Dr Daniel Chen

Dr Daniel Chen

Adjunct Lecturer
Engineering
Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering

Daniel Chen is currently a Senior Photovoltaics Engineer at the Australian-based start-up SunDrive Solar and an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy Engineering at UNSW. His work is currently focused on improving the performance of copper-plated silicon heterojunction solar cells with the goal of mass production within Australia. Several of his achievements at SunDrive include a world record silicon solar cell efficiency on an M6 commercial-sized wafer at 25.54% in 2021 followed by 25.94% in an low-indium silicon heterojunction device and up to 26.41% in 2022.. 

Daniel received his bachelor in Photovoltaics and Solar Energy Engineering (1st Class Honours) at UNSW in 2016. In 2022, he was awarded a Ph.D. in photovoltaics engineering from UNSW with his thesis entitled "Elucidating the mechanism behind light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation in silicon solar cells". He was later awarded a postdoctoral fellowship with the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), working on investigating various hydrogen-induced instabilities in tunnel-oxide polysilicon contact (TOPCon) solar cells.

Daniel has expertise within a variety of different topic areas including silicon heterojunction solar cells, defect engineering and the elimination of light-induced degradation in silicon, TOPCon solar cells, potential induced degradation, and also has an interest in perovskite-based tandem photovoltaic devices.

Mobile
0450 088 104
Phone
0450 088 104
Location
SunDrive Solar, Kirrawee, NSW, Australia, 2232 Level 1 Tyree Energy and Technology Building (TETB)
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Gusev EY; Avdeev SP; Malokhatko SV; Klimin VS; Polyakov VV; Wang S; Ren X; Chen D; Han L; Wang Z; Zhang W; Ageev OA, 2024, 'Silicon-on-Silicon Oxide Metalens: Design and Fabrication Aspects', in Springer Proceedings in Materials, pp. 56 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52239-0_6
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Chen R; Ciesla A; Vaqueiro-Contreras M; Chen D; Wright M; Hallam B; Peaker T, 2021, 'Negative impacts of hydrogen in silicon', in Hydrogen Passivation and Laser Doping for Silicon Solar Cells, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 249 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/pbpo134e_ch6
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Ernst M; Liu X; Asselineau CA; Chen D; Huang C; Lennon A, 2024, 'Accurate modelling of the bifacial gain potential of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems', Energy Conversion and Management, 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117947
    Journal articles | 2023
    Yu C; Gao K; Peng CW; He C; Wang S; Shi W; Allen V; Zhang J; Wang D; Tian G; Zhang Y; Jia W; Song Y; Hu Y; Colwell J; Xing C; Ma Q; Wu H; Guo L; Dong G; Jiang H; Wu H; Wang X; Xu D; Li K; Peng J; Liu W; Chen D; Lennon A; Cao X; De Wolf S; Zhou J; Yang X; Zhang X, 2023, 'Industrial-scale deposition of nanocrystalline silicon oxide for 26.4%-efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells with copper electrodes', Nature Energy, 8, pp. 1375 - 1385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01388-4
    Journal articles | 2022
    Chen D; Madumelu C; Kim M; Stefani BV; Soeriyadi A; Kang D; Sio HC; Zhang X; Zhu P; Hallam B; Wright M, 2022, 'Investigating the degradation behaviours of n+-doped Poly-Si passivation layers: An outlook on long-term stability and accelerated recovery', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111491
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kim M; Wright M; Chen D; Chan C; Ciesla A; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2022, 'Defect concentration and Δn change in light- And elevated temperature-induced degradation', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac34a8
    Journal articles | 2022
    Lim J; Choi E; Kim M; Lee M; Chen D; Green MA; Seidel J; Kim C; Park J; Hao X; Yun JS, 2022, 'Revealing the Dynamics of the Thermal Reaction between Copper and Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar Cells', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14, pp. 20866 - 20874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c01061
    Journal articles | 2022
    Sen C; Hamer P; Soeriyadi A; Wright B; Wright M; Samadi A; Chen D; Stefani BV; Zhang D; Wu J; Jiang F; Hallam B; Abbott M, 2022, 'Impact of surface doping profile and passivation layers on surface-related degradation in silicon PERC solar cells', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111497
    Journal articles | 2022
    Vicari Stefani B; Wright M; Soeriyadi A; Chen D; Kim M; Wright B; Andronikov D; Nyapshaev I; Abolmasov S; Wilson G; Hallam B, 2022, 'Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells and p-type Crystalline Silicon Wafers: A Historical Perspective', Solar RRL, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200449
    Journal articles | 2021
    Chen D; Kim M; Shi J; Vicari Stefani B; Yu Z; Liu S; Einhaus R; Wenham S; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2021, 'Defect engineering of p-type silicon heterojunction solar cells fabricated using commercial-grade low-lifetime silicon wafers', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1165 - 1179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3230
    Journal articles | 2021
    Chen D; Vaqueiro Contreras M; Ciesla A; Hamer P; Hallam B; Abbott M; Chan C, 2021, 'Progress in the understanding of light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation in silicon solar cells: A review', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1180 - 1201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3362
    Journal articles | 2021
    Chen R; Wright M; Chen D; Yang J; Zheng P; Zhang X; Wenham S; Ciesla A, 2021, '24.58% efficient commercial n-type silicon solar cells with hydrogenation', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1213 - 1218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3464
    Journal articles | 2021
    Ciesla A; Kim M; Wright M; Zafirovska I; Chen D; Hallam B; Chan C, 2021, 'A case study on accelerated light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation testing of commercial multi-crystalline silicon passivated emitter and rear cell modules', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 29, pp. 1202 - 1212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3455
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hamer P; Chen D; Bonilla R, 2021, 'Thermal Processes and their Impact on Surface Related Degradation', Physica Status Solidi: Rapid Research Letters
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lee M; Choi E; Soufiani AM; Lim J; Kim M; Chen D; Green MA; Seidel J; Lim S; Kim J; Dai X; Lee‐Chin R; Zheng B; Hameiri Z; Park J; Hao X; Yun JS, 2021, 'Enhanced hole-carrier selectivity in wide bandgap halide perovskite PV devices for indoor IoT applications', Advanced Functional Materials, pp. 2008908 - 2008908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202008908
    Journal articles | 2021
    Yu M; Shi Y; Deru J; Al-Dhahir I; McNab S; Chen D; Voss M; Hwu ET; Ciesla A; Hallam B; Hamer P; Altermatt PP; Wilshaw P; Bonilla RS, 2021, 'Assessing the Potential of Inversion Layer Solar Cells Based on Highly Charged Dielectric Nanolayers', Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202100129
    Journal articles | 2021
    Zhang Y; Wang L; Chen D; Kim M; Hallam B, 2021, 'Pathway towards 24% efficiency for fully screen-printed passivated emitter and rear contact solar cells', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abe900
    Journal articles | 2020
    Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; Chan C; Ciesla nee Wenham A; Rougieux F; Zhang Y; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2020, 'Hydrogen-induced degradation: Explaining the mechanism behind light- and elevated temperature-induced degradation in n- and p-type silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110353
    Journal articles | 2020
    Chen R; Tong H; Zhu H; Ding C; Li H; Chen D; Hallam B; Chong CM; Wenham S; Ciesla A, 2020, '23.83% efficient mono-PERC incorporating advanced hydrogenation', Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 28, pp. 1239 - 1247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3243
    Journal articles | 2020
    Ciesla AM; Bilbao JI; Chan CE; Payne DNR; Chen D; Kim M; Wenham SR; Hallam BJ, 2020, 'Modeling Boron-Oxygen Degradation and Self-Repairing Silicon PV Modules in the Field', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 10, pp. 28 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2945161
    Journal articles | 2020
    Madumelu C; Wright B; Soeriyadi A; Wright M; Chen D; Hoex B; Hallam B, 2020, 'Investigation of light-induced degradation in N-Type silicon heterojunction solar cells during illuminated annealing at elevated temperatures', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110752
    Journal articles | 2020
    Varshney U; Chan C; Hoex B; Hallam B; Hamer P; Ciesla A; Chen D; Liu S; Sen C; Samadi A; Abbott M, 2020, 'Controlling Light- And Elevated-Temperature-Induced Degradation with Thin Film Barrier Layers', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 10, pp. 19 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2945199
    Journal articles | 2020
    Vicari Stefani B; Soeriyadi A; Wright M; Chen D; Kim M; Zhang Y; Hallam B, 2020, 'Large-Area Boron-Doped 1.6 Ω cm p-Type Czochralski Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with a Stable Open-Circuit Voltage of 736 mV and Efficiency of 22.0%', Solar RRL, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202000134
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zhou R; Yu M; Tweddle D; Hamer P; Chen D; Hallam B; Ciesla A; Altermatt PP; Wilshaw PR; Bonilla RS, 2020, 'Understanding and optimizing EBIC pn-junction characterization from modeling insights', Journal of Applied Physics, 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5139894
    Journal articles | 2019
    Khan MU; Chen D; Jafari S; Ohshima T; Abe H; Hameiri Z; Chong CM; Abbott M, 2019, 'Degradation and regeneration of radiation-induced defects in silicon: A study of vacancy-hydrogen interactions', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.109990
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kim K; Chen R; Chen D; Hamer P; Ciesla nee Wenham A; Wenham S; Hameiri Z, 2019, 'Degradation of surface passivation and bulk in p-type monocrystalline silicon wafers at elevated temperature', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 97 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2878791
    Journal articles | 2019
    Sen C; Chan C; Hamer P; Wright M; Varshney U; Liu S; Chen D; Samadi A; Ciesla A; Chong CM; Hallam B; Abbott M, 2019, 'Annealing prior to contact firing: A potential new approach to suppress LeTID', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.109938
    Journal articles | 2019
    Sen C; Kim M; Chen D; Varshney U; Liu S; Samadi A; Ciesla A; Wenham SR; Chan CE; Chong C; Abbott MD; Hallam BJ, 2019, 'Assessing the Impact of Thermal Profiles on the Elimination of Light- and Elevated-Temperature-Induced Degradation', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 40 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2874769
    Journal articles | 2019
    Sio HC; Fell A; Phang SP; Wang H; Zheng P; Chen DK; Zhang X; Zhang T; Jin H; Macdonald D, 2019, '3-D Modeling of Multicrystalline Silicon Materials and Solar Cells', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 965 - 973, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2914874
    Journal articles | 2019
    Sio HC; Phang SP; Fell A; Wang H; Zheng P; Chen DK; Zhang X; Zhang T; Wang Q; Jin H; Macdonald D, 2019, 'The electrical properties of high performance multicrystalline silicon and mono-like silicon: Material limitations and cell potential', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110059
    Journal articles | 2019
    Sun C; Chen D; Rougieux F; basnet R; Hallam B; macdonald D, 2019, 'Kinetics and dynamics of the regeneration of boron-oxygen defects in compensated n-type silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2019.03.016
    Journal articles | 2019
    Vargas C; Nie S; Chen D; Chan C; Hallam B; Coletti G; Hameiri Z, 2019, 'Degradation and recovery of n-type multi-crystalline silicon under illuminated and dark annealing conditions at moderate temperatures', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 355 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2885711
    Journal articles | 2019
    Varshney U; Abbott M; Ciesla A; Chen D; Liu S; Sen C; Kim M; Wenham S; Hoex B; Chan C, 2019, 'Evaluating the Impact of SiNx Thickness on Lifetime Degradation in Silicon', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9, pp. 601 - 607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2896671
    Journal articles | 2019
    Vicari Stefani B; Weigand W; Wright M; Soeriyadi A; Yu Z; Kim M; Chen D; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2019, 'P-type Upgraded Metallurgical-Grade Multicrystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with Open-Circuit Voltages over 690 mV', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201900319
    Journal articles | 2018
    Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; bourett-sicotte G; liu S; chan C; ciesla A; chen R; abbott M; hallam B; wenham S, 2018, 'Hydrogen induced degradation: A possible mechanism for light- and elevated temperature- induced degradation in n-type silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 185, pp. 174 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.05.034
    Journal articles | 2018
    Fung TH; Kim M; Chen D; Chan CE; Hallam BJ; Chen R; Payne DNR; Ciesla A; Wenham SR; Abbott MD, 2018, 'A four-state kinetic model for the carrier-induced degradation in multicrystalline silicon: Introducing the reservoir state', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 184, pp. 48 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.04.024
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hallam B; Chen D; Shi J; Einhaus R; Holman ZC; Wenham S, 2018, 'Pre-Fabrication Gettering and Hydrogenation Treatments for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: A Possible Path to \textgreater700mV Open-Circuit Voltages Using Low-Lifetime Commercial-Grade p-Type Czochralski Silicon', Solar RRL, 1700221, pp. 2 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.201700221
    Journal articles | 2018
    Kim M; Chen DANIEL; abbott M; Nampalli ; wenham ; Stefani B; hallam , 2018, 'Impact of interstitial iron on the study of meta-stable B-O defects in Czochralski silicon: Further evidence of a single defect', Journal of Applied Physics, 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5000323
    Journal articles | 2018
    Liu S; Payne D; Vargas Castrillon C; Chen D; Kim M; Sen C; Varshney U; Hameiri Z; Chan C; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2018, 'Impact of dark annealing on the kinetics of light- and elevated-temperature-induced degradation', IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 8, pp. 1494 - 1494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2866325
    Journal articles | 2018
    Sun C; Chen D; Weigand W; Basnet R; Phang SP; Hallam B; Holman Z; Macdonald D, 2018, 'Complete regeneration of BO-related defects in n-type upgraded metallurgical-grade Czochralski-grown silicon heterojunction solar cells', Applied Physics Letters, 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5042460
    Journal articles | 2017
    Chen D; Edwards M; Wenham S; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2017, 'Laser enhanced gettering of silicon substrates', Frontiers in Energy, 11, pp. 23 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11708-016-0441-7
    Journal articles | 2017
    Chen D; Kim M; Stefani BV; Hallam BJ; Abbott MD; Chan CE; Chen R; Payne DNR; Nampalli N; Ciesla A; Fung TH; Kim K; Wenham SR, 2017, 'Evidence of an identical firing-activated carrier-induced defect in monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 172, pp. 293 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.08.003
    Journal articles | 2017
    Hallam B; Chen D; Kim M; Stefani B; Hoex B; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2017, 'The role of hydrogenation and gettering in enhancing the efficiency of next-generation Si solar cells: An industrial perspective', Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science, 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700305
    Journal articles | 2017
    Hallam BJ; Chan CE; Chen R; Wang S; Ji J; Mai L; Abbott MD; Payne DNR; Kim M; Chen D; Chong C; Wenham SR, 2017, 'Rapid mitigation of carrier-induced degradation in commercial silicon solar cells', Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.56.08MB13
  • Patents | 2021
    Ciesla A; Hallam B; Chan C; Chong C; Chen D; Bagnall D; Payne D; Mai L; Abbott M; Kim M; Chen R; Wenham S; Fung T; Shi Z, 2021, A method for improving wafer performance for photovoltaic devices, Patent No. US pat no. 10910509
    Patents | 2021
    Ciesla A; Hallam B; Chan C; Chong C; Chen D; Bagnall D; Payne D; Mai L; Abbott M; Kim M; Chen R; Wenham S; Fung T; Shi Z, 2021, Advanced hydrogen passivation that mitigates hydrogen-induced recombination (HIR) and surface passivation deterioration in PV devices, Patent No. United States 2021 pat no.11031520
    Theses / Dissertations | 2020
    Chen D, 2020, Elucidating the Mechanics Behind Light- and Elevated Temperature-Induced Degradation in Silicon Solar Cells, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10653.33762
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Weigand W; Muralidharan P; Chen D; Soeriyadi A; Stefani BV; Hallam B; Goodnick SM; Yu ZJ; Holman ZC, 2020, 'Diffusion profiles beneath silicon heterojunction contacts reduce contact resistivity and increase efficiency', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1404 - 1407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300520
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Chen D; Hamer P; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Rougieux F; Liu S; Kim M; Samadi A; Wright B; Vargas C; Zhang X; Hameiri Z; Hao J; Wenham S; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2019, 'Hydrogen-Induced Degradation: An explanation of Light-and Elevated Temperature-Induced Degradation Mechanisms in n-and p-type Silicon', Leuven, Belgium, presented at 9thInternational Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics 2019, Leuven, Belgium, 08 April 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; Mullins J; Sen C; Khan M; Oshima T; Abe H; Liu S; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Rougieux F; Zhou Z; Wright B; Varshney U; Vicari Stefani B; Soeriyadi A; Vargas Castrillon C; Samadi A; Hameiri Z; zhang X; Jin H; Qi W; Abbott M; Chong C; Peaker A; Hallam B, 2019, 'Will LeTID remain a commercial problem? Evaluating the solutions and a possible root cause. (LeTID仍是一个商业难题吗?根源分析和问题解决)', Wuxi, China, presented at 18th Issue PV WE CLASS-Crystalline Silicon Advanced Technology and Materials Forum, Wuxi, China, 24 April 2019 - 24 May 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Chen D; Kim M; Varshney U; Sen C; Liu S; Zhang YUCHAO; Hamer P; Chong C; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Abbott M; Hallam B, 2019, 'Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation (LeTID): the Past , the Present and What Lies Ahead', presented at 2019 Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, Australia, 02 December 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Chen D; Weigand W; Wright M; Kim M; Shi J; Yu ZJ; Stefani BV; Soeriyadi A; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2019, 'Evaluating the Impact of and Solutions to Light-induced Degradation in Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1099 - 1103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980779
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Chen D, 2019, 'A Current Perspective on Light- and Elevated Temperature-Induced Degradation (LeTID): Defect Mitigation, Models and Root Cause', presented at 15th China SoG Silicon and PV Power Conference - Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 21 November 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Ciesla A; Chen R; Rougieux F; Hallam B; Chan C; Chen D; Chong C; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2019, 'Hydrogen Charge States & Recombination Activity in PV Silicon', presented at 18th Conference - Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology - GADEST, Zeuthen, Germany, 22 September 2019 - 27 September 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Samadi A; Sen C; Liu S; Varshney U; Chen D; Kim M; Soufiani AM; Contreras MV; Chong CM; Ciesla A; Abbott M; Chan C, 2019, 'Hydrogenation of dislocations in p-type cast-mono silicon', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5123894
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Soeriyadi A; Weigand W; Wright B; Stefani BV; Wright M; Sen C; Chen D; Kim M; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2019, 'Elevating Low-Quality Silicon Wafers for High-Efficiency Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell Applications', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 807 - 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980613
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Chang NL; Hallam B; Chen D; Egan RJ, 2018, 'Techno-economic analysis of silicon heterojunction cell sequences using hydrogenated p-type wafers', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, pp. 2108 - 2113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547685
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Chen D; Abbott M; Hallam B; Wenham S; Chan C, 2018, 'A study of hydrogen induced degradation in p- and n-type Silicon + Other progress at UNSW (氢致衰减的新发现: 对于n型/p型硅片的进一步研究 + UNSW的其他进展)', presented at 17th Issue PV WE CLASS-Crystalline Silicon Advanced Technology and Materials Forum, Wuxi, China, 24 May 2018 - 24 May 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Chen D; Hamer P; Ciesla A; Abbott M; Hallam BJ; Wenham S, 2018, 'Hydrogen Induced Degradation : A Mechanism for LeTID in n-type Silicon (氢诱导的衰减: 在n型电池中引起光与温度的诱导衰减机理)', presented at Crystalline Silicon Advanced Technology and Material Forum, Wuxi, China, 12 April 2018 - 12 April 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Chen D; Hamer P; Kim M; Bourett-Sicotte G; Liu S; Ciesla A; Chan C; Chen R; Fung TH; Vargas C; Ye Q; Abbott M; Hallam BJ; Wenham SR, 2018, 'Hydrogen Induced Degradation : A Possible Mechanism for Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation (LeTID) in n-type Silicon', presented at 8th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, Lausanne Switzerland, 19 March 2018 - 18 May 2018
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Chen D; Kim M; Shi J; Yu ZJ; Leilaeioun AM; Liu S; Stefani B; Wenham S; Einhaus R; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2018, '< 700 mV Open-Circuit Voltages on Defect-Engineered P-type Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells on Czochralski and Multicrystalline Wafers', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, pp. 1677 - 1681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548239
    Conference Posters | 2018
    Chen D; Kim M; shi J; Vicari Stefani B; Yu Z; Liu S; Holman Z; Hallam B, 2018, 'Assessing the impact of defect engineering on p type SHJ solar cells fabricated using commercial grade low lifetime silicon wafers', Shanghai, China, presented at 1 st International Workshop on Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Science and Industry Tech., Shanghai, China, 25 October 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Chen D; Shi J; kim M; Yu Z; Vicari Stefani B; Wright M; Soeriyadi A; Einhaus R; Wenham S; holman Z; Hallam B, 2018, 'Record Voltages using Commercial-grade Silicon Wafers: Defect Engineering for p-type Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells', presented at 2018 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, 04 December 2018 - 06 December 2018
    Conference Posters | 2018
    Chen D, 2018, 'From Scraps to Diamonds: A Demonstration of Record Breaking Heterojunction Solar Cells using Low cost, Low quality Silicon', UNSW, Sydney, presented at 2018 Engineering Postgraduate Symposium, UNSW, Sydney, 26 September 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Chen DE; Shi J; Kim M; Yu Z; Leilaeioun M; Vicari Stefani B; Einhaus R; Wenham S; Holman Z; Hallam BJ, 2018, '>700 mV Open-circuit Voltages on Defect-Engineered P-type Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells on Czochralski and Multicrystalline Wafers', presented at 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC), Waikaloa, Hawaii, USA, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Chen R; Ciesla AM; Chen D; Chan CE; Hamer PG; Hallam BJ; Wenham SR, 2018, 'Impact of the impurity concentration on modulating charge state occupation in silicon', in 2018 IEEE 7TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION (WCPEC) (A JOINT CONFERENCE OF 45TH IEEE PVSC, 28TH PVSEC & 34TH EU PVSEC), IEEE, HI, Waikoloa, pp. 0053 - 0057, presented at 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) / A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC / 28th PVSEC / 34th EU PVSEC, HI, Waikoloa, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000469200400012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Chen R; Ciesla AM; Chen D; Chan CE; Hamer PG; Hallam BJ; Wenham SR, 2018, 'Impact of the impurity concentration on modulating charge state occupation in silicon', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC 2018 - A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC and 34th EU PVSEC, pp. 53 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548195
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Fung TH; Kim M; Chen D; Samadi A; Chan CE; Hallam BJ; Wenham S; Abbott M, 2018, 'Influence of bound hydrogen states on carrier-induced degradation in multi-crystalline silicon', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5049323
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Hallam BJ; Chen D; Shi J; Kim M; Vicari Stefani B; Wright M; Soeriyadi A; Holman Z, 2018, 'Hydrogenated Heterojunction P-type Silicon Solar Cells with VOCs over 700 mV using Czochralski and Multi-Crystalline Si Wafers', presented at 10th China SoG Silicon and PV Power Conference, Xi'an, China, 08 November 2018 - 10 November 2018
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Kim M; Chen D; Abbott M; Wenham S; Hallam B, 2018, 'Role of hydrogen: Formation and passivation of meta-stable defects due to hydrogen in silicon', in AIP Conference Proceedings, pp. 130010 - 130010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5049329
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Kim M; Chen D; Shi J; Abbott M; Holman Z; Wenham S; Hallam B, 2018, 'P-type Hybrid Heterojunction Solar Cells Naturally Incorporating Gettering and Bulk Hydrogenation', in 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC 34th EU PVSEC), pp. 2027 - 2031, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547954
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Liu S; Chan C; Chen D; Kim M; Sen C; Varshney U; Hallam B; Abbott M; Wenham S; Payne D, 2018, 'Investigation of temperature and illumination dependencies of carrier-induced degradation in p -type multi-crystalline silicon', in AIP Conference Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5049333
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Varshney U; Abbott MD; Liu S; Chen D; Kim M; Sen C; Payne DNR; Wenham SR; Hoex B; Chan C, 2018, 'Influence of dielectric passivation layer thickness on LeTID in multicrystalline silicon', in 2018 IEEE 7TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION (WCPEC) (A JOINT CONFERENCE OF 45TH IEEE PVSC, 28TH PVSEC & 34TH EU PVSEC), IEEE, HI, Waikoloa, pp. 0363 - 0367, presented at 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) / A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC / 28th PVSEC / 34th EU PVSEC, HI, Waikoloa, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000469200400086&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Posters | 2018
    Varshney U; Liu S; Chen D; Kim M; Abbott M; Payne D; Hoex B; Chan C, 2018, 'Influence of dielectric passivation layer thickness on LeTID in multicrystalline silicon', Hawaii, USA, presented at WCPEC-7, Hawaii, USA, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Wenham ACN; Wenham S; Chen R; Chan C; Chen D; Hallam B; Payne D; Fung T; Kim M; Liu S; Wang S; Kim K; Samadi A; Sen C; Vargas C; Varshney U; Stefani BV; Hamer P; Bourret-Sicotte G; Nampalli N; Hameiri Z; Chong C; Abbott M, 2018, 'Hydrogen-induced degradation', Hawaii, USA, pp. 1 - 8, presented at 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hawaii, USA, 10 June 2018 - 17 June 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548100
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Wenham ACN; Wenham S; Chen R; Chan C; Chen D; Hallam B; Payne D; Fung T; Kim M; Liu S; Wang S; Kim K; Samadi A; Sen C; Vargas C; Varshney U; Stefani BV; Hamer P; Bourret-Sicotte G; Nampalli N; Hameiri Z; Chong C; Abbott M, 2018, 'Hydrogen-induced degradation', IEEE, Waikoloa, HI, pp. 0001 - 0008, presented at 7th IEEE World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC), Waikoloa, HI, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018
    Conference Posters | 2018
    hallam B; Chen D; Shi J; Einhaus R; Holman Z; Wenham S, 2018, 'Defect Engineered Heterojunction Solar Cells with VOC >700 mV on Low-Lifetime Commercial Grade p-type Cz and Multi-Crystalline Silicon', Lausanne, Switzerland, presented at 8th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 19 March 2018 - 21 March 2018
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Chan CE; Fung TH; Payne DNR; Chen D; Abbott MD; Ciesla AM; Chen R; Hallam BJ; Wenham SR, 2017, 'Investigation of carrier-induced defect behavior in p-type multi-crystalline silicon', in 2017 IEEE 44TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, DC, Washington, pp. 2576 - 2581, presented at IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), DC, Washington, 25 June 2017 - 30 June 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000455636002138&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Chen D; Abbott M; Chan C; Chen R; Ciesla A; Hallam B; Kim K; kim M; liu S; Samadi A; Wenham S, 2017, 'New insights into LeTID: Degradation of multi-crystalline silicon PERC Cells', presented at PVQAT TG13 Cell Task Force Technical Committee, Wuxi, China, 21 September 2017 - 22 September 2017
    Theses / Dissertations | 2017
    Chen D, 2017, Improved Performance of Low-Cost Silicon Substrates through Advanced Laser Processing
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Hallam B; Chen D; Kim M; Vicari Stefani B; Hamer P; Holman Z; Shi J; Abbott MD; Chan CE; Hoex B; Wenham S, 2017, 'The roles of defects, gettering and hydrogenation for next generation silicon solar cells: An industrial perspective', presented at 17th Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology Conference, George, USA, 01 October 2017 - 06 October 2017
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Hallam B; Hamer P; Kim M; Nampalli N; Gorman N; Chen D; Chan C; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2017, 'Direct transitions between states A and C in the boron-oxygen defect system - Fact or fiction?', in 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366560
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Kim M; chen DANIEL; abbott MALCOLM; wenham ; hallam , 2017, 'INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF INTERSTITIAL IRON ON THE STUDY OF BORON-OXYGEN DEFECTS', in Proceedings of the 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, presented at 33rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 25 September 2017 - 29 September 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20172017-2BO.2.6
    Conference Papers | 2017
    chan C; abbott M; Chen D; chen R; chong C; ciesla A; hallam B; hameiri Z; kim K; liu S; samadi A; varshney U; wenham S, 2017, 'New insights into degradation in multi-crystalline silicon PERC Cells', Shanghai, China, presented at 2017 World Solar Congress, Shanghai, China, 04 September 2017 - 06 September 2017
    Conference Posters | 2017
    chan C; payne D; abbott M; Chen D; ciesla A; chen R; hallam B; wenham S, 2017, 'Investigations of carrier-induced degradation behaviour in p-type mc-Si', Washington DC, presented at 44th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialist Conference, Washington DC, 25 June 2017 - 30 June 2017
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Hallam B; Abbott M; Bilbao J; Hamer P; Gorman N; Kim M; Chen D; Hammerton K; Payne D; Chan C; Nampalli N; Wenham S, 2016, 'Modelling Kinetics of the Boron-Oxygen Defect System', in Energy Procedia, pp. 42 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.07.008
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Hallam B; Hamer P; Kim M; Nampalli N; Gorman N; Chen D; Chan C; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2016, 'Direct transitions between states A and C in the boron-oxygen defect system - Fact or fiction?', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Portland, OR, USA, pp. 2430 - 2433, presented at 2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Portland, OR, USA, 05 June 2016 - 10 June 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2016.7750078
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Hallam BJ; Bilbao J; Payne D; Chan CE; Kim M; Chen D; Gorman N; Abbott M; Wenham SR, 2016, 'Modelling the Long-Term Behaviour of Boron-Oxygen Defect Passivation in the Field Using Typical Meteorological Year Data (TMY2).', in Proceedings of the 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Munich, Germany, pp. 555 - 559, presented at 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Munich, Germany, 20 June 2016 - 24 June 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-2DO.4.6
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Hamer P; Nampalli N; Hameiri Z; Kim M; Chen D; Gorman N; Hallam B; Abbott M; Wenham S, 2016, 'Boron-Oxygen defect formation rates and activity at elevated temperatures', ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, CEA INES, Chambery, FRANCE, pp. 791 - 800, presented at 6th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics (SiliconPV), CEA INES, Chambery, FRANCE, 07 March 2016 - 09 March 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.07.070
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Kim M; Li H; Payne DAVID; Wenham SR; Hallam BRETT; Abbott MALCOLM, 2016, 'Application of High Efficiency Emitters to Multi-Crystalline Silicon', in Proceedings of the 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Munich, Germany, pp. 474 - 478, presented at 32nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Munich, Germany, 20 June 2016 - 24 June 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20162016-2DO.4.6
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Hallam BJ; Hamer P; Nampalli N; Abbott M; Kim M; Chen D; Azmi A; Gorman N; Li H; Lu P; Wang S; Wenham A; Chan C; Payne D; Mai L; Ji J; Wenham S, 2015, 'Rapid processing of boron oxygen defects.', in Proceedings of the 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 531 - 535, presented at 31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 14 September 2015 - 18 September 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC20152015-2DO.16.4
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Hallam BJ; Hamer PG; Wang S; Song L; Nampalli N; Abbott MD; Chan CE; Lu D; Wenham AM; Mai L; Borojevic N; Li A; Chen D; Kim MY; Azmi A; Wenham S, 2015, 'Advanced Hydrogenation of Dislocation Clusters and Boron-oxygen Defects in Silicon Solar Cells', in Energy Procedia, pp. 799 - 809, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.113
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Lu PHD; Hallam B; Chan C; Wenham A; Abbott M; Chen D; Kim MY; Mai L; Wang S; Borojevic N; Chong CM; Wenham S, 2015, '19.1 % laser-doped selective emitter P-type multi-crystalline UMG silicon solar cell', in 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7355746

Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaic (ACAP) fellowship (2020 - 2023) 

  • Investigating the Impact of Hydrogen-induced Defects on the Reliability and Stability of Emerging Solar Cell Technologies.

2015 Australia Research Council Research Excellence Award

2018 UNSW Postgraduate Research Symposium Poster Prize

2018 8th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics (SiliconPV) Award

2018 - 2019 Physica Status Solidi (a) top % most downloaded paper

2019 9th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics (SiliconPV) Best Abstract Award (Joint)

2019 15th International Crystalline SoG Silicon and Power PV Conference (CSPV) Award

2019 UNSW Postgraduate Research Symposium Oral Presentation Prize

2021 Dean's award for outstanding Ph.D. thesis