP; Nikulin A, 2004, 'Atomistic structure of SiO2/Si/SiO2 quantum wells with an apparently crystalline silicon oxide', Journal of Applied Physics, 96, pp. 3211 - 3216

Cho EC; Green MA; Xia JJ; Corkish RP; Reece PJ; Gal M, 2004, 'Clear quantum-confined luminescence from crystalline silicon/SiO2 single quantum wells', Applied Physics Letters, 84, pp. 2286 - 2288

Catchpole KR; Lin K; Green MA; Aberle AG; Corkish RP; Zhao J; Wang A, 2004, 'Thin semiconducting layers as active and passive emitters for thermophotonics and thermophotovoltaics', Solar Energy, 76, pp. 251 - 254

Richards BS; Lambertz A; Corkish RP; Zorman CA; Mehregany M; Ionescu M; Green MA, 2003, '3C-S1C as a future photovoltaic material', Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, C, pp. 2738 - 2741

Trupke T; Green MA; Wurfel P; Altermatt P; Wang A; Zhao J; Corkish RP, 2003, 'Temperature Dependence of the Radiative Recombination Coefficient of Intrinsic Crystalline Silicon', Journal of Applied Physics, 94, pp. 4930 - 4937

Trupke T; Zhao J; Wang A; Corkish RP; Green MA, 2003, 'Very Efficient Light Emission from Bulk Crystalline Silicon', Applied Physics Letters, 82, pp. 2996 - 2998

Beaucarne G; Brown AS; Keevers MJ; Corkish R; Green MA, 2002, 'The impurity photovoltaic (IPV) effect in wide-bandgap semiconductors: An opportunity for very-high-efficiency solar cells?', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 10, pp. 345 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.433

Corkish R; Kettemann S; Nelson J, 2002, 'Physica E; Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures: Preface', Physica E Low Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1386-9477(02)00536-2

Corkish R; Kettemann S; Nelson J, 2002, 'Proceedings of the Workshop on Nanostructures in Photovoltaics held at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems - Dresden, Germany - 28 July-4 August 2001 - Preface', PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES, 14, pp. vii - vii, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000177036300001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Corkish RP, 2002, 'A Power that is Clean and Bright Review of ¿Clean Electricity from Photovoltaics¿', Nature, 416, pp. 680 - 681

Honsberg C; Bremner S; Corkish RP, 2002, 'Design Trade-Offs and Rules for Multiple Quasi-Fermi Level Solar Cells', Physica E - Low - Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 14, pp. 136 - 141

Brown AS; Green MA; Corkish RP, 2002, 'Limiting efficiency for multi-band solar cells containing three and four bands', Physica E - Low - Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 14, pp. 121 - 125

Corkish RP; Green MA; Puzzer T, 2002, 'Solar energy collection by antennas', Solar Energy, 73, pp. 395 - 401

Catchpole KR; Lin K; Green MA; Aberle AG; Corkish RP; Zhao J; Wang A, 2002, 'Thin semiconducting layers and superlattices as active and passive emitters for thermophotonics and thermophotovoltaics', Physica E - Low - Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 14, pp. 91 - 95

Corkish RP; Altermatt P; Heiser GA, 2001, 'Numerical simulation of electron-beam-induced current near a silicon grain boundary and impact of a p-n junction space charge region', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, pp. 63 - 69

Bremner S; Cotter JE; Honsberg C, 1999, 'Detailed balance limits with quasi-Fermi level variations', IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, pp. 1932 - 1939

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