Solar Photovoltaics group

 

2022

 

   [1].            Thermal stability analysis of molybdenum-based carrier-selective solar cells

Mrutyunjay Nayak and Vamsi K Komarala

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 69 (2022) 3251

 

   [2].            Effect of gas flow rate in PECVD of amorphous silicon thin films for interface passivation of silicon heterojunction solar cells

Ashutosh Pandey, Shrestha Bhattacharya, Jagannath Panigrahi, Sourav Mandal Vamsi K Komarala

Physica Status Solidi A (2022) published online doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202200183

2021

 

   [3].            Progress on the intrinsic a-Si:H films for interface passivation of silicon heterojunction solar cells:A review

Jagannath Panigrahi and Vamsi K Komarala

Journal of Non-crystalline Solids 574 (2021) 121166

 

   [4].            Numerical simulations of carrier-selective contact silicon solar cells: Role of carrier selective layers electronic properties

Krishna Singh, Deepak K Singh and Vamsi K Komarala

Journal of Computational Electronics 20 (2021) 1815

 

   [5].            Effective suppression of nanotextured black silicon surface recombination channels by aluminum oxide: comparison from sputtered and ALD grown films

Piyush K. Parashar, S. A. Kinnunen, T. Sajavaara, J. Jussi Toppari, and Vamsi K. Komarala

Semiconductor Science and Technology Online

 

   [6].            Nanocrystalline silicon thin film growth and application for silicon heterojunction solar cells: A short review

Mansi Sharma, Jagannath Panigrahi and Vamsi K Komarala

Nanoscale Advances 3 (2021) 3373

 

   [7].            Degradation study of carrier-selective contact silicon solar cells with ageing: Role of silicon surface morphology

Krishna Singh, Mrutyunjay Nayak, Deepak K Singh and Vamsi K Komarala

Solid-State Electronics 179 (2021) 107987

 

   [8].            Carrier transport mechanisms of Nickel Oxide based carrier selective silicon heterojunction solar cells: Role of SiOx passivation layer

Sapna Mudgal, Mrutyunjay Nayak, Sonpal Singh and Vamsi K Komarala

Solid State Communications 334-335 (2021) 114391

 

   [9].            Investigation of optoelectronic properties indium oxide thin films with hydrogen and oxygen gas concentration variation during sputtering

Sourav Mandal, Ashutosh Pandy and Vamsi K Komarala

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 123 (2021) 105576

2020

 

[10].            Investigation of silicon surface passivation by sputtered amorphous silicon and thermally evaporated by molybdenum oxide films using temperature- and injection-dependent lifetime spectroscopy

Krishna Singh, Mrutyunjay Nayak, Sonapl Singh and Vamsi K Komarala

Semiconductor Science and Technology 35 (2020) 125017.

 

[11].            Analysis of process-dependent electrical properties of silicon heterojunction solar cells by Quantum Efficiency and temperature-depedent current density-voltage measurements

S. Mudgal, S. P. Singh and V K Komarala

Physica Status Solidi A 217 (2020) 1900782.

 

[12].            Investigation of anomalous behavior in J-V and Suns-Voc characteristics of carrier-selective contact silicon solar cells

M. Nayak, S. Mudgal, S. P. Singh and V K Komarala

Solar Energy 201 (2020) 307.

 

2019

 

[13].            Nickel oxide hole-selective heterocontact for silicon solar cells: Role of SiO_x interlayer on device performance

M. Nayak, S. Mandal, A. Pandey, S. Mudgal, S. P. Singh and V. K. Komarala

Solar Rapid Research Letters 3 (2019) 1900261.

 

[14].            Sputter deposited sub-stoichiometric MoOx thin film as hole-selective contact layer for silicon-based heterojunction devices

Piyush K. Parashar and Vamsi K. Komarala

Thin Solid Films 682 (2019) 76.

 

[15].            Effect of textured silicon pyramids size and chemical polishing on the performance of carrier-selective contact heterojunction solar cells

K. Singh, M. Nayak, S. Mudgal, S. P. Singh and V K Komarala

Solar Energy 183 (2019) 469.

 

[16].            Carrier-selective based silicon solar cells processed at room temperature using industrially feasible Cz wafers

M. Nayak, K. Singh, S. Mudgal, S. Mandal, S. P. Singh and V K Komarala

Physica Status Solidi A 216 (2019) 1900208.

[Article appeared under Hot Topic: Solar cells; as original paper on Wiley Online Library website: doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1614-6840.hottopic-solarcells]

 

 

[17].            Thermal atomic layer deposition of AlO_xN_y thin films for surface passivation of nano-textured flexible silicon

Piyush K. Parashar, S. A. Kinnunen, T. Sajavaara, J. Jussi Toppari, and Vamsi K. Komarala

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 193 (2019) 231.

2018

 

[18].            Investigation of electrical parameters of amorphous-crystalline silicon heterojunction silicon solar cell: Correlation between carrier dynamics and S-shape of current density-voltage curve

S. Mudgal, S P Singh and V K Komarala

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 8 (2018) 909

 

[19].            Enhancement of Y123 dye-sensitized solar cells performance using plasmonic gold nanorods

P S Chandrasekhar, P K Parashar, S K Swami, V Dutta and V K Komarala

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20 (2018) 9651

 

[20].            Higher efficiency perovskite solar cells using Au@SiO₂ core-shell nanoparticles

P S Chandrasekhar, A Dubey, K M Reza, M D N Hasan, B Bahrami V K Komarala J D Hoefelmeyer et al.,

Sustainable Energy and Fuels 2 (2018) 2260.

 

[21].            Effect of light incident angle on Fano resonance loss mediation in silver nanoparticles integrated thin silicon wafers

P K Parashar, S K Sardana and V K Komarala

Plasmonics 13 (2018) 1577.

2017

[22].            Engineered optical properties of silver-aluminium alloy nanoparticles embedded in SiON matrix for maximizing light confinement in plasmonic silicon solar cells

P K Parashar and V K Komarala

Scientific Reports 7 (2017) 12520.

 

[23].            Fabrication and characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells: A photographic guide

N Chander and V K Komarala

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 55 (2017) 737.

[24].            Graphene/ZnO nanocomposite as an electron transport layer for perovskite solar cells: the effect of graphene concentration on photovoltaic performance

P S Chandrasekhar and V K Komarala

RSC Advances 7 (2017) 28610

 

[25].            Plasmonic perovskite solar cells utilizing Au@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles

N K Pathak, N Chander, V K Komarala and R P Sharma

Plasmonics 12 (2017) 237

 

[26].            Plasmonic silver nanowires for higher efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

P S Chandrasekhar, H Elbohy, B Vaggensmith, A Dubey, K M Reza, V K Komarala and Q Qiao

Materials Today Energy 5 (2017) 237.

 

[27].            Efficiency enhancement of silicon solar cells with vertically aligned ZnO nanorod arrays as an antireflection layer

S K Sardana, P S Chandrasekhar, R Kumar and V K Komarala

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 56 (2017) 040305

 

In 2016

 

[28].            Double-layer antireflection from silver nanoparticle integrated SiO2 layer on silicon wafer: effect of nanoparticle morphology and SiO2 film thickness

P K Parashar, R P Sharma and V K Komarala

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 50 (2016) 035105

 

[29].            Plasmonic silicon solar cell comprised of aluminium nanoparticles: Effects of nanoparticle’s self-limiting native oxide shell on optical and electrical properties

P K Parashar, R P Sharma and V K Komarala

Journal of Applied Physics 120 (2016) 143104.

 

[30].            Role of textured silicon surface in plasmonic light trapping for solar cells: the effect of pyramids width and height

E Thouti, A K Sharma and V K Komarala

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 6 (2016) 1403.

 

[31].            Investigation of parasitic absorption and charge carrier recombination losses in plasmonic silicon solar cells using quantum efficiency and impedance spectroscopy

E Thouti and V K Komarala

Solar Energy 132 (2016) 143.

 

[32].            Optical properties of hybrid plasmonic structure on silicon using transparent conducting-silver nanoparticles-silicon dioxide layers: the role of conducting oxide layer thickness in antireflection

S K Sardana and V K Komarala

Journal of Optics 18 (2016) 075004

[33].            Influence of SiO₂ spacer layer on performance of plasmonic textured silicon solar cell

S K Sardana and V K Komarala

Plasmonics 11 (2016) 1549

 

[34].            Fabrication of perovskite films using an electrostatic assisted spray technique: the effect of electric field on morphology, crystallinity and solar cell performance

P S Chandrasekhar, N Kumar, S K Swami, V Dutta and V K Komarala

Nanoscale 8 (2016) 6792.

 

[35].            Enhancement of dye-sensitized solar cell efficiency via incorporation of upconverting nanoparticles as spectral converters

N Chander, A F Khan, V K Komarala, S Chawla and V Dutta

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 24 (2016) 692.

 

[36].            Enhancement of minority carrier lifetimes in n- and p-type silicon wafers using silver nanoparticle layers

E Thouti, S Kumar and V K Komarala

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 49 (2016) 015302.

 

In 2015

 

[37].            Effect of graphene and Au@SiO2 core-shell nano-composite on photoelectrical performance of dye-sensitized solar cells based on N-doped titania nanotubes 

P S Chandrasekhar and V K Komarala

RSC Advances 5 (2015) 84423

 

[38].            Plasmonic effect of Ag@TiO₂ nanotubes on dye-sensitized solar cell performance based on reduced grapheme oxide-TiO2 nanotube composite

P S Chandrasekhar, N Chander, O Anjaneyulu and V K Komarala

Thin Solid Films   594 (2015) 45.

 

[39].            Improving the short-wavelength spectral response of silicon solar cells by spray deposition of YVO₄:Eu³⁺ down-shifting phosphor nanoparticles

N Chander, S K Sardana, P K Parashar, A F Khan, S Chawla, V K Komarala

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 5 (2015) 1373.

[40].            Improved stability and enhanced efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells by using europium doped yttrium vanadate down-shifting nanophosphor

N Chander, A F Khan and V K Komarala

 RSC Advances 5 (2015) 66057

 

[41].            Morphology and optical properties of sputter deposited silver nanoparticles on plain, textured and antireflection layer coated textured silicon

S K Sardana, V S N Chava and V K Komarala

Applied Surface Science 347 (2015) 651.

 

[42].            Optical Properties of Silver Nanoparticles Integrated Graphene Oxide Thin Films on Glass and Silicon Substrates

         E Thouti, V Kumar, P K Parashar, G B Reddy, R Pasricha, V K Komarala

         Plasmonics, 10 (2015) 1063.

 

In 2014

 

[43].            Size and concentration effects of gold nanoparticles on optical and electrical properties of plasmonic dye-sensitized solar cells

N Chander, A F Khan, E Thouti, P S Chandrasekhar, V Dutta and V K Komarala

Solar Energy 109 (2014) 11.

 

[44].            Solid state plasmonic dye-sensitized solar cells based on solution-processed perovskite CsSnI₃ as the hole transporter

      N Chander, P S Chandrasekhar and V K Komarala

      RSC Advances 4 (2014) 55658.

 

[45].            Internal quantum efficiency analysis of plasmonic textured silicon solar cells: surface plasmon resonance and off-resonance effects

      E Thouti, A K Sharma, S K Sardana and V K Komarala

      Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 47 (2014) 425101.

Renewable Energy Innovation highlighted as a futuristic article in solar cells area; website http://reginnovations.org/category/solar-cells/

 

[46].            Photocurrent enhancement by surface plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles in spray deposited large area dye-sensitized solar cells

       N Chander, P Singh, A F Khan, V Dutta and V K Komarala

       Thin Solid Films 568 (2014) 74.

 

[47].            Reduced ultraviolet light-induced degradation and enhanced light harvesting using YVO4: Eu3+ down-shifting nano-phosphor layer in organometal halide perovskite solar cells

N Chander, A F Khan, P S Chandrasekhar, E Thouti, V Dutta and V K Komarala,

Applied Physics Letters 105 (2014) 033904.

Most accessed/read article in energy conversion and storage area, highlighted in journal website and made it available for free

 

[48].            Influence of surface plasmon resonances’ of silver nanoparticles on optical and electrical properties of textured silicon solar cell

S K Sardana, V S N Chava, E Thouti, N Chander, S Kumar and V K Komarala

Applied Physics Letters 104 (2014) 073903.

 

[49].            In-situ synthesis of Au-CdS plasmonic photocatalyst by continuous spray pyrolysis and its visible light photocatalysis

N Kumar, V K Komarala and V Dutta

Chemical Engineering Journal 236 (2014) 66.

In 2013

[50].            Optical properties of Ag nanoparticles deposited on silicon substrate

Eshwar Thouti, Nikhil Chander, Viresh Dutta and Komarala Vamsi K

Journal of Optics 15 (2013) 035005

Most read article, downloaded 5,480 times & highlighted in Editorial news

Rated 3^rd best paper published in the year 2013 by the Journal of Optics *

*M Howland & J McKenna, “2015 JOPT research excellence award” J. Opt. 17 (2015) 100201.

In 2012

 

[51].            Deposition of gold nanoparticle films using spray pyrolysis technique: Tunability of SPR band by electric field

N. Kumar, V K Komarala and V Dutta

Physica Status Solidi, Rapid Research Letters 6 (2012) 406.

 

[52].            Time-resolved photoluminescence properties of CuInS₂/ZnS nanocrystals: Influence of intrinsic defects and external impurities

V K Komarala, C Xie, Y Wang, J Xu and M Xiao

Journal of Applied Physics 111 (2012) 124314.

In 2011

[53].            Radiative power of a dipole in the proximity of a dielectric interface: a case study of a quantum-dot exciton transition dipole

V K Komarala and M Xiao

Semiconductor Science and Technology 26 (2011) 075007.

 

From 2003 to 2010

 

[54].            Nonlinear optical properties of Er³⁺/Yb³⁺-doped NaYF₄ nanocrystals 

V K Komarala, Y Wang and M Xiao

Chemical Physics Letters 490 (2010) 189.

 

[55].            Surface plasmon density of states at the metal-dielectric interface: Dependence of metal layer thickness and dielectric material 

V K Komarala, W H Guo and M Xiao

Journal of Applied Physics 107 (2010) 014309.

 

[56].            Controlling fluorescence intermittency of a single colloidal CdSe/ZnS quantum dot in a half cavity 

Y Zhang, V K Komarala, C Rodriguez and M Xiao

Physics Review B (Rapid Communication) 78 (2008) 241301.

 

[57].            Surface plasmon enhanced Förster resonance energy transfer between the CdTe quantum dots

V K Komarala, A L Bradley, Y P Rakovich, S J Byrne Y K Gunko,  A L Rogach

Applied Physics Letters 93 (2008) 123102.

 

[58].            Off-resonance surface plasmon enhanced spontaneous emission from CdTe quantum dots

V K Komarala Y P Rakovich A L Bradley Y K Gunko, N Gaponik, A Eychmuller

Applied Physics Letters 89 (2006) 253118.

 

[59].            Emission properties of colloidal quantum dots on polyelectrolyte multilayers 

V K Komarala, Y P Rakovich, A L Bradley, S J Byrne S A Corr and Y K Gunko

 Nanotechnology 17 (2006) 4117.

 

[60].            Growth of cubic and hexagonal CdTe thin films by pulsed laser deposition 

S K Pandey, U Tiwari, R Raman, K V Krishna, V Dutta and K Zimik

Thin Solid Films 473 (2005) 54.

 

[61].            Effect of in situ CdCl2 treatment on spray deposited CdTe/CdS heterostructure 

K Vamsi Krishna and V Dutta,

Journal of Applied Physics 96 (2004)3962.

 

[62].            In-situ CdCl2-treated CdTe film surface analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy 

K Vamsi Krishna and V Dutta,

Physica Status Solidi (a) 201 (2004) 2076.

 

 

[63].            Depth profiling study of in situ CdCl2 treated CdTe/CdS heterostructure with glancing angle incidence X-ray diffraction 

K Vamsi Krishna and V Dutta,

Thin Solid Films 450 (2004) 255.

 

[64].            Effect of electric field on spray deposited CdTe thin films 

K Vamsi Krishna, V Dutta and P D Paulson,

Thin Solid Films 444 (2003) 17.

 

[65].            Spray deposition of CdTe-Te thin films using ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid as a complexing agent in the precursor solution 

K Vamsi Krishna and V Dutta

Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 80 (2003) 247.

 

[66].            Effect of in-situ CdCl2 treatment on spray deposited CdTe films: Photoluminescence study 

K Vamsi Krishna and V Dutta

Physica Status Solidi (a) 198 (2003) 443.

 

 

   [1].            Nickel oxide based hole selective contact silicon heterojunction solar cells

M. Nayak, A. Pandey, S. Mandal and V. K. Komarala

11^th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovotlaics (Online)

American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings (Nov. 2021)

 

   [2].            Electrical characterization and defect states analysis of Ag/ITO/MoOx/n-SI/LiFx/Al carrier-selective contact silicon solar cells processed at room-temperature

M. Nayak, S. Mudgal, S. Mandal, S. Singh and V. K. Komarala

9^th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovotlaics (in Leuven, Belgium)

American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 2147 (2019) 040014

 

   [3].            Study of anomalous S-shape in current density-voltage characteristics of carrier-selective contact molybdenum oxide and amorphous silicon based heterojunction silicon solar cells

S. Mudgal, M. Nayak, S. Singh and V. K. Komarala

9^th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovotlaics (in Leuven, Belgium)

American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 2147 (2019) 020009

 

   [4].            Characterization of sputtered a-Si:H passivated silicon surface by temperature- and injection-dependent lifetime spectroscopy

K. Singh, S. Mandal, S. Singh and V. K. Komarala

9^th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovotlaics (in Leuven, Belgium)

American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 2147 (2019) 020014

 

   [5].            Growth of silver nanoparticles on titanium dioxides layer for plasmonic-based solid-state solar cells

S K Sardana, P K Parashar, P S Chandrashekar, S K Srivastava, V K Komarala

AIP Conference Proceedings 2115 (2019) 030626.

 

   [6].            Interfacial spectral response under voltage and light bias to analyse low voltage in amorphous-crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cell with S-shape characteristics

Sapna Mudgal, Sonpal Singh and Vamsi Krishna Komarala

   7^th World Conf. on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (Waikoloa, HI, USA), 2018, 2158-2161.

 

   [7].            Tunable plasmonic properties from Ag-Au alloy nanoparticles film

S. K. Sardana, S. K. Srivastava and V K Komarala

International Workshop on Physics of the Semiconductor and Devices (2017) 415

 

   [8].            Mediating broad band light trapping in silicon solar cell by aluminium nanoparticles with native oxide shell

P K Parashar, R P Sharma and V K Komarala

Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (2017) 12708.

 

   [9].            ZnO nanorods as antireflective coatings on silicon wafers

S K Sardana, R Kumar, P S Chandrasekhar and V K Komarala

American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 1832 (2017) 050140

 

[10].            Enhanced Forster resonance energy transfer between the CdTe quantum dots in proximity to gold nanoparticles
V K Komarala, A L Bradley, Y P Rakovich, S J Byrne Y K Gunko,  A L Rogach

The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) 6641 (2007) 66410Y.

 

[11].            Interaction of surface plasmons with CdTe quantum dot excitons  
K K Vamsi, Yu. P. Rakovich, A. L. Bradley, et al., 

The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) 5955 (2005) 59550L.

 

[12].            Spray deposition of CdS thin films using a nanoparticle ink precursor

V Dutta, K V Krishna and L Roy

The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) 4746 II, (2002) 1072-1074