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Overview

Kylie R. Catchpole is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia, specializing in research primarily within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their scholarly work comprises over a hundred publications, with significant emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering and materials chemistry.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, including:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Key topics in Catchpole's research include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Their recent notable papers cover a range of areas related to solar energy and hydrogen storage. These include:

  • The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap (2020), published in the Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • Nanoscale localized contacts for high fill factors in polymer-passivated perovskite solar cells (2021), Science
  • Stability challenges for the commercialization of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells (2023), Nature Reviews Materials
  • Centimetre-scale perovskite solar cells with fill factors of more than 86 per cent (2022), Nature
  • Large-scale stationary hydrogen storage via liquid organic hydrogen carriers (2021), iScience

Catchpole has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Klaus Weber
  • The Duong
  • Thomas P. White
  • Heping Shen
  • Hieu T. Nguyen

The scientist's work is published frequently in specialized journals such as:

  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Solar RRL
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Best Publications

  • Surface plasmon enhanced silicon solar cells

    S. Pillai;K. R. Catchpole;T. Trupke;M. A. Green

  • Plasmonic solar cells

    Kylie Catchpole;Albert Polman

  • Third Generation Photovoltaics

    K.R. Catchpole;M.A. Green

  • Design principles for particle plasmon enhanced solar cells

    K. R. Catchpole;A. Polman

  • Tunable light trapping for solar cells using localized surface plasmons

    Fiona Beck;A Polman;K. R Catchpole

  • Rubidium Multication Perovskite with Optimized Bandgap for Perovskite-Silicon Tandem with over 26% Efficiency

    YiLiang Wu;Heping Shen;Jun Peng

  • A Universal Double‐Side Passivation for High Open‐Circuit Voltage in Perovskite Solar Cells: Role of Carbonyl Groups in Poly(methyl methacrylate)

    Jun Peng;Jafar Iqbal Khan;Wenzhu Liu;Esma Ugur

  • Interface passivation using ultrathin polymer–fullerene films for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with negligible hysteresis

    Jun Peng;Yiliang Wu;Wang Ye;Daniel A. Jacobs

  • Stability challenges for the commercialization of perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells

    Unknown

  • The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap

    Gregory M Wilson;Mowafak Al-Jassim;Wyatt K Metzger;Stefan W Glunz;Stefan W Glunz

  • Nanophotonic light trapping in solar cells

    Sudha Mokkapati;K. R. Catchpole

  • Nanoscale localized contacts for high fill factors in polymer-passivated perovskite solar cells

    Jun Peng;Daniel Walter;Yuhao Ren;Mike Tebyetekerwa

  • Centimetre-scale perovskite solar cells with fill factors of more than 86 per cent

    Unknown

  • Enhanced emission from Si-based light-emitting diodes using surface plasmons

    S. Pillai;K. R. Catchpole;T. Trupke;G. Zhang

  • Designing periodic arrays of metal nanoparticles for light-trapping applications in solar cells

    Sudha Mokkapati;F. J. Beck;A. Polman;K. R. Catchpole

  • Plasmon-enhanced internal photoemission for photovoltaics: Theoretical efficiency limits

    Thomas P. White;Kylie R. Catchpole

  • Mechanically-stacked perovskite/CIGS tandem solar cells with efficiency of 23.9% and reduced oxygen sensitivity

    Heping Shen;Jun Peng;Daniel A. Jacobs

  • Monolithic perovskite/silicon-homojunction tandem solar cell with over 22% efficiency

    YiLiang Wu;Di Yan;Jun Peng

  • Large-scale stationary hydrogen storage via liquid organic hydrogen carriers.

    Zainul Abdin;Chunguang Tang;Yun Liu;Kylie Catchpole

  • Tandem Solar Cells Based on High-Efficiency c-Si Bottom Cells: Top Cell Requirements for >30% Efficiency

    Thomas P. White;Niraj N. Lal;Kylie R. Catchpole

  • Hysteresis phenomena in perovskite solar cells: the many and varied effects of ionic accumulation

    Daniel A. Jacobs;Yiliang Wu;Heping Shen;Chog Barugkin

  • Asymmetry in photocurrent enhancement by plasmonic nanoparticle arrays located on the front or on the rear of solar cells

    F. J. Beck;Sudha Mokkapati;A. Polman;K. R. Catchpole

  • Efficient Indium-Doped TiOxElectron Transport Layers for High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells and Perovskite-Silicon Tandems

    Jun Peng;Xianzhong Zhou;Heping Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas P. White
Thomas P. White Australian National University
Klaus Weber
Klaus Weber Australian National University
Heping Shen
Heping Shen Australian National University
Jun Peng
Jun Peng Australian National University
Andrew Blakers
Andrew Blakers Australian National University
Martin A. Green
Martin A. Green University of New South Wales
Albert Polman
Albert Polman Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
Daniel Macdonald
Daniel Macdonald Australian National University
Yimao Wan
Yimao Wan Australian National University
Anita Ho-Baillie
Anita Ho-Baillie University of Sydney

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