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The development of high performance SnO2:F as TCOs for thin film silicon solar cells (2012)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Evans, P., Sheel, D., Nicolay, S., Ding, L., & Ballif, C. (2012). The development of high performance SnO2:F as TCOs for thin film silicon solar cells. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.10.040

High performance transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) have significance for optimising photovoltaic (PV) performance. The efficiency of the resulting solar cells is dependent particularly on achieving high light scattering, low resistivity and low... Read More about The development of high performance SnO2:F as TCOs for thin film silicon solar cells.

Antimicrobial activity against hospital-related pathogens of dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD (2012)
Journal Article
dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD. Chemical Vapor Deposition, 18(4-6), 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1002/cvde.201106978

Photocatalytically active films of TiO2/CuO grown by atmospheric pressure thermal (APT)CVD are investigated for activity against multiple antibiotic-resistant pathogens namely, Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, vancomy... Read More about Antimicrobial activity against hospital-related pathogens of dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD.

Heavy metal free quantum dots and their applications (2012)
Book Chapter
Irshad, A., Yates, H., & Glarvey, P. (2012). Heavy metal free quantum dots and their applications. In Proceedings of the 3rd CSE Postgraduate Research Doctoral School Conference (14-16). University of Salford

In January 2011, a KTP project between Salford University and Nanoco Technologies was initiated to develop alternative, more efficient commercially viable routes to heavy metal-free quantum dots (QDs) allowing the exploitation of developing markets i... Read More about Heavy metal free quantum dots and their applications.

Deposition of thin film SnO2:F onto aluminium foil for use in flexible tandem solar cells (2011)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Evans, P., Sheel, D., Hessels, A., Dagkaldiran, U., & Gordijn, A. (2011). Deposition of thin film SnO2:F onto aluminium foil for use in flexible tandem solar cells. Thin Solid Films, 519, 7731-7737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2011.05.069

Atmospheric pressure Chemical Vapour Deposition has been used to deposit polycrystalline thin films of SnO2:F on aluminium foil. This foil is used commercially as a temporary substrate in the production of flexible solar cells. The resulting thin... Read More about Deposition of thin film SnO2:F onto aluminium foil for use in flexible tandem solar cells.

Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD (2010)
Journal Article
Foster, H., Sheel, D., Sheel, P., Evans, P., Varghese, S., Rutschke, N., & Yates, H. (2010). Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 216(2-3), 283-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.09.017

We have previously reported the production of photocatalytically active films of TiO2/Ag and TiO2/CuO grown by atmospheric pressure thermal CVD that had high antimicrobial activity. The present study compares the activity of dual layers and co-deposi... Read More about Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD.

Optical absorption losses in electrical contacts used in thin film solar cells (2010)
Journal Article
Holovsky, J., Purkrt, A., Izak, T., Poruba, A., Vanecek, M., Dagkaldiran, U., …Sheel, D. (2010). Optical absorption losses in electrical contacts used in thin film solar cells. Physica status solidi. A, Applied research, 207(9), 2170-2173. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.200925432

The standardized techniques to characterize the optical properties of thin films are of high importance for development, optimiza-tion and reliable production of thin film solar cells. We apply op-tical transmittance & reflectance spectroscopy, photo... Read More about Optical absorption losses in electrical contacts used in thin film solar cells.

Control of tin oxide film morphology by addition of hydrocarbons to the chemical vapour deposition process (2010)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Evans, P., Sheel, D., Remes, Z., & Vanecek, M. (2010). Control of tin oxide film morphology by addition of hydrocarbons to the chemical vapour deposition process. Thin Solid Films, 519, 1334-1340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2010.09.037

In this paper we have shown that it is possible to modify and control the surface morphology of doped SnO2 transparent conducting oxide thin films deposited by atmospheric pressure Chemical Vapour Deposition by use of additives during the deposition... Read More about Control of tin oxide film morphology by addition of hydrocarbons to the chemical vapour deposition process.

Optimum performance solar cells using atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition deposited TCOs (2009)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Evans, P., Sheel, D., Dagkaldiran, U., Gordijn, A., Finger, F., …Vanecek, M. (2009). Optimum performance solar cells using atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition deposited TCOs. International Journal of Nanotechnology, 6(9), 816-827. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNT.2009.026742

High performance transparent conducting oxides (TCOs), have significance for optimising PV performance. We have developed an advanced atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition process, by applying fast experimentation and using a combinatorial... Read More about Optimum performance solar cells using atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition deposited TCOs.

Atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition of F doped SnO2 for optimum performance solar cells (2009)
Journal Article
Sheel, D., Yates, H., Evans, P., Dagkaldiran, U., Gordijn, A., Finger, F., …Vanecek, M. (2009). Atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition of F doped SnO2 for optimum performance solar cells. Thin Solid Films, 517(10), 3061-3065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2008.11.121

The potential of thin film photovoltaic technologies in supporting sustainable energy policies has led to increasing interest in high performance transparent conducting oxides (TCOs), and in particular doped SnO2, as electrical contacts for solar c... Read More about Atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition of F doped SnO2 for optimum performance solar cells.

Optical properties of SnO2:F films deposited by atmospheric pressure CVD (2009)
Journal Article
Remes, Z., Vanecek, M., Yates, H., Evans, P., & Sheel, D. (2009). Optical properties of SnO2:F films deposited by atmospheric pressure CVD. Thin Solid Films, 517(23), 6287-6289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2009.02.109

SnO2 thin films, is compatible with industrial requirements such as high process speed, scaling to wide substrate widths and low costs. Precise method for measuring the optical absorptance in the spectral range 300–1700 nm combines transmittance, r... Read More about Optical properties of SnO2:F films deposited by atmospheric pressure CVD.

Low temperature growth of photoactive titania by atmospheric pressure plasma (2009)
Journal Article
Hodgkinson, J., Yates, H., & Sheel, D. (2009). Low temperature growth of photoactive titania by atmospheric pressure plasma. Plasma Processes and Polymers, 6(9), 575-582. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.200900028

Atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma CVD was used to deposit thin films of titania at 200 8C using two different precursors. The resulting films were characterised using techniques including XPS, RBS and XRD. It was established that annealing... Read More about Low temperature growth of photoactive titania by atmospheric pressure plasma.

One pot direct hydrothermal growth of photoactive TiO2 films on glass (2009)
Journal Article
Vernardou, D., Stratakisc, E., Kenanakis, G., Yates, H., Couris, S., Pemble, M., …Katsarakis, N. (2009). One pot direct hydrothermal growth of photoactive TiO2 films on glass. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 202(2-3), 81-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2008.11.015

We demonstrate that titanium (IV) oxide films may be deposited on Corning glass by a simple, one-pot, low temperature (95 ◦C) hydrothermal growth technique and that providing the correct conditions are employed, the films produced show clear photoa... Read More about One pot direct hydrothermal growth of photoactive TiO2 films on glass.

Amorphous silicon solar cells made with SnO2:F TCO films deposited by atmospheric pressure CVD (2009)
Journal Article
Dagkaldiran, U., Gordijn, A., Finger, G., Yates, H., Evans, P., Sheel, D., …Vanecek, M. (2009). Amorphous silicon solar cells made with SnO2:F TCO films deposited by atmospheric pressure CVD. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 159, 6-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2008.10.037

In this paper we report the results of a study assessing a newly developed deposition process for Fdoped SnO2 films by CVD operating at atmospheric pressure (APCVD). The technology is designed to be compatible with industrial requirements such as h... Read More about Amorphous silicon solar cells made with SnO2:F TCO films deposited by atmospheric pressure CVD.

Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2 /CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4 (2008)
Journal Article
Ditta, I., Steele, A., Liptrott, C., Tobin, J., Tyler, H., Yates, H., …Foster, H. (2008). Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2 /CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 79(1), 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-008-1411-8

TiO2 coated surfaces are increasingly studied for their ability to inactivate microorganisms. The activity of glass coated with thin films of TiO2, CuO and hybrid CuO/TiO2 prepared by atmospheric Chemical Vapour Deposition (Ap-CVD) and TiO2 prepared... Read More about Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2 /CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4.

The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition (2008)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Brook, L., Sheel, D., Ditta, I., Steele, A., & Foster, H. (2008). The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition. Thin Solid Films, 517(2), 517-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2008.06.071

Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition is a low cost, relatively simple atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (CVD) technique that is compatible with both small volume, batch, and high volume continuous coating processes. Use of this m... Read More about The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition.

Photoactive thin silver films by atmospheric pressure CVD (2008)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Brook, L., & Sheel, D. (2008). Photoactive thin silver films by atmospheric pressure CVD. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2008(870392), https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/870392

We report the visible and UV activity of thin silver films. The films are grown using a CVD process employing aqueous-based silver precursors, flame-assisted chemical vapour deposition. This approach overcomes many of the previously encountered limit... Read More about Photoactive thin silver films by atmospheric pressure CVD.

Biocidal silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition (2008)
Journal Article
chemical vapour deposition. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2008(168185), https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/168185

This paper describes the growth and testing of highly active biocidal films based on photocatalytically active films of TiO2, grownby thermal CVD, functionally and structurallymodified by deposition of nanostructured silver via a novel flame assiste... Read More about Biocidal silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition.

Controlled nanostructured silver coated surfaces by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (2008)
Journal Article
by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition. Chemical Vapor Deposition, 14(1-2), 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/cvde.200706654

Thin film silver has been widely reported for its interesting properties. In this paper we describe a route to produce controlled nanostructured silver layers. A combination of Flame Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition at atmospheric pressure, with... Read More about Controlled nanostructured silver coated surfaces by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition.

Photo-induced self-cleaning and biocidal behaviour of titania and copper oxide multilayers (2008)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Brook, L., Ditta, I., Evans, P., Foster, H., Sheel, D., & Steele, A. (2008). Photo-induced self-cleaning and biocidal behaviour of titania and copper oxide multilayers. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 197, 197

This paper describes the deposition of films of titania and copper oxide by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (CVD). The films were investigated as part of multilayer systems to assess their potential to offer the dual functionality of... Read More about Photo-induced self-cleaning and biocidal behaviour of titania and copper oxide multilayers.

Multi-functional self-cleaning thermochromic films by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (2007)
Journal Article
Evans, P., Pemble, M., Sheel, D., & Yates, H. (2007). Multi-functional self-cleaning thermochromic films by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 189(2-3), 387-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2007.02.031

Thin films of titanium dioxide and vanadium dioxide were deposited onto glass using atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (APCVD). The films were investigated as individual layers and as part of multilayer systems to assess their potential... Read More about Multi-functional self-cleaning thermochromic films by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition.