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Angus Rockett is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of materials science and engineering, with a focus on semiconductor and photovoltaic materials.

Their work is primarily concentrated in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Polymers and Plastics.

Rockett's main research topics cover a range of semiconductor and nanomaterial-related areas, such as:

  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Semiconductor materials and interfaces
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies

Their extensive publication record includes papers in frequently targeted venues such as the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), Energies, and Thin Solid Films.

Recent notable papers by Rockett include:

  • Air Stable, High-Efficiency, Pt-Based Halide Perovskite Solar Cells with Long Carrier Lifetimes, 2020, physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters
  • Improving Photostability of Cesium-Doped Formamidinium Lead Triiodide Perovskite, 2021, ACS Energy Letters
  • Degradation Mechanism Due to Water Ingress Effect on the Top Contact of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells, 2020, Energies
  • Large-Area (Ag,Cu)(In,Ga)Se2 Thin-Film Solar Cells with Increased Bandgap and Reduced Voltage Losses Realized with Bulk Defect Reduction and Front-Grading of the Absorber Bandgap, 2022, Solar RRL
  • Assessment of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 Solar Cells Degradation due to Water Ingress Effect on The CdS Buffer Layer, 2021, Journal of Energy and Power Technology

Their frequent collaborators include Sylvain Marsillac, Deewakar Poudel, R Todi, Benjamin Belfore, and Arokia Nathan, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Valence‐band discontinuities of wurtzite GaN, AlN, and InN heterojunctions measured by x‐ray photoemission spectroscopy

    G. Martin;A. Botchkarev;Angus Rockett;H. Morkoç

  • Ultrathin silicon solar microcells for semitransparent, mechanically flexible and microconcentrator module designs

    Jongseung Yoon;Alfred J. Baca;Sang Il Park;Paulius Elvikis

  • CuInSe2 for photovoltaic applications

    Angus Rockett;R. W. Birkmire

  • Photovoltaic manufacturing: Present status, future prospects, and research needs

    Colin A. Wolden;Juanita Kurtin;Jason B. Baxter;Ingrid Repins

  • A new simulation software of solar cells—wxAMPS

    Yiming Liu;Yiming Liu;Yun Sun;Angus Rockett

  • Valence-band discontinuity between GaN and AlN measured by x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

    G. Martin;S. Strite;A. Botchkarev;A. Agarwal

  • The materials science of semiconductors

    Angus Rockett

  • Effect of Ga content on defect states in CuIn 1¿x Ga x Se 2 photovoltaic devices

    J. T. Heath;J. D. Cohen;W. N. Shafarman;D. X. Liao

  • Growth and properties of single crystal TiN films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering

    B. O. Johansson;J.‐E. Sundgren;J. E. Greene;A. Rockett

  • GaN grown on hydrogen plasma cleaned 6H‐SiC substrates

    M. E. Lin;S. Strite;A. Agarwal;A. Salvador

  • Thermal desorption of ultraviolet–ozone oxidized Ge(001) for substrate cleaning

    X. J. Zhang;G. Xue;A. Agarwal;R. Tsu

  • Cu depletion at the CuInSe2 surface

    Dongxiang Liao;Angus Rockett

  • Diffusion of indium and gallium in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells

    Olle Lundberg;Jun Lu;Angus Rockett;Marika Edoff

  • Arrays of ultrathin silicon solar microcells

    John A. Rogers;Angus A. Rockett;Ralph Nuzzo;Jongseung Yoon

  • Effect of ball-milling duration and dehydrogenation on the morphology, microstructure and catalyst dispersion in Ni-catalyzed MgH 2 hydrogen storage materials

    Stephen D. House;John J. Vajo;Chai Ren;Angus A. Rockett

  • Electronic effects of sodium in epitaxial CuIn1−xGaxSe2

    David J. Schroeder;Angus A. Rockett

  • Structural, optical, and electrical properties of epitaxial chalcopyrite CuIn3Se5 films

    H. Z. Xiao;L. Chung Yang;Angus Rockett

  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and theory of the valence band and semicore Ga 3d states in GaN.

    W.R.L. Lambrecht;B. Segall;S. Strite;G. Martin

  • The effect of Na in polycrystalline and epitaxial single-crystal CuIn1−xGaxSe2

    A. Rockett

  • Structure and chemistry of CuInSe2 for solar cell technology: current understanding and recommendations

    Angus Rockett;F. Abou-Elfotouh;D. Albin;M. Bode

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph E Greene
Joseph E Greene University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Robert W. Collins
Robert W. Collins University of Toledo
Hadis Morkoç
Hadis Morkoç Virginia Commonwealth University
Scott A. Barnett
Scott A. Barnett Northwestern University
Ian M. Robertson
Ian M. Robertson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ivan Petrov
Ivan Petrov University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Christopher J. Kiely
Christopher J. Kiely Lehigh University
Joseph W. Lyding
Joseph W. Lyding University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Anant K. Agarwal
Anant K. Agarwal The Ohio State University
Ralph G. Nuzzo
Ralph G. Nuzzo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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