Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition of NiO hole transport layers for planar perovskite cells (2020)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Hodgkinson, J., Meroni, S., Richards, D., & Watson, T. (2020). Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition of NiO hole transport layers for planar perovskite cells. Surface and Coatings Technology, 385, 125423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125423

Thin films of polycrystalline NiO were deposited by Flame Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition, which is an ideal process for in-line, atmospheric pressure deposition of wide area coatings. This, along with the ability to use aqueous salts rather than... Read More about Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition of NiO hole transport layers for planar perovskite cells.

Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition NiO hole transport layers for mesoporous carbon perovskite cells (2019)
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Yates, H., Meroni, M., Raptis, D., Hodgkinson, J., & Watson, T. (2019). Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition NiO hole transport layers for mesoporous carbon perovskite cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7(42), 13235-13242. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC03922H

Flame Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition was utilised to directly deposit polycrystalline mesoporous NiO to enhance charge transport within carbon perovskite solar cells (C-PSC). This versatile technique is highly suited... Read More about Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition NiO hole transport layers for mesoporous carbon perovskite cells.

Roll to roll atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced CVD of titania as a step towards the realisation of large area perovskite solar cell technology (2018)
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Hodgkinson, J., Yates, H., Walter, A., Sacchetto, D., Moon, S., & Nicolay, S. (2018). Roll to roll atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced CVD of titania as a step towards the realisation of large area perovskite solar cell technology. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6(8), 1988-1995. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8tc00110c

Atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced CVD (AP PECVD) systems have attracted considerable interest in recent years due to the significant benefits for large area, low cost substrates and low temperature operation. In this work we describe the use of... Read More about Roll to roll atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced CVD of titania as a step towards the realisation of large area perovskite solar cell technology.

Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings (2017)
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Yates, H., Sheel, P., Hodgkinson, J., Warwick, M., Elfakhri, S., & Foster, H. (2017). Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 324, 201-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.05.077

A thin film combination of anti-reflection (AR) and biocidal properties would be of particular interest to reduce the transfer of infection and improve readability of public high use touch screens. In this paper we describe the development of a dual... Read More about Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings.

Progression towards high efficiency perovskite solar cells via optimisation of the front electrode and blocking layer (2016)
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Yates, H., Afzaal, M., Walter, A., Hodgkinson, J., Moon, S., Sacchetto, D., …Ballif, C. (2016). Progression towards high efficiency perovskite solar cells via optimisation of the front electrode and blocking layer. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4(47), 11269-11277. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TC04647A

The effects of fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) electrode, titanium dioxide (TiO2-x) blocking layer (BL) and perovskite (methyl ammonium lead triiodide) preparation on the overall properties of the photovoltaic cells have been studied. The FTO electro... Read More about Progression towards high efficiency perovskite solar cells via optimisation of the front electrode and blocking layer.

Enhanced optical performance of APCVD zinc oxide via post growth plasma treatment at atmospheric pressure (2015)
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Hodgkinson, J., Yates, H., & Sheel, D. (2015). Enhanced optical performance of APCVD zinc oxide via post growth plasma treatment at atmospheric pressure. physica status solidi (c), 12(7), 1016-1021. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201510011

The use of atmospheric pressure (AP) CVD to produce highly developed Transparent Conducting oxides (TCO) for thin film photovoltaic systems has significant potential to reduce manufacturing costs and increase the product scope via in-line process... Read More about Enhanced optical performance of APCVD zinc oxide via post growth plasma treatment at atmospheric pressure.

Durable high-performance anti-reflection coatings via atmospheric pressure processing (2015)
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atmospheric pressure processing. physica status solidi (a), 212(7), 1544-1549. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201532286

Anti-reflection layers are critical to the performance of many optical systems, including large area, cost sensitive products such as displays, architectural glazing, photovoltaics, and solar thermal collectors. The action of such layers is a prod... Read More about Durable high-performance anti-reflection coatings via atmospheric pressure processing.

Method of coating and etching (2014)
Patent
Sheel, D., & Hodgkinson, J. (2014). Method of coating and etching

A method of chemical vapour deposition of a material on a substrate or etch of material from a substrate comprises using a short pulsed power signal to form a short pulsed plasma for enhancing the deposition or etch. The power signal is preferably a... Read More about Method of coating and etching.

Advances in atmospheric pressure PECVD : The influence of plasma parameters on film morphology (2013)
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Hodgkinson, J., & Sheel, D. (2013). Advances in atmospheric pressure PECVD : The influence of plasma parameters on film morphology. Surface and Coatings Technology, 230, 73-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2013.06.079

Atmospheric pressure (AP) PECVD systems have attracted considerable interest in recent years due to the significant benefits for large area, low cost substrates and low temperature operation. However to date, the film properties have tended to be c... Read More about Advances in atmospheric pressure PECVD : The influence of plasma parameters on film morphology.

Antimicrobial activity against hospital-related pathogens of dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD (2012)
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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.

Low temperature growth of photoactive titania by atmospheric pressure plasma (2009)
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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.