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A low-cost non-toxic post-growth activation step for CdTe solar cells by Major, J. D., Treharne, R. E., Phillips, L. J., Durose, K.

“…MgCl 2 is shown to be a cheap and non-toxic replacement for the costly and environmentally unfriendly salt CdCl 2 that has long been used as the ‘activation’…”
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In-depth analysis of chloride treatments for thin-film CdTe solar cells by Major, J. D., Al Turkestani, M., Bowen, L., Brossard, M., Li, C., Lagoudakis, P., Pennycook, S. J., Phillips, L. J., Treharne, R. E., Durose, K.

“…CdTe thin-film solar cells are now the main industrially established alternative to silicon-based photovoltaics. These cells remain reliant on the so-called…”
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Charge carrier absorption in n-type Sb2Se3 by Herklotz, F., Lavrov, E. V., Hobson, T. D. C., Major, J. D., Durose, K.

“…The optical and electrical properties of n-type chlorine-doped Sb2Se3 single crystals, with free carrier concentrations above 1016 cm−3 at room temperature,…”
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Defect properties of Sb2Se3 thin film solar cells and bulk crystals by Hobson, Theodore D. C., Phillips, Laurie J., Hutter, Oliver S., Durose, K., Major, Jonathan D.

“…As an absorber in photovoltaic devices, Sb2Se3 has rapidly achieved impressive power conversion efficiencies despite the lack of fundamental knowledge about…”
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Improved electrical mobility in highly epitaxial La:BaSnO3 films on SmScO3(110) substrates by Wadekar, P. V., Alaria, J., O'Sullivan, M., Flack, N. L. O., Manning, T. D., Phillips, L. J., Durose, K., Lozano, O., Lucas, S., Claridge, J. B., Rosseinsky, M. J.

“…Heteroepitaxial growth of BaSnO3 and Ba1−xLaxSnO3 (x = 7%) lanthanum doped barium stannate thin films on different perovskite single crystal (SrTiO3 (001) and…”
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Development of ZnO nanowire based CdTe thin film solar cells by Major, Jonathan D., Tena-Zaera, Ramon, Azaceta, Eneko, Bowen, L., Durose, K.

“…This work reports on the development of CdTe thin film solar cells grown on ZnO nanowire arrays. The focus was placed on utilising ZnO nanowire arrays as a…”
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Oxygen in antimony triselenide: An IR absorption study by Herklotz, F., Lavrov, E. V., Hobson, T. D. C., Major, J. D., Durose, K.

“…Oxygen in single crystalline antimony triselenide (Sb2Se3) is addressed by infrared (IR) absorption spectroscopy. Measurements conducted on Sb2Se3 samples…”
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Growth, disorder, and physical properties of ZnSnN2 by Feldberg, N., Aldous, J. D., Linhart, W. M., Phillips, L. J., Durose, K., Stampe, P. A., Kennedy, R. J., Scanlon, D. O., Vardar, G., Field, R. L., Jen, T. Y., Goldman, R. S., Veal, T. D., Durbin, S. M.

“…We examine ZnSnN2, a member of the class of materials contemporarily termed “earth-abundant element semiconductors,” with an emphasis on evaluating its…”
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P3HT as a pinhole blocking back contact for CdTe thin film solar cells by Major, J.D., Phillips, L.J., Al Turkestani, M., Bowen, L., Whittles, T.J., Dhanak, V.R., Durose, K.

“…A new approach to back contacting CdTe solar cells that uses an organic poly(3-hexythiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) back contact layer is reported. The most striking…”
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Long Lifetime Hole Traps at Grain Boundaries in CdTe Thin-Film Photovoltaics by Mendis, B G, Gachet, D, Major, J D, Durose, K

“…A novel time-resolved cathodoluminescence method, where a pulsed electron beam is generated via the photoelectric effect, is used to probe individual CdTe…”
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Impact of CdTe surface composition on doping and device performance in close Space sublimation deposited CdTe solar cells by Major, J. D., Proskuryakov, Y. Y., Durose, K.

“…ABSTRACT Cool‐down after close‐space sublimation growth of cadmium telluride films has been shown to lead to the formation of a Cd‐rich surface that can block…”
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Early stage growth mechanisms of CdTe thin films deposited by close space sublimation for solar cells by Major, J.D., Durose, K.

“…The early stage growth mechanisms of sublimation-grown thin-film polycrystalline CdTe are evaluated by growth interrupts and ex-situ SEM/AFM analysis for…”
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Challenges and prospects for developing CdS/CdTe substrate solar cells on Mo foils by Williams, B.L., Major, J.D., Bowen, L., Phillips, L., Zoppi, G., Forbes, I., Durose, K.

“…ITO/ZnO/CdS/CdTe/Mo solar cells have been grown in the substrate configuration by a combination of close-space sublimation and RF sputtering. A peak efficiency…”
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The role of transition radiation in cathodoluminescence imaging and spectroscopy of thin-foils by Mendis, B.G., Howkins, A., Stowe, D., Major, J.D., Durose, K.

“…There is renewed interest in cathodoluminescence (CL) in the transmission electron microscope, since it can be combined with low energy loss spectroscopy…”
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Fluorine doped ZnO thin films by RF magnetron sputtering by Treharne, R.E., Durose, K.

“…Growth of ZnO films by reactive RF sputtering in ambients of Ar-H 2 and Ar-H 2-CHF 3 has been investigated as a function of the reactive gas partial pressure…”
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Core-shell ITO/ZnO/CdS/CdTe nanowire solar cells by Williams, B. L., Taylor, A. A., Mendis, B. G., Phillips, L., Bowen, L., Major, J. D., Durose, K.

“…Radial p-n junction nanowire (NW) solar cells with high densities of CdTe NWs coated with indium tin oxide (ITO)/ZnO/CdS triple shells were grown with…”
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Control of grain size in sublimation-grown CdTe, and the improvement in performance of devices with systematically increased grain size by Major, J.D., Proskuryakov, Y.Y., Durose, K., Zoppi, G., Forbes, I.

“…A method to control the grain size of CdTe thin films deposited by close space sublimation using chamber pressure is demonstrated. Grain diameter is shown to…”
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A comparative study of microstructural stability and sulphur diffusion in CdS/CdTe photovoltaic devices by Taylor, A.A., Major, J.D., Kartopu, G., Lamb, D., Duenow, J., Dhere, R.G., Maeder, X., Irvine, S.J.C., Durose, K., Mendis, B.G.

“…The role of CdCl2 activation in the production of high quality CdTe-based photovoltaic devices remains a subject of much debate. In this study, CdTe-based…”
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The effects of junction interdiffusion and misfit dislocations on the efficiency of highly mismatched heterojunction photovoltaic devices by Mendis, B. G., Treharne, R. E., Lane, D. W., Durose, K.

“…A general modelling methodology has been developed to evaluate the effects of chemical interdiffusion and misfit dislocations on the performance of…”
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Enhanced low voltage nonlinearity in resonant tunneling metal–insulator–insulator–metal nanostructures by Weerakkody, A.D., Sedghi, N., Mitrovic, I.Z., van Zalinge, H., Nemr Noureddine, I., Hall, S., Wrench, J.S., Chalker, P.R., Phillips, L.J., Treharne, R., Durose, K.

“…[Display omitted] •Ta2O5/Al2O3 and Nb2O5/Al2O3 bi-layer MIM devices were studied.•Obtained an asymmetry of 18 at 0.35V on Ta2O5/Al2O3 MIIM device.•Peak…”
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