Dr. Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes Profile

Dr. Nicholas J. Ekins-Daukes

at Univ of New South Wales

SPIE Involvement:

Editorial Board Member: Advanced Photonics | Author

Publications (23)

Proceedings Article | 1 October 2024 Presentation + Paper

Techniques in flowline optics: towards calculating étendue from flowlines

Alex Lehmann, Mark Keevers, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume 13132, 131320A (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3028207

KEYWORDS: Light sources, Windows, Solids, Thermodynamics, Ray tracing, Statistical modeling, Materials properties, Error analysis, Analytics, Refractive index

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2024 Presentation

Singlet fission solar cells

Timothy Schmidt, Murad J. Tayebjee, Michael Nielsen, Dane McCamey, Ned Ekins-Daukes, Alex Baldacchino, Alvin Mo, Matthew Brett, Phoebe Pearce, Alison Ciesla, Nathan Chang, Bram Hoex, Jonathan Beves, Yajie Jiang, Shona McNab, Ben Carwithen, Damon de Clercq, Jingnan Tong

Proceedings Volume PC12881, PC1288101 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3003348

KEYWORDS: Excitons, Solar energy, Solar cells, Interfaces, Silicon solar cells, Silicon, Permeability, Passivation, Doping

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2023 Presentation

Organic multiple exciton generation and silicon (OMEGA Si)

Timothy Schmidt, Ned Ekins-Daukes, Murad Tayebjee, Michael Nielsen, Dane McCamey, Jessica Jiang, Bram Hoex, Alison Ciesla, Phoebe Pearce, Nathan Chang, Jonathan Beves

Proceedings Volume PC12668, PC1266805 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677760

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Excitons, Solar cells, Silicon solar cells, Molecular spectroscopy, Terahertz spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Solar energy, Silicon photonics, Photovoltaics

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Proceedings Article | 26 September 2023 Presentation

A direct comparison between thermoradiative and thermophotovoltaic operation of HgCdTe photodiodes

Michael Nielsen, Muhammad Sazzad, Andreas Pusch, Phoebe Pearce, Peter Reece, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume PC12668, PC1266808 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677744

KEYWORDS: Photodiodes, Mercury cadmium telluride, Diodes, Thermography, Solar cells, Temperature metrology, Semiconductors, Photovoltaics, Optoelectronics, Modeling

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Proceedings Article | 10 March 2023 Presentation

Thermoradiative power conversion (Conference Presentation)

Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume PC12416, PC1241603 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2660466

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2022 Presentation + Paper

Demonstrating the thermoradiative diode: generating electrical power through radiative emission

Michael Nielsen, Andreas Pusch, Muhammad Sazzad, Phoebe Pearce, Peter Reece, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume 12234, 1223404 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631707

KEYWORDS: Photodiodes, Semiconductors, Mid-IR, Mercury cadmium telluride, Thermal energy technology

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Proceedings Article | 30 May 2022 Presentation

Breaking the shackles of the shading/resistance loss trade-off in concentrator solar cells: effectively transparent contacts for elimination of shading losses

Stefan Wil Tabernig, Anastasia Soeriyadi, Udo Roemer, Andreas Pusch, Dimitry Lamers, Michael Nielsen, Albert Polman, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume PC12150, PC121500D (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621277

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Solar concentrators, Metals, Polymers, Resistance, Sun, Silicon, Photovoltaics, Optical microscopes, Integrating spheres

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Proceedings Article | 3 March 2020 Presentation + Paper

Design of photonic light-trapping structures for ultra-thin solar cells

Phoebe Pearce, Larkin Sayre, Andrew Johnson, Louise Hirst, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume 11275, 112750T (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2550136

KEYWORDS: Gallium arsenide, Absorption, Silver, Diffraction gratings, External quantum efficiency, Diffraction, Reflection, Solar cells, Measurement devices, Waveguides

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation + Paper

Numerical flowline concentrator design in 3D

Alex Lehmann, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes, Mark Keevers

Proceedings Volume 11120, 111200A (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2526849

KEYWORDS: Solar concentrators, Receivers, Light sources, Numerical analysis, Freeform optics, Shape analysis, Signal attenuation, Reflection, Photovoltaics, Reflectors

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Proceedings Article | 29 April 2016 Paper

Nanoparticle scattering for multijunction solar cells

A. Mellor, N. Hylton, O. Höhn, C. Wellens, H. Hauser, T. Thomas, Y. Al-Saleh, N. Tucher, E. Oliva, B. Bläsi, N. Ekins-Daukes, S. Maier

Proceedings Volume 9898, 989809 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228589

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Nanoparticles, Multijunction solar cells, Electro optical modeling, Light scattering, Antireflective coatings, Solar radiation, Diffusion, Semiconductors, Statistical modeling, Nanoimprint lithography, External quantum efficiency, Aluminum, Reflectivity, Germanium, Metals, Prototyping

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Proceedings Article | 14 March 2016 Paper

Quantum wells for high-efficiency photovoltaics

Diego Alonso-Álvarez, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume 9743, 974311 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217590

KEYWORDS: Quantum wells, Solar cells, Photovoltaics, Quantum efficiency, Nanostructures, Group III-V semiconductors, Germanium, Superlattices, Gallium arsenide, Doping, Electrons, Sun

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Proceedings Article | 16 March 2015 Paper

A metallic hot carrier photovoltaic cell

J. A. Dimmock, M. Kauer, P. Stavrinou, N. Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume 9358, 935810 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077573

KEYWORDS: Electrons, Metals, Solar cells, Absorption, Semiconductors, Solar energy, Thin films, Silver, Photovoltaics, Group IV semiconductors

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Proceedings Article | 15 May 2014 Paper

Organic upconverters embedded in a Bragg structure

C. Hofmann, B. Herter, J. Gutmann, J. Löffler, S. Fischer, S. Wolf, R. Piper, N. Ekins-Daukes, N. Treat, J. Goldschmidt

Proceedings Volume 9140, 91400H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2052286

KEYWORDS: Polymethylmethacrylate, Upconversion, Absorption, Photons, Luminescence, Refractive index, Refraction, Molecules, Solar energy, Solar cells

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2014 Paper

Modeling, design and experimental results for high efficiency multi-junction solar cells lattice matched to InP

María González, Matthew Lumb, Michael Yakes, Joshua Abell, Joseph Tischler, Christopher Bailey, Igor Vurgaftman, Jerry Meyer, Louise Hirst, Kenneth Schmieder, Sergio Molina, Francisco Delgado, Jessica G. Adams, Glen Hillier, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes, Robert Walters

Proceedings Volume 8981, 898117 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041289

KEYWORDS: Multijunction solar cells, Solar cells, Superlattices, Analytical research, Solar energy, Coastal modeling, Instrument modeling, Quantum wells, Indium gallium arsenide, Refractive index

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Proceedings Article | 25 March 2013 Paper

Drift-diffusion modeling of InP-based triple junction solar cells

M. Lumb, M. González, C. Bailey, I. Vurgaftman, J. Meyer, J. Abell, M. Yakes, R. Hoheisel, J. Tischler, P. Stavrinou, M. Fuhrer, N. Ekins-Daukes, R. Walters

Proceedings Volume 8620, 86201G (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005332

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Sun, Coastal modeling, Analytical research, External quantum efficiency, Doping, Resistance, Germanium, Semiconducting wafers, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2012 Paper

Improving the light-harvesting of second generation solar cells with photochemical upconversion

Yuen Yap Cheng, Burkhard Fückel, Tim Schulze, Rowan MacQueen, Murad Tayebjee, Andrew Danos, Tony Khoury, Raphaël G. Clady, N. Ekins-Daukes, Maxwell Crossley, Bernd Stannowski, Klaus Lips, Timothy Schmidt

Proceedings Volume 8477, 84770X (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945217

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Solar energy, Upconversion, Photovoltaics, Amorphous silicon, External quantum efficiency, Absorption, Molecules, Energy efficiency, Silicon films

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2012 Paper

Simulation of novel InAlAsSb solar cells

Matthew Lumb, Maria Gonzalez, Igor Vurgaftman, Jerry Meyer, Joshua Abell, Michael Yakes, Raymond Hoheisel, Joseph Tischler, Phillip Jenkins, Paul Stavrinou, Markus Fuhrer, Ned Ekins-Daukes, Robert Walters

Proceedings Volume 8256, 82560S (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909324

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Dielectrics, Solar energy, Binary data, Data modeling, Energy efficiency, Performance modeling, Refractive index, Gallium antimonide, External quantum efficiency

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2012 Paper

InGaAs/GaAsP quantum wells for hot carrier solar cells

Louise Hirst, Markus Fürher, Daniel Farrell, Arthur Le Bris, Jean-François Guillemoles, Murad J. Tayebjee, Raphael Clady, Timothy Schmidt, Masakazu Sugiyama, Yunpeng Wang, Hiromasa Fujii, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume 8256, 82560X (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.910581

KEYWORDS: Quantum wells, Solar cells, Solar energy, Sun, Luminescence, Gallium arsenide, Absorption, Photovoltaics, Continuous wave operation, Phonons

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2011 Paper

Modeling and analysis of multijunction solar cells

María González, Ngai Chan, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes, Jessica G. Adams, Paul Stavrinou, Igor Vurgaftman, Jerry Meyer, Joshua Abell, Robert Walters, Cory Cress, Phillip Jenkins

Proceedings Volume 7933, 79330R (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875757

KEYWORDS: Solar cells, Gallium arsenide, Multijunction solar cells, Solar energy, Indium gallium phosphide, Energy efficiency, Quantum wells, Coastal modeling, Performance modeling, Sun

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2010 Paper

Molecular approaches to third generation photovoltaics: photochemical up-conversion

Yuen Yap Cheng, Burkhard Fückel, Derrick Roberts, Tony Khoury, Raphaël G. C. Clady, Murad J. Tayebjee, Roland Piper, N. Ekins-Daukes, Maxwell Crossley, Timothy Schmidt

Proceedings Volume 7772, 777207 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.862739

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Solar energy, Molecules, Solar cells, Photons, Absorption, Photovoltaics, Energy efficiency, Silicon, Crystals

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2010 Paper

Quantifying intrinsic loss mechanisms in solar cells: Why is power efficiency fundamentally limited?

Louise Hirst, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume 7772, 777211 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860681

KEYWORDS: Absorption, Sun, Solar energy, Solar radiation, Solar cells, Solar radiation models, Solids, Instrument modeling, Ionization, Photovoltaics

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2010 Paper

Higher limiting efficiencies for nanostructured solar cells

Jessica G. Adams, Warren Elder, Geoff Hill, John Roberts, Keith W. Barnham, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes

Proceedings Volume 7597, 759705 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.844114

KEYWORDS: Quantum wells, Solar cells, Quantum efficiency, Absorption, Gallium arsenide, Semiconductors, Indium, Reflectivity, Nanostructuring, Mirrors

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2009 Paper

Physics of quantum well solar cells

N. Ekins-Daukes, J. Adams, I. Ballard, K. Barnham, B. Browne, J. Connolly, T. Tibbits, G. Hill, J. Roberts

Proceedings Volume 7211, 72110L (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816946

KEYWORDS: Quantum wells, Solar cells, Gallium arsenide, Absorption, Indium gallium arsenide, Quantum efficiency, Physics, Doping, Solar concentrators, Indium gallium phosphide

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Conference Committee Involvement (16)

SPIE-CLP Conference on Advanced Photonics 2023

22 August 2023 | San Diego, California, United States

New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion IV

4 August 2021 | San Diego, California, United States

New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion III

24 August 2020 | Online Only, California, United States

New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion II

11 August 2019 | San Diego, California, United States

New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion and Reliability

19 August 2018 | San Diego, California, United States

Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices VI

30 January 2017 | San Francisco, California, United States

Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices V

15 February 2016 | San Francisco, California, United States

Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices IV

10 February 2015 | San Francisco, California, United States

Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXII

3 February 2014 | San Francisco, California, United States

Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III

3 February 2014 | San Francisco, California, United States

Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXI

4 February 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States

Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices II

3 February 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States

Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices

23 January 2012 | San Francisco, California, United States

Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XX

23 January 2012 | San Francisco, California, United States

Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XIX

24 January 2011 | San Francisco, California, United States

Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XVIII

25 January 2010 | San Francisco, California, United States

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