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!

Abdullah-Vetter, Zubair, Priya Dwivedi, N. J. Ekins-Daukes, Thorsten Trupke, and Ziv Hameiri. 2023. “Automated Analysis of Internal Quantum Efficiency Measurements of GaAs Solar Cells Using Machine Learning.” In 2023 IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359747.

Barthel, A., S.-I. Sato, L. Sayre, J. Li, T. Nakamura, T. Ohshima, M. Imaizumi, and L. C. Hirst. 2024. “Open-Circuit Voltage Degradation and Trap-Assisted Tunneling in Electron and Proton-Irradiated Ultra-Thin GaAs Solar Cells.” Journal of Applied Physics 135 (22): 224505. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0205238.

Berry, Florian, Raphaël Mermet‐Lyaudoz, Jose Maria Cuevas Davila, Djihad Amina Djemmah, Hai Son Nguyen, Christian Seassal, Erwann Fourmond, Céline Chevalier, Mohamed Amara, and Emmanuel Drouard. 2022. “Light Management in Perovskite Photovoltaic Solar Cells: A Perspective.” Advanced Energy Materials 12 (20): 2200505. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202200505.

Camarillo Abad, Eduardo, Hannah J. Joyce, and Louise C. Hirst. 2022. “Transparent Quasi-Random Structures for Multimodal Light Trapping in Ultrathin Solar Cells with Broad Engineering Tolerance.” ACS Photonics 9 (8): 2724–35. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00472.

Choi, Kelvin Tsz Hei, and Helen Brindley. 2021. “COVID-19 Lockdown Air Quality Change Implications for Solar Energy Generation over China.” Environmental Research Letters 16 (2): 024029. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd42f.

Choi, Kelvin, Tsz Hei, Helen Brindley, N. Ekins-Daukes, and Rodrigo Escobar. 2021. “Developing Automated Methods to Estimate Spectrally Resolved Direct Normal Irradiance for Solar Energy Applications.” Renewable Energy 173 (August): 1070–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.03.127.

D’Rozario, Julia R., Stephen J. Polly, George T. Nelson, David Wilt, and Seth M. Hubbard. 2022. “Modeling Free-Carrier Absorption in Ultrathin III-V Solar Cells with Light Management.” Optics Express 30 (5): 7096. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.452170.

Ferrier, L., P. Bouteyre, A. Pick, S. Cueff, N. H. M Dang, C. Diederichs, A. Belarouci, et al. 2022. “Unveiling the Enhancement of Spontaneous Emission at Exceptional Points.” Physical Review Letters 129 (8): 083602. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.083602.

Fu, Jianing, Sirui Zhu, and Peng Li. 2023. “Research and Optimization of GaInP/GaAs/InGaAsN/Ge Solar Cells.” In International Conference on Optoelectronic Information and Functional Materials (OIFM 2023), 12781:55–60. SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2687072.

Goel, Varun, and Hemant Kumar. 2022a. “Highly Efficient Pyro-Phototronic Effect-Assisted Spectrum-Selective Colloidal Quantum Dot-Based Self-Powered Photodetector.” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 69 (12): 6817–24. https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2022.3212338.

Goel, Varun, and Hemant Kumar. 2022b. “Modified Schottky Contact (Pd/MoOx) Based Filter-Free Spectrum-Selective Self-Powered Photodetector.” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 34 (23): 1273–76. https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2022.3211676.

Goel, Varun, and Hemant Kumar. 2023. “Pyro-Phototronic Aided Self-Powered Photodetector With Hybrid Heterojunction of PQT-12 and CdSe CQDs.” IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 35 (17): 911–14. https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2023.3288141.

Grant, Trevor M., Kayden L. C. Kaller, Trevor J. Coathup, Nicole A. Rice, Karin Hinzer, and Benoît H. Lessard. 2020. “High Voc Solution-Processed Organic Solar Cells Containing Silicon Phthalocyanine as a Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptor.” Organic Electronics 87 (December): 105976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2020.105976.

Grould, Marion, Julien Baderot, Isaac Wilfried Sanou, Sergio Martinez, and Johann Foucher. 2024. “Digital Twin Technology Introduction to Increase Yield of Processes.” In DTCO and Computational Patterning III, edited by Neal V. Lafferty and Harsha Grunes, 36. San Jose, United States: SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3010460.

Hasan, Md. Rabiul, Amirali Nikeghbal, Steven Tran, Adwait Deshpande, Mohit U. Karkhanis, Erfan Pourshaban, Aishwaryadev Banerjee, Seungbeom Noh, Hanseup Kim, and Carlos H. Mastrangelo. 2024. “Low-Cost Computational Mid-Infrared Spectrometry for Atmospheric Gas Sensing with Wavelength-Selective Microbolometer Arrays.” IEEE Sensors Journal, 1–1. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2024.3427689.

Hasan, MR., A. Nikeghbal, A. Deshpande, MU. Karkhanis, E. Pourshaban, MG Dastagir, A. Banerjee, S. Noh, H. Kim, and C. H. Mastrangelo. 2023. “Mid-Infrared Computational Spectrometry with Wavelength-Skewed Microbolometer Arrays.” In 2023 IEEE SENSORS, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS56945.2023.10325005.

Jiang, Yajie, Mark J. Keevers, Phoebe Pearce, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes, and Martin A. Green. 2019. “Design of an Intermediate Bragg Reflector Within Triple-Junction Solar Cells for Spectrum Splitting Applications.” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 193 (May): 259–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.01.011.

Jones, Michael D. K., James A. Dawson, Stephen Campbell, Vincent Barrioz, Lucy D. Whalley, and Yongtao Qu. 2022. “Modelling Interfaces in Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices.” Frontiers in Chemistry 10 (June): 920676. https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.920676.

Kaller, Kayden. 2021. “Aspects of Photovoltaic Systems: Study and Simulation of Silicon Phthalocyanine Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells and Monochromatic Photonic Power Converters,” September. https://doi.org/10.20381/RUOR-26846.

Kaller, Kayden L. C., Trevor J. Coathup, Trevor M. Grant, Christopher E. Valdivia, Benoit H. Lessard, and Karin Hinzer. 2020. “Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Devices Containing Silicon Phthalocyanine as a Non-Fullerene Electron Acceptor.” In 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 1727–29. Calgary, AB, Canada: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300762.

Kamath, Harsh G., Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes, Kenji Araki, and Sheela K. Ramasesha. 2019. “Performance Analysis and Fault Diagnosis Method for Concentrator Photovoltaic Modules.” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 9 (2): 424–30. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2883621.

Kamath, Harsh G., Nicholas J. Ekins‐Daukes, Kenji Araki, and Sheela K. Ramasesha. 2019. “The Potential for Concentrator Photovoltaics: A Feasibility Study in India.” Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 27 (4): 316–27. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.3099.

Kinani, M. A., A. Amine, Y. Mir, and M. Zazoui. 2021. “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, edited by Bekkay Hajji, Adel Mellit, Giuseppe Marco Tina, Abdelhamid Rabhi, Jerome Launay, and Salah Eddine Naimi, 681:231–38. Singapore: Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6259-4_23.

Li, Juan, Benyuan Chen, Qinghua Lv, Hui Lv, Wan He, Jinhu Fan, and Shaohua Ye. 2024. “Parameter Extraction of Tandem Solar Cell Model Including Radiative Coupling from Measured Data of Photovoltaic System.” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 16 (3): 033502. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0209660.

Liu, Rubin, Hongliang Guo, Qiang Sun, Chao Xue, Liyong Yao, Heng Zhang, Jiawen Qiu, Dai Tian, and Chengzhi Han. 2023. “Simulation of Edge Effects in Thermophotovoltaic Efficiency by Monte Carlo Calculation.” AIP Advances 13 (2): 025263. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0132045.

Loh, Joel Y. Y., Abhinav Mohan, Andrew G. Flood, Geoffery A. Ozin, and Nazir P. Kherani. 2021. “Waveguide Photoreactor Enhances Solar Fuels Photon Utilization Towards Maximal Optoelectronic – Photocatalytic Synergy.” Nature Communications 12 (1): 402. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20613-2.

Mermet-Lyaudoz, Raphael, Pierre Combeau, Emmanuel Drouard, Anne Julien-Vergonjanne, Christian Seassal, Hai Son Nguyen, and Stephanie Sahuguede. 2021. “Multiscale Simulation for Visible Light Communication Using Perovskite Metasurface.” In 2021 17th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), 1–6. Berlin, Germany: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWCS49558.2021.9562213.

Nguyen, Dung Xuan, Xavier Letartre, Emmanuel Drouard, Pierre Viktorovitch, H. Chau Nguyen, and Hai Son Nguyen. 2022. “Magic Configurations in Moiré Superlattice of Bilayer Photonic Crystals: Almost-Perfect Flatbands and Unconventional Localization.” Physical Review Research 4 (3): L032031. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.L032031.

Nikander, Veikka, Jianguo Wei, Arto Aho, Ville Polojarvi, Antti Tukiainen, and Mircea Guina. 2020. “Quasi-3D Optimization of Grid Architecture for Photovoltaic Converters Using Solcore.” In 2020 International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 51–52. Turin, Italy: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/NUSOD49422.2020.9217763.

Nikander, Veikka, Jianguo Wei, Arto Aho, Ville Polojarvi, Antti Tukiainen, and Mircea Guina. 2021a. “Hybrid Quasi-3D Optimization of Grid Architecture for Single Junction Photovoltaic Converters.” Optical and Quantum Electronics 53 (4): 205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-021-02850-x.

Pearce, Phoebe M., Christopher A. Broderick, Michael P. Nielsen, Andrew D. Johnson, and Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes. 2022. “Electronic and Optical Properties of Si x Ge 1 − x − y Sn y Alloys Lattice-Matched to Ge.” Physical Review Materials 6 (1): 015402. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.015402.

Pearce, Phoebe M., Eduardo Camarillo Abad, and Louise C. Hirst. 2022. “Designing Transparent Nanophotonic Gratings for Ultra-Thin Solar Cells.” Optics Express 30 (3): 4528. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.446570.

Pearce, Phoebe M., Janne Halme, Jessica Yajie Jiang, and Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes. 2024. “Efficiency Limits and Design Principles for Multi-Junction Coloured Photovoltaics.” Energy & Environmental Science 17 (3): 1189–1201. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EE03337F.

Saint-Andre, Simon, Marcela P. Barrera, and Ignacio Rey-Stolle. 2022. “Thermal Load in Thinned Ge-Based Multijunction Space Solar Cells.” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 12 (2): 646–51. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3138830.

Sayre, Larkin, Eduardo Camarillo Abad, Phoebe Pearce, Pierre Chausse, Pierre‐Marie Coulon, Philip Shields, Andrew Johnson, and Louise C. Hirst. 2022. “Ultra‐thin GaAs Solar Cells with Nanophotonic Metal‐dielectric Diffraction Gratings Fabricated with Displacement Talbot Lithography.” Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 30 (1): 96–108. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.3463.

Steiner, Myles A., Ryan M. France, Jeronimo Buencuerpo, John Simon, and William E. McMahon. 2019. “Rear Heterojunction GaAs Solar Cells With Strain-Balanced GaInAs/GaAsP Quantum Wells.” In 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 0281–83. Chicago, IL, USA: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980576.

Tebbe, David, Marc Schütte, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Christoph Stampfer, Bernd Beschoten, and Lutz Waldecker. 2023. “Tailoring the Dielectric Screening in WS2–Graphene Heterostructures.” Npj 2D Materials and Applications 7 (1): 29. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-023-00394-0.

Uslu, Jan-Lucas, Taoufiq Ouaj, David Tebbe, Jo Henri Bertram, Marc Schütte, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Bernd Beschoten, Lutz Waldecker, and Christoph Stampfer. 2023. “An Open-Source Robust Machine Learning Platform for Real-Time Detection and Classification of 2D Material Flakes.” arXiv. http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14845.

Uslu, Jan-Lucas, Taoufiq Ouaj, David Tebbe, Alexey Nekrasov, Jo Henri Bertram, Marc Schütte, Kenji Watanabe, et al. 2024. “An Open-Source Robust Machine Learning Platform for Real-Time Detection and Classification of 2D Material Flakes.” Machine Learning: Science and Technology 5 (1): 015027. https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ad2287.

Zavafer, Alonso, Cristian Mancilla, Gregory Jolley, and Keach Murakami. 2023. “On the Concepts and Correct Use of Radiometric Quantities for Assessing the Light Environment and Their Application to Plant Research.” Biophysical Reviews 15 (3): 385–400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-023-01051-y.