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Dr. Faiz Ahmad

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SPIE Journal Paper | 2 June 2023

Effects of defect density, minority carrier lifetime, doping density, and absorber-layer thickness in CIGS and CZTSSe thin-film solar cells

Faiz Ahmad, Benjamin Civiletti, Peter Monk, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

JPE, Vol. 13, Issue 02, 025502, (June 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JPE.13.025502

KEYWORDS: Copper indium gallium selenide, Thin films, Solar cells, Doping, Simulations, Thin film solar cells, Quantum experiments, Optoelectronics, Solar energy, Film thickness

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Proceedings Article | 1 February 2023 Paper

Double-layer antireflection coatings for CIGS thin-film solar cells

Faiz Ahmad, Benjamin Civiletti, Peter Monk, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Proceedings Volume 12477, 124770E (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2645881

KEYWORDS: Antireflective coatings, Copper indium gallium selenide, Solar cells, Thin film solar cells

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2022 Presentation + Paper

Nonlinear effects in modeling thin-film graded-bandgap solar cells

Faiz Ahmad, Benjamin Civiletti, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Peter Monk

Proceedings Volume 12196, 121960D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2632264

KEYWORDS: Sun, Copper indium gallium selenide, Thin film solar cells, Optoelectronics, Semiconductors, Mathematical modeling

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Proceedings Article | 6 December 2019 Paper

Optoelectronically optimized colored thin-film CZTSSe solar cells

Faiz Ahmad, Tom Anderson, Torben Lenau, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Proceedings Volume 11371, 1137107 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2534592

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Optoelectronics, Thin film solar cells, Photovoltaics

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2019 Presentation + Paper

Towards biomimetic red solar cells

Torben Lenau, Faiz Ahmad, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Proceedings Volume 10965, 109650E (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2513259

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Copper indium gallium selenide, Photons, Reflectors, Optical filters, Amorphous silicon, Solar energy, Biomimetics, Photovoltaics, Visible radiation

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Proceedings Article | 7 September 2018 Paper

Optimization of light trapping in ultrathin nonhomogeneous CuIn1-ξGaξSe2 solar cell backed by 1D periodically corrugated backreflector

Faiz Ahmad, Tom Anderson, Peter Monk, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Proceedings Volume 10731, 107310L (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320672

KEYWORDS: Copper indium gallium selenide, Solar cells, Solar energy, Optimization (mathematics)

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SPIE Journal Paper | 4 May 2018 Open Access

Optimization approach for optical absorption in three-dimensional structures including solar cells

Benjamin Civiletti, Thomas Anderson, Faiz Ahmad, Peter Monk, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

OE, Vol. 57, Issue 05, 057101, (May 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.57.5.057101

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Absorption, Optimization (mathematics), 3D modeling, Thin film solar cells, Tandem solar cells, Semiconductors, Thin films, Optical engineering, Photons

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SPIE Journal Paper | 6 March 2018 Open Access

On optical-absorption peaks in a nonhomogeneous thin-film solar cell with a two-dimensional periodically corrugated metallic backreflector

Faiz Ahmad, Tom H. Anderson, Benjamin J. Civiletti, Peter B. Monk, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

JNP, Vol. 12, Issue 01, 016017, (March 2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JNP.12.016017

KEYWORDS: Thin film solar cells, Solar cells, Amorphous silicon, Semiconductors, Tandem solar cells, Polarization, Absorption, Metals, Waveguide modes, Waveguides

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2017 Paper

On optical-absorption peaks in a nonhomogeneous dielectric material over a two-dimensional metallic surface-relief grating

Faiz Ahmad, Tom Anderson, Benjamin Civiletti, Peter Monk, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Proceedings Volume 10356, 103560I (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274142

KEYWORDS: Absorption, Waveguide modes, Photonic crystals, Thin film solar cells, Thin films

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2017 Paper

Optimization of charge-carrier generation in amorphous-silicon thin-film tandem solar cell backed by two-dimensional metallic surface-relief grating

Benjamin Civiletti, Tom Anderson, Faiz Ahmad, Peter Monk, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Proceedings Volume 10368, 1036809 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274077

KEYWORDS: Amorphous silicon, Tandem solar cells, Thin film solar cells, Thin films, Coating, Waveguides, Spiral phase plates, Solar cells, Reflection, Reflectors

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