Academic Publications:
Journals and book chapters
2021
Sumaiyatul Ahsan, Hasan Al Jame, Saugata Sarker, Abrar Rauf, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Md Tohidul Islam, Azmain Faek Islam, Md Rafsun Jani, Md Shafiqul Islam, Kazi Md Shorowordi, Saquib Ahmed* “Feasibility Study of Mg2+ Ion Storage in Bilayer Silicene Anode Via Application of External Electric Field: A Molecular Dynamics Study”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, Under Review.
Saugata Sarker, Md Tohidul Islam, Abrar Rauf, Hasan Al Jame, Sumaiyatul Ahsan, Md. Shafiqul Islam, Md. Rafsun Jani, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Kazi Md. Shorowordi, Saquib Ahmed* “A simulation based incremental study of stable all-perovskite tandem solar device utilizing non-toxic tin and germanium-based materials”, Optical Materials, 2021, Under Review.
Hasan Al Jame, Md Tohidul Islam, Saugata Sarker, Abrar Rauf, Md Shafiqul Islam, Sumaiyatul Ahsan, Md Rafsun Jani, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Kazi Md Shorowordi, Saquib Ahmed* “Bromine as an attractive Halide for Methylammonium Tin based Perovskite Single-junction Solar Cells: A SCAPS-based Quantitative Analysis”, Optik, 2021, Under Review.
Md Shafiqul Islam, Md Tohidul Islam, Saugata Sarker, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Md Rafsun Jani, Abrar Rauf, Hasan Al Jame, Sumaiyatul Ahsan, Kazi Md Shorowordi, Harry Efstathiadis, Joaquin Carbonara, Saquib Ahmed* “A Supervised Machine Learning Approach towards Accelerating the Development of High-performance non-Pb Perovskite Solar Devices”, Computational Materials Science, 2021, Under Review.
Hasan Al Jame, Saugata Sarker, Md. Shafiqul Islam, Md Tohidul Islam, Abrar Rauf, Sumaiyatul Ahsan, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Md. Rafsun Jani, Kazi Md. Shorowordi, Joaquin Carbonara, Saquib Ahmed* “Supervised machine learning aided SCAPS-based quantitative analysis for the discovery of optimum bromine doping in methylammonium tin based perovskite (MASnI3-xBrx)”, ACS – Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021, JUST ACCEPTED.
M.I. Hossain, A. Khandekar, M.E.H. Chowdhury, S. Ahmed, M.M. Nauman, B. Aissa, “Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Infrared Optical Filter Based on Metal Oxide Thin Films for Temperature Mitigation in Photovoltaics”, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2021, IN PRINT.
Saugata Sarker, Md Tohidul Islam, Abrar Rauf, Hasan Al Jame, Md Rafsun Jani, Sumaiyatul Ahsan, Md Shafiqul Islam, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Kazi Md Shorowordi, Saquib Ahmed* “A SCAPS Simulation Investigation of non-toxic MAGeI3-on-Si tandem solar device utilizing monolithically integrated (2-T) and mechanically stacked (4-T) configurations”, Solar Energy, 2021, 225, 471-485.
Megndi Zhao, Mai Yang, Mandeep Singh, Tatiana Overturf, Yanan Gao, Gustavo Hernandez, Saquib Ahmed* , Sankha Banerjee “Fabrication and characterization of a water purification system using activated carbon and graphene nanoplatelets: towards the development of a nano-filtration matrix”, Water Environment Research, 2021, doi: 10.1002/wer.1535.
Md. Tohidul Islam, Md Rafsun Jani, Sanzida Rahman, Azmain Faek Islam, Kazi Md. Shorowordi, Shaestagir Chowdhury, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Sankha Banerjee, Saquib Ahmed* “Investigation of Non-toxic all-perovskite Tandem Solar Device utilizing SCAPS Simulation”, Springer Nature Applied Sciences, 2021, 3, 504. DOI: 10.1007/s42452-021-04487-7
Md. Tohidul Islam, Md Rafsun Jani, Kazi Md. Shorowordi, Md Shifat Us Sami, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Harry Efstathiadis, Deidra Hodges, Sankha Banerjee, Joaquin Carbonara, Ilya Grinberg, Saquib Ahmed* “Numerical simulation studies of Cs3Bi2I9 perovskite solar device with optimal selection of electron and hole transport layers”, Optik, 2021, 231, 166417. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2021.166417
Md. Tohidul Islam, Md Rafsun Jani, Azmain Faek Islam, Kazi Md. Shorowordi, Shaestagir Chowdhury, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Saquib Ahmed* “Investigation of CsSn0.5Ge0.5I3-on-Si Tandem Solar Device Utilizing SCAPS Simulation”, IEEE – Transactions on Electron Devices, 2021, 68 (2), 618-625.
2020
Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Md Tohidul Islam, Saquib Ahmed, Alamgir Kabir* “Ab initio study of oxygen evolution reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction via water splitting on pure and nitrogen-doped graphene surface”, Materials Today Communications, 2020, 25, 101602.
Md Rafsun Jani, Md Tohidul Islam, Syed Muhammad Al Amin, Md Shifat Us Sami, Kazi Md Shorowordi, Mohammad Istiaque Hossain, Shaestagir Chowdhury, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Saquib Ahmed* “Exploring Solar Cell Performance of Inorganic Cs2TiBr6 Halide Double Perovskite: A Numerical Study”, Superlattices and Microstructures, 2020, 146, 106652.
Md Tohidul Islam, Md Rafsun Jani, Syed Muhammad Al Amin, Kazi Md Shorowordi, Sadiq Shahriyar Nishat, Alamgir Kabir, M. F. N. Taufique, Shaestagir Chowdhury, Sankha Banerjee, Saquib Ahmed* “Simulation studies to quantify the impacts of point defects: An investigation of Cs2AgBiBr6 perovskite solar devices utilizing ZnO and Cu2O as the charge transport layers”, Computational Materials Science, 2020, 184, 109865.
Md Tohidul Islam, Md Rafsun Jani, Syed Muhammad Al Amin, Md Shifat Us Sami, Kazi Md Shorowordi, Mohammad Istiaque Hossain, Mohan Devgun, Shaestagir Chowdhury, Sankha Banerjee, Saquib Ahmed* “Numerical Simulation studies of a fully inorganic Cs2AgBiBr6 perovskite solar device”, Optical Materials, 2020, 105, 109957.
Mandeep Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Shervin Zoghi, Yerli Cervantes, Debaki Sarkar, Saquib Ahmed*, Shaestagir Chowdhury, Sankha Banerjee* “Fabrication and Characterization of Flexible Three-Phase ZnO-Graphene-Epoxy Electro-Active Thin-Film Nanocomposites: Towards Applications in Wearable Biomedical Devices”, Journal of Composites Science, 2020, 4, 88-100.
2019
Saquib Ahmed*, Jalen Harris, Jon Shaffer, Mohan Devgun, Shaestagir Chowdhury, Aboubakr Abdullah, Sankha Banerjee “Non-toxic and Cheap Alternatives to Standard Pb Perovskites with Ag/Au back- contacts: Simulation studies of Sn-based perovskites with Cu back-contact”, Journal of Materials Research, 2019, 34(16), 2789-2795.
W. Tuff, P. Mangera, J. Tilghman, E. Van Fossen, S. Chowdhury, S. Ahmed, S. Banerjee “BaTiO3-Epoxy-ZnO based multifunctional composites: variation in electron transport properties due to the interaction of ZnO nanoparticles with the composite microstructures”, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2019, 48(8), 4987-4996.
Saquib Ahmed* Jon Shaffer, Jalen Harris, Michael Pham, Shaestagir Chowdhury, Sankha Banerjee “Simulation Studies of Pb-free Sn-based Perovskites: Critical Insights into Solar Performance Kinetics through Comparison with Standard Pb-based Devices”, Superlattices and Microstructures, 2019, 130, 20-27.
Michael Pham, Jon Shaffer, Jalen Harris, Shaestagir Chowdhury, Sankha Banerjee, Saquib Ahmed* “Bismuth Perovskites as a Viable alternative to Pb Perovskite Solar Cells - Device Simulations to Delineate Critical Efficiency Dynamics”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2019, 30(10), 9438-9443.
Prior to 2019
Saquib Ahmed*, S. Banerjee, U. Sundar, H. Ruiz, S. Kumar and A. Weerasinghe “Energy harvesting: Breakthrough Technologies through Polymer Composites”, Springer, 2017, 1-42.
K. Woronowicz, S. Ahmed, A. Biradar, A. V. Biradar, D.P. Birnie III, T. Asefa and R.A. Niederman, “Near-IR Absorbing Solar Cell Sensitized With Bacterial Photosynthetic Membranes”, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2012, 88, 1467-1472.
S. Ahmed, A. Du Pasquier, T. Asefa and D.P. Birnie III “Improving Microstructured TiO2 Photoanodes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells by Simple Surface Treatment”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2011, 1, 879-887.
S. Ahmed, A. Du Pasquier, D. P. Birnie III and T. Asefa, “Self-Assembled TiO2 with Increased Photoelectron Production, and Improved Conduction and Transfer: Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”, ACS – Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2011, 3, 3002-3010.
J. Al-Sharab, H. Halim, S. Ahmed, T. Asefa, D. Birnie, S. Tse, B. Kear, “Flame Synthesis of C-doped TiO2 Nanopowders for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells”, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2011, 17(S2), 1694-1695.