Browsing Engineering (Faculty of) by Supervisor "Sivoththaman, Siva"
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Development of Zinc Oxide Nanowires and Quantum Dot Incorporation for Photovoltaic Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-18)Heterojunctions of metal oxide semiconductors with quantum dots (QD) have been deployed in a number of advanced electronic devices. Improvement in the devices’ performance requires in-depth studies on charge carrier transfer ... -
Enhanced Ultra-Thin Film Nanocrystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Device Architectures
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-23)Semi-transparent photovoltaics (STPV) is an important component in building integrated PV (BIPV), which is a rapidly growing PV sector. Thin film based transparent solar panels have the strongest potential for window and ... -
Heterojunction Quantum Dot Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-18)The advent of new materials and application of nanotechnology has opened an alternative avenue for fabrication of advanced solar cell devices. Before application of nanotechnology can become a reality in the photovoltaic ... -
Polycrystalline Silicon Capacitive MEMS Strain Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbines
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-21)Wind energy is a fast-growing sustainable energy technology and driven by the need for more efficient energy harvesting, size of the wind turbines has increased over the years for both off-shore and land-based installations. ... -
Scalable Synthesis of Less-Toxic Colloidal Copper Indium Sulfide Quantum Dots and Application to Optoelectronic Device Architectures
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-15)The consequences of mankind’s extravagant energy consumption has loomed over humanity for much of the twenty-first century. As societies realize the increasing urgency of transitioning to renewable energy sources, solar ... -
Silicon Based Heterojunction Solar Cells and Photodetectors
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)Solar energy is one of the most important clean and renewable energy options for fossil fuel replacement. Efforts have been placed on high performance and low cost solar devices for decades. Although the targets of high ... -
Synthesis and Application of Graphene Decorated Nanocomposites for Photovoltaics and Printed Electronics
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-07)Improving the yield performance of commercial solar cells has been a major topic of interest for many research studies as different processing parameters are extensively explored. Screen printing metallization is the most ... -
Synthesis and Device Application of Graphene Derivatives and Quantum Dots
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-07)Low-dimensional materials, such as graphene, nanowire, quantum dots have emerged as attractive building blocks for optoelectronic applications, with a significant focus on diverse photodetection platforms. Graphene has ... -
Synthesis of non-toxic colloidal silicon quantum dots and further optoelectronic device application
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)The promising electric and optical properties lead to the wide application of zero-dimensional quantum dots (QDs) in optoelectronic devices, such as quantum dots, light-emitting diodes (QLEDs), quantum dots-based solar ...