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Ayodhya N. Tiwari is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics within materials science and engineering. Key research areas include:

  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces
  • Copper-Based Nanomaterials and Applications
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

The publication record of Ayodhya N. Tiwari features contributions in several notable venues, including:

  • Solar RRL
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Tiwari include:

  • "Multifunctional sulfonium-based treatment for perovskite solar cells with less than 1% efficiency loss over 4,500-h operational stability tests" (2024, Nature Energy)
  • "Heavy Alkali Treatment of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells: Surface versus Bulk Effects" (2020, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • "Physical Passivation of Grain Boundaries and Defects in Perovskite Solar Cells by an Isolating Thin Polymer" (2021, ACS Energy Letters)
  • "Mitigation of Vacuum and Illumination-Induced Degradation in Perovskite Solar Cells by Structure Engineering" (2020, Joule)
  • "Near-Infrared-Transparent Perovskite Solar Cells and Perovskite-Based Tandem Photovoltaics" (2020, Small Methods)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Fan Fu, Romain Carron, Radha K. Kothandaraman, Evgeniia Gilshtein, and Huagui Lai. This network reflects extensive joint work in related research domains.

Best Publications

  • Potassium-induced surface modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for high-efficiency solar cells

    Adrian Chirilă;Patrick Reinhard;Fabian Pianezzi;Patrick Bloesch

  • Highly efficient Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells grown on flexible polymer films

    Adrian Chirilă;Stephan Buecheler;Fabian Pianezzi;Patrick Bloesch

  • Development of thin‐film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 and CdTe solar cells

    A. Romeo;M. Terheggen;D. Abou-Ras;D. L. Bätzner

  • High mobility transparent conducting oxides for thin film solar cells

    S. Calnan;A.N. Tiwari

  • Low-temperature-processed efficient semi-transparent planar perovskite solar cells for bifacial and tandem applications

    Fan Fu;Thomas Feurer;Timo Jäger;Enrico Avancini

  • Low cost processing of CIGS thin film solar cells

    M. Kaelin;D. Rudmann;A.N. Tiwari

  • Buffer layers and transparent conducting oxides for chalcopyrite Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)(2) based thin film photovoltaics : Present status and current developments

    N. Naghavi;D. Abou-Ras;N. Allsop;Nicolas Barreau

  • Non‐vacuum methods for formation of Cu(In, Ga)(Se, S)2 thin film photovoltaic absorbers

    C. J. Hibberd;E. Chassaing;W. Liu;D. B. Mitzi

  • Unveiling the effects of post-deposition treatment with different alkaline elements on the electronic properties of CIGS thin film solar cells.

    Fabian Pianezzi;Patrick Reinhard;Adrian Chirilă;Benjamin Bissig

  • Progress in thin film CIGS photovoltaics – Research and development, manufacturing, and applications

    Thomas Feurer;Patrick Reinhard;Enrico Avancini;Benjamin Bissig

  • High-efficiency inverted semi-transparent planar perovskite solar cells in substrate configuration

    Fan Fu;Thomas Feurer;Thomas Paul Weiss;Stefano Pisoni

  • Doping of polycrystalline CdTe for high-efficiency solar cells on flexible metal foil

    Lukas Kranz;Christina Gretener;Julian Perrenoud;Rafael Schmitt

  • Formation and characterisation of MoSe2 for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 based solar cells

    D. Abou-Ras;G. Kostorz;D. Bremaud;M. Kälin

  • Efficiency enhancement of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells due to post-deposition Na incorporation

    D. Rudmann;A. F. da Cunha;M. Kaelin;F. Kurdesau

  • Review of Progress Toward 20% Efficiency Flexible CIGS Solar Cells and Manufacturing Issues of Solar Modules

    Patrick Reinhard;Adrian Chirila;Patrick Blosch;Fabian Pianezzi

  • CdTe/CdS solar cells on flexible substrates

    Xavier Mathew;J. Pantoja Enriquez;Alessandro Romeo;Alessandro Romeo;Ayodhya N. Tiwari;Ayodhya N. Tiwari

  • Comparative study of ITO layers deposited by DC and RF magnetron sputtering at room temperature

    F. Kurdesau;G. Khripunov;A.F. da Cunha;M. Kaelin

  • Sodium Assisted Sintering of Chalcogenides and Its Application to Solution Processed Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Thin Film Solar Cells

    Carolin M. Sutter-Fella;Josua A. Stückelberger;Harald Hagendorfer;Fabio La Mattina

  • Effects of NaF coevaporation on structural properties of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 thin films

    D. Rudmann;G. Bilger;M. Kaelin;F.-J. Haug

  • 11.2% Efficient Solution Processed Kesterite Solar Cell with a Low Voltage Deficit

    Stefan G. Haass;Matthias Diethelm;Melanie Werner;Benjamin Bissig

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Buecheler
Stephan Buecheler Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Yaroslav E. Romanyuk
Yaroslav E. Romanyuk Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Daniel Abou-Ras
Daniel Abou-Ras Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Rolf Erni
Rolf Erni Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Michael Grätzel
Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Dimitrios Hariskos
Dimitrios Hariskos University of Stuttgart
Daniel Lincot
Daniel Lincot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Dierk Raabe
Dierk Raabe Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Stefan Zaefferer
Stefan Zaefferer Max Planck Society

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