Dr Yongtao Qu

Dr Qu is expertized in the development, fabrication, characterisation, thin film PV devices from printable nanoparticle inks, which provides added benefit to high volume and high value manufacturing to develop a reliable and transferable technology in light weight Earth abundant solar cells. His current research interest is to explore and understand the interfaces between the materials within the solar cells over a full range of length scales (atom to device), from the investigation of atomic ordering in the absorber to the improvement of PV devices via reduced back contact barrier using alternative nanoparticle fabrication strategy. He also has wide research interests in green energy materials, including fullerene C₆₀ carbon materials, insulation/flame-retardant materials and CO₂ adsorption/storage materials.

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• A structural, optical and electrical comparison between physical vapour deposition and slot-die deposition of Al:ZnO (AZO), Matheson, E., Xu, X., Qu, Y., Zoppi, G., Barrioz, V., Beattie, N. 31 Mar 2023, In: MRS Advances
• Editorial: Functional materials with charge transfer properties and their application in photoelectric devices, Zheng, M., Gatti, T., Liu, Y., Qu, Y. 23 Nov 2022, In: Frontiers in Chemistry
• Elimination of the carbon-rich layer in Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 absorbers prepared from nanoparticle inks, Qu, Y., Campbell, S., Duchamp, M., Beattie, N., Jones, M., Zoppi, G., Barrioz, V. 2022, 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC)
• Ex-situ Ge-doping of CZTS Nanocrystals and CZTSSe Solar Absorber Films, Naylor, M., Tiwari, D., Sheppard, A., Laverock, J., Campbell, S., Ford, B., Xu, X., Jones, M., Qu, Y., Maiello, P., Barrioz, V., Beattie, N., Fox, N., Fermin, D., Zoppi, G. 1 Oct 2022, In: Faraday Discussions
• Modelling interfaces in thin-film photovoltaic devices, Jones, M., Dawson, J., Campbell, S., Barrioz, V., Whalley, L., Qu, Y. 21 Jun 2022, In: Frontiers in Chemistry
• Preparation and thermal properties analysis of fatty acids/1-hexadecanol binary eutectic phase change materials reinforced with TiO2 particles, Zhang, R., Chen, D., Chen, L., Cao, X., Liu, X., Qu, Y. 1 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Energy Storage
• Recovery mechanisms in aged kesterite solar cells, Campbell, S., Duchamp, M., Ford, B., Jones, M., Nguyen, L., Naylor, M., Xu, X., Maiello, P., Zoppi, G., Barrioz, V., Beattie, N., Qu, Y. 23 May 2022, In: ACS Applied Energy Materials
• Routes to Increase Performance for Antimony Selenide Solar Cells using Inorganic Hole Transport Layers, Campbell, S., Phillips, L., Major, J., Hutter, O., Voyce, R., Qu, Y., Beattie, N., Zoppi, G., Barrioz, V. 26 Sep 2022, In: Frontiers in Chemistry
• Thermally-induced flexible and thermally conductive enhanced phase change material with 1-hexadecanol as phase change component, Qu, Y., Chen, L., Zhang, R., Cao, X., Liu, X. 1 Dec 2022, In: Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
• Kesterite Thin Film Solar Cells from Nanoparticles Inks, Qu, Y. 28 Sep 2021, 28th SCI-CSCST annual conference

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• Oral presentation: Fabrication of Novel 3D Structured Electrode for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation Applications using Additive Manufacturing 2023

Michael Jones Back contact engineering for high performance kesterite solar cells Start Date: 01/10/2020

• Physics PhD April 05 2016
• Other Courses MSc June 30 2011
• Member Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2015
• Member Institute of Physics