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Tomás, since an early stage of his academic path, was curious about manufacturing process. As such, on his 3rd year, he was part of an internship at CENIMAT under the supervison of Dr. Elvira Fortunato, where he developed a biossensor for glucose detection. He gained interest in microelectronics on solar cells. Such interest, lead him to develop his master thesis at INL, under the supervision of Dr.Pedro Salomé. Tomás was responsible for developing a novel structure for ultrathin CIGS, that is currently for a new patent at INL. The current interest of Tomás are the following: solar cells, renewable energy, microfabrication, nanotechnology and microelectronics.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Tomás Lopes

Citation names

  • Lopes, Tomás
  • Tomás Sousa Lopes
  • T.S.Lopes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DA1B-E199-40AF
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1266-386X

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/06/03 - 2023/06/03
Ongoing
 Doctor in Enginnering Technology (Doktor (PhD))
Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium
2018/10/09
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Micro e Nanotecnologia (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Metal layer of enhancing optical reflection in passivation layers in thin film solar cels " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
2017
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Micro e Nanotecnologias (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"NA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11/01 - Current MPA - PHD student International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2018/12/03 - 2019/10/31 Reasearch Associate with the project "Development of Passivation Interface Strategies for Semiconductors" International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Lopes, Tomás. "Ultrathin CIGS Solar Cells with Passivated and Highly Reflective Back Contacts – : Results from the ARCIGS-M Consortium". 2019.
    10.4229/EUPVSEC20192019-3AO.8.1
Conference poster
  1. Song, Min; Yin, Guanchao; Fumagalli, Paul; Schmid, Martina. "Local characterization of light trapping effects of metallic and dielectric nanoparticles in ultra-thin Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells via scanning near-field optical microscopy". Paper presented in EMRS, 2019.
    10.1117/12.2253223
  2. Lopes, Tomás. "Sub-micrometre Line Contacts on SiO2 Layers for Interface Passivation of Ultra-Thin Film Solar Cells". Paper presented in EMRS, 2019.
  3. Lopes, Tomás. "Novel strategies to enhance the rear optical and electrical properties of ultrathin Cu(In,Ga)Se2solar cells,". 2019.
  4. Lopes, Tomás. "Novel rear architecture for enhancing light trapping in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 ultrathin solar cells". Paper presented in Materiais 2019, 2019.
  5. Herguth, Axel. "New Solar Cell Architectures". 2018.
    10.1063/1.5123891
  6. Lopes, Tomás. "Advanced Optoelectronic Characterization and Novel Materials". 2018.
  7. Lopes, Tomás; J.M.V.Cunha; Pedro Manuel Parracho Salomé; Sourav Bose; Paulo A. Fernandes. "Comparison of several deposition methods, including ALD, for metal-insulator-semiconductor structures to be used in thin film solar cells". Paper presented in Herald Summit, 2018.
  8. Lopes, Tomás; José M. V. Cunha; Pedro M. P. Salomé; Jerome Borne; Paulo A. Fernandes; Sourav Bose. "Interface Passivation of ultrathin Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cell by ALD deposited Al2O3". Paper presented in Herald Summit, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Tomás S. Lopes; Jessica de Wild; Célia Rocha; André Violas; José M.V. Cunha; Jennifer P. Teixeira; Marco A. Curado; et al. "On the Importance of Joint Mitigation Strategies for Front, Bulk, and Rear Recombination in Ultrathin Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13 23 (2021): 27713-27725. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c07943.
    10.1021/acsami.1c07943
  2. Lopes, Tomás. "High-Performance and Industrially Viable Nanostructured SiOx Layers for Interface Passivation in Thin Film Solar Cells". Solar RRL n/a n/a (2021): 2000534-2000534. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/solr.202000534.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202000534
  3. Lopes, Tomás. "Encapsulation of Nanostructures in a Dielectric Matrix Providing Optical Enhancement in Ultrathin Solar Cells". Solar RRL 4 11 (2020): 2000310-2000310. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/solr.202000310.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/solr.202000310
  4. Lopes, Tomás. "Front passivation of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells using Al2O3: Culprits and benefits". Applied Materials Today 21 (2020): 100867-100867. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352940720303152.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100867
  5. Jose M. V. Cunha; Paulo A. Fernandes; Pedro M. P. Salome; Tomas S. Lopes; Sourav Bose; Adam Hultqvist; Wei-Chao Chen; et al. "Decoupling of Optical and Electrical Properties of Rear Contact CIGS Solar Cells". IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 9 6 (2019): 1857-1862. https://doi.org/10.1109%2Fjphotov.2019.2933357.
    10.1109/jphotov.2019.2933357
  6. Lopes, Tomás. "Rear Optical Reflection and Passivation Using a Nanopatterned Metal/Dielectric Structure in Thin-Film Solar Cells". IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jphotov.2019.2922323.
    10.1109/jphotov.2019.2922323
  7. Sourav Bose; José M. V. Cunha; Sunil Suresh; Jessica De Wild; Tomás S. Lopes; João R. S. Barbosa; Ricardo Silva; et al. "Optical Lithography Patterning of SiO2 Layers for Interface Passivation of Thin Film Solar Cells". Solar RRL 2 12 (2018): 1800212-1800212. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fsolr.201800212.
    10.1002/solr.201800212
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2018/06/02 - Current During Tomás Lopes stay at INL, he was able to get autonomous quickly in the manufacturing process. Thus, he was able to be the practical supervisor of 2 summers students ( June- August) and 4 students that did the internship at in INL. Such activities gave him hand on experience at guiding students during the process that we apply at the INL cleanroom.
Co-supervisor

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/01/13 - 2020/01/24 For two weeks, Tomás stayed at Obducat AB, leading company for Nanoimprint servies, to learn processes and implement them for this PhD project at INL and UHasselt. During his stay, Tomás was able to learn about thermal, uv and simultaneous thermal and UV nanoimprint processes- Obducat AB, Sweden