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Understanding the role of selenium in defect passivation for highly efficient selenium-alloyed cadmium telluride solar cells by Fiducia, Thomas A. M., Mendis, Budhika G., Li, Kexue, Grovenor, Chris R. M., Munshi, Amit H., Barth, Kurt, Sampath, Walajabad S., Wright, Lewis D., Abbas, Ali, Bowers, Jake W., Walls, John M.

“…Electricity produced by cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic modules is the lowest-cost electricity in the solar industry, and now undercuts fossil fuel-based…”
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Direct observation of Cu, Zn cation disorder in Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell absorber material using aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy by Mendis, Budhika G., Shannon, Mervyn D, Goodman, Max CJ, Major, Jon D, Claridge, Richard, Halliday, Douglas P., Durose, Ken

“…ABSTRACT Chemical analysis of individual atom columns was carried out to determine the crystal structure and local point defect chemistry of Cu2ZnSnS4. Direct…”
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Silver nanoparticle toxicity in sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus by Šiller, Lidija, Lemloh, Marie-Louise, Piticharoenphun, Sunthon, Mendis, Budhika G., Horrocks, Benjamin R., Brümmer, Franz, Medaković, Davorin

“…Silver nanoparticles (AgNPS) are an important model system for studying potential environmental risks posed by the use of nanomaterials. So far there is no…”
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On the principle of reciprocity in inelastic electron scattering by Mendis, Budhika G.

“…In electron microscopy the principle of reciprocity is often used to imply time reversal symmetry. While this is true for elastic scattering, its applicability…”
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Microscopic Analysis of Interdiffusion and Void Formation in CdTe(1-x)Sex and CdTe Layers by Baines, Tom, Bowen, Leon, Mendis, Budhika G, Major, Jonathan D

“…The use of CdSe layers has recently emerged as a route to improving CdTe photovoltaics through the formation of a CdTe (1– x ) Se x (CST) phase. However, the…”
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Evidence for Self-healing Benign Grain Boundaries and a Highly Defective Sb2Se3–CdS Interfacial Layer in Sb2Se3 Thin-Film Photovoltaics by Williams, Rhys E, Ramasse, Quentin M, McKenna, Keith P, Phillips, Laurie J, Yates, Peter J, Hutter, Oliver S, Durose, Ken, Major, Jonathan D, Mendis, Budhika G

“…The crystal structure of Sb2Se3 gives rise to unique properties that cannot otherwise be achieved with conventional thin-film photovoltaic materials, such as…”
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Microscopic Analysis of Interdiffusion and Void Formation in CdTe(1–x)Se x and CdTe Layers by Baines, Tom, Bowen, Leon, Mendis, Budhika G, Major, Jonathan D

“…The use of CdSe layers has recently emerged as a route to improving CdTe photovoltaics through the formation of a CdTe(1–x)Se x (CST) phase. However, the…”
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Novel synthesis and properties of hydrogen-free detonation nanodiamond by Batsanov, Stepan S., Osavchuk, Alexander N., Naumov, Stepan P., Gavrilkin, Sergey M., Leskov, Anatoly S., Mendis, Budhika G., Beeby, Andrew, Batsanov, Andrei S.

“…Practically hydrogen-free nanodiamond (HFND), a prospective neutron-optical material, was prepared (in up to 3% yield) by detonating pure or graphite-doped RDX…”
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Evidence for Self-healing Benign Grain Boundaries and a Highly Defective Sb 2 Se 3 -CdS Interfacial Layer in Sb 2 Se 3 Thin-Film Photovoltaics by Williams, Rhys E, Ramasse, Quentin M, McKenna, Keith P, Phillips, Laurie J, Yates, Peter J, Hutter, Oliver S, Durose, Ken, Major, Jonathan D, Mendis, Budhika G

“…The crystal structure of Sb Se gives rise to unique properties that cannot otherwise be achieved with conventional thin-film photovoltaic materials, such as…”
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Optical Properties and Dielectric Functions of Grain Boundaries and Interfaces in CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells by Mendis, Budhika G, Ramasse, Quentin M, Shalvey, Thomas P, Major, Jonathan D, Durose, Ken

“…CdTe thin-film solar cells have complex microstructures, such as grain boundaries within the absorber layer, as well as CdS window, and Au back contact…”
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The electrical and optical properties of oriented Langmuir-Blodgett films of single-walled carbon nanotubes by Massey, Mark K., Pearson, Christopher, Zeze, Dagou A., Mendis, Budhika G., Petty, Michael C.

“…Thin, transparent, electrically-conductive films containing single-walled carbon nanotubes have been fabricated using the Langmuir-Blodgett method. No…”
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Optical characteristics of silicon nanowires grown from tin catalyst layers on silicon coated glass by Ball, Jeremy, Centeno, Anthony, Mendis, Budhika G, Reehal, H S, Alford, Neil

“…The optical characteristics of silicon nanowires grown on Si layers on glass have been modeled using the FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) technique and…”
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Differing Impacts of Blended Fullerene Acceptors on the Performance of Ternary Organic Solar Cells by Palacios-Gómez, David A, Huerta Flores, Ali M, MacKenzie, Roderick C. I, Pearson, Christopher, Alanazi, Faisal, Mendis, Budhika G, Groves, Christopher

“…Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices offer the ability to tune the electronic and optical properties of the active layer by selection of a wide range of…”
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Synthesis and Properties of Hydrogen-Free Detonation Diamond by Batsanov, Stepan S., Osavchuk, Alexander N., Naumov, Stepan P., Efimov, Alexander E., Mendis, Budhika G., Apperley, David C., Batsanov, Andrei S.

“…Detonation‐prepared nanocrystalline diamond powders usually contain hydrogen. Herein, the synthesis of practically hydrogen‐free nanodiamond particles by…”
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Trimethyltin Hydroxide: A Crystallographic and High Z′ Curiosity by Anderson, Kirsty M, Tallentire, Sarah E, Probert, Michael R, Goeta, Andrés E, Mendis, Budhika G, Steed, Jonathan W

“…The remarkable room temperature structure of trimethyltin hydroxide comprises a total of 32 crystallographically independent SnMe3OH units arranged in four…”
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Author Correction: Understanding the role of selenium in defect passivation for highly efficient selenium-alloyed cadmium telluride solar cells by Fiducia, Thomas A. M., Mendis, Budhika G., Li, Kexue, Grovenor, Chris R. M., Munshi, Amit H., Barth, Kurt, Sampath, Walajabad S., Wright, Lewis D., Abbas, Ali, Bowers, Jake W., Walls, John M.

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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La2O2MQ2 phases: Stability and synthetic challenges by Hebberd, Glen R., Mendis, Budhika G., Bowen, Leon, Clark, Stewart J., McCabe, Emma E.

“…Oxychalcogenides containing transition metal or p block cations have potential for thermoelectric, photocatalytic and magnetic applications but the synthetic…”
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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using sunlight by Bhaduri, Gaurav A., Little, Ross, Khomane, Ramdas B., Lokhande, Suhas U., Kulkarni, Bhaskar D., Mendis, Budhika G., Šiller, Lidija

“…[Display omitted] ► Green method for synthesis of silver nanoparticles. ► Silver nanoparticles are synthesised at room temperature without the use of any…”
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Suzuki segregation in a binary Cu-Si alloy by Mendis, Budhika G., Jones, Ian P., Smallman, Raymond E.

“…Suzuki segregation to stacking faults and coherent twin boundaries has been investigated in a Cu–7.15 at.% Si alloy, heat-treated at temperatures of 275, 400…”
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Plasmon-loss imaging of polymer-methanofullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells by Mendis, Budhika G., Bishop, Sarah J., Groves, Chris, Szablewski, Marek, Berlie, Adam, Halliday, Douglas P.

“…The plasmon feature in an electron energy loss spectrum provides unique insight into poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM)…”
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