Tathagata Biswas, Pramod Ravindra, Eashwer Athresh, Rajeev Ranjan, Sushobhan Avasthi, Manish Jain, “Optical Properties of Zn2Mo3O8: Combination of Theoretical and Experimental Study”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2017).
Arun Singh Chouhan, Naga Prathibha Jasti, Shreyash Hadke, Srinivasan Raghavan, Sushobhan Avasthi, “Large grained and high charge carrier lifetime CH3NH3PbI3 thin-films: implications for perovskite solar cells”, Current Applied Physics, (2017).
Pramod Ravindra, Rudra Mukherjee, Sushobhan Avasthi, “Hole-Selective Electron-Blocking Copper Oxide Contact for Silicon Solar Cells”, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, (2017).
Saloni Chaurasia, Srinivasan Raghavan, Sushobhan Avasthi, “Epitaxial germanium thin films on silicon (100) using two-step process”, Emerging Electronics (ICEE), 2016 3rd International Conference, (2016).
Sushobhan Avasthi, Ken A Nagamatsu, Janam Jhaveri, William E McClain, Gabriel Man, Antoine Kahn, Jeffrey Schwartz, Sigurd Wagner, James C Sturm,” Double-heterojunction crystalline silicon solar cell fabricated at 250° C with 12.9% efficiency”, Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014 IEEE 40th, (2014).
Ken A Nagamatsu, Sushobhan Avasthi, Janam Jhaveri, James C Sturm, “A 12% efficient silicon/PEDOT: PSS heterojunction solar cell fabricated at< 100 C”, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, (2014).
James Sturm, Sushobhan Avasthi, Ken Nagamatsu, Janam Jhaveri, William E McClain, Gabriel Man, Antoine Kahn, Jeffrey Schwartz, Sigurd Wagner, “Wide Bandgap Heterojunctions on Crystalline Silicon”, ECS Transactions, (2013).
Sushobhan Avasthi, William E McClain, Gabriel Man, Antoine Kahn, Jeffrey Schwartz, James C Sturm, “Hole-blocking titanium-oxide/silicon heterojunction and its application to photovoltaics”, Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th, (2013).
Sushobhan Avasthi, Stephanie Lee, Yueh‐Lin Loo, James C Sturm, “Role of majority and minority carrier barriers silicon/organic hybrid heterojunction solar cells”, Advanced materials, (2011).
Sushobhan Avasthi, Yabing Qi, Grigory K Vertelov, Jeffrey Schwartz, Antoine Kahn, James C Sturm, “Electronic structure and band alignment of 9, 10-phenanthrenequinone passivated silicon surfaces”, Surface Science, (2011).
Sushobhan Avasthi, Yabing Qi, Grigory K Vertelov, Jeffrey Schwartz, Antoine Kahn, James C Sturm, “Silicon surface passivation by an organic overlayer of 9, 10-phenanthrenequinone”, Applied physics letters, (2010).
Conference and Seminars
S. Avasthi, K. A. Nagamatsu, J. Jhaveri, W. E. McClain, G. Man, A. Kahn, J. Schwartz, S. Wagner, and J. C.Sturm, “Double-Heterojunction Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Fabricated at 250 C with 12.9% Efficiency, presented at 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Denver CO, June 2014.
J. Jhaveri, S. Avasthi, K. A. Nagamatsu, and J. C.Sturm, “Stable Low- Recombination n-Si/TiO2 Hole-blocking Interface and Its Effect on Silicon Heterojunction Photovoltaics, presented at 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Denver CO, June 2014.
S. Avasthi, W. E. McClain, Y. Afsar, G. Man, J. Jhaveri, K. A. Nagamatsu, A. Kahn, J. Schwartz, S. Wagner, and J. C.Sturm, “Hole-Blocking Metal-Oxide/Crystalline-Silicon Heterojunctions with Recombination Velocity of smaller than 100 cm/s”, 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2014.
S. Avasthi, W. E. McClain, G. Man, J. Jhaveri, K. A. Nagamatsu, A. Kahn, J. Schwartz, and J. C.Sturm, “Growth Mechanism and Carrier Transport in Hole-Blocking TiO2/Silicon Heterojunctions_, 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2014.
J. Jhaveri, S. Avasthi, G. Man, K. A. Nagamatsu, W. E. McClain, J. Schwartz, A. Kahn, J. C. Sturm, “Effect of Annealing on Stability of Low Interface Recombination Velocity at TiO2/p-Silicon Interface”, 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2014.
K. A. Nagamatsu, J. A. Spechler, S. Avasthi, C. B. Arnold, J. C. Sturm, “Silicon/Organic Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cell with 12.7% Efficiency by Use of Spray-Coated Nanowire Transparent Conductor”, 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2014.
J. C. Sturm, S. Avasthi, K. A. Nagamatsu, J. Jhaveri, W. E. McClain, G. Man, A. Kahn, J. Schwartz, S. Wagner, “Wide Bandgap Heterojunctions on Crystalline Silicon”, ECS Trans., 58, 97-105 (2013).
J. Jhaveri, S. Avasthi, G. Man, W. E. McClain, K. Nagamatsu, A. Kahn, J. Schwartz, J. C. Sturm,”Hole-Blocking Crystalline-Silicon/Titanium-Oxide Heterojunction with Very Low Interface Recombination Velocity”, 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Tampa, FL, June 2013.
K. A. Nagamatsu, S. Avasthi, J. Jhaveri, J. C. Sturm, “12% Efficient Silicon/PEDOT:PSS Heterojunction Solar Cell Fabricated at smaller than 100 C”, 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Tampa, FL, June 2013.
J. Jhaveri, S. Avasthi, K. A. Nagamatsu, J. C. Sturm, “Wide Bandgap HBT on Crystalline Silicon using Electron-Blocking PEDOT:PSS Emitter”, 71st Device Research Conference, Notre Dame, IN, June 2013.
K. A. Nagamatsu, S. Avasthi, J. Spechler, C. B. Arnold, J. C. Sturm, “Current Mechanisms in Silicon-organic Heterojunction Solar Cells with Transfer Printed Metallization”, 2012 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2012.
S. Avasthi, W. McClain, J. Schwartz, and J. C.Sturm, “Hole-blocking TiO2/Silicon Heterojunction for Silicon Photovoltaics”, 70th Device Research Conference, College Park, PA, June 2012.
S. Avasthi, and J. C. Sturm, “Charge Separation and Minority Carrier Injection in P3HT-Silicon Heterojunction solar cells”, 37th IEEE PVSC, Seattle, WA, June 2011.
S. Avasthi, S. Lee, Y. L. Loo, and J. C.Sturm, “The Role of P3HT Barriers in P3HT-Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with a High Open-Circuit Voltage”, 2011 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2011.
S. Avasthi, Y. Qi, S. Ha, G. Vertelov, J. Schwartz, A. Kahn, and J. C.Sturm, “P3HT-Silicon Organic-Silicon Heterojunction for Photovoltaic Applications”, 2010 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2010.
S. Avasthi, Y. Qi, G. Vertelov, J. Schwartz, A. Kahn, and J. C.Sturm, “Stability of Electrical Properties of Silicon (100) Surfaces Passivated with 9,10-phenanthrenequinone”, 2009 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2009.
J. C. Sturm, B. Hekmatshoar, L. Han, S. Avasthi, G. Vertelov, Y. Qi, J. Schwartz, A. Kahn and S. Wagner, “Towards Organic-based Dielectrics for Low-Temperature Silicon -based Devices for Large-Area Electronics”, 2009 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2009.
S. Avasthi, Y. Qi, J. Schwartz, A. Kahn, and J. C.Sturm, “Electronic Passivation of Silicon (100) Surfaces by Organic Layer of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone”, 51st Electronic Materials Conference, College Park, PA, June 2009.
S. Avasthi, G. Vertelov, J. Schwartz and J. C. Sturm, “Reduction of Minority Carrier Recombination at Silicon Surfaces and Contacts Using Organic Heterojunctions”, 34th IEEE PVSC, Philadelphia, PA, June 2009.
