Scientific Publications 2011

Book Chapter

A.G. Aberle and P.I. Widenborg, “Crystalline silicon thin-film solar cells via high-temperature and intermediate-temperature approaches”, in: Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, 2011, pp. 452-486; Editors: A. Luque and S. Hegedus (John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom, 2011, ISBN 978-0-470-72169-8) (invited).

Papers in scientific/technical journals

Matthew P. Peloso, Bram Hoex and Armin G. Aberle, Polarisation analysis of luminescence for the characterisation of silicon wafer solar cells. Applied Physics Letters, 98, 171914 (2011), published online 29 April 2011

Vesna Kosoric, Stephen Wittkopf and Yixiang Huang. Testing a design methodology for building integration of photovoltaics (PV) using a PV demonstration site in Singapore. Architectural Science Review, 54(3), 2011, p.192-205. Available online 12 August 2011

J. Wong and M.A. Green. Perturbation theory for solar cell efficiency I – basic principles. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 58:11, 4011 (2011)

M.D. Heinemann, K. Ananthanarayanan, LNSA Thummalakunta, C.H. Yong and J. Luther. Formation and Characterisation of solution processed "pseudo-bilayer" organic solar cells. Green 1, 291 (2011)

M.P. Peloso, J.S. Lew, P. Chaturvedi, B. Hoex and A.G. Aberle. Polarisation analysis of luminescence for the characterisation of defects in silicon wafer solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaic: Research and Application, doi 10.1002/pip 1201

L. Mohanty, X. Yang and S.Wittkopf. Optical scatter measurement and analysis of innovative daylight scattering materials. Solar Energy, doi 10.1016/j.solener.2011.10.027

B. Hoex, MCM van de Sanden, J. Schmidt, R. Brendel, WMM Kessels. Surface passivation of phosphorus-diffused n+-type emitters by plasma-assisted atomic-layer deposited Al2O3. Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Rsearch Letters 1-3 (2011)/DOI 10.1002/pssr.201105445. Available online 17 October 2011

M.P. Peloso, J.S. Lew, T. Trupke, M. Peters, R. Utama and A.G. Aberle. Evaluating the electrical properties of silicon wafer solar cells using hyperspectral imaging of luminescence. Applied Physics Letter 99, 221915 (2011), doi 10.1063/1.3664131

Conference Papers

S.C. Siah, B. Hoex and A.G. Aberle, Accurate characterisation of silicon nitride films on rough silicon surfaces by ellipsometry. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics (Silicon PV), Freiburg, Germany (2011)

A.G. Aberle, W. Zhang and B. Hoex. Advanced loss analysis method for silicon wafer solar cells. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics (Silicon PV), Freiburg, Germany (2011)

Z. Xiong, T.M. Walsh and A.G. Aberle. PV module durability testing under high voltage biased damp heat conditions. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics (Silicon PV), Freiburg, Germany (2011)

A. Kumar, P.I. Widenborg, H. Hidayat, Z. Qiu and A.G. Aberle. Impact of rapid thermal annealing and hydrogenation on the doping concentration and carrier mobility in solid phase crystallized poly-Si thin films. Proceedings of 2011 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting and Exhibition, San Francisco (2011). MRS Proceedings, 1321, mrss11-1321-a06-01 doi:10.1557/opl.2011.932

H. Hidayat, P.I. Widenborg and A.G. Aberle. Voc Saturation Effect in High-temperature Hydrogenated Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-film Solar Cells. Proceedings of 2011 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting and Exhibition, San Francisco (2011)

S. Dutta Gupta, B. Hoex. F. Lin, T. Mueller and A.G. Aberle. High quality surface passivation of low-resistivity p-type c-Si by hydrogenated amorphous silicon nitride deposited by industrial-scale microwave PECVD. Proceedings of 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Seattle, USA (2011)

P. Vayalakkarra, S. Venkataraj, J. Wang, J. Long, Z. Ren, Y. Yin, P.I. Widenborg and A.G. Aberle. Aluminium induced glass texturing processes on borosilicate and soda-lime glass superstrates for thin-film solar cells. Proceedings of 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Seattle, USA (2011)

Y. Lee and A.A.O. Tay. Finite element thermal stress analysis of a solar photovoltaic module. Proceedings of 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Seattle, USA (2011)

L. Meng, S. Steen, C.K. Koo, C.S. Bhatia, A.G. Street, P. Joshi, Y.H. Kim and J.C.H. Phang, Characterisation of hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin-film solar cell defects using optical beam induced current imaging and focused ion beam cross-sectioning technique. Proceedings of 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Seattle, USA (2011)

F. Law, B. Hoex, J. Wang and J. Luther. In-situ X-ray diffraction analysis of the crystallisation of a-Si:H films deposited by the expanding thermal plasma technique. Proceedings of 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Seattle, USA (2011)

R. Hendarti, W. Sun, S. Wittkopf and N.H. Wong. A simulation study of thermal impacts of greenery on a PV rooftop. Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2011, Kassel, Germany (2011)

M. Peters, C. Battaglia, A.G. Aberle, B. Blaesi, J. Luther and S. Glunz. 3D optical simulation of scattering in thin film silicon solar. Proceedings of the 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (26th EU PVSEC), Hamburg, Germany (2011)

Y. Huang, P.I. Widenborg and A.G. Aberle. Up-scaling of the AIT glass texturing method to pilot line-scale borosilicate glass sheets, Proceedings of the 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (26th EU PVSEC), Hamburg, Germany (2011)

M. Boreland and A.G. Aberle. Pilot line processing of silicon wafer solar cells using industry-scale equipment. Proceedings of the 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (26th EU PVSEC), Hamburg, Germany (2011)

K. Zaw, J. Luther and K.C. Ng. Membrane based air dehumidification system for applications in tropics. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference Solar Air-conditioning, Cyprus (2011)

A. Wahed, K. Zaw, J. Luther, H-M Henning, A. Morgenstern and C. Bongs. Solar thermal driven air-conditioning system for Singapore climate. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference Solar Air-conditioning, Cyprus (2011)

K. Zaw and K.C. Ng. Theoretical and experimental analyses of energy efficient air dehumidification systems for tropical climates using membrane technology. Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Denver, USA (2011)

P.K. Ng, S.K. Wittkopf, and W. Sun. Modelling the impact of glazing selection on daylighting performance of an office building in Singapore using EnergyPlus. Proceedings of Building Simulation 2011 Conference, Sydney, Australia (2011)