Arsalan Razzaq

Research Scientists

Research Scientist

Current

Location:

Al Kindi B5/L3 (Seaside)

Research Interests

Development of high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells with improved near-infrared light absorption for application in perovskite/crystalline-silicon tandem devices.

Selected Publications

[1] A. Razzaq, A. Ullah, A. S. Subbiah, S. De Wolf, “Practical Fill Factor Limits for Perovskite Solar Cells”, ACS Energy Lett. (2024).
[2] A. Razzaq, T. G. Allen, S. De Wolf, “Design Criteria for Silicon Solar Cells with Fill Factors Approaching the Auger Limit”, ACS Energy Lett. (2023).
[3] E. Aydin, T. G. Allen, M. De Bastiani, A. Razzaq, L. Xu, E. Ugur, J. Liu, S. De Wolf, “Pathways toward commercial perovskite/silicon tandem photovoltaics”, Science (2024).
[4] A. Razzaq, T. G. Allen, W. Liu, Z. Liu, S. De Wolf, "Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells: Techno-Economic Assessment and Opportunities", Joule (2022).
[5] A. Razzaq, V. Depauw, J. John, I. Gordon, J. Szlufcik, J. Poortmans, "The interplay between emitter conformality and field-effect passivation in pyramid structured silicon solar devices", Prog. Photovolt.: Res. Appl. (2021). 

 

Education

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, 2020
  • MSc in Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2012

Professional Profile

  • Oct 2014 – Jul 2020: Researcher at IMEC, Leuven, Belgium, Supervision: Prof. Jef Poortmans
  • Sep 2012 – Apr 2014: Research Associate at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Supervision: Prof. Chuan Seng Tan

KAUST Affiliations

KAUST Solar​ Center (KSC), KPV-Lab.

Research Interests Keywords

Advanced Light Management Approaches Nanophotonics Device Physics Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cells