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2019
"Enhanced moisture stability of MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells through Barium doping"
Bahadur, J., A. H. Ghahremani, S. Gupta, T. Druffel, M. K. Sunkara and K. Pal
Solar Energy 190: 396-404. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.08.033
"A study on the material characteristics of low temperature cured SnO2 films for perovskite solar cells under high humidity"
Bahadur, J., A. H. Ghahremani, B. Martin, S. Pishgar, T. Druffel, M. K. Sunkara and K. Pal
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 30(20): 18452-18461. DOI: 10.1007/s10854-019-02199-8
“Solution processed Mo doped SnO2 as an effective ETL in the fabrication of low temperature planer perovskite solar cell under ambient conditions”
Bahadur, J., A. H. Ghahremani, B. Martin, T. Druffel, M. K. Sunkara, and K. Pal
Organic Electronics 67: 159-167. doi:10.1016/j.orgel.2019.01.027
“Rapid processing of perovskite solar cells through pulsed photonic annealing: a review”
Ghahremani, A. H., B. Martin, K. Ankireddy, and T. Druffel
Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 16(6): 1637-1642. doi:10.1007/s11998-019-00217-2
"Intense pulsed light, a promising technique to develop molybdenum sulfide catalysts for hydrogen evolution"
Gupta, A., K. Ankireddy, B. Kumar, A. Alruqi, J. Jasinski, G. Gupta and T. Druffel
Nanotechnology 30(17): 175401. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaffac
"Rapid and Economic Synthesis of a Li7PS6 Solid Electrolyte from a Liquid Approach"
Ziolkowska, D. A., W. Arnold, T. Druffel, M. Sunkara and H. Wang
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11(6): 6015-6021. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b19181
“High Temperature Stability of Transparent Silica Aerogels for Solar Thermal Applications”
E. Strobach, B. Bhatia, S. Yang, L. Zhao, and E.N. Wang
APL Materials 7, 081104, 2019
2018
"Rapid thermal annealing of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite thin films by intense pulsed light with aid of diiodomethane additive"
Ankireddy, K., A. H. Ghahremani, B. Martin, G. Gupta and T. Druffel
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6(20): 9378-9383. DOI: 10.1039/c8ta01237g
"Intense pulsed light processing for photovoltaic manufacturing"
Druffel, T., R. Dharmadasa, B. W. Lavery and K. Ankireddy
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 174: 359-369. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2017.09.010
2017
"Seed mediated copper nanoparticle synthesis for fabricating oxidation-free interdigitated electrodes using intense pulse light sintering for flexible printed chemical sensors"
Ankireddy, K., T. Druffel, S. Vunnam, G. Filipič, R. Dharmadasa and D. Amos
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
"Atmospheric Processing of Perovskite Solar Cells using Intense Pulsed Light"
Ankireddy, K., B. W. Lavery and T. Druffel
Journal of Electronic Materials
"Electroplating of CdTe thin films from cadmium sulphate precursor and comparison of layers grown by 3-electrode and 2-electrode systems"
I. Dharmadasa, M.L. Madugu, O.I. Olusola, O.K. Echendu, F. Fauzi, D. Diso, A. Weeradinghe, R. Dharmadasa, B. Lavery, J.B. Jasinski, T.A. Krentsel, G. Sumanasekera
Coatings
"Effect of Precursor Solution Aging on the Crystallinity and Photovoltaic Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells"
H. Tsai, W. Y. Nie, Y. H. Lin, J. C. Blancon, S. Tretiak, J. Even, G. Gupta, P. M. Ajayan and A. D. Mohite
Advanced Energy Materials
“Ultrafast Exciton Dynamics in Shape-Controlled Methylammonium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanostructures: Effect of Quantum Confinement on Charge Carrier Recombination”
H. Telfah, A. Jamhawi, M. B. Teunis, R. Sardar, and J. Liu
J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 28556–28565
2016
"Stable and durable CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells at ambient conditions"
Rajamanickam, N., Kumari, S., Vendra, V.K., Lavery, B., Spurgeon, J., Druffel, T., and Sunkara, M.*
Nanotechnology, 2016, 27, 235404
"Intense Pulsed Light Sintering of CH3NH3PbI3 Solar Cells"
Lavery, B., Kumari, S., Konermann, H., Draper, G., Spurgeon, J., and Druffel, T.*
ACS Appl. Mater. Inter., 2016, 13, 8419-8426
2015
"Ultrafast charge carrier relaxation and charge transfer processes in CdS/CdTe thin films"
Pandit, B., R. Dharmadasa, I. M. Dharmadasa, T. Druffel and J. Liu
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17(26): 16760-16766. DOI: 10.1039/c5cp01652e
"High rate and durable, binder free anode based on silicon loaded MoO3 nanoplatelets"
Martinez-Garcia, A., A. K. Thapa, R. Dharmadasa, T. Q. Nguyen, J. Jasinski, T. L. Druffel and M. K. Sunkara
Sci Rep 5: 10530. DOI: 10.1038/srep10530
"Toward high-efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells with a photoanode fabricated via a simple water-based formulation"
Lupitskyy, R., V. K. Vendra, J. Jasinski, D. A. Amos, M. K. Sunkara and T. Druffel
Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 23(7): 883-891. DOI: 10.1002/pip.2502
"Solution phase synthesis and intense pulsed light sintering and reduction of a copper oxide ink with an encapsulating nickel oxide barrier"
Jha, M., R. Dharmadasa, G. L. Draper, A. Sherehiy, G. Sumanasekera, D. Amos and T. Druffel
Nanotechnology 26(17): 175601. DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/17/175601
"Fabrication of Elemental Copper by Intense Pulsed Light Processing of a Copper Nitrate Hydroxide Ink"
Draper, G. L., R. Dharmadasa, M. E. Staats, B. W. Lavery and T. Druffel
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 7(30): 16478-16485. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03854
"Processing of CdTe thin films by intense pulsed light in the presence of CdCl2"
Dharmadasa, R., B. W. Lavery, I. M. Dharmadasa and T. Druffel
Journal of Coatings Technology and Research 12(5): 835-842. DOI: 10.1007/s11998-015-9688-x
"Effects of CdCl2 treatment on deep levels in CdTe and their implications on thin film solar cells: a comprehensive photoluminescence study"
Dharmadasa, I. M., O. K. Echendu, F. Fauzi, N. A. Abdul-Manaf, H. I. Salim, T. Druffel, R. Dharmadasa and B. Lavery
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. DOI: 10.1007/s10854-015-3090-4
2014
"Nanowire architectures for iodide free dye-sensitized solar cells"
Vendra, V. K., T. Q. Nguyen, T. Druffel, J. B. Jasinski, D. A. Amos and M. K. Sunkara
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2(10): 3543. DOI: 10.1039/c3ta13997b
"Intense pulsed light treatment of cadmium telluride nanoparticle-based thin films"
Dharmadasa, R., B. Lavery, I. M. Dharmadasa and T. Druffel
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6(7): 5034-5040. DOI: 10.1021/am500124t
"Intense Pulsed Light Sintering of Electrodeposited CdS Thin Films"
Dharmadasa, R., I. M. Dharmadasa and T. Druffel
Advanced Engineering Materials 16(11): 1351-1361. DOI: 10.1002/Adem.201400008
"Fabrication of CdS/CdTe-Based Thin Film Solar Cells Using an Electrochemical Technique"
Dharmadasa, I., P. Bingham, O. Echendu, H. Salim, T. Druffel, R. Dharmadasa, G. Sumanasekera, R. Dharmasena, M. Dergacheva, K. Mit, K. Urazov, L. Bowen, M. Walls and A. Abbas
Coatings 4(3): 380-415. DOI: 10.3390/coatings4030380
2013
"Scalable synthesis and photoelectrochemical properties of copper oxide nanowire arrays and films"
Sunkara, S., V. K. Vendra, J. H. Kim, T. Druffel and M. K. Sunkara
Catalysis Today 199(0): 27-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2012.03.014
"Spectroscopic Investigation of Photoinduced Charge-Transfer Processes in FTO/TiO2/N719 Photoanodes with and without Covalent Attachment through Silane-Based Linkers"
Pandit, B., T. Luitel, D. R. Cummins, A. K. Thapa, T. Druffel, F. Zamborini and J. Liu
J Phys Chem A 117(50): 13513-13523. DOI: 10.1021/jp407270j
"The effects of surface roughness on low haze ultrathin nanocomposite films"
Kanniah, V., E. A. Grulke and T. Druffel
Thin Solid Films 539: 170-180. DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.04.126
"Room temperature synthesis of a copper ink for the intense pulsed light sintering of conductive copper films"
Dharmadasa, R., M. Jha, D. A. Amos and T. Druffel
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 5(24): 13227-13234. DOI: 10.1021/am404226e
2012
"Photoanode Area Dependent Efficiency and Recombination Effects in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells"
Vendra, V. K., J. Absher, S. R. Ellis, D. A. Amos, T. Druffel and M. K. Sunkara
Journal of The Electrochemical Society 159(8): H728-H733. DOI: 10.1149/2.067208jes
Prior
"Elastic behaviour of a nanocomposite thin film undergoing significant strains"
Druffel, T., M. Lattis, M. Spencer, and O. Buazza
Nanotechnology, 2010. 21(10): p. 105708. doi 10.1088/0957-4484/21/10/105708
"Functionalizing titania nanoparticle surfaces in a fluidized bed plasma reactor"
Deb, B., V. Kumar, T.L. Druffel, and M.K. Sunkara
Nanotechnology, 2009. 20(46): p. 465701. doi 10.1088/0957-4484/20/46/465701
"Polymer nanocomposite thin film mirror for the infrared region"
Druffel, T., N. Mandzy, M. Sunkara, and E. Grulke
Small, 2008. 4(4): p. 459-61. doi 10.1002/smll.200700680
"Nanoindentation-induced delamination of submicron polymeric coatings"
Geng, K.B., F.Q. Yang, T. Druffel, and E.A. Grulke
Polymer, 2007. 48(3): p. 841-848. doi 10.1016/j.polymer.2006.07.075
"Mechanical comparison of a polymer nanocomposite to a ceramic thin-film anti-reflective filter"
Druffel, T., K.B. Geng, and E. Grulke
Nanotechnology, 2006. 17(14): p. 3584-3590. doi 10.1088/0957-4484/17/14/038
"Breakage of TiO2 agglomerates in electrostatically stabilized aqueous dispersions"
Mandzy, N., E. Grulke, and T. Druffel
Powder Technology, 2005. 160(2): p. 121-126. doi 10.1016/j.powtec.2005.08.020
"Anti-reflective optical coatings incorporating nanoparticles"
Krogman, K.C., T. Druffel, and M.K. Sunkara
Nanotechnology, 2005. 16(7): p. S338-S343. doi 10.1088/0957-4484/16/7/005
"Nanoindentation behavior of ultrathin polymeric films"
Geng, K.B., F.Q. Yang, T. Druffel, and E.A. Grulke
Polymer, 2005. 46(25): p. 11768-11772. doi 10.1016/j.polymer.2005.