YEAR 2 KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER INVOLVING HQP
Project 01
Optimization of Nanoscale Interfaces in Organic PV Active Layers
Journal Publications (Published)
 “An air stable hybrid Inverted tandem solar cell design”, F. Liu, J.M. Nunzi, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99,
063301 (2011) (top 20 downloaded paper)
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Charge separation in semicrystalline polymeric semiconductors by photoexcitation: Is the mechanism
intrinsic or extrinsic? F. Paquin, G. Latini, M. Sakowicz, P.-L. Karsenti, L. Wang, D. Beljonne, N.
Stingelin, C. Silva. Physical Review Letters 106, 197401 (2011).
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“Organic solar cells' materials and active layer designs, improvements with carbon nanotubes: a
review”, B. Ratier, J.M. Nunzi, M. Aldissi, T.M. Kraft, E. Buncel, Polym. Int. 61, 342–354 (2012)
Presentations (Oral)
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“Metal plasmon enhanced luminescence of rhodamine B”, F. Liu, B.S. Rao, G. Aldea, J.M. Nunzi,
Proc SPIE 8113, 81130C (2011)
Project 02
Improving Organic Solar Cell Efficiency Using Low Band Gap Polymers and Tandem Devices
Journal Publications (Published)
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P. Berrouard, A. Najari, A. Pron, D. Gendron, P.-O. Morin, J. Veilleux, M. Leclerc, ''Synthesis of a 5alkyl[3,4-c]thienopyrrole-4,6-dione-based copolymer via direct heteroarylation'', Angew. Chem. Int.
Ed., 2012, 51, 2068
Journals Publications (Submitted)
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D. Gendron, S. Lévesque, N. Bérubé, F. Grenier, M. Côté, M. Leclerc, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2012, to be
submitted.
Presentations (Invited)
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CSC 2011 Conference, Montréal, June 5 to 9, 2011: Michel Côté, (Includes work done by HQP
Jonathan Laflamme) “Efficient evaluation of screened exchange without explicit calculation of
conduction states’’ (invited speaker) http://www.csc2011.ca/
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CAP Congress, St-John’s, Newfoundland, June 13 to 17, 2011: Michel Côté, (Includes work done by
HQP Jonathan Laflamme) “Electronic properties of polymers for photovoltaic applications’’ (invited
speaker) http://www.cap.ca/en/congress/2011
Presentations (Posters)
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ABINIT Workshop, Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium, April 11 to 14, 2011: Jonathan Laflamme, “Faster
G0W0 implementation” (poster) (www.abinit2011.be)
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MRS – Boston- December 2011: P. Berrouard, M. Leclerc, ‘’ Synthesis of 5-alkyl[3,4c]thienopyrrole-4,6-dione-based polymers via direct heteroarylation ‘’ (poster)
http://www.mrs.org/fall2011/
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MRS – Boston- December 2011: F. Grenier, M. Leclerc, ‘’ Synthesis and Characterization of Sulfur
Derivatives of Isoindigo and Diketopyrrolopyrrole for Application in Small Molecule Bulk
Heterojunction Solar Cells’’ (poster) http://www.mrs.org/fall2011/
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Conference: APS March Meeting, Boston Convention Center, February 26 to March 2, 2012: J.
Laflamme Janssen, N. Bérubé, G. Antonius, M. Côté, “G0W0 implementation using Lanczos
algorithm. ’’ http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/index.cfm
Project 03
Highly Efficient Low-Cost Polymeric Solar Cells
Journal Publications (Published)
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B. Worfolk, S. Beaupré, M. Leclerc and J. Buriak, ‘’Work Function Control of Interfacial Buffer
Layers for efficient and Air-stable Inverted Low Band Gap Organic Photovoltaics’’, Adv. Energy
Mater., 2, 361-368 (2012).
Journal Publications (Submitted)
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B.-R. Aïch, S. Beaupré, J.-R. Pouliot, Y. Tao, M. Leclerc, ‘’ Control of the active layer
nanomorphology by using additives toward high-performance bulk heterojunction solar cells’’, Org.
Electron. 2012, submitted (March 2012).
Presentations (Invited)
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Conference: SPIE, 2011 Optics+Photonics, San Diego, 21-25 August, 2011: M. Côté, H. Antaya, M.
Sakowicz, C. Silva, “Calculations of interface states between two polymers: polythiophene and
polyselenophene“, (invited, presentation 8098-05) http://spie.org/x30491.xml
Presentations (Oral)
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Conference : Photonics North, Ottawa Convention Center, May 17, 2011 : H. Antaya, M.Côté, M.
Sakowicz, C. Silva, "Calculations of interface states between two polymers: polythiophene and
polyselenophene", (non-invited, contributed talk) http://www.photonicsnorth.com
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Conference : Photonics North, Ottawa Convention Center, May 17, 2011 : N. Bérubé, H. Antaya, M.
Côté, "Organic solar cells: a theoretical study of the effects of polymer side-chains", (non-invited,
contributed talk. http://www.photonicsnorth.com
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Conference: T.C. Hauger, B.J. Worfolk, K.D. Harris, M. Leclerc, J.M. Buriak. “Tailored Bulk
Heterojunction Morphology for Low Band Gap Inverted Organic Solar Cells”. Accepted Presentation
at 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2011. http://www.ieeepvsc.org/PVSC37/
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Conference: M. Thomas, B.J. Worfolk, D.A. Rider, M.T. Taschuk, J.M. Buriak, M.J. Brett.
“Engineered Morphologies for Inverted Organic Photovoltaic Cells: Glancing Angle Deposited
C60 Fullerene Nanocolumns”. Presentation at 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle,
WA, June, 2011. http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC37/
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Conference: B.J. Worfolk, D.A. Rider, A.L. Elias, M. Thomas, K.D. Harris, J.M. Buriak.
“Carboxylated Polythiophenes and PCBM Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaics on Glass and Plastic
Substrates”. Presentation at 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2011.
http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC37/
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Conference: B.J. Worfolk, K.D. Harris, S. Beaupré, M. Leclerc, J.M. Buriak. “Next-Generation
Organic Photovoltaics”. Presented at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark,
September 2011.
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Conference: U. Al-Atar, B. Worfolk, J. Buriak A Novel PEDOT:DNA Hybrid Layer Increases
Stability of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell, CSC Meeting 2011, Abstract number 698, EG3.
http://www.csc2011.ca/
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Conference: APS March Meeting, Boston Convention Center, February 26 to March 2, 2012: H.
Antaya, M. Sakowicz, C. Silva, M. Côté, “Analysis of interface states in blend of polythiophene and
polyselenophene: experiments and theory“, (non-invited, contributed talk, presentation P49.5).
http://www.aps.org/meetings/meeting.cfm?name=MAR12
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Conference: APS March Meeting, Boston Convention Center, February 26 to March 2, 2012: N.
Bérubé, V. Gosselin, H. Lepage, M. Côté, “Organic solar cells: How can the theory guide the
experience?“, (non-invited, contributed talk, presentation P49.12)
http://www.aps.org/meetings/meeting.cfm?name=MAR12
Presentations (Poster)
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Conference: M. Thomas, B.J. Worfolk, D.A. Rider, M.T. Taschuk, J.M. Buriak, M.J. Brett.
“Engineered Morphologies for Inverted Organic Photovoltaic Cells: Glancing Angle Deposited
C60 Fullerene Nanocolumns”. Accepted Poster Presentation at 26th European Photovoltaic Solar
Energy Conference and Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany, September, 2011.http://www.photovoltaicconference.com/previous-eupvsec/eupvsec-milestones.html
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Conference: B.J. Worfolk, T.C. Hauger, K.D. Harris, D.A. Rider, J.A.M. Fordyce, S.Beaupré, M.
Leclerc, J.M. Buriak. “Polymeric Cathodic Buffer Layers for Efficient and Stable Organic
Photovoltaics". Visual Presentation at 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and
Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany, September, 2011.http://www.photovoltaic-conference.com/previouseupvsec/eupvsec-milestones.html
Network In The Media (Broadcast Radio or TV)
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Network In The Media: Prof. Leclerc's team on the Television show ‘’Découverte’’ broadcasted by
Société Radio-Canada Sunday, April 3, 2011, 6:30 PM. (In French Only)http://www.radiocanada.ca/emissions/decouverte/20102011/Reportage.asp?idDoc=145212&autoPlay=http://www.radiocanada.ca/Medianet/2011/CBFT/Decouverte201104031830_6.asx
Project 04
Metal Oxide/Organic Hybrid Solar Cells
Journal Publications (Published)
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“Fluorinated alkyl phosphonic acid SAMs replace PEDOT:PSS in polymer semiconductor devices”,
Mingqing Wang, Ian G. Hill, Organic Electronics, vol 13, pg 498
Presentations (Oral)
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“Sol-gel Prepared Ca Doped ZnO and Its Application in Polymer–Oxide Bilayer Hybrid Solar Cells”,
Mingqing Wang (presenter) and Ian G Hill, AVS International Symposium, Nashville TN, Oct. 2011.
http://www.avs.org/
Project 05
Tandem Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanowire Based Solar Cell
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Project 06
Optimization of Nanoscale Interfaces in Organic PV Active Layers
Presentations (Oral)
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A. Amos-Binks, B. Nemeth, S. Demtchenko, S.P. McGarry and N.G. Tarr, “RF Sputtered aSi:H Solar
Cells with Conductive Polymer Emitters”, oral presentation at Photonics North 2011, Ottawa, ON,
Canada, May 16-18, 2011. http://www.photonicsnorth.com
M. Thomas, B.J. Worfolk, D.A. Rider, M.T. Taschuk, J.M. Buriak, M.J. Brett, "Engineered
morphologies for inverted organic photovoltaic cells: Glancing Angle Deposited C60 fullerene
nanocolumns", oral presentation at Photonics North 2011, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 16-18, 2011.
http://www.photonicsnorth.com
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J.G. Van Dijken, M.D. Fleischauer, M.J. Brett, "Nanostructured metal phthalocyanines for organic
solar cells", oral presentation at Photonics North 2011, Ottawa, ON, Canada, May 16-18, 2011.
http://www.photonicsnorth.com
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J.G. Van Dijken, M.D. Fleischauer, M.J. Brett. "Advanced Nanostructuring of MetalPhthalocyanines
for Organic Photovoltaic Devices," Proc. 37th IEEE Photov. Spec. Conf.(2011). http://www.ieeepvsc.org/PVSC37, Oral presentation at Seattle, June 20, 2011
Presentations (Poster)
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M. Thomas, B.J. Worfolk, D.A. Rider, M.T. Taschuk, J.M. Buriak, and M.J. Brett, "Inverted organic
photovoltaic cellsbased on Glancing Angle Deposited C60 fullerene nanocolumns", poster
presentation at the 37th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, June 19-24,
2011. http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC37. Best Poster Award.
Network in the Media (Events)
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Two PhD students from the Brett group (van Dijken, Thomas) and one from the Buriak group
(Worfolk) entered a business planning competition based on long-lived organic solar cells. They were
awarded “runners-up” in the final TEC Edmonton Venture Prize Competition on April 27, 2011.
Project 07
Enhanced Efficiency Dye Sensitized Solar Cell
Journal Publications
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P. Mirtcheve, E. Henderson, N. Soheilnia, C. M. Yip, G. A. Ozin, Solution phase synthesis of carbon
quantum dots as sensitizers for nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells, J. Mater. Chem., 22, 1265, 2012.
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N. Tetreault, E. Arsenault, L. Heiniger, N. Soheilnia, J. Brillet, S. Zakeeruddin, G. A. Ozin, M.
Gratzel, High-Efficiency Dye Sensitized Solar cell with three-dimensionalphotoanode, Nano lett.,
11(11), 4579, 2011.
Presentations (Oral)
 Inorganic Discussion Weekend, Navid Soheilnia, A step toward high efficiency dye-sensitized solar
cells, August 19-22, Niagara Falls.
Project 08
Third Generation Spectral Engineering for Increased Solar Cell Efficiencies
Presentations (Poster)
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Optimization of Down-Converters for Photovoltaics Applications, A. M. Gabr, A. Walker, R. Beal, J.
F. Wheeldon, J. Sacks, R. Savidge, T. J. Hall, R. N. Kleiman and K. Hinzer, Nano Ontario Conference
and Workshop 2011, Hamilton, ON, October 14, 2011 (poster presentation)
http://nanoontario.ca/
Project 09
Nanowire Photovoltaics
Journal Publications (Published)
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J.P. Boulanger and R.R. LaPierre, Polytype formation in GaAs/GaP axial nanowire heterostructures, J.
Cryst. Growth 332 (2011) 21.
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A.C.E. Chia and R.R. LaPierre, “Contact planarization of ensemble nanowires”, Nanotechnology 22
(2011) 245304.
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H. P. T. Nguyen, Y.-L Chang, I. Shih and Z. Mi, “InN p-i-n nanowire solar cells on Si”, IEEE J. Sel.
Topics Quantum Electron. 17 17 (2011) 1062.
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O. Salehzadeh, M. X. Chen, K. L. Kavanagh, S. P. Watkins, “Rectifying characteristics of Te-doped
GaAs nanowires”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 182102, (2011)
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O. Salehzadeh, S.P. Watkins, “Control of GaAs nanowire morphology by group III precursor
chemistry”, J. Cryst. Growth, 325, 5, (2011)
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O. Salehzadeh, S.P. Watkins, “Effect of carbon dopant on the morphology of GaAs Nanowires”,
Nanotechnology. 22, 165603 , (2011).
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O. Salehzadeh and S P Watkins , “Effect of carbon tetrabromide on the morphology of GaAs
nanowires”, Nanotechnology 22 (2011) 165603.
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J.P. Boulanger and R.R. LaPierre, Patterned gold-assisted growth of GaP nanowires on Si, Semicond.
Sci. Technol. 27 (2012) 035002.
Journal Publications (Submitted)
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O. Salehzadeh, K.L. Kavanagh, S.P. Watkins, "Electrical properties of carbon doped GaAs
nanowires" to be submitted to J. Appl. Phys.
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O. Salehzadeh, K.L. Kavanagh, S.P. Watkins "Electrical properties of Te-doped GaAs nanowires" to
be submitted to J. Appl. Phys.
Presentations (Invited)
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Oral Presentation (Invited), Omid Salehzadeh and Simon Watkins, "Control of nanowire
heterostructures and doping via precursor chemistry", CMOSET Conference (Whistler BC, June 15,
2011). http://www.cmoset.com/Past_Conferences.html#2011
Presentations (Oral)
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Oral Presentation, J.P. Boulanger and R.R. LaPierre, Transient Supersaturation Effects of Au VLS
Catalysts on the Growth of Low-Dimensional Axial GaAs/GaP Heterostructure Nanowires for
Optoelectronic Applications, 2011 MRS Spring Meeting (Apr 25 – 29, 2011, San Francisco,
California). http://www.mrs.org/spring2011/
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Oral Presentation, A.C.E. Chia and R.R. LaPierre, Surface Passivation of GaAs Nanowires, 2011
MRS Spring Meeting (Apr 25 – 29, 2011, San Francisco, California). http://www.mrs.org/spring2011/
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Oral Presentation, Omid Salehzadeh and Simon Watkins, "Control of Nanowire Morphology by
Choice of Precursor Chemistry", Spring Materials Research Society Meeting (San Francisco, April 27,
2011). http://www.mrs.org/spring2011/
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Oral Presentation, Z. Mi, H. P. T. Nguyen, K. Cui, Md. G. Kibria, D. Wang and I. Shih, “Harvesting
solar energy using group III-nitride nanowires,” Photonics North and Photovoltaics 2nd National
Scientific Conference (Ottawa, ON, May 16-18, 2011) http://www.photonicsnorth.com
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Oral presentation, O. Salehzadeh and S P Watkins, “Effect of Carbon Doping on Morphology and
Structure of GaAs Nanowires”, 15th Int. Conf. Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy XV, Lake Tahoe,
May 25, 2011.
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Oral Presentation, Omid Salehzadeh and Simon Watkins "Control of III-V Nanowire Epitaxy by
Precursor Chemistry" (Electronic Materials Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, June 2011).
http://www.tms.org/Meetings/Specialty/EMC11/home.aspx
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Oral Presentation, Omid Salehzadeh, Christoph Herrmann, Xin Zhang, Byron Gates, Karen Kavanagh
and Simon Watkins, "Electrical Properties of Tellurium- and Carbon-Doped GaAs Nanowires",
Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (November 28, 2011). http://www.mrs.org/fall2011/
Presentations (Poster)
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Poster Presentation, J.P. Boulanger and R.R. LaPierre, Patterned Au-assisted VLS growth of III-V
nanowires on Si (111) by MBE: challenges and obstacles, Nano Ontario Conference and Workshop
2011 (Oct 14-15, 2011, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario). http://nanoontario.ca/
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Poster Presentation, A.C.E. Chia and R.R. LaPierre, Surface passivation of gallium arsenide
nanowires for photovoltaic applications, Nano Ontario Conference and Workshop 2011 (Oct 14-15,
2011, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario). http://nanoontario.ca/
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Poster Presentation, A. Ahktari-Zavareh, O. Salehzadeh, S. Alagha, S.P. Watkins,K.L. Kavanagh,
"BEEM and in situ SEM nanoprobe measurements of Au-GaAs Nanowires", Annual Meeting of the
Pacific Center for Advanced Materials and Microstructures (University of Victoria, BC, 10 December,
2011). https://secure.engr.uvic.ca/~pcamm/
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Poster Presentation, O. Salehzadeh, K.L. Kavanagh and S.P. Watkins, "Te-doping of GaAs
nanowires", Annual Meeting of the Pacific Center for Advanced Materials and Microstructures
(University of Victoria, BC, 10 December, 2011). https://secure.engr.uvic.ca/~pcamm/
Project 10
Advanced Thin Silicon High Efficiency Device Integrations
Journal Publications (Published)
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Paul G. O'Brien, Yang Yang, Alongkarn Chutinan, Pratish Mahtani, Keith Leong, Daniel P. Puzzo,
Leonardo D. Bonifacio, Chen-Wei Lin, Geoffrey A. Ozin, Nazir P. Kherani, “Selectively transparent
and conducting photonic crystal solar spectrum splitters made of alternating sputtered indium-tin
oxide and spin-coated silica nanoparticle layers for enhanced photovoltaics”, Journal of Solar Energy
Materials and Solar Cells, 4-APR-2012 DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.03.005.
Presentations (Oral)
 Dmitri S. Stepanov, Zahidur R. Chowdhury and Nazir P. Kherani, "Lowest surface recombination
velocity on n-type crystalline silicon using PECVD a-Si:H/SiNx bi-layer passivation", Proc. SPIE
8007, 800720 (2011); doi:10.1117/12.905624 http://spie.org/x1848.xml
Presentation (Poster)
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K. Kumar, K.C. Lee, J. Nogami, P.R. Herman, N.P. Kherani, “Anti-Reflection Monocrystalline
Silicon Using a Laser Written Mask and Chemical Etching”, 2nd International Conference on
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, Belgium (Apr 2012), poster presentation.
http://www.siliconpv.com/cms/welcome.html
Education and Outreach (School Involvement)
 Engagement of several undergraduate students in 4th year thesis/design projects as well as
summer research work in collaboration with senior graduate students.
Project 11
Novel III-V and I-III-VI Based Multi-Junction Solar Cells
Journal Publications
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J. F. Wheeldon, C. E. Valdivia, A. Walker, G. Kolhatkar, D. Masson, B. Riel, S. Fafard, A. Jaouad, A.
Turula, R. Arès, V. Aimez, T. J. Hall, K. Hinzer, “Performance comparison of AlGaAs, GaAs and
InGaP tunnel junctions for concentrated multijunction solar cells,”(10 pages), Prog. Photovoltaics: Res.
Appl., 19, 442–452 (2011).
Presentations (Invited)
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J. F. Wheeldon, R. Beal, A. Walker, O. Thériault, M. Yandt, F. Proulx, J. Hayson, K. Hinzer,
"Calibrated High Efficiency Testing and Modelling Methodologies for Concentrated Multi-Junction
Solar Cells ", IEEE VTS'11, 29th VLSI Test Symposium, Dana Point, USA, May 1-5, 2011. Invited.
http://www.tttc-vts.org/public_html/new/2013/index.php
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J. F. Wheeldon, R. Beal, A. Walker, O. Theriault, M. Yandt, F. Proulx, J. Hayson, K. Hinzer,
"Quantum Dot Enhanced Multi-Junction Solar Cells, the Next Generation of High Efficiency Solar
Cells", Canadian Association of Physicists Congress 2011, St. John's, Canada, 2011 Invited
http://www.cap.ca/en/congress/2011
Presentations (Oral)
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S. Park, C. H. Champness, Z. Mi, and I. Shih “Metal contacts to p-type crystalline CuInSe2,” Photonics
North 2011 Ottawa, Canada, May 16-18, 2011. Published in Proceedings of the SPIE.
http://www.photonicsnorth.com
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J. Qiu, A. Shih, Y. F. Qi, S. Park, Z. Mi, and I. Shih, “Growth of large crystalline CuInSe 2 ingots,”
Photonics North and Photovoltaics 2nd National Scientific Conference, SPIE 8007-3 (4 pages), Ottawa,
ON, May 16-18, 2011. http://www.photonicsnorth.com
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J. F. Wheeldon, A. W. Walker, O. Thériault, M. Yandt, and K. Hinzer, “Numerical Simulations of
Temperature Dependence of High-Efficiency Multi-Junction Solar Cells, Under Concentrated
Sunlight,” Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano Photonics, Toronto Canada, June 12-16,
2011. http://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/optics_and_photonics_congresses/advanced_photonics/ipr/
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S. Park, C. H. Champness, Z. Mi. and I. Shih, “Metal contacts to p-type crystalline copper indium
diselenide,” 37th IEEE Photovoltaic specialist conference, Seattle, Washington, June 19-24, 2011.
http://www.ieee-pvsc.org/PVSC37/
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W. Walker, J. F. Wheeldon, O. Thériault, M. Yandt, and K. Hinzer, “Temperature Dependent External
Quantum Efficiency Simulations and Experimental Measurement of GaInP/GaAs/Ge Solar Cells,”
37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Seattle, USA, June 19-24, 2011. http://www.ieeepvsc.org/PVSC37/
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W. Walker, J. F. Wheeldon, O Thériault, M. D. Yandt and K. Hinzer. “Temperature dependant
external quantum efficiency simulations and experimental measurement of lattice matched quantum
dot enhanced multi-junction solar cells,” (6 pages) 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference June
19-24, 2011, Seattle, USA. Paper downloadable from IEEE Xplore digital library. http://www.ieeepvsc.org/PVSC37/
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O. Thériault, J. F. Wheeldon, A. Walker, P. Bitar, M. Yandt, C. E. Valdivia, and K. Hinzer,
"Temperature-dependent quantum efficiency of quantum dot enhanced multi-junction solar cells," (4
pages) 7th International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems, 33651, Las Vegas, USA,
2011. Proc. published by the American Institute of Physics, available online. http://www.cpv7.org/cms/
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O. Thériault, A. W. Walker, J. F. Wheeldon and K. Hinzer. “Effect of Quantum Dot Layers on the
Behaviour of Multi-junction Solar Cells Under Concentration,” (4 pages) 8 th International Conference
on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems, Toledo, Spain, April 16-18, 2012. http://www.cpv-8.org/cms/
Project 12
Cell Design for Window and Skylight Applications
Journal Publications (Published)
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Allard, N., Beaupré, S., Aïch, B.R., Najari, A., Leclerc, M., ''Synthesis and characterization of new
poly(thieno[3,4-d]thiazole) derivatives for photovoltaic applications'', Macromolecules, 2011, 44,
7184.
Presentations (Oral)
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Kapsis, K., Athienitis, A.K., “Building integrated semi-transparent photovoltaics: Daylighting and
energy performance”, 2nd Photonics North Conference proceedings, May 2011, Ottawa, ON.
http://www.photonicsnorth.com
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Allard, N., Beaupré, S., Aïch, B.R., Najari, A., Leclerc, M., ''Synthesis and characterization of new
poly(thieno[3,4-d]thiazole) derivatives for photovoltaic applications’’, MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit,
November 2011, Boston, MA. http://www.mrs.org/fall2011/
Presentations (Poster)
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Esfandiarpour, B., Sivoththaman, S., “Embedment of Quantum Dots in Sol-gel Derived Zinc-Oxide
Films for photovoltaic and photonic applications” Photonics North (poster presentation), May 2011,
Ottawa.
Knowledge Generalization and Mobilization (Technology Transfer)
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Kapsis, K., Athienitis, A.K., Design of the façade and the BIPV/T roof of Varennes public library, a
net-zero energy institutional building,
Project 13
Photovoltaics and the Transition to a Carbon-Neutral Energy System in Canada
Presentations (Oral)
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Rosenbloom, Daniel, J. Meadowcroft (2012). Transitioning to a low carbon electricity system: a
socio-technical, evolutionary, multi-level analysis of wind and solar deployment and incentive policy
development in Ontario. Paper accepted for presentation at the upcoming Ontario Network for
Sustainable Energy Policy Annual Workshop.
Network in the Media (Online)
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Fast, S., C. Hoicka, J. Knott & D. Rosenbloom (2011). Grappling with green energy evidence.
Ontario Network for Sustainable Energy Policy
- A collaborative media article was developed by the lead research associate along with PhD
candidates working on sustainable energy policy in Ontario. The media piece was posted to
the Ontario Network for Sustainable Energy Policy website and distributed via their LinkedIn
network just prior to the Ontario election.