serdar aksu list of publications april 20, 2012 v2

Serdar Aksu

Patents and Publications

Updated in April, 2012

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• 12 issued patents

• 21 journal publications

• 25 published patent applications

• 21 conference publications

PATENTS-1:

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1. Serdar Aksu, Yuriy Matus, Rasmi Das, Mustafa Pinarbasi

Reaction Methods to Form Group IBIIIAVIA Thin Film Solar Cell Absorbers

US Patent, No: 8,153,469, published on April 10, 2012

2. Serdar Aksu, Jiaxiong Wang, Bulent M. Basol

Electroplating Method for Depositing Continuous Thin Layers of Indium or

Gallium Rich Materials

US Patent, No: 8,092,667, published on January 10, 2012.

3. Jiaxiong Wang, Serdar Aksu and Bulent M. Basol

Electroplating Methods and Chemistries for Deposition of Group IIIA-Group VIa

Thin Films

US Patent, No: 8,066,865, published on November 29, 2011.

4. Yongbong Han, Serdar Aksu, and Bulent M. Basol

Electrodeposition Technique and Apparatus to Form Selenium Containing Layers


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Gallium Electroplating Methods and Electrolytes Employing Mixed Solvents

US Patent, No: 7,951,280, published on May 31, 2011.

6. Bulent M. Basol and Serdar Aksu

Composition Control for Photovoltaic Thin Film Manufacturing

US Patent, No: 7,897,416, published on March 1, 2011.


Electroplating Methods and Chemistries for Deposition of Copper-Indium-Gallium

Containing Thin Films

US Patent, No: 7,892,413, published on February 22, 2011.

8. Mustafa Pinarbasi, Serdar Aksu, Bulent M. Basol

Method to Improve Flexible Foil Substrate for Thin Film Solar Cell Applications


PATENTS-2:

PATENTS-3:

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US Patent, No: 7,736,913, published on June 15, 2010.

10. Serdar Aksu, and Bulent M. Basol

Contact Layers for Thin Film Solar Cells Employing Group IBIIIAVIA Compound

Absorbers

US Patent, No: 7,713,773, published on May 10, 2010.

11. Serdar Aksu, Jiaxiong Wang, and Bulent M. Basol

Efficient Gallium Thin Film Electroplating Methods and Chemistries


12. Cyprian Uzoh, Serdar Aksu and Bulent Basol

Method of Electroplating Copper Layers with Flat Topography


JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS-1:

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1. Serdar Aksu, Emin Bacaksiz, Salih Yilmaz, Ismail Polat, Mustafa Altunbas, Melek

Turksoy, Ramazan Topkaya and Kemal Ozdogan

Influence of the annealing atmosphere on structural, optical and magnetic properties of

Co-doped ZnO microrods

Physica E, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.031 2012.

2. Ismail Polat, Serdar Aksu, Mustafa Altunbas, and Emin Bacaksız

The Influence of Diffusion Temperature on the Structural, Optical, and Magnetic

Properties of Nickel-Doped Zinc Oxysulfide Thin Films

Physica Status Solidi A, Vol. 209, No:1, pp. 160–166, 2012.

3. Serdar Aksu, Sarah Lastella, Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein, Mustafa Pinarbasi

Electrodeposition of Novel Precursor Structures for Efficient Copper Indium Gallium

Selenide (CIGS) Films

Electrochemical Society Transactions, Vol. 35 No: 21, pp. 33-38, 2011.

4. Ismail Polat, Serdar Aksu, Mustafa Altunbas, and Emin Bacaksız

Microstructural, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Cobalt-Doped Zinc Oxysulfide

Thin Films

Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 130, No: 1-2, pp. 800-805, 2011.

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5. Serdar Aksu, Emin Bacaksiz, Mehmet Parlak, Salih Yılmaz, Ismail Polat, Mustafa

Altunbas, Melek Turksoy, Ramazan Topkaya and Kemal Ozdogan

Structural, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Mn Diffusion-Doped CdS Thin Films

Prepared by Vacuum Evaporation

Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 130, No: 1-2, pp. 340– 345, 2011.

6. Ismail Polat, Serdar Aksu, Mustafa Altunbas, Salih Yılmaz and Emin Bacaksız

The Influence of Diffusion Temperature on the Structural, Optical and Magnetic

Properties of Manganese-Doped Zinc Oxysulfide Thin Films

Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 184, pp. 683–689, 2011.

7. Emin Bacaksiz, Serdar Aksu, Guven Cankaya, Salih Yilmaz, Ismail Polat, Tayfur

Kucukomeroglu, Ahmet Varilci

Fabrication of p-Type CuSCN/n-Type Micro-Structured ZnO Heterojunction Structures

Thin Solid Films, Vol. 519, pp. 3679–3685, 2011.

8. Emin Bacaksiz, Serdar Aksu, Salih Yilmaz, Mehmet Parlak, and Mustafa Altunbas

Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Al-doped ZnO Microrods Prepared by

Spray Pyrolysis

Thin Solid Films, Vol. 518, No: 15, pp. 4076-4080, 2010.



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9. Emin Bacaksiz, Serdar Aksu, Nilgun Ozer, Murat Tomakin, and Adem Ozcelik

The influence of Substrate Temperature on the Morphology, Optical and Electrical

Properties of Thermal-Evaporated ZnTe Thin Films

Applied Surface Science, Vol. 256, No: 5, pp. 1566-1572, 2009.

10. Emin Bacaksiz, Serdar Aksu, Ismail Polat, Salih Yılmaz, and Mustafa Altunbas

The Influence of Substrate Temperature on the Morphology, Optical and Electrical

Properties of Thermal-Evaporated ZnSe Thin Films

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 487, pp. 280-285, 2009.

11. Serdar Aksu

Electrochemical Equilibria of Copper in Aqueous Phosphoric Acid Solutions

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol.156, No: 11 pp. C387-C394, 2009.

12. Serdar Aksu

Potential-pH Diagrams of Copper for the Planarization Slurries with Different

Complexing Agents

The Electrochemical Society Transactions, Vol. 19 No: 7, pp.15-24, 2009.


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Electrodeposition of In–Se and Ga–Se Thin Films for Preparation of CIGS Solar Cells

Electrochemical Solid-State Letters, Vol. 12, No:5, pp. D33-D35, 2009.

14. Emin Bacaksiz, Serdar Aksu, Bulent Basol, Mustafa Altunbas, Mehmet Parlak, Ekrem

Yanmaz

Structural, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Zn1-xCoxO Thin Films Prepared by

Spray Pyrolysis

Thin Solid Films, Vol. 516, No. 21, pp. 7899-7902, 2008.

15. Serdar Aksu, Ismail Emesh, Cyprian Uzoh, and Bulent Basol

Electrochemical Mechanical Planarization (eCMP) of Copper Thin Films

The Electrochemical Society Transactions, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 417- 425, 2007.

16. Udaya Patri, Serdar Aksu, and S. V. Babu

Role of the Functional Groups of Complexing Agents in Copper Slurries

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 153, No. 7, pp. G650-G659, 2006.


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17. Serdar Aksu

Electrochemistry of Copper in Aqueous Oxalic Acid Solutions

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 152, No, 12, pp. G938-G943, 2005.

18. Serdar Aksu, Ling Wang, and Fiona M. Doyle

Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on the Oxidation of Copper in CMP Slurries containing

Glycine

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 150, No. 11, G718-G723, 2003.

19. Serdar Aksu and Fiona M. Doyle

Role of Glycine in the Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) of Copper

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 149, No.1, pp. G352-G361, 2002.


Electrochemistry of Copper in Aqueous Ethylenediamine Solutions

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 149, No.1, pp. B340-B347, 2002.


Electrochemistry of Copper in Aqueous Glycine Solutions

Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 148, No.1, pp. B51-B57, 2001.

PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATIONS-1:

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1. Serdar Aksu, and Mustafa Pinarbasi

Electroplating Methods and Chemistries for CIGS Precursor Stacks with Conductive

Selenide Bottom Layer

U.S. Patent Application, No: 20120003786, published on January 5, 2012.

2. Jiaxiong Wang, Serdar Aksu, Bulent M. Basol


U.S. Patent Application, No: 20110226630, published on September 22, 2011.




U.S. Patent Application, No: 20110180414, published on July 28, 2011.

4. Serdar Aksu, Yuriy Matus, Rasmi Das, and Mustafa Pinarbasi

Reaction Methods to Form Group IBIIIAVIA Thin Film Solar Cell Absorbers

U.S. Patent Application, No: 20110136293, published on June 9, 2011.


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Electrochemical Deposition Methods for Fabricating Group IBIIIAVIA Compound

Absorber Based Solar Cells

US Patent Application, No: 20110005586, published on January 13, 2011.


Composition Control for Photovoltaic Thin film manufacturing

US Patent Application, No: 20100317129, published on December 16, 2010.

7. Serdar Aksu, Jiaxiong Wang, Mustafa Pinarbasi



US Patent Application, No: 20100200050, published on August 12, 2010.




US Patent Application, No: 20100140101, published on June 10, 2010.


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9. Cyprian E. Uzoh, Serdar Aksu

Selenium Containing Electrodeposition Solution and Methods




US Patent Application, No: 20100116678, published on May 13, 2010.


Electroplating Method for Depositing Continuous Thin Layers of Indium or Gallium

Rich Materials

US Patent Application, No: US Pat 20090315148, published on December 24, 2009.




US Patent Application, No: 20090283415, published on November 19, 2009.


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Electroplating Methods and Chemistries for Deposition of Group IIIB-Group VIA Thin

Films


14. Serdar Aksu, Yongbong Han, Bulent M. Basol

Selenium Electroplating Chemistries and Methods


15. Mustafa M. Pinarbasi, Serdar Aksu and Bulent M. Basol

Method to Improve Flexible Foil Substrate for Thin Film Solar Cell Applications

US Patent Application, No: 20090203165, published on August 13, 2009.


Indium Electroplating Baths for Thin Layer Deposition

US Patent Application, No: 20090188808, published on July 30, 2009.


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US Patent Application No: 20090173634, published on July 9, 2009.

18. Bulent M. Basol, Serdar Aksu, and Yuriy Matus

Doping Techniques for Group IBIIIAVIA Compound Layers

US Patent Application, No: 20080169025, published on July 17, 2008.

19. Yongbong Han, Serdar Aksu, and Bulent M. Basol

Electrodeposition Technique and Apparatus to Form Selenium Containing Layers




US Patent Application No: 20070272558, published on November 29, 2007.


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Composition Control for Roll-to-Roll Processed Photovoltaic Films

US Patent Application, No: 20070227633, published on October 4, 2007.

22. Serdar Aksu and Bulent M. Basol


US Patent Application, No: 20070232065, published on October 4, 2007.

23. David Boyers and Serdar Aksu

Copper Processing Using an Ozone-Solvent Solution

US Patent Application No: 20060084260, published on April 20, 2006.

24. Cyprian Uzoh, Serdar Aksu and Bulent Basol

Method of Electroplating Copper Layers with Flat Topography

US Patent Application No: 20040265562, published on December 30, 2004.

25. Jeffrey Bogart, Hung-Ming Wang, Serkan Erdemli, Serdar Aksu, Erol C. Basol, Manuel

R. Cornejo, Bulent M. Basol

Process and Apparatus for Air Bubble Removal during Electrochemical Processing

US Patent Application No: 20040182715, published on September 23, 2004.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS-1:

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1. Serdar Aksu and Mustafa Pinarbasi

An Overview of the Roll-to-Roll Electrodeposition-Based CIGS Technology

Proc. SolarCon CPTIC Conference, Shanghai, China, March 2012, In Press.

2. Serdar Aksu and Mustafa Pinarbasi

Electrodeposition Methods and Chemistries for Deposition of CIGS Precursor Thin

Films

Proc. 37th IEEE PVSC, Seattle, WA June 2011, In Press.

3. Mustafa Pinarbasi, Serdar Aksu, Deepak Nayak, Eric Lee, Burak Metin, Sankaran

Jayanarayanan, Norbert Staud, James Freitag, Thomas Boone, Howard Zolla, and Jorge

Vasquez

Indoor and Outdoor Testing of Low Weight Flexible CIGS Modules

Proc. 37th IEEE PVSC, Seattle, WA June 2011, In Press.

4. A. Kleiman-Shwarsctein, S. Aksu, T. Cetiner, S. Lastella, and M. Pinarbasi

Analysis and Control of Plating Baths in the Electrodeposition of Copper Indium

Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Films with Ion Chromatography

MRS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2011, in press.

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5. M. Pinarbasi, S. Aksu, J. Freitag, T. Boone, H. Zolla, J. Vasquez, D. Nayak, E. Lee, T.

Wang, J. Abushama, B. Metin

Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Flexible CIGS Cells and Panels

Proc. 25th European PVSEC, Valencia, Spain 2010, 2818.

6. S. Aksu and M. Pinarbasi

Electrodeposition of Cu-In-Ga Films for the Preparation of CIGS Solar Cells

Proc. 35th IEEE PVSC, Honolulu, HI (2010) 794.

7. M. Pinarbasi, S. Aksu, J. Freitag, T. Boone, H. Zolla, J. Vasquez, D. Nayak, E. Lee, T.

Wang, J. Abushama, B. Metin

Flexible Cells and Modules Produced Using Roll-to-Roll Electroplating Approach

Proc. 35th IEEE PVSC, Honolulu, HI (2010) 169.


Electrodeposition of CIGS Precursor Layers from Alkaline Electrolytes

MRS Meeting, San Francisco, April 2010

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9. Serdar Aksu

Role of Phosphoric Acid in Copper Electrochemical Mechanical Planarization Slurries

MRS Proceedings Volume 1157 pp. 1157-E12-03, 2009.

10. Bulent M. Basol, Mustafa Pinarbasi, Serdar Aksu, James Freitag, Pedro Gonzalez, Todd

Johnson, Yuriy Matus, Burak Metin, Mux Narasimhan, Depaak Nayak, G. Norsworthy,

David Soltz, John Wang, Tony Wang, and Howie Zolla

Status of Electroplating based CIGS Technology Development

Proc. 34th IEEE, Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, May 2009, page

2310-2315

11. Serdar Aksu, Jiaxiong Wang and Bulent Basol

Electrochemical Deposition of (In,Ga)-Se Thin Films

MRS 2008 Fall Meeting, Boston MA, December 2-4, 2008.

12. Bulent M. Basol, Mustafa Pinarbasi, Serdar Aksu, Todd Johnson and Jiaxiong Wang

Electroplating Based CIGS Technology for Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing

Proc. 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Valencia, Spain, September

2008.

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13. Serdar Aksu, Ismail Emesh, and Bulent Basol

Electrochemical Mechanical Planarization (eCMP) of Copper Overburden

11th International Conference on Chemical-Mechanical Polish (CMP) Planarization for

ULSI Multilevel Interconnection (CMP-MIC), Fremont, CA, Feb. 21-23, 2006.

14. Serdar Aksu

Potential-pH Diagrams of Interest to Chemical Mechanical Planarization of Copper

Thin Films

MRS Spring 2005 Meeting, MRS Symposium Proceedings, No 867, San Francisco, CA,

March 28-April 1, 2005.

15. Jianfeng J. Luo, Serdar Aksu, and David A. Dornfeld

Material Removal Regions in Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP): Coupling

Effects of Slurry Chemicals, Abrasive Size Distribution and Wafer-Pad Contact area

7th International Conference on Chemical-Mechanical Polish (CMP) Planarization for

ULSI Multilevel Interconnection (CMP-MIC), Santa Clara, CA, Feb. 25- March 1, 2002.


Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) of Copper Using Glycine Hydrogen

Peroxide Slurries

201st Meeting of Electrochemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 12-17, May, 2002.

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Electrochemistry of Copper in Chemical Mechanical Planarization Slurries Containing

Glycine

18th Int. IEEE VLSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference (VMIC), Santa Clara, CA,

Sept. 24-26, 2001.


The Role of EDTA and Glycine in the Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) of

Copper In Proc. 2nd International Conference on Processing Materials for Properties

Editors: B. Mishra and C. Yamauchi, pp. 217-222, San Francisco, November 5-8, 2000.


Potential-pH Diagrams for Copper in Aqueous Solutions of Various Organic

Complexing Agents

In Proc. 197th Meeting of Electrochemical Society; Electrochemistry and Metal

Processing Editors: R. Woods and F. M. Doyle, pp. 258-269, Toronto, Canada May 14-

18, 2000.

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20. Baki Yarar and Serdar Aksu

Quantification of the Roles of Surface Heterogeneity and Roughness in the

Establishment of the Critical Surface Tension of Wetting of Hydrophobic Solids

In Proc. XX International Mineral Processing CongressEditors: Heinz Hoberg and Harro

von Blottnitz, Vol. 3, pp. 41-51, Aachen, Germany, 1997.

21. Meftuni Yekeler, Serdar Aksu, and Baki Yarar

Model for the Prediction of the Critical Surface Tension of Wetting of Low Surface

Energy Minerals

In Proc. 1st UBC-McGill Bi-Annual International Symposium on Fundamentals of

Mineral Processing Editors: J.S. Laskowski and G.W. Poling, pp. 17-27, Vancouver,

British Colombia, 1995.

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