Publications

2024

53) Erdoğdu, M., Atilgan, A., Erdogdu, Y., & Yildiz, A. (2024). Natural dyes extracted from Ligustrum vulgare, Juniperus sabina, and Papaver rhoeas for novel DSSC applications. Materials Letters, 358, 135811. DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135811

52) Erdogdu, M., Atilgan, A., Erdogdu, Y., & Yildiz, A. (2024). Flavonoid from Hedera helix fruits: A promising new natural sensitizer for DSSCs. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 448, 115288. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.115288

51) Akdogan, N., Ortatepe, B., Atli, A., Disli, A., Erdogdu, Y., & Yildiz, A. (2024). A Joint Theoretical and Experimental Study on a Tetrazole‐Anchored BODIPY‐Based Dye at the Surface of TiO2 for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cell Applications. physica status solidi (a), 221(3), 2300513. DOI:
10.1002/pssa.202300513

50) Ozel, K., Atilgan, A., & Yildiz, A. (2024). Multi-layered blocking layers for dye sensitized solar cells. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 448, 115297. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.115297

2023

49) Dogru, N., Gurakar, S., Serin, T., & Yildiz, A. (2023). Comparative structure, optical and electrical characteristics of sol-gel-deposited In-, Ga-, and Sn-doped CuO thin films. Materialia, 32, 101970. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101970

48) Akdogan, N., Alp, M., Atilgan, A., Disli, A., Erdogdu, Y., & Yildiz, A. (2023). An AZO dye with nitril anchoring to dye-sensitized solar cell performance: A theoretical and experimental investigation. Materials Letters, 351, 135075. DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135075

47) Atilgan, A., Ozel, K., Sbeta, M., & Yildiz, A. (2023). Engineering the visible light absorption of one-dimensional photonic crystals based on multilayers of Al-doped ZnO (AZO) thin films. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 166, 107747. DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2023.107747

46) Arslan, A., Ozel, K., Atilgan, A., & Yildiz, A. (2023). Thin film luminescent solar concentrators fabricated for indoor applications. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 661, 414939. DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2023.414939


2022

45) Sekertekin, B., Ozel, K., Atilgan, A., & Yildiz, A. (2022). Ultraviolet photodiode fabricated from TiO2 nanorods/p-silicon heterojunction. Materials Letters, 323, 132565. DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2022.132565

44) Harmanci, U., Gulluoglu, M. T., Aslan, F., Atilgan, A., & Yildiz, A. (2022). Solar-blind ultraviolet photodetector based on Ti-doped Ga2O3/Si p–n heterojunction. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 33(25), 20223-20228. DOI: 10.1007/s10854-022-08840-3

43) Atilgan, A., & Yildiz, A. (2022). Ni‐doped TiO2/TiO2 homojunction photoanodes for efficient dye‐sensitized solar cells. International Journal of Energy Research, 46(10), 14558-14569. DOI: 10.1002/er.8175

42) Faheem, M. B., Khan, B., Feng, C., Subhani, W. S., Mabrouk, S., Sayyad, M. H., … & Qiao, Q. (2022). Van der Waals Epitaxial Growth for High Performance Organic‐Free Perovskite Solar Cell: Experimental and Theoretical Insights. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9(20), 2200421. DOI: 10.1002/admi.202200421

41) Atli, A., & Yildiz, A. (2022). Hybrid TiO2 nanorods combined with a buffer layer for dye-sensitized solar cells. Applied Solar Energy, 58(3), 323-329. DOI: 10.3103/S0003701X22030045

40) Faheem, M. B., Khan, B., Hashmi, J. Z., Baniya, A., Subhani, W. S., Bobba, R. S., … & Qiao, Q. (2022). Insights from scalable fabrication to operational stability and industrial opportunities for perovskite solar cells and modules. Cell Reports Physical Science, 3(4). DOI:
10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.100827

39) Atli, A., & Yildiz, A. (2022). Opaque Pt counter electrodes for dye‐sensitized solar cells. International Journal of Energy Research. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/er.7590

2021

38) Ozel, Kenan, and A.Yildiz. “Comprehensive Understanding of the Role of Emitter Layer Thickness for Metal–Oxide–Semiconductors Based Solar Cells.” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 12.1 (2021): 251-258.

37) A. Yildiz, Takwa Chouki, Aycan Atli, Moussab Harb, Sammy W. Verbruggen, Rajeshreddy Ninakanti, and Saim Emin ”Efficient Iron Phosphide Catalyst as a Counter Electrode in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells” ACS Appl. Energy Mater. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c01628

36) K. Ozel and A. Yildiz ”The potential barrier-dependent carrier transport mechanism in n-SnO2/p-Si heterojunctions”, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 113141 (2021)

35) K. Ozel and A. Yildiz ”High-detectivity ultraviolet-B photodetector based on SnO2 thin film/Si heterojunction”, Semiconductor Science and Technology 36 (9), 095001 (2021).

34) Atilgan, A., Kurtulus, A. Y., Oktem, M. F., & Yildiz, A. (2021). W-doped ZnO transparent conducting nanostructures synthesized by hydrothermal method. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 32(14), 19126-19135.

33) K. Ozel and A. Yildiz Self-Powered Ultraviolet Photodetector with Ultrahigh Photoresponsivity (208 m/AW) based on SnO2 Nanostructures/Si Heterojunctions, Phys. Status Solidi RRL DOI: 10.1002/pssr.202100085

32) Kocak, Yavuz, and Abdullah Yildiz. “Carminic acid extracted from cochineal insect as photosensitizer for dye‐sensitized solar cells.” International Journal of Energy Research 45.11 (2021): 16901-16907.

31) E. Kutlu-Narin, P. Narin, A. Yildiz and S. B. Lisesivdin “Effect of magnesium content and growth temperature on structural and optical properties of USCVD‑grown MgZnO films” Applied Physics A 127 (2021) 367

30) C. Altinkaya, E. Aydin, E. Ugur, F. H. Isikgor, A. S. Subbiah, M. De Bastiani, J. Liu, A. Babayigit, F. Laquai, A. Yildiz S. De Wolf “Tin oxide electron-selective layers for efficient, stable, and scalable perovskite solar cells” Advanced Materials, (2021) 2005504

29) OF Goktas, NE Koksal, O Kaplan, A. Yildiz “Sol–gel prepared ZnO: Al thin films for heterojunction diodes” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 32 (2021) 7791.

28) N. E. Koksal, M. Sbeta, A. Atilgan and A. Yildiz “Al-Ga co-doped ZnO/Si heterojunction diodes” Physica B 600 (2021) 412599.

2020

27) Atli, A. Sutcu, I., Yildiz Z.K., and Yildiz, A., “Optimizing Deposition Parameters of DSSCs Composed of Blue TiO2,” in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, doi: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.3038602.

26) Koksal, N. E., Sbeta, M., Atilgan, A., & Yildiz, A. (2020). Al–Ga co-doped ZnO/Si heterojunction diodes. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 412599.

25) Ozel, K., & Yildiz, A. (2020). SnO2/ZnO/p-Si and SnO2/TiO2/p-Si heterojunction UV photodiodes prepared using a hydrothermal method. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 112351.

24) Koksal, N. E., Sbeta, M., & Yildiz, A. (2020). Ag nanoparticles-decorated Al-Ga co-doped ZnO based photodiodes. Optik, 165523.

23) K. Ozel, A. Atilgan, N. E. Koksal, A. Yildiz “A route towards enhanced UV photo-response characteristics of SnO2/p-Si based heterostructures by hydrothermally grown nanorods” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 849 (2020) 156628.

22) A. Atilgan, A. Yildiz , U. Harmanci, T. Gulluoglu, and K. Salimi “β-Ga2O3 nanoflakes/p-Si Heterojunction Self-Powered Photodiodes” Materials Today Communications 24 (2020) 101105.

21) E. Kutlu-Narin, P. Narin, A. Yildiz and S. B. Lisesivdin “Effects of annealing under different atmospheres on structural and optical properties of USCVD grown ZnO nanostructures” Materials Science & Engineering B 254 (2020) 114506.

20) C. Altinkaya, A. Atli, A. Atilgan, K. Salimi, A. Yildiz ”Facile fabrication of low‐cost low‐temperature carbon‐based counter electrode with an outstanding fill factor of 73% for dye‐sensitized solar cells” International Journal of Energy Research 1 (2020) 11.

2019

19) K. Salimi, A. Atilgan, M. Y. Aydin, H. Yildirim, N. Celebi, A. Yildiz “Plasmonic mesoporous core-shell Ag-Au@TiO2 photoanodes for efficient light harvesting in dye sensitized solar cells” Solar Energy 193 (2019) 820.

18) Y. Kocak, A. Atli, A. Atilgan, A. Yildiz “Extraction method dependent performance of bio-based dye sensitized solar cells” Materials Research Express 6 (2019) 095512.

17) Sbeta, M. N., & Yildiz, A. Optical response enhancement of GZO/p-Si heterostructures via metal nanoparticles. Materials Research Express. (2019).

16) Er, I. K., Nurtayeva, T., Sbeta, M., Cagirtekin, A. O., Acar, S., & Yildiz, A. Carbon monoxide gas sensing performance of ZnO: Al thin films prepared using different solvent–stabilizer combinations. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, (2019). 1-11.

15) Atli, A., Atilgan, A., Altinkaya, C., Ozel, K., & Yildiz, A. (2019). St. Lucie cherry, yellow jasmine, and madder berries as novel natural sensitizers for dye‐sensitized solar cells. International Journal of Energy Research (2019) 1-9.

14) Koksal, Nur Efsan, Mohamed Sbeta, and Abdullah Yildiz. “GZO/Si Photodiodes Exhibiting High Photocurrent-to-Dark-Current Ratio.” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2019) 1-5.

13) S. Horzum, F. Iyikanat, R. T. Senger, C. Celebi, M. Sbeta, A. Yildiz , T. Serin , ”Monitoring the Characteristic Properties of Ga-doped ZnO by Raman Spectroscopy and Atomic Scale Calculations”Journal of Molecular Structure 1180, (2019) 505.

12) Z.K. Yildiz, A. Atilgan, A. Atli, K. Özel, C. Altinkaya, A. Yildiz ”Enhancement of efficiency of natural and organic dye-sensitized solar cells using thin film TiO2 photoanodes fabricated by spin-coating”Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology A: Chemistry 368 (2019) 23.

2018

11) Y. Yildiz, K. Bilen, M. Bosi, A. Yildiz ”The thermoelectric power factor enhancement of GaAs1-xNx” Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials 20 (2018) 515.

10) A. Atli, A. Atılgan , A. Yildiz ”Multi-layered TiO2 photoanodes from different precursors of nanocrystals for dye-sensitized solar cells” Solar Energy 173 (2018) 752.

9) A. Yildiz , M. Irimia, M. Toma, I. Spulber, G. Zodieriu, M. Dobromir, D. Timpu, F. Iacomi ”Effect of the Substrate Nature on Electron Transport in Ga Doped ZnO Thin Films Grown by RF Sputtering” Materials Today: Proceedings 5 (2018) 15888.

8) K. Ozel, I. Kosalay , A. Atılgan , A. Atli, Z. K. Yildiz, A. Yildiz ”Performance Improvement of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with AZO and BZO Blocking Layers” Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems (Accepted).

7) M. Sbeta, T. Serin, A. Yildiz “Determination of the critical carrier concentration for the metal-insulator transition in Ga-doped ZnO” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 29 (2018) 14111.

6) S. Emin, C. Altinkaya, A. Semerci, H. Okuyucu, A. Yildiz, P. Stefanov “Tungsten carbide electrocatalysts prepared from metallic tungsten nanoparticles for efficient hydrogen evolution” Applied Catalysis B: Enviromental 236 (2018) 147.

5) P. Narin, E. Kutlu, G. Atmaca, A. Atılgan, A. Yildiz and S. B. Lisesivdin “Structural and Optical Properties of Hexagonal ZnO Nanostructures grown by Ultrasonic Spray CVD” Optik 168 (2018) 86.

4) M. Sbeta, A. Atilgan, A. Atli, A. Yildiz ”Influence of the spin acceleration time on the properties of ZnO:Ga thin films deposited by sol-gel method”Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 86 (2018) 513.

2017

3) A. Yildiz, E. Ozturk, A. Atilgan, M. Sbeta, A. Atli, T. Serin, ”An understanding of the band gap shrinkage in Sn-doped ZnO for dye-sensitized solar cells” Journal of Electronic Materials 46 (2017) 6739 (Awarded as free access by Editor).

2) T. Serin, A. Atilgan, I. Kara, A. Yildiz “Electron transport in Al-Cu co-doped ZnO thin films”Journal of Applied Physics 121 (2017) 095303.

1) I. Kara, A. Atilgan, T. Serin, A. Yildiz “Effects of Co and Cu dopants on the structural, optical, and electrical properties of ZnO nanocrystals” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 28 (2017) 6088.