South Dakota State University

Publications

Refereed Journal Publication

[1] S. Mariyappan, M. Farrokh Baroughi, D.  Galipeau, "Effect of atomic layer deposited ultra thin HfO₂ and Al₂O₃ interfacial layers on the performance of dye sensitized solar cells", Thin Solid Films, In Press (2009).

[2] K. Bayat, S. Chaudhuri, S. Safavi-Naeini, M. Farrokh Baroughi, “Design and Simulation of Photonic Crystal Based Polarization Converter Using 3D-FDTD,” IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, In Press (2009).

[3] S. Mariyappan, M. Farrokh Baroughi and David Galipeau “High V_OC dye sensitized solar cell using RF-sputtered TiO₂ compact layers,” Electronics Letters, Vol.45 p.p. 648-649 (2009).

[4] M. Farrokh Baroughi and Siva Sivoththaman, “A Novel Silicon Solar Cell Using a Low Temperature Quasi-Epitaxial Silicon Emitter,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, Vol.28, No.7, pp.575-577, 2007.

[5] M. Farrokh Baroughi, C. Lee, S. Sivoththaman, "Near-unity Ideality Factor Diodes Using Nanocrystalline Si / Multicrystalline Si Heterojunctions for Photovoltaic Application", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, Vol. 24 No.3, pp.821-826 2006.

[6] M. Farrokh Baroughi, S. Sivoththaman, “Modeling of Grain Boundary Effects in Amorphous/Multicrystalline Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells and Photodiodes,” Semiconductor Science and Technology, Vol.21, pp.979-986, 2006.

[7] K. Bayat, Y. Vygranenko, A. Sazanov, M. Farrokh Baroughi, “Design, Fabrication and characterization of highly selective a-Si:H based UV Detector for Sunburn Application,” Semiconductor Science and Technology, Vol.21, No.12, pp.1699-1702, 2006.

[8] S. Sivoththaman and M. Farrokh Baroughi, "Cost-effective, Silicon-based Solar Cells: Material and Technology Issues", International Journal of Green Energy, Vol.3, p.1-15, 2006.

[9] M. Farrokh Baroughi, R. Jeyakumar, Y.Vygranenko, F. Khalvati, S. Sivoththaman, “Fabrication and Characterization of Amorphous Si/Crystalline Si Heterojunction Devices for Photovoltaic Applications”, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, Vol. 22, No.3, pp.1015-1019, May 2004.

 

Refereed Conference Publication

[1] J. Wang, S. Mariyappan, M. Farrokh Baroughi, "Substrate Dependence of Surface Passivation using Atomic Layer Deposited Dielectrics," Proc. of the 34^th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, June 7-12, 2009, Philadelphia.

[2] S. Mariyappan , M. Farrokh Baroughi and D. Galipeau “Atomic Layer Deposited Ultra Thin HfO₂ and Al₂O₃ Interfacial Layers for High Performance Dye Sensitized Solar Cells,” Proc. of the 34^th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, June 7-12, 2009, Philadelphia.

[3] S. Mariyappan, B. Bills and M. Farrokh Baroughi, “Analysis of Carrier Transport in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Using Temperature Dependent Dark I-V Characteristics,” Proc. of the 34^th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, June 7-12, 2009, Philadelphia.

[4] S. Mariyappan , B. Bills, M. Farrokh Baroughi, and David Galipeau, “Effect of Room Temperature, Low Power Oxygen Plasma Treatment of Photoelectrode on Dye Sensitized Solar Cell’s Performance,” Proc. of the 34^th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, June 7-12, 2009, Philadelphia, USA.

[5] J. Wang, M. Farrokh Baroughi,  S. Mariyappan ,  S. Sivoththaman and RoohollahSamadzadeh-Tarighat, “Passivation of Silicon Surfaces using Atomic Layer Deposited Metal Oxides,” Proc. of the Material Research Society, Spring 2009, April 13-17, San Francisco, USA.

[6] S. Mariyappan , J. Wang,  M. Farrokh Baroughi, R. Samadzadeh-Tarighat and S. Sivoththaman “Sol-Gel processed Silica gel for Silicon surface passivation  at room temperature,” Technical Digest of 18^th International PVSEC, January 18-23, India (2009).

[7] S. Mariyappan, M. Farrokh Baroughi and D. Galipeau “Comparison of RF-Sputtered and sol gel processed  TiO₂ thin films as a compact layer for DSSC application,” Technical Digest of 18^th International PVSEC, January 18-23, India (2009).

[8] J. Wang,  S. Mariyappan , M. Farrokh Baroughi, R. Samadzadeh-Tarighat and S. Sivoththaman “Efficient passivation of Silicon surfaces using atomic layer deposition of dielectrics,” Technical Digest of 18^th International PVSEC, January 18-23, India (2009).

[9] S. Mariyappan , M. Farrokh Baroughi and X. Yan, “Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Transparent Glass for Photovoltaic Applications,” Proc. of the Material Research Society Symposium, Fall-2008, December 1-5, Boston, USA.

[10] Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Jun Wang, and Mariyappan Shanmugam, “Micromorph Si-Multicrystalline Si Tandem Solar Cells for Cost Effective Photovoltaics,” Proc. of the 33^rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (San Diego, May 2008), In press

[11] Mariyappan Shanmugam, Chris Mouw, Daniel Friedrichs, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, XingZhong Yan, and David Galipeau, “Design and Fabrication of a New Sol-gel Based Planar Solar Concentrator for Cost Effective Photovoltaics,” Proc. of the 33^rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (San Diego, May 2008), In press.

[12] M. Farrokh Baroughi, R. Samadzadeh Tarighat, S. Sivoththaman, and M. Ropp, “Measurement of excess carrier lifetime in epitaxial Si thin films,” Technical digest of the 17^th Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (Fukuoka Japan, Dec. 2007).

[13]  M. Farrokh Baroughi, H. G. El-Gohary, C. Y. Cheng, S. Sivoththaman, "Low Temperature Epitaxy of n-doped Silicon Thin Films Using Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition," To appear in Proceedings of Material Research Society Symposium, (San Francisco, April 2007)

[14] K. Bayat, M. Farrokh Baroughi, S. Chaudhuri, S. Safavi-Naeini, "A Low Temperature Photonic Crystal Technology for Integration with Modern CMOS Technologies," To appear in Proceedings of Material Research Society Symposium, (San Francisco, April 2007)

[15] M. Farrokh Baroughi and Siva Sivoththaman, “Interface Study of Nanocrystalline Silicon / Crystalline Silicon Using Microwave Photoconductive Decay,” Proceedings of Material Research Society Symposium, (San Francisco, April 2006) vol.910, 0910-A04-04.

[16] M. Farrokh Baroughi and Siva Sivoththaman, “A Novel Silicon-based Heterojunction Solar Cell without Transparent Oxide Layer,” To appear in the Proceeding of the IEEE 4^th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, (Hawaii, May 2006), pp1138-1141.

[17] M. Farrokh Baroughi, H. G. El-Gohary, and S.Sivoththaman, “Optical, Electrical, and Structural Properties of PECVD Quasi-Epitaxial Si films on Crystalline Si Substrate,” Proc. 31^st Annual Conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada, (Montreal, August 2006).

[18] H. G. El-Gohary, M. Farrokh Baroughi, and S. Sivoththaman, “Low-Thermal-Budget Rapid Thermal Annealing of Hydrogenated Si Films for Photovoltaic Applications”, Proc. 31st Annual Conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada, (Montreal, August 2006).

[19] Siva Sivoththaman and Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, “Cost-effective Silicon Solar Cells”, Proceedings of the International Green Energy Conference (Waterloo, June 2005), paper number 1-149, CD-ROM

[20] M. Farrokh Baroughi and S. Sivoththaman, “Effect of Grain Boundaries in Amorphous / Multicrystalline Silicon Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices”, Proceeding of Material Research Society Symposium, Photovoltaic Materials (Boston, USA, 2004), p.L8.1, 2004.

[21] M. Farrokh Baroughi and S. Sivoththaman, "Amorphous Si /Multicrystalline Si heterojunctions for Photovoltaic Device Applications", Proc. 27th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (Arizona, 2004), American Institute of Physics, vol.772, p.1535

[22] M. Farrokh Baroughi and S. Sivoththaman, “Role of Interface Quality and Film Doping Density in Amorphous Si/Crystalline Si Heterojunctions for Photovoltaic Applications”, Proceeding of Material Research Society Symposium, Critical Interfacial Issues in Thin-Film Optoelectronic and Energy Conversion Devices, (Boston, 2003), vol.796, p.V2.11.

[23] M. Farrokh-Baroughi, K. Bayat, N. Granpayeh, “A Review to Optical Variable Attenuators,” Proceeding of the International Symposium on Telecommunication, p.791 (Tehran, Iran, 2001).

[24] K. Bayat, M. Farrokh-Baroughi, M.K. Moravej, “Design of A Broad Band Polarization Independent Ti:LiNbO₃ Directional Coupler Used in Optical Switches,” Proceeding of the International Symposium on Telecommunication, p.847 (Tehran, Iran, 2001).

[25] M.R. Esmaieli, M. Farrokh-Baroughi, R. Lotfi, “Micromachining Technology,” Proceeding of the 1^st Iranian Student Conference on Electrical Engineering, p.1079  (Tehran, Iran, 1998).

 

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