List of Refereed Publications

(See http://astro1.panet.utoledo.edu/~dengx/papers/papers.htm for PDF files.)

(List includes publications up to 2006. Later publications and patents yet to be updated)

 

X. Deng and H. Fritzsche, Light-induced Perturbation of the High-temperature Equilibrium in Phosphorus-doped a-Si:H, Physical Review B 36, 9378 (1987). [deng87a.pdf 607 kB]

 

X. Deng, H. Fritzsche, and R. Johanson, Study of Artificial Interfaces in Undoped and Phosphorus Doped a-Si:H, J. of Non-Cryst. Solids 114, 684 (1989). [deng89a.pdf 582 kB]

 

X. Deng, Strain-relief Spiral Buckling of a-Si:H films, Phil. Mag. Lett., 61, 281 (1990). [deng90a.pdf 1230 kB]

 

X. Deng, Irreversible Changes in Doping Efficiency and Hydrogen Bonding in the Equilibrium State of a-Si:H, Phys. Rev. B 43, 4820 (1991). [deng91a.pdf 1634 kB]

 

X. Deng, A. Hamed, H. Fritzsche and M.Q. Tran, Metastable Defects in a-SiOx:H and a-SiCx:H, in Amorphous Silicon Technology--1991, edited by A. Madan, Y. Hamakawa, M.J. Thompson, P.C. Taylor and P.G. LeComber (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, 1991), Vol. 219, p.147. [deng91b.pdf 693 kB]

 

A. Hamed, H. Fritzsche, X. Deng, S. Kohler and R. Gupta, Metastable Defect States and Equilibrium Temperatures in a-SiNx:H, a-SiOx:H and a-SiCx:H, J. Non-Cryst. solids, 137&138, 287 (1991). [hamed91c.pdf 771 kB]

 

X. Deng, E. Mytilineou, R.T. Young and S. R. Ovshinsky, Toward the Elimination of Light-induced Degradation of Amorphous Si by Fluorine Incorporation, in Amorphous Silicon Technology--1992, edited by M.J. Thompson, Y. Hamakawa, P.G. LeComber, A. Madan and E. Schiff, (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, 1992), Vol. 258, p.491. [deng92a.pdf 578 kB]

 

M. Izu, X. Deng, A. Krisko, K. Whelan, R. Young, H.C. Ovshinsky, K.L. Narasimhan and S.R. Ovshinsky, Manufacturing of Triple-junction 4 ft2 a-Si alloy PV Modules, Proceedings of 23rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, 919 (1993). [izu93a.pdf 636 kB]

 

X. Deng, M. Izu, K.L. Narasimhan, and S.R. Ovshinsky, Stability Test of 4 ft2 Triple-junction a-Si Alloy PV Production Modules, in Amorphous Silicon Technology--1994, edited by E. Schiff, M. Hack, A. Madan, M. Powell, and A. Matsuda, (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, 1994), Vol. 336, p.699. [deng94a.pdf 667 kB]

 

S. Guha, J. Yang, A. Banerjee, T. Glatfelter, K. Hoffman, S.R. Ovshinsky, M. Izu, H.C. Ovshinsky and X. Deng, Amorphous Silicon Alloy Photovoltaic Technology--from R&D to Production, in Amorphous Silicon Technology--1994, edited by E. Schiff, M. Hack, A. Madan, M. Powell, and A. Matsuda, (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, 1994), Vol. 336, p.645. [guha94b.pdf 973 kB]

 

X. Deng, K.L. Narasimhan, J. Evans, M. Izu and S.R. Ovshinsky, Dependence of a-Si Solar Cell Voc on Deposition Temperature, in IEEE First World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, p678 (1994). [deng94c.pdf 590 kB]

 

X. Deng and K.L. Narasimhan, New Evaluation Technique for Thin-film Solar Cell Back-reflector Using Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy, in IEEE First World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, p555 (1994). [deng94d.pdf 2028 kB]

 

M. Izu, H.C. Ovshinsky, X. Deng, A.J. Krisko, K.L. Narasimhan, R. Crucet, T. Laarman, A. Myatt, and S.R. Ovshinsky, Continuous Roll-to-roll Serpentine Deposition for High Throughput a-Si PV Manufacturing, in IEEE First World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, p820 (1994). [izu94e.pdf 587 kB]

 

X. Deng, S.J. Jones, K.L. Narasimhan, J. Evans, and M. Izu, c-Si(n+)/a-Si Alloy/Pd Schottky Barrier Device for the Effective Evaluation of a-Si Alloy Materials, in Amorphous Silicon Technology--1995, edited by M. Hack, E.A. Schiff, A. Madan, M. Powell, and A. Matsuda (Materials Reseach Society, Pittsburgh, 1995), Vol. 377, p.803. [deng95a.pdf 600 kB]

 

S. Hegedus and X. Deng, Analysis of Back Reflectors and Optical Enhancement for a-Si Solar Cells Using a Textured TCO/Glass/Ag Substrate, in Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference--1996, p.1061 (1996). [hegedus96a.pdf 356 kB]

 

M. Izu, X. Deng, H.C. Ovshinsky, R. Crucet, S.R. Ovshinsky and A. Polisan, Production Start-up of 2 MW a-Si PV Manufacturing Line at Sovlux Plant, in Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference--1996, p.1327 (1996). [izu96b.pdf 306 kB]

 

L. Jiang, Q. Wang, E.A. Schiff, S. Guha, Y. Yang, and X. Deng, "Electroabsorption measurements and built-in potentials in amorphous silicon pin solar cells", Appl. Phys. Lett., 69, 3063 (1996). [jiang96c.pdf 92 kB]

 

X. Deng, S.J. Jones, T. Liu, M. Izu, S.R. Ovshinsky and K. Hoffman, "VHF plasma deposition of high performance microcrystalline silicon p-layer materials", in Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Technology--1997, edited by E.A. Schiff, M. Hack, S. Wagner, R. Schropp, and I. Shimizu (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, 1997), Vol. 467, p.795. [deng97a.pdf 648 kB]

 

D. Han, K. Wang, C. Yeh, L. Yang, X. Deng and B. von Roedern, "Luminescence in amorphous silicon p-i-n diodes under double-injection dispersive-transport-controlled recombination", Phys. Rev. B 55, 15619 (1997). [han97b.pdf 1301 kB]

 

X. Deng, S.J. Jones, T. Liu, M. Izu and S.R. Ovshinsky, "Improved mc-Si p-layer and a-Si i-layer materials using VHF plasma deposition", in Conference Record of the Twenty Sixth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference--1997, p.591 (1997). [deng97c.pdf 613 kB]

 

S. Guha, J. Yang, A. Banerjee, K. Hoffman, S. Sugiyama, J. Call, S.J. Jones, X. Deng, J. Doehler, M. Izu and H.C. Ovshinsky, "Triple-junction amorphous silicon alloy PV manufacturing plant of 5MW annual capacity", in Conference Record of the Twenty Sixth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference--1997, p.607 (1997). [guha97d.pdf 714 kB]

 

S.J. Jones, X. Deng, T. Liu and M. Izu, "Preparation of a-Si:H and a-SiGe:H i-layers for nip solar cells at high deposition rates using a very high-frequency technique", in Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Technology--1998, edited by H. Branz, M. Hack, R. Schropp, I. Shimizu and S. Wagner (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, 1998), Vol 507, p113. [jones98a.pdf 811 kB]

 

X. Geng, L. Wu, K. Price, X. Deng, and D. Han, "Internal electric field profile of a-Si:H and a-SiGe p-i-n solar cells", in Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Technology--1998, edited by H. Branz, M. Hack, R. Schropp, I. Shimizu and S. Wagner (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, 1998), Vol. 507, p187. [geng98b.pdf 633 kB]

 

X. Deng, G. Miller, R. Wang, L. Xu and A.D. Compaan, "Study of sputter deposition of ITO films for a-Si:H n-i-p solar cells", in Proc. of Second World Conference and Exhibition on Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion and 27th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, 700 (1998). [deng98c.pdf 612 kB]

 

X.B. Liao, J. Walker, and X. Deng, "Effect of buffer layers in narrow bandgap a-SiGe solar cells", in Amorphous and Heterogeneous Silicon Thin FilmsFundamentals to Devices, ed. By H. Branz, R.W. Collins, H. Okamoto, S. Guha, and R. Schropp, MRS Symp. Proc. 557, 779 (1999). [liao99a.pdf 491 kB]

 

S.J. Jones, X. Deng, T. Liu and M. Izu, "Preparation of triple-junction a-Si:H nip based solar cells at deposition rates near 10 A/s using a very high frequency technique", ", in Amorphous and Heterogeneous Silicon Thin Films Fundamentals to Devices, ed. By H. Branz, R.W. Collins, H. Okamoto, S. Guha, and R. Schropp, MRS Symp. Proc. 557, 133 (1999). [jones99b.pdf 707 kB]

 

S.J. Jones, R. Crucet, X. Deng, J. Doehler, R. Kopf, A. Myatt and M. Izu, "Use of a gas jet technique to prepare microcrystalline silicon based solar cells at high i-layer deposition rates", ", in Amorphous and Heterogeneous Silicon Thin Films Fundamentals to Devices, ed. By H. Branz, R.W. Collins, H. Okamoto, S. Guha, and R. Schropp, MRS Symp. Proc. 557, 567 (1999). [jones99c.pdf 760 kB]

 

X. Deng and X.B. Liao, S. Han, H. Povolny and P. Agarwal, "Amorphous silicon and silicon germanium materials for high efficiency triple-junction solar cells", Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 62, 89 (2000). [deng00a.pdf 159 kB]

 

G. Yue, X. Deng, G. Ganguly and D. Han, "Electro- and Photo-Luminescence Spectra From a-Si and a-SiGe p-i-n Solar Cells", J. of Non-Crystalline Solids, 266-269, 1119 (2000). [yue00b.pdf, kB ]

 

H. Povolny, P. Agarwal, S. Han and X. Deng, Comparison study of a-SiGe solar cells and materials deposited using different hydrogen dilution, in Amorphous and Heterogenous Silicon Thin Films 2000, ed. by H. Branz, R. Collins, S. Guha, H. Okamoto and M. Stuztzmann, 2000. A30.3 [povolny00c.pdf 160 kB]

 

S.J. Jones, R. Crucet, X. Deng, D. Williamson and M. Izu, Preparation of microcrystalline silicon based solar cells at high i-layer deposition rates using a gas jet technique, in Amorphous and Heterogenous Silicon Thin Films 2000, ed. by H. Branz, R. Collins, S. Guha, H. Okamoto and M. Stuztzmann, 2000. A4.5 [jones00d.pdf 443 kB]

 

S.J. Jones, D. Williamson, T. Liu, X. Deng, and M. Izu, Comparison of structural properties and solar cell performance of a-Si:H films prepared at various deposition rates using 13.56 and 70 MHz PECVD methods, in Amorphous and Heterogenous Silicon Thin Films 2000, ed. by H. Branz, R. Collins, S. Guha, H. Okamoto and M. Stuztzmann, 2000. A7.4 [jones00e.pdf 206 kB]

 

X. Deng, H. Povolny, S. Han and P. Agarwal, Ultra-lightweight amorphous silicon solar cells deposited on 7.5mm thick stainless steel substrates, in Proceedings of 28th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conf. 1050 (2000). [deng00f.pdf 425 kB]

 

S.J. Jones, T. Liu, X. Deng and M. Izu, a-Si:H-based triple-junction cells prepared at i-layer deposition rates of 10 A/s using a 70 MHz PECVD technique, in Proceedings of 28th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conf., 845 (2000). [jones00g.pdf 689 kB]

 

 

E.L. Miller, R.E. Rocheleau and X. Deng, Design considerations for a hybrid amorphous silicon / photoelectrochemical multijunction cell for hydrogen production, to be submitted to Proc. of International Symposium on Solar Hydrogen Fuel Cells- 2001, August 26-30, 2001, Cancun, Mexico.

 

X. Deng, W. Wang, X. Liao, S. Han, H Povolny, X. Xiang, and W. Du, Proc. of NREL NCPV Program Review Meeting, 2001. p185 [deng01a.pdf, 186kB]

 

R.W. Collins, G.M. Ferreira, A. Ferlauto, C. Chen, C.R. Wronski, X. Deng, and G. Ganguly, Progress in the Optical Measurement and Modelling of Multilayer Thin Film Solar Cell Structure, Proc. NCPV Program Review Meeting 2001, Oct. 14-17, 2001, Lakewood, CO. p173.

 

A. S. Ferlauto, G.M. Ferreira, C. Chen, P.I, Rovira, C. R. Wronski, R.W. Collins, X. Deng and G. Ganguly, in Photovoltaics for the 21st Century II, edited by R.D. McConnell and V.K. Kapur (Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 2001), p. 199.

 

D. Holcomb, A. Wintenberg, and X. Deng, Pixelated neutron beam monitor development, in Proc. of International Workshop on Position-Sensitive Neutron Detectors--Status and Perspectives, 2001, Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Berlin, Germany

 

W. Wang, H. Povolny, W. Du, X.B. Liao and X. Deng, Improved Triple-Junction a-Si Solar Cells with Heavily Doped Thin Interface Layers at the Tunnel Junctions, Proc. of IEEE 29th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, 1082 (2002). [wang02a.pdf, 189kB]

 

X. Liao, H. Povolny, P. Agarwal and X. Deng, Raman and IR Study of Narrow Bandgap a-SiGe and mc-SiGe Films Deposited Using Different Hydrogen Dilution, Proc. of IEEE 29th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, 1150 (2002). [liao02a.pdf, 111kB]

 

X.B. Liao, W. Wang and X. Deng, AMPS Modeling of Nanocrystalline Si p-Layer in a-Si NIP Solar Cells, Proc. of IEEE 29th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, 1234 (2002). [liao02b.pdf, 55kB]

 

A.S. Ferlauto, G.M. Ferreira, J.M. Pearce, C.R. Wronski, R.W. Collins, X. Deng, G. Ganguly, Analytical Model for the Optical Functions of Amorphous Semiconductors from the Near-infrared to Ultraviolet: Applications in Thin Film Photovoltaics, J. Appl. Phys, 92, 2424-2436 (2002). [ferlauto02c.pdf, 215kB]

 

E.L.Miller, R.E. Rocheleau, S. Khan and X. Deng, "A Hybrid Multijunction Photoelectrode for Hydrogen Production Fabricated with Amorphous Silicon /Germanium and Iron Oxide Thin Films", Proc. of 6th International Symposium on Solar Hydrogen Fuel Cells, August 25-29, 2002, Cancun, Mexico. [miller02d.pdf, kB]

 

P. Agarwal, H. Povolny, S. Han and X. Deng, Study of a-SiGe:H films and n-i-p devices used in high-efficiency triple-junction solar cells, J. of Non-Cryst. Solids, 299-302, 1213 (2002). [agarwal02e.pdf 109kB]

 

X. Deng and E. Schiff, Amorphous Silicon Related Solar Cells, a chapter in Handbook of Photovoltaic Engineering, ed. A. Luque & S. Hegedus, to be published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. , 2002. [deng03a.pdf, 2778kB]

 

H. Povolny and X. Deng, High Rate Deposition of Amorphous Silicon Films Using HWCVD With Coil-Shaped Filament, Thin Solid Films, 430, 125 (2003). [povolny03b.pdf, 85kB]

 

X. Deng and H. Povolny, Hot-Wire Deposition of Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Using Different Gas Excitations By a Coiled Filament, Thin Solid Films, 430, 304 (2003). [deng03c.pdf, 396kB]

 

E.L. Miller, R.E. Rocheleau and X. Deng, Design considerations for a hybrid amorphous silicon / photoelectrochemical multijunction cell for hydrogen production, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 28, 615-623 (2003). [miller03d.pdf, 557kB]

 

B.P. Nelson, H.A. Atwater, B. von Roedern, J. Yang, P. Sims, X. Deng, V. Dalal, D. Carlson and T. Wang, Amorphous and thin-film silicon, Proc. of National Center for Photovoltaci and Solar Program Review Meeting, Denver, Colorado, March 24-26, 2003. [nelson03e.pdf, 340kB]

 

X. Deng, Optimization of a-SiGe based triple, tandem and single-junction solar cells, Submitted to 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Orlando, Florida, January, 2005. [deng04a.pdf, 120kB]

 

X. Liao, W. Du, X. Yang, H. Povolny, X. Xiang and X. Deng, High-efficiency single-junction amorphous silicon germanium solar cells, Submitted to 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Orlando, Florida, January, 2005. [liao04b.pdf, 296kB]

 

W. Du, X. Liao, X. Yang, X. Xiang, X. Deng and K. Sun, Fine-grained nanocrystalline silicon p-layer for high-Voc a-Si:H solar cells, Submitted to 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Orlando, Florida, January, 2005. [du04c.pdf, 259kB]

 

C. Das and X. Deng, Modeling of triple-junction a-Si solar cells using ASA: Analysis of device performance under various failure scenarios, Submitted to 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Orlando, Florida, January, 2005. [das04d.pdf, 254kB]

 

A. Vijh and X. Deng, Amorphous silicon based minimodules with silicone elastomer encapsulation, Submitted to 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Orlando, Florida, January, 2005. [vijh04e.pdf, 433kB]

 

A. Vijh, X. Yang, W. Du and X. Deng, Film adhesion in triple-junction a-Si solar cells on polyimide substrates, Submitted to 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Orlando, Florida, January, 2005. [vijh04f.pdf, 724kB]

 

X. Cao, H. Povolny, and X. Deng, Hot-wire deposition of nanocrystallline SiGe films for thin-film Si based solar cells, Submitted to 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Orlando, Florida, January, 2005. [cao04g.pdf, 414kB]

 

W. Du, X. Liao, X. Yang, H. Povolny, X. Xiang, X. Deng and K. Sun, Hydrogenated nonocrystalline silicon p-layeri a-Si:H nip solar cells, Submitted to Appl. Phys. Lett. July, 2004. [du04h.pdf, kB]

 

C. Das, X. Xiang and X. Deng, Measurement of component-cell current-voltage characteristics in a double-junction solar cell, to be submitted, Aug. 2004. [das04i.pdf, kB]

 

A. Vijh, X. Yang, W. Du and X. Deng, Triple Junction Amorphous Silicon-based Flexible Solar Minimodule with Integrated Interconnects, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, (2005)

 

X. Liao, W. Du, X. Yang, H. Povolny, X. Xiang, X. Deng, and K. Sun, Nanostructure in the p-layer and its impacts on amorphous silicon solar cells, J. of Non-Crystalline Solids (2005)

 

X. Yang, W. Du, X. Cao, C. Das, Y. Ishikawa and X. Deng, Highly Reflective and Highly Textured Al/Ag/ZnO Back Reflector for a-Si Based Solar Cells, in Proceedings of 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 2005.

 

Das, X. Xiang, Y. Yishikawa and X. Deng, Measurement of Component-Cell Performance in a Tandem-Junction Solar Cell, in Proceedings of 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, 2005.

 

W. Du, X. Liao, X. Yang, H. Povolny, X. Xiang, X. Deng and K. Sun, Hydrogenated nonocrystalline silicon p-layeri a-Si:H nip solar cells, Submitted to Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells (2005).

 

Das, X. Xiang and X. Deng, Measurement of component-cell current-voltage characteristics in a double-junction solar cell, accepted for publication in Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells (2005)

 

X. Deng, R. W. Collins, X. Cao, C. Das, W. Du, L. Edwards, Y. Ishikawa, T. Kahle, N. Podraza, H. S. Povolny, D. Sainju, J. Stoke, X. Yang and A. Vijh, Fabrication and Characterization of Triple-junction Amorphous Silicon Based Solar Cell with Nanocrystalline Silicon Bottom Cell, Proceedings of DOE Solar Energy Technology Program Review meeting, Denver, CO, November 2, 2005.

 

Xunming Deng, Xinmin Cao, Yasuaki Ishikawa, Wenhui Du, Xiesen Yang, Chandan Das, Aarohi Vijh, Fabrication and Characterization of Triple-junction Amorphous Silicon Based Solar Cell with Nanocrystalline Silicon Bottom Cell, Proceedings of IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006.

 

Xinmin Cao, Wenhui Du, Xiesen Yang, Xunming Deng, Fabrication of nc-Si:H n-i-p single-junction solar cells using VHF PECVD at a deposition rate of 10 A/s, Proceedings of IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006.

 

Yasuaki Ishikawa, Xinmin Cao, Wenhui Du, Chandan Das, Xunming Deng, DC Bias Effect on Nanocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells Deposited under a High Power High Pressure Regime, Proceedings of IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006.

 

Chandan Das, Xinmin Cao, Wenhui Du, Xiesen Yang, Yasuaki Ishikawa, Xunming Deng, Effects of hydrogen dilution grading in active layer on performance of nanocrystalline single junction bottom component and corresponding a-Si:H based triple junction solar cells, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006.

 

Deepak Sainju, P. J. van den Oever, N. J. Podraza1, Jie Chen, J. A. Stoke, Xiesen Yang, Maarij Syed, R. W. Collins, Xunming Deng, Origin of Optical Losses in Ag/Zno Back-Reflectors for Thin Film Si Photovoltaics, Proceedings of 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006.

 

Xunming Deng, Production of Hydrogen for Clean and Renewable Sources of Energy for Fuel Cell Vehicles, Proceedings of DOE Hydrogen Program 2006 Annual Merit Review, Arlington, VA, May 16-19, 2006.

 

William B. Ingler Jr., Daniel Sporar, and Xunming Deng, Sputter Deposition of In-Fe2O3 Films for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, in Proceedings of 210th Electrichemical Society Meeting, June 2006 Joint International Meeting, Cancun, Mexico.

 

William B. Ingler Jr., Dinesh Attygalle, and Xunming Deng, Properties of Rf Magnetron Sputter Deposited Cobalt Oxide Thin Films as Anode for Hydrogen Generation by Electrochemical Water Splitting, in Proceedings of 210th Electrichemical Society Meeting, June 2006 Joint International Meeting, Cancun, Mexico.

 

List of Other Publications

(See http://astro1.panet.utoledo.edu/~dengx/papers/papers.htm for PDF files.)

 

M. Izu, X. Deng, A. Krisko, H.C. Ovshinsky, D. Tsu, K. Whelan, and R. Young, Continuous Roll-to-roll a-Si Photovoltaic manufacturing Technology, in Annual Report, Photovoltaic Subcontract Program, FY 1992, (March 1993). NREL/TP-410-5335, p246. Available NTIS: Order No. DE93000092. [izu93b.pdf ]

 

M. Izu, S.R. Ovshinsky, X. Deng, A.J. Krisko, H.C. Ovshinsky, K.L. Narasimhan, and R. Young, Continuous Roll-to-roll Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology, in AIP Conference Proc. 306, edited by R. Noufi and H. Ullal (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1994), p.198. [izu94f.pdf ]

 

M. Izu, S.R. Ovshinsky, X. Deng, A.J. Krisko, H.C. Ovshinsky, K.L. Narasimhan, and R. Young Continuous Roll-to-roll a-Si Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology, in Annual Report, NREL Photovoltaic Program, FY 1993, (August 1994). NREL/TP-410-6285, p243. Available NTIS: Order No. DE94011880. [izu94g.pdf ]

 

M. Izu, X. Deng, H.C. Ovshinsky and S.R. Ovshinsky, Roll-to-Roll RF PECVD Machine for a-Si Solar Cell Manufacturing, Proc. of Annual Conference of Society of Vacuum Coaters, April 2-7, 1995, Chicago, IL. [izu95b.pdf 597 kB]

 

X. Deng, M. Izu, S.J. Jones, K.L. Narasimhan, J. Evans, and S.R. Ovshinsky, Development of High, Stable-efficiency Triple-junction a-Si Alloy Solar Cells, in NREL Photovoltaic Program FY 1994 Annual Report, (June 1995). NREL/TP-410-7993, p155. NTIS: Order No. DE95009244. [deng95c.pdf ]

 

M. Izu, S.R. Ovshinsky, X. Deng, A. Krisko, H.C. Ovshinsky, K.L. Narasimhan, S.J. Jones, Continuous Roll-to-roll a-Si Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology, in NREL Photovoltaic Program FY 1994 Annual Report, (June 1995). NREL/TP-410-7993, p269. Available NTIS: Order No. DE95009244. [izu95d.pdf ]

 

M. Izu, S.R. Ovshinsky, X. Deng, H.C. Ovshinsky, S.J. Jones and J. Doehler, Continuous Roll-to-Roll a-Si PV Module Manufacturing, in AIP Conference Proc. 353, edited by H. S. Ullal, and C. E. Witt (American Institute of Physics, Woodbury, New York, 1996), p.290. [izu96d.pdf ]

 

X. Deng, S.J. Jones, T. Liu, M. Izu and S.R. Ovshinsky, Development of High, Stable-efficiency Triple-junction a-Si Alloy Solar Cells, in NREL Photovoltaic Program FY 1995 Annual Report, (June 1996). NREL/TP-410-21101, p167. Available NTIS: Order No. DE96007869. [deng96e.pdf ]

 

M. Izu, S.R. Ovshinsky, X. Deng, H.C. Ovshinsky, and S.J. Jones, Continuous Roll-to-roll a-Si Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology, in NREL Photovoltaic Program FY 1995 Annual Report, (June 1996). NREL/TP-410-21101, p281. Available NTIS: Order No. DE96007869. [izu96f.pdf ]

 

X. Deng, Development of High, Stable-efficiency Triple-junction a-Si Alloy Solar Cells, Phase I Annual Subcontract Report, July 18, 1994-July 17, 1995, prepared under Subcontract No. ZAN-4-13318-11. (February 1996). NREL/TP-411-20687. Available NTIS: Order No. DE9696000530. [deng96g.pdf ]

 

X. Deng, M. Izu, S.J. Jones, T. Liu and S.R. Ovshinsky, Development of High, Stable-efficiency Triple-junction a-Si Alloy Solar Cells, in NREL Photovoltaic Program FY 1996 Annual Report, (August 1997). NREL/BK-210-21966, p199. Available NTIS: Distribution Code UC-1250. [deng97e.pdf ]

 

X. Deng, M. Izu, S.J. Jones, T. Liu, S.R. Ovshinsky, and B. Vier, Development of High, Stable-efficiency Triple-junction a-Si Alloy Solar Cells, Phase II Annual Subcontract Progress Report, prepared under Subcontract No. ZAN-4-13318-11, (October 1996) [deng97f.pdf ]

 

X. Deng, "Study of triple-junction amorphous silicon alloy solar cells", in American Institute of Physics Conf. Proc. 462, 297 (1998). [deng98d.pdf ]

 

X. Deng, S.J. Jones, T. Liu, M. Izu and S.R. Ovshinsky, Development of High, Stable-efficiency Triple-junction a-Si Alloy Solar Cells, in NREL Photovoltaic Program FY 1997 Annual Report, (June 1998). NREL/BK-210-23607, p235. Available NTIS. [deng98e.pdf ]

 

X. Deng, S.J. Jones, T. Liu and M. Izu, Development of High, Stable-efficiency Triple-junction a-Si Alloy Solar Cells, Final Technical Report, prepared under Subcontract No. ZAN-4-13318-11. (April 1998). NREL/SR-520-24580. Distribution Code: UC-1262. [deng98f.pdf ]

 

T. Smith, B. Friedmann, A. N. Witt, R. Wang, X. Deng and D. Furton, "Photoluminescence of carbonaceous grain mantle materials with silicon impurities", Proceedings of Laboratory Space Science Workshop, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, April 1-3, 1998, p245. [smith98g.pdf ]

 

A.D. Compaan, X. Deng and R.G. Bohn, High efficiency thin film CdTe and a-Si based solar cells, Phase I Annual Technical Report, Dec. 1999. NREL/SR-520-27666. [compaan99d.pdf 2101 kB]

 

S. Huang, Y.L. Soo, Y.H. Kao, W.A. Anderson, and X. Deng, "Interfacial roughness in thin film silicon photovoltaic materials", American Physical Society March Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 1999. [huang99e.pdf, kB]

 

X. Deng, P. Agarwal, H. Povolny and S. Han, Amorphous silicon germanium solar cells and thin films deposited using different hydrogen dilution, in Proceedings of NCPV Program Review Meeting2000, A13 (2000). [deng00h.pdf, kB]

 

A.D. Compaan, X. Deng and R.G. Bohn, High efficiency thin film CdTe and a-Si based solar cells, Phase II Annual Technical Report, 2001. [compaan01e.pdf, 809kB]

 

A.D. Compaan, X. Deng and R.G. Bohn, High efficiency thin film CdTe and a-Si based solar cells, Final Technical Program Report, 2002. [compaan02f.pdf, 3685kB]

 

X.Deng, High-efficiency and high-rate deposited amorphous silicon based solar cells, Phase I Annual Technical Report, 2002. [deng02g.pdf, 416kB]

 

X. Deng, High-efficiency and high-rate deposited amorphous silicon based solar cells, Phase II Annual Technical Report, 2003. [deng03f.pdf, 224kB]

 

 

List of Issued Patents (not yet updated after 2004)

 

S.R. Ovshinsky, R. Young, W. Czubatyj and X. Deng, Semiconductor with Ordered Clusters, US Patent 5,103,284. Filed: Feb. 8, 1991, Issued: Apr. 7, 1992.

 

S.R. Ovshinsky, X. Deng and R. Young, High Quality Photovoltaic Semiconductor Material and Laser Ablation Method of Fabricating Same, US Patent 5,231,047. Filed: Dec. 19, 1991. Issued July 27, 1993.

 

S.R. Ovshinsky, S. Guha, C.C. Yang, X. Deng, S. Jones, "Semiconductor Having Large Volume Fraction of Intermediate Range Order Material", US Patent 8,766,219, filed Dec. 12, 1996.

 

X. Deng and H. Povolny, Hot-filament chemical vapor deposition chamber and process with multiple gas inlets, US Patent 6,638,839 B2. Filed: Jul. 25, 2002, Issued Oct. 28, 2003.

 

X. Deng and H. Povolny, Hot-filament chemical vapor deposition chamber and process with multiple gas inlets, US Patent 6,755,151 B2. Filed: Jul. 10, 2003. Issued Jun. 29, 2004.