João Serra
Profile
Research Group: RG4 – Renewable energy & sustainability
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Full Professor
Email: jmserra@fc.ul.pt
Telephone Number: (351) 21-750-0132
Extension: 28335
Room: 8.2.35
Academic Degree and field of specialization:
PhD in Physics, University of Lisbon (PT) 1995
Sustainable Energy Systems, Photovoltaics
Scientific Informations
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1477-5515
SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7201784607
Researcher ID: https://publons.com/researcher/2689885/joao-m-serra/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=u6LO8fMAAAAJ&hl=en
Scientific Interests
Main Interests:
solar energy and PV technology
crystal growth and silicon crystallization for photovoltaics
Alternative techniques for silicon wafer preparation
Top 10 Publications:
Lourenço M.J., Alves M., Serra J.M., Nieto de Castro C.; Buschmann M., (2024). The ThermaConductivity of Near-Eutectic Galinstan (Ga68.4In21.5Sn10) Molten Alloy, International Journal of Thermophysics, Volume 45, 10.1007/s10765-023-03293-0
Pera D., Costa I,, Serra F., Gaspar G., Lobato K., Serra J.M., Silva J., (2023). Development of a metal-assisted chemical etching method to improve light-capture in monocrystalline silicon solar cells, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2022.112143
Casaleiro, A, Silva RA, Teixeira B, Serra JM (2021). Experimental assessment and model validation of power quality parameters for vehicle-to-grid systems. Electric Power Systems Research, 191, 106891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2020.106891
Montes, A., Eijt, S. W. H., Tian, Y., Gram, R., Schut, H., Suemasu, T., ... Isabella, O. (2020). Point defects in BaSi 2 thin films for photovoltaic applications studied by positron annihilation spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Physics, 127(8), 085304. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5126264
Casaleiro, Â., Amaro e Silva, R., & Serra, J. (2020). Plug-in Electric Vehicles for Grid Services Provision: Proposing an Operational Characterization Procedure for V2G Systems. Energies, 13(5), 1240. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13051240
Serra, F. C., Amar, E., Pêra, D. R., Silva, J. A., & Serra, J. M. (2019). Zone melting recrystallization of microcrystalline silicon ribbons obtained by chemical vapor deposition (p. 140008). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5123895
Serra, F. C., Silva, J. A., Serra, J. M., & Vallêra, A. M. (2018). Silicon on Dust Substrate: The Effect of Powder Size on Ribbon Production. Physica Status Solidi (A), 1701052. http://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201701052
Bellanger, P., Slaoui, A., Roques, S., Ulyashin, A. G., Debucquoy, M., Straboni, A., ... Serra, J. M. (2018). Silicon foil solar cells on low cost supports. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 10(2). http://doi.org/10.1063/1.5012744
Serra, F. C., Silva, J. A., Vallera, A. M., & Serra, J. M. (2017). CVD silicon film growth on powder substrates using an inline optical system. In Energy Procedia (Vol. 124). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.09.347
Projects (10 most relevant):
As project PI
Simulation and characterization of tunneling junctions for silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells, Convénio FCT-DAAD 2020/2023
SELCON (2018-2022)–Selective contacts for high efficiency silicon solar cells, PTDC/CTM-CTM/28860/2017
Books & Chapters (up to 10):
Silva, J. A., Serra, J. M., Vallêra, A. M., & Lobato, K. (2019). Luminescence in Photovoltaics. https://doi.org/10.1007/4243_2018_7
Lourenço M.J., Nieto de Castro C., Santos F. e Serra J.M., “Nobreza da Pt”, in Os Elementos em Ciências, Uma Viagem pela Tabela Periódica, eds. Ana Mourato, Ana Paula Carvalho, Filomena Martins, Teresa Pamplona, FCUL, Lisboa, 2019. ISBN 978-972-9348-22-8; e-book: ISBN 978-972-9348-21-1
Serra J.M., “O Silício: um material extraordinário”, in Os Elementos em Ciências, Uma Viagem pela Tabela Periódica, eds. Ana Mourato, Ana Paula Carvalho, Filomena Martins, Teresa Pamplona, FCUL, Lisboa, 2019. ISBN 978-972-9348-22-8; e-book: ISBN 978-972-9348-21-1Silva, J. A., Serra, J. M., Vallêra, A. M., & Lobato, K. (2019). Luminescence in Photovoltaics. https://doi.org/10.1007/4243_2018_7
A. M. Vallera, J. M. Serra, and J. Maia Alves, “O SÍLICIO,” in Materiais 2000, Coord. Professor Amaral Fortes, Ed. Instituto Superior Técnico, 2003.
J. M. Serra e J. Maia Alves, “Importância Educativa das Ciências – A Física: uma representação do mundo que nos cerca,” in (Re)pensar o Ensino das Ciências, Departamento do Ensino Secundário do Ministério da Educação, 2000, pp. 91–96.
J. M. Serra, “O espectrofotómetro,” in Materiais Didácticos I, Departamento do Ensino Secundário do Ministério da Educação, 2000, pp. p137–144.
J. Maia Alves e J. M. Serra, “Sobre a medição de algumas características das ondas sonoras,” in Materiais Didácticos II, J. M. Serra, Ed. Departamento do Ensino Secundário do Ministério da Educação, 2000, pp. 39–46.
J. M. Serra, “Uma discussão em torno da transferência de calor,” in Materiais Didácticos I, Ed. Departamento do Ensino Secundário do Ministério da Educação, 2000, pp. 55–72.
J. M. Serra, “Absorção de luz em sólidos e líquidos,” in Materiais Didácticos I, J. M. Serra, Ed. Departamento do Ensino Secundário do Ministério da Educação, 2000, pp. 45–54.
J. M. Serra, J. Maia Alves, and A. Mateus, “Percursos experimentais desenvolvidos durante a 3a Acção: alguns exemplos,” in Materiais Didácticos II, J. M. Serra, Ed. Departamento do Ensino Secundário do Ministério da Educação, 2000, pp. 15–35.
Conferences (last 15 presentations):
G. Gaspar, M. Muller, J.M. Serra, TCAD Simulation of Electrical Characteristics of Silicon Tunnel Junctions for Monolithically Integrated Silicon/Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells, SiliconPV2022
F. Serra, G. Gaspar, J.M. Serra, K. Lobato, Gas Immersion Laser Doping: n++ Phosphorus Doping on p+ Cz-Si Wafers with a Highly Doped p++ Emitter, SiliconPV2022
J.M.Serra, I. Costa, G. Gaspar, F. Serra, D. Pera, J.A. Silva, K. Lobato, “SELECTIVE CONTACTS FOR VERY HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS”, 3rd Condensed Matter Physics National Conference, 2022
Gaspar, G.; Cardoso, J.; Guerra, A.; Costa, I.; Viana, A.; Vilhena, D.; Pera, D.; Silva, J.; Vallêra, A.; Vines, L.; Serra, J.; Lobato, K. Controlling Silicon Laser Melting and Phosphorus Doping at the Nanoscale – towards Scalable Tunnel Junctions for Tandem Solar Cells (Accepted, Conference Delayed to 2021). In CSSC11 & 4SiMat 2020: 11th International Workshop on Crystalline Silicon for Solar Cells and 4th Silicon Materials Joint Workshop, Lisbon; Lisbon, 2020
Gaspar, G.; Guerra, A. F.; Serra, F. C.; Viana, A. S.; Arumughan, J.; Costa, I.; Pêra, D. M.; Silva, J. A.; Vines, L.; Serra, J. M.; Lobato, K. Gas Immersion Laser Doping of Silicon Wafers: Large Area N++ Phosphorus Doping on P++ Emitters by Laser Spot Rastering. In 2021 Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS); 2021.
Costa I, Gaspar G, Serra F, et al (2021) Progress in the development of SiO2/TiO2 passivation contacts for silicon solar cells: compositional dynamics between ultra-thin SiO2 and TiO2 layers. In: 2021 Fall Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS)
Costa I., Gaspar G.,Vilhena D., Pera D.,Cardoso J., Lobato K., Silva J.A., Serra J. M. (2020) Contactos Selectivos: Uma Via Para A Alta Eficiência De Células Solares De Silício Cristalino, XVII Congresso Ibérico e XIII Ibero-americano de Energia Solar (CIES2020)
Gaspar, G.; Guerra, A.; Cardoso, J.; Costa, I.; Pera, D.; Silva, J.; Serra, J.; Vallêra, A.; Lobato, K. Interconnection between Perovskite and Silicon Cells in Monolithic 2-Terminal Tandem Devices: State-of-the-Art and Further Developments. In CIES 2020: Iberian-American Congress on Solar Energy, Lisbon; 2020.
Gaspar, G.; Costa, I.; Guerra, A.; Viana, A.; Jorge, M.; Arumaghan, J.; Pera, D.; Silva, J. A.; Vallera, A. M.; Vines, L.; Serra, J. M.; Lobato, K. Laser Phosphorous Doping at High Scan Rates for Crystalline Junction Formation in Silicon/Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells. In The 30th International Photovoltaic Conference Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-30) & Global Photovoltaic Conference (GPVC 2020); Jeju, Republic of Korea, 2020.