Dr Yiyu Zeng

Dr Yiyu Zeng

Postdoctoral Fellow
Engineering
Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering

Dr Yiyu Zeng received his PhD in 2020 from UNSW under the supervision of Professors Martin Green and Xiaojing Hao. He is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with SPREE, specialising in the efficiency, reliability and cost-reduction of silicon solar cells and modules. His work spans UV-stable antireflection coatings, UV-induced degradation in HJT/TOPCon devices, and silver-coated aluminium metallisation. As  a UIPA-funded PhD graduate of UNSW and an ACAP Postdoctoral Fellow, his work has appeared in Advanced Functional Materials and Progress in Photovoltaics and received a PVSEC Best Poster Award.

  • Journal articles | 2025
    Song N; Chang N; Gentle A; Zeng Y; Jiang Y; Wu Y; Deng S; Cheng Y; Huang J; Zhou Z; Keevers M; Green MA, 2025, 'Multifunctional coatings for solar module glass', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 33, pp. 200 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3805
    Journal articles | 2025
    Zeng Y; Gentle A; Webster R; Yang Z; Zhou Z; Song N; Keevers M; Green M; Jiang J, 2025, 'Revisiting Photovoltaic Module Antireflection Coatings: A Novel, Dense Sol–Gel Design to Address Long-Standing Durability Limitations', Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, 33, pp. 1400 - 1409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.3877
    Journal articles | 2024
    Ge W; Gao Y; He L; Jiang Z; Zeng Y; Yu Y; Xie X; Zhou F, 2024, 'Developing Chinese herbal-based functional biomaterials for tissue engineering', HELIYON, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27451
    Journal articles | 2024
    Ge W; Gao Y; Zeng Y; Yu Y; Xie X; Liu L, 2024, 'Silk Fibroin Microneedles Loaded with Lipopolysaccharide-Pretreated Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes for Oral Ulcer Treatment', ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 16, pp. 37486 - 37496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c04804
    Journal articles | 2024
    He L; Jiang Z; Gao Y; Zeng Y; Ge W; Yu Y; Xie X, 2024, 'Comprehensive analysis of an mRNA co-expression network and a ceRNA network reveals potential prognostic biomarkers in oral squamous cell carcinoma', EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HUMAN GENETICS, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43042-024-00574-7
    Journal articles | 2024
    Li S; Zeng Y; He L; Xie X, 2024, 'Exploring Prognostic Immune Microenvironment-Related Genes in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma from the TCGA Database', JOURNAL OF CANCER, 15, pp. 632 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jca.89581
    Journal articles | 2024
    Shah UA; Wang A; Irfan Ullah M; Ishaq M; Shah IA; Zeng Y; Abbasi MS; Umair MA; Farooq U; Liang GX; Sun K, 2024, 'A Deep Dive into Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) Solar Cells: A Review of Exploring Roadblocks, Breakthroughs, and Shaping the Future', Small, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202310584
    Journal articles | 2024
    Wang X; He L; Zeng Y; Ge W; Yu Y; Xie X; Liu L, 2024, 'Macromolecule-based stem cell and cell-free strategies for oral and maxillofacial tissue repair', MATERIALS & DESIGN, 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.113203
    Journal articles | 2024
    Yu Y; Gao Y; Zeng Y; Ge W; Tang C; Xie X; Liu L, 2024, 'Multifunctional hyaluronic acid/gelatin methacryloyl core-shell microneedle for comprehensively treating oral mucosal ulcers', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131221
    Journal articles | 2024
    Zeng Y; Gao Y; He L; Ge W; Wang X; Ma T; Xie X, 2024, 'Smart delivery vehicles for cancer: categories, unique roles and therapeutic strategies', NANOSCALE ADVANCES, 6, pp. 4275 - 4308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4na00285g
    Journal articles | 2024
    Zeng Y; Luo J; Zi M; Jiang S; Ge W; Yu Y; Chen N; Lin J; Xie X, 2024, 'Comprehensive analysis of clinicopathological characteristics in oral squamous cell carcinoma arising from oral submucous fibrosis: a retrospective study', DISCOVER ONCOLOGY, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12672-024-01351-z
    Journal articles | 2024
    Zeng Y; Xie X; Gao Y; Ge W; Fang B; Han C, 2024, 'Antibacterial composite protein microneedle loaded with hypoxia-treated exosomes for oral ulcer healing', JOURNAL OF DRUG DELIVERY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2024.105952
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ge W; Gao Y; He L; Zeng Y; Liu J; Yu Y; Xie X; Xu R-A, 2023, 'Combination therapy using multifunctional dissolvable hyaluronic acid microneedles for oral ulcers', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126333
    Journal articles | 2023
    Zeng Y; Gao Y; He L; Ge W; Liu J; Yu Y; Xie X, 2023, 'Multifunctional polysaccharide composited microneedle for oral ulcers healing', MATERIALS TODAY BIO, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100782
    Journal articles | 2023
    Zeng Y; Song N; Lim S; Keevers M; Wu Y; Yang Z; Pillai S; Jiang JY; Green M, 2023, 'Comparative durability study of commercial inner-pore antireflection coatings and alternative dense coatings', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2022.112122
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zeng Y; Huang J; Li J; Sun K; Shah UA; Deng H; Zhang X; Sha C; Qian C; Song H; Hao X, 2022, 'Comparative Study of TiO2 and CdS as the Electron Transport Layer for Sb2S3 Solar Cells', Solar RRL, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202200435
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zeng Y; Wu J; Sun K; Huang J; Li L; Sha C; Yao Y; Lai Y; Green M; Liu F; Hao X, 2022, 'Low-Cost Fabrication of Sb2S3 Solar Cells: Direct Evaporation from Raw Stibnite Ore', Solar Rrl, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202100843
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zhou S; Sun K; Toe CY; Yin J; Huang J; Zeng Y; Zhang D; Chen W; Mohammed OF; Hao X; Amal R, 2022, 'Engineering a Kesterite-Based Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Ammonia Synthesis from NOx Reduction', Advanced Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202201670
    Journal articles | 2021
    Li J; Huang J; Li K; Zeng Y; Zhang Y; Sun K; Yan C; Xue C; Chen C; Chen T; Green MA; Tang J; Hao X, 2021, 'Defect-Resolved Effective Majority Carrier Mobility in Highly Anisotropic Antimony Chalcogenide Thin-Film Solar Cells', Solar Rrl, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202000693
    Journal articles | 2020
    Huang J; Jiang J; Hu L; Zeng Y; Ruan S; Ye Z; Zeng YJ, 2020, 'Self-powered ultraviolet photodetector based on CuGaO/ZnSO heterojunction', Journal of Materials Science, 55, pp. 9003 - 9013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04614-6
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wang YC; Zeng YY; Li LH; Qin C; Wang YW; Lou ZR; Liu FY; Ye ZZ; Zhu LP, 2020, 'A Stable and Efficient Photocathode Using an Sb2S3Absorber in a Near-Neutral Electrolyte for Water Splitting', ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3, pp. 6188 - 6194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00210
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wu Y; Xu J; Liu Y; Zeng Y; Wu G, 2020, 'A Review on Anti-Tumor Mechanisms of Coumarins', FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2020.592853
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zeng Y; Sun K; Huang J; Nielsen MP; Ji F; Sha C; Yuan S; Zhang X; Yan C; Liu X; Deng H; Lai Y; Seidel J; Ekins-Daukes N; Liu F; Song H; Green M; Hao X, 2020, 'Quasi-Vertically-Orientated Antimony Sulfide Inorganic Thin-Film Solar Cells Achieved by Vapor Transport Deposition', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12, pp. 22825 - 22834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c02697
    Journal articles | 2020
    Zhang Y; Huang J; Zhang X; Chin RL; Nielsen MP; Rey G; Zeng Y; Kampwerth H; Hameiri Z; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Hao X, 2020, 'Deep-level defect in quasi-vertically oriented CuSbS2 thin film', Solar RRL, 4, pp. 2000319 - 2000319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.202000319
    Journal articles | 2019
    Deng H; Zeng Y; Ishaq M; Yuan S; Zhang H; Yang X; Hou M; Farooq U; Huang J; Sun K; Webster R; Wu H; Chen Z; Yi F; Song H; Hao X; Tang J, 2019, 'Quasiepitaxy Strategy for Efficient Full-Inorganic Sb2S3 Solar Cells', Advanced Functional Materials, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201901720
    Journal articles | 2018
    Liu X; Zhang Y; Shi L; Liu Z; Huang J; Yun JS; Zeng Y; Pu A; Sun K; Hameiri Z; Stride JA; Seidel J; Green MA; Hao X, 2018, 'Exploring inorganic binary alkaline halide to passivate defects in low-temperature-processed planar-structure hybrid perovskite solar cells', Advanced Energy Materials, 8, pp. 1800138 - 1800138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201800138
    Journal articles | 2018
    Peng X; Wang W; Zeng Y; Pan X; Ye Z; Zeng Y, 2018, 'Enhanced photoresponse of a high-performance self-powered UV photodetector based on ZnO nanorods and a novel electrolyte by the piezo-phototronic effect', RSC ADVANCES, 8, pp. 33174 - 33179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ra05909h
    Journal articles | 2017
    Peng X; Zeng Y; Pan X; Wang W; Zhou Y; Wang F; Lu Q; Ye Z, 2017, 'High-performance of self-powered UV photodetector with long-term stability based on ZnO nanorods and an iodine-free quasi solid-state electrolyte', RSC ADVANCES, 7, pp. 29440 - 29445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ra04966h
    Journal articles | 2016
    Wang W; Pan X; Dai W; Zeng Y; Ye Z, 2016, 'Ultrahigh sensitivity in the amorphous ZnSnO UV photodetector', RSC ADVANCES, 6, pp. 32715 - 32720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ra02924h
    Journal articles | 2016
    Yan W; Yue S; Lu J; Li X; Yu G; Lu R; Zeng Y; Chen L; Ye Z, 2016, 'Thin-Film Transistors Based on Amorphous ZnNbSnO Films With Enhanced Behaviors', IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, 63, pp. 2412 - 2416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TED.2016.2555848
    Journal articles | 2016
    Zeng Y; Pan X; Lu B; Ye Z, 2016, 'Fabrication of flexible self-powered UV detectors based on ZnO nanowires and the enhancement by the decoration of Ag nanoparticles', RSC ADVANCES, 6, pp. 31316 - 31322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ra02922a
    Journal articles | 2016
    Zeng Y; Ye Z; Lu B; Dai W; Pan X, 2016, 'Enhanced photoelectric performance in self-powered UV detectors based on ZnO nanowires with plasmonic Au nanoparticles scattered electrolyte', APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9908-y
    Journal articles | 2016
    Zhang L; Zhu L; Hu L; Zeng Y; Ye Z, 2016, 'Annealing rate tuned magnetization level in polycrystalline ZnO:Cu films', JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 684, pp. 132 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.04.199
    Journal articles | 2016
    Zhang Y; Yan H-Z; Zeng T; Zeng Y-Y, 2016, 'Tooth surface geometry optimization of spiral bevel and hypoid gears generated by duplex helical method with circular profile blade', JOURNAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY, 23, pp. 544 - 554, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11771-016-3101-5
    Journal articles | 2015
    Zeng Y; Pan X; Dai W; Chen Y; Ye Z, 2015, 'The enhancement of a self-powered UV photodetector based on vertically aligned Agmodified ZnO nanowires', RSC ADVANCES, 5, pp. 66738 - 66741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ra08187d
  • Working Papers |
    Zeng Y; Song N; Lim S; Keevers M; Wu Y; yang Z; Jiang Y; Green MA, Comparative Durability Study of Commercial Inner-Pore Antireflection Coatings and Alternative Dense Coatings, Elsevier BV, http://dx.doi.org10.2139/ssrn.4145647, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4145647
  • Preprints | 2024
    Zeng Y; Gentle A; Webster R; Yang Z; Zhou Z; Song N; Keevers M; Green M; Jiang Y, 2024, Revisiting Photovoltaic Module Antireflection Coatings: A Novel Sol-Gel Design Addressing Long-Standing Limitations, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.171936514.46561855/v1
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Song N; Chang N; Gentle A; Zeng Y; Jiang Y; Deng S; Huang J; Cheng Y; Zhou Z; Keevers M; Green M, 2023, 'Multifunctional Coatings for Solar Module Glass', presented at 42nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal, 18 September 2023 - 22 September 2023
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Song N; Chang N; Gentle A; Zeng Y; Jiang Y; Deng S; Huang J; Cheng Y; Zhou Z; Keevers M; Green M, 2023, 'Multifunctional Coatings for Solar Module Glass', Lisbon, Portugal, presented at 41st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal, 18 September 2023 - 22 September 2023
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Zeng Y; Green M; Jiang JY, 2023, 'Multi-Layer Dense Antireflection Coatings', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10360004
    Preprints | 2022
    He L; Zeng Y; Gao Y; Xie X, 2022, Application of weighted gene co-expression network analysis to explore potential prognostic markers of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2171735/v1
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Song N; Zeng Y; Jiang Y; Gentle A; Chang N; Zhou Z; Keevers M; Ekins-Daukes N; Egan R; Green M, 2022, 'Multifunctional multilayer antireflection coatings for solar module glass', presented at Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2022, Newcastle, Australia, 29 November 2022 - 01 December 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/30832
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Song N; Zeng Y; jiang Y; Gentle A; Chang N; Zhou Z; Keevers M; Ekins-Daukes N; Green M, 2022, 'Multifunctional multilayer antireflection coatings for solar module glass', Newcastle, Australia, presented at Asia Pacific Solar Research Conference 2022, Newcastle, Australia, 29 November 2022 - 01 December 2022
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    Song N; Chang N; Zeng Y; Green M, 2021, 'Multilayer Antireflection Coating on Solar Glass', presented at 31st International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia, 13 December 2021 - 15 December 2021
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Song N; Chang N; Zeng Y; Green M, 2021, 'Multilayer Antireflection Coating on Solar Glass', Sydney, Australia, presented at 31st International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, Sydney, Australia, 13 December 2021 - 15 December 2021
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Zeng Y; Liu F; Green M; Hao X, 2018, 'Fabrication of Sb2S3 planar thin film solar cells with closed-space sublimation method', 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. 0870 - 0872, 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:000469200400199&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Zeng Y; Liu F; Hao X, 2018, 'Fabrication of Sb 2 S 3 planar thin film solar cells with closed-space sublimation method', 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. 870 - 872, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2018.8547305