Universita di Genova

Publications

TitleYearAuthorVenue
Study of Alkali Metal Doping in Chalcopyrite CuGaSe22026Mohammad Mohammadizadeh Boghrabad; S. Guerrucci; S. Delsante; R. Freccero; Diego Colombara
POLARITY‐EXTENDED 8‐Neff RULE FOR Cu-CHALCOPYRITE MATERIALS2026Riccardo Freccero; Giorgio Palla; Francesco Tonet; Diego Colombara
Interrogativi e riflessioni sulla dimensione di genere nel progetto EIC Pathfinder Open REMAP2026Diego Colombara
Novel Formulation of Ionic Liquid-Based Ferrofluids: Investigation of the Magnetic Properties2025Alessandro Talone; Pierfrancesco Maltoni; Michael Casale; Maryam Abdolrahimi; Sawssen Slimani; Diego Colombara; Luca Leoncino; Patrizia Imperatori; S. Laureti; Gaspare Varvaro; Davide PeddisLangmuir
Copper electrodeposition from alanine alkaline baths. A microkinetic study2025Marco Piccinni; Davide Carrea; Michael Casale; Diego ColombaraElectrochemistry Communications
(Invited) Sodium: The Journey of a “Diffusion Catalyst” from the Surface to the Bulk of Cu(In,Ga)Se22025Diego ColombaraECS Meeting Abstracts
Topochemical reduction of FeCo-oxide to FeCo-alloy nanosystems into a SiO 2 matrix2025Jean Pierre Miranda Murillo; Alexander S. Omelyanchik; Gianni Barucca; Gaspare Varvaro; Ayda Ghary Haghighat; S. Laureti; Aldo Capobianchi; Antonio Comite; Diego Colombara; Nikolaos Ntallis; K. N. …Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Porous Cu-W Alloy Fabrication via Direct and Pulsed Current Co-Electrodeposition2025Fatemeh Shahbazi Farahani; Michele Ferri; Liberato Manna; Diego ColombaraECS Meeting Abstracts
Copper Electrodeposition from Alanine Alkaline Baths. A Microkinetic Study2025Marco Piccinni; Davide Carrea; Michael Casale; Diego Colombara
Towards in-Situ Lithography and Electroplating2025Maria Juárez; Marco Piccinni; Jordy Queiros Campos; Jéssica Alves Marins; Yassine Bentahar; Guilhem Godeau; Charlotte Hurel; Pavel Kuzhir; Phillip James Dale; Diego ColombaraECS Meeting Abstracts
Advances in Reusable Mask Patterning2025Diego Colombara; Davide Peddis; Chiara Lambruschini; S. Delsante; Marco Piccinni; Michael Casale; Andrea Capettini; Christian Rossi; Alberto Messina; Aleksandr Omelianchik; Sawssen Slimani; Irina …ECS Meeting Abstracts
Pop the bubbles and let the current flow: mechanochemistry of micron and nano-sized openings in dielectric layers2024Gizem Birant; Christian Rossi; Jan Czech; Wouter Marchal; Guy Brammertz; Tom Aernouts; Diego Colombara; Jessica de Wild; Bart VermangScientific Reports
Aqueous phase synthesis and electronic spectroscopy of nanostructured layered double hydroxides2024Marco Piccinni; Christian Rossi; Diego Colombara; Francesco BonaccorsoInorganic Chemistry Frontiers
(Invited) Ferrofluid Lithography: Advances in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Alkaline Electroplating2024Marco Piccinni; Davide Carrea; Davide Peddis; GARY D. FRIEDMAN; Diego ColombaraECS Meeting Abstracts
Empowering Advanced Photovoltaic Pioneers: A Bilateral Italy-USA Project2024Marco Piccinni; Davide Carrea; Sawssen Slimani; Aleksandr Omelianchik; Pierfrancesco Maltoni; Christian Rossi; Jamal AlHourani; S. Delsante; Davide Peddis; Gary S. Friedman; Diego ColombaraECS Meeting Abstracts
Kinetics and Stability of Sustainable Indium Alkaline Electrodeposition2024Davide Carrea; Marco Piccinni; Gary S. Friedman; Diego ColombaraECS Meeting Abstracts
Vacuum‐Healing of Grain Boundaries in Sodium‐Doped CuInSe2 Solar Cell Absorbers2023Finn Babbe; Nicoleta Nicoara; Harvey L Guthrey; Nathalie Valle; Omar Ramírez; Damien Aureau; Hossam Elanzeery; Deepanjan Sharma; José Virtuoso; Jean‐Nicolas Audinot; Anastasiya Zelenina; Sevan …Advanced Energy Materials
Revani diffusion model in Cu(In,Ga)Se 22023Diego Colombara; Billy J. Stanbery; Giovanna SozziJournal of Materials Chemistry A
Chemical Bath Deposition of Zn1−xSnxOy Films as Buffer Layers for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells2023Diego Alexander Garzón; Christian Rossi; Ishwor Khatri; Francesco Soggia; İhsan Çaha; Francis Leonard Deepak; Diego Colombara; Sascha SadewasserSolar RRL
Pop the bubbles and let the current: Mechanochemistry of micron and nano-sized openings in dielectric layers2023Gizem Birant; Christian Rossi; Jan Czech; Wouter Marchal; Guy Brammertz; Tom Aernouts; Diego Colombara; Jessica de Wild; Bart VermangResearch Square
Anisotropy-induced fluctuations in Cu(In, Ga)Se22022Diego Colombara2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC)
Exploiting the Transformative Features of Metal Halides for the Synthesis of CsPbBr3@SiO2 Core–Shell Nanocrystals2021Christian Rossi; Riccardo Scarfiello; Rosaria Brescia; Luca Goldoni; Gianvito Caputo; Luigi Carbone; Diego Colombara; Luca De Trizio; Liberato Manna; Dmitry BaranovChemistry of Materials
Atomic-Scale Interface Modification Improves the Performance of Cu(In1–xGax)Se2/Zn(O,S) Heterojunction Solar Cells2021Khalil El Hajraoui; Diego Colombara; José Virtuoso; Rolf Waechter; Francis Leonard Deepak; Sascha SadewasserACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Chemical instability at chalcogenide surfaces impacts chalcopyrite devices well beyond the surface2020Diego Colombara; Hossam Elanzeery; Nicoleta Nicoara; Deepanjan Sharma; Marcel S. Claro; Torsten Schwarz; Anna Koprek; Max Hilaire Wolter; Michele Melchiorre; Mohit Sood; Nathalie Valle; Oleksandr B. …Nature Communications
The fox and the hound: in-depth and in-grain Na doping and Ga grading in Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cells2020Diego Colombara; Kevin M. Conley; Maria Malitckaya; Hannu‐Pekka Komsa; Martti J. PuskaJournal of Materials Chemistry A
Area-selective electrodeposition of micro islands for CuInSe2-based photovoltaics2019David Correia; Daniel Siopa; Diego Colombara; Sara Tombolato; Pedro M. P. Salomé; Kamal Abderrafi; Pedro Anacleto; Phillip James Dale; Sascha SadewasserResults in Physics
Frank-Turnbull dopant migration may enhance heteroatom diffusivity: Evidence from alkali-doped Cu(In,Ga)Se22019Diego ColombaraPhysical Review Materials
Giant Voc Boost of Low‐Temperature Annealed Cu(In,Ga)Se2 with Sputtered Zn(O,S) Buffers2019Marco Zutter; José Virtuoso; Pedro Anacleto; Liam Yasin; Marina Alves; Miguel Madeira; Oleksandr B. Bondarchuk; Saibal Mitra; David Fuster; Jorge M. García; Fernando Briones; Rolf Waechter; Oliver …physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters
Evidence of reversible oxidation at CuInSe2 grain boundaries2019Diego Colombara; Jean‐Nicolas Audinot; Damien Aureau; Finn Babbe; Phillip James Dale; Hossam El Anzeery; Harvey L Guthrey; Nicoleta Nicoara; Sascha Sadewasser; Deepanjan Sharma; Nathalie Valle; Tom …2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
Giant Voc Boost of Low‐Temperature Annealed Cu(In,Ga)Se2 with Sputtered Zn(O,S) Buffers2019Marco Zutter; José Virtuoso; Pedro Anacleto; Liam Yasin; Marina Alves; Miguel Madeira; Oleksandr B. Bondarchuk; Saibal Mitra; David Fuster Signes; Jorge M. García; Fernando Briones; Rolf Waechter; …physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters
Sodium enhances indium-gallium interdiffusion in copper indium gallium diselenide photovoltaic absorbers2018Diego Colombara; Florian Werner; Torsten Schwarz; I. C. Infante; Y.H. Fleming; Nathalie Valle; Conrad Spindler; E. Vacchieri; Germain Rey; Mael Guennou; Muriel Bouttemy; Alba Garzón Manjón; I. Peral; …Nature Communications
Synthesis of K2Se solar cell dopant in liquid NH3 by solvated electron transfer to elemental selenium2018Diego Colombara; Anne‐Marie Gonçalves; Arnaud EtchéberryElectrochemistry Communications
Locally-confined electrodeposition of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 micro islands for micro-concentrator solar cells2018David Correia; Daniel Siopa; Pedro M. P. Salomé; Sara Tombolato; Kamal Abderrafi; Finn Babbe; Diego Colombara; Pedro Anacleto; Phillip James Dale; Sascha Sadewasser2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC)
Deliberate and Accidental Gas-Phase Alkali Doping of Chalcogenide Semiconductors: Cu(In,Ga)Se22017Diego Colombara; Ulrich Berner; Andrea Ciccioli; Joao Corujo Branco Malaquias; Tobias Bertram; Alexandre Crossay; Michael Schöneich; Helene J. Meadows; David Regesch; S. Delsante; Guido Gigli; …Scientific Reports
(Invited) Synthesis, Kinetics, Characterization and Application of Sodium and Potassium (poly)Selenides for Chalcogenide Semiconductor Doping2017Diego Colombara; Anne‐Marie Gonçalves; Damien Aureau; Arnaud EtchéberryECS Transactions
(Invited) Synthesis, Kinetics, Characterization and Application of Sodium and Potassium (poly)Selenides for Chalcogenide Semiconductor Doping2017Diego Colombara; Anne‐Marie Gonçalves; Damien Aureau; Arnaud EtchéberryECS Meeting Abstracts
Optical methodology for process monitoring of chalcopyrite photovoltaic technologies: Application to low cost Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 electrodeposition based processes2016Florian Oliva; Steffen Kretzschmar; Diego Colombara; Sara Tombolato; Carmen Maria Ruiz; Alex Redinger; Edgardo Saucedo; C. Broussillou; Thomas Goislard de Monsabert; Thomas Unold; Phillip James Dale; …Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Electrodeposition and selenization of brass/tin/germanium multilayers for Cu2Zn(Sn1-xGex)Se4 thin film photovoltaic devices2016Kwinten Clauwaert; Maaike Goossens; Jessica de Wild; Diego Colombara; Phillip James Dale; Koen Binnemans; Edward Matthijs; Jan FransaerElectrochimica Acta
Doping mechanism in pure CuInSe22016Florian Werner; Diego Colombara; Michele Melchiorre; Nathalie Valle; Brahime El Adib; Conrad Spindler; Susanne SiebentrittJournal of Applied Physics
Crystallographic and optoelectronic properties of the novel thin film absorber Cu2GeS32016Erika Victoria Christiane Robert; Jessica de Wild; Diego Colombara; Phillip James DaleSPIE Proceedings
Photoelectrochemical Screening of Solar Cell Absorber Layers: Electron Transfer Kinetics and Surface Stabilization2016Diego Colombara; Phillip James Dale; Gabriela P. Kissling; Laurence M. Peter; Sara TombolatoThe Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Understanding quaternary compound Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 synthesis by microscopic scale analyses at an identical location2016Alexandre Crossay; Diego Colombara; Michele Melchiorre; Mael Guennou; Budhika G. Mendis; Phillip James DaleJournal of Materials Chemistry C
Cu2ZnSnSe4 device obtained by formate chemistry for metallic precursor layer fabrication2015Sara Tombolato; Ulrich Berner; Diego Colombara; Daniel Chrastina; Markus Widenmeyer; S. Binetti; Phillip James DaleSolar Energy
Vapour phase alkali species for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells2015Ulrich Berner; Diego Colombara; Tobias Bertram; Joao Corujo Branco Malaquias; Helen J. Meadows; Nathalie Valle; Markus Widenmeyer; Phillip James Dale31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy and Conversion, Hamburg, Germany [DE], 14th to 19th September 2015
Electrodeposition of kesterite thin films for photovoltaic applications: Quo vadis? (Phys. Status Solidi A 1∕2015)2015Diego Colombara; Alexandre Crossay; Laura Vauche; Salvador Jaime; Monika Arasimowicz; Pierre Philippe Grand; Phillip James Dalephysica status solidi (a)
13.3% efficient solution deposited Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells processed with different sodium salt sources2015Ulrich Berner; Diego Colombara; Jessica de Wild; Erika Victoria Christiane Robert; Martin Schütze; Frank Hergert; Nathalie Valle; Markus Widenmeyer; Phillip James DaleProgress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
Prediction of Photovoltaic Cu(In,Ga)Se2 p-n Device Performance by forward Bias Electrochemical Analysis of Only the p-Type Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Films2015Diego Colombara; Tobias Bertram; Valérie Deprédurand; Thierry Fouquet; Jérôme Bour; C. Broussillou; Pierre‐Philippe Grand; Phillip James DaleECS Transactions
A new phase in the Cu–Sn–Zn–S photovoltaic system2015Ferdinando Boero; S. Delsante; Diego Colombara; G. BorzoneMaterials Letters
Prediction of Photovoltaic Cu(In,Ga)Se2 p-n Device Performance by forward Bias Electrochemical Analysis of Only the p-Type Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Films2015Diego Colombara; Tobias Bertram; Valérie Deprédurand; Thierry Fouquet; Jérôme Bour; C. Broussillou; Pierre‐Philippe Grand; Phillip James DaleECS Meeting Abstracts
Prediction of photovoltaic p–n device short circuit current by photoelectrochemical analysis of p-type CIGSe films2014Diego Colombara; Alexandre Crossay; David Regesch; C. Broussillou; Thomas Goislard de Monsabert; Pierre‐Philippe Grand; Phillip James DaleElectrochemistry Communications
Electrodeposition of kesterite thin films for photovoltaic applications: Quo vadis?2014Diego Colombara; Alexandre Crossay; Laura Vauche; Salvador Jaime; Monika Arasimowicz; Pierre Philippe Grand; Phillip James Dalephysica status solidi (a)
Quantification of surface ZnSe in Cu2ZnSnSe4-based solar cells by analysis of the spectral response2014Diego Colombara; Erika Victoria Christiane Robert; Alexandre Crossay; Aidan Arthur Taylor; Mael Guennou; Monika Arasimowicz; Joao Corujo Branco Malaquias; Rabie Djemour; Phillip James DaleSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Thin-film Photovoltaics Based on Earth-abundant Materials2014Jonathan J. S. Scragg; Diego Colombara; Phillip James Dale; Laurence M. Peter; Susanne SiebentrittRSC energy and environment series
Thin-film Photovoltaics Based on Earth-abundant Materials2014Diego Colombara; Phillip James Dale; Laurence M. Peter; Jonathan J. S. Scragg; Susanne SiebentrittAdvanced Concepts in Photovoltaics
Fabrication and characterization of kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4thin films deposited by electrostatic spray assisted vapour deposition method2014Paul Liu; Kwang‐Leong Choy; Marcel Placidi; Juan Lopez-Garcia; Edgardo Saucedo; Diego Colombara; Erika Victoria Christiane Robertphysica status solidi (a)
ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electronic Structure of Single‐Crystal SnS, Sn2S3, and SnS2.2014Lee A. Burton; Diego Colombara; Ruben D. Abellón; Ferdinand C. Grozema; Laurence M. Peter; Tom J. Savenije; Gilles Dennler; Aron WalshChemInform
Corrigendum to “Quantification of surface ZnSe in Cu2ZnSnSe4-based solar cells by analysis of the spectral response” [Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 123 (2014) 220–227]2014Diego Colombara; Erika Victoria Christiane Robert; Alexandre Crossay; Aidan Arthur Taylor; Mael Guennou; Monika Arasimowicz; Joao Corujo Branco Malaquias; Rabie Djemour; Phillip James DaleSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Detecting ZnSe secondary phase in Cu2ZnSnSe4 by room temperature photoluminescence2013Rabie Djemour; Marina Mousel; Alex Redinger; Levent Gütay; Alexandre Crossay; Diego Colombara; Phillip James Dale; Susanne SiebentrittApplied Physics Letters
Single Second Laser Annealed CuInSe2 Semiconductors from Electrodeposited Precursors as Absorber Layers for Solar Cells2013Helene J. Meadows; Ashish Bhatia; Valérie Deprédurand; J. Guillot; David Regesch; Artem Malyeyev; Diego Colombara; Mike A. Scarpulla; Susanne Siebentritt; Phillip James DaleThe Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Synthesis, Characterization, and Electronic Structure of Single-Crystal SnS, Sn2S3, and SnS22013Lee A. Burton; Diego Colombara; Ruben D. Abellón; Ferdinand C. Grozema; Laurence M. Peter; Tom J. Savenije; Gilles Dennler; Aron WalshChemistry of Materials
Is it Possible to Grow Thin Films of Phase Pure Kesterite Semiconductor? A ZnSe case study2013Phillip James Dale; Monika Arasimowicz; Diego Colombara; Alexandre Crossay; Erika Victoria Christiane Robert; Aidan Arthur TaylorMRS Proceedings
Towards a Photoelectrochemical Tool for Comprehensive Quality Assessment of Solar Cell Absorber Layers2013Diego Colombara; Alexandre Crossay; Valérie Deprédurand; Phillip James DaleECS Meeting Abstracts
Thermodynamic Aspects of the Synthesis of Thin‐Film Materials for Solar Cells2012Jonathan J. S. Scragg; Phillip James Dale; Diego Colombara; Laurence M. PeterChemPhysChem
Formation of Cu3BiS3 thin films via sulfurization of Bi–Cu metal precursors2012Diego Colombara; Laurence M. Peter; K. Hutchings; Keith D. Rogers; S. A. Schafer; Jesse T. R. Dufton; M. Saïful IslamThin Solid Films
Structural and electronic properties of CuSbS2 and CuBiS2: potential absorber materials for thin-film solar cells2012Jesse T. R. Dufton; Aron Walsh; Pooja M. Panchmatia; Laurie M. Peter; Diego Colombara; M. Saiful IslamPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Rocking disc electro-deposition of CuIn alloys, selenisation, and pinhole effect minimisation in CISe solar absorber layers2012Charles Y. Cummings; Guillaume Zoppi; Ian Forbes; Diego Colombara; Laurence M. Peter; Frank MarkenElectrochimica Acta
Crystal growth of Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell absorber by chemical vapor transport with I22012Diego Colombara; S. Delsante; G. Borzone; John M. Mitchels; K. C. Kieran Molloy; Lynne H. Thomas; Budhika G. Mendis; Charles Y. Cummings; Frank Marken; Laurence M. PeterJournal of Crystal Growth
Investigation of chalcogenide absorber materials for photovoltaic applications2012Diego Colombara
Thermochemical and kinetic aspects of the sulfurization of Cu–Sb and Cu–Bi thin films2011Diego Colombara; Laurence M. Peter; Keith D. Rogers; K. HutchingsJournal of Solid State Chemistry
Formation of CuSbS2 and CuSbSe2 thin films via chalcogenisation of Sb–Cu metal precursors2011Diego Colombara; Laurence M. Peter; Keith D. Rogers; Jonathan D. Painter; Scilla RoncalloThin Solid Films
Towards Sustainable Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion: Studies of New Absorber Materials2009Laurence M. Peter; Diego Colombara; Jonathan J. S. Scragg; Claire L ThompsonECS Meeting Abstracts