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Amir Abdallah

Dr. Amir Abdallah

Scientist
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
  • Phone+974 44546682
  • Office locationRC B2 0166

Biography

Dr. Amir Abdallah has academic and industrial experience in the development of solar cell efficiency and PV module technology. This includes fabrication of silicon solar cells, e.g., various process optimization and characterization to improve solar cell efficiency and PV module fabrication. At QEERI, Dr. Abdallah has contributed to the establishment and accreditation of the PV reliability lab. Further, as Lead Principle Investigator (LPI), he has secured two external funds with international collaborators - first project is to improve passivated contacts for PERC solar cell, and the second project is on technology development for PV module for desert climate.

 

Research Interests

  • Improvement of solar cell and module efficiency
  • PV module performance and reliability
  • Standard testing of PV module
  • Mechanical integrity of multi-material structures

Experience

Scientist

Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Doha, Qatar

2014 - present

  • Design Engineer

    ASML, Eindhoven, Netherlands

    2014

  • Process Engineer

    Sulzer Turbo Services, Lomm, Netherlands

    2011 - 2013

  • Research Engineer III

    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    2008 - 2011

  • Process Development Engineer

    OTB Solar, Eindhoven, Netherlands

    2007 - 2008

Education

PhD

Eindhoven University of Technology (Eindhoven, Netherlands)

2007

  • MSc

    Delft University of Technology (Delft, Netherlands)

    2002

Selected Publications

  • Md.A. Hossain, T. Zhang, Y. Zakaria, D. Lambert, P.A. Burr, S.N. Rashkeev, A.A. Abdallah, B. Hoex

    “Doped Nickel Oxide Carrier-Selective Contact for Silicon Solar Cells” IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS (2021); doi: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3095458

     2021

  • S. Halilov, M.L. Belayneh, M.A Hossain, A.A Abdallah., B. Hoex, S. N. Rashkeev

    “Optimized Ni1−xAlxO hole transport layer for silicon solar cells” RSC Advances 38 (2020) 22377-22386; doi.10.1039/d0ra02982c

     2020

  • M.M. Kivambe, J. Haschke, J. Horzel, B. Aïssa, A.A. Abdallah, A. Belaidi, R. Monnard, L. Barraud, A. Descoeudres, F. Debrot, M. Despeisse, M. Boccard, C. Ballif, N. Tabet

    “Record Efficiency N-type and High-efficiency P-type Mono-like Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with High Temperature Gettering Process” ACS Appl. Energy Mater. (2019) 4900-4906; doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b00608

     2019

  • J. Haschke , R. Lemerle, B. Aïssa, A.A. Abdallah, M.M. Kivambe, M. Boccard C. Ballif

    “Annealing of silicon heterojunction solar cells: Interplay of solar cell and Indium-Tin-Oxide properties” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, Volume: 9, Issue: 5 (2019) 1202 - 1207; doi.10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2924389

    2019

  • T. Zhang, Md. Anower Hossain, C-Y. Lee, Y. Zakaria, A.A. Abdallah, and B. Hoex

    Atomic layer deposited ZnxNi1-xO: A thermally stable hole selective contact for silicon solar cells, Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 262102 (2018), doi.org/10.1063/1.5056223

     2018

  • A.A. Abdallah, A. Abotaleb, M. Buffière, G. Stephan, S. Richter and C. Hagendorf

    Delamination of CIGS thin film photovoltaic module in desert climate. 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (2018), doi: 10.4229/35thEUPVSEC20182018-5BO.12.6

     2018

  • A.A Abdallah, D. Martinez, B.W. Figgis, O. El Daif

    Performance of Silicon Heterojunction Photovoltaic modules in Qatar climatic conditions, Renewable Energy 97 (2016) 860-865, doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.06.044

     2016

  • E. Johlin, N. Tabet, S.C.-Galnares, A.A. Abdallah, M.I. Bertoni, T. Asafa, J.C. Grossman, S.A. Said, T. Buonassisi

    Structural origins of intrinsic stress in amorphous silicon thin films, PHYSICAL REVIEW B 85, (2012) 075202, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.075202

     2012

  • O. van der Sluis, A.A. Abdallah, P.C.P. Bouten, P.H.M. Timmermans, J.M.J. den Toonder, G. de With

    Buckle initiation of patterned ITO structures on a polymer substrate, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 78 (2011) 877–889, doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2011.01.013

     2011

  • A.A. Abdallah, P.C.P. Bouten, J.M.J. den Toonder and G. de With

    Buckle initiation and delamination of patterned ITO layers on a polymer substrate, Surface & Coatings Technology 205 (2011) 3103–3111, doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2010.11.025

     2011

  • J. Haschke,J.P. Seif,Y. Riesen,A. Tomasi,J. Cattin,L. Tous, P. Choulat,M. Aleman, E. Cornagliotti, A. Uruena, R. Russell, F. Duerinckx, J. Champliaud, J. Levrat, A.A. Abdallah, B. Aïssa, N. Tabet,N. Wyrsch,M. Despeisse,J. Szlufcik,S. De Wolf and C. Ballif

    The impact of silicon solar cell architecture and cell interconnection on energy yield in hot & sunny climates, Energy Environ. Sci. (2017)

     2017

  • A.A Abdallah, D. Martinez, B.W. Figgis, O. El Daif

    Performance of Silicon Heterojunction Photovoltaic modules in Qatar climatic conditions, Renewable Energy 97 (2016) 860-865

     2016

  • B. Aïssa, R.J. Isaifan, V.E. Madhavan, A.A. Abdallah.

    Structural and physical properties of the dust particles in Qatar and their influence on the PV panel performance, Nature Scientific Reports (2016).

     2016

  • B. Aïssa, M.M. Kivambe, M.I. Hossain, O. El Daif, A.A. Abdallah, F. Ali and N. Tabet.

    Emerging frontiers of N-Type silicon material for photovoltaic applications: The impurity-defect interactions. Front Nanosci Nanotech, Volume 1 (2015) 2-12.

     2015

  • D. Martinez-Plaza, A.A. Abdallah, B.W. Figgis, T. Mirza

    Performance improvement techniques for photovoltaic systems in Qatar: Results of first year of outdoor exposure, Energy Procedia 77 (2015) 386 – 396.

     2015
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