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Analysis and optimisation of the glass/TCO/MZO stack for thin film CdTe solar cells by Bittau, Francesco, Potamialis, Christos, Togay, Mustafa, Abbas, Ali, Isherwood, Patrick J.M., Bowers, Jake W., Walls, John M.

“…Magnesium-doped Zinc Oxide (MZO) films have recently been proposed as a transparent buffer layer for thin film CdTe solar cells. In this study, the band gap of…”
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The impact of spectral variation on the thermodynamic limits to photovoltaic energy conversion by Isherwood, Patrick J.M., Cole, Ian R., Smith, Alex, Betts, Tom R.

“…•The Shockley-Queisser model is extended to account for all of the spectral energy.•Thermodynamic losses are described and cell temperature is accounted…”
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Direct Integration of Perovskite Solar Cells with Carbon Fiber Substrates by Game, Onkar S., Thornber, Timothy, Cepero‐Mejías, Fernando, Infante‐Ortega, Luis C., Togay, Mustafa, Cassella, Elena J., Kilbride, Rachel C., Gordon, Robert H., Mullin, Nic, Greenhalgh, Rachael C., Isherwood, Patrick J. M., Walls, J. Michael, Fairclough, J. Patrick A., Lidzey, David G.

“…Integrating photovoltaic devices onto the surface of carbon‐fiber‐reinforced polymer substrates should create materials with high mechanical strength that are…”
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Nonplanar Spray-Coated Perovskite Solar Cells by Thornber, Timothy, Game, Onkar S., Cassella, Elena J., O’Kane, Mary E., Bishop, James E., Routledge, Thomas J., Alanazi, Tarek I., Togay, Mustafa, Isherwood, Patrick J. M., Infante-Ortega, Luis C., Hammond, Deborah B., Walls, John M., Lidzey, David G.

“…Spray coating is an industrially mature technique used to deposit thin films that combines high throughput with the ability to coat nonplanar surfaces. Here,…”
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Multilayer Antireflection Coatings for Cover Glass on Silicon Solar Modules by Law, Adam M., Bukhari, Farwah, Jones, Luke O., Isherwood, Patrick J. M., Walls, John M.

“…The cover glass on solar modules provides protection for the underlying solar cells but also leads to two forms of power loss: reflection losses and soiling…”
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Laser sintering and patterning of gallium-doped zinc oxide/indium-tin oxide nanoparticle films with tailorable electrical and optical properties by Wang, Jing, Lisco, Fabiana, Hutt, David A., Jones, Lewis C.R., Bowers, Jake W., Isherwood, Patrick J.M., Zhou, Zhaoxia, Conway, Paul P.

“…Gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) and tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) nanoparticles (NPs) were combined to create bi-component suspensions for the drop-casting and…”
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The effect of oxygen on NiO as a back buffer layer in CdTe solar cells by Hunwick, Nicholas, Liu, Xiaolei, Togay, Mustafa, Walls, John M, Bowers, Jake, Isherwood, Patrick J. M

“…Thin film CdTe-based photovoltaic devices have achieved high efficiency above 22%. However, the device performance is limited by large open circuit voltage…”
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Combined Anti-soiling and Anti-reflection Coatings for Solar Modules by Law, Adam M, Bukhari, Farwah, Jones, Luke O, Isherwood, Patrick J M, Walls, John M

“…The cover glass on solar modules provides protection for the underlying solar cells but also leads to two forms of power loss: reflection losses and soiling…”
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2.3% Efficiency Gains for Silicon Solar Modules Using a Durable Broadband Anti-reflection Coating by Law, Adam M, Wright, Lewis D, Smith, Alex, Isherwood, Patrick J M, Walls, John M

“…The front surface reflection losses from solar cover glass account for over 4% of incident light, limiting module efficiency. The application of a multilayer…”
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An Infra-red Reflecting Optical Coating for Solar Cover Glass by Law, Adam M, Kaminski, Piotr M, Isherwood, Patrick J M, Michael Walls, John

“…A major problem with silicon solar cells is that they lose efficiency with increased operating temperature, at a rate of about 0.5% per 1°C increase. This…”
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Supergen SuperSolar: Photovoltaic materials and devices by Isherwood, Patrick

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Oxygen and temperature effects on NiO buffer layers for CdTe solar cells by Hunwick, Nicholas, Liu, Xiaolei, Isherwood, Patrick J.M., Walls, John. M.

“…Nickel oxide has been previously shown to improve CdTe when used as a buffer layer. NiO was sputtered under varying oxygen and heating conditions. NiO films…”
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A study of copper–tungsten oxide materials for photovoltaic application by Ifeanyi, Ark, Isherwood, Patrick, Abdul-Lateef, Aminat Olawumi

“…Purpose Even though copper–tungsten has shown signs of potentials, relatively little is currently known about its appropriateness for photovoltaic application…”
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Variable Angle Reflectance Measurements of Anti-Reflection Coatings on Glass by Law, Adam M., Isherwood, Patrick J. M., Walls, John M., Tyson, Jack J., Cao, Chen, Boden, Stuart A.

“…Reflectance measurements of thin films on glass are often taken at a single angle of incidence at or close to normal, which provides useful information but…”
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Comparison of DC and RF sputtered aluminium-doped zinc oxide for photovoltaic applications by Isherwood, Patrick J. M., Gona, Michael, Bowers, Jake W., Neves, Nuno, Newbatt, Paul, Walls, John M.

“…AZO was sputter deposited using both RF and DC power supplies from a pre-formed ceramic AZO target with a 2 wt % aluminium oxide dopant concentration. The…”
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Effect of ZnO seed layer thickness on hierarchical ZnO nanorod growth on flexible substrates for application in dye-sensitised solar cells by Nirmal Peiris, T. A., Alessa, Hussain, Sagu, Jagdeep S., Ahmad Bhatti, Ijaz, Isherwood, Patrick, Upul Wijayantha, K. G.

“…ZnO nanorod (NR) arrays are considered to be suitable for application in flexible photovoltaic devices due to the high surface-to-volume ratio provided by the…”
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Combinatorial study of Sn-Ti-W-O transparent conducting oxide thin films for photovoltaic applications by Gona, Michael N., Isherwood, Patrick J. M., Bowers, Jake W., Walls, John M.

“…A combinatorial study of transparent conducting oxide thin films based on SnO 2 -TiO 2 - WO 3 phase space is reported. These multinary oxide films were…”
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Development of transparent conducting oxides for photovoltaic applications by Isherwood, Patrick J M

“…Metal oxides are a very important class of materials with a wide range of photovoltaic applications. Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) are the primary front…”
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Investigation of Different Acidic Battolyser Conditions for Energy Storage and Hydrogen Production by Barton, John, Brenton, Matthew, Abdullahi, Abubakar, Wilson, Jonathan, Ashton, Elizabeth, Isherwood, Patrick, Strickland, Dani, Thomson, Murray, Wijayantha, Upul

“…A purpose built battolyser, using the combined technologies of a battery and an electrolyser, has been developed for energy storage and hydrogen production at…”
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A home of their own: As swimsuit designs make headlines, Patrick Isherwood looks at a ruling on copies of house plans by Isherwood, Patrick

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