Publications

A list of publications which use Solcore (and RayFlare) can be found here. If you used our packages and your paper is not here, please let us know!

1. Nielsen, M. P. et al. Thermoradiative Power Conversion from HgCdTe Photodiodes and Their Current–Voltage Characteristics. ACS Photonics 9, 1535–1540 (2022).

2. Berry, F. et al. Light Management in Perovskite Photovoltaic Solar Cells: A Perspective. Advanced Energy Materials 12, 2200505 (2022).

3. Grant, T. M. et al. High Voc solution-processed organic solar cells containing silicon phthalocyanine as a non-fullerene electron acceptor. Organic Electronics 87, 105976 (2020).

4. Loh, J. Y. Y., Mohan, A., Flood, A. G., Ozin, G. A. & Kherani, N. P. Waveguide photoreactor enhances solar fuels photon utilization towards maximal optoelectronic – photocatalytic synergy. Nature Communications 12, 402 (2021).

5. Sayre, L. et al. Ultra‐thin GaAs solar cells with nanophotonic metal‐dielectric diffraction gratings fabricated with displacement Talbot lithography. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 30, 96–108 (2022).

6. Zavafer, A., Mancilla, C., Jolley, G. & Murakami, K. On the concepts and correct use of radiometric quantities for assessing the light environment and their application to plant research. Biophysical Reviews 15, 385–400 (2023).

7. Nguyen, D. X. et al. Magic configurations in moiré superlattice of bilayer photonic crystals: Almost-perfect flatbands and unconventional localization. Physical Review Research 4, L032031 (2022).

8. Ferrier, L. et al. Unveiling the Enhancement of Spontaneous Emission at Exceptional Points. Physical Review Letters 129, 083602 (2022).

9. Tebbe, D. et al. Tailoring the dielectric screening in WS2–graphene heterostructures. npj 2D Materials and Applications 7, 29 (2023).

10. Goel, V. & Kumar, H. Highly Efficient Pyro-Phototronic Effect-Assisted Spectrum-Selective Colloidal Quantum Dot-Based Self-Powered Photodetector. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 69, 6817–6824 (2022).

11. Choi, K. T. H. & Brindley, H. COVID-19 lockdown air quality change implications for solar energy generation over China. Environmental Research Letters 16, 024029 (2021).

12. Choi, K., Tsz Hei, Brindley, H., Ekins-Daukes, N. & Escobar, R. Developing automated methods to estimate spectrally resolved direct normal irradiance for solar energy applications. Renewable Energy 173, 1070–1086 (2021).

13. Jiang, Y., Keevers, M. J., Pearce, P., Ekins-Daukes, N. & Green, M. A. Design of an intermediate Bragg reflector within triple-junction solar cells for spectrum splitting applications. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 193, 259–269 (2019).

14. Goel, V. & Kumar, H. Modified Schottky Contact (Pd/MoOx) Based Filter-Free Spectrum-Selective Self-Powered Photodetector. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 34, 1273–1276 (2022).

15. Kamath, H. G., Ekins‐Daukes, N. J., Araki, K. & Ramasesha, S. K. The potential for concentrator photovoltaics: A feasibility study in India. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 27, 316–327 (2019).

16. Mermet-Lyaudoz, R. et al. Multiscale Simulation for Visible Light Communication using Perovskite Metasurface. in 2021 17th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS) 1–6 (IEEE, 2021). doi:10.1109/ISWCS49558.2021.9562213.

17. Uslu, J.-L. et al. An open-source robust machine learning platform for real-time detection and classification of 2D material flakes. (2023).

18. Jones, M. D. K. et al. Modelling Interfaces in Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices. Frontiers in Chemistry 10, 920676 (2022).

19. Camarillo Abad, E., Joyce, H. J. & Hirst, L. C. Transparent Quasi-Random Structures for Multimodal Light Trapping in Ultrathin Solar Cells with Broad Engineering Tolerance. ACS Photonics 9, 2724–2735 (2022).

20. D’Rozario, J. R., Polly, S. J., Nelson, G. T., Wilt, D. & Hubbard, S. M. Modeling free-carrier absorption in ultrathin III-V solar cells with light management. Optics Express 30, 7096 (2022).

21. Pearce, P. M., Camarillo Abad, E. & Hirst, L. C. Designing transparent nanophotonic gratings for ultra-thin solar cells. Optics Express 30, 4528 (2022).

22. Goel, V. & Kumar, H. Pyro-Phototronic Aided Self-Powered Photodetector With Hybrid Heterojunction of PQT-12 and CdSe CQDs. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 35, 911–914 (2023).

23. Kamath, H. G., Ekins-Daukes, N. J., Araki, K. & Ramasesha, S. K. Performance Analysis and Fault Diagnosis Method for Concentrator Photovoltaic Modules. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 9, 424–430 (2019).

24. Liu, R. et al. Simulation of edge effects in thermophotovoltaic efficiency by Monte Carlo calculation. AIP Advances 13, 025263 (2023).

25. Nikander, V. et al. Hybrid quasi-3D optimization of grid architecture for single junction photovoltaic converters. Optical and Quantum Electronics 53, 205 (2021).

26. Steiner, M. A., France, R. M., Buencuerpo, J., Simon, J. & McMahon, W. E. Rear Heterojunction GaAs Solar Cells With Strain-Balanced GaInAs/GaAsP Quantum Wells. in 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) 0281–0283 (IEEE, 2019). doi:10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980576.

27. Pearce, P. M., Broderick, C. A., Nielsen, M. P., Johnson, A. D. & Ekins-Daukes, N. J. Electronic and optical properties of Si x Ge 1 − x − y Sn y alloys lattice-matched to Ge. Physical Review Materials 6, 015402 (2022).

28. Saint-Andre, S., Barrera, M. P. & Rey-Stolle, I. Thermal Load in Thinned Ge-Based Multijunction Space Solar Cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 12, 646–651 (2022).

29. Nikander, V. et al. Hybrid quasi-3D optimization of grid architecture for single junction photovoltaic converters. Optical and Quantum Electronics 53, 205 (2021).

30. Nikander, V. et al. Quasi-3D Optimization of Grid Architecture for Photovoltaic Converters Using Solcore. in 2020 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD) 51–52 (IEEE, 2020). doi:10.1109/NUSOD49422.2020.9217763.

31. Kinani, M. A., Amine, A., Mir, Y. & Zazoui, M. A Numerical Study of InGaAs/GaAsP Multiple Quantum Well Solar Cells Using Radial Basis Functions. in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems (eds. Hajji, B. et al.) vol. 681 231–238 (Springer Singapore, 2021).

32. Kaller, K. Aspects of Photovoltaic Systems: Study and Simulation of Silicon Phthalocyanine Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells and Monochromatic Photonic Power Converters. (2021) doi:10.20381/RUOR-26846.

33. Kaller, K. L. C. et al. Bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices containing silicon phthalocyanine as a non-fullerene electron acceptor. in 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) 1727–1729 (IEEE, 2020). doi:10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300762.