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Craig L. Perkins is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's publications cover various topics related to semiconductor materials and their applications. Key research themes include:

  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • ZnO doping and properties

Craig L. Perkins has published extensively, with 52 works related to materials science and 49 in engineering. Subfields of particular focus include materials chemistry with 49 publications, electrical and electronic engineering with 42, inorganic chemistry with 8, as well as atomic and molecular physics and condensed matter physics with several contributions in each.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Perkins are:

  • Andriy Zakutayev
  • Sage R. Bauers
  • Matthew O. Reese
  • Christopher P. Muzzillo
  • Rebecca W. Smaha

They have contributed to multiple publication venues, most notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Solar RRL
  • Joule
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Selected recent papers include:

  • Thin-Film Solar Cells with 19% Efficiency by Thermal Evaporation of CdSe and CdTe, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • Synthesis of LaWN 3 nitride perovskite with polar symmetry, 2021, Science
  • 3D/2D passivation as a secret to success for polycrystalline thin-film solar cells, 2021, Joule
  • Improving the barrier properties of tin oxide in metal halide perovskite solar cells using ozone to enhance nucleation, 2023, Joule
  • High-Throughput Selection and Experimental Realization of Two New Ce-Based Nitride Perovskites: CeMoN3 and CeWN3, 2022, Chemistry of Materials

Best Publications

  • 19·9%‐efficient ZnO/CdS/CuInGaSe2 solar cell with 81·2% fill factor

    Ingrid Repins;Miguel A. Contreras;Brian Egaas;Clay DeHart

  • Properties of 19.2% efficiency ZnO/CdS/CuInGaSe2 thin‐film solar cells

    Kannan Ramanathan;Miguel A. Contreras;Craig L. Perkins;Sally Asher

  • Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Self-Assembled Films of PbSe Nanocrystals Treated with 1,2-Ethanedithiol

    Joseph M. Luther;Matt Law;Qing Song;Craig L. Perkins

  • Interaction of Molecular Oxygen with the Vacuum-Annealed TiO2(110) Surface: Molecular and Dissociative Channels

    Michael A. Henderson;William S. Epling;Craig L. Perkins;Charles H. F. Peden

  • Structural, optical, and electrical properties of PbSe nanocrystal solids treated thermally or with simple amines.

    Matt Law;Joseph M. Luther;Qing Song;Barbara K. Hughes

  • Insights into Photoexcited Electron Scavenging Processes on TiO2 Obtained from Studies of the Reaction of O2 with OH Groups Adsorbed at Electronic Defects on TiO2 (110)

    Michael A. Henderson;William S. Epling;Charles H. F. Peden;Craig L. Perkins

  • Redox properties of water on the oxidized and reduced surfaces of CeO2

    Michael A. Henderson;C. L. Perkins;Mark H. Engelhard;Suntharampillai Thevuthasan

  • Microstructure and pseudocapacitive properties of electrodes constructed of oriented NiO-TiO2 nanotube arrays.

    Jae-Hun Kim;Kai Zhu;Yanfa Yan;Craig L. Perkins

  • n-Type transition metal oxide as a hole extraction layer in PbS quantum dot solar cells.

    Jianbo Gao;Jianbo Gao;Craig L. Perkins;Joseph M. Luther;Mark C. Hanna

  • Identification of nitrogen chemical states in N-doped ZnO via x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

    Craig L. Perkins;Se-Hee Lee;Xiaonan Li;Sally E. Asher

  • Exceeding 20% efficiency with in situ group V doping in polycrystalline CdTe solar cells

    W. K. Metzger;S. Grover;D. Lu;E. Colegrove

  • PbSe quantum dot field-effect transistors with air-stable electron mobilities above 7 cm2 V(-1) s(-1).

    Yao Liu;Jason Tolentino;Markelle Gibbs;Rachelle Ihly

  • Substrate-controlled band positions in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite films

    Elisa M. Miller;Yixin Zhao;Candy C. Mercado;Sudip K. Saha

  • Robust, functional nanocrystal solids by infilling with atomic layer deposition.

    Yao Liu;Markelle Gibbs;Craig L. Perkins;Jason Tolentino

  • Textured nanoporous Mo:BiVO4 photoanodes with high charge transport and charge transfer quantum efficiencies for oxygen evolution

    Vineet Nair;Craig L. Perkins;Qiyin Lin;Matt Law

  • Atmospheric‐Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of Iron Pyrite Thin Films

    Nicholas Berry;Ming Cheng;Craig L. Perkins;Moritz Limpinsel

  • Revisiting the Valence and Conduction Band Size Dependence of PbS Quantum Dot Thin Films.

    Elisa M. Miller;Daniel M. Kroupa;Daniel M. Kroupa;Jianbing Zhang;Philip Schulz

  • Chemical vapor deposition-formed p-type ZnO thin films

    X. Li;Y. Yan;T. A. Gessert;C. L. Perkins

  • Iron Pyrite Thin Films Synthesized from an Fe(acac)3 Ink

    Sean Seefeld;Moritz Limpinsel;Yu Liu;Nima Farhi

  • Thin-Film Solar Cells with 19% Efficiency by Thermal Evaporation of CdSe and CdTe

    Tursun Ablekim;Joel N. Duenow;Xin Zheng;Helio Moutinho

  • Improved performance in ZnO/CdS/CuGaSe2 thin-film solar cells

    David L. Young;James Keane;Anna Duda;Jehad A. M. AbuShama

Frequent Co-Authors

Wyatt K. Metzger
Wyatt K. Metzger National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Matthew O. Reese
Matthew O. Reese National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Mowafak Al-Jassim
Mowafak Al-Jassim National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Glenn Teeter
Glenn Teeter National Renewable Energy Laboratory
David L. Young
David L. Young National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Yanfa Yan
Yanfa Yan University of Toledo
Chun-Sheng Jiang
Chun-Sheng Jiang National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Matt Law
Matt Law University of California, Irvine
Andriy Zakutayev
Andriy Zakutayev National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Rommel Noufi
Rommel Noufi National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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