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Crystalline silicon photovoltaics, recombination and trapping in semiconductors, metallic impurities in silicon and their impact on solar cells, n-type silicon for solar cells.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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High-Efficiency Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Based on Wide-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells with Unprecedented Fill Factor
Chang, L. C., Duong, T., Ahmad, V., Zhan, H., Bui, A. D., Polzin, J. I., Richter, A., Bartholazzi, G., Huang, K., Yang, Z., Wang, W., Hou, Y., Li, L., Cui, Q., Basnet, R., Yang, J., Lin, H., Du, G., Nguyen, K. & Nguyen, D. T. & 6 others, , Dec 2026, In: Nano-Micro Letters. 18, 1, 19 p., 122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying the Spatial Distribution of Series Resistance in Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells Using Voltage-Dependent Photoluminescence Imaging
Fischer, O., Bui, A. D., Zhu, Y., Nie, S., Nath, T. J. B., Hou, Y. H., Wang, W., Nguyen, K., Wibowo, A. A., Landgraf, J. B., Borchert, J., Schindler, F., Shen, H., Weber, K., Nguyen, H. T., Glunz, S. W., Hameiri, Z., Macdonald, D. & Schubert, M. C., 27 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Small. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recombination activity of chromium-gallium pairs in silicon
Sabah, S., Le, T. T., Zhou, Z., Sun, C., Wang, Y., Fu, N., Rougieux, F., Macdonald, D. & Liu, A., 15 Jan 2026, In: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 295, 7 p., 113989.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resistivity distribution and donor properties of antimony-doped n-type Czochralski silicon ingots
Basnet, R., Mule, C., Han, W., Fu, N., Kashizadeh, A., Taylor, P. C., Agarwal, S., Stradins, P. & MacDonald, D., 15 Jan 2026, In: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 295, 7 p., 114018.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Applications of time-resolved photoluminescence for characterizing silicon photovoltaic materials
Li, Z., Liu, A., Basnet, R., Black, L. E., Macdonald, D. & Nguyen, H. T., 30 Apr 2025, In: Semiconductor Science and Technology. 40, 4, 9 p., 045015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
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Undoped silicon for reaching the ultimate efficiency limit of silicon solar cells
Liu, A. (PI) & MacDonald, D. (CoI)
1/01/26 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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Ex-led: LIEF25: Plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition tool for doped silicon films
Hoex, B. (PI), MacDonald, D. (PI), Ciesla, A. (CoI), Ekins- Daukes, N. (CoI), Fong, K. (CoI) & Song, N. (CoI)
28/11/25 → 27/11/26
Project: Research
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High-performance and stable Metal-oxide-based transparent carrier-selective contacts for c-Si solar cells
Black, L. (PI), Bullock, J. (CoI), Hoex, B. (CoI) & MacDonald, D. (CoI)
14/10/25 → 14/10/26
Project: Research
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ACAP 2.0 Head Agreement
MacDonald, D. (PI), Blakers, A. (CoI) & Weber, K. (CoI)
7/07/23 → 2/12/30
Project: Research
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Ex led: UNSW Machine learning applications for utility-scale PV.
MacDonald, D. (PI) & Nguyen, H. (CoI)
5/12/22 → 31/01/28
Project: Research