Publications

2021

Martin, B., D. Amos, E. Brehob, M. F. A. M. van Hest and T. Druffel (2021). "Techno-economic analysis of roll-to-roll production of perovskite modules using radiation thermal processes." Applied Energy. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.118200

Armstrong, P., P. S. Chandrasekhar, S. Chapagain, C. M. Cline, M. van Hest, T. Druffel and C. A. Grapperhaus (2021). "Solvation of NiOx for hole transport layer deposition in perovskite solar cells." Nanotechnology. 10.1088/1361-6528/ac328e

Chapagain, S., P. S. Chandrasekhar, D. McGott, R. C. Bramante, M. F. A. M. van Hest, M. O. Reese, T. Druffel and C. A. Grapperhaus (2021). "Direct Deposition of Nonaqueous SnO2 Dispersion by Blade Coating on Perovskites for the Scalable Fabrication of p–i–n Perovskite Solar Cells." ACS Applied Energy Materials 4(10): 10477-10483. 10.1021/acsaem.1c01287

Ghahremani, A. H., D. Ratnayake, A. Sherehiy, D. O. Popa and T. Druffel (2021). "Automated Fabrication of Perovskite Photovoltaics Using Inkjet Printing and Intense Pulse Light Annealing." Energy Technology. 10.1002/ente.202100452

2020

Ghahremani, A. H., Martin, B., Gupta, A., Bahadur, J., Ankireddy, K., & Druffel, T. (2020). Rapid fabrication of perovskite solar cells through intense pulse light annealing of SnO2 and triple cation perovskite thin films. Materials & Design, 185. doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2019.108237

Arnold, W., D. A. Buchberger, Y. Li, M. Sunkara, T. Druffel and H. Wang (2020). "Halide doping effect on solvent-synthesized lithium argyrodites Li6PS5X (X= Cl, Br, I) superionic conductors." Journal of Power Sources 464. 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228158

Ghahremani, A. H., S. Pishgar, J. Bahadur and T. Druffel (2020). "Intense Pulse Light Annealing of Perovskite Photovoltaics Using Gradient Flashes." ACS Applied Energy Materials 3(12): 11641-11654. 10.1021/acsaem.0c01520

Li, Y., W. Arnold, J. B. Jasinski, A. Thapa, G. Sumanasekera, M. Sunkara, B. Narayanan, T. Druffel and H. Wang (2020). "Interface stability of LiCl-rich argyrodite Li6PS5Cl with propylene carbonate boosts high-performance lithium batteries." Electrochimica Acta 363. 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137128

Li, Y., W. Arnold, A. Thapa, J. B. Jasinski, G. Sumanasekera, M. Sunkara, T. Druffel and H. Wang (2020). "Stable and Flexible Sulfide Composite Electrolyte for High-Performance Solid-State Lithium Batteries." ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 12(38): 42653-42659. 10.1021/acsami.0c08261

Li, Y., D. Cao, W. Arnold, Y. Ren, C. Liu, J. B. Jasinski, T. Druffel, Y. Cao, H. Zhu and H. Wang (2020). "Regulated lithium ionic flux through well-aligned channels for lithium dendrite inhibition in solid-state batteries." Energy Storage Materials 31: 344-351. 10.1016/j.ensm.2020.06.029

Martin, B., M. Yang, R. C. Bramante, E. Amerling, G. Gupta, M. F.A.M. van Hest and T. Druffel (2020). "Fabrication of Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells via Rapid Thermal Annealing." Materials Letters 276. 10.1016/j.matlet.2020.128215

Tao, M., H. Hamada, T. Druffel, J.-J. Lee and K. Rajeshwar (2020). "Review—Research Needs for Photovoltaics in the 21st Century." ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology 9(12). 10.1149/2162-8777/abd377

2019

Bahadur, J., Ghahremani, A. H., Gupta, S., Druffel, T., Sunkara, M. K., & Pal, K. (2019). Enhanced moisture stability of MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells through Barium doping. Solar Energy, 190, 396-404. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2019.08.033

Bahadur, J., Ghahremani, A. H., Martin, B., Druffel, T., Sunkara, M. K., & Pal, K. (2019). Solution processed Mo doped SnO2 as an effective ETL in the fabrication of low temperature planer perovskite solar cell under ambient conditions. Organic Electronics, 67, 159-167. doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2019.01.027

Ghahremani, A. H., Martin, B., Ankireddy, K., & Druffel, T. (2019). Rapid processing of perovskite solar cells through pulsed photonic annealing: a review. Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 16(6), 1637-1642. doi:10.1007/s11998-019-00217-2

Bahadur, J., Ghahremani, A. H., Martin, B., Pishgar, S., Druffel, T., Sunkara, M. K., & Pal, K. (2019). A study on the material characteristics of low temperature cured SnO2 films for perovskite solar cells under high humidity. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30(20), 18452-18461. doi:10.1007/s10854-019-02199-8

Gupta, A., Ankireddy, K., Kumar, B., Alruqi, A., Jasinski, J., Gupta, G., & Druffel, T. (2019). Intense pulsed light, a promising technique to develop molybdenum sulfide catalysts for hydrogen evolution. Nanotechnology, 30(17), 175401. doi:10.1088/1361-6528/aaffac

Ziolkowska, D. A., Arnold, W., Druffel, T., Sunkara, M., & Wang, H. (2019). Rapid and Economic Synthesis of a Li7PS6 Solid Electrolyte from a Liquid Approach. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 11(6), 6015-6021. doi:10.1021/acsami.8b19181

2018

Druffel, T., R. Dharmadasa, B. W. Lavery and K. Ankireddy (2018). "Intense pulsed light processing for photovoltaic manufacturing." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 174: 359-369. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2017.09.010

Ankireddy, K., Ghahremani, A. H., Martin, B., Gupta, G., & Druffel, T. (2018). "Rapid thermal annealing of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite thin films by intense pulsed light with aid of diiodomethane additive." Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6(20), 9378-9383. doi:10.1039/c8ta01237g

2017

Ankireddy, K., T. Druffel, S. Vunnam, G. Filipič, R. Dharmadasa and D. Amos (2017). "Seed mediated copper nanoparticle synthesis for fabricating oxidation-free interdigitated electrodes using intense pulse light sintering for flexible printed chemical sensors." Journal of Materials Chemistry C. DOI: 10.1039/c7tc03522e

Ankireddy, K., B. W. Lavery and T. Druffel (2017). "Atmospheric Processing of Perovskite Solar Cells using Intense Pulsed Light." Journal of Electronic Materials. DOI 10.1007/s11664-017-5893-y

Nambo, A., J. He, T. Q. Nguyen, V. Atla, T. Druffel and M. Sunkara (2017). "Ultrafast Carbon Dioxide Sorption Kinetics Using Lithium Silicate Nanowires." Nano Letters 17(6): 3327-3333. DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04013

Dharmadasa, I., M. Madugu, O. Olusola, O. Echendu, F. Fauzi, D. Diso, A. Weerasinghe, T. Druffel, R. Dharmadasa, B. Lavery, J. Jasinski, T. Krentsel and G. Sumanasekera (2017). "Electroplating of CdTe Thin Films from Cadmium Sulphate Precursor and Comparison of Layers Grown by 3-Electrode and 2-Electrode Systems." Coatings 7(2): 17. DOI: 10.3390/coatings7020017

2016

Rajamanickam, N., S. Kumari, V. K. Vendra, B. W. Lavery, J. Spurgeon, T. Druffel and M. K. Sunkara (2016). "Stable and durable CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells at ambient conditions." Nanotechnology 27(23): 235404. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/23/235404

Nguyen, T. Q., V. Atla, V. K. Vendra, A. K. Thapa, J. B. Jasinski, T. L. Druffel and M. K. Sunkara (2016). "Scalable solvo-plasma production of porous tin oxide nanowires." Chemical Engineering Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2016.03.008

Lavery, B. W., S. Kumari, H. Konermann, G. L. Draper, J. Spurgeon and T. Druffel (2016). "Intense Pulsed Light Sintering of CH3NH3PbI3 Solar Cells." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8(13): 8419-8426. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10166

2015

Pandit, B., R. Dharmadasa, I. M. Dharmadasa, T. Druffel and J. Liu (2015). "Ultrafast charge carrier relaxation and charge transfer processes in CdS/CdTe thin films." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17(26): 16760-16766. DOI: 10.1039/c5cp01652e

Martinez-Garcia, A., A. K. Thapa, R. Dharmadasa, T. Q. Nguyen, J. Jasinski, T. L. Druffel and M. K. Sunkara (2015). "High rate and durable, binder free anode based on silicon loaded MoO3 nanoplatelets." Sci Rep 5: 10530. DOI: 10.1038/srep10530

Lupitskyy, R., V. K. Vendra, J. Jasinski, D. A. Amos, M. K. Sunkara and T. Druffel (2015). "Toward high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells with a photoanode fabricated via a simple water-based formulation." Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 23(7): 883-891. DOI: 10.1002/pip.2502

Jha, M., R. Dharmadasa, G. L. Draper, A. Sherehiy, G. Sumanasekera, D. Amos and T. Druffel (2015). "Solution phase synthesis and intense pulsed light sintering and reduction of a copper oxide ink with an encapsulating nickel oxide barrier." Nanotechnology 26(17): 175601. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/17/175601

Draper, G. L., R. Dharmadasa, M. E. Staats, B. W. Lavery and T. Druffel (2015). "Fabrication of Elemental Copper by Intense Pulsed Light Processing of a Copper Nitrate Hydroxide Ink." ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 7(30): 16478-16485. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03854

Dharmadasa, R., B. W. Lavery, I. M. Dharmadasa and T. Druffel (2015). "Processing of CdTe thin films by intense pulsed light in the presence of CdCl2." Journal of Coatings Technology and Research 12(5): 835-842. DOI: 10.1007/s11998-015-9688-x

Dharmadasa, I. M., O. K. Echendu, F. Fauzi, N. A. Abdul-Manaf, H. I. Salim, T. Druffel, R. Dharmadasa and B. Lavery (2015). "Effects of CdCl2 treatment on deep levels in CdTe and their implications on thin film solar cells: a comprehensive photoluminescence study." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. DOI: 10.1007/s10854-015-3090-4

2014

Vendra, V. K., T. Q. Nguyen, T. Druffel, J. B. Jasinski, D. A. Amos and M. K. Sunkara (2014). "Nanowire architectures for iodide free dye-sensitized solar cells." Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2(10): 3543. DOI: 10.1039/c3ta13997b

Dharmadasa, R., B. Lavery, I. M. Dharmadasa and T. Druffel (2014). "Intense pulsed light treatment of cadmium telluride nanoparticle-based thin films." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6(7): 5034-5040. DOI: 10.1021/am500124t

Dharmadasa, R., I. M. Dharmadasa and T. Druffel (2014). "Intense Pulsed Light Sintering of Electrodeposited CdS Thin Films." Advanced Engineering Materials 16(11): 1351-1361. DOI: 10.1002/Adem.201400008

Dharmadasa, I., P. Bingham, O. Echendu, H. Salim, T. Druffel, R. Dharmadasa, G. Sumanasekera, R. Dharmasena, M. Dergacheva, K. Mit, K. Urazov, L. Bowen, M. Walls and A. Abbas (2014). "Fabrication of CdS/CdTe-Based Thin Film Solar Cells Using an Electrochemical Technique." Coatings 4(3): 380-415. DOI: 10.3390/coatings4030380

2013

Sunkara, S., V. K. Vendra, J. H. Kim, T. Druffel and M. K. Sunkara (2013). "Scalable synthesis and photoelectrochemical properties of copper oxide nanowire arrays and films." Catalysis Today 199(0): 27-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2012.03.014

Pandit, B., T. Luitel, D. R. Cummins, A. K. Thapa, T. Druffel, F. Zamborini and J. Liu (2013). "Spectroscopic Investigation of Photoinduced Charge-Transfer Processes in FTO/TiO2/N719 Photoanodes with and without Covalent Attachment through Silane-Based Linkers." J Phys Chem A 117(50): 13513-13523. DOI: 10.1021/jp407270j

Kanniah, V., E. A. Grulke and T. Druffel (2013). "The effects of surface roughness on low haze ultrathin nanocomposite films." Thin Solid Films 539: 170-180. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.04.126

Dharmadasa, R., M. Jha, D. A. Amos and T. Druffel (2013). "Room temperature synthesis of a copper ink for the intense pulsed light sintering of conductive copper films." ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 5(24): 13227-13234. DOI: 10.1021/am404226e

2012

Vendra, V. K., J. Absher, S. R. Ellis, D. A. Amos, T. Druffel and M. K. Sunkara (2012). "Photoanode Area Dependent Efficiency and Recombination Effects in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells." Journal of The Electrochemical Society 159(8): H728-H733. DOI: 10.1149/2.067208jes

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