Publications
2024
H. Chou, D. Congrave, A. Gillett, S. Montanaro, S. Montanaro, H. Francis, V. Riesgo-Gonzalez, J. Ye, R. Chowdury, W. Zeng, M. Etherington, J. Royakkers, O., Andrew D. Bond, Felix Plasser, Jarvist M. Frost, C. Grey, A. Rao, R. Friend, N. Greenham and H. Bronstein, Suppression of Dexter transfer by covalent encapsulation for efficient matrix-free narrowband deep blue hyperfluorescent OLEDs, Nature Materials, (2024) 519
A. Javed, M. Jones, S. Campbell, S. Yerci, V. Barrioz, Y. Qu, In-Depth Compositional Analysis of the Carbon-Rich Fine-Grain Layer in Solution-Processed CZTSSe Films Accessed by a Photonic Lift-Off Process, Advanced Materials Interfaces, (2024) 2300715
M. Shabat, H. El-Khozondar, S. Nassar, G. Zoppi, Y. Nassar, Design and Optimization of Plasmonic Nanoparticles-Enhanced Perovskite Solar Cells Using the FDTD Method, Solar Energy and Sustainable Development Journal, (2024) 13
2023
S. Campbell, G. Zoppi, L. Bowen, P. Maiello, V. Barrioz, N. S. Beattie, Y. Qu, Enhanced Carrier Collection in Cd/In-Based Dual Buffers in Kesterite Thin-Film Solar Cells from Nanoparticle Inks, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6, (2023) 21
C.C. Lukose, I. Anestopoulos, I‑S. Panagiotidis, G. Zoppi, A.M. Black, L.G. Dover, L. Bowen, Á. Serrano‑Aroca, T.X. Liu, L. Mendola, D. Morrone, M.I. Panayiotidis and M. Birkett, Biocompatible Ti3Au–Ag/Cu thin film coatings with enhanced mechanical and antimicrobial functionality, Biomaterials Research, 27, (2023) 93
T.D.C. Hobson, L. Thomas, L.J. Phillips, L.A.H. Jones, M.J. Smiles, C.H. Don, P.K. Thakur, H. Shiel, S. Campbell, V. Barrioz, n-type CdTe:In for photovoltaics: in situ doping, type verification and compensation effects, Journal of Physics Energy 5, (2023) 045012
I.A. Wright, M.K. Etherington, A.S. Batsanov, A.P. Monkman, M.R. Bryce, Oxidation State Tuning of Room Temperature Phosphorescence and Delayed Fluorescence in Phenothiazine and Phenothiazine-5,5-dioxide Dimers, Chemistry—A European Journaournal, 29 (2023) e20230048
L. Salah, S. Makhseed, B. Ghazal, A.A. Nazeer, M.K. Etherington, C.S. Ponseca Jr., C. Li, A.P. Monkman, A. Danos and A. Shuaib, Covalently linked pyrene antennas for optically dense yet aggregation-resistant light-harvesting systems, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25 (2023) 24878
Y. M. A. Adwan, M. M. Shabat, G. Zoppi, Antireflection Coating for Solar Cells Based on Graded-Index Materials, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 11 (2023) 5
M. M. Shabat, G. Zoppi, Analyzing and Exploring a Model for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells, Ebergy and Power Engineering, 15 (2023) 8
M. M. Shabat, G. Zoppi, A Study on the Efficiency Gain of CsSnGeI3 Solar Cells with Graphene Doping, World Journal of Condensed Matter Physics, 13 (2023) 3
E. D. Matheson, Y. Qu, G. Kartopu, M. K. Etherington, G. Zoppi, V. Barrioz and N. S. Beattie, A comparison of ZnO nanowires grown using hexamethylenetetramine and ammonium hydroxide on Al:ZnO nanoparticle seed layer, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 34 (2023) 1591
D A. Garcia-Osorio, T. P Shalvey, L. Banerji, K. Saeed, G. Neri, L. J. Phillips, O. S. Hutter, C. Casadevall, D. Antón-García, E. Reisner, J. D. Major, A. J. Cowan, Hybrid photocathode based on a Ni molecular catalyst and Sb2Se3 for solar H2 production, Chemical Communications, 59 (2023) 944-947
U. Wijesinghe, G. Longo and O. S. Hutter , Defect engineering in antimony selenide thin film solar cells, Energy Advances, 2 (2023) 12-33
P. Kayastha, D. Tiwari, A. Holland, O. S. Hutter, K. Durose, L. D. Whalley and G. Longo, High-Temperature Equilibrium of 3D and 2D Chalcogenide Perovskites, Solar RRL, (2022) 2201078
E. D Matheson, X. Xu, Y. Qu, G. Zoppi, V. Barrioz and N. S. Beattie, A structural, optical and electrical comparison between physical vapour deposition and slot-die deposition of Al: ZnO (AZO), MRS Advances, (2023)
2022
X. Sun, D. Tiwari, M. Li and D. J. Fermin, Decoupling the impact of bulk and surface point defects on the photoelectrochemical properties of LaFeO3 thin films, Chemical Science, 13 (2022) 11252-11259
M. A. Alkhalifah, B. Howchen, J. Staddon, V. Celorrio, D. Tiwari and D. J. Fermin, Correlating Orbital Composition and Activity of LaMn xNi 1- xO 3Nanostructures toward Oxygen Electrocatalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144(2022)4439−4447
The sustainable materials roadmap, Journal of Physics: Materials, 5 (2022)
D. Tiwari, M. V Yakushev, T. Koehler, M. Cattelan, N. Fox , R. W. Martin, R. Klenk and D. J. Férmin, Mapping the Energetics of Defect States in Cu 2ZnSnS 4 films and the Impact of Sb Doping, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5 (2022) 3933–3940
I. Pallikara, P. Kayastha, J. M. Skelton and L. D. Whalley, The physical significance of imaginary phonon modes in crystals, Electronic Structures, 4 (2022) 033002
Y. Qu, L. Chen, R. Zhang, X. Cao and X. Liu, Xuebing, Thermally-induced flexible and thermally conductive enhanced phase change material with 1-hexadecanol as phase change component. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 163 (2022) 107205
R. Zhang, D. Chen, L. Chen, X. Cao, X. Li and Y. Qu , Preparation and thermal properties analysis of fatty acids/1-hexadecanol binary eutectic phase change materials reinforced with TiO2 particles, Journal of Energy Storage, 51 (2022) 104546
M. D. K. Jones, J. A. Dawson, S. Campbell, V. Barrioz, L. D. Whalley and Y. Qu, Modelling interfaces in thin-film photovoltaic devices, Frontiers in Chemistry, 10 (2022)
S. Campbell, L. J. Phillips, J. D. Major, O. S. Hutter, R. Voyce, Y. Qu, N. S. Beattie, G. Zoppi and V. Barrioz, Routes to Increase Performance for Antimony Selenide Solar Cells using Inorganic Hole Transport Layers, Frontiers in Chemistry, 10 (2022) 954588
H. Hamouche, M. M. Shabat and G. Zoppi, Field enhancement in hydrogen storage by periodic layered structures, Surfaces and Interfaces, 32 (2022) 102085
M. C. Naylor, D. Tiwari, X. Xu, B. Ford, M. Jones, Y. Qu, S. Campbell, P. Maiello, N. S. Beattie, V. Barrioz, A. Sheppard N. A. Fox, D. J. Fermin, G. Zoppi, Ex-situ Ge-doping of CZTS nanocrystals and CZTSSe solar absorbers, Faraday Discussion, 239 (2022) 70-84
S. Campbell, N. S. Beattie, M. Duchamp, B. Ford, M. Jones, L. Nguyen, M. C. Naylor, X. Xu, P. Maiello, G. Zoppi, V. Barrioz, Y. Qu, Recovery mechanisms in aged kesterite solar cells, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5 (2022) 5404-5414
T. P. Shalvey, H. Shiel, O. S. Hutter, G. Zoppi, L. bowen, V. R. Dhanak and J. D. Major, Sodium Fluoride Doping Approach to CdTe Solar Cells, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5 (2022) 3888-3897
T. D. C. Hobson, H. Shiel, C. N. Savory, J. E. N. Swallow, L. A. H. Jones, T. J. Featherstone, M. J. Smiles, P. K. Thakur, T.-L. Lee, B. Das, C. Leighton, G. Zoppi, V. R. Dhanak, D. O. Scanlon, K. Durose, J. D. Major and T. D. Veal, P-type conductivity in Sn-doped Sb2Se3, Journal of Physics: Energy, 4 (2022) 045006
C. C. Lukose, G. Zoppi, M. Birkett, Mn3Ag(1-x)Cu(x)N antiperovskite thin films with ultra-low temperature coefficient of resistance, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 99 (2022) 138-147
L. Thomas, T. D. C. Hobson, L. J. Phillips, K. J. Cheetham, N. Tarbuck, L. A. H. Jones, M. J. Smiles, C. H. Don, P. K. Thakur, M. Isaacs, H. Shiel, S. Campbell, V. Barrioz, V. Dhanak, T. Veal, J. D. Major and K. Durose, Insights into post-growth doping and proposals for CdTe:In photovoltaic devices, Journal of Physics: Energy, 4 (2022) 045001
2021
L. D. Whalley, P. van Gerwen, J. M. Frost, S. Kim, S. N. Hood, A. Walsh, Giant Huang–Rhys Factor for Electron Capture by the Iodine Intersitial in Perovskite Solar Cells, Journal of the Americal Chemical Society, 143 (2021) 9123-9128
D. Tiwari, O. S. Hutter and G. Longo, Chalcogenide perovskites for photovoltaics: current status and prospects, Journal of Physics: Energy, 3 (2021) 034010
V. Celorrio, D. Tiwari, L. Calvillo, A. Leach, H. Huang, G. Granozzi, J. A. Alonso, A. Aguadero, R. M. Pinacca, A. E. Russell, and D. J. Fermin, Electrocatalytic Site Activity Enhancement via Orbital Overlap in A2MnRuO7 (A = Dy3+, Ho3+, and Er3+) Pyrochlore Nanostructures, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 4 (2021) 176-186
H. Shiel, T. D. C. Hobson, O. S. Hutter, L. J. Phillips, M. J. Smiles, L. A. H. Jones, T. J. Featherstone, J. E. N. Swallow, P. K. Thakur, T.-L. Lee, J. D. Major, K. Durose and T. D. Veal, Band alignment of Sb2O3 and Sb2Se3, Journal of Applied Physics, 129 (2021) 235301
J. Tan, W.Yang, H. Lee, J. Park, K. Kim, O. S.Hutter, L. J. Phillips, S. Shim, J. Yun, Y. Park, J. Lee, J. D. Major and J. Moon, Surface restoration of polycrystalline Sb2Se3 thin films by conjugated molecules enabling high-performance photocathodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting, Applied Catalysis B: Enviromental, 286 (2021) 119890
A. D. Wright, L. R. V. Buizza, K. J. Savill, G. Longo, H. J. Snaith, M. B. Johnston, and L. M. Herz, Ultrafast Excited-State Localization in Cs2AgBiBr6 Double Perovskite, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12 (2021) 3352-3360
H. C. Sansom, G. Longo, A. D. Wright, L. R. V. Buizza, S. Mahesh, B. Wenger, M. Zanella, M. Abdi-Jalebi, M. J. Pitcher, M. S. Dyer, T. D. Manning, R. H. Friend, L. M. Herz, H. J. Snaith, J. B. Claridge, and M. J. Rosseinsky, Highly Absorbing Lead-Free Semiconductor Cu2AgBiI6 for Photovoltaic Applications from the Quaternary CuI–AgI–BiI3 Phase Space, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (2021) 3983-3992
L. Schade, S. Mahesh, G. Volonakis, M. Zacharias, B. Wenger, F. Schmidt, S. Vajjala Kesava, D. Prabhakaran, M. Abdi-Jalebi, M. Lenz, F. Giustino, G. Longo, P. G. Radaelli, and H. J. Snaith, Crystallographic, Optical, and Electronic Properties of the Cs2AgBi1–xInxBr6 Double Perovskite: Understanding the Fundamental Photovoltaic Efficiency Challenges, ACS Energy Letters, 6 (2021) 1073-1081
2020
N. Fleck, O. S. Hutter, L. J. Phillips, H. Shiel, T. D. C. Hobson, V. R. Dhanak, T. D. Veal, F. Jäckel, K. Durose, and J. D. Major, How Oxygen Exposure Improves the Back Contact and Performance of Antimony Selenide Solar Cells , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12 (2020) 52595-52602
C.-J. Tong, H. J. Edwards, T. D. C. Hobson, O. S. Hutter, K. Durose, V. R. Dhanak, J. D. Major, and K. P. McKenna, Density Functional Theory and Experimental Determination of Band Gaps and Lattice Parameters in Kesterite Cu2ZnSn(SxSe1–x)4, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11 (2020) 10463-10468
H. Shiel, O. S. Hutter, L. J. Phillips, J. E. N. Swallow, L. A. H. Jones, T. J. Featherstone, M. J. S., P. K. Thakur, T.-L. Lee, V. R. Dhanak, J. D. Major, and T. D. Veal, Natural Band Alignments and Band Offsets of Sb2Se3 Solar Cells, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 3 (2020) 11617-11626
W. Yang, J. Park, H. Kwon, O. S. Hutter, L. J. Phillips, J. Tan, H. Lee, J. Lee, S. D. Tilley, J. D. Major and J. Moon , Solar water splitting exceeding 10% efficiency via low-cost Sb2Se3 photocathodes coupled with semitransparent perovskite photovoltaics, Energy & Environmental Science, 13 (2020) 4362-4370
M. Milanova, V. Donchev, K. J. Cheetham, Z. Cao, I. Sandall, G. M. Piana, O. S. Hutter, K. Durose and A. Mumtaz, Single-junction solar cells based on p-i-n GaAsSbN heterostructures grown by liquid phase epitaxy, Solar Energy, 208 (2020) 659-664
X. Sun, D. Tiwari and D. J. Fermin, Promoting Active Electronic States in LaFeO3 Thin-Films Photocathodes via Alkaline-Earth Metal Substitution, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12 (2020) 31486-31495
D. Tiwari, D. Alibhai, D. Cherns, D. J. Fermin, Crystal and Electronic Structure of Bismuth Thiophosphate, BiPS4: An Earth-Abundant Solar Absorber, Chemistry of Materials, 32 (2020) 1235-1242
G. Longo, S. Mahesh, L. R. V. Buizza, A. D. Wright, A. J. Ramadan, M. Abdi-Jalebi, P. K. Nayak, L. M. Herz, and H. J. Snaith, Understanding the Performance Limiting Factors of Cs2AgBiBr6 Double-Perovskite Solar Cells, ACS Energy Letters, 5 (2020) 2200-2207
I. Vazquez-Fernandez, S. Mariotti, O. S. Hutter, M. Birkett, T. D. Veal, T. D. C Hobson, L. J. Phillips, L. Danos, P. K. Nayak, H. J. Snaith, W. Xie, M. P. Sherburne, M. Asta, and K. Durose, Vacancy-Ordered Double Perovskite Cs2TeI6 Thin Films for Optoelectronics, Chemistry of Materials, 32 (2020) 6676-6684
T. D. C. Hobson, L. J. Phillips, O. S. Hutter, K. Durose, and J. D. Major, Defect properties of Sb2Se3 thin film solar cells and bulk crystals, Applied Physics Letters 116 (2020) 261101
R. E. Williams, Q. M. Ramasse, K. P. McKenna, L. J. Phillips, P. J. Yates, O. S. Hutter, K. Durose, J. D. Major, and B. G. Mendis, Evidence for Self-healing Benign Grain Boundaries and a Highly Defective Sb2Se3–CdS Interfacial Layer in Sb2Se3 Thin-Film Photovoltaics, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12 (2020) 19
T. Hobson, J. Swallow, H. Shiel, L. J. Phillips, O. S. Hutter, C. Savory, S. Mariotti, G. Zoppi, M. A. Farnworth, P. Nayak, H. Snaith, D. O. Scanlon, V. Dhanak, K. Durose, T. D. Veal and J. D. Major, Isotype heterojunction solar cells using n-type Sb2Se3 thin films, Chemistry of Materials, 32 (2020) 2621-2630
Y. Qu, S. W. Chee, M. Duchamp, S. Campbell, G. Zoppi, V. Barrioz, Y. Giret, T. Penfold, A. Chaturvedi, U. Mirsaidov, and N. S. Beattie, Neil, Real-time electron nanoscopy of photovoltaic absorber formation from kesterite nanoparticles, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3 (2020) 122-128
S. Mariotti, M. Al Turkestani, O. S. Hutter, G. Papageorgiou, J. D. Major, J. Swallow, P. K. Nayak, H. J. Snaith, V. R. D, K. Durose, Direct Silicon Heterostructures With Methylammonium Lead Iodide Perovskite for Photovoltaic Applications, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 10 (2020) 945-951
2019
G. Kartopu, O. Oklobia, D. R. Diercks, V. Barrioz, S. Campbell, J. D. Major, M. K. Al Turkestani, D. Turkay, C. Ozcan, S. Yerci, T. M. Barnes, N. S. Beattie, G. Zoppi, S. Jones, and S.J.C. Irvine, Study of thin film poly-crystalline CdTe solar cells presenting high acceptor concentrations achieved by in-situ arsenic doping, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 194 (2019) 259-267
X. Xu, Y. Qu, S. Campbell, V. Barrioz, G. Zoppi and N. S. Beattie, Solution processing route to Na-incorporation in CZTSSe solar cells on foil substrates, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30 (2019) 1-7
S. Campbell, Y. Qu, J. D. Major, D. Lagarde, C. Labbé, P. Maiello, V. Barrioz, N. S. Beattie and G. Zoppi Direct evidence of causality between chemical purity and band-edge potential fluctuations in nanoparticle ink-based Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 52 (2019) 135102
2018
Y. Qu, G. Zoppi and N. S. Beattie Enhanced external quantum efficiency from Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells prepared from nanoparticle inks. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 57 08RC01
S. Campbell, Y. Qu, L. bowen, P. Chapon, V. Barrioz, N. S. Beattie and G. Zoppi, Influence of OLA and FA ligands on the optical and electronic properties of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin films and solar cells prepared from nanoparticle inks. Solar Energy, 175 (2018) 101-109
S. Nwankwo, S. Campbell, K. R. Reddy, N. S. Beattie, V. Barrioz and G. Zoppi, Temperature controlled properties of sub-micron thin SnS films. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 33 (2018) 065002
G. Kartopu, D. Turkay, C. Ozcan, W. Hadibrata, P. Aurang, S. Yerci, H. E. Unalan, V. Barrioz, Y. Qu, L. Bowen, A. K. Gurlek, P. Maiello, R. Turan and S. J. C. Irvine (2018) Photovoltaic performance of CdS/CdTe junctions on ZnO nanorod arrays. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 176 (2018) 100-108
M. A. Mutalib, N. A. Ludin, N. A. A. N. Ruzalman, V. Barrioz, S. Sepeai, M. A. M. Teridi, M. S. Su'ait, M. A. Ibrahim and K. Sopian (2018) Progress towards highly stable and lead-free perovskite solar cells. Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 7 (2018) 7
T. Baines, G. Zoppi, L. Bowen, T. P. Shalvey, S. Mariotti, K. Durose and J. D. Major Incorporation of CdSe layers into CdTe thin film solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 180, 196-204
X. Xu, Y. Qu, V. Barrioz, G. Zoppi and N. S. Beattie, Reducing series resistance in C2ZnSn(S,Se)4 nanoparticle ink solar cells on flexible molybdenum foil substrates. RSC Advances, 8, (2018) 3470-3476
2017
N. S. Beattie, P. See, G. Zoppi, P. M. Ushasree, M. Duchamp, I. Farrer, D. A. Ritchie and S. Tomic, Quantum engineering of InAs/GaAs quantum dot based intermediate band solar cells. ACS Photonics, 4 (2017) 2745-2750
D. Lamb, C. Underwood, V. Barrioz, R. Gwilliam, J. Hall, M. Baker and S. Irvine, Proton irradiation of CdTe thin film photovoltaics deposited on cerium-doped space glass. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 25 (2017) 1059-1067
A. Clayton, M. Baker, S. Babar, R. Grilli, P. N. Gibson, G. Kartopu, D. Lamb, V. Barrioz and S. Irvine, Effects of Cd 1-x Zn x S alloy composition and post-deposition air anneal on ultra-thin CdTe solar cells produced by MOCVD. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 192 (2017) 244-252
A. Amirkhalili, V. Barrioz, I. Stuart, N. Beattie and G. Zoppi, A combined Na and Cl treatment to promote grain growth in MOCVD grown CdTe thin films. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 699 (2017) 969-975. ISSN 0925-8388
2016
Y. Qu, G. Zoppi and N. Beattie, Selenization kinetics inCu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells prepared from nanoparticle inks. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 158 (2016) 130-137. ISSN 0927-0248
G. Kartopu, L. Phillips, V. Barrioz, S. Irvine, S. Hodgson, E. Tejedor, D. Dupin, A. Clayton, S. Rugen-Hankey and K. Durose, Progression of metalorganic chemical vapour-deposited CdTe thin-film PV devices towards modules. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 24 (2016) 283-291. ISSN 1062 7995
Y. Qu, G. Zoppi and N. Beattie, The role of nanoparticle inks in determining the performance of solution processed Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4thin film solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 24 (2016) 836-845. ISSN 1062-7995
V. R. M. Reddy, S. Gedi, B. Pejjai, K. Ramakrishna Reddy, G. Zoppi and C. Park, Influence of Different Substrates on the Properties of Sulfurized SnS Films. Science of Advanced Materials, 8 (2016) 247-251. ISSN 1947-2935