Publications
A list of recent publications from the Electronic Materials and Interfaces group.
Impact of Co-Reactants in Atomic Layer Deposition of High-κ Dielectrics on Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide
Brendan F. M. Healy, Sophie L. Pain, Marc Walker, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
ACS Applied Nano Materials, April 2025
Interfacial oxides for charge control of hafnium oxide surface passivation of silicon
Sophie L. Pain, Luke Wilkins, Anup Yadav, Yisong Han, Richard Beanland, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, January 2025
Hierarchical time-series approaches for photovoltaic systems performance forecasting with sparse datasets
Edris Khorani, Sophie L. Pain, Tim Niewelt, Ruy S. Bonilla, Tasmiat Rahman, and Nicholas E. Grant
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, October 2024
Electrically Tunable Si-Based THz Photomodulator Using Dielectric/Polymer Surface Gating
Xavier Romain, Peter R. Wilshaw, Rayko I. Stantchev, Tina Miao, Sen Mou, and Tim Niewelt
IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, October 2024
Atomic Layer Deposition of Hafnium Oxide Passivating Layers on Silicon: Impact of Precursor Selection
Sophie L. Pain, Anup Yadav, David Walker, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
Physica Status Solidi Rapid Research Letters – Rapid Research Letters, August 2024
Formation and annihilation of bulk recombination-active defects induced by muon irradiation of crystalline silicon
Anup Yadav, Tim Niewelt, Sophie L. Pain, Nicholas E. Grant, James S. Lord, Koji Yokoyama, and John D. Murphy
Journal of Applied Physics, August 2024
Tunable Photoluminescence from Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide
Brendan F. M. Healy, Sophie L. Pain, James Lloyd-Hughes, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
Advanced Materials Interfaces, July 2024
Quantifying photoluminescence variability in monolayer molybdenum disulfide films grown by chemical vapour deposition
Brendan F. M. Healy, Sophie L. Pain, James Lloyd-Hughes, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
Materials Research Express, January 2024
Influence of co-reactants on surface passivation by nanoscale hafnium oxide layers grown by atomic layer deposition on silicon
Sophie L. Pain, Edris Khorani, Anup Yadav, Tim Niewelt, Antonio Leimenstoll, Brendan F. M. Healy, Marc Walker, David Walker, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
RSC Applied Interfaces, December 2023
Stability of industrial gallium-doped Czochralski silicon PERC cells and wafers
Tim Niewelt, Felix Maischner, Wolfram Kwapil, Edris Khorani, Sophie L. Pain, Yujin Jung, Eduard C. B. Hopkins, Mahnfred Frosch, Pietro P. Altermatt, Harry Guo, Yichun C. Wang, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, November 2023
Activation of Al2O3 surface passivation of silicon: Separating bulk and surface effects
Nicholas E. Grant, Sophie L. Pain, Richard Jefferies, Ailish Wratten, Shona McNab, David Walker, Yisong Han, Richard Beanland, Ruy S. Bonilla, and John D. Murphy
Applied Surface Science, November 2023
Electronic Band Offset Determination of Oxides Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition on Silicon
Edris Khorani, Christoph A. Messmer, Sophie L. Pain, Tim Niewelt, Brendan F. M. Healy, and Ailish Wratten
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, July 2023
Exploring hafnium oxide's potential for passivating contacts for silicon solar cells
Ailish Wratten, Sophie L. Pain, Anup Yadav, Edris Khorani, Tim Niewelt, Lachlan E. Black, Gabriel Bartholazzi, David Walker, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, July 2023
Hafnium oxide: A thin film dielectric with controllable etch resistance for semiconductor device fabrication
Ailish Wratten, David Walker, Edris Khorani, Brendan F. M. Healy, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
AIP Advances, June 2023
Stable chemical enhancement of passivating nanolayer structures grown by atomic layer deposition on silicon
Sophie L. Pain, Edris Khorani, Tim Niewelt, Ailish Wratten, Marc Walker, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
Nanoscale, June 2023
Mechanisms of Silicon Surface Passivation by Negatively Charged Hafnium Oxide Thin Films
Ailish Wratten, Sophie L. Pain, David Walker, Arne Benjamin Renz, Edris Khorani, and Tim Niewelt
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, December 2022
Electronic Characteristics of Ultra-Thin Passivation Layers for Silicon Photovoltaics
Sophie L. Pain, Edris Khorani, Tim Niewelt, Ailish Wratten, Galo J. Paez Fajardo, Ben P. Winfield, Ruy S. Bonilla, Marc Walker, Louis F. J. Piper, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
Advanced Materials Interfaces, September 2022
Carrier lifetimes in high-lifetime silicon wafers and solar cells measured by photoexcited muon spin spectroscopyLink opens in a new window
John D. Murphy, Nicholas E. Grant, Sophie L. Pain, Tim Niewelt, Ailish Wratten, Edris Khorani, Vladmir P. Markevich, Anthoy R. Peaker, Pitero P. Altermatt, James S. Lord, and Koji Yokoyama
Journal of Applied Physics, August 2022
Enhanced Surface Passivation of Subnanometer Silicon Dioxide Films by Superacidic Treatments
Nicholas E. Grant, Sophie L. Pain, Joshua T. White, Marc Walker, Ivan Prokes, and John D. Murphy
ACS Applied Energy Materials, Jan 2022
Room Temperature Enhancement of Electronic Materials by Superacid Analogues
Sophie L. Pain, Nicholas E. Grant, and John D. Murphy
ACS Nano, January 2022