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Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes

Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
54
Citations
11517
World Ranking
3172
National Ranking
169

Overview

Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Materials Chemistry. Their scholarly work covers a range of topics related to solar energy and semiconductor technologies.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Solar cell performance optimization
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Recent notable publications by Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes include:

  • A review of solar hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collectors and systems, 2023, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • Multi-junction solar cells paving the way for super high-efficiency, 2021, Journal of Applied Physics
  • Unveiling microscopic carrier loss mechanisms in 12% efficient Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells, 2022, Nature Energy
  • High Efficiency Inverted GaAs and GaInP/GaAs Solar Cells With Strain-Balanced GaInAs/GaAsP Quantum Wells, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Quasi-Vertically-Orientated Antimony Sulfide Inorganic Thin-Film Solar Cells Achieved by Vapor Transport Deposition, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Michael P. Nielsen
  • Andreas Pusch
  • Murad J. Y. Tayebjee
  • Phoebe Pearce
  • Timothy W. Schmidt

Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes has published extensively in specific venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Solar RRL
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics
  • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications

Best Publications

  • Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 solar cells with over 10% power conversion efficiency enabled by heterojunction heat treatment

    Chang Yan;Jialiang Huang;Kaiwen Sun;Steve Johnston

  • Fundamental losses in solar cells

    Louise C. Hirst;Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes

  • Multi-junction III-V solar cells: current status and future potential

    Masafumi Yamaguchi;Tatsuya Takamoto;Kenji Araki;Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

  • On the efficiency limit of triplet–triplet annihilation for photochemical upconversion

    Yuen Yap Cheng;Tony Khoury;Raphaël G. C. R. Clady;Murad J. Y. Tayebjee

  • Intermediate band solar cells: Recent progress and future directions

    Y. Okada;N. J. Ekins-Daukes;T. Kita;R. Tamaki

  • Improving the light-harvesting of amorphous silicon solar cells with photochemical upconversion

    Yuen Yap Cheng;Burkhard Fückel;Rowan W. MacQueen;Tony Khoury

  • Strain-balanced GaAsP/InGaAs quantum well solar cells

    N. J. Ekins-Daukes;K. W. J. Barnham;J. P. Connolly;J. S. Roberts

  • Kinetic Analysis of Photochemical Upconversion by Triplet−Triplet Annihilation: Beyond Any Spin Statistical Limit

    Yuen Yap Cheng;Burkhard Fückel;Tony Khoury;Raphaël G. C. R. Clady

  • Organic photovoltaic greenhouses: a unique application for semi-transparent PV?

    Christopher J. M. Emmott;Jason A. Röhr;Mariano Campoy-Quiles;Thomas Kirchartz;Thomas Kirchartz

  • Competition between the charge transfer state and the singlet states of donor or acceptor limiting the efficiency in polymer:fullerene solar cells.

    Mark A. Faist;Thomas Kirchartz;Wei Gong;Raja Shahid Ashraf

  • Dynamic coupled thermal-and-electrical modelling of sheet-and-tube hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PVT) collectors

    Ilaria Guarracino;Alexander Mellor;Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes;Christos N. Markides

  • Strain-Balanced Criteria for Multiple Quantum Well Structures and Its Signature in X-ray Rocking Curves†

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  • Multi-junction solar cells paving the way for super high-efficiency

    Masafumi Yamaguchi;Frank Dimroth;John F. Geisz;Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes

  • Unveiling microscopic carrier loss mechanisms in 12% efficient Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells

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  • Progress on hot carrier cells

    Gavin Conibeer;Nicholas Ekins-Daukes;Jean-François Guillemoles;Dirk Kőnig

  • Integrated optimisation of photovoltaic and battery storage systems for UK commercial buildings

    Arthur Mariaud;Salvador Acha;Ned Ekins-Daukes;Nilay Shah

  • Cd-Free Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell with an efficiency greater than 10% enabled by Al2O3 passivation layers

    Xin Cui;Kaiwen Sun;Jialiang Huang;Jae S. Yun

  • Strained and strain-balanced quantum well devices for high-efficiency tandem solar cells

    N.J. Ekins-Daukes;J.M. Barnes;K.W.J. Barnham;J.P. Connolly

  • A new approach to modelling quantum dot concentrators

    A.J. Chatten;K.W.J. Barnham;B.F. Buxton;N.J. Ekins-Daukes

  • Systematic testing of hybrid PV-thermal (PVT) solar collectors in steady-state and dynamic outdoor conditions

    Ilaria Guarracino;James Freeman;Alba Ramos;Soteris A. Kalogirou

  • Quantum dot solar concentrators

    A. J. Chatten;K. W. J. Barnham;B. F. Buxton;N. J. Ekins-Daukes

  • Roadmap for the next-generation of hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar energy collectors

    A. Mellor;D. Alonso Alvarez;I. Guarracino;A. Ramos

  • Observation of suppressed radiative recombination in single quantum well p-i-n photodiodes

    Jenny Nelson;Jenny Barnes;Nicholas Ekins-Daukes;Benjamin Kluftinger

  • A molecular approach to the intermediate band solar cell: The symmetric case

    N. J. Ekins-Daukes;T. W. Schmidt

  • Influence of energetic disorder on electroluminescence emission in polymer:fullerene solar cells

    Wei Gong;Wei Gong;Mark A. Faist;Nicholas John Ekins-Daukes;Zheng Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Masafumi Yamaguchi
Masafumi Yamaguchi Toyota Technological Institute
Stefan A. Maier
Stefan A. Maier Monash University
Jenny Nelson
Jenny Nelson Imperial College London
Maxwell J. Crossley
Maxwell J. Crossley University of Sydney
Martin A. Green
Martin A. Green University of New South Wales
Takeshi Ohshima
Takeshi Ohshima Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Jerry R. Meyer
Jerry R. Meyer United States Naval Research Laboratory
Igor Vurgaftman
Igor Vurgaftman United States Naval Research Laboratory
Jean-François Guillemoles
Jean-François Guillemoles Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Christos N. Markides
Christos N. Markides Imperial College London

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