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Journal articles

Almansouri I; Bremner S; Ho-Baillie A; Mehrvarz H; Hao X; Conibeer G; Grassman TJ; Carlin JA; Haas A; Ringel SA; Green MA, 2015, 'Designing bottom silicon solar cells for multijunction devices', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 5, pp. 683 - 690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2381875

Cui H; Li W; Liu X; Song N; Lee CY; Liu F; Hao X, 2015, 'Optimization of precursor deposition for evaporated Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells', Applied Physics A Materials Science and Processing, 118, pp. 893 - 899, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8806-4

Sheng R; Ho-Baillie A; Huang S; Chen S; Wen X; Hao X; Green MA, 2015, 'Methylammonium lead bromide perovskite-based solar cells by vapor-assisted deposition', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, pp. 3545 - 3549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp512936z

Chen J; Li W; Yan C; Huang S; Hao X, 2015, 'Studies of compositional dependent Cu2Zn(GexSn1-x)S4 thin films prepared by sulfurizing sputtered metallic precursors', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 621, pp. 154 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.09.097

Cui H; Lee CY; Li W; Liu X; Wen X; Hao X, 2015, 'Improving efficiency of evaporated Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells by a thin ag intermediate layer between absorber and back contact', International Journal of Photoenergy, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/170507

Liu Z; Hao X; Ho-baillie A; Tsao C-Y; Green MA, 2015, 'Cyclic thermal annealing on Ge/Si(100) epitaxial films grown by magnetron sputtering', Thin Solid Films, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.11.083

Liu X; Zhou F; Song N; Huang J; Yan C; Liu F; Sun K; Stride JA; Hao X; Green MA, 2015, 'Exploring the application of metastable wurtzite nanocrystals in pure-sulfide Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells by forming nearly micron-sized large grains', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5TA05813A

Song N; Wen X; Hao X, 2015, 'Radio frequency magnetron sputtered highly textured Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films on sapphire (0001) substrates', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 632, pp. 53 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.01.192

Liu X; Cui H; Li W; Song N; Liu F; Conibeer G; Hao X, 2014, 'Improving Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cell performance by an ultrathin ZnO intermediate layer between CZTS absorber and Mo back contact', Physica Status Solidi Rapid Research Letters, 8, pp. 966 - 970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201409052

Li W; Li , 2014, 'Inhibiting MoS2 formation by introducing a ZnO intermediate layer for Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells', Materials Letters

Cui H; Liu X; Song N; Li N; Liu F; Hao X, 2014, 'Impact of rapid thermal annealing of Mo coated soda lime glass substrate on device performance of evaporated Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells', Materials Letters, 125, pp. 40 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2014.03.122

Li W; Chen J; Yan C; Liu F; Hao X, 2014, 'Transmission electron microscopy analysis for the process of crystallization of Cu2ZnSnS4 film from sputtered Zn/CuSn precursor', Nanotechnology, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/25/19/195701

Zhang K; Su Z; Zhao L; Yan C; Liu F; Cui H; Hao X; Liu Y, 2014, 'Improving the conversion efficiency of Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell by low pressure sulfurization', Applied Physics Letters, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4870508

Song N; Wang Y; Hu Y; Huang Y; Hao X; Huang S; Li W, 2014, 'Heteroepitaxial growth of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film on sapphire substrate by radio frequency magnetron sputtering', Applied Physics Letters, 104, pp. 092103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4867093

Liu F; Sun K; Li W; Yan C; Cui H; Jiang L; Hao X; Green MA, 2014, 'Enhancing the Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell efficiency by back contact modification: Inserting a thin TiB2 intermediate layer at Cu2ZnSnS4/Mo interface', Applied Physics Letters, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4863736

Liu Z; Hao X; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2014, 'One-step aluminium-assisted crystallization of Ge epitaxy on Si by magnetron sputtering', Applied Physics Letters, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4864463

Cui H; Liu X; Liu F; Hao X; Song N; Yan C, 2014, 'Boosting Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells efficiency by a thin Ag intermediate layer between absorber and back contact', Applied Physics Letters, 104, pp. 041115 - 041115-4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4863951

Su Z; Sun K; Han Z; Cui H; Liu F; Lai Y; Li J; Hao X; Liu Y; Green MA, 2014, 'Fabrication of Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells with 5.1% efficiency via thermal decomposition and reaction using a non-toxic sol-gel route', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, pp. 500 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ta13533k

Liu Z; Hao X; Qi F; Ho-Baillie A; Green MA, 2014, 'Epitaxial growth of single-crystalline silicon-germanium on silicon by aluminium-assisted crystallization', Scripta Materialia, 71, pp. 25 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.09.026

Sun K; Su Z; Yan C; Liu F; Cui H; Jiang L; Shen Y; Hao X; Liu Y, 2014, 'Flexible Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells based on successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction method', Rsc Advances, 4, pp. 17703 - 17708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ra47823h

Song N; Li W; Hao X; Huang Y; Green MA, 2014, 'Radio frequency magnetron sputtered epitaxial Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film on ZnS(100)', Physica Status Solidi Rapid Research Letters, 8, pp. 404 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201409169

Yan C; Liu F; Song N; Ng BK; Stride JA; Tadich A; Hao X, 2014, 'Band alignments of different buffer layers (CdS, Zn(O,S), and In2S3) on Cu2ZnSnS4', Applied Physics Letters, 104, pp. - - -, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4873715

Liu Y; Yang J; Gu E; Cao T; Su Z; Jiang L; Yan C; Hao X; Liu F; Liu Y, 2014, 'Colloidal synthesis and characterisation of Cu3SbSe3 nanocrystals', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4TA00085D

Yan C; Chen J; Liu F; Song N; Cui H; Ng BK; Stride JA; Hao X, 2014, 'Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell from sputtered Zn/(Cu & Sn) metal stack precursors', Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 610, pp. -486 - -491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.05.004

Kourkoutis ; Hao X; Huang S; Puthen-Veettil B; Conibeer G; Green MA; Perez-Wurfl I, 2013, 'Three-dimensional imaging for precise structural control of Si quantum dot networks for all-Si solar cells', Nanoscale, 5, pp. 7499 - 7504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3nr01998e

Liu X; Hao X; Green MA; Huang S; Conibeer G, 2012, 'RF magnetron sputtered molybdenum back contact for Cu2ZnSnS 4 thin film solar cells', Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices Proceedings COMMAD, pp. 61 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COMMAD.2012.6472360

Conibeer G; Perez-Wurfl I; Hao X; Di D; Lin D, 2012, 'Si solid-state quantum dot-based materials for tandem solar cells', Nanoscale research letters, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-7-193

Zatryb G; Podhorodecki A; Hao X; Misiewicz J; Shen Y; Green MA, 2011, 'Correlation between stress and carrier nonradiative recombination for silicon nanocrystals in an oxide matrix', Nanotechnology, 22, pp. 335703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/33/335703

Tsao C; Huang J; Hao X; Campbell PR; Green MA, 2011, 'Formation of heavily boron-doped hydrogenated polycrystalline germanium thin films by co-sputtering for developing p+ emitters of bottom cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 95, pp. 981 - 985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2010.12.003

Tsao C; Liu Z; Hao X; Green MA, 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

Perez-Wurfl I, 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

Conibeer G; Green MA; Konig D; Perez-Wurfl I; Huang S; Hao X; Di D; Shi L; Shrestha SK; Puthen Veettil B; So Y; Zhang B; Wan Z, 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

Tsao C; Huang J; Hao X; Campbell PR; Green MA, 2010, 'Heavily boron-doped hydrogenated polycrystalline Ge thin films prepared by cosputtering', Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 13, pp. H354 - H356

Di D; Perez-Wurfl I; Gentle A; Kim DH; Hao X; Shi L; Conibeer G; Green MA, 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

Zatryb G; Podhorodecki A; Hao X; Shen Y; Green MA, 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

Hao X; Cho EC; Scardera G; Bellet-Amalric E; Bellet D; Shen Y; Huang S; Huang Y; Conibeer GJ; Green MA, 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

Hao X; Podhorodecki AP; Shen Y; Zatryb G; Misiewicz G; Green MA, 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

Hao X; Cho EC; Scardera G; Shen Y; Bellet-Amalric E; Bellet D; Conibeer GJ; Green MA, 2009, 'Phosphorus-doped silicon quantum dots for all-silicon quantum dot tandem solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, pp. 1524 - 1530

Perez-Wurfl I; Hao X; Gentle A; Kim DH; Conibeer G; Green MA, 2009, 'Si nanocrystal p-i-n diodes fabricated on quartz substrates for third generation solar cell applications', Applied Physics Letters, 95, pp. 153506

Hao X; Cho EC; Flynn CR; Shen Y; Park S; Conibeer GJ; Green MA, 2009, 'Synthesis and characterization of boron-doped Si quantum dots for all-Si quantum dot tandem solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, pp. 273 - 279

Hao X; Cho EC; Flynn CR; Shen Y; Conibeeer G; Green MA, 2008, 'Effects of boron doping on the structural and optical properties of silicon nanocrystals in a silicon dioxide matrix', Materials Forum, 19, pp. 424019

Hao X; Cho EC; Flynn CR; Shen Y; Conibeer GJ; Green MA, 2008, 'Effects of boron doping on the structural and optical properties of silicon nanocrystals in a silicon dioxide matrix', Nanotechnology, 19

Conibeer GJ; Green MA; Cho EC; Konig D; Cho YH; Fangsuwannarak T; Scardera G; Pink E; Huang Y; Puzzer T; Huang S; Song DY; Flynn CR; Park S; Hao X; Mansfield D, 2008, 'Silicon quantum dot nanostructures for tandem photovoltaic cells', Thin Solid Films, 516, pp. 6748 - 6756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2007.12.096

Cho EC; Park S; Hao X; Song DY; Conibeer GJ; park SH; Green MA, 2008, 'Silicon quantum dot/crystalline silicon solar cells', Nanotechnology, 19, pp. 245201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/19/24/245201

Shen Y; Shen F; Du GG; Hao X; Xie Z, 2005, 'A blast furnace prediction model combining neural network with partial least square regression', Steel Research International, 76, pp. 694 - 699

Wei G; Shen F; Shen Y; Hao X; Zhao Q, 2005, 'Development of non Coke ironmaking Processess in China', Steel Research International, 76, pp. 683 - 685

Green MA; Emery K; Bucher K; King DW; Igari S, 1999, 'Solar cell efficiency tables (version 14)', Progress in Photovoltaics, pp. 321 - 326

Li J; Huang Y; Huang J; Liang G; Zhang Y; Rey G; Guo F; Su Z; You X; Zhu H; Cai L; Sun K; Sun Y; Chen S; Hao X; Mai Y; Green MA, 'Defect Control for 12.5% Efficiency Cu <sub>2</sub>ZnSnSe <sub>4</sub> Kesterite Thin-Film Solar Cells by Engineering of Local Chemical Environment', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3542579

Conference Papers

Zandi S; Nie S; Zhu Y; Allen T; Aydin E; Ugur E; Zheng J; Wang G; Liu X; Ho-Baillie A; Hao X; De Wolf S; Trupke T; Hameiri Z, 2024, 'Implied voltage of sub cells in tandem devices from luminescence images – The beauty of using a narrow bandpass filter', Vienna, Austria, presented at 41st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Vienna, Austria, 23 September 2024

Ma F-J; Wang S; Yi C; Zhou L; Hameiri Z; Bremner S; Hao X, 2024, 'Easy Access to Typical Multidimensional Process/Optical/Electrical Simulations for Solar Cells by Tuning 11 Variables', in 2024 IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), IEEE, pp. 0413 - 0413, presented at 2024 IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 09 June 2024 - 14 June 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc57443.2024.10749296


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