List of Referred Publications

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

 

·         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 Films—Fundamentals 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]

 

·         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]

 

·         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]

 

·         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]

 

List of Other Publications

(See http://www.physics.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. Available 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 Meeting—2000, 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

 

·         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.