Subtopic 1: High Performance Vacuum Deposited Thin Film PV Cells and Modules

List of publications (In alphabetical order of authors' name):

  Inter-institutional collaborations are denoted with # Year of publication Author(s) (corresponding authors are denoted with an asterisk*) Title and iournal/book
1 # 2016 Pei Cheng, Cenqi Yan, Tsz-Ki Lau, Jiangquan Mai, Xinhui Lu* & Xiaowei Zhan* Molecular lock: A versatile key to enhance efficiency and stability of organic solar cells. Adv. Mat, 28(28): 5822 - 9. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201600426
2 # 2017 Pei Cheng, Mingyu Zhang, Tsz-Ki Lau, Yao Wu, Boyu Jia, Jiayu Wang, Cenqi Yan, Meng Qin, Xinhui Lu & Xiaowei Zhan* Realizing small energy loss of 0.55 eV, high open-circuit voltage > 1 V and high efficiency > 10% in fullerene-free polymer solar cells via energy driver. Adv. Mat, 29(11): 1605216. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201605216
3 # 2016 Ye Feng, Tszki Lau, Guanming Cheng, Ling Yin, Zhaohui Li, Hailin Luo, Zhuang Liu, Xinhui Lu*, Chunlei Yang* & Xudong Xiao* A low-temperature formation path toward highly efficient Se-free Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells fabricated through sputtering and sulfurization. CrystEngComm, 18: 1070-7. DOI: 10.1039/C5CE02279G
4 # 2015 Qiang Huang, Zi Yeb & Xudong Xiao* Recent progress in photocathodes for hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3: 15824-37. DOI: 10.1039/c5ta03594e
5 # 2017 Boyu Jia, Yao Wu, Fuwen Zhao, Cenqi Yan, Siya Zhu, Pei Cheng, Jiangquan Mai, Tsz-Ki Lau, Xinhui Lu, Chun-Jen Su, Chunru Wang & Xiaowei Zhan* Rhodanine flanked indacenodithiophene as non-fullerene acceptor for efficient polymer solar cells. Science China-Chemistry, 60(2): 257 - 263. DOI: 10.1007/s11426-016-0336-6
6 # 2016 Shuixing Li, Wenqing Liu, Chang-Zhi Li, Tsz-Ki Lau, Xinhui Lu, Minmin Shi* & Hongzheng Chen* A non-fullerene acceptor with a fully fused backbone for efficient polymer solar cells with a high open-circuit voltage. J of Mat Chem A, 4(39): 14983 - 7. DOI: 10.1039/c6ta07368a
7 # 2016 Shuixing Li, Wenqing Liu, Minmin Shi*, Jiangquan Mai, Tsz-Ki Lau, Junhua Wan, Xinhui Lu, Chang-Zhi Li* & Hongzheng Chen* A spirobifluorene and diketopyrrolopyrrole moieties based non-fullerene acceptor for efficient and thermally stable polymer solar cells with high open-circuit voltage. Energy & Environmental Science, 9: 604-10. DOI: 10.1039/c5ee03481g
8 # 2017 Wenjie Li, Yaping Ma*, Shihang Yang, Junbo Gong, Shengbai Zhang & Xudong Xiao* Nanoscopic study of the compositions, structures, and electronic properties of grain boundaries in Cu(InGa)Se-2 photovoltaic thin films. Nano Energy, 33: 157 - 67. DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.01.041
9 # 2015 Xinhui Lu*, Htay Hlaing, Chang-Yong Nam, Kevin G Yager, Charles T Black & Benjamin M Ocko* Molecular orientation and performance of nanoimprinted polymer-based blend thin film solar cells. Chemistry of Materials, 27(1): 60-66. DOI: 10.1021/cm502950j
10 # 2016 Jiangquan Mai, Tsz-Ki Lau, Jun Li, Shih-Hao Peng, Chain-Shu Hsu, U-Ser Jeng, Jianrong Zeng, Ni Zhao, Xudong Xiao & Xinhui Lu* Understanding morphology compatibility for high-performance ternary organic solar cells. Chem of Mat, 28(17): 6186 - 95. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02264
11 # 2017 Jiangquan Mai, Haipeng Lu, Tsz-Ki Lau, Shih-Hao Peng, Chain-Shu Hsu, Wenqiang Hua, Ni Zhao, Xudong Xiao & Xinhui Lu* High efficiency ternary organic solar cell with morphology-compatible polymers. J of Mat Chem A, 5(23): 11739 - 45. DOI: 10.1039/c7ta00292k
12 # 2015 Jiangquan Mai, Tsz-Ki Lau, Ting Xiao, Chun-Jen Su, U-Ser Jeng, Ni Zhao, Xudong Xiao & Xinhui Lu* Ternary morphology facilitated thick-film organic solar cell. RSC Adv.,5(107): 88500-7. DOI: 10.1039/c5ra17268c
13 # 2015 Shihang Yang, Jiakuan Zhu, Xieqiu Zhang, Xuhang Ma, Hailin Luo, Ling Yin & Xudong Xiao* Bandgap optimization of submicron-thick Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics, 23(9): 1157-63, DOI: 10.1002/pip.2543
14 # 2014 Ling Yin, Chunlei Yang, Kang Zhang, Hailin Luo, Xieqiu Zhang, Zhuang Liu, Guangming Cheng, Zhiyu Xiong & Xudong Xiao* Application of CVD graphene as transparent front electrode in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cell. Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014 IEEE 40th , Issue Date: 8-13 June 2014.
15 # 2014 Ling Yin, Kang Zhang, Hailin Luo, Guanming Cheng, Xuhang Ma, Zhiyu Xiong & Xudong Xiao* Highly efficient graphene-based Cu(In, Ga)Se2 solar cells with large active area. Nanoscale, 6(18): 10879-10886. DOI: 10.1039/c4nr02988g
16 # 2016 Shuhua Zhang, Lijian Zuo*, Jiehuan Chen, Zhongqiang Zhang, Jiangquan Mai, Tsz-Ki Lau, Xinhui Lu, Minmin Shi & Hongzheng Chen* Improved photon-to-electron response of ternary blend organic solar cells with a low band gap polymer sensitizer and interfacial modification. J of Materials Chemistry A, 4(5): 1702-7. DOI: 10.1039/c5ta09727d
17 # 2016 Guohua Zhong, Kinfai Tse, Yiou Zhang, Xiaoguang Li, Li Huang, Chunlei Yang*, Junyi Zhu*, Zhi Zeng, Zhenyu Zhang & Xudong Xiao Induced effects by the substitution of Zn in Cu(2)ZnSnXw4 (X=S and Se). Thin Solid Films, 603: 224-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2016.02.005
18 # 2017 Jiakuan Zhu*, Tsz-Ki Lau*, Shihang Yang*, Jiangquan Mai*, Yu-Ling Lai*, Yao-Jane Hsu*, Hailin Luo*, Xinhui Lu* & Xudong Xiao* New route for fabrication of high-quality Zn(S,O) buffer layer at high deposition temperature on Cu(In,Ga)Se-2 solar cells. IEEE J of Photovoltaics, 7(2): 651 - 655. DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2016.2636024

 

 

 

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