Curriculum Vitae

Prof.Dr.Hongtao Cui

Qingdao University of Technology

School of Civil Engineering

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Email: cuihongtao@qut.edu.cn

Telephone: +86-19963271318

Webpage: http://civil.qut.edu.cn/info/1028/5112.htm

RESEARCH AREA AND TEAM

Hongtao CUI is professor in the School of Civil Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, working on thin film photovoltaics, self-cleaning glasses, graphene fabrication technologies. His research team includes 4 masters and 2 doctors. The main research area includes light management and passivation for thin film PV, self-cleanninng glass and low cost graphene fabrication technologies. He devotes his major focus to these technology development and transfer to industry.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

01/2020–Present

Professor | Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, China

●Head, Renewable Energy Materials and Devices Research Team (2020–Present)

03/2016–08/2019

Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

●Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2013–2016)

EDUCATION

08/2008–12/2012

University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

PhD in Engineering

Supervisor: Professor Dr. Martin A. Green

Thesis Title: Light Management for Polycrystalline Si Thin Film Solar Cells on Glass Superstrates

09/2001–07/2005

Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, CHINA

Bachelor in Engineering

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CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

[1] tsqn201909128. Development of Photovoltaic Window. Youth Taishan Scholar, 2020-2024, ¥ 1million

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PUBLICATIONS

1*. Cui, H*, Liu, X., Liu, F., Hao, X., Song, N., Yan, C. (2014). Boosting Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells efficiency by a thin Ag intermediate layer between absorber and back contact. Applied Physics Letters, 104(4), 041115.

2*. Cui, H*, Pillai, S., Campbell, P., Green, M. (2013). A novel silver nanoparticle assisted texture as broadband antireflection coating for solar cell applications. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 109(0), 233-239.

3*. Cui, H*, Green, M., Campbell, P., Kunz, O., Varlamov, S. (2013). A photovoltaic light trapping estimation method for textured glass based on surface decoupling calculation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 109(0), 82-90.

4*. Cui H*; Liu X; Sun L; Liu F; Yan C; Hao X, 2017, Fabrication of efficient Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells by sputtering single stoichiometric target, Coatings, 7(2), 19; doi:10.3390/coatings7020019 (IF 2.175; cited 3 times) Record efficiency 3.7% for single target (Cu rich target) sputtered CZTS solar cells has been reached.

5*. Liu X; Feng Y; Cui H*; Liu F; Hao X; Conibeer G; Mitzi DB; Green M, 2016, ‘The current status and future prospects of kesterite solar cells: a brief review’, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Application, DOI: 10.1002/pip.2741

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PATENTS

[1] Cui Hongtao, Hao Xiaojing, Liu Fangyang, Liu Xiaolei, Liu Xu, A PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL AND A METHOD OF FORMING A PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL. World Intellectual Property Organization, 2017/03/02，patent # WO/2017/035603

HONORS

[1] DE160101252，Passivation of Cd free efficient CZTS Solar Cells with Contact Engineering. Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Australia, 2015