Books/Book Chapters

M. A. Scarpulla, AC Characterization Methods for Thin Film Photovoltaics, in Advanced Characterization of Thin Film Solar Cells. N. Hagel & , M. Al-jassim, Eds., p. 223, IET Press (2020).  ISBN  978-1-83953-023-4.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1049/PBPO166E

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

  • 78  F. Mirkhosravi, A. Rashidi, Gallagher,  M. Monavarian,  A. Aragon, K. Ahn, Y. K. Ooi, A. Lintereur,  E. K. Mace,  M. A. Scarpulla, and D. Feezell

    Impact of high-dose gamma-ray irradiation on electrical characteristics of N-polar and Ga-polar GaN p–n diodes

    AIP Advances 11, 025009 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0021382

     

    77 Rujun Sun et al, O annealing effects in Ga2O3 by PL

    J Phys D (accepted)

     

    76 Praneeth Ranga, Arkka Bhattacharyya, Adrian Chmielewski, Saurav Roy, Rujun Sun, Michael A. Scarpulla, Nasim Alem and Sriram Krishnamoorthy

    Growth and characterization of metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy-grown β-(AlxGa1-x)2O3/β-Ga2O3 heterostructure channels

    Applied Physics Express 14(2) 025501 https://doi.org/10.35848/1882-0786/abd675

     

    75 P. Gopalan, S. Knight, A. Chanana, M. Stokey, P. Ranga, M.A. Scarpulla, S. Krishnamoorthy, V. Darakchieva, Z. Galazka, K. Irmscher, A. Fiedler, S. Blair, M. Schubert and B. Sensale-Rodriguez

    The anisotropic quasi-static permittivity of single-crystal β-Ga2O3 measured by terahertz spectroscopy Applied Physics Letters 117, 252103 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0031464

     

    74 Mashad Uddin Saleh, Chris Deline, Evan J. Benoit, Samuel R. Kingston, Joel B. Harley, Cynthia M. Furse, and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Detection and Localization of Damaged Photovoltaic Cells and Modules Using Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry

    IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 11(1) pp. 195-201, (Jan. 2021)

    https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.3030185

  • 73 Defect states and their electric field-enhanced electron thermal emission in heavily Zr-doped β-Ga2O3 crystals

    R Sun, YK Ooi, A Bhattacharyya, M Saleh, S Krishnamoorthy, KG Lynn, and M.A. Scarpulla

    Applied Physics Letters 117, 212104 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029442

     

    72 Brian Eisner,  Praneeth Ranga,  Arkka Bhattacharyya,  Sriram Krishnamoorthy, and  Michael A. Scarpulla

    Compensation in homoepitaxial β-Ga2O3 thin films grown by metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy

    Journal of Applied Physics 128, 195703 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0022043

     

    71 Hunter D. Ellis, Mashad Uddin Saleh, Samuel R. Kingston, Joel B. Harley, Michael A. Scarpulla, Evan J. Benoit, and Cynthia M. Furse.,

    A Model for SSTDR Signal Propagation Through Photovoltaic Strings

    IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 10(6) pp. 1846-1852 (2020) https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.3023801

     

    70 Ayobami S. Edun, Cody La Flamme, Samuel R. Kingston, Harsha Vardhan Tetali, Evan Benoit, Michael Scarpulla, Cynthia M. Furse, and Joel B. Harley

    Finding Faults in PV Systems: Supervised and Unsupervised Dictionary Learning with SSTDR

    IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(4) 2021.  Pp. 4855-4865.  https://dx.doi/10.1109/JSEN.2020.3029707.

     

    69 R Sun, YK Ooi, PT Dickens, KG Lynn, MA Scarpulla

    On the origin of red luminescence from iron-doped β-Ga2O3 bulk crystals

    Applied Physics Letters 117 (5), 052101   https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0012967

     

    68 Akira Nagaoka, Kensuke Nishioka, Kenji Yoshino, Ryoji Katsube, Yoshitaro Nose, Taizo Masuda, and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Comparison of Sb, As, and P doping in Cd-rich CdTe single crystals: Doping properties, persistent photoconductivity, and long-term stability

    Applied Physics Letters 116, 132102 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0004883

     

    67 P Ranga, A Bhattacharyya, A Rishinaramangalam, YK Ooi, MA Scarpulla, …

    Delta-doped β-Ga2O3 thin films and β-(Al0. 26Ga0. 74)2O3/β-Ga2O3 heterostructures grown by metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy

    Applied Physics Express 13 (4), 045501 (2020) https://doi.org/10.35848/1882-0786/ab7712

     

    66 Samuel Kingston, Naveen Kumar Tumkur Jayakumar, Mashad U. Saleh, Evan Benoit, Ayobami S. Edun, Rujun Sun, Cynthia Furse, Michael Scarpulla, and Joel B. Harley

    Measurement of Capacitance using Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry (SSTDR) and Dictionary Matching

    IEEE Sensors Journal, 20(17) pp. 10102-10109 (2020).  https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.2992998

     

    65 Mashad Uddin Saleh, Chris Deline, Evan Benoit, Samuel Kingston, Ayobami S. Edun, Naveen Kumar Tumkur Jayakumar, Joel B. Harley, Cynthia Furse, and Michael Scarpulla

    An Overview of Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry Responses to Photovoltaic Faults

    IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 10(3) 2020 pp. 844–851 https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.2972356

     

    64 Jacqueline Cooke, Leila Ghadbeigi, Rujun Sun, Arkka Bhattacharyya, Yunshan Wang, Michael A. Scarpulla, Sriram Krishnamoorthy, and Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez

    Synthesis and Characterization of Large‐Area Nanometer‐thin β‐Ga2O3 Films from Oxide Printing of Liquid Metal Gallium

    Physica Status Solidi (a) https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201901007

     

    63 Arkka Bhattacharyya, Praneeth Ranga, Muad Saleh, Saurav Roy, Michael A. Scarpulla, Kelvin G. Lynn,

    and Sriram Krishnamoorthy

    Schottky Barrier Height Engineering In β-Ga2O3 Using SiO2 Interlayer Dielectric

    IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JEDS.2020.2974260

     

    62 Mashad Uddin Saleh, Joel B Harley, Naveen Kumar Tumkur Jayakumar, Samuel Kingston, Evan Benoit, Michael A Scarpulla, and Cynthia Furse

    Reflectometry on asymmetric transmission line systems

    Progress In Electromagnetics Research 89, 121-130.   https://www.jpier.org/PIERM/pier.php?paper=19110702

     

    61 Sudhajit Misra, Jeffery A Aguiar, Sophia Gardner, Xiahan Sang, Raymond R. Unocic, Amit Munshi, Walajabad Sampath, Chris S. Ferekides, Michael A. Scarpulla

    Cadmium Selective Etching in CdTe Solar Cells Produces Detrimental Narrow-gap Te in Grain Boundaries

    ACS Applied Energy Materials (2020) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b02224

     

    60 Ayobami S. Edun, Naveen Kumar Tumkur Jayakumar, Samuel Kingston, Cynthia Furse, Michael Scarpulla, and Joel B. Harley

    Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry with Lumped Elements on Asymmetric Transmission Lines

    IEEE Sensors Journal,  https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.2967894

     

    59 Panagiota Arnou, Alberto Lomuscio, Thomas P. Weiss, Daniel Siopa, Sergio Giraldo, Edgardo Saucedo, Michael A. Scarpulla, and Phillip J. Dale

    Continuous-wave laser annealing of metallic layers for CuInSe2 solar cell applications: effect of reheating treatment on grain growth

    RSC Advances 10 (1), 584-594 (2020).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9RA06896A

  • 58 Mashad Uddin Saleh, Samuel Kingston, Naveen Kumar Tumkur Jayakumar, Evan Benoit, Joel B. Harley, Cynthia Furse, Mike Scarpulla

    Detection and Localization of Disconnections in PV Strings Using Spread-Spectrum Time-Domain Reflectometry

    IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 10 (1), 236-242 (2019).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2953392

     

    57 Sudhajit Misra, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Yubo Sun, Brian v. Devener, Vasilios Palekis, Christos S. Ferekides, Heayoung P. Yoon, Peter Bermel, and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Observation and Implications of Composition Inhomogeneity Along Grain Boundaries in Thin Film Polycrystalline CdTe Photovoltaic Devices

    Advanced Materials Interfaces 1900152 01 July 2019.  https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201900152

     

    56 Joel B. Harley, Mashad Uddin Saleh, Samuel Kingston, Michael A. Scarpulla, Cynthia M. Furse

    Fast Transient Simulations for Multi-Segment Transmission Lines with a Graphical Model

    Progress in Electromagnetics Research, 165 (2019), pp. 67-82. http://www.jpier.org/PIER/pier.php?paper=19042105

     

    55 Akira Nagaoka, Kensuke Nishioka, Kenji Yoshino, Darius Kuciauskas and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Arsenic doped Cd-rich CdTe: equilibrium doping limit and long lifetime for high open-circuit voltage solar cells greater than 900 mV

    Applied Physics Express 12 081002 (2019), https://doi.org/10.7567/1882-0786/ab27fb

     

    54 David J. Magginetti, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Joshua R. Winger, Michael A. Scarpulla, Erfan Pourshaban

    and Heayoung P. Yoon

    Water‐Assisted Liftoff of Polycrystalline CdS/CdTe Thin Films Using Heterogeneous Interfacial Engineering

    Applied Materials Interfaces 2019, 6, 1900300     DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.201900300

     

    53 Naveen Kumar Tumkur Jayakumar, Evan Benoit, Samuel Kingston, Mashad Uddin Saleh, Michael Scarpulla, Joel Harley, and Cynthia Furse

    Post-Processing for Improved Accuracy and Resolution of Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry (SSTDR)

    IEEE Sensors Letters 3(6) 2019 1500204, https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2019.2916636

     

    52 U. Chalapathi, M. A. Scarpulla, Si-Hyun Park, S. Uthanna, and V. Sundara Raja

    Improving the grain size of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films by annealing thermally evaporated Cu-ZnS-Sn-S precursors

    J Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 30(5) 4931-4935 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-00788-1

     

    51 Prashanth Gopalan, Ashish Chanana, Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Ajay Nahata, Michael A. Scarpulla, and Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez

    Ultrafast THz modulators with WSe2 thin films [Invited]

    Optical Materials Express 9(2) 826-836 (2019).  https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.9.000826

  • 50 Yunshan Wang, Peter T. Dickens, Joel B. Varley, Xiaojuan Ni, Emmanuel Lotubai, Samuel Sprawls, Feng Liu, Vincenzo Lordi, Sriram Krishnamoorthy, Steve Blair, Kelvin G. Lynn, Michael Scarpulla & Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez

    Incident wavelength and polarization dependence of spectral shifts β-Ga2O3 UV photoluminescence

    Scientific Reports 8, 18075 (2018).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36676-7

     

    49 Mashad Uddin Saleh, Josiah LaCombe, Naveen Kumar Tumkur Jayakumar, Samuel Kingston, Joel Harley, Cynthia Furse, and Mike Scarpulla

    Signal Propagation Through Piecewise Transmission Lines for Interpretation of Reflectometry in Photovoltaic Systems

    IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 9(2) pp. 506–512 (2018).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2018.2884011

     

    48 Kyu-Bum Han, Su Kong Chong, Anton O. Oliynyk, Akira Nagaoka, Suzanne Petryk, Michael A. Scarpulla, Vikram V. Deshpande & Taylor D. Sparks

    Enhancement in surface mobility and quantum transport of Bi2−xSbxTe3-ySey topological insulator by controlling the crystal growth conditions

    Scientific Reports, Vol 8, 17290 (2018).  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35674-z

     

    47 A Nagaoka, D Kuciauskas, J McCoy, MA Scarpulla

    High p-type doping, mobility, and photocarrier lifetime in arsenic-doped CdTe single crystals

    Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 192101 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5029450.

    (APL highly-cited, highly-read research in semiconductors 2020)

     

    46 K. Alberi and M.A. Scarpulla

    Effects of excess carriers on charged defect concentrations in wide bandgap semiconductors

    Journal of Applied Physics 123 (18), 185702 (2018).  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5010945

     

    45 A. Keqi, M. Gehlmann, G. Conti, S. Nemšák, A. Rattanachata, J. Minár, L. Plucinski, J. E. Rault, J. P. Rueff, M. Scarpulla, M. Hategan, G. K. Pálsson, C. Conlon, D. Eiteneer, A. Y. Saw, A. X. Gray, K. Kobayashi, S. Ueda, O. D. Dubon, C. M. Schneider, and C. S. Fadley

    Electronic structure of the dilute magnetic semiconductor Ga1-xMnxP from hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and angle-resolved photoemission

    Physical Review B, 97 155149 (2018).  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.155149

     

    44 Wendy J. Nimens, Jonathan Ogle, Anna Caruso, Mckenzie Jonely, Charles Simon, Detlef Smilgies, Rodrigo Noriega, Michael Scarpulla, and Luisa Whittaker-Brooks

    Morphology and Optoelectronic Variations Underlying the Nature of the Electron Transport Layer in Perovskite Solar Cells

    ACS Applied Energy Materials 1(2) 602–615 (2018) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.7b00147

     

    43 Vipul Kheraj, Brian J Simonds, Aditi Toshniwal, Sudhajit Misra, Peter Peroncik, C Zhang, ZV Vardeny, Michael A Scarpulla

    Using photoluminescence to monitor the optoelectronic properties of methylammonium lead halide perovskites in light and dark over periods of days

    Journal of Luminescence 194 353-358 (2018).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.10.021

     

    42 K Tse, M Wong, Y Zhang, J Zhang, M Scarpulla, J Zhu

    Defect Properties of Na and K in Cu2ZnSnS4 from Hybrid Functional Calculation.

    Journal of Applied Physics 124, 165701 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5046734

     

    41 Kirstin Alberi and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Photoassisted physical vapor epitaxial growth of semiconductors: a review of light-induced modifications to growth processes.

    1. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51 023001 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aa944c

     

    40 Rujun Sun, Daming Zhuang, Ming Zhao, Qianming Gong, Mike Scarpulla, Yaowei Wei, Guoan Ren, Yixuan Wu

    Beyond 11% efficient Cu2ZnSn(Se,S)4 thin film solar cells by cadmium alloying

    Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 174 494-498 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.09.043

  • 39 Dennis Schmidt Pruzan, Carina E Hahn, Sudhajit Misra and Michael A Scarpulla

    CdTe1-xSx (x≤0.05) thin films synthesized by aqueous solution deposition and annealing.

    Materials Research Express 4 115904 (2017).  https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aa993e

     

    38 Akira Nagaoka, Darius Kuciauskas, and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Doping properties of cadmium-rich arsenic-doped CdTe single crystals: Evidence of metastable AX behavior

    Applied Physics Letters, 111, 232103 (2017).  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4999011

     

    37 V. Kosyak, A.V. Postnikov, J. Scragg, M.A. Scarpulla, and C. Platzer-Björkman

    Point defect concentrations in Cu2ZnSnS4: insights into high-temperature equilibrium and quenching

    Journal of Applied Physics, 122(3) 035707 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4994689

     

    36 Akira Nagaoka, Kyu-Bun Han, Sudhajit Misra, Thomas Wilenski, Taylor D. Sparks, Michael A. Scarpulla

    Growth and characterization of Arsenic doped CdTe single crystals grown by Cd-solvent traveling-heater method

    Journal of Crystal Growth 467, pp. 6–11 (2017).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2017.03.002

     

    35 Helene J. Meadows, Sudhajit Misra, Brian J. Simonds, Masato Kurihara, Thomas Schuler, Vicente Reis-Adonis, Michael A. Scarpulla, Phillip J. Dale.

    Laser Annealing of Electrodeposited CuInSe2 Semiconductor Precursors: Experiment and Modeling

    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 5 pp. 1336-1345  (2017).  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6TC03623F (Back cover article)

     

    34 D.S. Pruzan, Y. Liu, A.E. Caruso, Y. Lin, C. Beall, I. Repins, M.F. Toney, M.A. Scarpulla.

    Cu2ZnSnSe4 Photovoltaic Absorber Layers Evaluated by Transmission X-Ray Microscopy Tomography: Composition Fluctuations on the Length Scale of Grains

    Solar RRL, 1(1) 1600024 (2017).  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/solr.201600024/ .  (Front cover article of inaugural issue).

  • 33) A Nagaoka, MA Scarpulla, and K Yoshino

    Na-doped Cu2ZnSnS4 single crystal grown by traveling-heater method

    J. Crystal Growth 453, 119-123 (2016). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.08.014

     

    32) Brian J. Simonds, Sudhajit Misra, Naba Paudel, Koen Vandewal, Alberto Salleo, Christos Ferekides, Michael A. Scarpulla

    Near Infrared Laser Annealing of CdTe and In-Situ Measurement of the Evolution of Structural and Optical Properties

    J. Applied Physics 119, 165305 (2016). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4947186

     

    31) Jeffery A. Aguiar, Mehmet E. Erkan, Dennis Pruzan, Akira Nagaoka, Kenji Yoshino, Helio Moutinho, Mowafak Al-Jassim, and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Cation ratio fluctuations in Cu2ZnSnS4 at the 20 nm length scale investigated by analytical electron microscopy

    Physica Status Solidi A (online).  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201600060 .

     

    30) K. Alberi and M.A. Scarpulla

    Suppression of native defect formation during semiconductor processing via excess carrier generation

    Scientific Reports 6, 27954 (2016).  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27954

     

    29) Daniel L. Jacobs, Michael A. Scarpulla, Chen Wang, Benjamin R. Bunes, Ling Zang

    Voltage Induced Transients in Methyl Ammonium Lead Triiodide Probed by Dynamic Photoluminescence Spectroscopy

    J. Physical Chemistry C (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11973

     

    28) Mehmet Eray Erkan, Vardaan Chawla, and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Reduced defect density at CZTSSe/CdS interface by atomic layer deposition of Al2O3

    J. Applied Physics 119, 194504 (2016). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4948947

  • 27) Matthew M. Nowell, Mike A. Scarpulla, Naba R. Paudel, Kristppher A. Wieland, Alvin D. Compaan, and Xiangxin Liu

    Characterization of Sputtered CdTe Thin Films with Electron Backscatter Diffraction and Correlation with Device Performance

    Microscopy and Microanalysis 21(4), 927-935 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S143192761500077X

     

    26) Brian J. Simonds, Vipul Kheraj, Vasilios Palekis, Christos Ferekides, Michael A. Scarpulla

    Reduced surface Fermi level pinning and recombination in laser-irradiated polycrystalline CdTe

    J. Applied Physics, 117, 225301 (2015).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4921950

     

    25) Akira Nagaoka, Kenji Yoshino, Tomoyasu Taniyama, Hideto Miyake, Koichi Kakimoto, Michael A. Scarpulla, and Yoshitaro Nose

    Growth and Characterization of Cu2ZnSn(SxSe1-x)4 Single Crystal Grown by Traveling Heater Method

    J. Crystal Growth, 423 pp. 9-15 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2015.04.012

     

    24) Akira Nagaoka, Yoshitaro Nose, Hideto Miyake, Michael A. Scarpulla, Kenji Yoshino

    Solution growth of chalcopyrite compounds single crystal

    Renewable Energy, (2015).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.10.015

     

    23) Mehmet Eray Erkan, Vardaan Chawla, Ingrid Repins, and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Interplay between surface preparation and device performance in CZTSSe solar cells: Effects of KCN and NH4OH etching

    Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, pp. 78-85 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2015.01.006

     

    22) Brian J. Simonds, Helene J. Meadows, Sudhajit Misra, Christos Ferekides, Phillip J. Dale, Michael A. Scarpulla

    Laser Processing for Thin Film Chalcogenide Photovoltaics: A Review and Prospective

    Journal of Photonics for Energy 5(1) 050999 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.5.050999.  Featured Article on JPE webpage! (Jan. 2015)

     

    21) Helen J. Meadows, David Regesch, Maxime Thevenin, Jan Sendler, Thomas Schuler, Sudhajit Misra, Brian J. Simonds, Michael A. Scarpulla, Viktor Gerliz, Levent Gütay, Jerome Guillot, and Phillip J Dale

    CuInSe2 semiconductor formation by laser annealing

    Thin Solid Films 582, pp. 23–26 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.10.042

  • 20) Brian J. Simonds, Vasilios Palekis, Brian Van Devener, Christos Ferekides and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Surface stoichiometry of pulsed ultraviolet laser treated polycrystalline CdTe

    Journal of Applied Physics 116, 013506 (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4887079

     

    19) Hui Du, Fei Yan, Matthew Young, Bobby To, Chun-Sheng Jiang, Pat Dippo, Darius Kuciauskas, Zhenhuan Chi, Elizabeth A. Lund, Chris Hancock, Win Maw Hlaing OO, Mike A. Scarpulla and Glenn Teeter

    Investigation of combinatorial coevaporated thin film Cu2ZnSnS4. I. Temperature effect, crystalline phases, morphology, and photoluminescence

    Journal of Applied Physics 115, 173502 (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4871664

     

    18) Elizabeth A. Lund, Hui Du, Win Maw Hlaing OO, Glenn Teeter, and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Investigation of combinatorial coevaporated thin film Cu2ZnSnS4 (II): Beneficial cation arrangement in Cu-rich growth

    Journal of Applied Physics 115, 173503 (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4871665

     

    17) Akira Nagaoka, Hideto Miyake, Tomoyasu Taniyama, Koichi Kakimoto, Yoshitaro Nose, Michael A. Scarpulla, and Kenji Yoshino

    Effects of sodium on electrical properties in Cu2ZnSnS4 single crystal

    Applied Physics Letters 104, 152101 (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4871208

     

    16) Brian J. Simonds, Vasilios Palekis, Brian Van Devener, Christos Ferekides, Michael A. Scarpulla

    Pulsed Laser Induced Ohmic Back Contact in CdTe Solar Cells

    Applied Physics Letters 104, 141604 (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4870838

     

    15) Junyi Zhu, Feng Liu, and Michael A. Scarpulla

    Strain tuning of native defect populations: The case of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4

    APL Materials 2 012110 (2014).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4863076

     

    14) H.J. Meadows, A. Bhatia, V. Depredurand, J. Guillot, D. Regesch, A. Malyeyev, D. Colombara, M.A. Scarpulla, S. Siebentritt, and P.J. Dale

    Single Second Laser Annealed CuInSe2 Semiconductors from Electrodeposited Precursors as Absorber Layers for Solar Cells

    Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118 1451−1460 (2014).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp409804s

  • 13) V. Kosyak, N.B. Mortazavi Amiri, A.V. Postnikov, and M.A. Scarpulla

    A Quasichemical Model of Native Point Defect Equilibrium in Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) and Application to One-Zone Annealing

    Journal of Applied Physics, 114 124501 (2013).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4819206

     

    12) A. Bhatia, H. Meadows, A.  Crossay, P.  J.  Dale and M.  A.  Scarpulla

    Continuous wave solid phase laser annealing of electrochemically deposited CuInSe2 thin films

    Journal of Applied Physics, 114 044904 (2013).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4816250

     

    11) J.R. Nagel and M.A. Scarpulla

    Enhanced Light Absorption in Thin Film Solar Cells with Embedded Dielectric Nanoparticles: Induced Texture Dominates Mie Scattering

    Applied Physics Letters, 102 151111 (2013).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4802718

     

    10) S. Lee, M.A. Scarpulla, E. Bamberg

    Effect of metal coating on machinability of high purity germanium using wire electrical discharge machining

    Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 213(6) 811-817 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2012.12.008

     

    9) A. Bhatia, H. Meadows, W.M. Hlaing Oo, P.J. Dale and M.A. Scarpulla

    Effects of pulsed laser annealing (PLA) on deep level defect populations in electrochemically-deposited and annealed CuInSe2 thin films

    Thin Solid Films, 531 566-571 (2013).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2012.12.076

     

    8) V. Kosyak, M. A. Karmarkar, and M.A. Scarpulla

    Temperature-dependent conductivity of polycrystalline Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films

    Applied Physics Letters, 100 263903 (2012).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4731875

     

    7) A. Bhatia, W.M. Hlaing Oo, G. Siegel, P.R. Stone, K.M. Yu and M.A. Scarpulla

    Synthesis of Ge1-xSnx Alloy Thin Films Using Ion Implantation and Pulsed Laser Melting (II-PLM)

    Journal of Electronic Materials, 41(5) 837-844 (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11664-012-2011-z

     

    6) E.A. Lund and M.A. Scarpulla

    Photovoltaic heterojunctions of earth abundant semiconductors: band alignments in the defective limit

    Materials Science and Engineering B, 177 1436– 1440 (2012).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2012.02.015

     

    5) J.R. Nagel and M.A. Scarpulla

    Design principles for light-trapping in thin silicon films with embedded dielectric nanoparticles

    Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 21(3) 319-325 (2013).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pip.1187.

     

    4) W.M. Hlaing Oo, J.L. Johnson, A. Bhatia, E.A. Lund, M.M. Nowell, and M.A. Scarpulla

    Grain Size and Texture of Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Films Synthesized by Co-sputtering Binary Sulfides and Annealing: Effects of Processing Conditions and Sodium

    Journal of Electronic Materials 40(11) 2214-2221 (2011).  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11664-011-1729-3

     

    3) Hartman, J.L. Johnson, M.I. Bertoni, D. Recht, M.J. Aziz, M.A. Scarpulla, and T. Buonassisi

    SnS thin-films by RF sputtering at room temperature

    Thin Solid Films 519(21) 7421-7424 (2011).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2010.12.186

     

    2) J.R. Nagel, S. Blair, and M.A. Scarpulla

    Exact field solution to guided wave propagation in lossy thin films

    Optics Express 19(21) 20159–20171 (2011).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.020159

     

    1) J.R. Nagel and M.A. Scarpulla

    Enhanced absorption in optically thin solar cells by scattering from embedded dielectric nanoparticles

    Optics Express 18 (102) A139 (2010).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.00A139.  Noted in publication news of Nature Photonics.

Other Publications

1) Michael Scarpulla and Sudhajit Misra, Laser annealing in thin-film chalcogenide photovoltaics. 

SPIE Newsroom (invited) (2016). DOI: 10.1117/2.1201609.006368

Conference Proceedings

1) Michael Scarpulla and Sudhajit Misra, Laser annealing in thin-film chalcogenide photovoltaics. 

SPIE Newsroom (invited) (2016). DOI: 10.1117/2.1201609.006368