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Victor Izquierdo-Roca is affiliated with the Catalonia Energy Research Institute in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work extensively covers several topics including:

  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Semiconductor materials and interfaces
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Victor Izquierdo-Roca has published in various scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Solar RRL
  • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Victor Izquierdo-Roca include:

  • Advanced Raman spectroscopy of Cs2AgBiBr6 double perovskites and identification of Cs3Bi2Br9 secondary phases (2020, Scripta Materialia)
  • Insights into interface and bulk defects in a high efficiency kesterite-based device (2020, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • Rear Band gap Grading Strategies on Sn-Ge-Alloyed Kesterite Solar Cells (2020, ACS Applied Energy Materials)
  • Transition-Metal Oxides for Kesterite Solar Cells Developed on Transparent Substrates (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • CZTS solar cells and the possibility of increasing VOC using evaporated Al2O3 at the CZTS/CdS interface (2020, Solar Energy)

Their frequent co-authors include Maxim Guc, Robert Fonoll-Rubio, Edgardo Saucedo, Ignacio Becerril-Romero, and A. Pérez-Rodrı́guez. These collaborations suggest an active engagement in projects related to solar energy materials and photovoltaic device engineering.

Best Publications

  • Progress and Perspectives of Thin Film Kesterite Photovoltaic Technology: A Critical Review

    Sergio Giraldo;Zacharie Jehl;Marcel Placidi;Victor Izquierdo-Roca

  • Multiwavelength excitation Raman scattering study of polycrystalline kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films

    M. Dimitrievska;A. Fairbrother;X. Fontané;T. Jawhari

  • Development of a selective chemical etch to improve the conversion efficiency of Zn-rich Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells.

    Andrew Fairbrother;Eric García-Hemme;Victor Izquierdo-Roca;Xavier Fontané

  • In-depth resolved Raman scattering analysis for the identification of secondary phases: Characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 layers for solar cell applications

    X. Fontané;L. Calvo-Barrio;V. Izquierdo-Roca;E. Saucedo

  • Raman analysis of monoclinic Cu2SnS3 thin films

    Dominik M. Berg;Rabie Djemour;Levent Gütay;Susanne Siebentritt

  • Detection of a ZnSe secondary phase in coevaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films

    Alex Redinger;Katja Hönes;Xavier Fontané;Victor Izquierdo-Roca

  • Vibrational properties of stannite and kesterite type compounds: Raman scattering analysis of Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4

    X. Fontané;V. Izquierdo-Roca;E. Saucedo;S. Schorr

  • On the formation mechanisms of Zn-rich Cu2ZnSnS4 films prepared by sulfurization of metallic stacks

    Andrew Fairbrother;Xavier Fontané;Victor Izquierdo-Roca;Moises Espíndola-Rodríguez

  • Large Efficiency Improvement in Cu2ZnSnSe4 Solar Cells by Introducing a Superficial Ge Nanolayer

    Sergio Giraldo;Markus Neuschitzer;Thomas Thersleff;Simón López‐Marino

  • Inhibiting the absorber/Mo-back contact decomposition reaction in Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells: the role of a ZnO intermediate nanolayer

    Simón López-Marino;Marcel Placidi;Amador Pérez-Tomás;Jordi Llobet

  • How small amounts of Ge modify the formation pathways and crystallization of kesterites

    Sergio Giraldo;Edgardo Saucedo;Markus Neuschitzer;Florian Oliva

  • Composition Control and Thermoelectric Properties of Quaternary Chalcogenide Nanocrystals: The Case of Stannite Cu2CdSnSe4

    Maria Ibáñez;Doris Cadavid;Reza Zamani;Reza Zamani;Nuria García-Castelló

  • Influence of compositionally induced defects on the vibrational properties of device grade Cu2ZnSnSe4 absorbers for kesterite based solar cells

    Mirjana Dimitrievska;Andrew Fairbrother;Edgardo Saucedo;Alejandro Pérez-Rodríguez;Alejandro Pérez-Rodríguez

  • Raman scattering and disorder effect in Cu2ZnSnS4

    M. Y. Valakh;O. F. Kolomys;S. S. Ponomaryov;V. O. Yukhymchuk

  • Impact of Sn(S,Se) Secondary Phases in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells: a Chemical Route for Their Selective Removal and Absorber Surface Passivation

    Haibing Xie;Yudania Sánchez;Simón López-Marino;Moisés Espíndola-Rodríguez

  • Rapid annealing of reactively sputtered precursors for Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells

    Jonathan J. Scragg;Tove Ericson;Xavier Fontané;Victor Izquierdo‐Roca

  • Secondary phases dependence on composition ratio in sprayed Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films and its impact on the high power conversion efficiency

    O. Vigil-Galán;M. Espíndola-Rodríguez;Maykel Courel;X. Fontané

  • ZnSe etching of Zn-rich Cu2ZnSnSe4: an oxidation route for improved solar-cell efficiency.

    Simón López-Marino;Yudania Sánchez;Marcel Placidi;Andrew Fairbrother

  • Optimization of CdS buffer layer for high‐performance Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells and the effects of light soaking: elimination of crossover and red kink

    Markus Neuschitzer;Yudania Sanchez;Simon López-Marino;Haibing Xie

  • Point defects, compositional fluctuations, and secondary phases in non-stoichiometric kesterites

    Susan Schorr;Susan Schorr;Galina Gurieva;Maxim Guc;Mirjana Dimitrievska;Mirjana Dimitrievska;Mirjana Dimitrievska

  • Raman scattering crystalline assessment of polycrystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films for sustainable photovoltaic technologies: Phonon confinement model

    M. Dimitrievska;A. Fairbrother;A. Pérez-Rodríguez;A. Pérez-Rodríguez;E. Saucedo

Frequent Co-Authors

Alejandro Pérez-Rodríguez
Alejandro Pérez-Rodríguez University of Barcelona
Edgardo Saucedo
Edgardo Saucedo Catalonia Institute for Energy Research
Joan Ramon Morante
Joan Ramon Morante Catalonia Institute for Energy Research
Susan Schorr
Susan Schorr Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Andreu Cabot
Andreu Cabot Catalonia Institute for Energy Research
Susanne Siebentritt
Susanne Siebentritt University of Luxembourg
Christian A. Kaufmann
Christian A. Kaufmann Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Thomas Unold
Thomas Unold Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Dimitrios Hariskos
Dimitrios Hariskos University of Stuttgart
Jordi Arbiol
Jordi Arbiol Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

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