Update 29/10/2020
ACADEMIC PAPERS (see Google Scholar):
B. Lorenzi, P. Mariani, A. Reale, A. Di Carlo, G. Chen, D. Narducci, Practical development of efficient thermoelectric – Photovoltaic hybrid systems based on wide-gap solar cells, Applied Energy, 300, 117343, (2021) - external link
D. Narducci, B. Lorenzi, Economic Convenience of Hybrid Thermoelectric-Photovoltaic Solar Harvesters, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 4, 4, 4029–4037 (2021) - external link
B. Lorenzi, Y. Tsurimaki, A. Kobayashi, M. Takashiri, S. V. Boriskina, Self-powered broadband photo-detection and persistent energy generation with junction-free strained Bi2Te3 thin films, Optics Express, 28, 27644-27656 (2020) - external link
B. Lorenzi, M. Acciarri, D. Narducci, Suitability of Electrical Coupling in Solar Cell Thermoelectric Hybridization, Designs 2018, 2, 32 (2018) - external link
B. Lorenzi, G. Chen, Theoretical efficiency of hybrid solar thermoelectric-photovoltaic generators, J. Appl. Phys. 124, 024501 (2018) - external link
B. Lorenzi, M. Acciarri, D. Narducci, Experimental Determination of Power Losses and Heat Generation in Solar Cells for Photovoltaic-Thermal Applications, J. Mater. Eng. and Perform. (2018), external link (previously appeared as: Experimental determination of power losses in solar cells, arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.04245 (2018) - external link)
B. Lorenzi, R. Dettori, M. T. Dunham, C. Melis, R. Tonini, L. Colombo, A. Sood, K. E. Goodson, D. Narducci, Phonon Scattering in Silicon by Multiple Morphological Defects: A Multiscale Analysis, J. Electron. Mater. 47, 5148 (2018) - external link
G. Contento, B. Lorenzi, A. Rizzo, D. Narducci, Efficiency enhancement of a-Si and CZTS solar cells using different thermoelectric hybridization strategies, Energy 131, 230-238 (2017) - external link
M. T. Dunham, B. Lorenzi, S. Andrews, A. Sood, M. Asheghi, D. Narducci, and K. E. Goodson, Enhanced phonon scattering by nanovoids in high thermoelectric power factor polysilicon thin films, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 253104 (2016) - external link
B. Lorenzi, G. Contento, V. Sabatelli, A. Rizzo, D. Narducci, Theoretical analysis of two novel hybrid thermoelectric - photovoltaic systems based on CZTS solar cells, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 17, 608–1615 (2017) - external link
D. Narducci and B. Lorenzi, Challenges and Perspectives in Tandem Thermoelectric–Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion, IEEE Trans. Nanotechnol. 15, 348 (2016) - external link
D. Narducci and B. Lorenzi, Thermoelectric conversion in tandem thermoelectric-photovoltaic applications, Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology July 27-30 (2015) Rome, Italy - external link
B. Lorenzi, M. Acciarri, and D. Narducci, Conditions for beneficial coupling of thermoelectric and photovoltaic devices, J. Mater. Res., Focus Issue on Advances in Thermoelectric Materials II 17, 30 (2015) - external link
B. Lorenzi, M. Acciarri, and D. Narducci, Analysis of Thermal Losses for a Variety of Single-Junction Photovoltaic Cells : An Interesting Means of Thermoelectric Heat Recovery, J. Electron. Mater. 44, 1809 (2015) - external link
B. Lorenzi, D. Narducci, R. Tonini, S. Frabboni, G. C. Gazzadi, G. Ottaviani, N. Neophytou, and X. Zianni, Paradoxical Enhancement of the Power Factor of Polycrystalline Silicon as a Result of the Formation of Nanovoids, J. Electron. Mater. 43, 3812 (2014) - external link
B. Lorenzi, S. Frabboni, G. C. Gazzadi, R. Tonini, G. Ottaviani, and D. Narducci, Nanovoid Formation and Dynamics in He+-Implanted Nanocrystalline Silicon, J. Electron. Mater. 43, 3852 (2014) - external link
D. Narducci, B. Lorenzi, X. Zianni, N. Neophytou, S. Frabboni, G. C. Gazzadi, A. Roncaglia, and F. Suriano, Enhancement of the power factor in two-phase silicon-boron nanocrystalline alloys, Phys. Status Solidi A 211, 1255 (2014) - external link
N. Neophytou, X. Zianni, H. Kosina, S. Frabboni, B. Lorenzi, and D. Narducci, Power Factor Enhancement by Inhomogeneous Distribution of Dopants in Two-Phase Nanocrystalline Systems, J. Electron. Mater. 43, 1896 (2013) - external link
N. Neophytou, X. Zianni, H. Kosina, S. Frabboni, B. Lorenzi, and D. Narducci, Simultaneous increase in electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient in highly boron-doped nanocrystalline Si, Nanotechnology 24, 205402 (2013) - external link
M. Acciarri, S. Binetti, A. Le Donne, B. Lorenzi, L. Caccamo, L. Miglio, R. Moneta, S. Marchionna, and M. Meschia, Development of a hybrid sputtering/evaporation process for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells, Cryst. Res. Technol. 46, 871 (2011) - external link
BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS (see Google Scholar):
D. Narducci, P. Bermel, B. Lorenzi, N. Wang, K. Yazawa, Hybrid and Fully Thermoelectric Solar Harvesting, Springer International Publishing (2018), ISBN 978-3-319-76427-6 - external link
D. Narducci, B. Lorenzi, Hybrid Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric Solar Cells: State of the Art and Challenges, in Aksamija, Z. (ed.) Nanophononics (2018), New York, Pan Stanford; ISBN 978-13-51609-44-9 - external link
NON ACADEMIC DISSEMINATION:
B. Lorenzi and D. Narducci, Riduzione e recupero dei cascami termici: il contributo delle tecnologie; in L. De Paoli (ed.), Efficienza energetica: governance, strumenti e mercato, Fondazione EnergyLab; Edilplan Editrice, ISBN 978-88-96726-18-1 - external link
Presented basics of thermoelectric applications in a support video for a book intended for technical high school students; In collaboration with RCS - Rizzoli and University of Milano Bicocca; http://www.mater.unimib.it/it/multimedia/termoelettricita.mp4