Publications

2023

[27] Thien Truong, Di Kang, Er-Chien Wang, Jiali Wang, Sieu Pheng Phang, Daniel Macdonald, Josua Stuckelberger, Ex-situ phosphorus-doped polycrystalline silicon passivating contacts for high-efficiency solar cells by physical vapour deposition, Solar Energy, 2023, 255, 285-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.03.048.

[26] The Duong, Thuan Nguyen, Keqing Huang, Huyen Pham, Sunita Gautam Adhikari, Motiur Rahman Khan, Leiping Duan, Wensheng Liang, Kean Chern Fong, Heping Shen, Anh Dinh Bui, Azul Osorio Mayon, Thien Truong, Grace Tabi, Viqar Ahmad, Sachin Surve, Jingnan Tong, Teng Kho, Thanh Tran‐Phu, Teng Lu, Jianghui Zheng, Ulrich W Paetzold, Uli Lemmer, Anita Ho Baillie, Yun Liu, Gunther Andersson, Thomas White, Klaus Weber, Kylie Catchpole, Bulk Incorporation with 4‐Methylphenethylammonium Chloride for Efficient and Stable Methylammonium‐Free Perovskite and Perovskite‐Silicon Tandem Solar Cells, Advanced Energy Materials, 2203607.

[25] Mohamed M Shehata, Thien N Truong, Rabin Basnet, Hieu T Nguyen, Daniel H Macdonald, Lachlan E Black, Impedance spectroscopy characterization of c-Si solar cells with SiOx/Poly-Si rear passivating contacts, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 251, 112167.

2022

[24] Jiali Wang, Sieu Pheng Phang, Christian Samundsett, Zhuofeng Li, Thien N Truong, Jie Yang, Zhao Wang, Peiting Zheng, Xinyu Zhang, Hieu T Nguyen, Daniel Macdonald, Josua Stuckelberger, Development of Phosphorus-Doped Nanoscale Poly-Si Passivating Contacts via Inkjet Printing for Application in Silicon Solar Cells, ACS Applied Nano Materials.

[23] T Truong, Characterisation and defect engineering of poly-Si passivating contacts in silicon solar cells, PhD Thesis, The Australian National University.

[22] Mike Tebyetekerwa, Thien N Truong, Wei Yan, Cheng Tang, Ary Anggara Wibowo, James Bullock, Aijun Du, Cheng Yan, Daniel Macdonald, Hieu T Nguyen, Twist Angle Effects on the Absorbance, Carrier Lifetime, and Diffusion Properties in Low Dimension Type‐II MoS2/WS2 Heterobilayers, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2201649.

[21]. T. Tran-Phu, R. Daiyan, J. Leverett, Z. Fusco, A. Tadich, I. Bernardo, A. Kiy, T. N. Truong, Q. Zhang, H. Chen, P. Kluth, R. Amal, A. Tricoli, Understanding the activity and stability of flame-made Co3O4 spinels: A route towards the scalable production of highly performing OER electrocatalysts, Chemical Engineering Journal 429, 132180, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.132180.

[20]. D. Kang, H. C. Sio, J. Stuckelberger, D. Yan, S. P. Phang, H. T. Nguyen, T. N. Truong, T Le, X. Zhang, R. Liu, D. Macdonald, Comparison of firing stability of p- and n-type polysilicon passivating contacts, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications.

2021

[19] Z. Azimi; A. Gopakumar; A. S Ameruddin; L. Li; T. Truong; H. T Nguyen; H. H. Tan; C.Jagadish; J. Wong-Leung, Tuning the crystal structure and optical properties of selective area grown InGaAs nanowires, Nano Research 2021.

[18] A. D. Bui, N. Mozaffari, T. N. Truong, T. Duong, K. J. Weber, T. P. White, K. R. Catchpole, D. Macdonald, H. T. Nguyen, Electrical properties of perovskite solar cells by illumination intensity and temperature-dependent photoluminescence imaging, Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications, DOI:10.1002/pip.3498. 

[17]. M. Tebyetekerwa, J. Zhang, S. E. Saji, A. A. Wibowo, S. Rahman, T. N. Truong, Y. Lu, Z. Yin, D. Macdonald, and H. T. Nguyen, Twist-Driven Wide Freedom of Indirect Interlayer Exciton Emission in MoS2/WS2 Heterobilayers, Cell Reports Physical Science 2 (8), 100509.

[16]. A. Bui, M. Mahmud, T. Duong, N. Mozaffari, R. Basnet, G. Carvalho, T.T. Le, T. N. Truong, M. Tebyetekerwa, A. Wiboro, K. J. Weber, T. P. White, K. R. Catchpole, D. Macdonald, and H. T. Nguyen, Contactless and spatially-resolved determination of current-voltage curves in perovskite solar cells, Solar RRL, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/solr.202100348.

[15]. T.T. Le, Z. Hameiri, T.N. Truong, Z. Yang, D. Macdonald, and A. Liu, Impurity gettering by silicon nitride films: kinetics, mechanisms and simulation, ACS Applied Energy Materials, DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c01826.

[14]. T. N. Truong, T. T Le, D. Yan, S. P. Phang, M. Tebyetekerwa, M. Young, M. Al-Jassim, A. Cuevas, D. Macdonald, J. Stuckelberger, H. T Nguyen., Investigation of Gallium-boron spin-on co-doping for poly-Si/SiOx passivating-contacts, Solar RRL, DOI 10.1002/solr.202100653.

[13]. Z. Ding, T. N. Truong (co-first, corresponding author), H. T. Nguyen, D. Yan, X. Zhang, J. Yang, Z. Wang, P. Zheng, Y. Wan, D. Macdonald, J. Stuckelberger., Boron spin-on doping for poly-Si/SiOx passivating contacts, ACS Applied Energy Materials (2021), DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c00550.

[12]. T.N. Truong, D. Yan, C. T. Nguyen, T. Kho, H. Guthrey, J. Seidel, M. Al‐Jassim, A. Cuevas, D. Macdonald and H. T. Nguyen, Morphology, microstructure, and doping behaviour: a comparison between different deposition methods for poly-Si/SiOx passivating contacts, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, DOI:10.1002/pip.3411.

2020

[11]. T. N. Truong, D. Yan, W. Chen, W. Wang, H. Guthrey, M. Al-Jassim, A. Cuevas, D. Macdonald and H. T. Nguyen, Deposition pressure-dependent structural and optoelectronic properties of ex-situ boron-doped poly-Si/SiOx passivating contacts based on sputtered silicon, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2020, 215, 110602. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2020.110602.

[10]. M. Tebyetekerwa, J. Zhang, Z. Xu, T. N. Truong, Z. Yin, Y. Lu, S. Ramakrishna, D. Macdonald and H. T. Nguyen,  Mechanisms and Applications of Steady-State Photoluminescence Spectroscopy in Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides, ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 14579–14604. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08668.

[9]. M. Tebyetekerwa, Y. Cheng, J. Zhang, W. Li, H. Li, G. P. Neupane, B. Wang, T. N. Truong, C. Xiao, M. M. Al-Jassim, Z. Yin, Y. Lu, D. Macdonald and H. T. Nguyen, Emission Control from Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers by Aggregation-Induced Molecular Rotors, ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 7444–7453. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03086.

[8]. W. Chen, T. N. Truong, H. T. Nguyen, C. Samundsett, S. P. Phang, D. MacDonald, A. Cuevas, L. Zhou, Y. Wan and D. Yan, Influence of PECVD deposition temperature on phosphorus doped poly-silicon passivating contacts, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2020, 206, 110348. DOI:10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110348.

[7]. H.T. Nguyen, S. Gerritsen, Md A.Mahmud, Y. Wu, Z. Cai, T.N. Truong, M. Tebyetekerwa, T. Duong, J. Peng, K. Weber, T.P. White, K. Catchpole, D. Macdonald, Spatially and Spectrally Resolved Absorptivity: New Approach for Degradation Studies in Perovskite and Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells, Advanced Energy Materials 1902901, 2019, DOI:10.1002/aenm.201902901. (Issue cover).

2019

[6]. T. N. Truong, D. Yan, C. Samundsett, A. Liu, S. P. Harvey, M. R. Young, Z. Ding, M. Tebyetekerwa, F. Kremer, M. M. Al-Jassim, A. Cuevas, D. MacDonald and H.T. Nguyen, Hydrogen-assisted defect engineering of doped poly-Si films for passivating contact solar cells, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019, DOI:10.1021/acsaem.9b01771.

[5]. T. N. Truong, D. Yan, W. Chen, M. Tebyetekerwa, M. Young, M. Al-Jassim, A. Cuevas, D. Macdonald and H. T. Nguyen, Hydrogenation mechanisms of poly‐Si/SiOx passivating contacts by different capping layers, Solar RRL, 2019, DOI:10.1002/solr.201900476. (Frontispiece cover).

[4]. H.T. Nguyen, Z. Li, Y.-J. Han, R. Basnet, M. Tebyetekerwa, T.N. Truong, H. Wu, D. Yan, and D. Macdonald, Contactless, nondestructive determination of dopant profiles of localized boron-diffused regions in silicon wafers at room temperature, Scientific Reports 9, 2019, DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-46986-z.

[3]. M. Tebyetekerwa, J. Zhang, K. Liang, T. Duong, G.P. Neupane, L. Zhang, B. Liu, T.N. Truong, R. Basnet, X. Qiao, Z. Yin, Y. Lu, D. Macdonald, and H.T. Nguyen, Quantifying Quasi‐Fermi Level Splitting and Mapping its Heterogeneity in Atomically Thin Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Advanced Materials 1900522, 2019, DOI:10.1002/adma.201900522. (Frontispiece cover).

[2]. T.N. Truong, D. Yan, C. Samundsett, R. Basnet, M. Tebyetekerwa, L. Li, F. Kremer, A. Cuevas, D. Macdonald, and H.T. Nguyen, Hydrogenation of phosphorus-doped polycrystalline silicon films for passivating contact solar cells, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11, 5554, 2019, DOI:10.1021/acsami.8b19989.

2018

[1]. H.T. Nguyen, A. Liu, D. Yan, H. Guthrey, T.N. Truong, M. Tebyetekerwa, Z. Li, Z. Li, M.M. Al-Jassim, A. Cuevas, and D. Macdonald, Sub-Bandgap Luminescence from Doped Polycrystalline and Amorphous Silicon Films and Its Application to Understanding Passivating-Contact Solar Cells, ACS Applied Energy Materials 1, 6619, 2018, DOI:10.1021/acsaem.8b01561.

2021

[11] J. Stuckelberger, T.N. Truong, D. Yan, Z. Ding, S.P. Phang, H.T. Nguyen, C. Samundsett, M. Young, J. Yang, P. Zheng, X. Zhang, M. Al-Jassim, D. Macdonald, Spin-on doping for poly-Si passivating contacts, PVSEC 2021, Sydney.

[10] K. D. N. Nguyen, T. N. Truong, D. Macdonald, H. T. Nguyen, Correlative imaging of optical properties for perovskite materials in single-junction and tandem solar cells, PVSEC 2021, Sydney.

[9]. D. Kang, H. C. Sio, D. Yan, J. Stuckelberger, T. N. Truong, S. P. Phang, R. Liu, and D. Macdonald, "Influence of Hydrogen on the Mechanism of Firing Stability of Polysilicon Passivating Contacts," in 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EUPVSEC), 2021.

[8]. D. Kang, H. C. Sio, D. Yan, J. Stuckelberger, H. T. Nguyen, T. N. Truong, S. P. Phang, R. Liu, and D. Macdonald, "Firing stability of polysilicon passivating contacts: The role of hydrogen," in 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists (PVSC), 2021.

[7]. T. N. Truong, et al., Comparative studies of optoelectronic properties, structures, and surface morphologies for phosphorus-doped poly-Si/SiOx passivating contacts, Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (IEEE PVSC), Online, (2021), Oral presentation.

2020

[6]. T. N. Truong, et al., Doped Poly-Si/SiOx Passivating Contacts: Hydrogenation and Its Mechanisms, Proceedings of the 2020 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference (APSRC), Online, (2020), Oral presentation.

[5]. T. N. Truong, et al., Doped Poly-Si/SiOx Passivating Contacts: Hydrogenation and Its Mechanisms, Proceedings of the 2020 European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EUPVSEC), Online, (2020), DOI:10.4229/EUPVSEC20202020-2AO.4.5, Oral presentation. (Student Award Finalists, selected for journal publication).

2019

[4]. T. N. Truong, D. Yan, A. Cuevas, D. Macdonald, H. T. Nguyen, Effects of hydrogenation on poly-Si/SiOx passivating contacts for silicon solar cells, Proceedings of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Solar Research Conference, Canberra, Australia. (Oral presentation).

[3]. T. N. Truong, D. Yan, A. Cuevas, D. Macdonald, H. Nguyen, Hydrogenation of polycrystalline silicon films for passivating contacts solar cells, 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Chicago, USA (2019). (Poster presentation).

[2]. H. T. Nguyen, T. N. Truong, et al., Luminescence from poly-Si films and its application to study passivating-contact solar cells, Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Chicago, USA (2019).

2018

[1]. T. N. Truong and H. T. Nguyen, Hydrogenation in doped poly-Si passivated contact solar cells, 2018 Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaic Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia. (Poster presentation).