Dr Dorota Bacal | ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science

Dr Dorota Bacal

Dr Dorota Bacal completed her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees at the University of Rzeszow (Poland), where she studied silicon and Cds/CdTe solar cells. During her PhD with ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science she worked in the area of perovskite solar cells.  She delivered a range of research projects that allowed to boost the efficiency and durability of the perovskite material. She has also developed a procedure for fabricating flexible back-contact perovskite solar cells and worked on antireflective coatings for these devices.

Qualifications: 
Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainability Business Management University of Cambridge (2020)
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering Monash University (2020)
Master's Degree in Applied Physics & Engineering University of Rzeszow, (2015)
Bachelor's Degree in Applied Physics & Engineering University of Rzeszow, (2014)
Centre Research: 

Excitonic Systems for Solar Energy Conversion

Centre Research Themes: 
1. Excitonic Systems for Solar Energy Conversion

Publications

Journal Articles
Bacal, D. M.; Lal, N. N.; Jumabekov, A. N.; Hou, Q.; Hu, Y.; Lu, J.; Chesman, A. S. R.; Bach, U. Solution-processed antireflective coating for back-contact perovskite solar cells. Optics Express 2020, 28 (9), 12650-12660 DOI: 10.1364/OE.384039. doi: 10.1364/OE.384039
Hou, Q.; Bacal, D. M.; Jumabekov, A. N.; Li, W.; Wang, Z.; Lin, X.; Ng, S. Hock; Tan, B.; Bao, Q.; Chesman, A. S. R.; et al. Back-contact perovskite solar cells with honeycomb-like charge collecting electrodes. Nano Energy 2018, 50, 710 - 716 DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.06.006. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.06.006
Jumabekov, A. N.; Lloyd, J. A.; Bacal, D. M.; Bach, U.; Chesman, A. S. R. Fabrication of Back-Contact Electrodes Using Modified Natural Lithography. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2018, 1 (3), 1077 - 1082 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.7b00213. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.7b00213